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Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
mahmoudoov@techhub.social ("Mahmoud Ahmad🍉") wrote:

FREE PALESTINE IN IRELAND 👏🏻
From #gaza to Ireland, thank you for standing with us 🇵🇸🤍🇮🇪
Your solidarity means the world in these dark times. Free Palestine ✊
If you’d like to support me directly, here’s my donation link
https://gofund.me/334c7485
Please share this so more hearts can stand with Gaza ✊🇵🇸

#gaza #ireland

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
mahmoudoov@techhub.social ("Mahmoud Ahmad🍉") wrote:

🌸 Dear friends,
I’m writing to you from Gaza, where life has become extremely difficult. I understand everyone has their own responsibilities and struggles, but if you are able to help—even in a small way—through this link, I would be deeply grateful.
Even simply sharing the link with others would mean so much to me and my family.
Thank you kindly, and may you always be safe and well 🌷
#gaza #donate #palestine

https://gofund.me/334c7485

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
baraaelmoghrabi ("Baraa Elmoghrabi 🍉") wrote:

Thank you so much for the warm welcome ❤️‍🩹🙏 I’m grateful to be part of the Gaza Verified family: https://gaza-verified.org. Special thanks to @aral and @joynewacc for making this possible. Your support means the world to us and helps our families survive in these very difficult times.

You can support my fundraiser here: https://gofund.me/0993199be

Every share, donation, and word of encouragement makes a huge difference. Thank you from the bottom of my heart

#Gaza #Palestine #GazaVerified #fedAid

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
baraaelmoghrabi ("Baraa Elmoghrabi 🍉") wrote:

Imagine, dear reader, wanting just a simple cup of tea in Gaza. With no gas and no electricity, you must light a fire just to boil water. Even something as small as a cup of tea turns into a struggle in the middle of destruction. 😮‍💨💔

Please, help me and my family survive these harsh conditions. Your support can make a difference , https://gofund.me/0993199be
#Gaza #Palestine #GazaVerified #fediAid

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• video: 7a795c89e1096988.mp4

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
Sakhergaza13 ("SakherGaza1") wrote:

My name is Sakher. I’m from Gaza.
I lost my home. I lost friends. I lost the future I was building.
I wake up to bombs. I go to sleep hungry.
Some nights, I don’t sleep at all.
I’m not okay.
I’m trying to stay alive and keep my family alive.
There’s no safety. No food. No electricity.
Just fear, rubble, and silence after each explosion.

GFM : https://gofund.me/f116bf44

#gaza #HelpGaza #SakherFromGaza #DonateNow #SaveLives #CeasefireNow #StopTheWar #EndTheSiege #GazaUnderAttack #HumanityFirst

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
mohshbair ("Mohammed from Gaza 🍉") wrote:

This is not *happening* to us. This is not natural causes. This is not a Godly punishment.

This is: some people decide to do this to us. Some people want us to suffer and to be erased. And the world knows, the world is watching, and yet it still goes on.

It’s more important than ever that you stand by us and that you do everything you can to stop this.

🧑‍💻🇵🇸🔗 https://palestinetoolkit.org/mobilise-from-home/

✊🇵🇸🔗 https://palestinetoolkit.org/mobilise-outside-of-home/

💸🌹🔗 https://chuffed.org/project/mohshbairgaza

💸🍉🔗 https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Mohammedshbair727

Attachments:

• video: Devastation in Gaza, everywhere, seen from our car window

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
mohshbair ("Mohammed from Gaza 🍉") wrote:

How would you feel if the place where you gathered all your memories and all your belongings was attacked by a foreign army?

For 2 years. And the world supports unconditionally.
Would you feel brave and strong and resilient and thankful?

https://chuffed.org/project/mohshbairgaza

https://www.paypal.me/Mohammedshbair727

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
mohshbair ("Mohammed from Gaza 🍉") wrote:

This is a place where we used to live while it was marked a safe zone by the Israeli army.

How would you feel if it was your flat?

Attachments:

• video: Mohammed Shobair, 22 years old, from Gaza City, standing in the ruins of our flat.

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
emanahmed ("Eman 🍉") wrote:

Hello everyone, I am Iman from Gaza. I support my family of 8 people. I live in a very difficult reality of continuous displacement, exhaustion and endless suffering. Every day we lose part of our dignity and our lives amidst hunger, fear and movements. My family and I only dream of living in peace and dignity, of having shelter to protect us and food to relieve our children's hunger. Please help me and my family in any way you can, it could make a difference in our lives. # Gaza # Palestine

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
emanahmed ("Eman 🍉") wrote:

How long will this suffering continue amidst hunger, destruction, displacement and heavy bombing? Look at my children with pity, they are tired.
Your donation today could be a lifeline for me and my children. Please don't leave us alone to face this life.
#Gaza#Palestine

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• video: 7650cfa5fa4d92ed.mp4

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
NouranKhaledGh ("Nouran 🍉") wrote:

We live near Al-Shati Camp in west Gaza City.

Since morning the bombings on the camp haven’t stopped, worse than I’ve ever seen.

Every day death comes closer and closer

I'm writing to ask you to keep us in your thoughts and prayers.

#gaza #palestine

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
shathamohammed123 ("Shatha Mohammed") wrote:

The strikes on Gaza’s towers are escalating.
Each explosion shakes the ground and fills my children with fear.
We live in constant worry of being displaced to the south, but it is unbearably expensive—we cannot cover the costs of transport or even a tent.
My children deserve safety, not endless fear.

Please help us provide them with security and dignity.

https://gofund.me/4d0dce47

#ChildrenUnderAttack #StandWithPalestine

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
abeerabed22 ("Abeer Ehab🍉") wrote:

Thank you so much for the warm welcome ❤️‍🩹🙏 I’m grateful to be part of the Gaza Verified family: https://gaza-verified.org. Special thanks to @aral and @joynewacc for making this possible. Your support means the world to us and helps our families survive in these very difficult times. You can support my fundraiser here
https://gofund.me/f6e9cc9d
Every share, donation, and word of encouragement makes a huge difference. Thank you from the bottom of my heart #Gaza #Palestine #GazaVerified #fedAid ترجم

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
Aseelsehwel@mas.to ("Aseelsehwel🇵🇸") wrote:

Children and mothers are forced to sleep on the streets after families were driven out of their homes following occupation threats to bomb the area.

@palestine #gaza #genocide #StopGenocide #war #palestine

Attachments:

• video: Children and mothers are forced to sleep on the streets after families were driven out of their homes following occupation threats to bomb the area.

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
NouranKhaledGh ("Nouran 🍉") wrote:

Salam my friends ❤️🙏

Be grateful that you are safe, eat what you like, wake up in the morning and go to school/work.

Please be grateful that you sleep peacefully at night.

These simple things have been a dream for all of us in Gaza for almost 23 months. We now feel the true value of them.

#gaza #palestine

aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan") wrote:

@aseelfromgz Merhaba, Aseel.

@joynewacc and I would love to have a quick video chat with you on Signal Messenger so that we can add your account to ‪https://gaza-verified.org‬ and hopefully get more people to support your fundraiser?

If you can, please contact me on Signal. My account is aral.42

For more information on how to get Signal Messenger and how everything works please see https://‪gaza-verified.org/guide-arabic/‬ or please feel free to ask us here.

Lots of love and solidarity from the Emerald Isle.

💕

Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
po3mah ("Tomi the Slav and 1024 others") wrote:

@aral
Just a small tip for donors: Gofundme and Chuffed platforms (payment page) don't work well with Firefox's extensions like Privacy badger and uBlock. To make them work, disable them temporarily or add them to the exception list. Nevertheless, this is only a minor inconvenience and shouldn't distract people from donations.

db@social.lol ("David Bushell 🪡") wrote:

whenever you read "small subset" in an incident report

that's legalese for "not just the men, but the women and the children, too"

db@social.lol ("David Bushell 🪡") wrote:

blogged: I Shut The Emails Out

https://dbushell.com/2025/09/12/cloudflare-email-smtp-server/

I want off this rollercoaster!

aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan") wrote:

“It is RTÉ’s position that Ireland will not take part in the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest if the participation of Israel goes ahead … RTÉ feels that Ireland’s participation would be unconscionable given the ongoing and appalling loss of lives in Gaza.”

https://about.rte.ie/2025/09/11/rte-statement-2026-eurovision-song-contest/

🇮🇪❤️🇵🇸

#israel #genocide #boycott #Ireland #Eurovision #Eurovision2026 #BDS #StopIsrael #StopTheGenocide #FreePalestine

db@social.lol ("David Bushell 🪡") wrote:

"product-market fit" aka we've burned millions in VC funding and nobody knows why

db@social.lol ("David Bushell 🪡") wrote:

let's see Paul Allen's CSS reset

Boosted by jakedel@mamot.fr ("S. Delafond"):
freexian@hachyderm.io ("Freexian :debian:") wrote:

Our August 2025 Debian Contributions report is out! We have updates on preparing for the setup.py install deprecation in setuptools, Salsa CI, the Debian 13 “trixie” release and more.

Full report here: https://www.freexian.com/blog/debian-contributions-08-2025/

We thank the organizations subscribing to our Long Term Support contracts (https://www.freexian.com/lts/) and consulting services (https://www.freexian.com/services/) for making this possible.

#freexian #debian #trixie #setuptools #salsaci

Boosted by jwz:
dnalounge@sfba.social ("DNA Lounge") wrote:

Drink Special @ Nitzer Ebb: ETSY WITCHES: Corona and a shot of Bourbon.

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• gifv: 967e832659bca96f.mp4

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

#EU: you can't abuse DRM to charge 30% for what costs 3% on the free market

Apple: but we've bundled it with nice features!

EU: price‑gouging is illegal, unbundling it is your problem

Apple: ok, have the 3% fee, but we add a 27% fee for using our mandatory DRM

EU: no

Apple: ok, we'll keep the DRM, and demand different fees that will cost Fortnite 30% of their revenue

EU: no

#Apple: we've tried everything! it's literally impossible to understand why EU keeps fining us for non-compliance!

jwz wrote:

Sibylla Bostoniensis: Given how weirdly comprehensive of the population the CDC's list is, you might reasonably be asking, "Geeze, is there anybody not covered?" Yes, but apparently not many: Your Local Epidemiologist reports that there's an estimate that 75% of the adult US population is covered by the "at least one underlying condition" exception. [...] You're probably covered by it. Every adult you know under 65 and a whole lot of adolescents is probably covered by it.
https://jwz.org/b/ykvG

Boosted by mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze"):
mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

@drpatois You seem to be using that as an insult. Yes. I admit it, I'm a professor. I've testified in congress several times about mobile phone location technology, and I teach a course on the subject at Georgetown, in both the main campus and the law school. So yes, I'm comfortable claiming to be an expert on this topic.

Boosted by jwz:
jef ("Jef Poskanzer") wrote:

He's gonna have to add a few strokes to his handicap.

Boosted by jwz:
dnalounge@sfba.social ("DNA Lounge") wrote:

Celebrating 40 years of live music, nightclubs, dancing and making memories together! Vote for DNA Lounge again for 48Hills Best of the Bay!
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• gifv: 776e8425d82cc1f3.mp4

Boosted by jwz:
glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

In the era of social media there's always a temptation to treat ourselves as having our own personal press offices, putting out press releases on matters of public concern. I have been resisting that temptation about Charlie Kirk's killing because who cares about my hot takes, but I really feel this deeply.

Newsom is using this opportunity to triangulate to the "moderate" position between "we should murder all trans people" and "no, don't do that".

We must remember.