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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 11h

She's still in Israeli captivity
#Speirgorm

الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 1d

Naoise's brother is asking Irish people to please contact the government #Speirgorm

My sister @NaoiseDolan, alongside other members of the Thousand Madleens flotilla, has been abducted by Israeli forces while on a humanitarian mission to break the illegal siege and deliver aid to Gaza.
Please join me in urging the Irish government to demand their safe return.

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Ana Valens | 🔞 | Comms Open @acvalens.net · 4h

An Incompetent Trump 2.0 is already ruining a lot of lives and institutions, but I take solace in the fact that he is terrible at inspiring loyalty. “Fight for me while your family starves“ doesn’t really build a loyal military, but a frustrated one

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 16h

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 3h

no one sympathizes with how much psychic pain the administration is causing me, specifically, as a lawyer. i was trained for decades to believe facts were something you could engage in a process of finding, and that rights were more or less established at a bare minimum level. think of the lawyers!!

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Dia Lacina @dialacina.com · 5h

The idea that we need a computer to churn out endless fantasy garbage for nerds is an insult to the human dignity of Brandon Sanderson and Michael Christopher Koji Fox.

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Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · 1d

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.

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Eric Vitiello @pixel.perceive.net · 15h

I donated €50. Can you donate too? Any amount helps!

Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 17h

I don’t know what to say. Poetics (and literal poems) aren’t cutting it. Making it clear that support has severely dropped off for these six starving families has not landed. But I’ll still be here, because I made a commitment. Will you?

20 hours left ⚠️ 7/879

Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle

We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that their...

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Akram Basil Abdulwahed @akramabdelwahed.bsky.social · 2d

To confirm what she said;

Sarah needs to get her certificate ( to continue her education, Master’s degree)

Areej the second top in the Software Engineering faculty

Sulaf finished her 10th grade before the war with a score of 99.1%. She now dreams of studying medicine
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Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 20h

Every hope is lifesaving—still. So although support has massively slowed down for these six families—despite ongoing famine, all their homes destroyed, impending cold, a baby due soon (‼️)—we’ll still be here every hour or two.

23 hours left ⚠️ 7/879: chuffed.org/project/hope...

A square white graphic. On the left is a stylized ink illustration of a kestrel falcon in black on white, without outline just the black marks on its wings and face, drawn from behind. His wings are partly open and his head is turned to the right. In his beak is an anemone poppy in red ink with a green stem. On the right is the title "Keep hope alive: a gaza giving circle" in ink-effect font. The text says "We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We distribute your contributions equally every week for sustainable support." In the bottom right corner in green text is the link https://tinyurl.com/HopeGivingCircle.

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Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 17h

hello hello hello yall ??

Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 17h

According to UNICEF, 320,000 children under the age of five in Gaza face severe malnutrition, while more than 56,000 children have lost one or both parents.

A young girl sits at a classroom table smiling warmly at the camera, holding up a blue UNICEF sheet. She wears a white blouse and a headband with pearls. Around her, other children sit at wooden desks, engaged in activities and talking to each other. The setting appears to be a temporary classroom with a white tent-like backdrop and UNICEF learning materials on the tables.

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Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 7h

The genocide doesn’t end so long as there’s a famine, no hospitals working fully, no shelter… so our obligation hasn’t ended. Right?

Six families, mostly kids, one mom due to give birth imminently, need food.

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Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle

We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…

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💜 Noz 💜 @nozdraws.art · 8h

We all knew it was never about the porn. But if your normie bros wanna keep torrenting their marble and star worms they're gonna have to actually take the gooners seriously for once.

Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 1d

Buried in Michigan's antiporn bill is a provision to effectively outlaw "circumvention tools," such as VPNs.

Mark my words: legislators will increasingly leverage porn panic to restrict or ban VPNs, and to limit internet privacy far beyond adult sites.

Experts raise privacy concerns over Michigan bill targeting pornography and VPNs

Rep. Josh Schriver, the bill’s sponsor, says the law is designed to target only producers and distributors of pornography, not everyday internet users.

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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 15h

I have been enjoying Silent Hill f so much I decided to do some terrible fanart.

#silenthillf #silenthill

The protagonist of Silent Hill f Hinako, a Japanese girl in a blue school uniform, with one beefy arm and holding a sledge hammer, but all drawn really poorly in MS Paint.

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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 17h

Digital doodle of the three people in inflatable frog costumes in the quoted post. One has a sign saying, “frogs together strong”

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Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 17h

Maha has been without a tent for two weeks. Every building in Gaza did not just reappear overnight and the occupation has blocked building materials & construction vehicles for 18 years. So this single mom will be homeless. Pay attention. Just pay any attention

Minnie’s mum @minniesmum.bsky.social · 18h

240/1300. A ceasefire is in effect, but Palestinians are still in need of help with the basics. Thanks so much to those who’ve given and shared so far. Let’s keep this going and keep hope alive for Maha and family ❤️

Saving lives on the frontline in Palestine - help Maha

My name is Louisa and I'm raising money for my dear friend Maha and her family in Gaza. On 29 September they were displaced again from Gaza City to the south. We managed to raise funds to transport th...

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John! @teleogougar.bsky.social · 17h

they’re really out here just saying words huh

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John! @teleogougar.bsky.social · 18h

The ceasefire may be in effect but people need our help still to try and rebuild in the ongoing famine and oncoming cold. Anything you can give could save a life

Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 20h

Every hope is lifesaving—still. So although support has massively slowed down for these six families—despite ongoing famine, all their homes destroyed, impending cold, a baby due soon (‼️)—we’ll still be here every hour or two.

23 hours left ⚠️ 7/879: chuffed.org/project/hope...

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Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 18h

Support is down 70% from last week 🫶🏾

Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 20h

Every hope is lifesaving—still. So although support has massively slowed down for these six families—despite ongoing famine, all their homes destroyed, impending cold, a baby due soon (‼️)—we’ll still be here every hour or two.

23 hours left ⚠️ 7/879: chuffed.org/project/hope...

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 20h

CHICAGO: REBUILD is providing therapy to folks detained by ICE. Please feel free to let people know.

findmeatherapist.org

Find Me A Therapist

findmeatherapist.org

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Mordecai/Frogbot/Mlembi @mlembi.bsky.social · 2d

Zeta Gundam episode 43

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Manny Suazo @smokyburnout.bsky.social · 19h

topical

a cartoon of a man in a frog costume talking to a woman

ALT: a cartoon of a man in a frog costume talking to a woman

media.tenor.com

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psudonym @psudonym.bsky.social · 18h

In the shower, always have two points of solid contact with a solid surface. Never stand only on one leg unless one of your hands is holding on to something.

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星空★lone @hoshizoralone.bsky.social · 1d

[xenoblade] let’s do our hair with big bro

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John! @teleogougar.bsky.social · 19h

This is so fucking cute and sweet lone

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がんぼるぞい®︎ 💪🐶✨borzoiボルゾイ @ganborzoi.bsky.social · 20h

おはよう。がんぼるぞい。

translation:
Good morning.

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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 20h

For anyone trying to figure out where to start when it comes to getting involved with organizing and activism, this zine is a helpful tool! It aims to be, as our co-founder @prisonculture.bsky.social writes, "the beginning of a bridge between information and action."

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