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mohshbair ("Mohammed from Gaza 🍉") wrote:
Have a coffee together with me, and let’s spend a moment together. Tell me about your day. I care about your comfort, my dear friends.
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mohshbair ("Mohammed from Gaza 🍉") wrote:
Hello my friends, this is Mohammed Shobair from Gaza City.
This afternoon, treat yourself to a coffee, and let’s pretend we have it together, from a distance.
It’s important to have a break and to spend time together with your loved ones, or thinking about them
Mastodon Feedmattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:
This simple composition was made with a small FF mirrorless camera, 21mm lens, and travel tripod during a short hike.
I didn't have any ND filters with me, so ended up having to shoot this in the bright midday light at f/8. That yields too much DoF to allow focus to separate the tree from the background. But fortunately there was just enough haze to reduce the contrast of the distant hills a bit, yielding a high contrast subject with a lower contrast background. So it worked out in the end.
Mastodon Feedmattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:
Tree, Red Rock Canyon, NV, 2011.
All the pixels, none of the colors, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/5766414314
Mastodon Feedadele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁") wrote:
I remember someone has published a post about a tool permitting to generate diagrams (boxes with arrows) in plain text. I don't manage to retrieve the name of this tool.
User is able to draw ascii boxes with the mouse, I remember
Anybody could help me?
Mastodon Feedaral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan") wrote:
Hi everyone, I’d like to welcome Hala and her family (@ghassangaza) to Gaza Verified (https://gaza-verified.org)
I had a video chat with her a few minutes ago over Signal.
She is a mother from Gaza struggling to keep her children safe and fed.
I met Sama, the most adorable child you see in her profile photo during our chat. She was wearing a t-shirt with a lovely swan embroidered on it and I got the most heartwarming smile when I complimented her on it.
Please give them a warm welcome to Mastodon and the fediverse, follow them, help with the fundraiser if you can (they’re still in the danger zone and haven’t been able to afford to move South), and share their story so we can find others who can help.
Here’s a direct link to her fundraiser:
Thank you!
💕
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abeerabed22 ("Abeer Ehab🍉") wrote:
Sudden calls, sounds of departure, homes left as if they never were. Memories, laughter, steps erased. In Gaza, even homes are targets, the air full of fear. Hunger tears us, terror destroys us. Help us you are our only hope
https://gofund.me/f6e9cc9d
@aral
@joynewacc#Gaza #HelpGaza #GazaUnderAttack #StandWithGaza #SaveGaza #StopTheWar #HumanRights #EndTheSiege
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joynewacc ("Joy") wrote:
A few days ago, I had a video call with @aral to verify @abeerabed22 for the Gaza Verified
Today, Abeer and I chatted a bit.She's a mom who managed to escape the genocide with her children in Egypt, but her husband is now trapped in Gaza. She has no source of income to pay the rent for the miserable apartment she lives in. Her husband hasn't left the danger zone yet due to a lack of funds needed to evacuate.
Let's help Abeer today & every day, pls
Mastodon Feedrust@social.rust-lang.org ("Rust Language") wrote:
We received reports of a phishing campaign targeting crates.io users. Do not click on links asking to authenticate to protect your account. More information: https://blog.rust-lang.org/2025/09/12/crates-io-phishing-campaign/
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:
My wife has a talent for growing caterpillars. The plants…not so happy.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/09/12/im-starting-to-pity-the-milkweed/
Mastodon FeedBoosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
csantosb@sigmoid.social ("Cayetano Santos") wrote:
The slides of my talk at #orconf2025 about using #guix in the context of #fpga development.
https://gitlab.com/csantosb/ip/talks/guix-fpga
https://mastodon.social/users/fossifoundation/statuses/115191366166341232
Mastodon FeedBoosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Werewolf ⁂🐧🌱☕ 🎃💀🕸🐺"):
mrbiffo@topspicy.social ("Mr Biffo") wrote:
Barely a month old, and our new channel has hit 2k subs. It's not about the big numbers - we just needed a fresh start, and we're grateful to everyone who followed us over. You can see in what we've put out so far that the lightness and silliness is back. New video up now: https://youtu.be/aFAgBSlmfWA?si=6uPNKzSKc17p769Y
Mastodon FeedBoosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Werewolf ⁂🐧🌱☕ 🎃💀🕸🐺"):
anon_opin ("Anon Opin") wrote:
Starmer has the worst political instincts of any party leader in history. His entire strategy is trying to appease a bunch of people who already decided years ago they hated him. Meanwhile he's pissing off everybody who tolerated him.
Mastodon FeedBoosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
joenepraat@todon.nl ("joene 🏴🍉") wrote:
WOW! Dit had ik niet verwacht. 🆓🍉
NOS: *Nederland doet ook niet mee aan Songfestival als Israël deelneemt*
https://nos.nl/artikel/2582132-nederland-doet-ook-niet-mee-aan-songfestival-als-israel-deelneemt
"Nederland doet niet mee aan het Eurovisie Songfestival als Israël ook weer meedoet. Dat schrijft omroep AVROTROS in een persbericht.
De omroep "kan de deelname van Israël in de huidige situatie niet langer verantwoorden gezien het voortdurende en ernstige menselijke leed in Gaza". Nederland sluit zich daarbij aan bij Slovenië, Spanje, IJsland en Ierland, die ook niet zullen meedoen als Israël deelneemt. …"
Mastodon FeedBoosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
sarajw@front-end.social ("Sara Joy :happy_pepper:") wrote:
To anyone that was sad that they missed out on the hard copy of the Internet Phone Book (https://internetphonebook.net) - be ready!
You can have another chance today!
At:
10am ET (US)
4pm/16:00 CET (Europe)I am informed that this page will stop frowning at that time, and allow you to place an order:
https://livingweb.metalabel.com/internetphonebookBest of luck!
Mastodon Feeddenschub@schub.social ("Dennis Schubert") wrote:
wifi on ice should sometimes be less frozen, just sayin.
Mastodon Feeddb@social.lol ("David Bushell 🪡") wrote:
blogged: Let’s see Paul Allen’s CSS Reset
https://dbushell.com/2025/09/12/css-reset/
— you're all doing it wrong! so I copied you and made my own mistakes :)
Mastodon Feedaral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan") wrote:
This is a public service announcement for all the dollar-store Sherlock Holmes’s out there who clearly have nothing better to do than to concoct conspiracy theories about people from Gaza on the fediverse who are faced with genocide and famine:
Stop.
Have some humanity.
Case in point, do not do what Daniel (@helmet91@mastodon.social) is doing here:
https://mastodon.social/@helmet91/115158104880965232
Here’s someone going out of their way to discredit Nouran and her brother Yousef ( @NouranKhaledGh). I’ve spoken with Nouran and Yousef over video on Signal and we’ve verified them on:
They are real. They are from Gaza. I’m in touch with them daily. They haven’t been able to evacuate yet.
They need your help.
And what is Daniel doing? Examining bloody shadows in video footage like some tinfoil-hat conspiracy theorist attempting to disprove that the moon landings ever happened.
And writing blog posts about it:
https://helmet91.com/post/how-not-to-get-scammed
Stop it, Daniel. Stop and think about what you’re doing.
This isn’t some computer game.
These are real people. Who are in danger. And need our help. And you’re not helping.
PS. You can show your love and support for Nouran, her brother Yousef, and their whole family by following her here: @NouranKhaledGh, sending some words of solidarity, donating to their fundraiser, and sharing it so others can help too.
Mastodon FeedBoosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Werewolf ⁂🐧🌱☕ 🎃💀🕸🐺"):
inspirationgrid@graphics.social wrote:
Ephemeral Masterpieces: The Land Art of Jon Foreman https://theinspirationgrid.com/ephemeral-masterpieces-the-land-art-of-jon-foreman/ #art #ArtInspiration #ArtInspo #inspiration #InspirationGrid
Mastodon Feedaral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan") wrote:
Good morning everyone.
One million people are facing imminent death and destruction at the hands of Israel in Gaza.¹
Israel has issued evacuation orders for one million people. These are people who have been displaced over and over again in Israel’s ongoing genocide. They have nowhere left to go. To move South costs thousands of dollars to rent land, a tent, and sanitation due to war-time profiteering.² That’s if they can get someone outside of Palestine to host their fundraiser and if they can keep their social media accounts from being shut down by mainstream Big Tech platforms and after paying half the donation amount or more in commission while withdrawing the funds that are sent to them.
Things are desperate.
Mastodon and the fediverse are the last lifeline for people from Gaza. It’s their last chance of reaching us in the outside world so that we might help them survive the genocide and famine being wrought out by Israel.
@joynewacc and I are having video conversations with people from Gaza who have Mastodon accounts every day to verify them in hopes that this will help them raise funds to live.
You can find the verified accounts on Gaza Verified:
I hope you will follow them on the fediverse, perhaps send them a few words of love and solidarity so they know they’re not alone but that there are some of us that see, hear, love and support them.
And, if you can, please support their fundraisers, boost their posts, and share their accounts.
Thank you in advance for making our friends from Gaza who are facing unspeakable horrors welcome on the fediverse and for showing that humanity is not entirely dead in the rest of the world.
💕
PS. Please note that many Palestinians use automated translation tools, including AI-based ones so you might notice issues with translation or even transliteration (so, for example, a name is written Eman in one place but Iman in another). Also, not everyone is social media or technically savvy. These are everyday people trying to survive a genocide and a famine so please understand that there might be issues with the accounts. That doesn’t mean that they’re not genuine. If you have any concerns, you can talk to me. (Furthermore, there are concerted efforts by some groups to spread FUD about Palestinian accounts with the goal of getting them all shut down. If you notice any such behaviour, please also alert me. To server admins: closing their accounts is tantamount to handing out a death sentence. We’re here to help if you need it.)
PPS. If you know of any people from Gaza with Mastodon accounts who are not on Gaza Verified, please tell them about it. You can give them a link to https://gaza-verified.org/guide-arabic/ with further information. The guide also includes a list of Mastodon servers whose admins have publicly stated that their servers are safe spaces for Palestinians to open accounts so please feel free to share that with people from Gaza who are having their accounts closed on Bluesky and elsewhere. You can find the English version of the guide here: https://gaza-verified.org/guide/
¹ https://msf.org.uk/article/gaza-city-offensive-death-sentence-one-million-palestinians
² https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2025/9/3/the-crippling-financial-costs-of-forced-displacement-in-gaza
Mastodon FeedBoosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
joynewacc ("Joy") wrote:
Just wake up more grateful for having another chance of surviving 💗
Maybe one day when i get out of here, i'll be a Writer/Poet and a Zionism Holocaust Survivor 🙏🏻
Mastodon FeedBoosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
joynewacc ("Joy") wrote:
Hello everyone 🍉❤️
It's Joy again, i know very well that you are doing your best to help meI've started a new goal which is $500 for medicine, food and rent of this shelter, you can donate here :
https://www.chuffed.org/project/evacuate-joy
every week i start a new goal but i was busy with my evacuation matter
Mastodon FeedBoosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
shathamohammed123 ("Shatha Mohammed") wrote:
📚✏️ On this day, children everywhere return to school full of joy. My daughter Tulin should have started 3rd grade, and my son Waleed kindergarten. But war has taken away even this simple right — the right to education. Tulin, a creative girl who loves drawing, dreams of her own colors, while Waleed, who needs special care, was denied his first school experience. My children deserve to learn, play, and dream of a better future. Please support them and bring back a little hope. 💙
Mastodon FeedBoosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
shathamohammed123 ("Shatha Mohammed") wrote:
The occupation demands the evacuation of Gza City—over 1 million people. Imagine: each family needs nearly $5,000 just to flee—paying for transport, a tent, a small rented plot of land, and even a makeshift bathroom. They ask for the impossible! Families have nothing, not even the choice to survive. Even those who wish to leave can’t afford it. What are people supposed to do? #Genocide #ForcedDisplacement #StopTheOccupation #GazaUnderAttack
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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 ✊🇵🇸
Mastodon FeedBoosted 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
Mastodon FeedBoosted 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
Mastodon FeedBoosted 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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Mastodon FeedBoosted 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
Mastodon FeedBoosted 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/