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Lizzyanna @wishliszt.bsky.social · 4h

Donate / repost if you can!

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 6h

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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Lizzyanna @wishliszt.bsky.social · 5d

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 11d

BREAKING: Israeli helicopters have struck Gaza City’s main Omar al-Mukhtar Street, killing 39 Palestinians across Gaza since dawn, including 28 in the city, amid PM Netanyahu’s talks on potential peace discussions with Trump.

🔴LIVE updates: aje.io/r56us9

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 22d

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) said Brazil has filed a formal declaration of intervention in the case brought by South Africa accusing Israel of violating the Genocide Convention in Gaza.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/jg1ein

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Second Great Bisexual Awakening @suesswassersee.bsky.social · 23d

Hey friends, this is fast and easy and really helps people who are laying low while ICE is on the move in Chicago.

I just got a bunch of black beans, anyone want to join me?

making art @marigoldmimsy.bsky.social · 24d

we have delivered 2 carloads of shelf-stable food and supplies to those who have requested support, requests are still incoming

while people stay home during the ICE raids in Chicagoland, we appreciate community support as we work for safety, please share!

bit.ly/distributefoodchicago

support mutual aid in chicago

we are fielding requests from families who are staying home during the ICE raids in Chicago

new moms, families and elderly folks are asking for shelf-stable and hygiene supplies

bit.ly/distributefoodchicago

#mutual aid

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 23d

Israeli attacks kill dozens more Palestinians in Gaza City alone as the death toll surges during its ground invasion.

Israeli army applying ‘extreme pressure’ as Gaza death toll passes 65,000

Israeli attacks kill dozens more Palestinians in Gaza City alone as the death toll surges during its ground invasion.

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Liz⁷ 🍉₊˚⊹ ᓚᘏᗢ @btsgivesuwings.bsky.social · 27d

Mariam and Mumin's family are in the Gaza City evacuation zone, but in order to hire a truck to carry their belongings they need a couple thousand more dollars 😭 I know my little circle can't do it so please share this link wherever you can:

www.gofundme.com/f/support-an...
#Donation4Liberation

Mariam and Mumin's family are in an
evacuation zone (G-z-City), but in order to hire a truck to carry their belongings they need a
couple thousand more dollars o I know my little circle can't do it so please please share this link wherever you can. I think she thinks this may be it for them

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BDS movement @bdsmovement.bsky.social · Sep 8

BDS victory! The Scottish Parliament becomes the first in the world to endorse BDS against genocidal Israel.

BDS calls for escalated civil society pressure on all states to impose legal and targeted sanctions against apartheid Israel similar to those that helped abolish apartheid in South Africa.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · Sep 6

Do it.

Search your name.

Take their money.

It’s yours anyway.

Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · Sep 6

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.

OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

www.theatlantic.com

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Lizzyanna @wishliszt.bsky.social · Sep 8

Thank you for spreading the important news that I miss. I can' wait to get home and start bookmarking.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Sep 2

BREAKING: Belgium will recognise the State of Palestine at the UNGA later this month, FM Maxime Prevot announced, adding the country will also impose 12 “firm sanctions” on Israel aje.io/jw30im

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Layla @lili-kh.bsky.social · Aug 31

Guys, I’m honestly freaking out—if I don’t hit the goal by tomorrow, I might lose my spot😔
Only about £1k left & with a few kind hearts we can smash it fast. Time’s ticking, so pls share this everywhere!
Pls give a Gazan student hope!

DON’T LET MY DREAM SLIP AWAY🥺🙏(2/2)
chuffed.org/project/layl...

Help layla complete her education in Gaza!

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𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒂 𝑯𝒊𝒋𝒂𝒛𝒊 🇵🇸🫒𝑰𝒏 𝑮𝒂𝒛𝒂 @monahijazi.bsky.social · Aug 31

Update 31 August
4:30 p.m
🚨❤️🙏 $750 left please 🙏❤️🚨
💛💛💛😍 THANK YOU 😍💛💛💛

Just repost 🙏 to evacuate safely
Just repost 🙏 to evacuate safely
Just repost 🙏 to evacuate safely
Just repost 🙏 to evacuate safely
Just repost 🙏 to evacuate safely

Raphaellakay (can't donate but will share your post 🍉) @raphaellakay.bsky.social · Aug 29

🆘 Mona & her family need $1200 to evacuate 🆘

donate if you can

share the campaign

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Lizzyanna @wishliszt.bsky.social · Aug 29

Exactly

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Lizzyanna @wishliszt.bsky.social · Aug 29

Ugh. It's bad enough lately but it feels so much more personal when they promote boycotted brands unofficially. Like that's not even asking someone to speak up, it's just asking them to think about someone else's suffering for 2 seconds and be sliiiightly inconvenienced. Literal bare minimum.

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · Aug 29

how do you enumerate the pain of helplessness?

how can you describe the weight of everything on your chest?
the accumulation of injustices.
the violence.
the genocides and school shootings and the mass extinctions

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Lizzyanna @wishliszt.bsky.social · Aug 28

Which emoji means I would use it constantly and might finally be free from twt forever?

Lizzyanna @wishliszt.bsky.social · Aug 25

Please share and donate if you can. Everyone's small reach can add up to save a life.

Liz⁷ 🍉₊˚⊹ ᓚᘏᗢ @btsgivesuwings.bsky.social · Aug 25

These are messages I received from Miriam today. They are trapped in central Gaza, pinned in a small area the occupation is threatening. Pls SHARE, DONATE so they can leave if there is opportunity or buy supplies to live

www.gofundme.com/f/support-an...

@muminjamiean.bsky.social
#ARMY4Palestine

Screenshot of WhatsApp messages received Today in Arabic

Translation of WhatsApp messages from previous photo

Arabic
أنا محاصر لا اقدر اطلع يوجد
موت وجوع
English (US)
I'm trapped, I can't go out, there is death and hunger

Arabic
أرجو منك انقاذي 😭😭
English (US)
Please save me😭😭

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CODEPINK @codepink.bsky.social · Aug 24

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Layla @lili-kh.bsky.social · Aug 16

The occupation of Gaza has begun-Israhell has been carrying out relentless carpet bombings in southeast Gaza since yesterday. Carpet bombing always comes before a ground invasion.

I feel like my days are now numbered 💔

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Lizzyanna @wishliszt.bsky.social · Aug 17

Seconded. It was chill and took my mind off life for a bit.

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · Aug 10

Today, the fact that the airstrike that killed an Al Jazeera journalist and his crew whom Israel had smeared as a terrorist in advance hit next to a hospital is just the fourth or fifth most horrific detail, and yet the international response will be… what? More nothing.

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · Aug 10

Because I am angry I will share this again. One of the reasons that Israel is able to target individuals so precisely is that it collects every phone call in Gaza and stores the recordings in Microsoft Azure, then uses AI to analyze and pick targets.

‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians

Revealed: The Israeli military undertook an ambitious project to store a giant trove of Palestinians’ phone calls on Microsoft’s servers in Europe

www.theguardian.com

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Alex Zucker @alexzucker.bsky.social · Aug 4

This is the website: sudanfunds.com

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