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anniezaleski.bsky.social
RIP to the great Sly Stone. A monumental loss. His PR just sent this out.
a photo of sly stone with text that says “It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved dad, Sly Stone of Sly and the Family Stone. After a prolonged battle with COPD and other underlying health issues, Sly passed away peacefully, surrounded by his three children, his closest friend, and his extended family. While we mourn his absence, we take solace in knowing that his extraordinary musical legacy will continue to resonate and inspire for generations to come.”
June 9, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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johnniejae.bsky.social
On Sunday, my friend, Jonathan Joss was murdered and it took me a minute to find the words...

Like so many of our lives, Jonathan's existed at the powerful intersections of Indigeneity, queerness, visibility, and vulnerability. He was fierce, funny, flawed, and real in every way that mattered.
A blavk amd white portait of Jonathan Joss
June 3, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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aljazeera.com
Israeli military warns access roads to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s aid distribution sites are now ‘combat zones’.
US-backed GHF suspends Gaza aid for full day, names new evangelical leader
Israeli military warns access roads to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s aid distribution sites are now ‘combat zones’.
bit.ly
June 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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mommunism.bsky.social
We were hoping that this letter to @bsky.app could first be shared by a Gazan, but we were too worried that doing so would get their account deleted so we are sharing first.

You can sign on to the letter about the unfair treatment of Gazans on Bluesky here:

docs.google.com/document/d/1...
[CLICK here if you would like your name added to this letter] النسخة العربية من هذه الرسالة متاحة أدناه. Open Letter to the Bluesky Team About Their Treatment of Palestinians in Gaza The signatories of this letter are all members of the Bluesky community, many of us have actively participated on the platform since its inception. We came to Bluesky because it was a breath of fresh air, a place that felt different from many of the other social media platforms. The lack of a central algorithm, the ability to build and use custom feeds, and the lack of penalty for link promotion contributed to an environment that allowed diverse and interesting voices to find their footing and community on Bluesky. While some of the signatories of this letter have had no issues with speaking their mind publicly on Bluesky, unfortunately that is not true for all the signatories because many are Palestinians currently living in Gaza. These Palestinians are journalists, artists, engineers, teachers, grandmas, entrepreneurs, a man who owned an ice cream shop, a pediatrician who has been featured on CBS Morning News, aid workers, architects, waiters, pharmacists, students–and perhaps most essential to the backbone of Bluesky, posters. All of these people provide unique and interesting voices to the Bluesky community. However, unlike the other signatories of this letter, these Bluesky community members have struggled to keep their accounts on the platform. Most of them have lost multiple accounts and/or have had their accounts labeled as spam. Some cannot even make an account without it immediately being removed from the platform. Gazans undertake immense efforts to simply be on Bluesky. Sometimes, they walk for miles just to have access to the internet. They scale rooftops where they are exposed to potential military attacks just for the opportunity to get better cell signals–one signatory of this letter tragically lost her brother this way. They use what little money they have to pay … Gazans have also been aggressively targeted and unfairly reported by bad actors. Many accounts openly encourage the reporting and targeting of any Palestinian. Several groups exist for the express purpose of looking for Palestinian accounts to report. We believe Bluesky owes Gazans, and the entire community who benefits from their voices, a greater duty of care especially in the context of the horrors they are enduring. We ask Bluesky to implement the following changes: Provide information on all Bluesky-affiliated websites in Arabic that explains the rules and expectations of the site in clear language. Investigate the accounts that are mass-reporting Palestinians on Bluesky. The mass reporting of Palestinians on Bluesky is a group effort to render the platform a hostile place for a community based on their ethnicity. As such, it is racism, and should be understood as such. Reports against Palestinians who have broken no community guidelines must be understood as racism, and the accounts that submit those reports should be disregarded in the future. Many Bluesky users encourage Gazans to tag or reply to them, and this is not always understood as unwelcome behavior. If an account is reported as Spam for tagging or replying to others, treat only reports from the tagged/mentioned account as legitimate, seeing as they were the only ones who received a notification. Send emails regarding disciplinary action every time it is taken. Gazans do not always get an email explaining what they did wrong, and those that do are required to parse a language they do not speak in order to understand their violation. Have these emails contain an easily visible link to information about their violations in Arabic. Respond to appeals in a timely fashion, many Gazans simply never hear back from Bluesky after they appeal a decision. In addition to removing Gazans for alleged spam behavior, Bluesky has also sometimes indicated that they are deleting an account for being a scam or … End IP bans on any account from Gaza and allow them to make new accounts where they can comply with Bluesky rules and continue to be valued members of the community. We understand that even if all these changes are made, many Gazans may still violate Bluesky rules in the future, but we hope that Bluesky will abandon their punitive approach to these violations and instead embrace an attitude of education, cooperation and community care– one that works to ensure people in Gaza can participate in a way that keeps their voices heard. We also call on the Bluesky community to help and support these accounts however they can. We want to continue to build a healthy community with better community members and this cannot be done if Gazans continue to be shunned. We can use this as an opportunity to show how to protect all vulnerable groups in the future. We hope that Bluesky does not follow the path of other social media platforms and instead forges ahead with a different philosophy. After all, that is the reason so many of its users are there. Bluesky's ethos of "No Caesars” should apply to all members of its community. [To add your name to the list of signatories, click here.]
May 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
dreamstatesmeta.bsky.social
Hi @bsky.app I hope you’re letting go of Israel and embracing a #FreePalestine now.
May 25, 2025 at 8:11 AM
dreamstatesmeta.bsky.social
Hi @bsky.app I heard you’re denying the #gazagenocide … maybe we should post Israelis?
May 25, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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joycewhitevance.bsky.social
And now, an emergency motion for a temporary injunction to keep the government from deporting people in another case to South Sudan. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
May 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
dreamstatesmeta.bsky.social
“You are not fighting Hamas, it’s just women and children” - survivor of the school massacre in Al-Tufah neighborhood of #GazaGenocide
May 20, 2025 at 10:18 PM
dreamstatesmeta.bsky.social
326 Palestinians have died as a result of the blockade and starvation policy imposed by the occupation #Starvation #Palestine
May 20, 2025 at 10:13 PM
dreamstatesmeta.bsky.social
What is happening on here ?
💔💔💔
#GenocideOfThePalestinans
May 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
dreamstatesmeta.bsky.social
For real 😳
#GazaGenocide
May 20, 2025 at 10:07 PM
dreamstatesmeta.bsky.social
Remembering is resistance

#KwibukaTwiyubaka
April 7, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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beejonson.me
There will be no peace without justice. Justice is a primary human instinct. Have you ever heard a child who barely learned to speak cry out 'THAT'S NOT FAIR'. That's their sense of innate justice. For there to be peace, there must be justice. End the genocide and occupation! FREE PALESTINE! 🇵🇸 ♥️ 🔥 🇵🇸
April 6, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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bunkunin.bsky.social
Trump takes support for Israel to new extremes
electronicintifada.net/content/trum... Well, we were tired of those old extremes.
Trump takes support for Israel to new extremes
Palestinians have been pushed beyond the brink of survival.
electronicintifada.net
March 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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blerdmommy.blacksky.app
Rep. Rashida Tlaib is asking folks to join her and colleagues demanding the release of political prisoner Mahmoud Khalil.

actionnetwork.org/forms/demand...
Demand Mahmoud Khalil’s immediate release from DHS custody
This week, Rashida Tlaib led 13 of her colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives to send a letter to the head of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) demanding Mahmoud Khali’s immediate rel...
actionnetwork.org
March 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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elivalley.bsky.social
Columbia’s New Faculty
March 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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aljazeera.com
BREAKING: The bodies of four Israelis held captive in Gaza have been handed over to the Red Cross by Hamas, according to the report.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/w07794
February 26, 2025 at 11:25 PM
dreamstatesmeta.bsky.social
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February 27, 2025 at 3:32 AM
dreamstatesmeta.bsky.social
going through it since the dawn of times
mural from a cave dating 4000 years ago. Three bodies going through some : on the left one is on his knees, center : sitting with head in hands, right standing looking down.
February 1, 2025 at 3:28 AM
dreamstatesmeta.bsky.social
Reminder
January 31, 2025 at 5:15 AM
dreamstatesmeta.bsky.social
Go see ::: Raoul Peck’s Ernest Cole: Lost and found — very timely
January 27, 2025 at 9:48 PM
dreamstatesmeta.bsky.social
18,000 documented children killed

Over 20,000 children are still missing, still under the rubble or dumped in mass graves…

40,000 orphans

Industrial scale

… never again 💔

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
January 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM