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https://linktr.ee/WalkingInAustin PLEASE no mass-tags, no more donation $$ Settler w/Collaborator Goals #IndigenousSovereignty #FreePalestine #LandBack #BlackLivesMatter #LGBTQIA2S+Rights #Equity #CantBeRacistToWhite

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WalkingInAustin @walkinginaustin.bsky.social · 21d

You owe no one access to your trauma or any of your stories. Ever.

Friends and allies should have no expectation of access to your trauma. They will wait and follow your lead.

Anyone demanding it is neither a friend nor an ally.

linktr.ee/WalkingInAus...

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bfitzinAR @bfitzinar.bsky.social · 22m

~$7000 AUG, SEPT, OCT OVERDUE & DUE BILLS + OCT FOOD/MEDS/HYGIENE & RENT.

It would take ~$50,000 to clear all the debt from when their health flares dumped them early this year. Any combo ppl x $$ = $7000 keeps them safe for now.

Pls RS/QS. Pls do what you can. #HelpFolksLive2025

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Terrill Tailfeathers @terrilltf.bsky.social · 30m

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WalkingInAustin @walkinginaustin.bsky.social · 27m

Brief break in my TL to tell you Plunk-butt was so super sweet and cuddly this morning. He is such a blessing.

Sitting there at the end of the bed, unusually patient, til I look at him, and he musters his old bones to get up and purr in my face.

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Help Mohammed and Heba @mohammedandheba68.bsky.social · 38m

My child, Jamal, a diabetic and war-wounded man, survived the most brutal war in history and the horrors that shook his heart. He tells you: Don't forget us, and support us with your donations and your sharing.

Please support my sister with any word and give her some hope

gofund.me/f3e7f81c8

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WalkingInAustin @walkinginaustin.bsky.social · 34m

Ahmad is not spam. Please appeal that label. And please keep supporting hi and Samar. Show your humanity by sharing. Donate whatever you can, whenever you can.

gofund.me/6e666b128

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🫀FULLwithLove 😇🍉😇 @aheartfulloflove.bsky.social · 12h

@moderation.bsky.app

Please help us to understand how again one of our own, Ahmad has been labelled,
as spam

I love this space, I am rooting for Bluesky & yet more & more now, I consider leaving, because every Palestinian account labelled like this, feels like a red flag, harmful

Please correct?

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Satwat Rehman @satwatr.bsky.social · 1d

@ahmadjohary16.bsky.social has been marked as spam again! Why? For posting about Gaza, the reality on the ground & the hardships endured? For wanting to fundraise to support his family? He’s known by many here including @mommunism.bsky.social. Please share & support him to get his account back.

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Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 53m

chuffed.org/project/help...

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 2h

This murder is why we still have to say BLACK LIVES MATTER

Kingsley Bimpong should be alive.

A.J. Lagoe @ajlagoe.bsky.social · 2d

KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment. Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours www.kare11.com/mobile/artic...

KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment

Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours

www.kare11.com

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 2h

Please donate or share

Andrea Torti @andreatorti90.bsky.social · 4h

Please help Samaa and her family afford better accomodation 💕💸🍉

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Olive 🍉 @limbischessystem.bsky.social · 17d

I got an answer of Carmel.
She is the caregiver to her traumatized daughter and her
elderly neighbours.

„We are now in the ruins
of the destroyed house.
The curtains that protected us
from the scorching sun
have been burned.“

⚠️♿️⚠️🆘
Please, Carmel is in dire need for help
chuffed.org/project/1390...

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Keyah (banned era) @sapphic-film-nerd.bsky.social · 2d

Who made this? 😭

Canada in Indigenous History
(Jurassic Park)

Canada in Canadian History
(Barney the dinosaur)

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WalkingInAustin @walkinginaustin.bsky.social · 1h

@sssaeeeddddd.bsky.social 's account is marked as spam, despite being featured in a Gizmodo article proving he's very real. Sakher even made a video with him showing he's real.

Please keep helping Saeed. Appeal his spam label, and SHARE his fund. DONATE whatever you can. gofund.me/aea5c8249

Donate to Contribute To Saving The Life Of Saeed and his Family, organized by Sarah El abbassi

My name is Saeed, I am 22 years old, from Gaza ‎‏Befo… Sarah El abbassi needs your support for Contribute To Saving The Life Of Saeed and his Family

gofund.me

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tulipathy (says gourd your loins) @tulipathy.bsky.social · 4h

Friends, can you match my $10, or support this shared campaign with even $5? I would appreciate it, and you would be doing the good we must whenever we can. Please.

chuffed.org/project/hope...

Screenshot from Gmail app in dark mode (black and gray background, white text). The message subject is “Thank you for donating to Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle”

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Oftentimes Jack 🎃 @pepsffk.bsky.social · 7h

Bluesky has disabled Sakher's DMs, I seem to be able to send to him, but he likely can't start a conversation, hopefully he can reply to mine. So, if you can drop him a message so he maybe can stay in contact. Keep sharing.

It's Sakher 🍉 @sakher23.bsky.social · 22h

My name is Sakher, and this is my new account — after my old one was suddenly taken down.
For the past 4 days, I’ve been silent… not because I wanted to, but because I lost my only voice — the place where I used to speak to the world.
More talk in the comments….
GFM : gofund.me/f116bf44

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WalkingInAustin @walkinginaustin.bsky.social · 1h

You can contribute to Reem's wellbeing at gofund.me/63ffaaf79

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 3d

Just as much as Link was a part of this community- so has Sakher been. Bluesky mods are awful.

It's Reem 🇵🇸🍉 @reeeeeeem.bsky.social · 3d

Sakher’s account was shut down — the only place where he spoke to the world about his pain and his suffering.

That account was his only voice, his way to survive and keep going.

Today, Sakher lost his last connection to the world.💔

Complement with comments, don't skip‼️
 gofund.me/f116bf44

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 10h

Palestinian orphans in Gaza marching with photos of their dead parents

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 21h

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩'𝐬 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚
I archived 15 new works of independent journalism today under #USA.

𝐓𝐨 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐝
1. Desktop: Click on #USA. Mobile: Click and Hold.
2. Click 'See # posts by user.'
3. Click 'Latest.'

𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞
bsky.app/profile/harm...

This image displays a feed of independent journalism archived by Harms Committed under #USA.

The top of the image includes a back button, a share button, and '#usa From @harmscommitted.bsky.social.'

There are two tabs to sort the archived articles, 'Top' and 'Latest.' The 'Latest' tab is highlighted, having been selected.

Below these tabs is a representative post, featuring a quote from the article and relevant hashtags.

The article's title is "In Dallas, Organizers Mourn the Immigrant Victims of Recent ICE Shooting."

Description of photo: At a memorial for Norlan Guzman and Miguel Angel, candles are organized in the shape of a heart. Each of the men's names is seen just past the hearts. They are in large white block letters. Trees and a building are seen in the background.

The post's text reads as follows:
"[W]hen 'bullets crashed through the window and hit Miguel,' he turned to the 18 year-old boy sitting next to him in the van and said, 'I don't think I'm going to make it, get underneath me. Let me shield you.'"
#Texas #USA #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 4h

My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.

Read This When Things Fall Apart by Kelly Hayes | Pilsen Community Books

A bundle of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times from Let This Radicalize You co-author Kelly Hayes In social movements, some heartbreaks are all but inevitable.

www.pilsencommunitybooks.com

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WalkingInAustin @walkinginaustin.bsky.social · 3h

Don't let the silence fool you; the needs are still there. We are morally obligated to keep helping Palestinians in Gaza, like Hasan.

Keep sharing. Keep donating.

Designer Hasan @designer4hasand.bsky.social · 4h

As the days pass, the worry of rent and food remains what weighs on me the most — just to keep my children safe and stable.😓
We’ve come this far thanks to your kind hearts.
Please, help me secure one more month of peace and stability for them.🙏

I ask you, from my heart — be part of this step. ❤️

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Self Guided Adversarial Imagery Meditations @bankuei.bsky.social · 18h

A key part of a culture of genocidal logic is whether people's emergencies are treated as something to be addressed or something to laugh at or invite punishment on top of.

www.wltx.com/article/news...

Lawsuit says officers mistook stroke for drug use before postal worker’s death

A federal lawsuit claims officers ignored signs of a massive stroke in Kingsley Fifi Bimpong, leaving him to die untreated in a jail cell.

www.wltx.com

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Lizzyanna @wishliszt.bsky.social · 3h

Donate / repost if you can!

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WalkingInAustin @walkinginaustin.bsky.social · 3h

Thank you for blocking me!

@yoclockface.bsky.social, User Blocking me, has a few labels:
Liberal Apologia
Gaza Genocide Denier
Leftist Scapegoating
Denies U.S. Genocide Role

WalkingInAustin @walkinginaustin.bsky.social · 3h

Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya committed no crime. All he did was his job, healing people, running a hospital, saving lives... and being someone the world looked up to.

Which is why Israel holds him. Without charge. Without due process. A hostage the terrorist death cult of Israel.

mosababutoha @mosababutoha.bsky.social · 16h

⭕️ BREAKING: CNN reports that Israel will not release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya as part of the ceasefire deal.

“The occupation refused to release Dr Hussam Abu Safiya,” a Hamas official told CNN on Friday.

💔💔💔💔

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