Kiku

YES

Group of pencil doodles on the back of a paper.

In a training so doodled some stuff

Meeeeee

Im taking aspirin for ennui

this is labeled as "data, local news, local politics" and yet it contains these obvious right wing talking points with absolutely nothing to back them up. I am having a fit

i need @michaelhobbes.bsky.social on this, where is our Bad Seattle Journos episode

Screencap of an article that reads "Why has the political gender gap widened so much among young people? A variety of possible explanations have been put forward. For example, some young men have rejected what they see as anti-male rhetoric in progressive spaces, where masculinity is often labeled as “toxic.” Another factor may be college enrollment. Young women are now more likely to attend college than young men, and many colleges tend to be left-leaning environments. "

this is just bad journalism. you can't just say "where masculinity is often labeled as toxic" without proof of that. it's just a lie! also where are these left-leaning colleges you're talking about, because as far as I've seen colleges have been happy to bend over backwards for republicans

staying off social media so i dont get angry and then reading the newspaper and getting so angry

Sending love to you and your family and may next birthday be in peace and freedom <3

therapy got me good today

this is so true and also you have a very stressful and emotionally exhausting job and we live in a society where we aren't allowed to take a break. u are in fact a wonderful person who deserves the break!!

i think im reaching the upper limit of things a single human brain can keep track of

I’ve been thinking about the things in our lives that console us from the violence that surrounds us. For example: books. Books are like hinotama* you can hold: they are mysterious, made of light; they illuminate life; they give life. I’m saying this because I’ve also been thinking about, and I cannot stop thinking about, especially tonight, as we celebrate books, about the fact that there are no libraries left in Gaza. All the public libraries in Gaza have been destroyed. All the university libraries have been destroyed. The Great Omari Mosque, which housed one of Palestine’s largest collections of rare books, has been destroyed. The Edward Said Library, which was the first English-language library in Gaza, established by the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mosab Abu Toha, was destroyed. Bookstores, archives, museums, and, of course, people’s homes, and all of their libraries have been destroyed. This is libricide: the systematic destruction of books, and, through that, the destruction of history and memory. That is what my book is about: the attempted erasure of a people, and the legacies of that attempt. I say attempt, because it’s also about the refusal to be erased. That is why I write. Thank you for this recognition. *hinotama [balls of light] were seen in the sky above the Topaz (Utah) concentration camp following the murder, by a white guard, of James Hatsuaki Wakasa, April 11, 1943.

My book The Afterlife Is Letting Go (City Lights) won the Colorado Book Award for Creative Nonfiction, thanks to CO Humanities. Here's the speech I gave at the ceremony. I talked about how on a night of celebrating books we should be thinking about the fact that there are no libraries left in Gaza.

White people are so disconnected from true community and culture that they have no idea how to be normal. Then they think we have it served to us on a platter, not that we had to work to claw our own community back from the brink of erasure

I love bon odori sm

Photo of an obon festival

At Obon today and dancing for everyone murdered by the state

Israeli Military Attacks Handala in International Waters, Abducts 21 Unarmed Civilians The Freedom Flotilla Coalition confirms that its civilian vessel Handala, en route to break Israel's illegal, genocidal blockade on Palestinians in Gaza, has been violently intercepted by the Israeli military in international waters about forty nautical miles from Gaza. At 11:43 Palestine time the Occupation cut the cameras on board Handala and we have lost all communication with our ship. The unarmed boat was carrying life-saving supplies when it was boarded by Israeli forces, its passengers abducted, and its cargo seized. The interception occurred in international waters outside Palestinian territorial waters off Gaza, in violation of international maritime law. Handala carried a shipment of critical humanitarian aid for Palestinians in Gaza, including baby formula, diapers, food, and medicine. All cargo was non-military, civilian, and intended for direct distribution to a population facing deliberate starvation and medical collapse under Israel's illegal blockade.

Human Rights Defenders Aboard Handala, by country: United States: Christian Smalls - Amazon Labor Union founder; Huwaida Arraf - Human rights attorney (Palestine/US); Jacob Berger - Jewish-American activist; Bob Suberi - Jewish U.S. war veteran; Braedon Peluso - Sailor and direct action activist; Dr. Frank Romano - International lawyer and actor (France/US). France: Emma Fourreau - MEP and activist (France/Sweden); Gabrielle Cathala - Parliamentarian and former humanitarian worker; Justine Kempf - Nurse, Médecins du Monde; Ange Sahuquet - Engineer and human rights activist. Italy: Antonio Mazzeo - Teacher, peace researcher, journalist; Antonio "Tony" La Picirella - Climate and social justice organizer. Spain: Santiago González Vallejo - Economist and activist; Sergio Toribio - Engineer and environmentalist.

Australia: Robert Martin - Human rights activist; Tania "Tan" Safi - Journalist and organizer of Lebanese descent. Norway: Vigdis Bjorvand - 70-year-old lifelong justice activist. United Kingdom / France: Chloé Fiona Ludden - Former UN staff and scientist. Tunisia: Hatem Aouini - Trade unionist and internationalist activist. Journalists Aboard Handala Morocco: Mohamed El Bakkali - Senior journalist with Al Jazeera (based in Paris). Iraq / United States: Waad Al Musa - Cameraman and field reporter with Al Jazeera. The attack on Handala is the third violent act by Israeli forces against Freedom Flotilla missions this year alone. It follows the drone bombing of the civilian aid ship Conscience in European waters in May, which injured four people and disabled the vessel, and the illegal seizure of the Madleen in June, where Israeli forces abducted twelve civilians, including a Member

of the European Parliament. Shortly before their abduction, the Handala's crew affirmed that they would be hunger-striking if detained by Israeli forces and not accepting any food from the Israeli Occupation Forces. Israeli officials have ignored the International Court of Justice's binding orders that require the facilitation of humanitarian access to Gaza. The continued attacks on peaceful civilian missions represent a grave violation of international law. "Israel has no legal authority to detain international civilians aboard the Handala", said Ann Wright a member of the Freedom Flotilla's steering committee. "This is not a matter of internal Israeli jurisdiction. These are foreign nationals operating under international law in international waters. Their detention is arbitrary, unlawful, and must end."

BREAKING: Israeli military attacks humanitarian aid vessel Handala in international waters 30 miles from Gaza — in violation of maritime law — and has abducted 21 people on board, including U.S. citizens.

The ship was carrying life-saving aid, which Israel has seized.

My mom told me she wants to watch it but just for the music, she doesnt want to see the scary parts

The whole world has been protesting like this for nearly 2 years and nobody listens. We have to learn from it this time, because we didn't in 2003. I love that people protest, I do it myself, but we have to understand that the people in power DO NOT care one bit about peaceful protests.

SOS! The crew on 'Handala' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces.
Jacob Berger is a citizen of the U.S.
Tag the U.S. Department of State NOW:
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it's so over for me

scribbly doodle of a person lying on the ground while a small devil says "you've lost it" and a small angel says "you never had it!"

how drawing feels

Saed Al-Madhoun‘s accounts have been under constant attack for months. So please share this post and give if you can.
He is here from the beginning.
Thank you.

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Photo of a brown mackerel tabby cat lounging on a wooden end table

Great picture of my cat DB Cooper :)

if you didn't live in MPLS where would you want to live??

would love to go a whole day without succumbing to despair

Our football stadium is Lumen field bc of that lol

this was fun thank you!

i know some tree droppings can cause allergic reactions too! I took Brian Wilson out to try a leash once and he got a little inflammation where a sticky cottonwood bud got on him