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Al Raven

@alraven.bsky.social

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🦝 Writer/researcher, dataviz and information designer Anarchist, hater of capital, the state-racial-cispatriarchal matrix of domination, and all borders 🏴 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏴‍☠️ 🍉 Otto Rühle: "Revolution is not a party affair" Man Utd fan (against all reason!)

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Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · Mar 19

We live in a world where all that is good and beautiful is getting destroyed, suppressed, distorted, and tortured, but we don't even have time to mourn any of it because the relentless rythm of capital chokes us every day. We can't even heal, we can't fucking breathe in front of all this horror...

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Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 3h

It's pretty depressing to me how many people - even on the left - still don't realize that modern states, borders, polices, prisons, etc. must be abolished.
States have been so internalized that most leftists, feminists, poor people, etc cannot ever think about a society organized differently

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Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 3h

With that said Cuba (or USSR, or what have you) is very far from communism 😅

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ECRE @theecre.bsky.social · 7h

A new report by @en.sea-watch.org documents 60 violent incidents since 2016 by Libyan militias, including the Libyan Coast Guard

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Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 6h

In Europe - France, Belgium and Luxemburg - there's a really great network of parties/nightlife called La Bringue which is for girls only! (I probably don't need to explain why^^)

It's fucking awesome!!

Here it is on Insta: www.instagram.com/bringue_part...

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Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 6h

Fuck, I hate that so much..

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H.R.T DuGirls 🏳️‍⚧️ @noorah666.bsky.social · 6h

This is a trans womans cry for help:

I am depressed, envious of trans women, terrified of where I live, can't access hormones and feel completely alone here. I don't think there's a future for me. I could use some encouragement or love. I can't stand being closeted anymore and it's making me sad.

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Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 8h

If he's less obnoxious than in his actual writings, I'm for it lol

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May “Bunny” Peterson 🦄 (Mostly Updates ) @goddessblade.bsky.social · 20h

My friend Saeed needs serious help raising money for himself and his family. You can help by sharing this post and by donating, even a small amount!

Saed. 🍉 @ps-saed-98.bsky.social · 21h

I returned to our home and found it completely destroyed. My family and I are now homeless and will be living in tents. I am heartbroken by what happened to us. My heart broke when I saw our home. 😔💔

I need you now. Don't forget to support us through GFM to restore some hope.

gofund.me/a0a540b8

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 17h

didn't Hamas offer the safe return of all hostages in exchange for no invasion within, like, three days of the 7th?

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 15h

On this day Columbus Day as we watch the release of Palestinian hostages whose families aren’t even allowed to express joy at their freedom, I am haunted by the fact that people, for centuries, have lived under the authority of stupid, vile oppressors. That is actually the history of our world.

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Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 8h

🫂🫂❤️

Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 8h

I'd be flattered and take it as a big compliment, but I'm sure lots of other cis men would freak out lmao

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Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · 1d

If you don’t see the link between ICE and the IDF, you haven’t been paying attention. We are being asked to accept a world where whole communities are made disposable and marked for disappearance. If we accept that for anyone, no one is safe anywhere.

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Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · 1d

Why would Bluesky silence a survivor of genocide a girl whose only crime was trying to save her paralyzed father, a man broken by war and a stroke?
She asked for help, not pity. She wanted a chance to study, to live and they erased her voice.
Why this cruelty? 😪😪😪😪💔

Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · 1d

Her dad is sick and needs your help

suffered an ischemic stroke that caused severe dizziness and difficulty moving. After several days in the hospital, needs continuous treatment and daily medications such as Betaloc, Aspirin, and Atorvastatin, along with regular check-ups and follow-ups.

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Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 23h

100% I'm constantly overwhelmed...

Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 23h

🎯 Comme tu l'as dit si c etait un homme degôche avec ce genre de ton, il serait admiré mais on attend des femmes y compris à gauche qu'elles soient "tranquilles"... Et comme d'autres l'ont dit, perso j'apprécie BCP ta franchise et ton éloquence, le "confort" surtout des hommes est un gros problème!!

Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 23h

Facts 😌🥰
Fuck these people seriously, transhet girls are awesome ❤️❤️❤️
Any woman who takes the big risk of stepping out of cisheterosexuality is fucking badass and very brave (whether lesbian, transhet, asexual, etc)

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Scary Corpse @damselindystopia.bsky.social · 23h

I feel the need to be ultra clear about this - If you think it's okay to come at trans women with vile, misogynistic abuse for being attracted to men, you're a shitty person and I want nothing to do with you.

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Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 23h

There's no rhetorical difference between what this person said about May and what any average sexist cis man will say about women who refuse to submit to him and his harassment
Seriously how can you not immediately see how bad it is to call a woman a "whore" in any fucking context????

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Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 23h

Fuck this, you're right to speak about it! 🫂🫂

Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 23h

This shit is so outrageous, just blatant (trans)misogyny and ironically - given that these people are proud to be "queer" and "nonconforming" - policing a trans woman's gender/sexuality while dehumanizing her pretty much like a misogynist cis man would do to a random woman...

May “Bunny” Peterson 🦄 (Mostly Updates ) @goddessblade.bsky.social · 1d

I am so sick of getting comments like about my sexuality.

It’s transphobic, homophobic, and misogynistic and I’ve tolerated a LOT of this kind of attitude from other queer and trans people. Utterly ridiculous.

Someone quote posting me talking about being transhet saying “Incomprehensible: to depart the Gender of Atrocity only to bend over for it afterwards.”

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Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 1d

I'm trying Linux Mint at the moment, it's probably the best for new (Linux) users! So far I like it, and it's pretty easy to set up...

Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 1d

❤️🫂

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Ricardo Parreira @ricardoparreira.com · 1d

Aux États-Unis, ici, partout, la police est raciste, la police est violente.

Et cette institution est payée par nous.

De plus, deux personnes qui ont porté assistance à Erika McGriff lorsqu’elle se faisait tabasser ont été interpellées pour avoir enfreint la loi Halo.

Le fascisme quoi.

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Fae’rynn (Phantom Futch) @faerynnistired.itch.io · 2d

*gets on my soap box* this idea that cis and trans women (in general) and especially cis and trans lesbians don’t have massive amounts of overlapping experiences and anxieties is a function of our oppression as women—as queer women—and is vital to resist

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