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Greetings Gazans

Please read Molly’s wonderful thread here that she created to help you navigate bluesky
Hello Gazan accounts! You may be reading this post because I sent it to you in DMs- welcome to Bluesky friends ❤️ I want to give you a little information about here and then also let you know about how I can help share your account.
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this is something that individual members of Congress could do tomorrow. The government is shut down so they could use their district offices. I suggested in January that they turn those offices into full on community centers where people could find each other re: mutual aid etc...
If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.

Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
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I survived gaza gencide, but I came out to find that everything I knew my home, my work, my city is gone.
Starting again feels impossible, but I’m trying.

If you can, please help me rebuild my life even the smallest support means the world to me.
repost = rebuild

chuffed.org/project/1389...
Help Jamal’s family leave the war zone and rebuild their life!
Hi my loves! My name is Caroline, and I created this fundraiser to help Jamal support his family as they fight to survive the genocide in Gaza, evacuate to safety, and eventually rebuild their lives f...
chuffed.org
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This is one of the best books I’ve read in ages: it’s about disability, Palestine, and transness - really wide-ranging and provocative in the best way!
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Thank you to everyone who has reached out with concern. Late last night, I woke up to my car, car port, and home engulfed in flames. I'm grateful for the quick response from Portland firefighters who prevented the fire from spreading even further.
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Being Muslim is not antisemitic.

Being Palestinian is not antisemitic.

Supporting Palestine is not antisemitic.

Jews who support Mamdani are not self hating.

Jews who support Palestine are not self hating.

I've had more than enough of this bullshit.
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Being Palestinian and Muslim doesn’t make me against anyone just as my Jewish friend has never been against me. She is the embodiment of humanity, compassion, and the deep understanding of pain and justice that we both share.
I’m exhausted by this false narrative:
🔗 tinyurl.com/2mtfvyua
Being Muslim is not antisemitic.

Being Palestinian is not antisemitic.

Supporting Palestine is not antisemitic.

Jews who support Mamdani are not self hating.

Jews who support Palestine are not self hating.

I've had more than enough of this bullshit.
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Hurricane Melissa which is en route to decimate Haiti and Jamaica rapidly intensified to category 4 storm. Rapid intensification is a hallmark of climate change, but that category is only a measure of its wind speed. It is also expected to bring up to 40 inches of rain
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No red state residents don’t deserve to suffer just because of where they live.
No one deserves to go hungry
No deserves to suffer the indignity and horror of fascist mass slaughter through enforced hunger.

This is basic stuff if you fail this test you fail your humanity.
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If you’re a democrat and your response to snap getting cut is laughter or saying things like “they voted for Trump so they deserve it” etc congratulations you’re a fascist and a threat at the same level as maga.
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Can confirm.
Zohran Mamdani's promises of free busses might sound great, but I live in Albuquerque NM where city busses have been free for five years and I'm here to tell you the truth. This is what every bus in my city looks like now. Think carefully about your choice this November.
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As other people have noted, if you have local food banks, now would be an excellent time to donate cash to them, if you have the cash to spare. We will be upping our donations to food banks and hunger-related charities here in Ohio.
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this is what will happen if mamdani makes bus rides free
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I really think that we need to talk more about the fact that Republicans have basically quietly abolished the House of Representatives
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signs like these are up all over Chicago cafes and storefronts (here, cafes in Brighton Park and Back of the Yards) warning ICE not to enter without a judicial warrant
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If you're a contractor in Chicago doing home improvement for a client, please ask the homeowner to put these signs up on their home.
signs like these are up all over Chicago cafes and storefronts (here, cafes in Brighton Park and Back of the Yards) warning ICE not to enter without a judicial warrant
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The difference between a million dollars and a billion dollars is roughly a billion dollars, and most of us will never see a million...
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DC friends!! Join us on this Sunday on the National Mall for a teach-in in defense of history and museums, ft. an all-star line-up! We’ll be there from sun-up to sun-down. More info here: linktr.ee/historyteachin
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its remarkable to see random suburbanites in their fucking PJs have more courage than the vast majority of america's political, social, and civil elites
More from the scene
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California now pays incarcerated firefighters the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour thanks to new legislation won by grassroots organizers, offering fair pay and more sentence reductions to those risking their lives in dangerous wildfire conditions.
CA Relies on Incarcerated Firefighters. They Finally Make Federal Minimum Wage.
It took a grassroots push to win the legislation that offers more pay and an opportunity for reduced prison sentences.
truthout.org
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I got so sick of the Jay Jones "text scandal" thing that I wrote about here. Also answered reader's questions!

Sign up for The Racket and maybe I'll answer one of your questions in the future. (Also upgrade to premium while you're at it, my family likes to eat.)

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Will a joke from 'The Office' cost the Democrats Virginia? And other questions.
Also: The latest on the lab leak, a boring presidential election (remember those?), and some of my favorite books and music.
theracket.news
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And by the same token it isn’t saying “I am going to shoot this guy.” No one is getting shot. It’s hyperbole.

The ashtray joke OTOH is understatement of something that really happened. It’s the opposite of hyperbole. It’s saying “this really happened and I think it was funny.”

Thus, sick.