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@emmakersey.bsky.social

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Disabled, queer, interdisciplinary artist living/dying for crip-led culture, access-centred activism, a free Palestine, Long COVID treatment, abolition, naps, and cats obviously 🔻 #ACAB #LongCovid #DisabilityJustice she/they https://linktr.ee/kernekerney

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It’s me kern e kerney from the revolting surplus 😷 @emmakersey.bsky.social · Feb 9

There is no revolution without disabled people #DisabilityJustice

Decolonise EVERYTHING 💜 #StrikeForMutualAid @hoydenspark.bsky.social · Feb 8

This is not 'the left eating itself' - this is the left having a basic standard against ableism, WHICH IS ESSENTIAL FOR REVOLUTION.

There is NO progressive movement that is inclusive of ableism.

#DisabilityJustice

Detryck von Doom @detryckvondoom.bsky.social · Feb 8

Comrades don’t “accidentally” call people slurs.

Comrades don’t cover for people calling people slurs.

Comrades accept accountability.

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Prisonculture

@prisonculture.bsky.social

I signed on to this letter.

Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 19d

Over 300 writers, scholars, and public intellectuals have pledged to not contribute to the New York Times’ Opinion section until it takes “accountability for its biased coverage and commits to truthfully and ethically reporting on the U.S.-Israeli war on Gaza.”

300+ pledge to boycott the New York Times’ op-ed page over their anti-Palestinian bias.

Over 300 writers, scholars, and public intellectuals have pledged to not contribute to the New York Times’ Opinion section until three demands have been met. The demands address the anti-Palestinia…

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October 27, 2025 at 7:59 PM

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shaka 🦁👑

@beejonson.me

"No one should be assassinated for speaking their mind, or sharing their political opinions."

— the same liberals and conservatives who murdered Fred Hampton, Huey P. Newton, Thomas Sankara, Che Guevara, Malcolm X, and even so-called 'peaceful resistance' MLK.

September 12, 2025 at 8:11 AM

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@emmakersey.bsky.social

Damn straight facts

Beatrice Adler-Bolton @reallandsend.bsky.social · Aug 22

People call disabled folks “burdens,” but I’ve never met anyone more resourceful, patient, and relentless than sick and disabled people practiced at keeping each other alive.

August 28, 2025 at 12:24 PM

It’s me kern e kerney from the revolting surplus 😷

@emmakersey.bsky.social

Damn straight facts

Beatrice Adler-Bolton @reallandsend.bsky.social · Aug 22

People call disabled folks “burdens,” but I’ve never met anyone more resourceful, patient, and relentless than sick and disabled people practiced at keeping each other alive.

August 28, 2025 at 12:24 PM

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Beatrice Adler-Bolton

@reallandsend.bsky.social

People call disabled folks “burdens,” but I’ve never met anyone more resourceful, patient, and relentless than sick and disabled people practiced at keeping each other alive.

August 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM

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Insurgent Thought

@insurgentthought.bsky.social

The beginning of every revolution is an exit, an exit from the social order that power has enshrined in the name of law…

—Basel al-Araj

May 13, 2025 at 7:20 PM

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Logan Grendel

@focusedoninfinity.bsky.social

Happy birthday Frantz Fanon!

July 21, 2025 at 2:21 AM

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Hugh Morris

@hwfmorris.bsky.social

In case you missed it, last night, Oliver Mears, head of opera at Covent Garden, went on stage at the curtain call of Il Trovatore and tried (unsuccessfully) to take a Palestine flag from a cast member.

July 20, 2025 at 12:51 PM

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@emmakersey.bsky.social

Behold the unswerving #Handala ⛵️ sailing on Sunday to break the Zionist blockade ⛓️‍💥 @freedomflotilla.bsky.social 🙏

Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition @freedomflotilla.bsky.social · Jul 6

We are setting sail again. On July 13, 2025 our boat #Handala will depart from Siracusa, Italy to break Israel’s illegal blockade. This mission is for the children of Gaza.

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Photo of Handala boat with Palestine flags. Quoted text: The Freedom Flotilla is setting sail again. Handala to break the blockade for the children of Gaza. Read more on next four tiles.

Siracusa, Italy - On July 13, 2025, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) will launch 'Handala' - a civilian boat setting out to challenge Israel's illegal, deadly blockade of Gaza. The vessel will carry life-saving humanitarian aid and a message of solidarity from people around the world refusing to stay silent as Gaza is starved, bombed, and buried under rubble.

This mission comes just weeks after Israel's illegal attack on the 'Madleen', another Freedom Flotilla boat illegally seized by Israel in international waters. Twelve unarmed civilians - including a Member of the European Parliament, a doctor, journalists, and human rights defenders - were abducted by Israeli commandos and taken against their will to Israel, where they were interrogated, abused, then deported. Their "crime"? Attempting to bring food, medicine, and solidarity to Palestinians under siege.

We are not backing down.

The 'Handala' launches in the shadow of ongoing mass atrocities. Since March 18, 2025 - when Israel broke the ceasefire and resumed attacks on Gaza - at least 6,572 Palestinians have been killed and over 23,000 injured, according to Gaza's Health Ministry. Among them, over 700 gunned down as they waited for food at distribution points controlled by the U.S. - and Israel-backed "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation" (GHF) - a death trap masquerading as an aid scheme; a structure of control and cruelty serving Israel's genocide.

The 'Handala' is part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, a grassroots international network that has been sailing against the blockade since 2010. On board will be volunteer medics, lawyers, social justice activists, journalists, and community organizers. We are not governments. We are people, taking action where institutions have failed.

For the children of Gaza. Named after the Palestinian cartoon figure 'Handala' - a barefoot refugee child who turned his back on injustice and vowed not to turn around until Palestine is free - this boat carries his spirit, and that of every child in Gaza who has been denied safety, dignity, and joy. In 2023 and 2024, 'Handala' sailed to ports across northern Europe and the UK, breaking through the media blockade, engaging the public, and building solidarity through press events, art installations, and political education in every port it visited.

July 9, 2025 at 12:48 AM

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Al Jazeera English

@aljazeera.com

‘Hospitals are rationing. Ambulances are stalling. Water systems are on the brink,’ UN humanitarian agency says.

‘Critical point’: UN pleads for fuel for Gaza amid Israeli blockade

‘Hospitals are rationing. Ambulances are stalling. Water systems are on the brink,’ UN humanitarian agency says.

bit.ly

July 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM

It’s me kern e kerney from the revolting surplus 😷

@emmakersey.bsky.social

Behold the unswerving #Handala ⛵️ sailing on Sunday to break the Zionist blockade ⛓️‍💥 @freedomflotilla.bsky.social 🙏

Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition @freedomflotilla.bsky.social · Jul 6

We are setting sail again. On July 13, 2025 our boat #Handala will depart from Siracusa, Italy to break Israel’s illegal blockade. This mission is for the children of Gaza.

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July 9, 2025 at 12:48 AM

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kristin (she/her)

@kristin8x.antipovertycentre.org

🚨 HELLO, IF YOU ARE ON A CENTRELINK PAYMENT AND HAVE “MUTUAL” OBLIGATIONS OR KNOW SOMEONE WHO DOES, PLEASE READ + SHARE

We are expecting some significant announcements related to “mutual” obligations and legal issues over the next few weeks and we want to be able to inform people about any
changes as quickly and directly as possible. If you want to keep up to date with what’s happening, please DM me to receive a link to the WhatsApp group.

We also encourage you to invite anyone you know who has “mutual” obligations to join the group.

Let me know if you do not use WhatsApp and want to be kept updated so we can figure out another channel.

If you are currently having a problem with your job agency and need advice or help, you can also use the group to ask us a question.

July 4, 2025 at 12:40 AM

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Brian Merchant

@bcmerchant.bsky.social

Good day as any to delete Facebook, Instagram, and/or Threads if you have not already

The fact that Meta will not rule out using private photos on your camera roll to train AI is abominable, full stop

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June 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM

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Puff the Magic Hater

@mskellymhayes.bsky.social

34 disabled people got arrested in a Senate office building last week protesting Medicaid cuts. Just a reminder that there are people putting their bodies on the line to stop this murderous budget. They’re fighting for their lives and yours. Are you fighting for them?

More than 30 arrested at Senate building while protesting Medicaid cuts

U.S. Capitol Police officers arrested 34 people Wednesday who were demonstrating against Congress’ proposed cuts to Medicaid inside a Senate office building. Advocates and people who depend on Medicai...

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June 30, 2025 at 9:51 PM

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DocLB2

@doclb2.bsky.social

"I believe there is power in words, power in asserting our existence, our experience, our lives, through words."

― Jesmyn Ward, The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race (2016)

June 28, 2025 at 1:43 PM

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@emmakersey.bsky.social

The Refaat Alareer Camp - by The Sameer Project chuffed.org/project/1133...

The Refaat Alareer Camp - by The Sameer Project

The Sameer Project, a mutual aid organization led by three Palestinians in the diaspora, are the proud directors and funders of a tent encampment in Central Gaza that provides shelter and specialized ...

chuffed.org

June 27, 2025 at 1:51 AM

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Workshops4Gaza

@workshops4gaza.bsky.social

Sunday!

Learn about how Pan-African thinkers mobilized solidarity, political education, and writings to defend Palestinian liberation and self-determination and linked the fate of Africa with that of Palestine.

donations go to the Sameer Project

Workshops4Gaza @workshops4gaza.bsky.social · Apr 26

connecting more dots:

Join Charisse Burden-Stelly and Layla Brown on June 29th for "Pan-Africanists for Palestine" to identify and analyze the support of 20th century Pan-Africanists like Kwame Ture, Malcolm X, and Walter Rodney for Palestinian liberation.

www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/pan...