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Don't forget you are our strength, our resilience, and our steadfastness. Your support keeps us going. Donate and help spread the word ❤️🙏
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لا تنسَ أنت قوتنا، وصمودنا، وثباتنا. بدعمك نستمر ونواصل الطريق. تبرع وشارك الرسالة مع الآخرين.

#GazaUnderAttack #GazaGenocide #CeasefireNow #PalestineWillBeFree #EndIsraeliApartheid #HumanRights

Palestinians left with zero options after new evacuation threat

Palestinians say they have nowhere else to go and there is no space because most western areas or al-Mawasi are full of people and tents with no extra space.

They are left with zero options.

Palestinians here are saying they refuse to leave and are going to stay in their houses because even the areas designated as safe by the Israeli army have been targeted.

Hind Khoudary

@palestine
#Gaza
#AlMawasi
#displacement

Reading "Landscapes of Silence, From Childhood to the Arctic" by Hugh Brody": "A young [Inuit] hunter asked me why it was that the southerners, white people, the Quallunaat, were always thinking about money. In his country, he said, if you were hungry or needed something, your neighbours would feed you or help you, but you didn't ask for money. So here in the north the most important things in life could work well without any thought of money." The love of money... , I think to myself.
I looked at my little brother Karam and I couldn’t believe what I saw his body shrinking into a skeleton his face pale his skin yellow and lifeless. No spark No childhood Just slow silent suffering
We adults our bodies look like this too, but we endure But the children the children cannot
They are fading before our eyes And I swear a quick death would be kinder than watching them waste away like this day after day.
#SaveGaza #HumanRights #mastodon #mastoart
Stand with us
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4 hours left to save Spark Space!

Most can’t set up a survival fund or get an eSIM—so stable internet to connect to remote jobs is a genuine lifeline for families to get income to buy food.

And this mutual aid project provides just that. Let’s keep it open. 372/500 https://chuffed.org/project/spark-space-gaza

#MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #Gaza #Tech

🇵🇸 Gaza Needs Your Support: Help Build a Lifeline for Students and Remote Workers!

In Gaza, war has destroyed homes, blocked roads, and left countless people without work. Yet, amidst the rubble, hope remains. Students and remote workers face daily struggles—power outages, broken internet lines, and a lack of safe spaces—making education and work nearly impossible. But Gaza’s youth refuse to give up. They just need a chance. And that chance can come from you!

Chuffed
Last week a 86 yo man was arrested in Wales for opposing Israel’s genocide in Gaza Keep up the great optics, Labour www.instagram.com/reel/DMGNmU_...

An Account in #Gaza describe the current state of #Hunger Under Israeli Siege

This morning, we ground lentils & mixed them with some flour to make bread for my family. Each of my 7 family members receives only 1 loaf of bread, for the whole day. This is the bitter reality we face, the price of flour has reached 150 shekels (about $42)

#starvation #FoodAsWeapon #Famine
#SaveGaza #StopIsrael #SanctionIsrael #BDS
#palestine #Israel #Politics #Genocide #PeaceNow @palestine@a.gup.pe @israel @palestine@lemmy.ml

A highlight of the garden this week: monarchs make an appearance, along with enormous bumblebees!!

#Summer
#Bees
#Bloomscrolling
#Butterflies

#Baturday 🦇:
#Bat Pendant, c. 1910
German, Attributed to Georg Kleemann (1863-1932)
Silver, gold, opal, enamel, moonstone, pearl, amethyst, lapis, turquoise, ruby diamond
W  8.00cm (3.15 in) x L 18.00cm (7.09 in)
https://www.tademagallery.com/jewellery/d/bat-pendant/208716
#Jugendstil #ArtNouveau
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I was testing some "entry level" gear in order to work on showing how you don't need "pro" gear to make good photos.

I saw this pigeon on the roof of the house opposite mine and set my E-M10 IV and the OM 75-300 mm f/4.8-6.7 II on it.

The details I managed to get from it are actually okay. This shows that if you didn't have the "pro" lenses to compare with, it would actually be a "good enough" shot. I'd be happy using this tiny combo.

#Photography #OMSystem #Olympus #Wildlife #Pigeon

@Howard 👍
@OurParadise I think that a lot of the "top" gear is overkill for a lot of people. They're just sold by all the marketing, but many just buy without questioning whether they actually need it.
@Howard
I agree, even professionals may not use all the possibilities. I'm always amazed at how decent photos can be taken with a smartphone.

@OurParadise I know, right? I shot this set of squirrel photos with my phone.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DLiXwkHNL7X

Granted I do think a smart phone isn't going to be suitable for long range subjects (even though some of them have telephoto lenses), but there's definitely no need for the best of the best gear a lot of the time.

I have the OM-1 Mark II which is the top range OM System camera, but even then I could probably go with one grade lower lol.

Howard Cheng on Instagram: "I was sitting on a bench watching a squirrel fight off some pigeons over some mixed nuts which I dropped when this little bundle of furry cuteness came up right next to me. 🐿️ 📷 Sony Xperia 1 VI | 48 mm | ISO 50, 1/125, f/1.9. @theroyalparks, @sony, @sony.unitedkingdom, @sonyxperia. #LondonWildlife #Squirrel #SquirrelsOfInstagram #London #StJamessPark #StJamesPark #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Sony #Xperia1VI #SonyXperia #VisitLondon"

102 likes, 13 comments - wherehowardgoes on June 30, 2025: "I was sitting on a bench watching a squirrel fight off some pigeons over some mixed nuts which I dropped when this little bundle of furry cuteness came up right next to me. 🐿️ 📷 Sony Xperia 1 VI | 48 mm | ISO 50, 1/125, f/1.9. @theroyalparks, @sony, @sony.unitedkingdom, @sonyxperia. #LondonWildlife #Squirrel #SquirrelsOfInstagram #London #StJamessPark #StJamesPark #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Sony #Xperia1VI #SonyXperia #VisitLondon".

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@Howard
A wonderful photo 🥰
More zoom really does result in more blur on a smartphone, as I have already realised.🥴
It's helpful when someone who knows about it realises that it doesn't always have to be the most expensive.👍