gated community bullshit

really easy to figure this out: someone is asking you for money on the street. they could be about to go spend it on drugs or they could use it to feed their kids. you cannot ask them what they're going to do with it. do you give them the money. my answer is yes. yours might differ. whatever

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there's like, nothing by South Africans on here and it's real lonely and we're not even in a war-zone or a disaster area that requires community awareness, or anything

the absolute dearth of qts mentioning that certain global topics--Palestine, Congo, Sudan, etc.--are underrepresented here compared to twitter is sorta indicative of how america-centered this app is yall have somehow turned which website/app you log into to microblog into a culture war

like yall dont even have the people here to tell you the important shit you missing because they missing you're in the social media equivalent of the unknown unknowns category

I keep feeling puzzled by the dissonance of people 'fighting Nazis' by creating a small echo chamber of mostly white voices, but I think that's the reason they haven't even noticed the lack of diversity on here, that much of the world is simply missing bsky.app/profile/calm...

the absolute dearth of qts mentioning that certain global topics--Palestine, Congo, Sudan, etc.--are underrepresented here compared to twitter is sorta indicative of how america-centered this app is yall have somehow turned which website/app you log into to microblog into a culture war

yall know that people can still receive money from tellers in gaza and that all the food that's already in the place doesn't just POOF disappear when a blockade occurs, right? in fact, what happens is the food already there becomes even more expensive! because there's a blockade! amazing aint it

thats weird. mine is filled with stuff on the congo, palestine, sudan, and squidgame. sounds like a skill issue bsky.app/profile/nhas...

I'm so glad it's not just me. I feel bad for posting updates about Sudan here because it feels like I'm "harshing the vibe" (and being new with very limited reach is frustrating). I'm not sure if it's worth being here...

here. i dont think its worth it for me to be here. this place upsets me.

going to sit on it like all my therapy has suggested but i think im going to delete my account

is this place just tumblr? because i already have a tumblr account. i dont need two of them

oh. a b

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from @aljazeera.com on twitter: Video shows the moment an ambulance crew was directly shot at by Israeli soldiers in Nuseirat, #Gaza. Hours earlier, a group of journalists were reportedly targeted by an Israeli quadcopter in the same area.

At least 42 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, said medical source, as Israeli forces stepped up their bombardment of central areas and tanks pushed deeper into the enclave’s north and south aje.io/880mal

BREAKING: Autonomous anti-genocide activists bring the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade to a grinding halt after blockading the McDonald’s float for a second year in a row. “Those grinches who thinks they can disrupt the parade: it’s not going to happen,” Mayor Eric Adams said yesterday.

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Scrubland.

from hossam shabat on twitter: لا مكان آمن… No safe place…

from middle east eye on twitter: A video circulating online shows the moment an Israeli soldier firing at the homes of Palestinians in the Jabalia refugee camp, northern #Gaza.

US to approve $680m package of munitions, small bombs to Israel, say reports - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-approve-680m-package-jdams-small-bombs-israel-say-reports

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Whether you celebrate Thanksgiving or not, I hope you're eating well today.

I am *so excited* to read this book.

Hey this is a cool way of helping out incarcerated workers so they can have dope reads on the holidays.

anyways x.com/HossamShabat...

because of all of ~this~ ive spent a lot of time mourning people for who i assumed they'd be and its very weird and uncomfortable

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like one of the big draws supposedly over here is engagement. but engagement for what

would you look at that (from @bsonblast.bsky.social)

middle east eye on twitter: x.com/MiddleEastEy...

from @aljazeera.com

yet another issue with the move over here on twitter there's been years for people to get to know everyone else, build up trust and networks over here the trust and networks fall apart another reason why im still on twitter

anas al-sharif: النا من الصبح رابطين جسمها بحبل على شان ما تقع مشاهد صعبة وقاسية لمحاولة إخراج طفلة من تحت الركام In the morning, we tied her body with a rope to prevent her from falling Difficult and cruel scenes of trying to pull a girl out from under the rubble #gaza

please share and donate. the municipality of gaza needs funds to rebuild the infrastructure for water supply, sewage treatment, and waste disposal. this will change and save the lives of many palestinians in gaza gaza-city.ensany.com/campaign/6737

Solidarity to the 11 UoL students that took part in a peaceful demonstration to demand their university end its ties with the Israeli regime, and those who profit from their crimes. Instead of listening to their students, they called the police on them and had them arrested. #Leicester #Gaza

they're still able to get money, there are still food items within gaza, they need the money to be able to buy the increasingly expensive food items

Illinois students who protested Gaza genocide are facing felony mob charges

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