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First NC Black-Owned Children’s Bookstore Forced to Move

Duane Miller, Victoria Scott-Miller, and their two sons.
Duane Miller, Victoria Scott-Miller, and their two sons. 
Photo: Facebook/Liberation Station Bookstore

The first Black-owned children’s bookstore in North Carolina was forced to close their downtown Raleigh location after the owners received a barrage of threats spanning back months.

The Liberation Station Bookstore was started by Victoria Scott-Miller and her husband, Duane Miller, with a simple mission in mind — to find books by Black authors that would resonate with their two young Black sons. “Our criteria was to find Black authors illustrators and stories that weren’t based in trauma,” Scott-Miller told CBS 17.

Source: First NC Black-Owned Children’s Bookstore Forced to Move

The Guardian view on the IDF’s killing of aid workers: a grim milestone in Gaza | Editorial | The Guardian

…The deaths of the innocent are happening in this war again and again and again. Death on this scale cannot be written off as a series of unfortunate accidents. It is a choice in a conflict that far exceeds any reasonable attempt to pursue those responsible for the Hamas attack on 7 October.

Asking Israel to investigate these deaths, as the UK has done, is absurd given Israel’s history of obfuscation in such cases and avoidance of accountability. (It is banning Al Jazeera under a new law allowing ministers to shut down foreign media organisations.) It is uncomfortable to dwell on foreign lives lost when thousands of Palestinian deaths have received little scrutiny, but the destruction of the relief system is killing many more. Aid ships have turned back in the wake of the attack. Israel wants to dismantle the Palestinian relief agency Unrwa, the only entity capable of responding at scale.

On the international front, Israel seems to have gambled that Iran, and its “axis of resistance”, are too weak to risk a broader confrontation, given its calibration to date. But Tehran will seek to re-establish deterrence and the supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, has already vowed revenge.

In the face of growing unpopularity at home, with tens of thousands of Israelis joining the families of hostages to demand his removal, Mr Netanyahu sees his best hope of survival as a forever war. Israel’s allies are increasingly reluctant to defend his actions, but they won’t stop them either. What would it take to turn US lamentation into action and stop Joe Biden greenlighting an $18bn deal for F-15 fighter jets? Where are the lines now? What will it take for Israel’s allies to say: no more – and show they mean it?

Source: The Guardian view on the IDF’s killing of aid workers: a grim milestone in Gaza | Editorial | The Guardian

Charities halt Gaza operations after Israeli drones kill aid workers | Gaza | The Guardian

The humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip seems likely to worsen after charities announced they are suspending operations in the territory in the aftermath of an Israeli drone attack which repeatedly targeted a clearly identified convoy of international aid workers, killing seven.

The strikes on a team from World Central Kitchen (WCK) led the charity – along with other aid organisations such as Anera, which assists refugees around the Middle East, and the US-based Project Hope, which focuses on healthcare – to announce on Tuesday that they would pause operations in Gaza to protect their staff.

Calling the decision an “unprecedented step”, Anera said that the killings, “alongside the loss of numerous other aid workers and their families, has led our team to conclude that delivering aid safely is no longer feasible”.

Source: Charities halt Gaza operations after Israeli drones kill aid workers | Gaza | The Guardian

(Me: Cease fire now and return hostages/prisoners)

Friday Fictioneers – The Flamenco Dance | Inside the Mind of Isadora

Friday Fictioneers – The Flamenco Dance

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“Por favor, Renaldo, can we stop all of this practicing? My feet are swollen, and my toes ache.”

“Esmeralda, we must practice if we’re going to win the competition.”

“It’s snowing, and I want to go home while I still can.”

“The Flamenco has to be perfect; no missteps. We must be flawless.” 

“Okay, go,” he snarled. 

“Work on your costume and return early tomorrow. No excuses.” 

Cautiously, Esmeralda walked to her car.

From behind, she heard a scream.

Immediately, she turned and saw Renaldo sitting on the icy concrete.

With a sheepish grin, she shouted, “No practice tomorrow … right?” 

2024©Isadora DeLaVega

***** If you’re not familiar with the Flamenco dance, watch this video .

Source: Friday Fictioneers – The Flamenco Dance | Inside the Mind of Isadora

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