i never talk about these things but i can’t remain silent.
i know tumblr doesn’t give a SHIT when things happen in countries outside the “most popular ones” (such as the usa & england). it’s true, don’t lie to me. y’all don’t give A FUCK. not every issue and problem in said countries gets the appropriate exposure but in general shit shows up on the news WORLD FREAKING WIDE. you set up donations, you help out, your spread the word, you say “pray for x”……
southern europe is burning.
my country is burning.
people are dying – at home, on the road, trying to run away, in their cars.
yesterday my country had 300 active fires.
people are losing EVERYTHING they own.
i have a friend that is on a train right now passing through places that have been burnt to the ground and she says the smoke is so intense it’s getting inside the train and she can barely breathe.
and yet, even though several people (myself included) have been trying to bring awareness to what has been happening in southern europe… what we get from most of you, those not part of the countries suffering, is silence. we don’t ask for money, we don’t ask for shit other than a reblog to spread awareness… something you can delete in 24/48hrs if you wish.
i don’t know what to tell you. i’m angry. i’m frustrated. i’m disappointed. i feel like i’m screaming into the void. “a reblog does nothing” – you know that’s a damn lie, you know exposure always helps, you know people start paying attention when posts on social media become popular. my country in particular is a small one, we get ZERO exposure. y’all are only starting to figure out we even fucking exist bc of the shit we’ve been winning lately.
but hell, if the EU doesn’t give a shit, why should some user on tumblr dot com?
again, i don’t know what to tell you so i’ll let the images speak for themselves:
An image captured by a Nasa satellite shows a thick plume of smoke blowing southward from the Greek island of Chios over the island of Crete
Torneros de Jamuz, Spain
Duca, Croatia
A helicopter from Italy’s civil protection service drops water on a fire near the railway between Venice and Trieste
Residents take refuge on the beach as a wildfire burns on the mountain next to the village of Lithi, on the Greek island of Chios
Men gather cattle during a forest fire in Vieira de Leiria, Marinha Grande, Portugal.
Charred trees are seen on the hills above the Cloister of Thivaidas on Mount Athos, a World Heritage Site in Greece
Portugal
This is fucking important. I am glad someone fucking spoke about this and said what they had to say. The damage is terrible, and all the evergreen, stone, even the ground is black. I was fucking terrified when Croatia was burning. The fire was near a village where I like and I thought it will burn down. I thought the church will burn down. I thought the cemetery where my grandpa is buried will burn. I still remember the smell of smoke, and when I went to check how bad is fire, my clothes and hair and skin all stunk of smoke. It didn’t go away for weeks.
This is NASA’s picture of Croatia and Montenegro burning. My fucking country was burning. Fucking reblog this. I don’t care that it isn’t UK or US, or that it doesn’t go with your blog, fucking. Reblog. It.
Not my blog type, I dont care.
As a country that always gets horrifying bush fires every year, this shit is REAL. It’s awful, it destroys communities, lives and the environment it burns to the ground. Please reblog for awareness.
This bush fire in South Australia (my home state) was devastating and we’ve had worse than this in the past (Ash Wednesday). It’s not easy to fight these fires, they consume everything and anyone in their path. At times it’s impossible to outrun them. Smoke is constantly in the air, you can’t always evacuate with your animals or beloved mementos. You literally have no time at all. PLEASE REBLOG. Spread awareness. My god, you’ll reblog about someone’s dying pet etc…..why not this?
All of the lights land on you The rest of the world fades from view And all of the love I see Please please say you feel it too And all of the noise I hear inside Restless and loud, unspoken and wild And all that you need to say To make it all go away It’s that you feel the same way too
And I know The scariest part is letting go ‘Cause love is a ghost you can’t control I promise you the truth can’t hurt us now So let the words slip out of your mouth
Got tagged by @blackswan-sims for the favourite simblrs
thingy! THANK YOU SO MUCH, DEAR! *______* I love your blog too, your
sims and your style are awesome ❤
Also, as a “thank you”
(and because I don’t think I’ve actually ever done any of these
things before), I decided to do a “favourite simblrs/follow forever”
sort of thing.
Please know that this is not
complete: I’m pretty sure that I forgot A TON of names, so if your name
is not listed here, please keep in mind that it is not because I hate you or
whatever. I love each and every of my followers, I love talking to you
guys and if I forgot to put you in here is because I have the
memory span of a goldfish D:
Since this is pretty long
(and also to make it less annoying to anyone who doesn’t like these type
of things), I put my list under a cut. Alphabetical order and so on.
I must have missed this. Thank you for the mention ❤ It is most kind of you. I too love your Simblr and the wonderful custom content you gift the community with.
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