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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 · 2h

Ok cool, thanks

Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 3h

Love it ❤️

Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 3h

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

Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 3h

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 · 16h

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 · 3h

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 · 3h

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 · 4h

😇😅 Have fun!

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History is What's Happening @historyiswhat.bsky.social · 19h

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 · 1d

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 · 4h

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 · 4h

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 · 21h

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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Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 22h

❤️❤️❤️

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Justin Salhani @justinsalhani.bsky.social · 1d

I have little faith either the US or Israel will be faithful to this deal (just look at Lebanon’s ceasefire). But the ‘I’m powerless’ play was nonsense when US spent 31$ bn supporting/assisting Israel’s war across the region across 2 admins. Some care more about Biden’s rep than our lives

Nick Brumfield @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 1d

"It won't last" maybe yeah but it's undoubtedly better than "eh, this is just kind of the new normal"

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.com · 1d

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

COWARDS!!!!!!!!!!!

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Vicky ACAB @vickyacab.bsky.social · 1d

I am helping to run a fundraiser for my dear friend Shymaa and her family. I don't share it as much as I could but if you can give to them I personally guarantee this money gets to them ASAP, and it can still be terribly slow. Please help if youre able

Donate to Help Youssef and his family in Gaza, organized by Vicky Osterweil

Hi everyone, my name is Vicky, and I'm helping Shymaa Al Masri run this fundraiser… Vicky Osterweil needs your support for Help Youssef and his family in Gaza

www.gofundme.com

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Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 1d

Incredible work Jack, congrats!

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 1d

These videos are produced in-house by a small animation cell in the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit, working mainly in After Effects + Blender

In a TikTok posted after Israel's June attacks on Iran, soldiers describe working weeks under “prime-minister-level secrecy” to prepare visuals

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like I can already guess some of things to do or not do, and like how listening and caring are crucial, but it's always good to ask people directly concerned!!

Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 1d

If some moots (or non-moots) have recommendations wrt how to make trans people comfortable/feel safe/etc when meeting in person (e.g. when going to a queer event), please let me know.

I genuinely love the trans ppl I've met on here, but I wish to make local friends now! 😌❤️

[Note: I'm cis man]

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Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · 1d

Less than 900 only 🎉

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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Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 1d

I actually think a couple of romantic relationships would probably help me figure out these things for good. So far it's mostly "in my head", you know?
And I've mostly been thinking "what does it mean to be a cishet man who doesn't want to be a Man?" But who knows what the future holds? 😌😌

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Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 1d

😌🥰 talking with you is a blessing, I really love you Beth ❤️❤️