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She/they. Iranian American. Librarian. All-purpose nerd. Gay for ladies.

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this absolutely blew my mind it's the coolest thing i've read in a minute www.smithsonianmag.com/history/hidd...

A Buried Ancient Egyptian Port Reveals the Hidden Connections Between Distant Civilizationswww.smithsonianmag.com At the site of Berenike, in the desert sands along the Red Sea, archaeologists are uncovering wondrous new finds that challenge old ideas about the makings of the modern world

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We haven't learned to stop posting Yashar? Lmao. Also interesting: He linked to a WaPo story and Lieu flatly denied it. The WaPo story says Lieu asked him to step aside. The @washingtonpost.com is straight up printing lies. You should be proud, you dogshit rag.

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www.workers.org/2024/07/79600/

Leonard Peltier: ‘I remain undestroyed’www.workers.org The following statement is from political prisoner, Leonard Peltier, in response to the U.S. Parole Commission that denied him parole on July 2, 2024. His parole board hearing is scheduled for 2026. ...

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I saw a fluffy earth #bumblebee on the Telekia flowers today! Not quite as big as the queen recently, but a very busy bee with nice pollen puffs collected on the hind legs. She was very focused and let me photograph her from several angles 🌼🐝 #flowerreport #invertebrates #neighborhoodgardens

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I'm sorry, folks. As a political historian, I can soundly say that this is NOT A GOOD IDEA. Come. On. A "blitz primary?" Because popularity contests done slapdash in public view always end well??

Dumbest fuckin’ idea I’ve ever heard. “The proposal is work of Rosa Brooks, a Georgetown law professor who served in Obama and Clinton administrations and as a volunteer policy adviser to the Biden campaign in 2020, and Ted Dintersmith, a venture capitalist…” www.semafor.com/article/07/0...

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Pics from a golden hour walk through Teufelsberg in Berlin, the remains of a former Cold War listening station now reclaimed by nature and art, with street artists from around the world turning every surface inside and out into their canvas. 17 photos: www.tumblr.com/robsheridan/...

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The Lancet. Calculating deaths in Gaza is difficult, but the full toll is probably much higher than the numbers you've been seeing. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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Great Women Painters: An Enormous Volume Surveys the Work of 300 Artists Across 500 Years

Great Women Painters: An Enormous Volume Surveys the Work of 300 Artists Across 500 Years — Colossalwww.thisiscolossal.com In the same vein as Phaidon’s formidable Great Women Artists and African Artists, a forthcoming book from the publisher similarly widens the art historical canon while recognizing some of the most inf...

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Who wants to help my family ? Here’s the only way to support the donation campaign : @noorhassan.bsky.social www.gofundme.com/f/save-noor-...

Save Noor Hassan and her family, organized by David Walkerwww.gofundme.com Nour and her sister Nasra from besieged Gaza are living in difficult conditions because o… David Walker needs your support for Save Noor Hassan and her family

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Rex Morgan MD says to leave trans kids alone, you absolute freaks.

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Sharing a petition from Critical Resistance about shutting down prisons. This is part of the #CloseCAPrisons campaign to demand that California shut down at least 5 state prisons www.change.org/p/demand-gov...

Sign the Petitionwww.change.org The California Rehabilitation Center in Norco (CRC) is toxic and must be closed. CRC prison in Norco, Riverside County, is a symptom of a wider problem. California has spent our tax dollars on toxic ...

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Update 44000/60000 , we are soooo close my friends 🥹🥹🥹❤️

Hello , I’m jamal from gaza I was studying software engineering and it’s was the last year , I love playing oud instruments and love the quite , I have a big dreams but the war suddenly destroyed everything , you can help me rebuild my life by helping me evacuating www.gofundme.com/f/sspqf-10k-...

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JUST IN: Polls closed in France. Exit polls show surprise: —Left coalition (New Popular Front) projected first. (!) —Far-right (RN) has lost its bid to take power. Anti-RN front appears to have worked very well. —No bloc close to majority. Follow this 🧵 for results and more:

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TRIPOD WALKER (2016) Acrylic on Watercolor Paper - 19" x 13" Painted on the back of a misprinted Dark Tower image I was using as a mixing palette of mostly white, yellow ocher, and raw umber. The print is on such a fine grade of heavyweight watercolor paper that I was loathe to throw it away. 1/4

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Foreign Press Association issues latest statement about access ban to Gaza, raising “questions about what Israel doesn’t want international journalists to see”

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Another website says: What do children hate? Studying. What do children love? POOP! Unko Sensei is a teacher who combines the two together in a new “study workbook” which fuses “poop” x “learning.” Unko Sensei has established himself as the new classic character that represents studying!

Unko Sensei (a poo-headed teacher) teaches Japanese kids how to write.

Unko "Poop" Sensei Kanji Booksomgjapan.com Unko which means “Poop” in Japanese, but Sensei Unko “Poop” is an extremely popular method to learn hiragana, katakana and kanji!

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This is the one Ben did that got me the most. I was in tears laughing.

Well that part of my childhood is now fucked. I always thought he was a ghostly version of Richie Rich.

Comics sure are something.

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"Love your friends, hate the cops" Poster spotted in Wollongong, NSW

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Posters in Melbourne mocking Australia's richest woman, mining magnate Gina Rinehart. The posters feature a painting of Rinehart by indigenous artist Vincent Namatjira. Rinehart recently tried to pressure the National Gallery of Australia to remove the painting from display

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$0/302 I’m disabled and very ill so my only job is SW. I’m an Afro Canadian Palestinian with relatives there so my mental health has gone downhill and I’m unable to hold a job. I need help with past due phone bill. Please help. Sorry for asking. PayPal.me/sahrasali

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#EmotionalSupportSpood A little Tutelina "Crested" (currently undescribed) boy from this morning, showing off his little blue chelicerae 💙 Goodnight y'all 🌿 🕷️

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Say his name: Philando Castile

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Schwarzspitzige Halsbock (Stictoleptura fulva) klettert in eine Geranium-Blüte. #Nature 🌿 #Macro 📷 #Photography #Insects

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“At least five journalists were killed in attacks by Israeli forces in the last 24 hours in Gaza as bombings and air strikes across the besieged enclave intensified.”

Five journalists killed as Israel steps up bombardment across Gazawww.aljazeera.com Journalist couple Amjad Jahjouh and Wafa Abu Dabaan and their children were killed in a strike on the Nuseirat camp.

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Hello folks! How are you doing. wanted to pass through this urgent need of shelters in the camp we still receiving our fellow Queer refugees in different countries unfortunately were out of shelters, we're in urgent need of $450 dollars to constructe the 2 shelters. Thk U please