Year 2 of Lockdown, Day 65

[elisi]

Just one thing outside the cut, a fascinating piece from 2016:

The Israeli Occupation Will End Suddenly
The strength of organizations working to end the occupation and their supporters is greater than we think.f organizations working to end the occupation and their supporters is greater than we think.

“I stopped eating so that I could afford to open the shop.”

The owner of Gaza’s largest bookstore, Shaban Aslim, stands in front of the rubble of his bookstore which was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike. pic.twitter.com/GvG2jkBIzX

— Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) May 19, 2021

i don’t think enough Americans understand how literal it is when Palestinians describe what is happening to them. settler colonialism is not being used metaphorically. having their homes stolen is not just what it feels like it’s what it is. https://t.co/dVla98MSHH

— Ayesha A. Siddiqi (@AyeshaASiddiqi) May 19, 2021

ETA:

Also full context - not the original Home, not in Gaza, the image was published in 2020 and there is no evidence they are from Brooklyn https://t.co/CtTq24k6TI

— Theysaurus (@Theysaurus_Hex) May 22, 2021

pic.twitter.com/3uAMGIwEXB

— Dr.WearYourFnMask★ (@PissOffTrumpz) May 15, 2021

I can’t get this poem out of my head. pic.twitter.com/0GeA3HTI9V

— Joel S. (@jh_swanson) May 15, 2021

And one for all the writers on my flist:

Terrible news. Apparently just vibing with your story ideas does not make the stories appear fully written in a word document.

— Maria Haskins (@MariaHaskins) May 15, 2021