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Alexios Vrykolakas
@alexvrykolakas.bsky.social
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Biologist & hobby-writer with emphasis on horror, mythology, vampires, and fantasy. Aromantic asexual, queer, socialist, he/him.
Opinions are my own, name is not.
Writings: https://alexiosvrykolakas.medium.com
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Alexios Vrykolakas @alexvrykolakas.bsky.social · Dec 4
New Palestinian mutual aid thread
Palestinians feel free to add your links in replies, everyone else please boost their requests
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ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org
Fighting the infestation in the tent as we get ready for the move has gotten expensive, but I think our efforts are starting to pay off.

Eight days until we leave! Anything you can spare helps ease the journey!
💸 bit.ly/WDCshApp
☕ ko-fi.com/ommerdraven
🙏⚒️💕💸🏳‍⚧♿💜
ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org Ommer Draven (+$276 net today)⚒️🏳‍⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 1d
🪵 2026/10/04
Spent all morning cleaning and getting ready (plus being diverted on a few side quests) and the plastic is finally up.

I am wiped.
October 5, 2026 at 10:21 AM
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democracynow.org
“They took me and they threw me [like] a sheep to the back of a military Hummer. After, they made their dog attack me and bite me, and they hit me,” says Palestinian human rights defender Issa Amro, who was detained at a military base by Israeli soldiers for seven hours on Friday.
October 5, 2026 at 1:08 PM
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micheeel.bsky.social
I don’t know what to do…💔 🆘Mahmoud is dying before my eyes. The sepsis is worsening rapidly.

Sham is sick, in pain and crying, and needs her medications and an endoscopy. I’m crying now while Ariam, my daughter, is crying from hunger.

I’m broken… Please, save my family😭
chuffed.org/project/omshamm
A girl lying in bed crying A young girl, seated, crying, with her right hand on her face. Three sad girls sitting on a grey couch. The youngest in the middle is crying. Mahmoud asleep in a hospital bed with both his legs completely bandaged and stabilized with metal fixators
October 4, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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micheeel.bsky.social
💔 Please don’t scroll past Ahmed’s post. This is him today. His abdomen is open and covered with gauze, an IV is in his hand, and spots cover his face. He cries from the pain all day. He urgently needs surgery. We are terrified of losing him. Please help us save him. 🙏
chuffed.org/project/mahm...
October 3, 2026 at 12:39 PM
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micheeel.bsky.social
Om jameel:After losing her tent in the shelling,she faced a critical health crisis;she suffers from a loose heart valve&has now developed a hemorrhage& a uterine wall tear She needs $200 for her surgery to stop bleeding
The danger is extremely high
Return her to her kids😭
chuffed.org/project/1839...
Om Jameel in a hospital bed wearing a hospital gown. A hand is caressing her cheek. Her face is blurred. Om Jameel sitting on a mattress inside a tent with her five children. She's wearing a white patterned abaya Om Jameel resting in a hospital bed after her preliminary surgery
October 3, 2026 at 12:22 PM
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midnight0wl.bsky.social
our action matters.
consistent support & visibility are vital to keeping people safe.

whatever we can do makes a difference.

step up & choose to be a lifeline -
people are worth every effort. 💞

tinyurl.com/4fhz85n7
October 3, 2026 at 11:37 AM
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h-hf.bsky.social
💔 Her father passed away, and she was born with a cleft lip, preventing her from breastfeeding normally.

Baby Amal urgently needs reconstructive surgery to restore her smile and her life.

Your donation or sharing of this post could save her life and ease her grieving 👇

spot.fund/HopeForAmal
September 30, 2026 at 7:38 PM
alexvrykolakas.bsky.social
Sam Altman should consider he’a a part of the world, and bad things can be focused on specific parts of
October 5, 2026 at 10:19 AM
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lizardry.bsky.social
If your child were in my child Omar's place... would you leave him to face the pain alone?

I am appealing to you with a heavy heart; my child Omar is suffering from severe malnutrition
Every time he tried to walk, he fell to the ground
He is innocent Please don't let him down
tinyurl.com/4rdnwyzx
Omar sitting in a bucket of water as his mother Soad feeds him crackers. Black text between them reads 🚨 URGENT 🚨 Please Read ❤️ Help Soad and Omar
October 3, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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riveroceansea.bsky.social
Will
Die
With
No
Helps
Please
Helps
Me
October 3, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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micheeel.bsky.social
Imagine your child crying from hunger—what would you do?😭💔
My dream is for someone to sponsor a monthly meal for my young orphans. My husband was killed in the war, and I have no one to support my children. Please donate and share.🙏😔
Please, do not leave us alone.🙏
✅molly shah
gofund.me/8db2db8db
September 30, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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gavinyamey.bsky.social
MAGA stealing funds meant for scientific research…
October 3, 2026 at 2:42 PM
alexvrykolakas.bsky.social
Reinstalled Skyrim and the Forsworn are so weirdly written. They feel like a halfhearted attempt to deconstruct colonial narratives around indigenous populations that cast the locals as “other”, but we (the players) experience the Forsworn’s indiscriminate violence firsthand.
October 3, 2026 at 2:55 PM
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micheeel.bsky.social
💔 Please don’t scroll past Ahmed’s post. This is him today. His abdomen is open and covered with gauze, an IV is in his hand, and spots cover his face. He cries from the pain all day. He urgently needs surgery. We are terrified of losing him. Please help us save him. 🙏
chuffed.org/project/mahm...
October 2, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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micheeel.bsky.social
🆘 I am carrying my family on my shoulders, and I feel myself breaking.

Mahmoud is fighting a life-threatening infection,

Sham is sick,

Umm Mahmoud needs medication,

and my daughters are hungry.

Please, don’t leave my family to die😭
Your support today is life for us💔

chuffed.org/project/omsh...
Three girls sitting on a grey couch, looking sad. The youngest one in the middle is crying. Mahmoud sleeping in a hospital bed, with both his legs completely bandaged and stabilized with metal fixators A young girl asleep on a hospital bed with a nebulizer device covering her nose and mouth. She has an IV access on her right forearm. An old person sitting on a grey couch, in front of a document which may be a medical order. Her face is out of the picture.
October 2, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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dieselbrain.bsky.social
FA is being very up front about both the cost of hosting the site [it aint cheap] and how advertisers theyd been relying on prior are pushing all the same puritan bullshit weve been seeing other platforms push

FA is one of very few Old Internet spaces around. Support em while we CAN
October 2, 2026 at 11:27 PM
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carabinacitron.eurosky.social
Samaa and her children in Gaza live between fear, hunger, and bombardment every single day.
she tries to protect them while struggling to provide even the most basic needs.
Any donation — even a small one — can make a real difference for them. 🙏💔
chuffed.org/project/1575...
Julia in the ruins oh her famiuly's house Samaa and Julia in the ruins of their home Samaa and julia outside in the sun Julia gives baby Talia a cuddle
October 1, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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thejaklife.bsky.social
Imagine holding your own child as his last drop of sight fades forever. Gaza’s cruel reality stole Elias’s first eye, and now his final spark of light is dying.We are helpless,penniless, and broken.On my knees,I beg you:please save my little boy.

Verified by: molly shah

chuffed.org/project/196611
September 27, 2026 at 8:16 PM
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riveroceansea.bsky.social
This be what I is overdraw friend who pay for my surgery take it back paypal will not do anything about it they did not send me to friend and family they send me like they buy something from me they did not buy nothing from me this same friend who took back moving money they lie on me to paypal
October 2, 2026 at 4:57 PM
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micheeel.bsky.social
🆘 MY CAMPAIGN IS AT ZERO 🆘 My little daughter is very sick and getting weaker every day 😭 I’m caring for 4 children and struggling to provide what they need My 6 month old baby needs milk and diapers 🍼 Please help my family survive 💔 10 people × €20 = €200 🙏
chuffed.org/project/2045...
A collage of 4 photos. Top left: two boys holding a sheet of paper with handwriting "please brother Francis help my mother" Top right: a sleeping girl face covered with little red spots next to a crying emoji 😭 Bottom left: Alaa standing at the entrance of her tent with her two sons and daughter Bottom right: Alaa holding her daughter in her arms with her two sons standing by her in the rain A newborn baby in a white blanket with her eyes open
October 2, 2026 at 10:29 AM
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jamesstout.bsky.social
Also Biden pioneered outdoor detention which was incredibly cruel and deadly for migrants and his party didn’t push back or even mention it in most cases.
reichlinmelnick.bsky.social Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4d
Similarly, people keep asking me if immigration will get much better if Democrats retake Congress and the answer is "probably not." ICE is largely insulated from Congressional pushback (the 2026 budget reconciliation bill funded them through 2029) and hearings and subpoenas can only do so much.
mattgertz.bsky.social Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 4d
They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage.

To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
October 2, 2026 at 2:33 PM
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micheeel.bsky.social
🚨 Will you leave Mahmoud until he loses his legs? 💔

Sepsis is spreading through his body, his life is at risk, and he now faces the danger of losing his legs.

He is a father, and his dream is to stay alive and hold his daughters, not lose his legs before their eyes. 🆘😭

chuffed.org/project/omsh...
Selfie of Mahmoud on his hospital bed, wearing a hospital gown with an IV access on his left hand Mahmoud asleep in a hospital bed with both his legs completely bandaged and stabilized with metal fixators Three sad girls on a grey couch. The youngest one in the middle is crying A young girl sitting on a couch, crying, with her right hand covering her face
October 1, 2026 at 11:09 PM
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thenewyorkmanga.bsky.social
Please help by giving what you can or pass around...
micheeel.bsky.social Micheeel @micheeel.bsky.social · 7d
The genocide continues, and our situation is extremely bad. We lost our source of income and everything we own. 3 years without income in Gaza is unbearable. Even $5 makes a difference for food, clothing, treatment, and education. Please help my family 🫂🧡
Vetted by Molly Shah ✅
tinyurl.com/2etna36k
A collage of three photos of Ziyad for his first day of school. With a black backpack and a blue shirt on the first two photos. And accompanied by his sister in the last picture.
September 29, 2026 at 3:28 AM
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jenniekermode.bsky.social
Mahmoud is struggling to afford medicine and dressings for little Ahmed, who has a serious skin disease. Specialist help is unavailable in #Gaza so the family is desperately trying to keep him alive at home. They also need food. Can you help? chuffed.org/project/1905... 🍉
A small Palestinian boy lies on cushions. There is a canula attached to a tube going into his bandaged right wrist, he has injuries on his face and an elastplast on his chin. His eyes are bruised from crying.
September 29, 2026 at 6:58 PM