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meave (sumud, sister) @meave.bsky.social · 16d

it's called "Ṣadaqah" and it purifies your soul. afraid of giving "too much" and looking like you're playing favorites? give anonymously. can't do money math? stripe does it for you!
i swear my fingers are going to fall off before i successfully type that tinyurl on the first try
bit.ly/keeping-hope

A big-ass black-and-white icelandic ram holds stands in a field of red, gold, and green, with one perfect a red rose in his mouth. His face, fully black, stares directly at the camera, while ridiculous wedding-style white font that slightly overlaps his left horn reads" "KEEP HOPE ALIVE"

Below, in the field, in simpler font, it says, "a Gaza giving circle"

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Shantini @shantini.bsky.social · 18d

Please repost - we need 300 more TONIGHT

chuffed.org/project/1232...

Help Us Escape: A Family’s Plea for Survival

Seraj’s Story: Rising from the Ashes of War to Build a Future

chuffed.org

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Shantini @shantini.bsky.social · 18d

This separated family doesn’t know if they will survive another day. They need £479 to escape the city. Please help with anything you can, and repost!
chuffed.org/project/1232...

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Shantini @shantini.bsky.social · 25d

Free speech is a dog whistle at this point. It's only meant for white men. It's not meant for the rest of us. We cannot speak up for injustice or try to improve our circumstances if it hurts the white man's sensitive feelings.

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Shantini @shantini.bsky.social · 25d

I feel like the psychological safety of marginalized ppl in the workplace has gone down the tube. We have to make room for right wing ideologies that promote our displacement and death in the name of "free speech", but are persecuted and fired for speaking up about atrocities.

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Shantini @shantini.bsky.social · Sep 10

Please repost and give if you can

Shantini @shantini.bsky.social · Sep 10

Different type of fundraising post this morning - my dear friend’s dog was hit by a car, and she is making a slow but painful recovery. If you could repost this and give anything you can, I’d appreciate it. 💜

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Donate to Help Dottie Heal - Urgent Medical Care Needed, organized by Anja Ulfeldt

Updates on Instagram On August 30th, while on a family vacation, a terr… Anja Ulfeldt needs your support for Help Dottie Heal - Urgent Medical Care Needed

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · Aug 31

I am urging people who know someone who took money to deny genocide to blow the whistle. There are ways to do it anonymously as well. People absolutely need to know who is out there with a huge platform but zero moral ethics. Not for Palestinians but for the whole world. It's that important.

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Shantini @shantini.bsky.social · Aug 31

My friend Seraj and his entire family have had to displace from Gaza city because they’re literally flattening it. They need money to pay for transport, food, baby formula, and diapers. Help them with even $10.

#MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #Gaza #palestine

chuffed.org/project/1232...

Help Us Escape: A Family’s Plea for Survival

Seraj’s Story: Rising from the Ashes of War to Build a Future

chuffed.org

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Shantini @shantini.bsky.social · Aug 26

Good morning, we have 1000 to go by Saturday to keep these families fed and housed amid bombing and displacement. Give, and repost: chuffed.org/project/hope...

Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle

We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that the...

chuffed.org

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Shantini @shantini.bsky.social · Aug 21

Ran into the wonderful @swifteves.bsky.social at the Apple office! 💜💜💜

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Shantini @shantini.bsky.social · Jul 1

[reposts needed] If you’re feeling helpless, how about sending a few dollars to help a family in Gaza survive? I talk to Seraj almost every day. He’s a sweet kid who has to feed his whole family. chuffed.org/project/1232...

Help Us Escape: A Family’s Plea for Survival

Seraj’s Story: Rising from the Ashes of War to Build a Future

chuffed.org

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Shantini @shantini.bsky.social · Jun 28

Reposts needed

Shantini @shantini.bsky.social · Jun 28

Want to help a family that has gone to bed hungry for days? Donate and repost. Personally verified by me - I talk to them every day and have for months. chuffed.org/project/1232...

Help Us Escape: A Family’s Plea for Survival

Seraj’s Story: Rising from the Ashes of War to Build a Future

chuffed.org

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Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · Jun 17

I’m posting hourly because support has stopped. I always get “But Divya” messages so:

• Subtract Chuffed’s 3% fee
• Divide by 7 families
• Subtract 40% (commission fees from tellers)
• 1kg flour = $30, multiple needed per day for a family.

Ok? Ok. chuffed.org/project/hope...

Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle

We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…

chuffed.org

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WIRED @wired.com · Jun 12

yep! unpaywalled:

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Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · Jun 13

Hard to get eyes at this hour; please share! 🌹 We worked with 6 families to set up this giving circle so they can get direct and consistent support.

We can’t hear from them due to the internet blackout. But that means we must redouble our seriousness. tinyurl.com/HopeGivingCi...

Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle

We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…

tinyurl.com

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Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · Jun 12

ohh this was optimistic. we aren't that close! but we could be!

1274/1700 by TOMORROW so we can cover rent for one of the families

tinyurl.com/HopeGivingCircle

Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle

We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that the...

tinyurl.com

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Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · Jun 11

My dear friend Mohamed is the caretaker of his siblings & disabled parents, and they've been displaced repeatedly in 1 month. You’ve helped them with food, water, healthcare, & transportation.

Believe in them 🌹Give / find their individual link here: tinyurl.com/HopeGivingCi...

Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle

We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…

tinyurl.com

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Shantini @shantini.bsky.social · Jun 10

same 💜

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Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · Jun 10

Ghadeer’s two young sisters are so vulnerable to famine. She’s doing everything she can to protect her baby sisters. And it’s our duty to help, not get frozen by despair.

Help them eat 🌹 Our week’s goal is the current goal on Chuffed: tinyurl.com/HopeGivingCi...

Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle

We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…

tinyurl.com

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Shantini @shantini.bsky.social · Jun 10

We're matching donations, and desperately trying to help several families survive. Please repost and send $5 or more chuffed.org/project/hope...

Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle

We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that the...

chuffed.org

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Shantini @shantini.bsky.social · Jun 9

SpeechAnalyzer is a lightweight Swift API, powered by SpeechTranscriber, an on-device speech-to-text model designed for many use cases. It’s already powering transcription in Notes and other apps. Give it a try and send us feedback! Can’t wait to see what you build.

Shantini @shantini.bsky.social · Jun 9

Meet SpeechAnalyzer! I’m beyond excited and proud to share with you the culmination of 2+ years’ worth of intensive collaboration by app, framework and modeling teams, working in tandem to develop a new speech-to-text model and API. developer.apple.com/videos/play/...

Bring advanced speech-to-text to your app with SpeechAnalyzer - WWDC25 - Videos - Apple Developer

Discover the new SpeechAnalyzer API for speech to text. We'll learn about the Swift API and its capabilities, which power features in...

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Shantini @shantini.bsky.social · Jun 8

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