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From the Freedom Flotilla, April 27 2024:

On Thursday afternoon, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition was contacted by the Guinea Bissau International Ships Registry (GBISR), requesting an inspection of our lead ship – Akdenez. This was a highly unusual request as our ship had already passed all required inspections; nevertheless, we agreed. The inspector arrived on Thursday evening. On Friday afternoon, before the inspection was completed, the GBISR, in a blatantly political move, informed the Freedom Flotilla Coalition that it had withdrawn the Guinea Bissau flag from two of the Freedom Flotilla’s ships, one of which is our cargo ship, already loaded with over 5000 tons of life-saving aid for the Palestinians of Gaza. In its communication informing us of this cancelation, the GBISR made specific reference to our planned mission to Gaza. It also made several extraordinary requests for information, including confirmation of the ships’ destination, any potential additional port calls, and the discharge port for humanitarian aid and estimated arrival dates and times. It further demanded a formal letter explicitly approving the transportation of humanitarian aid and a complete manifest of the cargo. Again, this is a highly unusual move from a flagging authority. Normally, national flagging authorities concern themselves only with safety and related standards on vessels bearing their flag, and are not concerned with the destination, route, cargo manifests or the nature of a specific voyage. Just like when you register your car, the authorities don’t require you to detail to them every place you are going to go with the car. Sadly, Guinea-Bissau has allowed itself to become complicit in Israel’s deliberate starvation, illegal siege and genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. Israel is showing the world the extent to which it will go to deny Palestinians the aid they need to stay alive, in direct contravention of International Humanitarian Law, UN Security Council resolutions, and two orders of the International Court of Justice. [...] without a flag, we cannot sail. But, this is not the end. Israel cannot and will not crush our resolve to break its illegal siege and reach the people of Gaza. The people of Gaza and all of Palestine remain steadfast under the most horrific, unimaginable conditions. We take strength from their incredible, inexplicable ability to maintain their humanity, dignity and hope when the world has given them no reason to do so. It is our responsibility to keep that hope alive. WE WILL SAIL.

The Freedom Flotilla, which was set to depart from Turkey on the 27th of April with 5000 tons of life-saving aid, has now been delayed because Israel and the United States has pressured Guinea Bissau to withdraw its flag from the Flotilla's lead ship.

Seeing as how their tactics worked on Guinea Bissau, organizers now fear that Israel and the US will exert the same pressure on whichever country the Freedom Flotilla attempt to register their ship under next.

To help the Freedom Flotilla reach Gaza, please keep an eye out for further updates from the organizers. Right now, as of April 27th, they're asking people to help boost their visibility, and to donate to their member campaigns.

For more info, see their webpage.

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Dungeon Meshi risograph! This show... it makes me hungry

Prints available!

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The Beast that Bothers

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An illustration of Richeh that Shirahama posted to her twitter today. Also, a doodle of Tetia which I had missed previously!

First Image [ID: A coloured illustration of Richeh. She is sat on a rock in water, holding out a stick and watching calmly as Brushbug (who is wrapped around the other end of the stick) reaches his tiny hands towards a small red fruit floating in the water, trying to grab it. END ID]

Second Image [ID: A photo of a simple line illustration on grey paper. The illustration is of Tetia, holding a larger-than life branch of blossoms in her arms. The illustration is finished with white ink highlights. Below the paper there are glass vessels and a dip pen, along with black ink used in the illustration. END ID]

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when i struggled with compositions i made a bunch of doodles. i liked how they turned out :]

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The Burning Bridge

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Dockyard Quarter ☛ Alexandria Hypatia's Apartment DISHONORED 2 (2016) ◈ 12 / ∞

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falin ✦

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i wanted to draw falin again after yesterday's ep 😭

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this gif [source] has absolutely been killing me. stomps on you to death. breasts boobily

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Curse you (affectionately) Taliesin Jaffe for having another character write a "when i die" letter that ends up getting read out even though that character survived!!!! killed me with Percy, now killing me with Leo

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Sometimes a family is a tiny medium and her three dads XD

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I love that half of this circle has, like, actual jobs that they're missing because of their work for Candela and have to deal with the consequences of that absence, regardless of how pointless it feels in the face of the phenomena they've been facing. Finally, representation for those of us who have to show up to a more-or-less tedious desk job while it feels like the fabric of reality itself is crumbling.