The good news tonight is that Aya, Majd and family got out of Gaza City. The bad news is that they only made it 18km, to Khan Younis, and they lost all their money in the process. Even their tent has been stolen. Please help. gofund.me/2f942387 @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social #SkyAid 🍉

Having fled south as ordered, Waseem still hasn't been able to find a safe place to stay. These poor boys are in the street, without food or even clean water. Please help them if you can. Give them another chance to be happy. gofund.me/35fdca7d @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social #SkyAid 🍉

I'm delighted to hear that Alaa Abd El-Fattah has been pardoned. Horrific that he was locked up for so long just for his words, but at least now he will have the chance to be with his family again.

Samaa and Baha have run out of milk and nappies (diapers) for little Talia. Can you help them to buy more? Samaa can't produce her own milk because she's so malnourished. gofund.me/db56c7ce3 @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social @fairshare.help #MutualAid #SkyAid #Gaza 🍉🍼👶

Aya, Majd and their children are hoping to get out of Gaza City tomorrow, but they're really in a desperate situation. Please donate if you can so that they won't be destitute when they reach a safer place. gofund.me/2f942387 @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social @fairshare.help #MutualAid 🍉

Julia shared the treats she got for her third birthday with her cousins yesterday. Her parents were sad not to be able to throw a proper party or get her any real presents. They rely on donations even for basics - please help. gofund.me/db56c7ce3 @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social 🍉

In another Fantastic Fest piece, I spoke with Kenichi Ugana about I Fell In Love With A Z-Grade Director In Brooklyn and The Curse www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2025...

Brummie friends, you might want to share this one.

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Ahmad is struggling to keep going. Fewer people are donating now, and more people are dependent on them, but there is talk of many European leaders recognising Palestine as a state next week. Let's keep hope alive. gofund.me/69f962fc @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social #MutualAid #SkyAid 🍉

After the last bus she booked to get her out of Gaza City was destroyed by a bomb, Aya has managed to book another for Monday. She has to somehow keep injured Majd and Mona, & her other girls, alive until then. Please help if you can. gofund.me/2f942387 @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social 🍉

I had mistakenly thought that Julia was already three, but no, today is her birthday. She's going to get some sweets, but if donations are good today, she might get other presents too. gofund.me/db56c7ce3 @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social @fairshare.help #MutualAid #SkyAid #Gaza 🍉🎁🎂

I'm currently covering Fantastic Fest, so wanted to post a few links for those of you who follow my film writing. First up, here's an interview with Brooke H Cellars on her lighthearted but messy menstrual horror comedy The Cramps: A Period Piece www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2025... 🎬

Aya and family thought they were finally going to escape today, only to have their hopes dashed again. Please help to keep them going with donations if you can - gofund.me/2f942387 - and talk about them. Don't let situations like theirs be hidden. @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social 🍉

Waseem and his oldest son. Nabil, are now in the south but have no money for food or water. Escaping the bombs cost them everything. Can you help them? Even small amounts help. gofund.me/35fdca7d @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social @fairshare.help #MutualAid #SkyAid 🍉

Soad has only briefly been able to access the internet recently as she's trapped by the bombing, but she needs to get $130 to pay for Omar's medical treatment. Can you help her? www.gofundme.com/f/providing-... @mommunism.bsky.social @gorangligovic.bsky.social @slimyswampghost.bsky.social #SkyAid 🍉

Settling into their new tent as best they can when bombs continue to fall, Baha and Samaa have had time to reflect and feel the impact of loss. They need donations but also emotional support, if you can help. gofund.me/db56c7ce3 @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social @fairshare.help #SkyAid 🍉

Mona's surgery is complete but she's too weak to leave her hospital bed. Her mother, Aya, tells me that the sky looks as it it's on fire at night, full of bombs and flares. There is no safety in the hospital. Please help them get transport and get away gofund.me/2f942387 @mommunism.bsky.social #Gaza

Big thanks to everyone who helped Waseem and family to get this far. They are still in a really difficult, dangerous situation, however - so please, if you can, help them to buy food and water and other necessities. gofund.me/35fdca7d @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social @fairshare.help 🍉

It's 30°C in Gaza today, set to rise to 33°C in a few days, and tents do nothing to protect against the heat. Poor Talia is suffering. Please donate to help her parents buy more milk and water, plus other essentials. gofund.me/db56c7ce3 @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social @fairshare.help 🍉🍼

Ahmad managed to make his way to the comparative safety of Deir al-Balah, but he is struggling to afford essentials like food and safe drinking water. I'm sad to see him so thin in that top that used to be tight on him. Can you help? gofund.me/69f962fc @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social 🍉

Samaa and Baha have been blessed with one of the world's best behaved babies, who naps happily like this despite the constant sound of bombs. Pease help them to keep her well. Even water costs them $20 a day, and milk is expensive. gofund.me/db56c7ce3 @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social 🍉🍼👶

I'm at the Virtual Island Summit this week, catching up on the latest from island communities around the world. I recommend it to anyone with an interest in climate change because these are the people at the sharp end and the best informed about developing strategies and technologies. #VIS2025 🌏

I've been meaning to pop this one up here. An interview I recently did with Neil Marshall about his latest film, 'Compulsion', which will be in UK cinemas from the end of this week. www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2025...

Soad is in a desperate situation because Omar is now dangerously ill, there are bombs falling all around them and they have no money for food or medicine. She's also really struggling to get internet access. Please help her if you can. tinyurl.com/ycxdtddx @mommunism.bsky.social @fairshare.help 🍉

After two years of pain and three operations, young Mona finally has a chance to heal, but there are tanks advancing on her part of Gaza City. Her family has nowhere to hide. Please help them get transport to escape gofund.me/2f942387 @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social #MutualAid #SkyAid 🍉

Genocide, says the UN - and these two wee girls are caught in the middle of it. Julia is very proud of her baby sister, but can't protect her from the bombs. Their parents need money to buy food and milk. Can you help? gofund.me/db56c7ce3 @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social @fairshare.help

Attended a good workshop on supporting employees with cancer this lunchtime, but I feel worn out now. So much has happened since that the me who had to deal with a partner's cancer from age 20 barely feels like that same person, so it's weird when it suddenly hits me like this.

Finally! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sad to hear about the death of Robert Redford. He was one of the good people, and there are not nearly enough of those in positions of influence.

This is what the exodus from Gaza City looks like now. Waseem needs money to get transport for his boys because Tim, the youngest, is not yet two, so they can't make it on foot. gofund.me/35fdca7d @mommunism.bsky.social @fairshare.help #MutualAid #SkyAid #Gaza 🍉

Mona will be getting her shoulder surgery now. Everyone in the family is nervous about it, and they're also struggling because they have had barely any donations. They still need to buy food. Can you help them? gofund.me/2f942387 @mommunism.bsky.social @fairshare.help #MutualAid #SkyAid 🍉

Baha has done his best to create a welcoming home for his family, but they really miss basic things like temperature control. It's especially difficult to manage with the new baby. Please help them if you can. gofund.me/db56c7ce3 @mommunism.bsky.social @fairshare.help #MutualAid #SkyAid 🍉🍼👶

I'm scheduled to review a film about scary coyotes but I realised that I know no nothing about normal ones. How do they behave? Are they dangerous? Do they interact with humans much? Are there things one is advised to be aware of when coming into contact with them?

Waseem has desperately been trying to get transport to take his kids south. His account keeps getting cancelled so he's struggling to get the donations they depend on. Can you help? gofund.me/35fdca7d @mommunism.bsky.social @fairshare.help #MutualAid #SkyAid 🍉

Even as Baha and Samaa work to create a new home for Julia and the baby, it has become clear that even the 'safe zones' are not free of bombing. Please console them a bit if you can by helping with the cost of essentials gofund.me/db56c7ce3 @mommunism.bsky.social @fairshare.help #MutualAid #SkyAid 🍉

To me the strangest and saddest thing about these MAGA types talking about Valhalla is that Odin hung on the world tree to win, for the people, the runes - language, organised thought. And the same MAGA types are doing their utmost to take that gift away.

Thanks to everyone who donated to help young Mona. Because of you, she's going to be able to have her operation in just two days' time. Of course, that means two more days of having to cope in a dangerous place, so help is still needed. gofund.me/2f942387 @mommunism.bsky.social @fairshare.help 🍉

Every time Gazans are forced to flee, they lose more of what little they have left. Ahmad and his family have nothing now. His parents are both ill, his mother virtually blind. They need shelter. Can you help? gofund.me/69f962fc @mommunism.bsky.social @slimyswampghost.bsky.social #MutualAid #SkyAid

Recently I interviewed the acclaimed Palestinian filmmaker Rashid Masharawi about his take on the situation in Gaza, why he continues to work there during the war, and how he helped Gazan people tell their own stories in 'From Ground Zero' (now in UK cinemas). www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2025... 🍉

Talia will be two weeks old tomorrow and already she has experienced displacement. As her parents try to create a home again from scratch, she needs milk and her three year old sister needs food. Can you help them? tinyurl.com/support4samaa @mommunism.bsky.social @fairshare.help #MutualAid #SkyAid 🍉

Please help Waseem if you can. He doesn't need much more money to get his boys to safety, but every additional hour in the north could mean death. They're lovely kids and they should get to grow up. gofund.me/35fdca7d @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social @fairshare.help #MutualAid #SkyAid 🍉

Soad has no shelter and it's starting to get very cold at night in Gaza. She has to keep her sick child safe. Can you help her to afford a room? tinyurl.com/ycxdtddx @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social @gorangligovic.bsky.social @fairshare.help #MutualAid #SkyAid #Gaza 🍉

Thanks to everyone who helped Baha and Samaa - they and the girls are now out of Gaza City, in Deir al-Balah, which is much safer. They still need money for food, milk and daily survival - note the new link: tinyurl.com/support4samaa @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social #MutualAid #SkyAid 🍉

From Waseem: "I was trapped under drones for two days, cut off from the world. Today I go out, but my family and I are dying every day. We need your support to evacuate to South Gaza -the costs are very high. Please donate" gofund.me/35fdca7d @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social #MutualAid 🍉

Today is a good day. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Young Mona has been trapped in Gaza City, her father's injuries making it too difficult for the family to move. She developed bronchitis from the dust from exploded buildings and had to go to al-Shifa hospital. Then the sky lit up like this. Please help her. gofund.me/2f942387 @mommunism.bsky.social

Samaa and Baha are in a very scary situation now, with their two small daughters, as the IDF sets about destroying what remains of Gaza City. Please help them if you can. tinyurl.com/help4samaa @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social @fairshare.help #MutualAid #SkyAid 🍉

Alright I have a non monetary request to help someone in Gaza! @rerogaza8.bsky.social is working on her studies and had to produce a podcast episode- so she interviewed @ssaakkhheerr2.bsky.social about his life in Gaza. Part of her grade is based on views- so give it some views!

Just a thought for tonight: it really isn't necessary to keep one's emotional reactions in line with one's political beliefs unless one is the sort of person who makes far-reaching decisions impulsively (in which case one should be kept away from power). It is possible to be both honest and moral.