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Gillian
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Writer, sewist, queer
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aljazeera.com
Families face flooded tents, sewage, extreme overcrowding, and deepening hardship amid ongoing displacement.
Displaced Gaza families struggle as winter storm hits
Families face flooded tents, sewage, extreme overcrowding, and deepening hardship amid ongoing displacement.
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December 11, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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diplomatofnight.com
This kind of reporting with clear, concise language about the style and tenor of state backed terror in occupied Palestine is more or less unheard of in the British or American press.

Good for Le Monde and specifically the reporter Luc Bronner for this article:
= Le Mllonde +3 Subscribe Israel's reign of terror over the West Bank By Luc Bronner (Jerusalem, correspondent) Published yesterday at 5:30 pm (Paris), updated yesterday at 6:01 pm © 11 min read Lire en français 2ii Subscribers only Read on the app IN DEPTH | Deadly shootings by the army, beatings by settlers, devastating raids, arbitrary arrests, torture in prison: The level of violence inflicted on Palestinians living in the territory has never been so high since the Israeli occupation began in 1967. This is called a state of terror. You can see it in the eyes, hear it in the words and sense it in the silences of the residents of Kafr Aqab, a neighborhood located on the road between Jerusalem and Ramallah. Just a few hours earlier, on Friday, November 21, two Palestinians, aged 16 and 18, were killed at the intersection of several commercial streets by soldiers from the militarized Border Police, which is highly active in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. Officially, the police said they had faced a riot, with thrown stones and fireworks. The police, supported by a sniper positioned in a nearby, half-abandoned building, opened fire, hitting between four and six people, according to concurring sources. Two of them died, one after slowly bleeding out on the asphalt as soldiers refused to allow anyone to provide medical aid Palestinians are afraid. Of the army. Of the police. Of the Shin Bet intelligence service. Of settlers. Of arrests. Of interrogations. Of prison. Of checkpoints. Of patrols. Even of traveling the roads between different West Bank cities. "The soldiers come, they close off the street. Often, they fire tear gas, sometimes with their guns. For no reason. They terrorize us," said a restaurant employee, pleading not to reveal any details about his identity. It was the same case for about 10 other shopkeepers interviewed around the Kafr Aqab intersection where the two young men were killed. "What they want is to terrify us, and they succeed: I am afraid," said another, in his fifties, explaining that he dreams of seeking asylum in Spain. "They want to make us leave," said a third. "Palestinian blood is being shed, but it's worth nothing. No one tells them to stop," noted a fourth. "They have no respect for Such words are heard in Ramallah, Bethlehem, Sinjil, Nablus, Turmus Ayya and Tubas. Throughout the entire West Bank, in fact. While Israel's military occupation has been continuous since 1967, it fundamentally changed in nature after a coalition of right-wing and far-right parties led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took power at the end of 2022, according to numerous Palestinian and Israeli sources. The shift accelerated after
December 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
gilliangnomes.bsky.social
Are we really still making Heathcliff white in the year of our lord 2025
November 16, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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mommunism.bsky.social
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...
Heavy rainfall floods the camps of displaced Palestinians in Gaza | CNN
Displaced Palestinians in Gaza woke up Friday morning to inches of water flooding their tents, after heavy rainfall overnight left their shelters and belongings soaked with no way to dry them out.
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November 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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sesmith.lol
I'm raising funds to make sure the people offering advice at Scarleteen have access to healthcare! Your contributions to my personal fundraising page will count towards an overall $10k match so they count double right now.

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scarleteen.com Scarleteen @scarleteen.com · Nov 14
Scarleteen began when young people started writing to Heather asking for advice with sex and relationships, and that one-on-one, personally tailored advice is still at the core of what we do. Advice columns are some of our most popular content.
November 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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runwithskizzers.bsky.social
Don’t cross the line buds! Solidarity with the workers!
sbworkersunited.org Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · Nov 13
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.

Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Don't Buy Starbucks! At any location, today and beyond, while workers are on ULP strike!
November 13, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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sesmith.lol
Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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newseye.bsky.social
NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work.

Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.

She was later released with NO CHARGE.

A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.

You decide…
November 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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kissphoria.bsky.social
listen we may have lost our family business, made our kids miserable, had to live in a barn with goats and lost $50,000 to a local Russian slumlord, but at least we dont have to see gay people in public
Another family, the Hares, also moved from Abilene, Texas, to Russia to shield their three sons from what they say are harmful elements of American culture. “It was the promise of a country that would not promote the LGBT agenda. We liked the fact that LGBT is basically outlawed here in official ways,” Leo Hare, 62, told NBC News via a video call from the family’s new home in Ivanovo, Russia. Russia has strict laws against the “promotion of nontraditional sexual relationships,” which have in practice banned public displays of LGBTQ identity, including wearing or posting the rainbow flag on social media. They say their initial plan to rent an apartment in Moscow fell through just as they boarded the plane from Texas, and the family spent a bitterly cold winter caring for chickens, horses and rabbits on a farm 70 miles south of Moscow in exchange for free board. At one point, they even had to bring the goats and their newborns inside their cabin to keep the animals from dying. Leo Hare thought their troubles were over when their landlord's son offered a generous interest rate for investing their $50,000 nest egg in what he described as a car import business. But they only saw one payment before he stopped sending them money and refused to return their money, Leo Hare said. The couple went to the police and the local court to file complaints about their lost money and with their concerns that they had been swindled, but say they have received no help from law enforcement officials. NBC News contacted Domodedovo police for comment but did not receive a reply.
November 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
gilliangnomes.bsky.social
Look at my cool friend’s cool book!
horbinski.bsky.social Andrea Horbinski @horbinski.bsky.social · Oct 28
Today is publication day for MANGA'S FIRST CENTURY in North America! It's available at bookstores large and small. ahorbinski.com/books/

If you've already read the book, please consider leaving a review online! It helps. And if your budget is tight, requesting the book at the library is great too!
A book cover with three comics images horizontal, a boy and Betty Boop, a girl and boy looking scared, and an adult man being harassed by an old-fashioned telephone.
November 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
gilliangnomes.bsky.social
Survived Halloween at the fabric store, I am so tired y’all. So. Tired. And somehow I still have to work today.
November 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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mattzollerseitz.bsky.social
Houston, Texas: if you can go to this, please do. All over the country, reactionary bigots are trying to tear up the major handful of public works honoring LGBTQA, and so far, they are succeeding
kissphoria.bsky.social gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · Oct 14
houston city council member abbie kamin, two state reps, Rodney Ellis, and Houston County Attorney Christian Menefee are holding a press conference about Houston's rainbow crosswalk this morning. i will be there and post anything interesting
Council Member Kamin brings together Houston elected officials and community members at historic Montrose crosswalk against Governor Abbott’s attack on local communities WHAT: Council Member Abbie Kamin will be joined by fellow elected officials and community leaders at the historic Montrose rainbow crosswalk for a press conference in response to the Governor’s recent attack on cities and local communities. WHEN: Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 10:00 AM WHERE: Corner of Taft & Westheimer, Houston, TX 77006 WHO: Council Member Abbie Kamin, District C Commissioner Rodney Ellis, Precinct 1 County Attorney Christian Menefee State Representative Gene Wu, District 137 State Representative Jon Rosenthal, District 135 Other elected officials Community partners & organizations Neighborhood civic leaders
October 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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levin.bsky.social
I cannot stop the mass firings overnight. But I can wear a mask to protect myself and those around me
angierasmussen.bsky.social Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · Oct 11
I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.
October 11, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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bookishdi.bsky.social
anyway, reminder that Brando Sando is a mormon in good standing aka he tithes 10% of his income to a church that just announced they filed a brief saying that protecting trans rights infringes on their religious freedom ✌️
reactorsff.bsky.social Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · Sep 30
We are THRILLED to reveal the gorgeous cover for Isles of the Emberdark, a new Cosmere novel from none other than Brandon Sanderson, arriving February 3, 2026 from Tor Books

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Revealing Isles of the Emberdark, a New Standalone in the Cosmere Universe by Brandon Sanderson - Reactor
Sanderson's new novel navigates the seas and the stars of a far-future Cosmere...
reactormag.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM