Through the Olive Trees (1994) Dir. Abbas Kiarostami

Its find to enjoy standup comedy as long as you remember they are purely evil beings whose physical vessels need be destroyed

April 6, 1963

This is also not the first time the occupation has put Palestinian men in concentration camps. During the era of the Palestinian revolt, they established 13 concentration camps for Palestinian boys and men (ages 15+). They forced them to dig their own graves before shooting them in the back of the head so they could die in them (link has an unreliable narrator who tries to minimize the impact of the genocide). During the era of the Nakba, 1947-1949, the Palestinians in these camps were forced to loot their own villages and the bodies of massacred Palestinians. When not killed they were tortured as well. They were subsequently killed as well. Billions of dollars' worth of goods were looted from us, in modern day quantity. Before 1948, they were run by the British. After 1948, they were run by zionist settlers, some of them even Holocaust survivors themselves, and the number of them grew to 22.

Once again, this is not new. Do not ever let them convince you anything they do is new.

I know you have all probably seen the esims for gaza posts circulating. Some of you have probably looked at them and thought maybe you should help out, but have weighed up the daunting process of signing up for something you're unfamiliar with vs. the gut-wrenching scale of the things people are going through on the ground right now, and you've put it off or questioned whether it will make enough of a difference vs. some other future kind of activism you could put that $6+ towards. I'm not calling you out or scolding you, it is natural to feel conflicted and ambivalent about the multiple calls for aid that you are seeing on social media.

but consider this: what would you do if you suddenly had to leave your home? how would you cope? how would you begin to plan where to go next, or figure out what to do to take care of yourself? most likely you would reach reflexively for your phone.

telecoms access is not a petty luxury in 2024. a loaded esim means the ability to call family members and find out where they are and whether they're safe, and whether they need anything you can provide for them. it means access to maps and regular updates on the situation unfolding around you. it means you can look up whether it's safe to drink rain water, or how to tie a type of knot you've never had to think about before, or how to treat an injury without medical supplies. it means the ability to tell people outside the situation what you are seeing, what you are feeling, what you are thinking. it is an absolutely crucial resource. and it starts at $6 for 7 days.

many many people have observed that internet access is changing the way the world understands genocide. internet access is life or death, and it is shaping modern history in front of you. and it starts at $6 for 7 days.

please, please visit gazaesims.com and spend 5 minutes and $6 to change the way this plays out for everyone.

this is a really critical material thing you can do for people right now, as palestinians including doctors, journalists, teachers and parents are in the midst of the longest telecoms blackout to date. phone and internet access in a humanitarian crisis is lifesaving.

sorry man, i just looked that movie up on doestheantdie.com and...let's just watch something else, ok?

Attributed to Horatio Henry Couldery (British, 1832–1918), "A Happy Family"

Nabil Anani, Palestine (1943)

A key founder of the contemporary Palestinian art movement

(Rokuro Taniuchi)

For Katie Explorersofsky's Followers

This is Claire, Katie's best friend. I would give anything to not be making this post right now. On Saturday, 10/14, Katie was killed in a car crash during a high-speed police chase. I'll provide a link to an article about it below.

It's hard to know what to say here. You probably knew Katie to varying degrees, but I invite you to share any thoughts/memories/wishes and I will pass them along to their family. Thank you for following Katie. That bitch loved attention. I'll miss her for the rest of my life.

Article: https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/dekalb-county-fatal-crash-high-speed-chase

Katie's family's GoFundMe for service costs and legal fees: https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-family-of-katie-harris?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&mibextid=Zxz2cZ