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A second flotilla in less than a week is headed towards Gaza tonight and it has a significant amount of Turkish citizens on it

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Ben Gvir being personally involved is so crazy.

And they weren’t allowed to talk to lawyers. “And we're basically told, this isn't a prison. You don't get access to a lawyer because you're not a prisoner, you're a terrorist.”

These are people who were kidnapped in international waters.

EXCLUSIVE: Freed Flotilla Activist David Adler Details His ‘Violent Abduction’ by Israel The Jewish American writer says Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir specifically targeted him, forcing a photo op with the Israeli flag and calling him a “terrorist.”

NEW: David Adler—a Jewish American on the Gaza aid Flotilla—details Israeli detention.

At one point, he says, he was forced to his knees for a photo op with the Israeli flag, as Ben Gvir yelled in his face, calling him a terrorist.

Says US "hung up" on families of Americans, veterans seeking help.

Over the years, it is estimated up to 300,000 people have been killed in Darfur and over 2 million displaced. “

ICC Convicts Former Sudanese Militia Leader of War Crimes in Darfur The International Criminal Court has convicted a former Sudanese militia leader of war crimes and crimes against humanity for his role in mass executions, rapes and torture in the Darfur region.

ICC Convicts Former Sudanese Militia Leader of War Crimes in Darfur

Libraries Can’t Get Their Loaned Books Back Because of Trump’s Tariffs Libraries have shared their collections internationally for decades. Trump’s tariffs are throwing that system into chaos and can ‘hinder academic progress.’

Libraries have shared their collections internationally for decades. Trump’s tariffs are throwing that system into chaos and can ‘hinder academic progress.’

Got to talk to USA Today about the Twilight anniversary and give some Indigenous book recs! I hope if you’re a content creator uplifting Twilight this season, you are also recommending books by Indigenous authors! www.usatoday.com/story/entert...

From the Forgotten to the Famous: Antonia Lloyd-Jones on 'The Penguin Book of Polish Short Stories' 'The Penguin Book of Polish Short Stories', edited and translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones, shatters clichés of Poland as only war and sorrow, unveiling a dazzling century of fiction alive with humour,…

“The anthology’s constellation of animals, children, misfits and survivors reshapes the image of Poland for the English reader...”

Agnes Dudek interviews ALTA member Antonia Lloyd-Jones about her recent translation project, a collection of Polish short stories. At Culture Pi:

Banning controversy reveals Bluesky’s federation isn’t there yet Bluesky’s protocol is so complicated that not even the biggest alternative network has figured out how to become independent

The Link banning controversy reveals Bluesky’s decentralized aspiration isn’t reality.

Bluesky’s protocol is so complicated that not even the biggest alternative, Blacksky, has been able to become independent plus.flux.community/p/banning-co...

For REASONS, Synthetic Sea has free delivery if you buy from bookshop org for the next couple days , so you can pick it up and direct support to your local bookshop 💜💜💜
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Call for Applications: 2026 Mairuth Sarsfield Mentorship for Underrepresented Writers - Quebec Writers' Federation The 2026 Mairuth Sarsfield Mentorship for Underrepresented Writers is accepting applications from emerging and aspiring writers and literary artists. This year’s mentorship will be in poetry with ment...

Calling all BIPOC writers and poets!

We're accepting applications from Quebec-based aspiring and emerging writers who are Black, Indigenous, or people of colour for the 2026 Mairuth Sarsfield Mentorship.

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The fight goes on, say returning Global Sumud Flotilla activists SEPANG: The 23 Malaysians who were part of the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) have arrived at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) on Tuesday (Oct 7) night.

The 23 Malaysian Global Sumud Flotilla activists who were also kidnapped and imprisoned are now safely back in Malaysia.

www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/...

Image of lady justice beside a stack of books.

**NEW**

Today, the ACLU of South Carolina filed a lawsuit on behalf of public school students and school librarians. They're challenging the constitutionality of the state's book banning law and a memo outlining the state's content censorship policy.

bookriot.com/aclu-sc-laws...

That time when you think you're in enough of a great financial position to pay a bill early and realize "Nope. Big nope. Shouldn't have done that. Shit. Double shit."

In a related note, if anyone needs a quick turn around on some proofreading or edits, I'd be happy to help!

Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer

Listen, @burgerbecky.bsky.social is one of the greats. If you can spare anything at all, and you have love for this medium, I can guarantee she's in some way part of the games you love. Please help our industry help her out.

www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...

Today's quick update [Oct 6]:

- Clashes between SAF and RSF reported in Elfashir, North Darfur after RSF attack on the city.

- Sudan Doctors Network: 13 people killed and 19 others injured in RSF shelling on neighborhoods in Elfashir.

#KeepEyesOnSudan

I arrived in southern Gaza with my children, walking six hours without anything. Now I'm sitting in a tent shared with my brother. We have no tent, no mattress, and no food. Visit us, donate, or repost. We want to buy a tent, food, clothes, and mattresses 😞
we are tired😭😭
gofund.me/7fc0e346

Donate to Bring the Joy of Movies to Kids in Need, organized by Jordan Maison ReelOutreach is back (and hopefully better than ever)! After taking a hiatus for… Jordan Maison needs your support for Bring the Joy of Movies to Kids in Need

As we're gearing up to begin our Gift Basket fundraiser for kiddos in the hospital, I'm pushing our general fundraiser one more time. We haven't had any real donations in weeks, but I'm still hopeful I can put together a #Zootopia2 event for next month: gofund.me/1640ba317

Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that their...

The despair isn’t ours. So act in hope. One link, six families and a camp, current needs that YOU can help with:

- food
- 3 tents
- medicine
- warm items

That isn’t immaterial. 20 hours left—0/500

AABB Author Sign-Up Form Hello! We're Authors Against Book Bans, a group of authors who’ve come together to protect and promote the freedom to read on both the national and local levels. We’re creating a network of authors to...

It's banned books week and so I'm legally obligated to bully you, a person who has ever had their name on a book, into joining @authorsabb.bsky.social.

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We fight the source of book bans with calls to action, partnership w everyone in the game, and offer training.

This is of niche industry interest, but here goes:

The digital catalog platform most independent bookstores use to peruse and order new books for their stores (called Edelweiss) has jacked up their prices on publishers to catalog new titles 200-300%.

Why does this matter?

In addition to the racism and bigotry and lopsided rule enforcement, we also THIS SHIT. It all fills me with incandescent rage.

A dose of Stuart Hall for what ails us.

The Open University

Thinking about how Stuart Hall went from the Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies to teach at the Open University. www.open.ac.uk/library/digi...