It's shocking to hear of the death of James Ransone at just 46. I loved his work in 'Sinister' and was supposed to interview him for the sequel, but it fell through. I always figured it would happen sometimes. He brought real humanity to his work.

Heba is really struggling because Bluesky keeps deleting her account and she depends on donations to buy food and medicine for her children. They also really need some warm clothes gofund.me/ef391201 @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social @pepsffk.bsky.social @gofund-gaza.bsky.social #SkyAid 🍉

Ahmad's mother has a number of health complications which have made the deprivations of war particularly hard on her. if you can help him to raise $500 for her treatment (Evastin), it could save her sight. chuffed.org/project/157281 @mommunism.bsky.social @gofund-gaza.bsky.social @fairshare.help 🍉

As of the last time I heard from her, Aya had managed to raise barely a quarter of the money she needs for her back surgery. Please, if you can, help her to get the rest. The pain is so bad she's unable to move gofund.me/5f3d994f4 @mommunism.bsky.social @gofund-gaza.bsky.social @pepsffk.bsky.social

This little polar bear, Talia, is growing up, in the 21st Century, in a ruin with no walls, with a mum so poorly nourished that she can't produce milk and has to rely on strangers to help her buy it. Don't let this be ignored. tinyurl.com/SamaasFamily @mommunism.bsky.social @gofund-gaza.bsky.social

Nabil is an awesome kid who has carried on looking for opportunities to learn - and teaching his little brothers - despite everything that has happened in Gaza. Help him stay in school and give his family a future gofund.me/35fdca7d @mommunism.bsky.social @pepsffk.bsky.social @fairshare.help #Gaza 🍉

Ahmad needs $700 for a properly waterproof tent, but still more urgently, he needs warm winter clothing for himself and his family. Can you help? chuffed.org/project/157281 @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social @slimyswampghost.bsky.social @gofund-gaza.bsky.social @pepsffk.bsky.social #SkyAid

Aya needs help. She has only managed to raise $350 of the $2,800 she needs for spinal surgery, and she's in agony and could be permanently disabled. Her tent is constantly leaking and she can barely cope. Can you assist her? gofund.me/2f942387 @mommunism.bsky.social @pepsffk.bsky.social #MutualAid 🍉

There's good news today. Baby Talia is a lot better after her bout of 'flu, and Julia is slowly recovering. Their dad's injured foot is a worry for the whole family, however. Please help them if you can. tinyurl.com/SamaasFamily @mommunism.bsky.social @gofund-gaza.bsky.social @fairshare.help #SkyAid

This is all that now remains of Waseem's former home. There's nowhere for his children to shelter, and due to the flooding, the tent they built is no longer safe. Can you help him to give them a better childhood? gofund.me/35fdca7d @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social @fairshare.help #Gaza 🍉

Soad and Omar found their old house in ruins so to avoid rent they pitched their tent beside it, but the tent hasn't been able to stand up to the storm and they're really struggling in the cold. Can you help them buy warm clothes? gofund.me/15acdba95 @mommunism.bsky.social @fairshare.help #MutualAid

Heba lost most of her remaining possessions in the storms and now there's nothing to keep her children warm at night. Malnutrition makes them vulnerable to the cold, and illness is a big danger in the camps. Can you help? gofund.me/ef391201 @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social #MutualAid 🍉

People in need are expected to feel nothing but helplessness and gratitude, but it's quite natural to feel betrayed as well, especially for a young man like Ahmad who still believed in the international community. chuffed.org/project/157281 @mommunism.bsky.social @gofund-gaza.bsky.social #SkyAid 🍉

Baha has injured his leg on a piece of iron - a hazard of there being rubble everywhere in Gaza City. He's been lucky to get antibiotics but it's very swollen. Samaa says that whether or not you can donate, they would be grateful for prayers. tinyurl.com/SamaasFamily @mommunism.bsky.social #SkyAid 🍉

Bluesky has been constantly deleting Waseem's accounts despite his efforts to stick to the rules. He urgently needs help because his tent is flooded and he and his family have nowhere to go. Donations are their only income. gofund.me/35fdca7d @mommunism.bsky.social @gofund-gaza.bsky.social #SkyAid 🍉

Soad says hello to everyone. She and Omar are alive but struggling after the rain destroyed their tent, and his health is deteriorating. She still has terrible internet. She's reaching out in the hope of finding help. gofund.me/15acdba95 @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social @fairshare.help 🍉

Huge thanks to everyone who helped to support Majd through his two surgeries, and help Aya, his wife, and their girls. Today Majd was finally able to stand, and his doctors say that his leg is healing. Aya, however, still needs support. gofund.me/2f942387 @mommunism.bsky.social @fairshare.help #Gaza

In Denmark there is no Jewish doctor performing adult circumcisions, so converts to Judaism go to a Muslim doctor. I interviewed the folk behind 'Snipped', a short film about one patient's terror of the possible personal consequences of inter-religious conflict. www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2025...

Here's Julia in the dress she wore for the recent family wedding. She's been malnourished for a long time, and now she's got 'flu. I'm really worried about her, living in a ruin with no walls. Please help her if you can tinyurl.com/SamaasFamily @mommunism.bsky.social @fairshare.help #MutualAid #Gaza

This is my favourite of the pieces we've published to date. It's something that needs to be said far more loudly and far more often.

Hiba and her children haven't had enough to eat for weeks, and recently they've had several days with no food at all. That's particularly hard on the body in the constant damp and cold. Please help if you can. gofund.me/ef391201 @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social @fairshare.help #SkyAid 🍉

This is the area in which Ahmad and his ailing parents are trying to survive. They don't even have a tent at present, and they urgently need money for food - the very basics of life. Please help if you can. chuffed.org/project/157281 @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social @fairshare.help #Gaza

Living in a home with no walls, lashed by rain and high winds, has taken its toll on little Julia and Talia. They both have 'flu, and because they're undernourished, it's dangerous. Please help them if you can tinyurl.com/SamaasFamily @mommunism.bsky.social @gofund-gaza.bsky.social @fairshare.help 🍉

It's weird seeing Labour being attacked for paying doctors more and going on the defensive instead of making the obvious point that people wouldn't need higher wages if it weren't for all the inflation under the Conservatives. #PMQs

"Can't put the genie back in the bottle," people keep saying about AI. But there was never a genie. That was a bottle of piss. Whether or not we can put the piss back in the bottle, we don't have to drink it.

Aya injured her spine when trying to rebuild a room in her bombed-out house, That house has collapsed now, so it may have been a lucky escape, but her recovery from surgery failed due to the pressures of life in Gaza. Please help her afford more. gofund.me/2f942387 @mommunism.bsky.social #SkyAid 🍉

The flooding has brought new chaos to Gaza. There is nowhere to get warm and nowhere safe to lie down and sleep. Can you help Waseem to get some warm clothes and a hot meal for his kids, to help them cope? gofund.me/35fdca7d @mommunism.bsky.social @fairshare.help @gofund-gaza.bsky.social #SkyAid 🍉

Samaa has been remembering what Christmastime was like in Gaza before the war. Now there is flooding everywhere, it's hard to find adequate food, and her home has no walls. Please help if you can. tinyurl.com/SamaasFamily @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social @gofund-gaza.bsky.social #Gaza 🍉

Aya has been forced by circumstance to keep on moving and lifting just to keep her family alive, and now her back has got much worse. Without immediate help, she could be in pain for the rest of her life. gofund.me/8dd8cb94f @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social @gofund-gaza.bsky.social #Gaza

Huge areas of Gaza are now flooded, and with most of the buildings destroyed, there's nowhere Ahmad and his family can go to get dry. Everything is falling apart and they can't even afford basic provisions. Please help if you can. chuffed.org/project/157281 @mommunism.bsky.social @fairshare.help 🍉

Heba's son Adam is very ill because of the cold, and she has had no donations for two days. She has no other income and no shelter. Now Bluesky has deleted her account. Please help if you can. gofund.me/ef391201 @mommunism.bsky.social @fairshare.help @gofund-gaza.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social 🍉

Waseem is now in a desperate situation. Bear in mind that his youngest son, Taym, is just a toddler and can barely keep his head above the water when standing. Please help them if you can gofund.me/35fdca7d @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social @gofund-gaza.bsky.social @fairshare.help #Gaza 🍉

In the aftermath of the storm, Samaa's home has been left without walls. Please help her to repair it or move. It's no place to be raising a toddler and a baby. tinyurl.com/SamaasFamily @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social @gofund-gaza.bsky.social @fairshare.help #MutualAid #SkyAid #Gaza 🍉

Here's an interview I did with Liz Rao on her short film The Truck, about teenagers trying to get hold of the morning after pill in Tennessee, and how much more vulnerable supposedly protective laws have made young people. www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2025...

Aya was supposed to rest after her back operation, but with her husband disabled, three young daughters to care for and nobody else to keep the tent in one piece when it was lashed by the storms, she couldn't. Now severe pain has returned. Please help her if you can. gofund.me/2f942387 #MutualAid 🍉

This is how leaving people exposed to the elements kills. Only one child is know to have died of cold in the storm, but many more are ill, and if they die, it will be written off as natural causes. Please help Heba to save her son. gofund.me/ef391201 @mommunism.bsky.social @gofund-gaza.bsky.social 🍉

Samaa had a few nice things for her birthday after all, so thank you to everyone who donated at tinyurl.com/SamaasFamily These things matter all the more when life is hard as it is at the moment in Gaza, with little shelter from the cold and rain. @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social #Gaza 🍉

It will be 14C in Gaza tonight. That might not sound too bad, but when you're hungry and ill, your clothes are damp and you have no proper shelter, it's too cold to be safe. Please help Ahmad and his family if you can chuffed.org/project/157281 @mommunism.bsky.social @gofund-gaza.bsky.social #Gaza 🍉

Life is even worse in Gaza due to the storm. Waseem just can't get his sons dry, and they're shivering badly in their wet clothes. Some other kids already have symptoms of pneumonia. Please help these sweet boys to stay safe. gofund.me/35fdca7d @mommunism.bsky.social @gofund-gaza.bsky.social #Gaza 🍉

This is the situation Heba is facing after two days of storms in Gaza - and it's only the start of winter. What she needs is for full scale aid services to be allowed into the country, but for now, donations help. gofund.me/ef391201 @mommunism.bsky.social @gofund-gaza.bsky.social @fairshare.help 🍉

Fellow @nujofficial.bsky.social members, here's a chance to bring your expertise to bear and help someone in Gaza, where more homegrown journalists are urgently needed. #journalism

It's hard not to see this decline as a consequence of the growing gulf between the hateful narratives in the popular press and [what research tells us] people actually think. Clickbait is not a viable long term strategy. pressgazette.co.uk/media-audien...

It's Samaa's birthday today. This photo is from one she remembers in happier times. Today she's cold and hungry, but personally I'm glad that she's made it through another year. if you are too, send her a wee gift at tinyurl.com/SamaasFamily @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social #MutualAid 🍉

Still facing cold rain tonight, and with little protection left after the storm ripped through his shelter, Ahmad needs help to rebuild. A hot meal would also be a big relief. Can you help? chuffed.org/project/157281 @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social @gofund-gaza.bsky.social #MutualAid 🍉

The storm leaked through Waseem's tent and soaked everything. There's nowhere dry to sleep. If you can, please help them to buy warm blankets and enough food to recover their energy. If you have no money, any expression of sympathy & solidarity would help. gofund.me/35fdca7d @mommunism.bsky.social 🍉

This is what things are now like for people staying in tents in Gaza, with nowhere to go to get dry. Heba was in one, panicked last I heard from her, silent since. Aya is in another, with Majd unable to move his injured leg and their wee girls distraught. An estimated 27,000 tents destroyed. #Gaza 🍉

A plank has broken in Samaa's home and she's afraid in case the wind from future storms brings down more of the wall, leaving her children with no shelter. Can you help her to afford repairs? tinyurl.com/SamaasFamily @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social @slimyswampghost.bsky.social #SkyAid 🍉

Ahmad had a really rough time last night. He's still recovering from 'flu, and has been getting soaked by cold rain. There was a calm period during the day but now Storm Byron is returning. He needs help. chuffed.org/project/157281 @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social @fairshare.help #Gaza 🍉

The tent that Waseem built around the ruins of his former home stayed standing through the first night of Storm Byron but is leaking badly. He can't keep it warm and he's afraid for his three young sons. Can you help? gofund.me/35fdca7d @gofund-gaza.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social #MutualAid #Gaza

Samaa made this video to show the further damage done by Storm Byron to the ruined buildings around her current home. It's expected to strike again tonight, and her account here has been deleted, so she asked me to share it. You can help her at tinyurl.com/SamaasFamily @mommunism.bsky.social #Gaza 🍉