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i boarded a train kissed all goodbye

[parakaryote]

We need to start talking more about Congo (DRC). I literally never see posts about it anymore.

Remember to:

Avoid buying new tech if you can

Try to buy refurbished if you absolutely need to replace something

Boycott vapes if you haven’t already

Hold tech companies accountable for this

[librarycards]

here (and this is only from a cursory search) is what tech overconsumption is fueling:

Apple accused by DR Congo of using conflict minerals

The tech giant says it "strongly disputes" the claims and it is "deeply committed to responsible sourcing" of minerals.

Humanitarian Crisis in Congo Is the Sinister Underbelly of “Green Tech”

The “green tech” industry is reproducing the same colonial and extractive patterns that got us to the climate crisis.

Special Report: Conflict Minerals in the DR Congo

By Grace Harris, Ebonie Kibalya, and Lea GruberGenocide Watch Great Lakes TeamA miner shows a bag containing coltan in the Democratic Republ

[fairycosmos]

btw it's extremely easy and fast to donate to the sameer project or even just spread the word if you can:

The Sameer Project | Instagram | Linktree

We are a donations based aid initiative for Gaza led by Palestinians,

[anachronic-love]

you can also buy books from open poetry books and all proceeds go to the sameer project! unfortunately shipping for books is only within the so-called “u.s.” at the moment, but there is a lovely selection :-)

Workshops 4 Gaza Bookstore

Workshops 4 Gaza is an autonomous group of writers, artists, educators, and translators coming together to offer online classes and workshop

[garadinervi]

Refaat Alareer, If I must die, written in 2011, published online on November 1, 2023

If I must die, you must live to tell my story to sell my things to buy a piece of cloth and some strings, (make it white with a long tail) so that a child, somewhere in Gaza while looking heaven in the eye awaiting his dad who left in a blaze— and bid no one farewell not even to his flesh not even to himself— sees the kite, my kite you made, flying up above and thinks for a moment an angel is there bringing back love If I must die let it bring hope let it be a tale

(transcript by the American Friends Service Committee)

[artemisiasea]

It requires so much forgiveness to live a life. 

[thedickcavettshow]

Rest in peace, Tina Turner

November 26, 1939 - May 24, 2023

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Provincetown, Olivia Solodko

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Kelela

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Morgiana (1972) dir. by Juraj Herz.

[naturenymph69]

standing in a cave behind a waterfall!  Dorrigo National Park, New South Wales, Australia

[mybeingthere]

Mark Rothko, Untitled (Navy and black), 1969. © Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society

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male euthalia adonia | source

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evenings on the trail ⋇ 17 sept

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dragonfly mug

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Rinko Kawauchi, Untitled, from the series Illuminance, 2009

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Alice Brasser (Dutch, b. 1965, Alkmaar, Netherlands) - Swim, 2022, Paintings: Oil on Perspex on Wood