I’m trying to use bluesky because I like the twitter post format but man it is hard. No trending tab, can’t follow hashtags, and there just isn’t any content I like or a way to find it.
i want to talk about my friend Bilal @bilal-salah0. for over a year now, Bilal has been living in germany, trying to adjust to his new living situation in a foreign country, learning a new language and working full time.
when the war started, he was far away from home and his family and has been living in daily fear for their lives ever since.
being forced to work long hours and promoting his family’s fundraiser at the same time, he has taken on more responsibility than anyone ever should. still, he managed to raise money for their evacuation fund and helped take care of his family’s daily needs with the money he was making while working.
in a cruel twist of fate, all of this got taken away in an instant. he lost his job and his apartment and even his residence permit. which means he is at danger of deportation from germany that could happen as soon as next week!
i have been in daily contact with Bilal for a while now and connected him with some of my friends in germany. together, we are trying our utmost to make sure he can stay in the country. anyone who knows german bureaucracy knows what kind of hell it is. but we won't give up.
without his job, he was forced to dip into the money of his family’s evacuation fund to cover their daily expenses like food and shelter. this meant he had to raise his goal from €70,000 to €100,000. this was not an easy decision for him to make, he even asked for my advice on whether or not to do it, because he did not want anyone to think he was scamming people.
even in such a desperate situation, Bilal does not want to be seen as someone who would ever take advantage of people's generosity
his family is comprised of 18 members, 10 of them are adults and 8 are children under 16 years old, some of them newborns who were born amidst the chaos of war and displacement.
currently, he is sitting at:
€71,817 / €100,000
donations have been slowing down ever since he reached his original goal. i cannot stress how important it is that they pick back up!
WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME! HE NEEDS TO REACH HIS GOAL BY AUGUST 15TH!
THAT MEANS HE HAS TO RAISE NEARLY 30K IN THE NEXT TEN DAYS. THIS CANT WAIT.
his campaign has been verified and can be found on @/el-shab-hussein’s and @/nabulsi’s list of vetted fundraisers here (#132, line 136) so PLEASE don't hesitate to share and donate.
With such a tight deadline, i cant do this on my own. So i implore you to PLEASE share this wherever you can– on your whatsapp groups, on your discord servers, please share his story on other platforms wherever you have reach! Please share his story wherever you can, so that we can ease this burden from his shoulders.
Hi everyone,
I am Bilal, 22 years old, from Gaza, Palestine. I am reaching… Bilal salah needs your support for Help Evacuate My Family f
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Hello guys. I have been inactive for a few years now. I am from Bangladesh and my country is bleeding.
As of 35th July aka August 4th 2024, government has cut off access cellular network and mobile internet alongside taking down META app - FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, WHATSAPP, MESSENGER. We can neither contact anyone through direct calls, nor social medias. PLEASE I URGE YOU ALL PLEASE STAY INFORMED ABOUT BANGLADESH, we have previously faced internet blackout and got shut out from the world for over 10 days. ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING CAN HAPPEN RIGHT NOW.
Below I have attached some footages from today’s protest in new market Chittagong, Bangladesh. The pro govt group known as “Chatro League” with the help of police are open firing tear gas shells, shooting, hitting and KILLING! KILLING STUDENTS!
July 15, 2024 marks the night where university students were brutally attacked for protesting an unfair quota system. A countrywide student protest began afterwards, but the leaders of the country did not leave any student safe in their hands. Deaths, injuries, arrests over false cases are a few of the many things Bangladeshi students are becoming victims of, even 16-17 year olds. As someone running the studyblr, I urge every studyblr to come forward in solidarity with Bangladeshi students.
I've asked a friend for additional confirmation of information about bangladeshs government and what's happening, this is what he sent me today:
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Yo, yeah.. it's pretty bad out there. Initially it was a regular student protest. Then the govt and their armed forces tried to curb the protest with deadly force. Killed at least 200 innocent students. Then the protest became violent.
People are living under an autocratic regime there. They control most of the state media. The only way people could know the actual news was through the social media. That's why the govt shut down the internet.
Glad that you know about it. More people should know and stand against this regime.
Please, share my posts or someone elses that I shared yesterday. This needs to gain far far .more attention, it's the first thing you need in order to set up ways to help
If you know of any petitions, fundraisers, anything else please send it my way and I will share it too
Amazing when people equate capitalism with freedom whilst ignoring how many times soldiers have shot at and killed striking workers, let alone the number of times the police have beaten them up. In reality capitalism is one of the most authoritarian systems in history.
— Zoe Baker
Image: Students protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh (July 2024)
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