i did not know about the hand signal for help me, and my stupid ass thought she was flirting.

The Signal for Help (or the Violence at Home Signal for Help) is a single-handed gesture that can be used over a video call or in person by an individual to alert others that they feel threatened and need help.[1] Originally, the signal was created as a tool to combat the rise in domestic violence cases around the world linked to self-isolation measures that were related to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

The signal is performed by holding one hand up with the thumb tucked into the palm, then folding the four other fingers down, symbolically trapping the thumb by the rest of the fingers.[3] It was designed intentionally as a single continuous hand movement, rather than a sign held in one position, so it could be made easily visible.

The Signal for Help was created by the Canadian Women's Foundation and introduced on April 14, 2020.[4] It soon spread via the TikTok social video platform and was adopted by the international Women's Funding Network (WFN). It received widespread praise from Canadian[5] and international[6][7] news organizations for helping provide a modern solution to the issue of a rise in domestic violence cases.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_for_Help

There is a Comic Sans MS-influenced monospace font and I think you should know that: https://dtinth.github.io/comic-mono-font/

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Do not stay at a Hyatt hotel. They're running fake "smoking detectors" specifically as a revenue-generating scheme and arbitrarily fining guests $500.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1945959030851035223.html

If you don't know the universal hand signal for help, please check this out. I just learned myself, years after it was created. It could save a life. The fingers folding over the thumb is to represent being trapped. Please boost for everyone

#UniversalHandSignalForHelp
#Help

"USAID cuts have wreaked havoc on media and journalism. So much so, ‘the vast majority of this funding will disappear – potentially for good,’ from 2025 and beyond."

A great write-up by Shafi Musaddique in Alliance magazine of Internews' new report 'Crisis in Journalism: The Impact of the US Government Funding Cuts on Global Media'. It's the first in-depth look at the consequences for media of the 2025 U.S. executive order suspending most foreign assistance.

https://www.alliancemagazine.org/blog/usaid-journalism-funds-to-disappear-in-2025-potentially-for-good-study-warns/