I've Been To A World Worth Living In

I'm Jesse, a genderqueer anarchist and budding mutual aid organizer. I use this blog to share resources, fundraisers, news, etc that I think are important, as well as my own thoughts, experiences, and reasearch that I pick up in my own activism journey

[pesttheanarchist]

Save Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya

Save Dr. Abu Safiya | רופאים לזכויות אדם

Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya to his attorney: “This is the last time you’ll see me… […] Read more >

Lawyer warns detained Palestinian doctor Hussam Abu Safiya is in critical condition

The lawyer for a prominent Palestinian doctor Hussam Abu Safiya says he is in critical condition. Abu Safiya was seized by Israeli forces 18

UN experts demand immediate release of Dr Abu Safiya after reports of “severe torture"

GENEVA – Israel must immediately release Gazan doctor Dr Hussam Abu Safiya and ensure he is granted access to medical examination and treatm

Doctor Abu Safiya led Kamal Adwan Hospital through out Israel's 85-day siege on the facility until he was abducted 18 months ago

He often posted online about the conditions, asking for support for the hospital

He has not been charged with any crime

His lawyer said that in a recent meeting he bore recent injuries to his, head, eyes, and neck and was extremely weak and struggling to breathe.

He has alleged that the israeli authorities have tortured and abused him in the past, in the form of extended stays in solitary confinement and physical violence

During the meeting he told his lawyer: “They brought me here to kill me. I don’t see myself surviving. This is the end." His representatives and Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI) believe his life to be in grave, immediate danger.

Take Action:

You can find a comprehensive list of actions and people to contact here:

Free Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya — a doctor is dying in Israeli custody

Held without charge since 27 December 2024. His lawyer warns his life is now in imminent danger. Demand his immediate release and hospitalis

A quicker link to contact the EU (its on the site but buried down on the page):

Write to us | European Union

Send us your enquiry about the EU using this online form. You can write in any official EU language, or Ukrainian or Russian.

Here are the messages I sent, you can copy-paste them if you'd like.

For the israeli officials:

18 months ago, the Israeli government abducted Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya from the hospital he was director of because he refused to abandon his patients. In that time, you have not charged him with any crime but you have beaten him, threatened him, and locked him in solitary confinement. This is torture; it is illegal, and it is immoral. 

The eyes of the world are watching. You will be held accountable for the deaths in your custody. Release Dr. Abu Safiya and provide him with the medical care he needs now, or be an accomplice to his unlawful murder. 

For other officials/diplomats:

18 months ago, Israeli authorities abducted Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya from the hospital he ran in Gaza because he refused to abandon his patients. In that time, they have not charged him with any crime, but they have subjected him to physical torture and prolonged stays in solitary confinement. His detention is inhumane, unlawful, and unjustifiable.

I am contacting you because you have a position of influence that you can use to pressure Israel to free him. They must free Dr. Abu Safiya and give him adiquiet medical attention now, or he may die. His lawyer has reported he is suffering from severe injuries. Please use your power to help save this heroic, dedicated doctor. 

Sincerely,

for medical community:

18 months ago, Israeli authorities abducted Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya from the hospital he ran in Gaza because he refused to abandon his patients. In that time, they have not charged him with any crime, but they have subjected him to physical torture and prolonged stays in solitary confinement. His detention is inhumane, unlawful, and unjustifiable.

I am contacting you because you have a position of influence that you can use to pressure Israel to free him. They must free Dr. Abu Safiya and give him adiquiet medical attention now, or he may die. His lawyer has reported he is suffering from severe injuries. Please use your voice as a member of the medical community to help save this heroic, dedicated doctor. 

Sincerely,

[2022dirt]

Things worn down by people.

[groupthinker]

this is unironically one of the most beautiful photo sets i've ever seen

[becuzitisbitter]

Just rediscovered this slide from the first Deviant Scaffolds talk I gave at UCSC

[becuzitisbitter]

[rednines]

[midnightinthemagicmicagarden]

July 12th, 8pm

I'm starving and penniless. I'm also too broke to leave the hotel parkink lot. So I've been stranded in 96° heat most of the day.

Also...I genuinely appreciate all the money sent via PayPal but they have frozen my payouts. So I can't receive any of it. All I've had is a bottle of water! I need $200 venmoed 8 hours ago.

I need money for a hotel room tonight. Call me manipulative, I'm not okay right now and every second I'm not sleeping I'm building a logical case for ending my life. I need to make sure I sleep every night.

Room is going to be $200 with $50 deposit included in that. If I had an extra $100 I'd get supplies.

Venmo- Kate-Havekost

Paypal- [email protected]

Artwork prices are very negotiable because of my ongoing unhoused crisis.

[pesttheanarchist]

[midnightinthemagicmicagarden]

You're So Golden

Watercolor on Black Cotton Paper

2023, 22"x 30"

Gold Peonies

[midnightinthemagicmicagarden]

Petals Of Engagement

Watercolor On Black Paper

2026, 9"x 12"

Pink Peonies

[midnightinthemagicmicagarden]

Meet Me In the Moonlight, When We're Out Together Dancing Cheek To Cheek

Watercolor On Black Cotton Paper

2024, 22x 30"

White Peonies

[midnightinthemagicmicagarden]

July 12th, 8pm

I'm starving and penniless. I'm also too broke to leave the hotel parkink lot. So I've been stranded in 96° heat most of the day.

Also...I genuinely appreciate all the money sent via PayPal but they have frozen my payouts. So I can't receive any of it. All I've had is a bottle of water! I need $200 venmoed 8 hours ago.

I need money for a hotel room tonight. Call me manipulative, I'm not okay right now and every second I'm not sleeping I'm building a logical case for ending my life. I need to make sure I sleep every night.

Room is going to be $200 with $50 deposit included in that. If I had an extra $100 I'd get supplies.

Venmo- Kate-Havekost

Paypal- [email protected]

Artwork prices are very negotiable because of my ongoing unhoused crisis.

[midnightinthemagicmicagarden]

9pm

Still without funds. Pretty convinced everyone hates me.

[midnightinthemagicmicagarden]

Petals Of Engagement

Watercolor On Black Paper

2026, 9"x 12"

Pink Peonies

[guerrillatech]

[sooz-again]

Y'all, I've managed to grow some peppers!

This is very exciting, because historically I have a black thumb and kill any and all plants despite my best efforts. But look! Lil baby peppers! I did that!

[sooz-again]

Currently, I am eating the peppers I grew. This is so cool.

[lizardlicks]

INCORRECT!!!!!

Gardening is always exciting! Every gardener i know gets HYPED AF whenever someone gets into gardening and gets to enjoy those first fruits! That "I did this!!!" feeling never goes away, you just get bolder and more confident in the kinds and amounts of things you attempt to grow! Once you get the gardening bug, it never goes away. You WILL find yourself feeling an actual physical craving for the smell of putting mix and green things and digging into the ground sometime later winter.

And! The growing season is technically not over. If you're feeling ambitious and live in the northern hemisphere, now is a good time to start preparing things for fall: brussel sprouts, kale and carrots all get sweeter when harvested after a good hard frost. Add a bumper crop of lettuce and radishes when it starts to cool down again. If you want garlic next year, prepare your planting space to get cloves into the ground by fall so they can establish themselves before going dormant for the winter.

[midnightinthemagicmicagarden]

July 12th, 9:30am

I'm starving and penniless. I'm also too broke to leave the hotel at noon checkout. So I'm stranded.

Also...

I need money for a hotel room tonight. Call me manipulative, I'm not okay right now and every second I'm not sleeping I'm building a logical case for ending my life. I need to make sure I sleep every night.

Room is going to be $200 with $50 deposit included in that. If I had an extra $100 I'd get supplies.

Venmo- Kate-Havekost

Paypal- [email protected]

Venmo doesn't take fees, but either works. Artwork prices are very negotiable because of my ongoing unhoused crisis.

[midnightinthemagicmicagarden]

11:30AM I have half an hour to leave but no means to do so making me stranded. I have a massive headache from hunger and probably a bit of dehydration. $50 will get me through this part of the day, I can worry about the room after noon.

[midnightinthemagicmicagarden]

This is what paypal is doing. I'm not okay. It's 95°, I need to get out of the sun and eat. I feel like this is a sign.

[midnightinthemagicmicagarden]

It's almost 3pm i never left the hotel parking lot. So if I can just get $175 I can just go back to a room.

Please help. I'm close to the edge.

[gandalfsbignaturals]

learning to notice an absence of people of color is crazy. you start seeing it everywhere. ill see a random pic of characters or people or whatever and be like "these are all white people. why"

[gandalfsbignaturals]

all the babies in those baby youtube video memes. humanized character posts. like. its the little innocent shit. and like, the people making those baby memes probably arent seeking out white babies. maybe theyre just easier to find. but why are they easier to find? a complicated question, surely... but you know what it probably comes down to. someone, somewhere, maybe a lot of someones in a lot of places, made a choice. maybe knowingly, maybe not. but they made a choice. it starts to make you feel like a conspiracy theorist!!

[gandalfsbignaturals]

its really funny that after 2 months this post is still making racists come into my askbox treating me like im a horrible person for pointing out that sometimes people of color are excluded from things in visible and offputting ways. cry about it

[midnightinthemagicmicagarden]

July 7th, 2:40pm

I need money for a hotel room tonight. Call me manipulative, I'm not okay right now and every second I'm sleeping I'm building a logical case for ending my life. I need to make sure I sleep every night.

Room is going to be $200 with $50 deposit included in that. If I had an extra $100 I'd get supplies. Venmo- Kate-Havekost Paypal- [email protected] Venmo doesn't take fees, but either works. Artwork prices are very negotiable because of my ongoing unhoused crisis.

[midnightinthemagicmicagarden]

A little more information:

I'm menstruating right now. Like most women on the spectrum, I have PMDD, which increases suicidal thoughts. So does bleeding through everything and not having a room means not having a bathroom. If i need to pee at 1am I have nowhere to go. I can't change my bloody clothes because I'm out in the open. Then the blood drys. It hurts. And what I took Sunday night is making me a blood geyser.

[midnightinthemagicmicagarden]

I'm once again broke after buying tampons and pads. I need underwear and pants. You will never convince me white bedding isn't an act of terrorism upon the menstruation nation. But bless 20 year old dudes who know exactly where the tampons are shelved.

[midnightinthemagicmicagarden]

July 10th, 5:35pm I've been painting on a patio this afternoon but the weather has turned dangerous. I need to get inside and have a meal. I haven't eaten since yesterday. That happened, it wasn't particularly a choice.

[midnightinthemagicmicagarden]

It's almost 8pm. I'm already panicking. I'm gonna need $200. I'm terrified constantly it's gonna happen again that tonight is goning to be another night I won't get enough to get a room. Right now that's tonight's reality.

[midnightinthemagicmicagarden]

I'm So Hot For You

Watercolor On Black Paper

2026, 9"x 12"

Red Delphiniums

[natalieironside]

There's always a moment of intense cultural whiplash whenever I realize I'm talking to someone who thinks "legal" and "illegal" are meaningful categories and ascribes innate goodness to following the law. It's like meeting a space alien.