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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Jul 21

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Ahlam, located in the south of the enclave, is holding on “to testify” as long as she can. “Every time I leave the tent to cover an event, do an interview or document a story, I don’t know if I’ll come back alive.” Her biggest issue, she confirms, is the lack of food and water.

We are watching their situation get worse. They’re young but their strength is leaving them. Most are no longer physically able to get around the enclave to do their work. Their heartbreaking cries for help are now daily.

For the past few days, we have only received very brief messages from them, when they have the strength to send any. Their courage, considered heroic by the rest of the world, is now their only hope of survival.

We may hear about their deaths at any moment, and this is unbearable.

This Sunday, Bashar wrote: “For the first time, I feel defeated.” Later that day, he said he would thank us “for explaining that we live day to day between death and hunger.” “I wish President Macron would help me get out of this hell.”

Ahlam is still holding on. “I try to keep exercising my profession, to speak for the voiceless, to document the truth despite all the attempts to silence it. Here, resistance isn’t a choice: it’s a necessity.”

Since AFP was founded in 1944, we have lost journalists in conflicts, some have been injured, others taken prisoner. But none of us remember witnessing colleagues die of hunger".

— The outgoing Editorial Committee (Société de Journalistes, SDJ) of the AFP

wonderingmaria.bsky.social @wonderingmaria.bsky.social · Apr 21

Looking for publicists with good references…:-)
#bookwriters #bookreviews #bookagents #publicity #iwrite #bookthreads #bookreviews #anaccidentalpilgrim #caminodesantiago #bookpodcasts

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Bec @bec2222.bsky.social · Nov 22

I know it feels futile - that’s what authoritarians want you to think. Instead, take a look at this website. It lists out important issues locally and nationally as well as your house and senate reps contact info. It includes an outline if you’re not sure what to say. Use your voice. 💙

5calls.org

5 Calls

Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.

5calls.org

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wonderingmaria.bsky.social @wonderingmaria.bsky.social · Apr 21

Incompetence , idiocy, or plain treason…?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Apr 19

Who could’ve foreseen that it would be a disaster to put an unqualified Fox weekend host with a drinking problem and sordid personal history in charge of the military

Pentagon turmoil deepens: Top Hegseth aide leaves post

“There is a complete meltdown in the building,” one official said.

www.politico.com

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wonderingmaria.bsky.social @wonderingmaria.bsky.social · Dec 10

Looking for a holiday gift? Something that will inspire, inform, and entertain? For the Look no more, get them this book!!!

5 stars reviews in the US, Canada and behind. With a Kirkus review of “get it” it is the perfect gift!

An Accidental Pilgrim: A Memoir in Prose and Verse

Amazon.com: An Accidental Pilgrim: A Memoir in Prose and Verse: 9798891321366: Caponi, Maria Z.: Books

www.amazon.com

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wonderingmaria.bsky.social @wonderingmaria.bsky.social · Feb 22

Gracias !

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · Feb 20

Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.

Democracy requires your courage.

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wonderingmaria.bsky.social @wonderingmaria.bsky.social · Feb 20

@caminodesantiago.bsky.social check this book. Structured around our 2 weeks hike and including other stories and pictures..! Let me know what you think in the comments. Thank you

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Feb 19

Senators Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Joni Ernst, etc: You’ve seen Hegseth, RFK Jr, and others give worthless assurances. You’re now seeing the US appease Putin, and DOJ guardrails crumble. Are you going to let Kash Patel use the FBI against his enemies list and further destroy the rule of law?

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Feb 20

“Zelensky survived a dozen Russian assassination attempts including a special forces assault on his presidential complex.He stood up to Trump. I’m sure he’ll be deeply impressed to learn our Congressional Republicans live as terrified hostages of their own party leader.”
~ @michaeldweiss.bsky.social

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Feb 20

Pritzker: If we don’t want to repeat history, then for god’s sake, in this moment, we better be strong enough to learn from it.

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wonderingmaria.bsky.social @wonderingmaria.bsky.social · Feb 20

This is good, but we are singing to the choir. The calls have to be to the gop guys in the hope that they will straighten their bent jelly spines!!

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wonderingmaria.bsky.social @wonderingmaria.bsky.social · Feb 9

I took this picture because I think it will bring some beauty and calm to our grief nerves.

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wonderingmaria.bsky.social @wonderingmaria.bsky.social · Feb 5

I need a sky of hope tonight.

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Sophia KB 🌱 @sophiakb-writes.bsky.social · Feb 5

Okay this is AMAZING. topical scripts, all the local phone numbers. Easy for non-phone people like me!

Angie @libertasetjustitia.bsky.social · Feb 5

5 Calls app makes it easy and also has scripts!

5calls.org

5 Calls

Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.

5calls.org

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wonderingmaria.bsky.social @wonderingmaria.bsky.social · Jan 6

Let’s light up this media today. Here are a few pictures that gave me pleasure this week 😍

The color of eggs is orange in most of Europe. They feed the chickens good food :-)

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wonderingmaria.bsky.social @wonderingmaria.bsky.social · Dec 10

#bookthread #readers #poems #travel

wonderingmaria.bsky.social @wonderingmaria.bsky.social · Dec 10

Looking for a holiday gift? Something that will inspire, inform, and entertain? For the Look no more, get them this book!!!

5 stars reviews in the US, Canada and behind. With a Kirkus review of “get it” it is the perfect gift!

An Accidental Pilgrim: A Memoir in Prose and Verse

Amazon.com: An Accidental Pilgrim: A Memoir in Prose and Verse: 9798891321366: Caponi, Maria Z.: Books

www.amazon.com

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wonderingmaria.bsky.social @wonderingmaria.bsky.social · Nov 30

A reminder from the ocean and the sky. ‘We are here, we are magical, keep us clean, keep us alive!❤️

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wonderingmaria.bsky.social @wonderingmaria.bsky.social · Nov 25

I’m liking this Bluesky more and more every day! It is a pleasure to follow all of you and thank you all for following me! ❤️
A golden sunset is my gift today.

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Nick Knudsen @nickknudsenus.bsky.social · Nov 23

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wonderingmaria.bsky.social @wonderingmaria.bsky.social · Nov 24

The hypocrisy doesn’t face him..

wonderingmaria.bsky.social @wonderingmaria.bsky.social · Nov 23

American shame

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wonderingmaria.bsky.social @wonderingmaria.bsky.social · Nov 23

If you read it, and it informs, inspires or entertains you, please leave a review in Amazon, or Goodreads, or Barnes and Noble. Review help books find their readers !!😊 Thank you

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