"not every given is bleak or wrong and some even are as gorgeous as they are elementary." #poetry

Support Andre to get his little brother, Dravin Matiste, home and laid to rest.

Abeer promised to send her two little girls to school - support her to keep her promise. "I want my daughters to have their right to education" No donation is too small, and a share makes a difference too. #KeepEyesonSudan

Braah and Hibatallah are so close to their goal *and* to completing their studies - support these two Sudani med students to complete their final semester! #KeepEyesOnSudan

Support Baha'a and Sama'a and family to rebuild their home. "Any kindness, no matter how small, means life to us." "I only need $200 to repair the walls and protect my girls from the cold and the wind. - Sama’a 🤍" chuffed.org/project/157569

Support Fayez and his family "My name is Fayez, and I am a father from Gaza, Palestine. I am writing these words with a broken heart and one hope left — to save the life of my son, Mohammed."

hey if you're sometimes feeling paralyzed because of the horrors and want to find something to DO to help make things better, here are some good accounts to follow go.bsky.app/9H3C9Ty

me every time I see a Guardian article shared which is often

"We need an open flow of food and water. We need freedom." keep sharing, keep supporting Alaa and her family.

while you're doing this, you can also support Alaa via her fundraiser: chuffed.org/project/help...

Alaa literally helped write the letter to Bluesky about their treatment of Palestinians so it’s hard to feel like that is not retaliatory

Speaking of which Bluesky has deleted Alaa @mamafriend.bsky.social she has been posting from that account for months and not breaking any rules. If you can email [email protected] and ask for it to be restored

Mahmoud Khalil still has not met his newborn baby, because the judge refuses to grant him bail. Having clerked for a federal judge, I know firsthand that public pressure works. Send him a (polite) letter demanding Khalil be set free: Hon. Michael Farbiarz 4th & Cooper Streets Camden, NJ 08101

Well, they said it *isn’t* Hunger Games for immigrants so I’m sure it will be fine. /s

I’m looking for 8 new paid subscribers for my newsletter this month. Some longtime readers have had to cancel due to economic hardship—and I want to say clearly: I get it. These are rocky times, and I hope we’re all facing less precarity soon.

Bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back. Bring them ALL back Turn back every deportation flight Empty every detention center and prison Burn every border

if u are fuming at mass deportation of migrants to El Salvador's CECOT prison, u should also be fuming that people are being deported at all. Plus, much of the $ for the securitization & border externalization & carceral regimes in Central America has LONG come from US-backed neoliberal war on drugs

i am a simple woman: i see the trans kids doing incredible shit and giving me some hope for the future, so i give them some money to continue doing incredible shit chuffed.org/pay/campaign...

These kids! 💙💗🤍

Can you help Huda and Ofrah reach £4,000 before the end of today? Just £220 to go to make that happen. If you see this, please share; if you can, please give; and persuade folks you know to do the same. Thank you. 💜

Hey folks. My very good friend, Dr Huda Mahmoud, is walking a mountain this Sunday to raise funds for Palestinian medical workers. Please support any way you can - financially is amazing, but sharing is also a massive help. Thank you! chuffed.org/project/1274...

Hey folks. My very good friend, Dr Huda Mahmoud, is walking a mountain this Sunday to raise funds for Palestinian medical workers. Please support any way you can - financially is amazing, but sharing is also a massive help. Thank you! chuffed.org/project/1274...

horrible… theintercept.com/2025/04/14/i...

This Is Congo - film screening and panel discussion Saturday 12th April - 3.30pm - Rio Cinema, Dalston

collective actions of ordinary people continue to be the most powerful thing in the world - especially when you have a minority of fascist leaders who control the levers of power

Every time you use one of these fucking things, you add one to a user statistic that some tech bro will point at and tell a board room is "monetiseable user base," letting them secure more funding

NFT are dead because none of you actually bought or tried to use them. LEARN FROM THAT.

“They weren’t targeted”

It actually is very important that you do things that you take pleasure in, regularly. That is part of how you survive the things that feel like they are going to destroy you.

Support Ahmed and his family to keep warm this winter - you may be able to give, you can definitely share. ID: a young man inside a large tent uses a broom to push up its bulging roof (presumably to push water off that has pooled there) #AltTextPalestine #Alt4You

everyone wish Fidaa a happy birthday! ideally with money to help her survive

one small thing we can do to support trans kids/help trans kids live

helpful tip on avoiding those AI results that come up when you google

This cartoon by Chaz Hutton sums it up well for me

Support those BlueSky communities to the best of your ability (BlackSky, TransSky, Artists, etc) but absolutely don’t support BlueSky admins themselves until they do right by the people that helped make it.

They wanted this site to be big and built it entirely off the backs of the already hesitant marginalized communities that migrated here who built thier spaces in the hopes of even having a space to begin with. For them to do this TWICE concretely shows you who they are

When BlueSky starts inevitably talking about monetization (PROTIP: they already have) withhold your money until they actually do shit that has meaning safety-wise for the people who have been here. Hurt them in their wallets. Show them in full that you don’t trust them.

"AI is a major new factor in data center proliferation — straining the Irish grid to the point of blackout."

I’m waiting for the day when folks realize all their favorite influencers have sold them the climate crisis through overconsumption and are now trying to convince you to pay them to do it on Substack.

can you help Fidaa get this over the next line? a donation is awesome, a share, also awesome.

Make alt text your normal!

You should read this. It'll be good for your heart, i think.

“I know crying Is a skill I automatically wipe My eyes even though I know Crying Is a skill“ - Nikki Giovanni, I Married My Mother RIP vm.tiktok.com/ZGdMvWXjt/ #BlackElder #poetry #ReadingPoetryToMyCat

For history’s sake it’s important to remember this didn’t come out of nowhere. It’s been 13 years since Occupy Wall Street and class disparity and affordable care has gotten much worse, while a president, about to have a 2nd term, is only interested in helping the wealthy. People are in pain.

“I know crying Is a skill I automatically wipe My eyes even though I know Crying Is a skill“ - Nikki Giovanni, I Married My Mother RIP vm.tiktok.com/ZGdMvWXjt/ #BlackElder #poetry #ReadingPoetryToMyCat

Donate to Fidaa! And if you’re uncertain about it, give her a call yourself.

Even if you try and assume “no one knew it was wrong”, there’s still one group of people who obviously knew it was wrong… the enslaved people! They count!

"The ban on blockers is only for trans minors and they’re still readily and easily available for cis minors and adults. So clearly the blockers are only dangerous for the people that he decides. ... What this ban has done is show that the denial of our welfare [is] a deliberate political choice."