Running on Instinct

If you want your donations to go the farthest, I recommend donating directly to people in need and local nonprofits. For the humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo, I suggest Goma Actif

Goma Actif is a Congolese nonprofit that has boots on the ground in Goma, DRC, at the Kanyaruchinya displacement camp, providing food to people who have fled the latest offensive by the M23 rebel group.

The Congolese people have expressed frustration that international organizations are slow and fickle when it comes to distributing aid. Goma Actif functions entirely within DRCongo and therefore bypasses international red tape to deliver aid more reliably than external sources.

that's crazy, y'all see black people fighting and tune in jksdgdljkags;dgjka

Dreams and aspirations once reached the heavens, but when the drums of war sounded, fires came from where we least expected, snatching away dreams, hopes, futures, and children's toys. They left tears and screams, and hearts agonizing over their future.

My eldest daughter, Sham, asks me, 'Has my doll died? Who will bury her? Will she go to heaven? She was so beautiful, will she live another beautiful life there?'

Oh Allah, how can I answer her, with words that touch her sweetheart? Will my answer make her forget what she saw?

I drew her a story in a notebook and told her, 'This is your doll, she's traveling now and will return when the war is over. Don't worry, she'll come back with a beautiful dress even more beautiful than the one that burned, and she'll come back with love to accompany you as you grow up together.'

What are those drops on my cheek? Oh Allah, they are tears. Where did they come from? No, no, I can't be crying!

Sham fell asleep, but there is so much more that cannot be expressed...

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Al Jazeera is banned in Israel. This means reporters, but not only that. I can't even access the site.

An Al Jazeera reporter from East Jerusalem lists impacts of this bill:

Access to the website is banned.

The Al Jazeera TV channel is obviously banned too.

The host of the website's domain can be fined for hosting the website??

Holding offices or operating them in the territory of Israel, banned.

Any device used to provide content for Al Jazeera, including a personal mobile phone if it's used to gather news, can be confiscated by Israel.

The only democracy in the Middle East never heard of freedom of the press I guess.

For context this is on Al Jazeera English right now:

Oh god I hope there's a ceasefire

Unfortunately, Israel didn't send a delegation to Cairo this weekend. Hamas accepted the proposal, but Israel didn't even participate.

This should upset US officials, who had really been talking this up.

This is infuriating. Thank you for the added context. I'm struggling with following news today.

There is also a report that the US delayed a weapons shipment last week. That ought to get some attention, I'd think.

I have also been having an ugly and difficult time of this all.

And even a delay is more than the Biden administration has done to hold Israel to account in the last 7 months.

It is too little and it is too late.

I have some hope that even a delay in one shipment can open up divisions in the governing coalition.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken was in the region all week, Biden sent officials from the CIA to negotiate, Biden has been really emphasizing the importance of a truce.

And the Israeli government has humiliated them. If anything is going to change the situation, it has to be public, international humiliation.

As protests start ramping up and violence escalates please remember:

DO NOT PUT MILK IN YOUR EYES FOR PEPPER SPRAY OR TEAR GAS.

It can and will cause infection due to bacteria. Flush with water, distilled if possible, and never EVER wear contact lenses to protests where there may be police retaliation.

Please reblog. It may save someone's sight.

I'm going to either find or make my own post about this but I'm a street medic, I was trained by the Black Rose organization medical branch during Occupy and have since done my own research with papers written for and by the cops and military about treating chemical agent exposure. this is correct, please do not use milk. I'm not sure about distilled water because I haven't seen it used in any papers or ok the ground, but my suspicion is that while it is probably not harmful, the osmotic qualities of distilled water may hurt or cause contact damage to the mucus membranes of the eyes. in addition, riot control chemicals are mostly designed to be water-activated and plain water will make the exposure sites hurt worse with minimal benefit besides flushing out any particles that aren't glued on with the oil medium they use for these agents.

in at least one study, the research on tear gas and pepper spray exposure showed that plain water was so painful that most cops who volunteered to be test subjects for treatment trials refused to use it, opting instead to just wait until they could shower or for the chemicals to degrade on their own. this is a pretty important indicator of both cops being mega pussies, and that plain water isn't very effective at treating riot control chemical injuries.

the substance that tested best in multiple trials was sterile buffered saline solution. in other words, the same stuff that comes in the squirt bottles for cleaning your contact lenses. this is a useful tool to carry into a protest because the squirt bottle makes it easy to direct the flow of water over the surface of the eyeball. trials also showed that putting this solution into your eyes prior to exposure cut down on discomfort quite a bit. in practice, this looks like putting in some clean eye drops from the drug store before you are exposed to riot weapons.

remember, if you are injured in a protest, call "medic!" out loud and street medics will find you. this has been standard protest practice for decades.

onions and milk and vinegar should not go in your eyes. I've seen all three recommended for tear gas treatment and I do not think they are a good idea or that they will work. stick to sterile saline or LAW (liquid antacid + water).

consider carrying an osha-approved eyewash bottle for easier application

also, please wear a helmet and buy a gas mask

that idf war criminal Keanu Reeves trained with for John Wick did a ridealong with the LAPD the night they shot rubber bullets at UCLA protestors

My friend Mohammed El Shaer is still recovering from poisoning effects due to polluted water.

Just like for all the Palestinians in Rafah right now, we are urging you to find it in your budget to donate to him. The situation is critical.

Israel has done what we all predicted and warned about. Simple, pure evil. They pushed Palestinians by carpet bombing everywhere till they all had to go to the least bombed place (No, Rafah was never completely safe. They were bombed there, too, to a horrific degree), and then, after cramming what nears a two million civilians with about 600 thousand children, they are asking them to leave... to where?! Nowhere. They are just saying leave. So then, when they kill them all, they can say 'Oh, we warned them'

It was all predicted, and no one did a thing

Rafah is now the most densely populated place in the world, with a population of about 1.5 million and prehaps more in 64 km2. About 25 miles squere.

25 miles squere

A marathon is 26 miles straight. You can at least run through Rafah in length once and in width twice and pass the 1.5 million Palestinians. That's how crammed it is. With no where to run

🇵🇸 the University of New Mexico is camping for for a free Palestine!! 🇵🇸

UNM is not happy about this

our encampment lives!! we made it through night 1!!!

[ID: a cardboard sign saying "cops go home we're staying"]

Day 3 of the encampment!! we're still here!!!

Day 4!!! we are not leaving until UNM divests!!

Day 5!!!

numbers dwindled as dead week approaches. we only had ~11 people this night. cops left expired citations early in the night but left and did not return! one demonstrated real maturity (/sarcasm) by putting an L to their forehead while passing us

we are still here and we will be here until UNM divests!!

police raided camp, stole a bunch of shit we are allowed to have, and then assaulted someone at the camp.

day 6! last night police gave notice that we are not allowed to sleep there anymore. they harassed the group 4 times during the night to make sure no one was sleeping. people stayed overnight with little to no rest.

day 7! resident life and student housing wants us gone by Monday. we have no plans to leave. last night the cops visited several times but most of the time they left before reaching camp. one of the times that they made it to camp they pushed me around alongside at least 2 other people. no one was injured or arrested.

if anyone could support us with some phone calls we could really use some help. police have been becoming increasingly violent. in particular officer Nicole Thorn (badge # 1238) and Travis Lente (badge # 1252) have been violent towards students. please help by calling the following numbers and demanding that, at minimum, they be reassigned due to their pattern of escalation and aggression. PROTECT THE PACK! HANDS OFF OUR STUDENTS!

Joseph Silva, Chief (505)277-1933

Christine Chandler, Deputy Chief (505)277-1934

Arturo Gonzalez, Commander, (505)277-3065

Tim Stump, Commander, (505)277-1935

Pete Guevera, Lieutenant, (505)277-0992

cops came by again and shoved me again. this time not just shoulder checking me but using their hands to full force shove me. I was the only one shoved and I was not injured. they are planning to remove us tonight and if they're using this much force in the daytime they will only use more at night.

the camp survived the night! happy day 8!!!

we! are! still! here!

RLSH still wants us gone today so we'll likely be facing violence from the police. we're very worried about the possibility of tear gas being deployed in camp. we are prepared for this but calling UNM PD is so helpful. let them know that the world is watching them and that they will not get away with harming us.

today we're holding a rally and march at 6pm. we demand:

Declare; a public call for ceasefire and an end to the occupation

Disclosure; of all UNM investments

Divestment; from all companies involved in the genocide of Palestinians

We took the student union building!!!! 🎉🎉

28+ state police cars outside, 10+ UNM PD, no arrests so far

multiple people were maced and arrested but we held the building until about 4am

camp is back up!

one of my friends was pretty badly beaten by riot police

camp is still going! it's day 10? 11? I've lost track I pulled an all nighter yesterday it doesn't feel like the protest was two nights ago. a total of 16 people were arrested and many people experienced police brutality. multiple people sustained injuries from the police. almost, if not all, of our comrades are out of jail

Every Ben-Gurion quote is like "Settler Colonialism, which I think is extremely cool, is essential to the Zionist project."

Details of the so called evacuation plan

Thinking of my brother and everyone in rafah..

Other "leftists" going 'why worry about wearing a mask, you're in the right!' like... Baby, they straight up kill black n brown protestors, not to mention...?? COVID???? Are you dumb???