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Two things we can stop talking about: Trying to get Egypt to stop making money of the plight of Palestinians and trying to get Biden to stop the genocide. We tried, it's not going to happen. If it's on us to get them out we can't do it one fundraiser at a time. We need help!

Listening to this week’s Blank Check Podcast I want to cast Griffin Newman as a knight in a medieval buddy adventure-comedy.

Help us reach our goal! We made a hilarious puppet film about QAnon and it is almost ready to unleash upon the world. #indiefilm #indiegogo #qanon

tinyurl.com/QAnon-Avenue

I would really like to see condemnation of this from universities around the world. #CeasefireNOW

#ReliefWednesday

Greek marble grave stele of a girl ~ c. 450-440 BCE

Every child is precious. This stele memorialising a lost girl who loved doves is heart wrenching for the beauty and the grief conveyed.

🏛 The Met, 27.45

Please, if you can afford to spend the money, donate to Medical Aid for Palestinians - they are on the ground in Gaza providing emergency healthcare for victims of the siege. map.org.uk/donate/donatio…

we need to be contacting our legislators and, if we can, donating to organizations working to stop this.

some options:

transgenderlawcenter.org/donate

aclu.org/news/lgbtq-rig…

I’m glad people are drawing attention to Dugin, Putin’s Mystic Nazi Wormtongue.

.@Bradshaw2020 needs your help to win her election, everybody! If you’re in Tennessee, vote for her!

Knox friends: No wait at South Knox early voting/Meridian Baptist. VOTE & tell’em Ruth sent you.
💙💙💙
#mamaphd #voteforLOVE #RBG

This Christmas, I'm working with NuDay to help my #Syria family rebuild their house. Whether you can give $5 or $500, every penny will help get these kids out of a tent and into a warm, dry house. Please help them reach their goal before Christmas!
mtyc.co/dsna6g

TN is home for me and other Families we have learned a lot from our community,We looking forward to keep building our state and country together, Build bridges between community,Please read me letter to Gov. Bill Lee about keep accepting more refugees in TN retweet if you agree❤️🇺🇸

Medievalist Twitterati: can anyone recommend some good books on Medieval Avignon (the Schism, Petrarch and Avignon etc) for an upcoming trip to Avignon - Merci!

Anti-Muslim rhetoric has become dangerously normalized ― in institutions, politics, media, and everyday life globally. To understand the #ChristChurchMassacre - we need to confront the bigger, scarier picture. NEW from me, Akbar Shahid Ahmed & Nick Robins-Early huffpost.com/entry/islamoph…

The marginalia in this 14thC Roman de la Rose (BnF fr. 25526) is getting a lot of love these days, but often with one critical fact missing: we know the artist’s name, and HER NAME IS JEANNE DE MONTBASTON.

Christchurch terror attack: How to support NZ’s Muslim communities
thespinoff.co.nz/news/16-03-201…

Medieval & Norse scholars: donation link for families of victims of Christchurch terrorist attack, to show as a collective our solidarity with the Muslim community and our opposition to fascist violence & misappropriation of Norse/medieval imagery
paypal.com/pools/c/8d2Xms…