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Kahlil @kahlillkasir.bsky.social · 13h

The teaser trailer for By Time You See Me There Will Be Nothing Left, my directorial debut about a messy t4t serial killer couple, being a mentally ill cripple, and living in California in 2025, it’s a very depressing fucked up little movie and I can’t wait to show to yall (kickstarter below)

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Val K. Wise @valkwise.bsky.social · 11h

i haven't had much time to read this week so i only got through a few pages of 'as meat loves salt' but there was already a moment i'm going to rotate in my brain for a while

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Cameron Scally @cameronws.bsky.social · 13h

Whatever becomes of this ceasefire, the reality is clear - humanity cannot suffer the state of Israel to exist.

We will destroy it or it will destroy all of us

الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 16h

People who side with the monsters who do this are monsters themselves

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SassyMetisChick @sassymetischick.bsky.social · 1d

If you didn’t know, Alaska has been hit by a massive storm, causing severe flooding. Many Indigenous villages have been completely wiped out, with some houses floating away with PEOPLE INSIDE THEM. Please keep posting to spread the info. They need help.

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 1d

These are mostly indigenous communities in Alaska that have been slammed by the storm.

The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!

Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.

FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.

Flooding seen with water up to the crash barriers of local roads

Sheds and debris lie scattered in the storm

A small blue house has been blown onto its roof

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Remedios Varo @remediosvaro.bsky.social · 17h

Cosmic Energy
https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/19617

"Cosmic Energy" by Remedios Varo features ethereal figures seamlessly blending into a rocky environment, with one holding a violin and the other gazing toward a red cat emitting star-like sparkles. This surreal scene typifies Varo's signature blend of mysticism and the fantastical, inviting viewers into a dreamlike exploration of interconnectedness.

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Val K. Wise @valkwise.bsky.social · 1d

$165 raised since I made this post. Please give what you can!

Val K. Wise @valkwise.bsky.social · 4d

Abdel Majeed needs to raise $700 to cover travel and coordination costs to Egypt, where he and his family have citizenship.
Below is his message to you about his family’s current situation - please read, and help however you can.

chuffed.org/project/1286...

Dear friends and generous supporters,
We are a small family in Gaza, living in unbearable conditions. The war, which is said to be nearing its end, has destroyed our home, leaving us without a dignified life in Gaza. My wife suffers from severe depression and urgently needs "Leponex" medication, which is unavailable here. The hospitals are destroyed, and medicines are scarce. Staying in Gaza worsens her mental health day by day. Our daughters, Iman and Bayan, are deprived of education, and their dreams of a brighter future are fading .We hold Egyptian citizenship and are desperately waiting for the Rafah crossing to open as a humanitarian case to relocate to Egypt, where my wife can receive the mental health treatment and medication she needs, and we can start a new life.
We urgently need $700 to cover travel and coordination costs once the crossing opens. Every dollar you donate brings us closer to saving my wife from her suffering and securing a future for Iman and Bayan. Be our hope.

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 1d

Goodbye, mama. Thank you for everything.

Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking: Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, the legendary transgender activist and veteran of the Stonewall uprising who dedicated her life to the liberation of trans people, especially Black trans women, has died at 78.

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o-scare 👻 @pepperbloom.bsky.social · 1d

now that the ceasefire is in effect, Abod is watching the news at the border, so he can evacuate his family as soon as possible!!! help him prep for his new baby & their safe journey from Gaza -> chuffed.org/project/119736

o-scare 👻 @pepperbloom.bsky.social · 8d

Abod & Aya Hajjaj are due to have their second daughter, Mila, on October 23!!!! Leen is so excited to meet her little sister 💕
every donation, no matter how small, will help ensure Mila's safe birth & her family's survival - please give if u can! chuffed.org/project/help...

recent photo of my friend Abod with his two-year-old daughter Leen. his hair is streaked with gray. in the corner is a photo of Abod just before october 2023, smiling and posing outside, with a full head of black hair

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Peter Beaumont @petersbeaumont1.bsky.social · 1d

If you've never been to Gaza, you won't appreciate what the yellow line means. Basically Israel now holds most of Gaza's small but important agricultural land. Continued Israeli occupation, which I judge the likely outcome, makes Gaza even more unliveable and more dependent on outside goods.

AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 1d

Gaza Strip: Israeli army has withdrawn to the 'yellow line'

AFP Infographic with map of the Gaza Strip showing the 'yellow line' where the Israeli army has withdrawn its forces as of October 10, according to US envoy Steve Witkoff

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

Israeli settlers continue to wage war on Palestinians in the West Bank and elsewhere. They are breaking into people's homes, stealing their stuff, trashing their homes and sometimes kidnapping and killing people. This is happening NOW. People should know this.

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 4d

you guys if you only listen to me once this year: this is the book

LittlePuss Press @littlepuss.net · 4d

NEW 📗!

PERSONA by Aoife Josie Clements (@ravineangel.bsky.social)

In which a trans woman discovers porn of herself she has no memory of making, only to find herself led to an unimaginably deeper evil

"The year's great work of literary horror."
—Gretchen Felker-Martin (@scumbelievable.bsky.social)

PERSONA by Aoife Josie Clements — Debut trans horror — LittlePuss Press

"The best book I've read in years." —Gretchen Felker-Martin

www.littlepuss.net

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 4d

#OtD 10 Oct 1800 enslaved blacksmith and abolitionist Gabriel Prosser was executed in Virginia alongside his two brothers and 23 followers. They had planned a revolt of enslaved people in Richmond, but were betrayed and captured stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8240...

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Val K. Wise @valkwise.bsky.social · 4d

Abdel Majeed needs to raise $700 to cover travel and coordination costs to Egypt, where he and his family have citizenship.
Below is his message to you about his family’s current situation - please read, and help however you can.

chuffed.org/project/1286...

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Allison O'Toole @allisonmotoole.bsky.social · 4d

This project is SO CLOSE to funding; please share and chip in if you can, the book looks gorgeous!!

Kamila (also known as Pigeon) @pigeonface.bsky.social · 5d

LAST 45 HOURS of "Jenny D" Kickstarter!
Last final push, anyone?
Link below:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pig...

The Ecstasy of Jenny D - New original comic by Pigeon!

Bridgerton meets the dancing plague in this surreal tale of sisterhood, repressed queerness and divine intervention.

www.kickstarter.com

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Ritesh! @riteshwriter.bsky.social · 5d

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BDS movement @bdsmovement.bsky.social · 5d

Boycott, Divest, Sanction: A ceasefire today will not stop Israel’s genocide against Palestinians, only meaningful accountability will.

Our work is not done!

Read more: loom.ly/TsJOHwo

Boycott, Divest, Sanction: A ceasefire today will not stop Israel’s genocide against Palestinians, only meaningful accountability will.

Our work is not done! The BDS movement calls on our millions of supporters worldwide to escalate pressure to end Israel’s genocide and its decades-old regime of settler-colonialism, apartheid, and ill...

loom.ly

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 6d

A lot of people do not really seem to know this sort of stuff

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 6d

It is true you can't trust Israel or the US but you should probably be aware the ceasefire doesn't begin until Saturday or Sunday and Israel has a long history of intensifying bombardment until the official starting point of a ceasefire.

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 6d

It's still Free Palestine, from the river to the sea.

And may the name of Benjamin Netanyahu be erased.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 6d

BREAKING: Israeli war planes continue to launch raids on Gaza City as Palestinians celebrate the ceasefire announcement, according to an Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent on the ground.

🔴 LIVE update: aje.io/xqppys

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Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 6d

It's clear that when the US wants a ceasefire deal, one miraculously occurs. Makes the "working tirelessly for a ceasefire" stuff from last year even more disgusting.

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Val K. Wise @valkwise.bsky.social · 7d

image of two anime muscle girls looking at a computer and asking “that’s deviantart?” while their bf says “that’s it”

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 7d

Eight thousand iterations of this discourse later, there is no political utility in calling fascists fat. All you're doing is propping up the brutal hierarchy which lets people like them work up from deniable social torture to state violence.

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Val K. Wise @valkwise.bsky.social · 7d

A message from Abdel Majeed today. If you are able to help him and his family, please give what you can.

chuffed.org/project/1286...

Screenshot of a post from Abdel Majeed’s fundraiser. There is a photo of him and his daughter, Bayan, from before October 7th. The top portion of the message in Arabic seems to be added by mistake, but it reads “Hello, my friend Alison. Please add this to my page.” Below, in english: “My friends, two years have passed since the war. The war has destroyed everything beautiful in our lives and left us in the unknown, torn apart from within by the separation of our loved ones. If it weren't for you standing by my side during the past period, I wouldn't have been able to complete my life's journey. Your questions about me every day are beautiful and I will never forget them. I am still alive and breathing. My friends, always be our hope. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.”

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Nadia Shammas @nadiashammas.bsky.social · 7d

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Val K. Wise @valkwise.bsky.social · 7d

thank you so much louis, happy birthday ❤️❤️❤️

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louis @mccorgi.bsky.social · 7d

it’s my birthday! link is in the bio of @abodhajaj.bsky.social 🎁 reply here and tell me what small thing you’re doing to focus your care!

thank you @pepperbloom.bsky.social and @valkwise.bsky.social

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i was born. happy to still be here! 🥳

in a few weeks, baby Mila will be born. her parents, Aya and Abod, are excited to welcome their second child, a little sister for Leen! they deserve to be safe and healthy so they can take good care of Mila.

for my birthday, i wish for my friends to help the Hajjaj family prepare for Mila. just $5 or $10 will help a lot, and sharing this post is another easy way to help! link below 👇

if you are feeling overwhelmed about the state of the world right now, the best thing to do is focus your care on one thing at a time. today, you can help a family in Gaza buy diapers for their baby. next week, you can check your local library for community events and resources (yes i am biased, but for good reason-libraries are free!)

next year, i hope we can can celebrate a free Palestine before i turn 29 and before Mila turns 1. thank you! 🍉

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