With so many people left freezing and wet, there's the obvious threat of hypothermia and pneumonia in Palestine. But those also look like ripe conditions for cholera to me.

ALERT: Cancer is taking my mom’s strength fast. We must act now. Your support can save her life—please help before it’s too late! ❤️🙏 #UrgentHelp #HopeForMom” chuffed.org/project/1554...

Ahmad needs help to overcome these difficult conditions.

Thank you for your concern. 🙏💙 The floods destroyed everything. My children are cold, we have no dry clothes or blankets, and our tent fills with water. Any help, even sharing this, can keep my family safe from the cold. 💔❄️

Waseem has been very badly impacted by the floods and really needs some help to get his young family warm. I'm really worried they could be affected by hypothermia, trench foot, etc.

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Israel btw is blocking mobile home units from being brought into the strip which causes this constant need to get a new tent because the old one flooded

⚠️⚠️⚠️ „My message to those who care: We are still marginalized in Gaza - 12 members of my family are suffering from hunger, and we are barely trying to survive Aid is limited, & food prices in the markets are extremely high Please, help us survive“ _ Mahmoud & family gofund.me/4d8d741d ✅ Verified

Even in conversations about saving the planet from catastrophic destruction, regressive anti-trans voices are trying to derail things by demanding climate agencies collect data about 'biological sex' rather than gender 📊🌍 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This is Motaz. It's getting cold in Palestine, and we're about to be flooded with Christmas stories about travelers with nowhere to stay. Here's a real person. bsky.app/profile/mota...

Alice used her writing, energy, networks, money, community to channel survival funds to Palestinians, foreground a disability justice embedded in Palestine liberation, and found Crips for eSIMs to keep Palestinians connected to each other and the world. May we have even an ounce of her clarity ❤️‍🩹

Circular economy hubs of repair and reuse ♻️ storage for Libraries of Things and equipment hire

Look, I've got nothing against a nice zip wire ride. But they also fairly obviously need to find ways to encourage small businesses and local makers to set up stalls and breathe some life into these places. Either that or think about how to convert them into affordable housing.

Absolutely. What about her empathy for pedestrians, cyclists and other drivers, who could easily be left dead or seriously injured because of her negligence?

Really tough for kids to be left sleeping in these conditions 😢

A family in need of support. ❤️❤️‍🩹

Hammam has suffered in the flood and could do with some help. ❤️

Nina poured her heart into it, and I tried to pour what was left of mine as well. I recommend you read it… it's not just a book, but a testimony from within the storm. 2/2 @ninalakhani.bsky.social #Gaza

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Oh, that's sad to hear. A life of great empathy and achievement

Shortcuts. A Willerby Story. Stay out of the shortcuts - it's too easy to get lost here.

Brian R. Jacobson delivers an exquisite lecture on environmental impacts of media - and alternative imaginaries beyond oil youtu.be/24FcbPZWohs?...

Is it time for the teapot of Radical Hope? I feel it's time.

I usually share a new Palestinian account every day but today I am going to do a thread of people I’ve already verified impacted by the recent flooding in Gaza. If you can help any of these families- many who lost everything again- please do. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/14/m...

Bloodsuckers. A Beckworth Story. Life isn't as it once was for the dark undead. willerby.substack.com/p/bloodsuckers

The harsh winter of Gaza has returned, and we are still living in the open. The cold is biting, and our children shiver all night. We desperately need warm clothes, blankets, and shoes. Your support has helped us survive, and we ask for your continued solidarity.🍉🕊 Campaign link: gofund.me/a0a540b8

I scream in pain for my husband and no one answers. 🚨😩 Donations have almost stopped, while Majd’s leg has swollen again. The infection came back suddenly, we spent the night in the hospital trying to calm his fever and the burning pain that keeps rising. Please don’t look away🙏 gofund.me/e0cad4d4e

In this picture, I stand before our destroyed home… nothing left but rubble 💔 We live in cold, harsh displacement. I urgently need $500 for warm clothes and blankets. Your help means warmth and survival 🤲🕊️ Donations and Hope Link ⬇️🫂🕊️ chuffed.org/project/157281

Next Sunday. Screening an ultra rare BBC Christmas ghost story and celebrating the 20th anniversary of the superb A View from a Hill, plus a chat with its writer, Peter Harness. Details and tickets:

Recently acquired Puffin Post with a lovely illustration by Pauline Baynes, whose best known work is the original cover for Watership Down

I hope she’s chased all over Malibu by Richard Dreyfuss* *yes I know it was a thunderbird, don’t ruin the joke

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Good morning! I had trouble with this one--do I write that every week?😂 I wrote two short ones that maybe I'll post later, but then I decided to consult the Oracle for inspiration for this third one. #PoemsAbout #Desire Thank you @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

They are going to war with Venezuela, aren't they? Purely to distract from the pedophilia. Fml

A crow waddles through a large puddle in Hollow Ponds, its legs only halfway under the water. Fooled, I walk across the puddle, but at a deep part and my boots sink in up to my ankles. The crow tilts its head. You silly creature, it thinks, know you not, how puddles are?

This is so cool @ninalakhani.bsky.social wrote an essay for this book that features three people in Gaza from Bluesky- @abdullahs-dad.bsky.social, @akramabdelwahed.bsky.social and Adham (who’s new account I can’t find)

💫THE HAUNTING OF WOUNDED BIRDS is live on the feast of Martinmas, old Halloween, cover designed by @kealanpatrickburke.bsky.social — a coming-of-age folk horror steeped in secrets & tragedy. Dark forests. Black birds. Old rituals. Haunted boys. Some stories will not rest. mybook.to/woundedbirds

Horror’s lack of respectability is a strength of the genre. It gives us freedom and prevents (some of) us from taking ourselves too seriously

Looking for Gothic gifts? Look no further. Michelle Tang's DuMort, Rose Biggin's The Belladonna Invitation, and April Yates's Ashthorne make a deliciously indulgent trio of sumptuous settings and creeping horror. Shop here: ghostorchidpress.square.site

The situation is tragic and difficult We were not prepared for winter because we have nothing Please our tents are no longer suitable We need blankets and winter clothes Please if you have stopped donating to us how will we survive? What will we do? Please, please help me🙏🏻 gofund.me/1cc674b2

This, and also, it's difficult to escape the conclusion there's a strong element of malice and power flaunting in some of these decisions.

Such a hard thing to bear, on top of all the other hardships ❤️‍🩹❤️

bluesky’s current demonstrated willingness to suspend entire accounts on a hair trigger basis is alarming.

Perhaps they should start conjugating the Party. My Party, Your Party, His/Her Party, Our...

The winter storms have come to Gaza. Huge numbers of people are still stuck in makeshift tents, often with no waterproofing. If you've ever helped people in Gaza with direct donations, please do so now. Aid still can't reach them and for malnourished children, exposure to this can be deadly. #Gaza 🍉

Hello friends, greetings from Gaza. I'm really not well. I'm suffering here today, the first day of the heavy rains this year. Please help me buy winter clothes and tents suitable for winter and rain. bit.ly/help-mohamed

Baraa has lost two daughters to Israel's ongoing genocide, please help her keep her remaining child Ibrahim alive as the starvation & bombing continues, she also desperately needs healthcare:

If you want to see the documentary about @drfeda.bsky.social’s work in Gaza here are the details ❤️