it really is mind-boggling to me that the only reason i know about the Congolese and Sudanese genocides is because of the tireless work of grassroots activists and advocates posting on social media. I can honestly say that if I didn't have social media and didn't happen to be following Black authors and activists, I never would have known what was happening in Sudan and Congo because it is simply not being reported in the great majority of mainstream media. We're talking millions upon millions of PEOPLE enduring unimaginable pain and devastation with next to no official reporting. And yes that is in huge part due to the level of violence and displacement occurring that is preventing a lot of news from getting out of these countries, but it's also so blatantly due to anti-Black racism and the perception of African Nations as inherently savage and violent. But genocide is not and never should be normal for anyone anywhere. With that in mind, please keep Congo and Sudan in your thoughts. Check out Focus Congo for resources to help the Congolese people on the ground. Focus Congo's MO is a local organisation whose goal is to rebuild homes, rehabilitate land, and provide medical aid, education, and resources to Congo's most affected people. Also, Check out Keep Eyes On Sudan for how to help out and raise awareness of Sudanese people displaced by civil war. According to Sudanese TikToker bsonblast, donations to local food kitchens in Sudan are desperately needed to fight famine. If anyone has other resources specifically for helping Congo and Sudan, please add them and link them <3

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Alaska

2003

un-Balance ~from pop'n music 3~ (1999)

Glass hunt-and-scroll bottle - Rome, 1st century

Fred Tomaselli Double Landscape (Large), 1995 Saccharin, acrylic, resin, wood panel 48 x 48 inches

Emiko Aida - Reflected I (etching)

source? it was revealed during my nature walk.

“Glory to the courage and heroism of the Palestinian fighters!” Raev S.B. Soviet Union 1982

Is that a pastry? Nope, it's the purple-edged nudibranch (Goniobranchus albopustulosus)! Growing up to 1.2 in (30 mm) long, this tiny sea slug can be found in the waters of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Hawaii. This primarily nocturnal species spends its days resting under rocks and like many other sea slugs, scientists think it feeds on sea sponges. Did you know? Over 2,000 species of nudibranch are known to science, and new ones are constantly being discovered.

Photo: anudibranchmom, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist

I’m doing the morrissey challenge this summer when’re im unemployed and hated by many #morrisseychallenge

Moey P. Wellington

Witch Marks in a Saxon Tithe barn, Bradford-on-Avon (Historic England)

here to love and be loved, not to prove myself

‘full movie watch free online’ was in the early 21st century a kind of prayer

Sunset on the cove. Love and rocks. 1898. Cover detail.

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sorry for being a hater i want to be a lover but everything pisses me off