Incredible ghoulish behavior here from Obama’s old speechwriter. She straight up says that she has a hard time convincing people Israel has a right to kill Palestinians because people have seen too many videos of Israeli war crimes

The donations that have come in have helped their lives immensely and have allowed them to survive. The money is still very much needed and will be put toward surviving the winter. bit.ly/HelpWardasFamily bit.ly/help4iman

I'm still working with these two families in Gaza. The "ceasefire" has barely made an improvement and both families are living in dire situations that lack warmth and shelter. Winter is approaching, which is the rainy season--not suitable for living in tents. bit.ly/HelpWardasFamily bit.ly/help4iman

Palestinian Author Nasser Abu Srour's prison memoir ("written inside the walls of the Israeli prisons where Abu Srour spent 33 years") wins 2025 Prix de La Littérature Arabe. @oliviasnaije.bsky.social for @arablit.bsky.social arablit.org/2025/11/20/p...

Fuck Black Friday! Support indie publishers and bookstores! A collection or chapbook makes an excellent Christmas present... These guys create beautiful books and are such a big part of the literary ecosystem — if we want small publishing to exist we have to keep it alive!

Good Morning! We’ve got wonderful news for you! Absolutely delighted that Horatio Clare’s We Came by Sea has been shortlisted for the 2025 #NeroBookAwrds. It’s a very impressive shortlist. The paperback is now at the printers and is available for pre order! @horatioclare.bsky.social #BookSky

My constituent is one of six political prisoners on hunger strike, demanding the right to a fair trial and the de-proscription of Palestine Action. I have written to David Lammy to demand urgent action. The government knows the truth: the weight of history is against them.

So much for the claims by the Israeli state that it made every effort not to injure, maim or kill civilians. That is precisely the aim of fragmentation ordinance. It is a deliberate choice to use them, ergo, the Israeli state indiscriminately targets everyone. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

I am taking part in a reading and discussion about my collection Grey Time as part of Wymondham Words Festival next Friday (28th) lunchtime. More details and link for tickets here #poetry wymwords.wordpress.com

Today is Trans Day Of Remembrance #TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames *** Trigger warning for the following thread: Violence against trans people (especially TWOC) * * *

This Joyful Interlude has a launch party today, at 7PM GMT! If you fancy a friendly evening of poetry, you can sign up for free at the link below. You can also bring a poem to read, if you wish :-) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/this-joyfu... #poems #poetry #poetrycommunity #books

Let the light in. Start your day by clicking one link and helping six families and a camp to get their basic needs covered. Thank you.

We used to be able to post links without any words and families would get support. Now, most support for these six families’ survival comes through the hundred bold folks who’ve clicked “weekly” on the cost of a coffee. Food, shelter, urgent medicine. Our duty. chuffed.org/project/hope...

I was breaking, and you became the strength that pulled me back to life. Your support didn’t just save me it changed my children’s future. We still need you. Please don’t let go of us. Your presence keeps us alive. Bring us to life again .. 🍉🫂🤍🕊😕 Donation .. Share .. Pray 🙏

Good morning, Bluesky. Still snowing here though I think temps are due to rise above zero today 🥶 Today’s #photooftheday has to be yesterday’s beach shot as it was so pretty and the beach doesn’t often get a dousing of snow. Keep warm and have a good day, folks. #Scotland #winter #snow #beach

#ABC please note, even report.

"In the past 24 hours at least 25 Palestinians were killed, among them a family of five" Hind Khoudary reports on Israels latest attacks across the Gaza strip

Warmth isn’t just a feeling — it’s a jacket, a pair of shoes, a small thing that protects my children.💔 Your donation can bring that warmth back into their little world. Every bit helps us keep them safe.🥹

It’s getting cold and Ranin is pregnant and has a one year old. If you can help her winterize her tent it would be appreciated

Let the light in. Start your day by clicking one link and helping six families and a camp to get their basic needs covered. Thank you.

Winter storms have begun and they're flooding tents, yall. This is supreme indignity and it's also deadly, particularly for kids. Nya’s family really needs shelter. All they need is sufficient support to get indoors. Give / find their link here. chuffed.org/project/hope...

Bisan Shrafi: tanks entering east of Shuja’iyya, people are trapped #Gaza

Afnan reached out and this site took her account away before I could barely speak with her, but I promised to help so I will. bsky.app/profile/peps...

I'll never forgive BS for taking away Eslam's account, all her connections cut and friends scattered. It's cruel. bsky.app/profile/peps...

Boosting for friends, share please, I just don't have the brain capacity to tag people right now. Ruba is just so sweet, I swear she's buoyed me up with her cheerfulness. Let's give that energy back and get her all she needs.

Poetry is a matter of life, not just a matter of language. —Lucille Clifton

When someone dies, we go searching for poetry. But I want elegies while I’m still alive... I want ballads, I want ugly, grating sounds, I want repetition, I want white space... and even center-aligned italicized poems that rhyme, and most of all — feelings. —Jenny Zhang

Coinciding with nonstop strikes on south Lebanon for weeks and especially the last two days

Don't you love good news? We're SUPER close to covering rent in December for our dear friend Seraj, who's supporting his siblings (including a baby!) and their parents. Amazing impact. Can we get there today? Family vetted by Palestine Asdiqa. 400/475 docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Your help matters. Your heart matters. You sharing this post and donating matters.

It's being reported that New Zealand has banned puberty blockers for transgender youth. I removed New Zealand from my recommendations to families fleeing a while back after the far right saw a surge in power in the country. Sad day for NZ trans youth.

No NGOs. No aid making it through blockade. And no donors. Reject leaving these six families—or anyone dependent on still-survival funds—alone to face annihilation. We can and do impact and we can't stop. Click "weekly"; it's the only support coming in. chuffed.org/project/hope...

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A friend wrote to me this morning: "even your wreckiest wreckage is beautiful". Surround yourself with people who send you lifelines like this when times are hard. Surround yourself with people who push light into this never-ending darkness, whose messages are lighthouses.

Damit dürfte übrigens schnell klar werden, dass du als betroffene Person künftig überhaupt keine Wohnung mehr bekommen wirst. Aber nun. „Niemand wird obdachlos.“ und Armut ist egal. www.gegen-hartz.de/news/neue-gr...

Could not actually give a flying ef about the national book awards right now

Today we're highlighting dear Nya & her family: constantly displaced all year, their displacement hasn't ended, as they remain stranded in a tent. The barrier to getting out of the deadly cold and into some shelter is PURELY support, yall. Give/find their link here. chuffed.org/project/hope...

You don’t want to know the running total on this today.

Start your day by helping Mai.

It's a stunning example of mutual aid that you've come together to help Mai survive a high-risk pregnancy & welcome new life to Gaza—medicine, nutritious food, hospital costs, baby clothes. Again, is there a more special way to pledge a dollar? Give/find her link here: chuffed.org/project/hope...

I don't have a spare second for Spark Space and the team is too polite (and dealing with their own things) to ask for help, but they need it. The only support coming in is from about 5 people who clicked "weekly" on a kind contribution. If you can join them, you'll sustain a true lifeline.

We have all been repeating: we need to see real seriousness right now before winter arrives. Last winter, exposure to cold killed dozens of children in their tents. This is what these six families—mostly kids—are facing RIGHT NOW. Shelter, winter clothes, blankets: chuffed.org/project/hope...

Yes this

Delayed updating the Circle's chuffed page for two weeks because I couldn't bear writing an update, honestly. But new update live: chuffed.org/project/hope...

Breaking | Injuries have been reported following an Israeli artillery strike on the Al-Tuffah neighborhood in northeastern Gaza City.

Oh dear. I'm sorry to hear they've had this to deal with on top of everything else. Please help if you can.

"to hold, to gentle, to warm, to carry, to tend, to hold and hold" chen chen

Israeli occupation forces detain Roya TV cameraman Mahmoud Fawzi after assaulting him while he was covering a sit-in held by the displaced residents of the Nour Shams refugee camp in Tulkarm.

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Aya. Before the war Aya was an Arabic language teacher at a kindergarten. She was forced to flee her home and this week in addition to the floods her tent also burned. She has four children Omar, 10, Mohammed, 8, Wasim, 5 and Yasmine, 3 months