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Cori @bordkatze.bsky.social · 1h

Bluesky thinks that a mother trying to keep her children alive is spam.

I disagree, that's why I am sharing Lubna's donation link for Eline, Naser and Kinda in this post. Please share as well and donate if you can ❤️

gofund.me/90ce416eb

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 1h

Please share & give to help Yaqoub get treatment for his son, who narrowly escaped being killed by Israeli bombing, but lost a finger & is suffering from infected wounds. They're in urgent need:

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James Downie @jamescdownie.bsky.social · 1h

In unrelated news, here's @juliesulabor.bsky.social writing for @msnbc.com about how Amazon mistreats its package handlers and delivery drivers: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 1h

This whole app is full of these nuggets. Bad sign.

georgiamushroom.bsky.social @georgiamushroom.bsky.social · 2h

No he has the right idea. These single issue advocacy groups lost us a win. Trans rights and LGBTQ issues are important but not important enough to the voters. Dems have to get the message back towards center to win and thats what newsom is doing. Change can be effective after we control government.

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 2h

Shimaa was shot by an Israeli quadcopter trying to keep her baby safe & lost her husband to Israel's genocide in Gaza. Please help by sharing & donating to cover the steep costs of healthcare, food, shelter, she's all alone (no donations for 2 days):

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Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 53m

In a blatant show of disrespect for the sanctity of the Muslim holy site, Israeli settlers singing and dancing provocatively during their celebration of Jewish holiday of Sukkot in Al-Aqsa Mosque, Occupied Jerusalem

Imagine Muslims did this in a synagogue 😐.

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Help Mohammed and Heba @mohammedandheba68.bsky.social · 49m

This is my son... he is losing weight day after day before my eyes, and I am unable to provide him with the food he needs

If you ever feel powerless, remember this —
Your single dot ,can light up someone’s darkest night.

If you're browsing, please leave a dot. It's just a dot
gofund.me/ce1424a23

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alice says Palestinians in Gaza aren’t scammers! @bluwhalien.bsky.social · 50m

Another day, another new account from Samaa. Please follow @samaa0181.bsky.social, engage and donate if you can + share her GFM:

gofund.me/6f3eda48f

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Cori @bordkatze.bsky.social · 45m

Sharing Sakher's fundraiser until his account has been reinstated.

Please be his voice until he can speak for himself again! 🫶

gofund.me/81542b47

#MutualAid #HelpSky #EndRacism

Donate to Support Sakher's Journey to a Brighter Future, organized by Jennifer M

Hello, My name is Sakher. I am 23 years old. During the recent war, my famil… Jennifer M needs your support for Support Sakher's Journey to a Brighter Future

gofund.me

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Massimo @massimovl.bsky.social · 58m

Dear friends, Let's not forget about Soad and her little child Omar. They need our help for food, medicine and for Omar's surgery (laparoscopy).
Please donate and share.

Thank you.

tinyurl.com/ycxdtddx

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Sharif 🎬169 @shadowtrace.bsky.social · 17h

I honestly didn’t expect this much love and interaction over the past couple of days 🥹
Thank you from the bottom of my heart to everyone who liked, commented, or shared 💖
Your support truly means a lot to me
So I.. WHAT 😳

chuffed.org/project/sharif

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Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 2h

Please share AND appreciate how impactful you’ve been the last month, helping SEVEN families (waiting on the eighth) evacuate north Gaza.

But this isn’t a ‘win,’ and their displacement conditions are severe. They need food, tents, blankets.

10 hours left today. 120/640

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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Designer Hasan @designer4hasand.bsky.social · 5h

I carry the full responsibility for my family's needs.
No plans, no guarantees — only faith that there are kind hearts who won’t let us fall. 🕊️

Help us give our children a life without worry. 🧡

🙏Donate if you can / Share if you can't.

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Hend Amry @libyaliberty.bsky.social · 2h

Once the data is in government hands and systems of surveillance are embedded in systems of labor and beyond, your supposed protections are nothing more than flimsy surmountable barriers. One terrorist attack and “emergency powers” are claimed. We just saw it used for protests.

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Steven W. Thrasher is finishing The Overseer Class @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 6h

I am finding two ways of thinking about this in South Africa

1. USAID cuts immediately closed SA trans clinics, and trans ppl, cut off from gender affirming care, have since died by suicide

2. USAID cuts have cut HIV/AIDS medication access, which takes months or years to manifest in deaths

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 8h

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisted “no one has died” as a result of U.S. foreign aid cuts. In Myanmar, the grieving father of a 2-year-old boy who died after their food rations were cut calls such claims a lie.

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Saoirse Kenney; Antifa Cat Herder is a Clippy 🖇️ $60/100 @saoirsekenney.bsky.social · 4h

🆘 #Emergency🆘
Please share and help if you can, Gaza is being reduced to rubble, people need help right now!!
💕💸 #KeepFolksAlive #MutualAidRequest
#Food #Shelter #Transport

Yaaqoub @ahcrg.bsky.social · 6h

Imagine your home being destroyed and you and your children becoming homeless, sleeping on the street in a torn tent and winter coming. It's an indescribable feeling, full of pain.😥

chuffed.org/project/1515...

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Yaaqoub @ahcrg.bsky.social · 6h

Imagine your home being destroyed and you and your children becoming homeless, sleeping on the street in a torn tent and winter coming. It's an indescribable feeling, full of pain.😥

chuffed.org/project/1515...

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Oftentimes Jack 🎃 @pepsffk.bsky.social · 2h

And they deleted Eslam too 🙃

Oftentimes Jack 🎃 @pepsffk.bsky.social · 10d

I am asking for help on behalf of Eslam and her three sweet boys. Her campaign is still new and hasn't seen many donations, she's so young & already has been through so many hardships. A share, a donation can help give her hope. We leave no one alone in this fight for freedom.

shorturl.at/e4fwY

Three young boys surrounding a dish with a meagre portion of food.

Three small boys sharing slices of bread between them.

Three young boys eating from small bowls in a tent.

Eslam smiling surrounded by her three children.

Oftentimes Jack 🎃 @pepsffk.bsky.social · 2h

❤️🩹

Oftentimes Jack 🎃 @pepsffk.bsky.social · 2h

Two years, that enough said, right???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Oftentimes Jack 🎃 @pepsffk.bsky.social · 9d

Ahmed reached out to me on whatsapp, they have nothing after their house was destroyed and they're in desperate need of $450. There are updates on his chuffed, you can imagine how panicked he is right now so please share and donate if you can.

chuffed.org/project/1426...

Help Ahmed and His Family Survive and Rebuild Their Lives

Hello everyone,

chuffed.org

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Oftentimes Jack 🎃 @pepsffk.bsky.social · 2h

Two years, that enough said, right?????????????????????????????????????????????????

Oftentimes Jack 🎃 @pepsffk.bsky.social · 9d

Mitqual reached out to me on Instagram, the hoops people going through so much have to jump through because of this site seem to grow in elaborateness daily. No one deserves to have their voice silenced, so share for him, be loud for him, help him. Donate, share.

gofund.me/1a02ef939

Donate to Help Mitqual and his family, organized by Michael McCarthy

I am Mithqal Aziz, married and a father of three children. Our life in Gaza is like hell… Michael McCarthy needs your support for Help Mitqual and his family

gofund.me

Oftentimes Jack 🎃 @pepsffk.bsky.social · 2h

Follow her at @afnan1996.bsky.social

Oftentimes Jack 🎃 @pepsffk.bsky.social · 6d

Sharing for Afnan, a mother of two children Mofeed (5) and Malak (3), who also volunteers in a tent teaching. She reached out because she can't keep an account here & is in need of Winter clothes for her children & a new tent as hers has become worn. Please share and donate.

tinyurl.com/HelpAfnan

A selfie of gentle Afnan wearing a multicolour headscarf with a group of children studying behind her in a tent.

Oftentimes Jack 🎃 @pepsffk.bsky.social · 2h

Never forget him.

Oftentimes Jack 🎃 @pepsffk.bsky.social · 5d

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

Oftentimes Jack 🎃 @pepsffk.bsky.social · 18d

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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Oftentimes Jack 🎃 @pepsffk.bsky.social · 2h

Two years, that enough said, right??????????????????????????

Oftentimes Jack 🎃 @pepsffk.bsky.social · 5d

Heba and Mohammed just want to keep their children safe, but since they can't have an account here they have to tag, they have to act before they are suspended unfairly, so please, be kind, don't block or report them. Don't hurt them more than they are hurting.

Help Mohammed and Heba @mohammedandheba68.bsky.social · 5d

I'm not exaggerating if I tell you that we are really living the last moments of our lives.

If you’re scrolling, PLEASE leave a dot . it's just a dot

gofund.me/6bb4ba4e5

@mommunism.bsky.social 🙏🩵
@lexialex.bsky.social ❤️🙏

Oftentimes Jack 🎃 @pepsffk.bsky.social · 2h

Two years, that enough said, right????????????

Oftentimes Jack 🎃 @pepsffk.bsky.social · 3d

I so often speak on Ahmed & his girls, but neglect his wife & the mother of those sweet children, Rula, I haven't had the chance to speak to her personally, I hear she's a reserved person. Breaks my heart that so much has to be shared just to maybe get help.

Help this family.

shorturl.at/zDYNy