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Niko Meagher @legato2057.bsky.social · Jul 20

Great information!!

Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · Jul 18

If anyone in your life is looking for an educational resource to better understand Israel's genocide and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, I have archived ~700 articles – written largely by Palestinians – under #Palestine in the last three months.

The feed is updated every day.
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Ayla's Father 🇵🇸 @hadisamir93.bsky.social · 2h

How do I describe how I feel?

😢😢😢
@mommunism.bsky.social

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Ahmed @ahmeeed9.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t want likes. I don’t want views.
I just want your HELP.💔
We are in an area completely devoid of life. 🥹💔
chuffed.org/project/1426...

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 7h

Please help Mohammad if you can

Mohammad❤️🫂 @mohammad02.bsky.social · 8h

don't understand why everyone shares but no one donates 😢💔
My brother is in an emergency situation 🚨🆘🏥
Even the smallest donation can help me provide his treatment 🙏🤲
Please, give him a chance to recover quickly 🌟💫🤍
😭⬇️❤️🫂
gofund.me/bf57c49a

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Rania kinda🇵🇸🇵🇸 @raniacanadagaza05.bsky.social · 12h

🚨 I’m rania, Gaza.
My little girl’s arm was broken in the war, and my husband was injured.
We have nothing for winter—no clothes, no blankets300$.
help with treatment and warmth for my children..🙏
🔗 Donate here:

👉 gofund.me/d0cc0587

✅️ @mommunism.bsky.social

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Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · 7h

needs treatment for child eyes.
Chip in please

Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 7h

Rana has many unique photos, social media in Gaza that predates the war and is friends with @itsmeio.bsky.social whom I’ve shared before.

Rana didn’t know about fundraising links until recently and her family has been really struggling to survive. She’s hoping to get Hamoud the care he needs.

Help A Mom Evacuate Gaza: Urgent Treatment Needed for Son’s Eyes

My name is Casey York and I live in the U.S.. I have created this fundraiser on behalf of my dear friend, Rana, as she is in Gaza and unable to create one for herself due to geographical and logistica...

chuffed.org

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Montster G 🧟 @monteg.bsky.social · 8h

I couldn't quite make it out at first on my phone screen, but it seemed pretty clear around the 2:30 mark.

Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 9h

It looks like orange shades has a swastika on his chest.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 2h

A official Border patrol Instagram reel uses the controversial Michael Jackson song "They Don't Care About Us" with the lyrics:

Jew me, sue me...
Kick me, k*ke me

We have a nazi government.

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Fidaa Umar🎙🇵🇸 Inside Gaza 🎧 VERIFIED 📌 Voice Over 🔵 @fidaaumar.bsky.social · 16h

Oct 14 Fidaa update:

I heard from Fidaa overnight, just greetings mostly. She says she is feeling a bit better but as we know from her other msgs there is still so much chaos in 🇵🇸

Pls help this chronically ill single mom support her kids - N.

bit.ly/save-fidaa

@mommunism.bsky.social

#SaveRana

Help Fidaa and Her Children To Survive

‼️Direct Message From Fidaa‼️:

bit.ly

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Designer Hasan @designer4hasand.bsky.social · 2d

Kind hearts,
Please, we urgently need your help to complete the rent amount — we still have £345 left. 🙏
Every bit brings us closer to keeping a safe roof over our children’s heads. ️🧡

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 7h

Six people had their visas revoked due to their social media posts.

Six people are being deported because of what they said online.

Six people have had their freedom of speech suspended.

It won’t stop with these six people.

Either we all have freedom of speech or none of us do.

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 13h

I thought they said it was wrong for an administration to ask a social media platform to take stuff down.

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Niko Meagher @legato2057.bsky.social · 16h

Just looked. Doesn’t seem like he has one.

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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 16h

Please share

s-aharnasser3.bsky.social @s-aharnasser3.bsky.social · 18h

Does anyone still feel what Odai is going through? 💔
Have you all forgotten the boy injured by a quadcopter who’s been suffering for more than a year and a half?
Odai is still here, in pain, waiting for someone to remember him and reach out before he loses all hope.
tinyurl.com/HelpSaharsFa...

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Timothy @landbeforetim.bsky.social · 16h

The homes Israeli hostages return to VS the homes Gazans return to

The is no going back to “normal” for them. They are now living in a rubble ridden hellscape while the western world moves on, pretending it didn’t fund and approve this.

On the left is a street in Tel Aviv, Israel. Pictured is beautiful green lush Mediterranean style cityscape.

On the right is an image of a young Palestinian girl walking the “streets” of Gaza City, now turned to rubble and ash. The buildings are demolished by bombs and war crimes while the streets are littered with debris, rubble, and broken concrete.

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Source New Mexico @sourcenm.com · 17h

“There’s this misconception that ICE is basically going after people who have committed crimes,” he said. "They’re going after children as young as, you name it, whatever age, and the impact that it’s having on people, like, we don’t know.”

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NM immigrant lawyer says deportation fear widespread among NM kids, parents, crime victims • Source New Mexico

Contigo Immigrant Justice, formerly known as the Santa Fe Dreamers Project, said it is pushing the state Legislature to counteract federal immigration chaos.

sourcenm.com

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Niko Meagher @legato2057.bsky.social · 20h

Nobody tell Pete Hegseth.

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 20h

Thousands of posts from a private Young Republican Telegram chat reveal a culture of casual racism/antisemitism, rape jokes and celebration of Hitler/Nazism.

Some of the ringleaders are below: We live in a world where 4chan types now occupy positions of real power.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Peter Giunta, chair of the New York State Young Republicans

Bobby Walker, vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans

William Hendrix, communications assistant for Kansas’ Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach

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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 21h

LIVE: Israel shoots dead at least 9 Palestinians in Gaza despite ceasefire

Israeli soldiers kill at least nine Palestinians trying to return to their homes in northern Gaza City and southern Khan Younis

‘You cease, I fire’: Israel kills 9 Palestinians despite Gaza truce

Israeli army confirmed it opened fire saying a group of people approached soldiers before being targeted.

www.aljazeera.com

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 22h

Starting over from rubble, living in the streets. Please help if you can.

Nurse Hammam @nurseeehamam.bsky.social · 1d

🚨URGENT🚨
During two years of genocide, we have lost everything we own in northern Gaza. Our home was completely destroyed, and we are now homeless & without anything. My family appeals to you, with all your humanity, to donate & support us so we can buy a tent to live in⛺️
Help⬇️🤲🤲
gofund.me/698632c8d

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 23h

"a test"? you mean...a violation?

AP: Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages, a test for the Gaza ceasefire

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Malak @malak61.bsky.social · 1d

For the first time, we are happy in Gaza despite the destruction and ruin. My sister studied hard and achieved a score of 96% at the end of high school. Share our joy and help her continue her studies.
Congratulations Mais🎉🎉😭
@mommunism.bsky.social
chuffed.org/project/142381

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Katie @ktkeg.bsky.social · 2d

This is very important, can we please help Hasan? He is so close to the goal; there is $162 left to raise by Tuesday. He has moved mountains for his family and his children recently started school. Every donation adds up, I hope you will join me in supporting Hasan.

Designer Hasan @designer4hasand.bsky.social · 2d

Rent is due in just 2 days & I’m terrified of not being able to keep this roof over my family heads.💔

We’ve already been through so much loss after the genocide & I just want them to feel safe, to wake up in the same place tomorrow.

Please, help us finish this, donate if you can or simply share.

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Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · 1d

Ceasefire doesn't mean the genocide is over, i hope you keep supporting Palestine. I documented a lot, and been through so much, and it's devastating. Please offer me any support you can. I will be so much grateful.

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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Dale Ryder @kryton3298.bsky.social · 1d

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Emmanuel Gamard @emmanuelgamard.bsky.social · 2d

The war in #Sudan has proven particularly difficult to resolve, namely due to the meddling of foreign powers.

But joint efforts from the 'Quad' seek to change that.

@crisisgroup.org break down the ins and outs of recent diplomatic efforts.
www.crisisgroup.org/africa/sudan...

Can a U.S.-Arab Roadmap Stop Sudan’s War? | International Crisis Group

This week on Hold Your Fire!, Richard talks with Crisis Group experts Shewit Woldemichael, Alan Boswell and Yasmine Farouk about recent shifts in Sudan’s war and whether a joint statement by the U.S. ...

www.crisisgroup.org

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Mohamed @mohamed1123.bsky.social · 1d

I still suffer in the tents.
The days keep passing, but the pain never changes.
Between the cold and the hardship, hope still lives quietly in my heart.

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