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My heart goes out to all the indigenous folks, trans and queer persons in the US. I cannot imagine what you’re going through. All I can hope for is that your resilience keeps you safe, your solidarity within the community keeps you afloat amidst these trying times! More power to you!

Literally rejecting offers for LLMs and letting go of scholarships at the moment because I don’t want to die there, even if I somehow get a visa. No fucking idea what I’m going to do now lmao.

TRUMP JUST SAID THE US WILL TAKE OVER GAZA?! HOW IS THERE so little to NO OUTRAGE AT ALL?

It is nice enough ngl

Thanks Justin!

To all celebrating Israel’s acts of aggression, simple question: how is the expansion of the Golan Heights colonial settler project an act of self defence?

Had a really hard past month. Gosh, so much transphobia for a country that claims to have trans people in its culture. It’s fetishistic at best :/

Hi #booksky, is Kobo Libra colour a worthwhile investment? I don’t support any Amazon products or services. If not, any other alternatives you’d suggest?

I’m based in India, so the options are anyway limited. Might be in EU next month, so I can consider buying a device there too.

US imperialism and its client states will not last forever.

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Pls report and block

Are you giving away free books or reducing the cost to make them affordable?

Thank you so much. Will check it out.

#lawsky #law #reprorights

YES PLEASEEEEEEEEEE! That would make me so so so happy!

I’ll make sure I send them to my trans friends here in India even though they’re not on the app, if you don’t mind?

Are there repro rights advocates here? Would love to get some thoughts on the post roe v wade overturning. Drafted a decriminalisation (of abortion) petition recently which differed quite a bit from the US case. Would love to gather some insights. Please dm if you’re working in the sphere

Can’t wait for the rest!!!

This is beautiful!!

The text of a poem called "1. Still Remains": I. Still Remains I never gave your son a proper burial, draped in a black veil in the gray drizzle, harboring a gravity well in my sternum, but you once told me no parent should have to bury their child and I held that kernel in my mind, repeating it like a ward as I shoveled dry dust over his pallid face, framed by roots and the red collar of a striped naval polo. My eyes share the hazel of his eyes, our hair the same raven curls that make envious strangers reach out, so I return to your paneled door in winter and smile his smile as the warm glow of your pride wraps around my shoulders and my tongue never trips over the twang of salted ham and cornbread in a house too small for this many people. We only ever get all the family together for weddings and funerals, you say, and we laugh because that’s what you do when something hurts but not too much, like getting tickled or tripping in a crowded room, when you need to make it clear that everything is under control. When it is time to go we hug at the front door, but quickly because the cold air starts to creep in and I really need to get going, because long highway hours can be treacherous, and there are certain legends about hitchhikers that roam the narrow, winding waysides, who rest unquiet in the rocky Appalachian soil that never was much good for growing anything we planted.

They can't erase us any more than they can raise the dead.

The warrant is classified as of now. But the charges levied against the two currently are of crimes against humanity and war crimes (from ICC statement). Legally, they’ve not been charged under the article 6 (Rome statute) governing genocide. So it’s not likely, it’s pretty much sure.

Some observations that are necessary.

The warrant is classified as of now. But the charges levied against the two currently are of crimes against humanity and war crimes (from ICC statement). Legally, they’ve not been charged under the article 6 (Rome statute) governing genocide. So it’s not likely, it’s pretty much sure.

!!! Important !!!

Exactly. Demand accountability from everyone involved and not just the two.

This is not to undermine what these warrants mean - in fact it’s a recognition of a milestone. The int’l community has pushed for warrants, let’s push further. I don’t mean to dismiss the progress, but rather, to take cognizance and push even further because the struggle does not end here.

Plus - it’s only Netanyahu and Gallant. What about the rest? Even if these two were declared guilty, the other “collaborators” (for the lack of a better word) still escape accountability. That’s on top of the fact that even though there is a warrant, arrest is extremely difficult.

Even if successfully prosecuted, the terminology used would still be “war” and not genocide. I feel that it would still only be partial accountability at best.

As the ICC finally issues arrest warrants for Israel’s leaders, here’s a promise.

To those who helped facilitate Israel’s genocide - Western politicians, media outlets, and journalists:

We will not rest until you are held accountable for the crime you helped commit.

Agreed

I am tired of having to tell my close friends that I’m not feeling well because the moment I do, I have to start consoling them and help them cope with the fact that I’m not doing well. It makes things much worse honestly.