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URGENT: KOSA GOING TO HOUSE TODAY!!

[ID: a screenshot of a discord message from user @Taikeero-Lecoredier which reads: "@everyone

‼️URGENT: KOSA has been officially introduced in the House as of today.

We need to spread the word on social media and urge people to send emails to Congress through stopkosa.com.

https://www.stopkosa.com/

• There will be a hearing on Wednesday (17th April) where KOSA, along with some other bad internet bills, like the Protecting Kids on Social Media Act could be pushed.

• We will be having a calling day on TUESDAY (16 th April) to make clear to Congress that there is still a ton of opposition to these bills.

https://energycommerce.house.gov/posts/chair-rodgers-and-ranking-member-pallone-announce-legislative-hearing-on-data-privacy-proposals-1

• House Energy and Commerce is holding the hearing so they are the best offices to call this week ‼️

https://energycommerce.house.gov/representatives

DONT FORGET: You can go to what-to-write-and-say and check pins to know what to say !!

• You can use http://badinternetbills.com/ to contact your congress people!

• And https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative to find all of the phone numbers of your House Representative, and faxzero.com to send up to 5 free faxes a day

SPREAD THE WORD !!" End ID]

^^ PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD AND CALL, EMAIL AND FAX YOUR REPS ASAP!!

here's another site where you can find your Reps if the one provided above gives you trouble.

here's a perma link to the Stop Internet Censorship Discord, where there are loads of resources and petitions to sign and actions you can take to keep the Internet censorship free.

edit: to be clear, KOSA hasn't skipped the Senate vote. in order to become law, KOSA still needs positive votes from both the Senate and the House, which is why it is being introduced to the House today. while KOSA still has lots of support from the Senate, much of the House still either opposes it or is neutral.

don't panic, and don't give up! just keep sending emails, faxing and calling. raise your voices! make yourselves heard!

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Lula compares Israel's attacks on Palestinians in Gaza to Hitler's killing of Jews

Brazilian president Lula (PT) stated this Sunday 18th that what is happening in the Gaza Strip is not a war, but a genocide, and compared Israel's action to that of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler against the Jews.

“What is happening in the Gaza Strip to the Palestinian people does not exist at any other historical moment. In fact, it exists. When Hitler decided to kill the Jews,” he said.

Asked about the Brazilian government's decision to be the new donor to the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees, Lula criticized the leaders of the countries that decided to suspend contributions. “When I see the rich world announce that it is stopping contributing to the humanitarian issue for the Palestinians, I wonder how much political awareness these people have?”, he said. “And how big is the heart of solidarity of these people who cannot see that in the Gaza Strip there is not a war happening, but a genocide?”

The president also questioned: “Who will help rebuild those houses that were destroyed? Who will repay the lives of 30 thousand people who have already died? 170 thousand who are injured. Who will give back the lives of children who died without knowing why they were dying? Is this enough to disturb the humanitarian sense of the planet’s political leaders?”

“It is not a war between soldiers and soldiers. It is a war between a highly prepared Army and women and children. Look, if there was an error in that institution that collects the money, find out who made the mistake. But do not suspend humanitarian aid for the people who have been trying to build their state for decades”, concluded Lula.

I'm actually quite proud of having voted for him. He was bold, Brazilian's newspapers are roasting him for saying the TRUTH, but is this kind of boldness that we need right now.

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there is a dashboard unfucker alternative!!

@ everybody looking at the dashboard unfucker tag right now desperately looking for help because it suddenly stopped working. @pixiel's pinned post has a userstyle they developed that also reverts the dash back to the old style!! go get it now!!

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Hi all!

We're getting close to opening! Our first round of acceptances will close tonight at 7pm EST, with acceptances being posted tomorrow.

We'll begin our regularly scheduled acceptances every Thursday at 7pm EST next week.

As a reminder, reserves only last between acceptances, so anything that has been reserved will be cleared after tonight.

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#kirkwall is cursed to the twelft degree #it’s not even a question

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Three ages ago, the Cataclysm broke our world; the Old Gods broke free of the Abyss and spread the Blight across the continent of Taravell. All these years later, the Old Gods are a distant memory, and the Blight is nothing more than a story meant to frighten children. Conflict brews on all sides in the Queendom of Lysara; the neighboring Kingdom of Iskaldrik has fallen to an old enemy that vanished long ago. Over the next few months, refugees will begin pouring into Lysara's borders. To the south, the fanatical nation of Astoria has declared war on all witches - burning them at the stake or cleaving them from their magic entirely.In Lysara, there is hope; an unbroken line of women has ruled the Queendom for three thousand years.

*The Queendom is a plot-heavy skeleton roleplay with troupe-based events. Several skeletons will travel through the realm with writing prompts to help guide muns throughout the event.

HOME ll NAVIGATION ll SKELETONS ll FULL PLOT ll APPLICATION

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this morning the United Nations Human Rights Council voted on a resolution calling for a ban on arms sales to Israel and the resolution passed. two Israeli border points opened for aid routes (they were supposedly open? lmao), Biden is calling for an immediate ceasefire, last night was the first without air attacks on Gaza.. the killing of seven foreign aid workers shook the world apparently, but oh god how late. the journey to recognising genocide for some seems to avoid acknowledging the humanity of thousands of Palestinians who have been murdered

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Three ages ago, the Cataclysm broke our world; the Old Gods broke free of the Abyss and spread the Blight across the continent of Taravell. All these years later, the Old Gods are a distant memory, and the Blight is nothing more than a story meant to frighten children. Conflict brews on all sides in the Queendom of Lysara; the neighboring Kingdom of Iskaldrik has fallen to an old enemy that vanished long ago. Over the next few months, refugees will begin pouring into Lysara's borders. To the south, the fanatical nation of Astoria has declared war on all witches - burning them at the stake or cleaving them from their magic entirely.In Lysara, there is hope; an unbroken line of women has ruled the Queendom for three thousand years.

*The Queendom is a plot-heavy skeleton roleplay with troupe-based events. Several skeletons will travel through the realm with writing prompts to help guide muns throughout the event.

HOME ll NAVIGATION ll SKELETONS ll FULL PLOT ll APPLICATION

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Master doc that contains different resources and support for many countries including Palestine, Congo, Haiti, Hawai’i, etc ((op is underneath the link))

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Don't usually share work stuff but I do work in climate policy and nearly every memo I write includes some variation of "government funding for this obscure but necessary area of climate mitigation research has been multiplied (sometimes by like, 1000x) under the Biden Administration" and while I know the oil permitting stuff is much splashier news there's a whole world of work that needs to be done under the surface that Biden is doing. And if he doesn't win in 2024 all that progress goes away and the climate is absolutely fucked

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Gaza Medical Tent is a project made upon volunteer doctors and nurses providing medical care in Rafah to displaced Palestinians for free.

Boost. Support their work if you can.

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"Over 70% of Indigenous peoples water systems are unsafe to drink. Stop all genocides now! Land Back"

Seen in Innisfail, Alberta

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Palestine will be free in our lifetime 🇵🇸🍉🕊️ Don't look away, and let's keep supporting Palestine in any way we can.

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hearing officials and public figures criticize biden openly on talk shows and seeing newspaper headlines sharply decry israel killing aid workers is making me feel kind of crazy. like it could've been like this the whole time. before 40,000 palestinians were killed and the infrastructure of gaza destroyed. it could've been like this when people gathered their children in plastic bags at al-ahli hospital, when a poet and his family were assassinated for a joke, when journalists buried their families on air, when children were targeted by drones on camera, when a little boy holding his grandmother's hand in one hand and a white flag in another watched her get shot and die in front of him, when a cameraman was left to bleed out with a live counter for hours while his rescuers were shot, when patients were bulldozed in their tents in the courtyard of a hospital, when four babies were left die and decompose alone in their hospital beds, when six year old hind rajab was crying for help trapped in a car with the corpses of her family on the phone with the red crescent for hours until she and the rescuers sent to get her were killed too.

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oh and while I'm here donate to funds for gaza, donate to Palestine children's relief for as little as 50¢, donate to the Gaza evacuation funds, help diabetics in gaza, do the daily click, keep boycotting (inc Eurovision in may), and buy an e sim