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Rafael

@munecas.bsky.social

The support and donations for the Rohingya community has been slowing down! After a devastating fire in the refuge camps a few days ago and USAID cut fundings for vulnerable families, they need a boost in funds. Please donate & share ‼️‼️

gofund.me/7513975d

Donate to Fight To Rebuild Hope: RCP Mutual Emergency Appeal, organized by CRAIG CHAMBERLAIN

Hi, I am raising funds on behalf of the Refugee-led organizat… CRAIG CHAMBERLAIN needs your support for Fight To Rebuild Hope: RCP Mutual Emergency Appeal

gofund.me

February 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM

Rafael

@munecas.bsky.social

my friend (@ asemfayyad2 on twitter) and his family are displaced and rely heavily on donations for food and winter clothing. Please do your part by sharing his campaign widely and donate to his family’s survival funds— they need our support now!

t.co/Wu4hYnmAtC

https://chuffed.org/project/help-asem-and-his-family-survive-the-terrible-conditions-in-gaza

t.co

December 24, 2024 at 7:29 AM

Rafael

@munecas.bsky.social

It's been a whole day since anything has been sent towards Shaaban and his family's survival f*nd. Please donate if u can and share/rt to help his family get supplies for the harsh winter! They need our support more than ever.

gofundme.com/f/mjzzkr-help-…

https://gofundme.com/f/mjzzkr-help-…

December 12, 2024 at 11:13 AM

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Workshops4Gaza

@workshops4gaza.bsky.social

We are a group of autonomous writers, artists, educators and translators coming together to offer online courses and workshops to raise money for people in Gaza 🥀🥀🥀

Reddish orange background with white text workshops for Gaza cascading down the square

November 16, 2024 at 9:45 PM

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Matt D - SC

@mattd-sc.bsky.social

Here's my (relatively) quick DVDVR review of the Inoki vs Saito Island Death Match. Note that the WON thought this was basically the worst thing ever at the time even if NJPW fans in Japan voted it the match of the year.

(1) I don't have the words to do it justice but it accomplishes so much with so little, with time, setting, and effort driving it all.

The match is fairly self-evident. Either you're going to get it or you're not going to get it and I can't make you not get it if you don't. You have to take a leap of faith, have to give in something of yourself, have to put in some level of effort, have to ride the wave and channel what they're feeling. The match is exhausting; it was for them it is for you as a viewer. If I understand the translation well enough, we come in at around the 30 minute mark and they'd just been posturing. There's a shot of Inoki groundhogging his head out of his tent as Saito waits in the ring. Once they get going, Saito goes for the Scorpion immediately and Inoki blocks it and tries for a UWF leglock. Saito is bloodied up from his mouth early and it adds a mood to everything almost from the get go. From there, things remain hotly contested but with simple, grinding holds. There are some patterns, such as Saito getting a hold and Inoki getting a reversal, again and again. There are times that Inoki escapes a hold by simply working his way around the ring. This is a battle of attrition, more so than probably any pro wrestling match since the 1930s.

(2) Time passes. Night falls. They light the torches. Everything is so grueling and every tiny advantage is made to mean so much over time. Whenever they build to a high moment, like Inoki pulling Saito over the ring or Saito trying to force Inoki into the fire and crashing into it himself instead, it's a huge deal. Saito gets a modified version of his prison lock on and Inoki charges him on the outside, desperate to make up the advantage. That leads to the moment I captured, where Saito takes advantage due to Inoki's desperation but he's putting so much into containing and stetching Inoki. It's almost like lucha matwork where they can hold on for as long as they can but if they can't get some sort of win (and the only way to win is to escape to a certain part of the island), then they have to let go. They escalate to suplexes, but slowly, steadily, one and then a long gap of holds again, but towards the end, Inoki starts to really gain an advantage with Knuckle Arrows and all the rest. Saito starts to backpeddle. It feels inevitable. But then he grabs a piece of wood from the ground and blasts Inoki and it's legitimately shocking because this has all been violence and battle but this is a different sort. It's beyond the pale. It's crossing a line. Inoki blades hard. The two of them are covered in dirt, covered in blood, and Saito is unrelenting. Inoki is Inoki however. He powers back, chokes Saito out, and marches his way to freedom as they put Saito on a stretcher and bring him back to his tent.

November 16, 2024 at 2:11 PM

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Insurgent Thought

@insurgentthought.bsky.social

Reactionaries claim that Zionism is being equated to settler colonialism because of some “trendy theory.” Fayez Sayegh published this almost 60 years ago.

Fayez Sayegh’s book Zionist Colonialism in Palestine

November 17, 2024 at 1:12 AM

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dax

@fkacarrybradshaw.bsky.social

it's been a few hours since anyone was send to safaa and her family. remember that d*nations must be continuous (meaning no stagnation) and substantial (meaning one a day doesn't remotely cut it) in order to better ensure their survival. don't look away: gofund.me/70b1995f

Donate to Help make dreams come true, organised by Marwa Almasri

I am a student, Safaa Nofal, in the Faculty of Administration and Finance, third level, at Al… Marwa Almasri needs your support for Help make dreams come true

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November 16, 2024 at 5:57 PM

Rafael

@munecas.bsky.social

CMLL coming back to AEW is so cool but this also means Dorada could work in the US again :) #AEWCollision 🤼‍♂️

November 17, 2024 at 2:04 AM

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Cats of Yore

@catsofyore.bsky.social

Noir goddess. Photo from my collection, no date/info.

Black and white photo of a medium haired white cat lying in loaf position on a lawn. The photo is pretty striking because it’s fairly dark but the cats’ face is dramatically illuminated by light streaming in from the right. It is reminiscent of how women’s faces were often lit in noir films of the 1940s and 50s. The cats’ eyes look they might be two different colors but it’s unclear if it’s due to heterochromia or just the stark lighting.

November 16, 2024 at 7:12 AM

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MashedBex ✨

@bexmashaba.bsky.social

$660 to go.

thank you so much to everyone who has contributed. i am so grateful.

please help me to pay for this asap. please.

here's my pp as well: paypal.me/thelongestroad

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November 16, 2024 at 10:17 AM

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Louise Weard

@weard.moe

Clearcut (Ryszard Bugajski, 1991) The best of Canadian folk horror! My pick for a "VCR on the Big Screen" night at the ubc film society, it’s finally widely available. A remarkably mean political fable about liberal complicity from an exiled Polish director.

November 15, 2024 at 2:58 AM

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Akram Basil Abdulwahed

@akramabdelwahed.bsky.social

My fundraiser is stagnate! And i need your help to do it 🫶

€640 to hit €26k 🥹

We can do it today 🫶

gofund.me/dd086098

November 15, 2024 at 5:26 AM

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Akram Basil Abdulwahed

@akramabdelwahed.bsky.social

Nothing changed 🥹

Akram Basil Abdulwahed @akramabdelwahed.bsky.social · Nov 15

My fundraiser is stagnate! And i need your help to do it 🫶

€640 to hit €26k 🥹

We can do it today 🫶

gofund.me/dd086098

November 16, 2024 at 1:52 AM

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Raimo Kangasniemi

@rk70534.bsky.social

"Injured Palestinians including children are brought to Nasser Hospital for medical treatment after an Israeli attack in Khan Yunis"

نقل شهداء ومصابين بالعدوان الإسرائيلي إلى مستشفى ناصر في خان يونس جنوب قطاع غزة
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3NM...

نقل شهداء ومصابين بالعدوان الإسرائيلي إلى مستشفى ناصر في خان يونس جنوب قطاع غزة

YouTube video by Wafa Agency

www.youtube.com

November 14, 2024 at 11:45 AM

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CBoyce 🇺🇸🇺🇦

@caboyce.bsky.social

Holiday

November 14, 2024 at 3:23 AM

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luchablog.bsky.social

@luchablog.bsky.social

Announced for 12/13 CMLL

- Hechicero vs Claudio Castagnoli
- Volador Jr. vs PAC
- Tessa Blanchard & La Catalina vs Toni Storm & Red Velvet

November 14, 2024 at 3:03 AM

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Silent Beauties

@silentbeauties.bsky.social

An intertitle of the film Metropolis (Germany, 1927)

#silentfilm #silentera #1920s #1927 #cinema #film #movie

An intertitle of the film where it is written: "The mediator between head and hands must be the heart!"

August 13, 2024 at 1:10 AM

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LaserPH

@laserph.bsky.social

The rare non-kishikaisei finish from Kashima 👀 we up
#STARDOM 🤼‍♂️

November 11, 2024 at 11:16 AM

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Movies from HELL

@26mfhpod.bsky.social

I have mostly only seen images of the film that are more commonly shared online and was not aware at how varied the movie looks and just how good it looks, like this spacecraft interior scene… a terrific soundtrack as well