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Ann Marie AwooOoooOooooo 👻 @anntastic.bsky.social · 9h

translation: give me a bunch of shit I can feed to chat gpt so it can give me a list of who I should layoff, thanks!!

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 19h

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

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Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · 15h

I might disappear for a while I’m suffering from severe, crushing depression.
I’am so so so sorry but my family is still lying in the street, in the freezing October cold.
Don’t forget them in your donations they have no one but you. Good bye

Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · Sep 6

We are in urgent need of protection and a safe place to live. We’re raising support to help us escape danger and rebuild our lives in safety. Every contribution, no matter how small, brings us one step closer to security and hope. 💛
kindly give :
#BringRuaaHome #SafetyForRuaa #HumanitarianAid

Project Bring Ruaa and Her Family to Safety

I'm helping my friend, Ruaa Naji, raise funds to help her family survive.

chuffed.org

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.com · 16h

helping my friend Mohammed raise money for food and other expenses during the ceasefire ❤️ he's only $45 away from reaching 50% of his goal

Donate to Help Mohammed and his family from famine, organized by April m

My name is April from Chicago and I am a US citizen organising this fundraiser on beh… April m needs your support for Help Mohammed and his family from famine

gofund.me

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 21h

Mahmoud’s wife Malak is due with their third child in only 2 months it’s so important that she is able to access healthy food and clean water now ❤️

Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 1d

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Mahmoud. Mahmoud was a computer engineer doing web development before this. He’s lost his job and home (and many coworkers) and is in a tent with his family including his children Zeina, 6 and Zane, 2. His wife Malak is 7 months pregnant.

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Ann Marie AwooOoooOooooo 👻 @anntastic.bsky.social · Jun 6

Almost every week I talk with Mohammed. He’s been kicked off of this site and cannot create a new account. He’s really struggling to raise money on other platforms. He has seven people in his family, and they had nothing to eat yesterday. Please give him a boost!
chuffed.org/project/help...

Help Mohammed and his family in Gaza

I I am collecting donations for Mohammed and I am in constant contact with him. He is collecting money to buy food for his family. His father does not have money and they are in a difficult situation....

chuffed.org

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Ann Marie AwooOoooOooooo 👻 @anntastic.bsky.social · 1d

update: pet two more dogs, today’s pet total is now three dogs AND one cat

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Ann Marie AwooOoooOooooo 👻 @anntastic.bsky.social · 1d

I pet a dog

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Larry Ryckman @larryryckman.bsky.social · 1d

This is an important documentary that underscores the stakes for all of us -- not just journalists, but the communities that they cover. This is worth your time.

Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 2d

The documentary "Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink," about how Hedge fund Alden Global Capital is gobbling up newspapers across America and gutting them, is available to watch on PBS.

Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink

A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.

www.pbs.org

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Masa🕊😔 @fdre16.bsky.social · 2d

I am tired as if I am in the last chapter of life,
and my soul is scattered like autumn leaves.😔💔
٠٠🕊Iam Bara’a.Ilost my daughter and now Iam living the same anxiety about Masa.Please do not leave me alone.Ineed you.Iwant to get out and save myself and my children🙏please share🥺💔🙏
gofund.me/74c01145

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jordan @jordantyranny.bsky.social · 2d

support your local nervous system!!

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Lubna 🍁 @elo--ps.bsky.social · 2d

I sit with my sick child in the dark, powerless and afraid.❤️‍🩹 The nights are cold, the silence heavy, and hunger never leaves us. We lost our home, our safety, and our light. Please, help me keep my little boy alive,, your kindness is the only hope we have left. 💔🙏
gofund.me/edd687b8

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 2d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 2d

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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AHMAD-JOHAR 13🕊𓂆 @ahmadjohary16.bsky.social · 2d

I NO LONGER RECOGNIZE MYSELF…
The person I once was is buried beneath the ruins of these endless nights.
My heart carries more pain than it can bear.💔

Every breath I take feels borrowed,
and every sunrise reminds me that I survived…
but I’m not truly alive.

✨ PLEASE STAND WITH US.
✨ BE OUR VOICE.🕊

Donate to Ahmad & Samar: A Future Beyond Gaza's War, organized by Fatima Ayub

My name is Ahmad Johar, a 25-year-old, Palestinian from Gaza. I have lived throu… Fatima Ayub needs your support for Ahmad & Samar: A Future Beyond Gaza's War

gofund.me

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aloshfamily5.bsky.social @aloshfamily5.bsky.social · 3d

🔴My friends, I am in desperate need of you. I swear my family hasn't eaten for days. 💔
My family is dying of hunger. I haven't received any do_na_tions for four days. Please don't leave us alone. I beg you. Be the hope to save my family from hunger.🙏😭
www.chuffed.org/project/1158...

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Eisa @eiiisammg.bsky.social · 2d

In our fragile tent, my brothers sleep dreaming of a loaf of bread, while I stay awake wondering how we will face tomorrow with the same hunger
The tent does not shield us from the cold of night, nor from the cruelty of deprivation yet it is all we have💔🙏
gofund.me/add208f4

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The Institute for Independent Journalists @indiejournalists.bsky.social · 3d

See you this Friday at AccessFest hosted by @ire.org! IIJ leaders @anntastic.bsky.social, @lygianavarro.com, Shernay Williams and freelance journalist Mónica Ortiz Uribe will share strategies to jumpstart your freelancing. Check out the full AccessFest lineup here: schedules.ire.org/accessfest-2...

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Ann Marie AwooOoooOooooo 👻 @anntastic.bsky.social · 3d

I think you may be on to something

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Ann Marie AwooOoooOooooo 👻 @anntastic.bsky.social · 3d

true true true

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Ann Marie AwooOoooOooooo 👻 @anntastic.bsky.social · 3d

been revisiting a wizard of earthsea for the first time since like middle school - it’s incredible, obvi. has me thinking about how a certain book series seemingly has a monopoly on the magic-kid-goes-to-magic-school-and-finds-his-destiny genre but it’s arguably not even the best among them

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Saeed @saed-in-gaza.bsky.social · 3d

Hi guys, I am Saeed and I support my large family of 11 people. We depend entirely on your funding and support to by able to live and provide food and sustenance. Without you, our lives become more difficult. I feel sorry for what is happening to us,

I hope you will help us 😔🙏

gofund.me/a0a540b8

Donate to Gaza Emergency Appeal - Help My Family, organized by Marina Reilly

Dear Comrade, In a world full of challenges, there are moments when assistanc… Marina Reilly needs your support for Gaza Emergency Appeal - Help My Family

gofund.me

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