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Mel Lee-Smith | Writer @melleesmith.com · 1d

CC (see top post!):

@lexialex.bsky.social
@leftistlawyer.com
@lubottom.bsky.social
@anna-orridge.bsky.social
@limbischessystem.bsky.social
@divyampersaud.com
@hebagowayed.bsky.social
@nora.zone

Any questions, DM me! ❤️

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Mel Lee-Smith | Writer @melleesmith.com · 1d

Future improvements to the site include:

- An honor roll section naming and honoring those martyred
- An obituaries section where Palestinians can honor their lost loved ones properly
- Dedicated pages for each family where they can share their stories, updates, honor roll entries, and obituaries

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Mel Lee-Smith | Writer @melleesmith.com · 1d

GSH was created to ensure Palestinian fundraising campaigns have somewhere to "live" that's not Bsky.

Once a campaign is added to our site, it will NEVER be removed — even if your Bsky account is deleted.

And we'll keep working to get it in front of as many people as we can.

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Mel Lee-Smith | Writer @melleesmith.com · 1d

🧵 @gazasupporthub.com is now on Bsky! Please follow & share!

~50 campaigns from @mommunism.bsky.social's megathread are now live on the site.

ALL of them will be live soon.

GSH was created in direct response to Bsky's mistreatment of Palestinians. (More in thread 👇)

www.gazasupporthub.com

Gaza Support Hub - Welcome

www.gazasupporthub.com

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Mel Lee-Smith | Writer @melleesmith.com · 1d

Feeling compelled to express gratitude for the driven, intelligent, hard-working activists on my teams.

From @recordresistance.com to Gaza Support Hub, we've got some true juggernauts fighting for global collective liberation.

Waking up to updates on these projects is the BEST way to start my day.

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Mel Lee-Smith | Writer @melleesmith.com · 1d

So many of my loves in Palestine are without internet. My messages are taking days to deliver 😞

Please support them if you can — every follow, every like, every share matters!

@belal2011.bsky.social
@save-my-family.bsky.social
@ilaymedia.com

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Mel Lee-Smith | Writer @melleesmith.com · 1d

A LindseyGrahamectomy!! I'm cryin 🤣🤣🤣

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

I'm cohosting a fundraiser in the DMV area next week for @drannieandrews.com, who's scheduled to perform a LindseyGrahamectomy on the United States Senate next year. If you're interested, you can DM Annie's finance director, @hreneeharvey.bsky.social, for the contribution/RSVP link.

Mel Lee-Smith | Writer @melleesmith.com · 2d

Our team's barely just getting started, but we sure are finding interesting things...

Record Resistance | Archiving Against Power @recordresistance.com · 2d

The Office of the Inspector General website no longer has a valid SSL certificate (which ensures connections to websites are secure).

#1 - The site was still live as of Sept. 30

#2 - At roughly 5 AM Pacific on Oct. 1, a shutdown message appeared

#3 - The site was last archived Oct. 2

Screenshot of the homepage of the US Department of Justice's Office of the Inspector General website. This is an archived version of the website stored on Internet Archive's Wayback Machine on September 30, 2025.

Screenshot of the US Department of Justice's Office of the Inspector General, as it appeared on October 1, 2025. Taken from the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine.

Screenshot of the "potential security issue" notice on the US Department of Justice's Office of the Inspector General's website. This website is no longer being maintained or updated due to the US federal government shutdown.

Mel Lee-Smith | Writer @melleesmith.com · 2d

It's honestly sickening how hyperfocused European media has been on POTUS 47's response to talks happening in Occupied Palestine.

Why are y'all giving him airtime? Y'all need to be talking to actual human rights experts, ffs.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 2d

BREAKING: Israel deports 171 Gaza Sumud Flotilla activists, including Greta Thunberg.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/erhxpu

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Mel Lee-Smith | Writer @melleesmith.com · 2d

Phew, glad it wasn't arson in the end, which could've been a much bigger threat in a society where books are consistently banned. Still, that's some real irresponsible reporting from The Irish Times.

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 2d

It sounds as though arson has been discounted as a motive and they're able to open as usual. Keep supporting independent bookstores like @booksupstairs.bsky.social regardless.

Books Upstairs @booksupstairs.bsky.social · 2d

A small fire at the front of the bookshop was started last night after rubbish bags that were awaiting collection were set on fire. The guards don’t have reason at this time to believe it was a targeted attack. Thankfully the damage was limited and everyone is safe. We are open for business as usual

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

Kind of feels like feds occupying our city for a month, killing one person and shooting another while attacking neighborhoods with chemical weapons and kidnapping hundreds of people already counts as a civil war whether the Guard arrives or not, but what do we know?

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Mel Lee-Smith | Writer @melleesmith.com · 2d

Oh, this one really boils my piss. I LOVE Books Upstairs — they a vast selection of affordable books. I will definitely be ordering online once I'm able to help support their remodeling costs. I invite y'all to join me. ❤️

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 2d

Books Upstairs is a fine store with a particularly excellent poetry section. Why not support them by ordering your books online instead: booksupstairs.ie

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 2d

‘Really shocking’: Independent Dublin bookstore damaged in arson attack

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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 2d

I'm so over breaking news. How about some fixing news.

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 2d

Yup, very disappointing

Frank O'Connor @frankoconnor.bsky.social · 2d

Another day & still no focus on Tadhg Hickey & the other 15 Irish flotilla hostages in the media
Clearly standing up against genocide & being kidnapped in International waters by a terrorist state is not news worthy in Ireland
Very sad to see that this is where we are in 2025

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Slug 🐛 VTuber @vtuberloveslug.bsky.social · 5d

Lmao the resource guzzling 'get things wrong' machine isn't something that warrants pragmatism. It exists in an attempt to solve the problem of paying people to do labor. And it's never going to do that. It's a huge bubble of waste. You really are Elon lite.

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Mel Lee-Smith | Writer @melleesmith.com · 2d

My only other one is LinkedIn which is a cesspit… honestly, where do we even go at this point 😭

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · Aug 19

Jay is talking about making “billionaire proof “ socials

But the actual issues raised are

- anti Palestinian racism
- unclear applications of Adult material
- unclear moderation
- anti Black racism
- unresponsive mods
- poor communication
- a history of granting unequal access

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Record Resistance | Archiving Against Power @recordresistance.com · 3d

Agencies with "Radical Left" and "Democrats" verbiage:

- Dept. of Agriculture
- Dept. Justice
- Dept. of Health and Human Services
- Dept. Housing and Urban Development
- Dept. of State
- Dept. of the Treasury

#USGovernmentShutdown

Screenshot of the US Department of Agriculture website homepage

Screenshot of the US Department of Justice website homepage

Screenshot of the US Department of Health and Human Services website homepage

Screenshot of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development website homepage

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Mel Lee-Smith | Writer @melleesmith.com · 3d

done, y'all go sign, only takes a second

الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 3d

Please sign this by 4PM.
Fahad is coming under increasing harassment from the British authorities and we are circulating this Statement of Solidarity after he was stopped by Welsh police on 6th August with his family coming back to the UK after a holiday in Ireland.
docs.google.com/forms/d/1srI...

Statement of Solidarity with Fahad Ansari

DEADLINE FOR SIGNATURE: SUNDAY 5TH OCTOBER 2025, 4:00 PM We, the undersigned organisations and individuals, condemn the escalating campaign of harassment by the British authorities against Irish Musli...

docs.google.com

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Mel Lee-Smith | Writer @melleesmith.com · 4d

😞 no words, only grief

The Journal @thejournal.ie · 4d

An Israeli military drone dropped grenades near to Irish peacekeepers who were protecting civilians clearing rubble close to an Irish base in south Lebanon.
http://jrnl.ie/6834534t