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Al Raven

@alraven.bsky.social

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🦝 Writer/researcher, dataviz and information designer Anarchist, hater of capital, the state-racial-cispatriarchal matrix of domination, and all borders 🏴 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏴‍☠️ 🍉 Otto Rühle: "Revolution is not a party affair" Man Utd fan (against all reason!)

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Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · Mar 19

We live in a world where all that is good and beautiful is getting destroyed, suppressed, distorted, and tortured, but we don't even have time to mourn any of it because the relentless rythm of capital chokes us every day. We can't even heal, we can't fucking breathe in front of all this horror...

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Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 51m

🫶❤️ Bon weekend!

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Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 53m

chuffed.org/project/1520...

Help Mohammad and Lubna evacuate to safety!

Hi my loves! My name is Caroline, and I’ve created this fundraiser to help my dear friends Mohammad and Lubna, who are currently living in unthinkable conditions in Gaza.

chuffed.org

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Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 53m

Here's the chuffed link for Lubna, please donate: chuffed.org/project/1520...

Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 54m

bsky.app/profile/alra...

Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 55m

Despite Bluesky's cruel repression, Lubna is back and she still needs our help!
Please follow her, repost/boost her stuff and donate anything you can

Lubna 🩵 @l222ubna.bsky.social · 16h

Hey everyone, my dear friends 👋❤️

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Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 55m

Despite Bluesky's cruel repression, Lubna is back and she still needs our help!
Please follow her, repost/boost her stuff and donate anything you can

Lubna 🩵 @l222ubna.bsky.social · 16h

Hey everyone, my dear friends 👋❤️

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Lubna 🩵 @l222ubna.bsky.social · 15h

Dear friends
There’s hope for peace, but after two long years we’ve lost everything and still live in tents.
You are the ones who decide will we remain in tents, or finally have a home with dignity
Please keep supporting us by donating and sharing the campaign ❤️

chuffed.org/project/1520...

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Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 57m

Bluesky keeps deleting Lubna's account, which is outrageous, cruel and dehumanizing.

This is just a Palestinian lady trying to survive with her kids.

And other Palestinians who reached out to me in the past also face this discrimination from this website, some I've not heard news from for weeks!

Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 14d

My friends, Lubna and her kids need our help to survive. Please donate, $450 is easily doable, and also share/repost to spread the word!

Lubna, we love you and your beautiful kids ❤️💔🫶

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Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 1h

Fuming that you don't get to kiss more girls! 😤😤
If the world was fair, random cute lesbians would come kiss you everyday...

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Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 4h

❤️😔

Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 14h

Can't wait for US leftists to once more side with the (horrendous) Maduro regime because they fail to understand neither it nor the rightwing/far-right opposition are fucking good...

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Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 14h

Okay, I'm not exactly surprised by this. However it's essential to add that Venezuelans deserve better than a) Maduro's dictatorship, b) the US-aligned and frankly far right faction of the Venezuelan bourgeoisie (there are other factions, who collaborate w Maduro), or c) Trump/the USA's imperialism.

Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 15h

Just to be clear I don’t love this she is an insane reactionary thank you for your attention to this matter

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Elias Jahshan @eliasjahshan.bsky.social · 19h

Really happy for the people of Gaza. They’re ones who matter the most in this ceasefire - and I really hope it holds. But for anyone else: remember that this is only a *bare* minimum. There is no peace without justice and accountability. We cannot afford to get complacent.

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Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 22h

Ok cool, thanks

Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 23h

Love it ❤️

Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 23h

What does RA mean if you don't mind lol?

Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 23h

Worth it, hope it goes great! Is this somebody you've known for a long time or....?

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Trans News Network @transnews.network · 1d

Trans News Network is... in the news:

Multiple news outlets have cited our in-depth piece on CA trans rights bills by @madycast.com this week.

If you appreciate our impact, send us a donation at this link:

transnewsnetwork.networkforgood.com

also cited by: PinkNews, LGBTQ Nation

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs and vetoes LGBTQ+ legislation

Here's everything you need to know about the bills, their authors, and Newsom's actions in recent weeks.

www.advocate.com

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Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 23h

Health problems be damned, it's important that you can have some fun, with all the despair going around 😌👍

(I personally still feel way too awkward to invite ppl (for sex) since I live w my mom lol 😅 🤣)

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Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 1d

The Mist is not too gory, but a) it's pretty disturbing (horrible ending), b) maybe too much dialogue. In a couple of years (like 12 or 14 or sth) maybe?

Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 1d

😇😅 Have fun!

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History is What's Happening @historyiswhat.bsky.social · 1d

Now it's a day later and the APTN and CBC Indigenous news sites still have no story about, or even mention in another story of Israel abducting, in international waters, a First Nations person who has Canadian citizenship.

canadaboatgaza.bsky.social @canadaboatgaza.bsky.social · 2d

Mskwaasin Agnew (Dene/Cree, Salt River First Nation) was among the humanitarians on board Conscience that was illegally boarded by Israel in international waters.
We are asking everyone to contact the Canadian Government (email addresses & phone numbers on the poster)
#EyesOnGaza #EndGazaBlockade

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Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 1d

I've never liked it either tbh, in part bcz I still feel there's nowhere near enough people there esp. from outside the West (tho that's also a problem on here)

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Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 1d

I wish that for you and all of us lol, but I also dread it 😅 (because I enjoy reading your takes/words a lot)

What is it you don't like about Mastodon?

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 1d

New! Thanks to support from our listeners on Patreon, we have been able to add a transcript of our fantastic double podcast episode on the radical history of the Golden Age of Piracy check it out on our website: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e103...

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Ancommie 🏴 🏳️‍🌈 @ancommiey.bsky.social · 1d

Apparently 87.3% of HIS, 69.1% of the ATF, 47.2% of the DEA, 20.7% of the FBI, & 16.7% of US marshals have been transferred over to ICE to help them with deportations.

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