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WalkingInAustin @walkinginaustin.bsky.social · 20d

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.

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WalkingInAustin @walkinginaustin.bsky.social · 34m

Marah, Moraz, and Mila still need us. Please hear their voices. Donate whatever you can.

MARAH FROM 🇵🇸 @mummarah.bsky.social · 2h

🚨I beg you to share it

We lost everything even our source of income 😭

We rely on your daily donations to provide food, water, milk for our daughter and everything we need to survive 💔🙏

Without your help, we truly can’t afford anything!!!

Please help
gofund.me/726f59d0f

@mommunism.bsky.social 😭🙏

WalkingInAustin @walkinginaustin.bsky.social · 36m

Oh my beautiful friends.

WalkingInAustin @walkinginaustin.bsky.social · 37m

Read the thread. Share it
Donate whatever you can.

Sharif 🎬169 @shadowtrace.bsky.social · 11h

We once had a beautiful, warm home a refuge from danger, cold, and rain. I’d return from work tired, and Lina would open the door; her hug and the scent of our home erased all fatigue. Now it’s all gone, Lina. They left us nothing to hold onto. Can I ever get my home back?
chuffed.org/project/sharif

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 16h

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Olive 🍉 @limbischessystem.bsky.social · 6d

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This is the an URGENT plea of the ✅ verified Amr Abu Ishaq family
The family is in dire need
for support.

„Gaza, a voice from under the
rubble. I share my story... my pain...
and my resilience... I search for
hope in the midst of destruction.
Every support is life.“

gofund.me/0cb27f8f

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A photo of the Amr Abu Ishaq family, standing inmidst rubble and ruins.
The photo is taken while displacement and famine in genocide.

Please help, these are friends from the beginning.

Help my family to survive from this war
gofund.me/Ocb27f8f

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Anna Orridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social · 1h

Waseem managed to get to Gaza City, but he was distressed to see the state of their home. They'll need a lot of help to rebuild. ❤️🙏😔

FaïzaaAaAAaa👻🎃🕷 @fayzaa.bsky.social · 1d

Please help Waseem and his loved ones as they absolutely need our help to get through all of this, so donate or share his post🙏🏻🍉
gofund.me/35fdca7d
@mommunism.bsky.social
@lillywachowski.bsky.social
@gorangligovic.bsky.social

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Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · 5h

Honestly, it’s exhausting that people think Gazans should only ask for help to survive to eat, to stay alive but not to dream, to study, or to rebuild their lives. Wanting education, safety, and a future isn’t greed. It’s being human.

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Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 9h

19 hours left ⚠️ I want to emphasize how obvious it is that survival funds—any of them—only get attention when the “right” kind of news hits western audiences. Palestinians have to suffer correctly for us to care about their lives? Do I have that right?

I just don’t care if this is “shaming.” 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…

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UAINE @mahtowin1.bsky.social · 9h

Boston Indigenous Peoples Day March
Sat. October 11 - - 12 noon
Park St. Station by Boston Common

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Robin (she/he-ella/él) @merryrobin.bsky.social · 8h

A personal favor I ask of you today:
A raffle for @fidaaumar.bsky.social and her children is being organised and we need all the help we can get amplifying during this month
❤️
bsky.app/profile/merr...

Robin (she/he-ella/él) @merryrobin.bsky.social · 15h

You can win this flag! 🇵🇸

Rules are simple:
1. Follow @fidaaumar.bsky.social
2. Donate:
$5 for a ticket, $10 for two, and so, or
$20 bundle for 5 tickets.
3. Take a screenshot and submit to the Google form.
4. Last day is Oct 30.
5. Stay tuned in Nov for the winner!
chuffed.org/project/fidaa-umar

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Robin (she/he-ella/él) @merryrobin.bsky.social · 11h

Today, an International Lesbian Day thread 🧵
-two days later, but it's ok because I have time blindness and also because lesbians are eternal and should be celebrated every day! ✨

Robin (she/he-ella/él) @merryrobin.bsky.social · Sep 3

The Ladies of Llangollen, Eleanor Butler (1739–1829) and Sarah Ponsonby (1755–1831), were two upper-class Irish women who lived together as a couple.
The pair moved to a Gothic house in Llangollen, North Wales, in 1780 after leaving Ireland to escape the social pressures of conventional marriages.

The Rt. Honble. Lady Eleanor Butler & Miss Ponsonby 'The Ladies of Llangollen' Illustration by James Henry Lynch
The two women are depicted in formal black dresses, wearing top hats, and walking together with a small dog by their side. They are set against a natural landscape backdrop with rocky terrain and possibly a distant view of an abbey or ruins.

Sarah Ponsonby (left)and Lady Eleanor Butler, recluses known as the Ladies of Llangollen, seated in their library. Lithograph by R.J. Lane, ca. 1832
This is a black-and-white lithograph or engraving showing the Ladies of Llangollen, Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, wearing masculine outfits and seated together in an ornate room. A sleepy cat is also sitting at the table. They are surrounded by various objects and books, indicating a scholarly or intellectual setting. The room's interior is richly detailed, emphasizing their domestic life.

Susan Murray Tait: Ladies of Llangollen 1819
This is a watercolor painting that depicts the Ladies of Llangollen walking together. Both women are wearing dark cloaks with short, white wild hairstyles, giving them a cool androgynous appearance. They are shown on a pathway, emphasizing their close companionship as they walk side by side.

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Oftentimes Jack 🎃 @pepsffk.bsky.social · 1d

People need help, but I am out of words today, so forgive me and share.

Oftentimes Jack 🎃 @pepsffk.bsky.social · 8d

Don't ever forget Hany, we have lost a friend so help his family.

Oftentimes Jack 🎃 @pepsffk.bsky.social · 21d

Hany reached out to me, he's supporting his eight children and has been forced to move to the south. So I'm asking for your help in helping Hany. He can't keep an account here & the internet can be hard to connect to so I ask you to share and to donate if you're able.

tinyurl.com/7kv295bc

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AjiWings @ajijaakwe.bsky.social · 9h

It's a short thread @wingsndnsilver.bsky.social with this week's Friday Feature trio of works. Follow us there for daily threads like this, featuring extraordinary Indigenous fine silverwork, imagery, and other art, educational information, and cool creative backstories.

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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 14h

CNN: "Thousands of Palestinians are returning home to northern Gaza, finding destruction and heartbreak."

The situation on the ground for civilians is horrific. They rely on donations to survive.

Please give to my friend Tasneem so she can feed her children. And to others. ❤️🙏

tinyurl.com/Tasneemo

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 10h

The politics of punishment is for losers and creeps and we're throwing that in the garbage where it belongs.

The politics of care is for winners and heroes and that's how we're fucking doing things from now on.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 15h

"We were taken to Ketziot Prison."

"[W]idely known for its brutal torture practices against Palestinian prisoners, including sexual abuse."

"We were deprived of food and water [..] and denied access to essential medicines."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Brazil #Healthcare #Incarceration #Genocide

Brazilian Activist of the Sumud Flotilla Reveals Horrors of Occupation Prisons - Left Voice

Members of the Gaza Sumud Flotilla who were kidnapped by Israeli say they were "treated like animals" during their six-day imprisonment in Israel's notorious Ketziot Prison.

www.leftvoice.org

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 15h

"The North Africans, in particular, were targeted for severe abuse and beatings, taken out of their cells with German Shepherds and guns at their heads and cuffed at the hands, cuffed at the ankles, blindfolded and put into isolation."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #USA #Incarceration #Genocide

Democratic lawmakers demand answers from Trump administration on detained flotilla activists

As Gaza flotilla activists share stories of abuse in Israeli detention, Democratic lawmakers are demanding that the State Department take action.

mondoweiss.net

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Akram Basil Abdulwahed @akramabdelwahed.bsky.social · 10h

Autumn’s cold with blanket as thin as paper

chuffed.org/project/help...

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WalkingInAustin @walkinginaustin.bsky.social · 10h

a little girl is hugging a blue monster from monsters inc

ALT: a little girl is hugging a blue monster from monsters inc

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WalkingInAustin @walkinginaustin.bsky.social · 10h

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 11h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 10h

I urgently need rest. Posts are scheduled every hour for the rest of the day. You can click the bell on my page so you don’t miss anyway - a really nice, free way to help. Thank you so much

Give, flyers and graphics and a zine, accountability, and more: linktr.ee/hopegivingcircle

Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 10h

Support is down 70% from last week 🫶🏾

Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 13h

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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WalkingInAustin @walkinginaustin.bsky.social · 10h

We who are not in Gaza cannot comprehend the depths of the loss. But we can materially help. Please keep sharing.

Donate whatever you can.

Eng Hana allulu @ilaymedia.com · 10h

The war may have stopped, but our struggle hasn’t,I lost my home, my safety, and my older brother, Now our only hope is to leave Gaza and rebuild our lives from nothing.
Your support could help us find safety and start again. 🕊️
Please don't pass and help us
We are one big family
Link 🔗 donate 👇🙏🥺

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WalkingInAustin @walkinginaustin.bsky.social · 10h

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