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Rashaad the Panyena 🍉
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33/Male/Chubby/African-American/Culinary Graduate/Ultimate OC Creator
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They just seem selfish, stupid, and stubborn from my perspective. So set in their ways that they refuse to even consider the possibility of change. So spoiled by their own privilege they're blind to the suffering of others.

I want to believe we're better than that. But it's hard sometimes.
January 4, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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I do not understand it.

I do not get why so many people absolutely refuse to try and understand or relate to people who might be different than them. People who look, act, or think differently than they do.

I've TRIED to understand where conservatives are coming from but I just can't...
January 4, 2026 at 6:41 PM
They also need to get it through their heads that furries make the internet go.
a cartoon penguin is sitting in front of a computer monitor
ALT: a cartoon penguin is sitting in front of a computer monitor
media.tenor.com
January 4, 2026 at 6:23 PM
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keep making art but just don't delude yourself into thinking that youre engaging in real resistance. Do something so people you will never meet who live on the other side of the planet will be able to relax and engage in their own self care and draw their own pictures in peace too.
January 4, 2026 at 4:36 AM
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Speaking of protests: donate to / volunteer with bail funds & jail support. Line up pro-bono lawyers (and support them too).

And don't throw people under the bus for their choice of protest tactics, even if it's more radical than you personally prefer.
If you're arrested in Illinois protesting the illegal invasion of Venezuela, and your court date is during or after my return from surgery (last week of February), I can potentially represent you pro bono. Email me at [email protected].
January 3, 2026 at 11:45 PM
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Go to a protest! No need to register in advance, just lookup where it'll be and show up.
Boston, this is today at 3 pm:
January 3, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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Max out the match!!
Yall we just got our first matching donor, up to $1,000!!

We're at $550 right now. Can we get to $1,550 by the end of the day to max out the match?
I need $5,000 ASAP to:

- research sanctions on Venezuela, Columbia, and Brazil
- lawyer up
- hire a Spanish speaking logistics coordinator
- develop local contacts
- start planning an aid shipment

Can you make it happen, Bluesky?

www.omprakash.org/global/distr...
January 3, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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If it wasn't clear upthread, folks can donate to help us build the capacity to respond here:
I need $5,000 ASAP to:

- research sanctions on Venezuela, Columbia, and Brazil
- lawyer up
- hire a Spanish speaking logistics coordinator
- develop local contacts
- start planning an aid shipment

Can you make it happen, Bluesky?

www.omprakash.org/global/distr...
Donate to support Distribute Aid
Contribute to Distribute Aid and support their work on Environment, Refugees & Migration, and more.
www.omprakash.org
January 3, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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Stop your child from getting groomed into the war machine:
from someone who was in school for the beginning of the "war on terror," please. please please please. talk to teenagers in your life about not joining the us military. about not letting themselves be groomed by recruiters in schools. they're going to want soldiers, and they always start young.
January 3, 2026 at 9:50 AM
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And here's an article highlighting life for Venezuelan refugees under the Trump regime:

english.elpais.com/internationa...
‘Venezuela is not Tren de Aragua’: A snapshot of a community targeted by the Trump administration
Official data places the total number of Venezuelans in the United States at 2% of its Latino residents, and shows that only 0.08% are linked to their home country’s most notorious criminal group
english.elpais.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:45 AM
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There are 770,000 Venezuelan refugees in the US. Let's be sure to protect them too.

Here's a list of refugee resettlement orgs by state that you can volunteer with or donate to:

rcusa.org/resources/st...

Here's a map highlighting resettlement clusters:
January 3, 2026 at 9:45 AM
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Help locals you know plan their personal safety and prepare survival resources:
If you've got friends or family in Venezuela, tell them to store away as much drinking water as they can. Food is important too, but a lack of water kills a lot faster. Do not use this water until it's necessary
January 3, 2026 at 9:24 AM
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Also avoid sharing war / trauma porn. Civilians in crisis are not a spectacle to use as content.

We all know there's a war on, let trusted ethical news outlets with professional staff share appropriate footage.
January 3, 2026 at 9:14 AM
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Double check your sources and call out misinformation! The best sources are:

- DMs from trusted local contacts
- on the ground posts from people proven to be in Venezuela
- local media
- international press with on the ground reporting
Reminder that misinformation and disinformation are going to be worse than normal and to check sources, and be cautious with what you're sharing.
I keep seeing people saying Reuters reported troops on the group but no actual reporting from Reuters that's not actually helpful at all

Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
January 3, 2026 at 9:13 AM
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Scripts that make it easy to call your reps and demand an end to the violence:
January 3, 2026 at 8:57 AM
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The International Red Cross / Red Crescent orgs are solid. We've worked alongside them in other countries.

Support the Venezuelan Red Cross here (confirmed not on sanction list):
January 3, 2026 at 8:36 AM
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Email, call, and yell at your reps online to demand they end this illegal war. Stopping the violence is priority #1.
January 3, 2026 at 8:09 AM