A few months ago in January, I posted on this sub when Google updated the images to early November 2023. The damage was extensive, but I was definitely cherry-picking the worst areas. Now there are images available from 13 months later, and the scale of destruction is almost incomprehensible. Entire villages have been wiped off the map. In the Netzarim Corridor, there are entire square miles without a single standing building. Just vast networks of damaged roads which lead only to dunes of rubble. It’s more than destruction, it’s utter razing.

The majority of these are from northern Gaza (Jabalia, Beit Lahia, Beit Hanoun, Gaza City) and the Netzarim Corridor, except for the village of Khuza’a which is in the southeast where the Gazan border juts out. I included a more zoomed out version of the photo of Mughraqa since the damage in the Netzarim Corridor was particularly extensive. In the south, images are only available from June 2024 which is before the large scale demolitions in

Wassup, comrades? I used to post on here constantly. Then I very consciously took a break because I thought it would be good for me. Removing some internet stimuli from my life brought me some peace I hadn't felt in many years. More importantly, since I had some extra time on my hands I went ahead and organized a union. We won our certification vote yesterday.

There was a little more to it. Some people at other worksites had already started the campaign, but as soon as someone approached me about I jumped in all the way. It's the coolest thing I've done in years.

I just wanted to remind you all that working class organizing cuts through a lot of bullshit and it's good for the soul. I'm sure all run into frustrations with this project, but at least it's real.

If you're looking for direction for your political energy, the AFL-CIO organizing institute is something to look into. I went into the program a long time ago (decades ago). They gave me a little training and gave me a list of

Took a much needed day away from as much as possible. Burned off for a local beach along the Gulf of Mexico with my two tweenagers. Not much surf to speak of today but i don't surf anymore, so not that much of a deal. Found a nice flat spot, we brought out boogie boards, a wood skimboard and a Zap board and just goofed off in less than 2" of water almost all day. Didn't go out much past the knees/mid thigh though. Calmer days like today the sharks come closer to shore and we are multiple miles from city proper here. Built sand castles, dug holes, watched minnows in the foreshore, saw redfish swimming in the breakers, cleaned up some flotsam, ate a picnic lunch under a sun shade ..

All around just a great day and I'm thankful for it.

A couple months ago I posted about finally getting a interview, and today they called me back with an offer! I'm finally gonna be employed!