Heidi B

Friends,
I have been talking with Lina for some time, and I can assure you the situation has reached critical point
I will be prioritising this drive for Mahmoud and I will keep you updated on this
All help is very very appreciated
Not only money but kind words and prayers
Stay with them 🩷

Mahmoud’s POV: his arm with an IV and what looks like a blood transfusion

Mahmoud on a wheelchair covered with a blanket, both legs severely injured.

A scan of his legs, showing the bone deficiency, screws and metals on both legs.

Medical papers shared as proof of his critical condition.

I beg you… his life is in extreme danger😭
The infection has spread to his bones and could reach his blood soon
We urgently need tests and surgery to save him.
£1,100 could save his life 🙏
Please… don’t let him face this alone ⚠️
For his daughters, he is all they have left💔
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Young boy lying down, crying, with a cold compress on his forehead and someone's hand on his cheek.

Hand holding two bags of blood, one red and one yellow, both in transparent packaging.

🚨 Urgent Appeal! 🚨
My son Ahmad has been in intensive care for 4 days 💔
Today we gave him a unit of blood because he is very weak due to malnutrition 😢
We need $150 to buy his food and treatments quickly… I don’t want to lose him, please stand by my side
verified
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Ramadan has started tonight. Life in Gaza is very hard… I have two children, Ziad and Mirna, and my family has been without income for two years. Basic needs are barely met, and donations on my page are almost nonexistent. Please support by reposting and tagging 🧡🫂
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First Draft: AOC Under (Unfair?) Attack Prem on how reporters and Republicans want to undermine Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's big foreign policy event, Jesse Jackson's death, and more fallout from the Epstein files.

“it’s always a choice when journalists decide to clean up quotes – or not. It’s always revealing which politicians have “uh” or “um” removed...For instance, how often does the mainstream media let Donald Trump’s words speak for themselves?"

Today’s First Draft email, on the media's coverage of AOC:

as a not-murican it's very confusing to me that so many democrat voters are blue no matter who and then bully minorities who raise valid concerns about candidates. Doesn't seem very democratic 🤷

Hello everyone, I'm Ahmed from Gaza. I'm a young man supporting my family. We're freezing to death in our tents. My father is struggling to breathe. I'm begging you, we desperately need your support. Please donate whatever you can.
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RIP Jessie Jackson 🙏 😢 💔

i think jesse jackson was one of the most important american political figures of the post-war era and i think that his 1984 and 1988 campaigns for the democratic nomination still have a great deal to teach about forging a path to a more egalitarian world. RIP.

Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights icon, dies at 84 “Our father was a servant leader — not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world,” the Jackson family said in a statement Tuesday.

Rev. Jesse Jackson dedicated his life to expanding who gets to belong in American democracy.

From civil rights to economic justice, he challenged power and widened the path for Black Americans. May we honor his legacy not just with words, but by continuing the work. www.nbcnews.com/news/obituar...

Colbert Doesn’t Give an FCC About Calling Out CBS

Stephen Colbert says he was told by CBS lawyers "in no uncertain terms" that he could not have Texas State Rep. James Talarico on his program.

"Because my network clearly doesn't want us to talk about this, let's talk about this."

The drunk uncle theory.

You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there

Man tending to a woman wearing an oxygen mask while lying down.

My mother is getting worse day by day,
and I can’t do anything.
Please help me,
save my mother before it’s too late.
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Man tending to a woman wearing an oxygen mask while lying down.

Man chopping herbs on a large plate inside a tent, likely preparing food.

My mother is sick and has nothing to eat but herbs.
We are living in very harsh conditions and cannot afford medicine or food.
Please help us before it’s too late. 💔🙏
chuffed.org/project/azez

In Gaza, my children suffer what no child should💔
Fear and hunger stole their smiles😔
Please help keep them safe🙏
💔$100 can save my family’s life
North Gaza is destroyed
No clean water🚱
No electricity⚡
Nothing to live on
We are dying every minute🥶
Verified: Molly Shah ✅

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🇬🇹 🇨🇺 Guatemala will phase out its nearly 30-year partnership with Cuban medical brigades, withdrawing 412 healthcare workers through 2026 as contracts expire, @bellybeastcuba report. The Guatemalan Health Ministry said the decision came after a “technical analysis,” and was made in order to strengthen the national system. However, it follows months of escalating US pressure on governments that benefit from Cuba’s overseas medical missions, and Guatemala now joins the Bahamas, Paraguay, and Guyana in scaling back or ending similar agreements, Al Mayadeen reported. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has led the campaign to portray the program as exploitative, describing it as “forced labor.” and imposing visa restrictions on foreign officials connected to it. Cuba has deployed medical personnel to more than 160 countries since 1963, making the missions central to its foreign policy and a major revenue source. In Guatemala, Cuban doctors have served rural and Indigenous communities since 1998. The country’s officials promise a phased replacement plan, though questions remain over whether and how soon gaps in underserved areas can be filled, according to Al Mayadeen.

Belly of the Beast @bellybeastcuba Guatemala’s health ministry said it will gradually send home the Cuban medical brigade working in the country, ​ending​ a nearly 30-year program. The brigade is made up of 412 medical workers, including 333 doctors, who serve patients throughout Guatemala’s healthcare system.

🇬🇹 🇨🇺 Guatemala will phase out its nearly 30-year partnership w/ Cuban medical brigades, withdrawing 412 healthcare workers through 2026 as contracts expire, Belly of the Beast (X: @bellybeastcuba) report.

The Guatemalan Health Ministry said the decision came after a “technical analysis,” and was...

“The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy.”

Spoken like a devout Calvinist.

What empathy though?

The headline doesn't even begin to describe how wildly unethical the background of this story is, which is that the survivor only shared the story with one person- her psychiatrist- who is Kamel Doud's wife

Reform's poll numbers stagnated about six months ago and now they're starting to diarrhoea downwards. This is because Farage stops looking quite so fresh and enticing when he opens his mouth to reveal: a privately-educated Thatcherite with nothing new under the sun to offer.

I’m Mohammed, a father in Gaza trying to keep my children safe during these difficult times. With no financial resources left, I urgently need $300 in emergency aid. My campaign is verified ✅ by Molly Shah, and your support can make a real difference.
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Sharif is still here for now, making scandalously good memes until he gets banned again for trying to survive a genocide. Help him out?

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Freedom isn’t a passing thought
It’s a lifelong choice the core of who we are
I didn’t speak out because I lost something personal, but because injustice anywhere demands a voice
I will keep speaking for the land in my heart and for every oppressed soul, as long as we breathe
A free voice never dies

My friend Sharif in Gaza is one of the many Palestinian voices that are falsely marked as a scam and silenced here. Please give if you can. 🙏

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My Children Lost Their Mother—Don’t Let Them Lose Life Too Hello, my name is Sherif Samir Abdullah.I am 38 years oldA father of three children:

Ramadan is dear to us in all circumstances. It teaches patience and humanity, but its beauty comes from moments we cherish. Children’s joy with lanterns is part of it, and my own kids wish for it too. Curse those who deprive us of family and children’s happiness
✨️ كل عام وأنتم بخير ✨️

Sama’a and her daughters 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

Baby Talia lies on a brown mattress with her head on a blue pillow. She is wearing a fuzzy white zip up pajamas with a hood and has a white headband with a bow. She is looking at her sister three-year-old Julia, who is sitting next to her looking at the camera. Julia is wearing a green and blue plaid dress with a white collar, white stockings, and her dark brown hair is pulled back into two pigtails.

Baby Talia lays on a Brown mattress wearing a fuzzy white onesie pajamas, with a hood. Her sister three year-old Julia is leaned over giving her a kiss. Julia is wearing a blue and green plaid dress with a white collar and white stockings. her dark hair is pulled back into two pigtails

Ramadan begins tonight - a month of fasting, with each day ending in a lovely iftar (meal).

Sama’a is worried she won’t be able to provide iftar for her family 💔

This will be the first Ramadan that Julia will remember…your support will help Sama’a make sweet memories 🤍

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I'm completely exhausted 😭💔 Our tent is torn, the wind ripped it off, and my siblings are freezing at night. I need to buy a new tent, and I'm asking for $500 so we can stay safe. Please help me... Your support today could save my family 🙏😭
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the funny thing about the lack of mandated algorithm here is that you sometimes only see one side of a conversation

my timeline is full of people arguing against Newsom-as-presumptive-nominee and I have not seen a single glimpse of pro-Newsom arguments anywhere

good curation by me apparently

You Know What? Maybe the Time Is Right for an AOC Presidential Bid She’s only 36, and there’s a good argument that she should run for Senate and bide her time. But she also could be a formidable White House candidate.

from the perspective of someone who might want to be president, the best time to run for the white house is now, not later. so if AOC is thinking about it — if the white house is her ambition — then her best bet is to throw her hat in the ring

There is no evidence that Lee was involved in sex crimes and I never saw or heard anything that would suggest any interest in that.

But the fact that I was left with one impression while something different was happening of course raises the question of what I don’t know about what I don’t know.

Lee Smolin pauses working relationship with Perimeter Institute after being named in Epstein files Lee Smolin has been asked to “pause” his work by the Perimeter Institute as they review ties to Jeffrey Epstein

I‘ve mentioned that thanks to the Epstein tranche I learned that one of my PhD advisors, Lee Smolin, continued to have contact with Epstein after 2007, which is not the impression I had

It’s weird to say the least for my professional past to become a public story that demands feminist analysis