Swara A.S. ☀️🍉🌊🧿

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He/Him, Data Waterbender. 🇮🇶🇬🇧🇺🇸Kurdish Muslim. 🍅 approved critic. Words @ The Nerds of Color, But Why Tho?, io9, The New Arab, Nerdist. Host of The Middle Geeks Podcast. Views do not represent my employer. Pic by SangledHere https://www.swarasalih.com/

A Palestinian father has opened an indoor play centre in Gaza to give children a sense of normality as they continue to endure near-daily Israeli attacks, with free entry for families who cannot afford to pay.

My dear friend Tasneem and her family lost their home and their livelihood in the Gaza attacks and now rely on our direct donations to survive. This is the case for the many thousands of displaced Gazans. Please give to Tasneem. No amount is too small. 🙏 chuffed.org/project/1587...

Tasneem's youngest daughter, Alma.

STOP. 🙏🏻 Please You are my hope 💔 My mother is struggling with severe eye problems and losing her sight My phone the only way I share her story and ask for help is now broken I’m trying to keep my family going Even $10 can help save a family’s life chuffed.org/project/help... Can you donate? ❓

Selfie of Amir holding a phone with a shattered screen. He looks very saddened by the situation.Amir's mother sleeping on a hospital bed. She's wearing a patch on her right eye. An IV drip is hanging above her head and is connected to her right wrist.

NEWS: Comic anthology You Are On Native Land--A Charity Comic for Indigenous Rights arrives in Sept. from Mad Cave! Feat. work by creators including Jon Proudstar, Steph Littlebird, Gord Hill, Honni David, many more, 100% of proceeds will be donated to Not Our Native Daughters. More: bit.ly/4cXO5OZ

Cover art for You Are On Native Land, comic anthology featuring the work of Native and Indigenous creators including Gord Hill, Steph Littlebird, Jon Proudstar, and many more. A group of Native women face the viewer, with red handprints across their mouths, looking fierce and powerful in their street and work clothes. Other text states: A Charity Comic for Indigenous Rights. 100% of proceeds will be donated to Not Our Native Daughters. Available September 15, 2026. Logos for Not Our Native Daughters and Mad Cave at the bottom.

My family in Gaza is pleading for help 💔 We’ve been left homeless, and our tent has been torn apart by the rain again and again… Our only dream is to get a new tent to protect us from the cold. It costs just $100. 🙏 help us rebuild a small piece of hope. RT & D0nate 🙏 chuffed.org/project/nabil