Azalea Dunn/A.Z. Dunsworth 🇯🇲 🇳🇬 🍉
@azaleadunn.bsky.social
Island girl 🌺
African princess 👑
Queer & proud 🏳️🌈
Writer of interracial/multicultural romance (as Azalea) & sci fi/fantasy (as A.Z.) http://books2read.com/u/38MPwV
Currently based in Jamaica.
African princess 👑
Queer & proud 🏳️🌈
Writer of interracial/multicultural romance (as Azalea) & sci fi/fantasy (as A.Z.) http://books2read.com/u/38MPwV
Currently based in Jamaica.
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Senator @vanhollen.senate.gov has been consistent in advocating rights-based foreign policy, including in Israel/Palestine - and has defended the rights of all Americans equally, including Jewish and Arab Americans.
"When it comes to the issue of Palestinian rights going forward, I will say that the younger generation, of both Jews and non-Jews, take seriously the idea that we should have a principled, rights-based foreign policy— something I've long believed in"
Senator Chris Van Hollen on Zohran & Palestine.
Senator Chris Van Hollen on Zohran & Palestine.
November 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Senator @vanhollen.senate.gov has been consistent in advocating rights-based foreign policy, including in Israel/Palestine - and has defended the rights of all Americans equally, including Jewish and Arab Americans.
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Today in the New York Times: How federal funding cuts are hurting rural library budgets. "The financial margins were tight even before Mr. Trump tried to eliminate the Institute of Museum & Library Services." More: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/us/politics/rural-libraries.html #ForOurLibraries
Federal Cuts, Immigration Raids and a Slowing Economy Hit Rural Libraries
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Today in the New York Times: How federal funding cuts are hurting rural library budgets. "The financial margins were tight even before Mr. Trump tried to eliminate the Institute of Museum & Library Services." More: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/us/politics/rural-libraries.html #ForOurLibraries
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Going to put this on front of you again. The news moves on, but the problems faced by those living in Jamaica are still there.
I know many of you will already have done something to help the people of Jamaica, but if you felt like helping a specific family, this is the GoFundMe set up by my son’s girlfriend for her relatives, who find themselves in dire straits. Every bit helps, shares appreciated. gofund.me/9b5b74984
Donate to Hurricane Melissa: Please help support our family in Jamaica, organized by Taylor Mitchell
Hello everyone,
Many of you have heard about Hurricane Melis… Taylor Mitchell needs your support for Hurricane Melissa: Please help support our family in Jamaica
gofund.me
November 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Going to put this on front of you again. The news moves on, but the problems faced by those living in Jamaica are still there.
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Everyone… I just need to rent a place to replace our tent. My family has fallen very sick because of it, Don’t forget us even with the ceasefire it’s an illusion to divert attention from us. Our suffering has worsened, the situation is extremely dire and I’ve lost everything except my trust in you.
My dearest friend set up the weekly and monthly donation options so that we can stay alive after a tent was destroyed just 100 meters away from us last night. The sand covered our faces while we were still alive.
I’m deeply depressed and can’t keep begging one by one for help anymore.
I’m deeply depressed and can’t keep begging one by one for help anymore.
November 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Everyone… I just need to rent a place to replace our tent. My family has fallen very sick because of it, Don’t forget us even with the ceasefire it’s an illusion to divert attention from us. Our suffering has worsened, the situation is extremely dire and I’ve lost everything except my trust in you.
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The opening of the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) in Benin City, Nigeria, originally slated for November 11, has been postponed after a group of bat-wielding protesters disrupted a preview event on November 9.
Museum of West African Art Opening Delayed by Protesters
The opening of the Museum of West African Art in Benin City, Nigeria, originally slated to take place November 11, has been postponed after a group of about twenty protesters disrupted a preview event...
www.artforum.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The opening of the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) in Benin City, Nigeria, originally slated for November 11, has been postponed after a group of bat-wielding protesters disrupted a preview event on November 9.
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This striking headline is a faithful reflection of the facts.
If the US President had an interest in saving Christians’ lives in Nigeria, he could do so en masse by simply reinstating the aid program we had in January.
If the US President had an interest in saving Christians’ lives in Nigeria, he could do so en masse by simply reinstating the aid program we had in January.
Opinion | Trump Aid Cuts Kill More Christians Than Jihadists Do
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This striking headline is a faithful reflection of the facts.
If the US President had an interest in saving Christians’ lives in Nigeria, he could do so en masse by simply reinstating the aid program we had in January.
If the US President had an interest in saving Christians’ lives in Nigeria, he could do so en masse by simply reinstating the aid program we had in January.
Mannnn I have been fighting the evangelical lies in these Whatsapp groups for years.
Even Jamaican fundies have been spreading it and I warned that spreading those lies risked getting Nigerians killed, including the Christians they claimed to care abt.
Now here we are.
Even Jamaican fundies have been spreading it and I warned that spreading those lies risked getting Nigerians killed, including the Christians they claimed to care abt.
Now here we are.
President Trump’s threat to go “guns-a-blazing” into Nigeria was the result of a months-long pressure campaign by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and evangelical leaders — but it surprised even those who had been pushing the issue.
Trump’s ‘guns-a-blazing’ threat to Nigeria shocked key players, aides
President Trump’s threat to go “guns-a-blazing” into Nigeria concerned U.S. military officials in Africa and surprised even those who had been pushing the issue.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Mannnn I have been fighting the evangelical lies in these Whatsapp groups for years.
Even Jamaican fundies have been spreading it and I warned that spreading those lies risked getting Nigerians killed, including the Christians they claimed to care abt.
Now here we are.
Even Jamaican fundies have been spreading it and I warned that spreading those lies risked getting Nigerians killed, including the Christians they claimed to care abt.
Now here we are.
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My father, Ken Saro-Wiwa, died fighting for a clean Nigeria. Thirty years on it’s time to stop sucking on the dirty teat of the oil cash cow | Noo Saro-Wiwa
My father, Ken Saro-Wiwa, died fighting for a clean Nigeria. Thirty years on it’s time to stop sucking on the dirty teat of the oil cash cow | Noo Saro-Wiwa
In 1995, as one of the Ogoni Nine, he was hanged after protesting against Shell’s oil pollution. With education and a move towards renewable energy, we can honour his legacy
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
My father, Ken Saro-Wiwa, died fighting for a clean Nigeria. Thirty years on it’s time to stop sucking on the dirty teat of the oil cash cow | Noo Saro-Wiwa
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Sharing this again because this is just so spot on. I had hoped that even regional orgs might be taking things seriously with ECOWAS intervention into the Gambia, but with South Africa being slow off the mark in Cabo Delgado and no one saying a word about Sudan it seems we are back at no coordiation
Trump threatening to attack Nigeria. Only accepting white "refugees" from South Africa. Warfare and insurgency in Sudan and the Sahel. foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/07/a...
Africa Needs a Continental Body With Teeth
The African Union has become a back-scratching club of heads of state.
foreignpolicy.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Sharing this again because this is just so spot on. I had hoped that even regional orgs might be taking things seriously with ECOWAS intervention into the Gambia, but with South Africa being slow off the mark in Cabo Delgado and no one saying a word about Sudan it seems we are back at no coordiation
Please take the time to sign this petition #KeepEyesOnSudan
The #Emirates @emiratesairways.bsky.social is sponsoring the NBA Cup while the UAE sponsors genocide in #Sudan.
Tell the @nba.com: Let this be the last Emirates Cup.
www.speakoutonsudan.org
Tell the @nba.com: Let this be the last Emirates Cup.
www.speakoutonsudan.org
Speak Out On Sudan
The UAE is fuelingsupporting mass atrocities in Sudan. It’s time to act.
www.speakoutonsudan.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Please take the time to sign this petition #KeepEyesOnSudan
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The #Emirates @emiratesairways.bsky.social is sponsoring the NBA Cup while the UAE sponsors genocide in #Sudan.
Tell the @nba.com: Let this be the last Emirates Cup.
www.speakoutonsudan.org
Tell the @nba.com: Let this be the last Emirates Cup.
www.speakoutonsudan.org
Speak Out On Sudan
The UAE is fuelingsupporting mass atrocities in Sudan. It’s time to act.
www.speakoutonsudan.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The #Emirates @emiratesairways.bsky.social is sponsoring the NBA Cup while the UAE sponsors genocide in #Sudan.
Tell the @nba.com: Let this be the last Emirates Cup.
www.speakoutonsudan.org
Tell the @nba.com: Let this be the last Emirates Cup.
www.speakoutonsudan.org
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The ERRs are a grassroots, volunteer-led humanitarian network providing life-saving aid to civilians affected by the ongoing violence in #Sudan. As violence and genocide in Sudan continues in #ElFasher, #Darfur, and the Kordofans, it’s imperative that we not forget those operating on the frontlines.
Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms have been awarded the #Rafto Prize!
Amidst ongoing violence in #Sudan, these brave volunteers risk their lives to provide lifesaving aid to civilians. Call for their protection and support their vital work @sudanmutualaid.bsky.social
youtube.com/shorts/Iu3hD...
Amidst ongoing violence in #Sudan, these brave volunteers risk their lives to provide lifesaving aid to civilians. Call for their protection and support their vital work @sudanmutualaid.bsky.social
youtube.com/shorts/Iu3hD...
The Emergency Response Rooms: Sudan's Lifeline
YouTube video by Refugees International
youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The ERRs are a grassroots, volunteer-led humanitarian network providing life-saving aid to civilians affected by the ongoing violence in #Sudan. As violence and genocide in Sudan continues in #ElFasher, #Darfur, and the Kordofans, it’s imperative that we not forget those operating on the frontlines.
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What’s happening in Sudan is pure horror beyond what any human mind can comprehend. It’s all documented, and the perpetrators are known!
November 10, 2025 at 9:04 AM
What’s happening in Sudan is pure horror beyond what any human mind can comprehend. It’s all documented, and the perpetrators are known!
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Tales of horror emerge from Darfur after rebels take control of key city
The IRC says Sudan is facing the world’s largest ever humanitarian crisis.
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
The IRC says Sudan is facing the world’s largest ever humanitarian crisis.
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
Tales of horror emerge from Darfur after rebels take control of key city
The IRC says Sudan is facing the world’s largest ever humanitarian crisis.
abcnews.go.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Tales of horror emerge from Darfur after rebels take control of key city
The IRC says Sudan is facing the world’s largest ever humanitarian crisis.
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
The IRC says Sudan is facing the world’s largest ever humanitarian crisis.
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
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The UK has taken some positive steps towards tackling climate change, but ask the people of Jamaica or the Philippines, who have been terrorised by deadly climate events over the last few weeks, and many will tell you a just transition is far from reach.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Fung-wong: Typhoon hits Philippines as nearly a million evacuate
Typhoon Fung-wong, with sustained winds of 185 km/h (115mph), hit the Philippines as a super typhoon and later weakened.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The UK has taken some positive steps towards tackling climate change, but ask the people of Jamaica or the Philippines, who have been terrorised by deadly climate events over the last few weeks, and many will tell you a just transition is far from reach.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Illicit flows driving conflict, organized crime and displacement – from Haiti to the Sahel. Despite recent steps to strengthen arms control frameworks, “more than one billion firearms are in circulation globally,” sustaining conflict, terrorism and criminal networks.
news.un.org/en/story/202...
news.un.org/en/story/202...
Illicit weapons fuelling conflicts worldwide, officials warn
The world is facing a cross-border “chain of violence” driven by small arms and light weapons, UN disarmament and law enforcement officials told the Security Council on Monday.
news.un.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Illicit flows driving conflict, organized crime and displacement – from Haiti to the Sahel. Despite recent steps to strengthen arms control frameworks, “more than one billion firearms are in circulation globally,” sustaining conflict, terrorism and criminal networks.
news.un.org/en/story/202...
news.un.org/en/story/202...
America and Israel are still starving Gaza
The US says nearly 15,000 trucks carrying goods and aid have entered Gaza since Oct. 10, but Palestinians and aid groups dispute the figures, calling it ‘engineered starvation’ aje.io/20yvu1
US highlights Gaza aid surge; Palestinians allege ‘engineered starvation’
White House says nearly 700 aid trucks entering Gaza each day, a figure disputed by Palestinians and aid organisations.
aje.io
November 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
America and Israel are still starving Gaza
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People fleeing el-Fasher for Al Dabbah tell Al Jazeera many died on the way from wounds or lack of food.
Sudan medics accuse RSF of burning, burying bodies to conceal ‘genocide’
People fleeing el-Fasher for Al Dabbah tell Al Jazeera many died on the way from wounds or lack of food.
bit.ly
November 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
People fleeing el-Fasher for Al Dabbah tell Al Jazeera many died on the way from wounds or lack of food.
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A Sudanese medical group has accused the RSF of trying to hide evidence of mass killings in Darfur by burning bodies or burying them in mass graves aje.io/ha15f7
Sudan medics accuse RSF of burning, burying bodies to conceal ‘genocide’
People fleeing el-Fasher for Al Dabbah tell Al Jazeera many died on the way from wounds or lack of food.
aje.io
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
A Sudanese medical group has accused the RSF of trying to hide evidence of mass killings in Darfur by burning bodies or burying them in mass graves aje.io/ha15f7
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The US says nearly 15,000 trucks carrying goods and aid have entered Gaza since Oct. 10, but Palestinians and aid groups dispute the figures, calling it ‘engineered starvation’ aje.io/20yvu1
US highlights Gaza aid surge; Palestinians allege ‘engineered starvation’
White House says nearly 700 aid trucks entering Gaza each day, a figure disputed by Palestinians and aid organisations.
aje.io
November 10, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The US says nearly 15,000 trucks carrying goods and aid have entered Gaza since Oct. 10, but Palestinians and aid groups dispute the figures, calling it ‘engineered starvation’ aje.io/20yvu1
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Palestinian woman Umm Zuhri Shweiki was forcibly expelled from her home in occupied East Jerusalem by Israeli forces, who seized and emptied her house before handing it to Israeli settlers.
November 10, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Palestinian woman Umm Zuhri Shweiki was forcibly expelled from her home in occupied East Jerusalem by Israeli forces, who seized and emptied her house before handing it to Israeli settlers.
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Hamas condemns Israel’s “daily and continuous violations” since a truce came into effect last month.
Israeli drone strike kills two in Gaza as ceasefire violations mount
Hamas condemns Israel’s “daily and continuous violations” since a truce came into effect last month.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Hamas condemns Israel’s “daily and continuous violations” since a truce came into effect last month.
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Yog's Law. Money flows to the writer.
This includes markets charging "reading fees" or "submission fees"... they are unheard of in SFFH. No idea why they are acceptable by the lit fic crowd.
This includes markets charging "reading fees" or "submission fees"... they are unheard of in SFFH. No idea why they are acceptable by the lit fic crowd.
🚨 ATTN Writers, Book Club Scams
For new writers: Money should always flow TOWARDS the writer. NEVER pay for promo.
I've been getting roughly one of these emails a week for the last month. I contacted the real club to give them the heads-up (who confirmed the obvious scam) so I feel I can share
1/3
For new writers: Money should always flow TOWARDS the writer. NEVER pay for promo.
I've been getting roughly one of these emails a week for the last month. I contacted the real club to give them the heads-up (who confirmed the obvious scam) so I feel I can share
1/3
November 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Yog's Law. Money flows to the writer.
This includes markets charging "reading fees" or "submission fees"... they are unheard of in SFFH. No idea why they are acceptable by the lit fic crowd.
This includes markets charging "reading fees" or "submission fees"... they are unheard of in SFFH. No idea why they are acceptable by the lit fic crowd.
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🚨 ATTN Writers, Book Club Scams
For new writers: Money should always flow TOWARDS the writer. NEVER pay for promo.
I've been getting roughly one of these emails a week for the last month. I contacted the real club to give them the heads-up (who confirmed the obvious scam) so I feel I can share
1/3
For new writers: Money should always flow TOWARDS the writer. NEVER pay for promo.
I've been getting roughly one of these emails a week for the last month. I contacted the real club to give them the heads-up (who confirmed the obvious scam) so I feel I can share
1/3
November 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
🚨 ATTN Writers, Book Club Scams
For new writers: Money should always flow TOWARDS the writer. NEVER pay for promo.
I've been getting roughly one of these emails a week for the last month. I contacted the real club to give them the heads-up (who confirmed the obvious scam) so I feel I can share
1/3
For new writers: Money should always flow TOWARDS the writer. NEVER pay for promo.
I've been getting roughly one of these emails a week for the last month. I contacted the real club to give them the heads-up (who confirmed the obvious scam) so I feel I can share
1/3