Post AyOFbQx82euc0FfFAm by futureisfoss@fosstodon.org
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(DIR) Post #AyMsCvmZmviYHD7ES8 by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-09-19T15:19:15Z
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Folks, just a heads up: I’m busily coding a Gaza Verified Emergency Appeal site so that we can raise one amount that will get all our remaining families in the danger zone in the North to safety in the South.I’m adapting the donation form I’d made for us at Small Technology Foundation (https://small-tech.org/fund-us – don’t worry about donations to us at the moment, eye on the ball, folks!)Joy’s busy compiling the list of Gaza Verified families that are still stuck in the North and the monies they need to get to the South.We’re going to add those up and set a total amount and then push that out with a campaign similar to the one I ran last night. I could really use your help once that starts to spread the word and help out if you can.I don’t have the exact number of families off the top of my head right now (head in code mode) but it’s too many. Even one is too many. Anyway… So we’re going to collect the donations into our Small Technology Foundation account and then transfer them to everyone’s individual fundraisers. I’ve got that basic functionality running right now (it looks like crap but it’s running so I’m going to work on making the page look more appealing for the rest of the day).As much as I’d like to start the campaign tonight, realistically, it’s better if we start it tomorrow.Every night, though, is a chance that we will have fewer families to help…Anyway, I just wanted to give you a heads up. If you’re around tomorrow, I could use your help in spreading the word.Thank you all so much for showing our Gaza Verified family so much love already.I think I’ll be able to breath a little easier once the remaining families in the North are safely in the South.💕#GazaVerified #Gaza #Palestine #fediAid #GazaVerifiedEmergencyAppeal
(DIR) Post #AyMupbX3DEDufnQFXc by BlackIkeEagle@mastodon.pirateparty.be
2025-09-19T15:48:30Z
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@aral nice, keep up your great work. Really admirable.
(DIR) Post #AyMwEIZivl5n4b0mRc by Yaku@puntarella.party
2025-09-19T16:04:02Z
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@aral Thank you :blobcatheart:
(DIR) Post #AyMyJmlgIkkq4SLgeG by sagilca@mastodon.green
2025-09-19T16:27:38Z
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@aral Wow, thank you much. That is amazing. thank youmillones de gracias
(DIR) Post #AyN246Dgc2ANaBDvRA by mrtagrc@anda.lu
2025-09-19T17:09:17Z
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@aral You're amazing, thanks, this is a wonderful idea! trying to help everyone and I was feeling overwhelmed, I can't even imagine Joy and you, really thank you so much.
(DIR) Post #AyN3OWg43L8fNxnk7E by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-09-19T17:24:27Z
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The site is coming along, fingers crossed, we should be able to start the campaign tomorrow.(We haven’t raised any money for it yet and that’s not the amount we‘re aiming for, that’s just dummy data and wishful thinking in the screenshot.)💕#GazaVerified #GazaVerifiedEmergencyAppeal #webSite #dev
(DIR) Post #AyN3aKjaHctbor4tEG by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-09-19T17:25:36Z
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@sagilca 💕
(DIR) Post #AyN3fHTDqVDp90meqe by ElenaMusk@tuiter.rocks
2025-09-19T16:30:03Z
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@sagilca @aral Thank u boss!!!
(DIR) Post #AyN3fIYDpOocUo8AHQ by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-09-19T17:25:41Z
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@ElenaMusk @sagilca 💕
(DIR) Post #AyN3mZ9gUaAE1J7R9E by sagilca@mastodon.green
2025-09-19T17:28:27Z
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@aral Looks amazing! Getting ready to share it!
(DIR) Post #AyN5DUEF16XMVueQ9A by gomli@piaille.fr
2025-09-19T17:45:01Z
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@aral For several days, I had been thinking that boosting individual fundraising campaigns alone was not the most effective way to help the Palestinians registered here (running out of steam?), and you did it, well done! :)Would it be interesting to put up a kind of table showing the evolution of the basic needs of Palestinians and their families?I'm willing to help with coding (depending on the backend, direct HTML or Markdown or something else?) and updating the information based on what these people post here.
(DIR) Post #AyNBefF0mRZmDCLzs0 by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-09-19T18:56:46Z
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Right, I think the campaign site is ready :)It even automatically updates the status on open pages as donations come in (thanks to Kitten’s¹ event-based model) :)Yay! Will deploy tomorrow :)🤞¹ https://kitten.small-web.org
(DIR) Post #AyNCsXQKk3fPyVpSb2 by RosaCtrl@social.vivaldi.net
2025-09-19T19:10:47Z
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@aral you did all of it today⁉️
(DIR) Post #AyNDYbzc91W4JAOSfY by irenetherogue@freesky.world
2025-09-19T15:32:21Z
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@aralThank you so so much for doing this work, and for keeping us posted on your progress. There are many who remain eager for an opportunity to help, even in a small way, and you building that site creates such opportunity. I just wish i had a bigger microphone for you to talk into/more to offer the cause 🩷
(DIR) Post #AyNDYdJrDFIqQEs8rQ by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-09-19T19:18:11Z
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@irenetherogue Please don’t mention it and I really hope it does and that we can have a successful campaign tomorrow.Your support means the world 💕
(DIR) Post #AyNcrt2tSq7rYLDPDE by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-09-20T00:02:00Z
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@BlackIkeEagle 💕
(DIR) Post #AyNcwMXdk0JCBujN5s by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-09-20T00:02:14Z
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@Yaku 💕
(DIR) Post #AyNd0eaKb8VvJI2HDc by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-09-20T00:03:04Z
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@mrtagrc 💕
(DIR) Post #AyNd5sYm4Dme6Hnbm4 by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-09-20T00:04:33Z
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@gomli Thank you so much.
(DIR) Post #AyNdcV7mDjDeyNj73Y by futureisfoss@fosstodon.org
2025-09-19T22:00:48Z
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@RosaCtrl @aralYeah I'm impressed too, great work Aral!
(DIR) Post #AyNdcWeQXovlhw0haS by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-09-20T00:10:21Z
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@futureisfoss @RosaCtrl Yep. Gutted the donation form I’d already built for small-tech.org as I mentioned earlier, hacked it down a little, and added a very lightweight way of handling automatic updates following a successful Stripe donation.Kitten, really did make it possible.You can peer into the source for the emergency branch (link in site footer) if you want to see how stuff’s done in Kitten :)
(DIR) Post #AyNeOllxct9mVRXS5I by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-09-20T00:18:06Z
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@esoteric_programmer Thanks. Somehow forgot. Fixed. I used to have a bot that reminded me but maybe it’s not working anymore. Will find another :)
(DIR) Post #AyNeibVVVCq8SbIgCm by tio@social.trom.tf
2025-09-19T22:49:54Z
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I've noticed you putting a lot of effort into this @aral . Kudos to you man! What is happening in Gaza is hell on earth. Happy to see people like you helping out.
(DIR) Post #AyNeicbvOpZFsnJJqa by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-09-20T00:21:27Z
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@tio 💕
(DIR) Post #AyO8LtBcbPRzFw5G9w by anna_addis@todon.eu
2025-09-20T05:54:50Z
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@aral thank you for this, Aral. Being able to support multiple families with a single donation, instead of choosing one or two at random, is great. What you are doing is the work of love and humanity 💞
(DIR) Post #AyOFbQx82euc0FfFAm by futureisfoss@fosstodon.org
2025-09-20T07:16:06Z
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@aral @RosaCtrlI have seen some videos on your site explaining Kitten and yeah it looks very interesting, and very cute too 😉
(DIR) Post #AyOMtPHvfVjTjSuX1U by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-09-20T08:37:41Z
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@esoteric_programmer Don’t mention it, it was an oversight to begin with :) And thank you, it seems to already be making a difference in the lives of the families that at least we know and can help. 💕
(DIR) Post #AyOMzqoKFlj2pU8XPk by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-09-20T08:38:51Z
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@anna_addis Very much inspired by the successful prior work of lovely folks like @divya 💕
(DIR) Post #AyOkizEw3gOewu4h0q by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-09-20T13:04:48Z
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Folks, a quick update on my plans for today regarding the Gaza Verified Emergency Appeal we’re launching today.• The site is ready (as it’ll be, we can improve as we go).• Updates to Small Technology Foundation site to suspend our own fundraising and forward to the emergency appeal are also ready to deploy• I also made a simple call to action SVG with a basic image embed code that you can add to your sites. More info when appeal launches.• The amount we’ve been able to gather from people we’ve been able to reach is ~$12,700. I’m thinking that we’ll round that up to $15,000 so we have some padding to account for constantly rising prices on the ground and to account for a rapidly evolving situation. (@joynewacc’s been doing an amazing job with this in the middle of everything else and I just want to express again my immense respect for her.)I also need to pick up Laura from the airport. She’s scheduled to arrive before 3PM Irish Time so, barring any delays, I aim to be back and launch the campaign at around 5PM Irish Time (which should be good for the European and American time zones).That said, Dublin Airport has been evacuated due a security threat (https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0920/1534475-dublin-airport-evacuation/) and if there are delays, I might launch it before I leave for the airport.Will need your help to spread the word when I do.I’ll keep you updated.Thank you all for your amazing support so far.💕#GazaVerified #Gaza #Palestine #GazaVerifiedEmergencyAppeal #EmergencyAppeal #fediAid #statusUpdate
(DIR) Post #AyOl6b0hnKtgkig05Q by joynewacc@mastodon.social
2025-09-20T13:08:59Z
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@aral Go💪🏻🤎🤎🤎
(DIR) Post #AyOob63fDxyXayIOmG by meganox@jorts.horse
2025-09-20T13:48:05Z
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@aralaral there's been a cyber attack on self check in systems affecting mainly Heathrow and Dublin with knock on effects, long delays and cancellations are very likelyhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3drpgv33pxo
(DIR) Post #AyOr5iakimHDhXVBDs by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-09-20T14:16:14Z
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@joynewacc OK, about to leave for the airport. I should hopefully be back to launch the campaign around 5PM or a little later Irish time.🤞
(DIR) Post #AyP303q80XT5JTlL84 by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-09-20T16:29:36Z
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@joynewacc Back gome!Going to start deploying stuff and will update you all when it’s all ready.💕
(DIR) Post #AyP6AtsZgGpPT8lcHY by zbrando@social.vivaldi.net
2025-09-20T17:04:56Z
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@aral Was your back gone because of too much coding? Or back Gnome, because you changed Linux distro? 😬
(DIR) Post #AyP8UuCoNPsSBItqLI by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-09-20T17:31:13Z
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@zbrando Hah, more like back liquid glass (no I haven’t upgraded and I’m not looking forward to it) as I’ve switched back to a Mac as my primary machine (this was the straw that broke the camel’s back: https://ar.al/2024/06/23/fedora-has-been-shipping-with-a-broken-screen-reader-for-nine-years-but-the-real-problem-is-me/) :)
(DIR) Post #AyQGgj8eLLiA7j3pmy by zbrando@social.vivaldi.net
2025-09-21T06:37:44Z
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@aral Ouch. I'm sorry you had to let Linux go for now. If I had more money I would like to buy a Framework laptop with it but probably will settle with a cheap Lenovo and Windows (I usually keep my hardware around for lot of years and need Windows for CAD/CAM software 🤷) But I will experiment with Mint on the old laptop.