Soad, a young Palestinian woman in a maroon hijab, holding her young song Omar, who is crying.
For over two years, my child and I have been suffering🥹
I am completely exhausted😭
All I want today is some compassion, some support, a helping hand. My child is suffering; please stop his suffering💔I'm fed up with life, please
Please donate here👇🏼
Share my voice
Soad 🙏🏻
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“When American policy is insulated from democratic constraint, U.S. power looks less like the defense of shared principles and more like the pursuit of narrow interests. Restoring trust abroad is therefore inseparable from democratizing foreign policy at home.”
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My brother suffered a sudden, severe pain, which turned out to be acute appendicitis that progressed to a serious abdominal infection, requiring emergency surgery
I humbly ask for your support… any help, no matter how small, would be greatly appreciated 🤲🥹🤲
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This Thursday!!
photo of Sama’a with her two daughters, Julia and Talia on a busy pathway lined with bombed out buildings Sama’a is wearing a black hijab, white sweatshirt and black pants. she is holding baby Talia whi is wearing white fluffy pajamas. standing in front of them is three year old Julia smiling big, wearing a green and blue plaid dress with a white bib, white stockings and shoes. her dark hair is pulled back in two pigtails
a selfie of Sama’a holding baby Talia, taken in their bombed out apartment building. Sama’a is wearing a brown and black jacket zipped up with the hood up, over a white headband, and smiling. she is holding baby Talia, who has short dark hair and is wearing a light blue dress with a bib, and has her fingers in her mouth.
3 year old Julia sitting next to her 6 month old sister Talia, who is lying down and covered in a white blanket. Julia is wearing a green and blue plaid dress with a white collar and red floral embroidery on the front, and white stockings. her dark brown hair is pulled back in pigtails. they are in the living room of their bombed out apartment.
Julia smiling big while standing on the concrete floor in their bombed out apartment. she is wearing a light pink sweatshirt with flowers, a puffy flower print vest over it, light blue jeans and silver lace up boots. her dark hair is pulled back in two buns and she has tinted pink cat-shaped glasses on her head
Gaza is suffocating under bombardment and fear… families are homeless, children are unsafe, and hearts are weary from waiting.
We don't ask for much, just a chance to survive with dignity. Any support, no matter how small, means everything to us.
- Sama’a 🤍
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Illustrated cover for Never Angeline North's hybrid poetry collection, BLACK HOLE SCIENCE IS FILLED WITH APOLOGIES. Two little girls look out their bedroom window at a giant snake. The poems cover over ten years of North's writing, about being a woman, being Jewish, love, sex, loneliness, and being trans in an absurd world.
A picture of a Michael Jackson memorial, with photos and candles and mementos left for the King of Pop.
A piece of a Rubens painting, from the Alte Pinakotek. An enraged hamster like creature attacks a human figure.
Picture of my bookhaul from the indie Glitch bookstore.
A perfect weekend--we got a visit from such a cool person 🤯and had a spectacular reading at the Munich Readery!! Thank you to everyone who showed up and we hope to do more in-person readings soon!!!
Eeeeee!
Ahmed, a young Palestinian man, standing in front of a tent and giving a peace sign.
Hello everyone 👋
I am Ahmed Al-Madhoun, perhaps many of you know me. I am still working hard to save my family from the genocide in Gaza, to provide treatment for my mother, and to meet our most basic needs.💔
Your donation, even if it's just 5 or 10 euros, will save us.🙏😞
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HAPPENING TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!! COME THROUGH!!!!!!!!!
Sama'a and her family live in the midst of war and terror, but they still have to pay for shelter. Please give what you can.
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actual question, not snark: do we have any evidence that this generation of ranking military officials will actually countermand an order from the President? I can think of three prominent examples of some measure of resistance from military officials to Trump
The military spokesperson is probably lying but it's not great when this guy has a greater chance of being disciplined for breaking a statue than he would for killing a civilian.
Sama’a taking a selfie in front of a red sheeted wall. She is smiling, wearing a black hijab and a white Mickey Mouse sweatshirt, holding baby Talia in her arm, who is swaddled in a white blanket and wearing a white headband with a bow. At her hip is 3 year old Julia, wearing a green and blue plaid dress with a white collar, smiling with her dark hair pulled up into pigtails.
Baha’a sets in their apartment, wearing a black sweatshirt. On his shoulders is 3 year-old Julia wearing a white fleece sweater with big pink hearts and pink fleece pants, her head resting on her father‘s head in his lap is baby Talia wearing a blue sweater and holding a bottle of milk that she is looking at
6 month old Talia lying on a pink ruffly pillow, smiling goofy at the camera. she is wearing a brown sweatshirt with a bear on the front and has short dark hair
three year old Julia kneeling on a pink pillow inside of a large tent. she is looking at the camera holding a thumbs up sign, wearing purple pants, a white sweatshirt with flower print. her dark hair is pulled back. behind her is a surface covered in a gold and red flower print, and a bunch of eggs are set on top.
🚨 This is extremely urgent. I am facing homelessness. I cannot afford the rent and urgently need $300 to secure shelter for myself and my family. Every moment of delay could mean eviction. Please, anyone who can help, don't hesitate. Your support could save us
- Sama’a 🤍
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The thing I think about whenever Palentir comes up is that I once played Werewolf sitting next to a guy that worked at Palentir and he spent the entire time trying to convince me that the company wasn’t evil while simultaneously picking off every villager in the game.
Sama'a's daughters have never known peace, but we can give them at least some small sliver of relief from hunger. Please give what you can.
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Ahmed, a young Palestinian man, with a dilapidated building in the background.
Your donation, even just ten euros, could save us from annihilation, strengthen our resilience in Gaza, and give us a chance to buy food and medicine for my mother. Please don't let us down. I'm writing this message confident that you will donate. Please don't break our hearts.🫂🙏⬇️🇵🇸
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Sama’a and Julia standing in the rubble of their home after Israel’s bombardment. Julia is in the front, holding onto a large gray fallen pole of some sort, wearing a pink puffy coat, denim pants and blue sneakers. Sama’a, her mother, is about six feet back, wearing an oversized white shirt with Mickey Mouse on the front, with a black hooded shirt underneath that is pulled over her head, a black open zip up jacket, and jeans. She is holding up her hands in a peace sign.
Sama’a standing in front of a bus on a dusty dirt road, holding baby Talia with her right arm and holding three year old Julia’s hand with her left. The bus is packed with all of their earthly possessions. Sama’a is wearing a black hijab and black flowy pantsuit, Julia is wearing a purple pink blue and white pattered sundress, and baby Talia is swaddled in a white blanket
3 year old Talia smiling big, standing with her legs spread wide on the concrete floor of an upper level apartment that is bombed out and has no walls. Her curly dark hair is pulled back and she is barefoot, wearing a matching purple sweatsuit with a unicorn on the front. Behind her is the ruins of Gaza city, collapsed buildings, rubble and debris.
3 year old Julia cradles her 7 month old sister Talia over a mattress and pillows inside of a tent. Julia’s eyes are closed, her hair is pulled back in a bun, and she is wearing a black sweatshirt. Talia short dark hair, and she is looking up at the ceiling, wearing brown pajamas with a bear on the front
I am a mom of two young girls whose childhoods have been stolen by war. I have nothing to offer them but fear and helplessness.
Is it conceivable that two children should be deprived of their most basic rights? Please, do not leave them alone in this darkness
- Sama’a 🤍
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I interviewed incarcerated poet and activist Jamie Silvonek about her debut collection, Marginal Verse @gameoverbooks.bsky.social. Check it out @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social. You do not want to miss this book by an immensely talented new poet.
Selfie of Ahmed, a young Palestinian man, with a tent in the background.
Hello… 💔
I'm Ahmed, displaced in northern Gaza. My parents are sick, and I'm their sole provider.
The bombing and gunfire are close by… We're terrified and have nowhere safe to go. 😞
We're homeless, hungry, and freezing.
Please help us; 5 or 10 euros could save us. 🙏🇵🇸
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Your support has fed and clothed Sama'a and her children for years now. Every morning she expresses deep gratitude in spite of the terrible conditions in Gaza. Please give what you can.
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Speaking of…
MAEJ. High fantasy novel. Long and complex and strictly for nerds and maniacs. I wish you'd read it.
Published by @traumbooks.bsky.social back in 2024. But books aren't mangoes, they don't spoil, so maybe still worth reading.
traumbooks.com/maej/
photo of Sama’a with her two daughters, Julia and Talia on a busy pathway lined with bombed out buildings Sama’a is wearing a black hijab, white sweatshirt and black pants. she is holding baby Talia whi is wearing white fluffy pajamas. standing in front of them is three year old Julia smiling big, wearing a green and blue plaid dress with a white bib, white stockings and shoes. her dark hair is pulled back in two pigtails
6 month old baby Talia sleeping. she wearing a light blue linen dress with a pink flowery bib. her right arm is resting over her short dark head of hair.
Julia smiling big while standing on the concrete floor in their bombed out apartment. she is wearing a light pink sweatshirt with flowers, a puffy flower print vest over it, light blue jeans and silver lace up boots. her dark hair is pulled back in two buns and she has tinted pink cat-shaped glasses on her head
5 month old Talia lying in a wrought iron bassinet, with a blue cushion with white stars. She has dark hair and light skin, wearing a brown fleece sweater and is covered in a white knitted blanket, looking at the camera with big brown eyes. Behind her is her 3 year old sister, Julia, who has her hands on Talia’s head. She is wearing a white fleece sweater with pink hearts. Her dark hair is in pigtails, and she is looking at the camera.
We are living through unbearable days in Gaza, relentless fear and bombing. Children sleep to the sound of terror instead of safety. My girls don’t know childhood, only war, hunger, and cold. We are trying to survive amidst all this pain
- Sama’a 🤍
@mommunism.bsky.social
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Sama'a and her girls endure things every day that most of us can only imagine in our worst nightmares, but we can help by sending money for food, clothing, and medicine. Please give what you can.
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Little Julia sitting atop a large pile of debris that was once the contents of their home, before it was bombed. She is two years old in this photo (now 3). She is wearing a dark pink puffy coat, denim pants, with a grey wool hat, her dark curly hair peeking out. She has olive skin, and is looking to the left.
Sama’a and Julia standing in the rubble of their home after Israel’s bombardment. Julia is in the front, holding onto a large gray fallen pole of some sort, wearing a pink puffy coat, denim pants and blue sneakers. Sama’a, her mother, is about six feet back, wearing an oversized white shirt with Mickey Mouse on the front, with a black hooded shirt underneath that is pulled over her head, a black open zip up jacket, and jeans. She is holding up her hands in a peace sign.
Sama’a and three year old Julia standing in front of their home, totally collapsed from the bombs. Julia is in the front, facing left, holding onto a large gray fallen pole of some sort, wearing a pink puffy coat, denim pants and blue sneakers. Sama’a is wearing an oversized white shirt with Mickey Mouse on the front, with a black hooded shirt underneath that is pulled over her head, a black open zip up jacket, and jeans. She is looking into the camera with a meek smile and has her right hand in a peace sign, and holding hands with Julia, who is looking down but toward her mother. She wearing a pink puffy coat, denim pants and blue sneakers
Sama’a standing in a bombed out building surrounded by rubble and dirt, holding her 5 month old daughter, Talia. She is wearing a Black hijab, a white sweatshirt with Mickey Mouse, and black pants. Baby Talia is swaddled in a white blanket, and wearing a white headband with a bow.
My children don’t understand why their home has turned into rubble, or why they sleep among broken glass and dust.
This photo isn’t just a passing moment…it is our daily reality.
We desperately need your support to secure safe shelter.
- Sama’a 🤍
@mommunism.bsky.social
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This is the single funniest thing I have ever seen Bluesky staff do.
Exactly
In a chat with my publisher, he asked which of my books is my favourite. I said, my high fantasy novel MAEJ, but on reflection, the reason why is a bit interesting.
I like it best because it turned out so much better than I anticipated. Which is not a reason anyone but the author would like a book…
I liked this one. Apocalyptic and creepy and sad.
This was a nice one
