Megan Denise Smith

Vaginas, Penises, and the Colonial Roots of Safeguarding Safeguarding is about ensuring the safety, dignity, and rights of individuals, especially children and vulnerable populations. However, I have not yet come across a language in my country and home, Ug...

"Safeguarding cannot be transformative if the language we use erases the people it's meant to protect."
www.unitededge.net/post/vaginas... #JusticeBasedApproach #DecolonizeSafeguarding #Language #Power #communitiesofcare #PSEAH #safeguarding

Opinion | The World Is Letting Gaza Starve

The World Is Letting Gaza Starve www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/o...

Ozzy Osbourne, the people’s Prince of Darkness, took heavy metal into the light | Alexis Petridis Having escaped a life of drudgery in Birmingham, Ozzy became the rare rock frontman you could relate to – and then, against the odds, a national treasure

www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...

Up until his death, Ozzy Osbourne’s goal was to ascend a stage one last time and thrill his fans.

When the subject of retirement came up in a 2020 Rolling Stone interview, Osbourne huffed. “Retire from what?” he said. “It’s not a job...." 🖤

Pakistan arrests 13 suspects as ‘honour killing’ video goes viral Thirteen arrested in Balochistan province for alleged involvement in the killing of a couple ordered by a tribal leader.

Pakistan arrests 13 suspects as ‘honour killing’ video goes viral
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For over 14 years, people have speculated about why my father left South Park.

My dad did not quit South Park. Scientology did.

The narrative that he quit because he was offended by the satire is not true. My father never got to speak for himself because his health robbed him of that chance.

The State Department guts its office combating human trafficking The cuts come as Trump reels from MAGA anger over sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

The State Department guts its office combating human trafficking www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show' canceled by CBS, ends May 2026 CBS is axing “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” in May 2026. The announcement on live air Thursday came two days after Colbert spoke out against Paramount Global settling with President Donald Trump...

This is another nail in the coffin of free speech here. I hope that his contract will allow him to do another show somewhere else! #CancelParamount #BoycottCBS. apnews.com/article/step...

Watch this scene from ‘Gaza: Doctors Under Attack’ where Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya walks towards Israeli tanks after having lost everything he loved.

Abu Safiya’s lawyer says he's lost over a third of his body weight due to starvation and torture.

Watch the full documentary: zeteo.com/p/watch-now-...

Save the Children suspends work with BCG over “utterly unacceptable” Gaza role The US-based consultancy has been condemned for its work with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, and for drawing up plans to relocate Palestinians.

Save the Children suspends work with BCG over “utterly unacceptable” Gaza role: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/07... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)

My statement on Donald Trump's threat to deport me and his praise for Eric Adams, who the President "helped out" of legal accountability.

Reclaiming Windrush Square Brixton community charts future of public space - report from organisers of participatory workshops

Reclaiming Windrush Square: Brixton community charts future of public space - report from Henry Staples who co-organised participatory workshops with local partners.

Full story at @sheffieldmrg.bsky.social here: www.sheffield.ac.uk/migration-re...

Hard to imagine a worse time to deport Afghan refugees, human rights advocates say There were 71,000 deportations in the first half of June alone, according to U.N. estimates. These Afghan refugees are returning to a country in the throes of a humanitarian crisis.

There were 71,000 deportations in the first half of June alone, according to U.N. estimates. These Afghan refugees are returning to a country in the throes of a humanitarian crisis.

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o Did Not Write to Be Agreed With. He Wrote to Awaken - Electric Literature Reflecting on a giant of Kenyan literature in the wake of his passing

Read Nyuol Lueth Tong’s essay on the work of the recently deceased great Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who knew that language is the architecture of consciousness, and therefore of domination.

"She said that she asked to call her husband, whom she had not spoken to in 60 hours, ICE agents declined, she said, and told her that 'we don’t want legal counsel or teams involved [because] they’re going to start raising questions, and they’re going to know you’re being deported.'"

Terrible.

Hundreds rallying at Supreme Court demand Trump return disappeared gay asylum-seeker Andry Hernández Romero They rallied to bring the 31-year-old makeup artist back from CECOT in El Salvador.

The real & demonstrable efforts to free Andry & others imprisoned in El Salvador with no due process have gathered momentum, but, because they are denied any outside communication, none of them know. They must think they have been forgotten—but we will not forget.

www.advocate.com/news/hundred...

Happy #Juneteenth! 🤎🙏🏾✊🏾

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is a grotesque theatre of cruelty The new aid scheme is part of a plan to strip Palestinians of their homes and dignity, and leave them to an uncertain fate, writes Nour ElAssy.

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is a grotesque theatre of cruelty: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/firs... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)

Those who stay quiet now, in the face of this lawless President, will regret it. Like so many throughout history who stood silent as dictators worked to seized power.

Preserving the rule of law and our
Constitution is a job that belongs to all of us.

The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson dead at 82 Brian Wilson was the co-founder and main songwriter of the Beach Boys.Wilson is one of the world’s most beloved and influencial musicians.

RIP to musical genius Brian Wilson. A huge loss. local21news.com/news/enterta...

Contributor: California's long history of National Guard overreaction to peaceful protesters In 1894, corporate and political leaders saw striking rail workers as insurrectionists. The public did not necessarily see things the same way.

Contributor: California's long history of National Guard overreaction to peaceful protesters

"The world, it seems, is witnessing an experiment: an attempt to indefinitely maintain Gaza’s population below the famine threshold while turning food into a weapon of war."

Grim new @crisisgroup.org report on "The Gaza Starvation Experiment"

Excellent summary of the horrific ICE raids in Los Angeles today and the huge, fast response from protestors. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/06/los-angeles-ice-raids-immigration

Lebanese president condemns more than a dozen Israeli strikes on Beirut <article data-history-node-id="423526" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/lebanese-president-condemns-more-dozen-israeli-strikes-beirut" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/lebanese-president-condemns-more-dozen-israeli-strikes-beirut" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Lebanese president condemns more than a dozen Israeli strikes on Beirut</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>More than a dozen Israeli air strikes have hit Beirut's southern suburbs, known as the Dahiyeh, late on Thursday evening, according to local reports.</p> <p>Multiple videos on social media showed fiery blasts that left entire neighbourhoods under thick black smoke.</p> <p>An Israeli military spokesperson warned of the attacks a few hours earlier, saying that the targeted buildings were being used by Hezbollah.</p> <p>Lebanese President Joseph Aoun condemned the attacks in a statement cited by the Lebanese broadcaster al-Jadeed.</p> <p>"This&nbsp;blatant violation of an international agreement, as well as the basic tenets of the United Nations and humanitarian laws and resolutions, on the eve of a sacred religious occasion, is damning evidence of the perpetrator's rejection of the requirements of stability, settlement, and just peace in our region," Aoun said.</p> <p>"It is also a message sent by the perpetrator of these atrocities, primarily to the United States of America, its policies, and initiatives, through Beirut's mailbox and the blood of its innocent civilians. Lebanon will never submit to this."</p> </div> </div> </article>

Lebanese president condemns more than a dozen Israeli strikes on Beirut - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/lebanese-president-condemns-more-dozen-israeli-strikes-beirut

Number of aid workers killed in Gaza conflict, highest in UN history: Guterres The United Nations paid tribute on Thursday to the 168 staff members who lost their lives in 2024. They include 126 personnel killed in Gaza, all but one of whom served with the UN agency that assists...

“More than 1 in every 50 UNRWA staff in Gaza has been killed in this atrocious conflict. The highest staff death toll in United Nations history”

“Some were killed delivering life-saving aid; others alongside their families; others while shielding the vulnerable.”

news.un.org/en/story/202...

@AJEnglish: Israeli air attacks hit buildings in neighbourhoods across Lebanon's southern Beirut on Thursday following a forced evacuation threat to residents on the eve of the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday. https://t.co/2kBKbveC9x

COFEM's Open Letter to Mr. Tom Fletcher, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Subject: Preserving the Autonomy of GBV Coordination in Humanitarian Response The Coalition of Feminists for Social Change (COFEM) is writing to express

COFEM’s Open Letter to Mr. Tom Fletcher, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator #GBV #gender cofemsocialchange.org/cofems-open-...

2 days ago, Jonathan Joss, a gay man (& well-known actor), was murdered by a homophobic neighbor in San Antonio, Texas. Of course, the media & police are not calling it what it actually is - a HATE CRIME. This is the world LGBTQ+ people currently live in & it's incredibly unsettling. #JonathanJoss

#ALERTAVUELO || 03/06/2025 con destino #SENEGAL #VueloVerguenza #StopDeportación +Info stopdeportacion.wordpress.com/2025/05/29/a... Atentas a #RedadasRacistas y #CitasTrampa en Comisaría las 72h previas.