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Cake day: July 15th, 2024

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  • Aysenur Ezgi Eygi was taking part in a protest against Jewish settlement expansion in the town of Beita, in the occupied West Bank
    Jewish-Israeli activist Jonathan Pollak, who was at the protest, told BBC World Service’s Newshour programme he had seen “soldiers on the rooftop aiming”.
    He said he had heard two separate shots, “with like a second or two distance between them”.
    "I looked up, there was a clear line of sight between the soldiers and where we were.

    In a statement, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said: "During Israeli security forces activity adjacent to the area of Beita, the forces responded with fire toward a main instigator of violent activity who hurled rocks at the forces and posed a threat to them.

    Damn, she must have been quite strong, to be able to hurl rocks at snipers on a rooftop.














  • I hosted an art gallery / techno party at a non-profit organisation I volunteer for. It’s a club for alternative cultural events everyone can afford. We’re talking 5€ at the door and 1,50€ for a beer, at a 10 hour event with multiple DJs and life bands.
    It took 4 weeks of preparation to create a concept, book artists, DJs, techs, a caterer etc.
    On Friday after work I drove to the club to prepare it.
    We built a video installation, mounted a free-standing vertical canvas to practice graffitti, hung 20 artworks, tested sound and light equipment, etc.
    I was back home at midnight.

    On Saturday I drove back at noon to finish preparations, then ran the show, which went from 6pm to 4am the next morning.
    I was back home at 9am, after working 37h on a weekend.

    It was the first time I did any of this, and since my partner was sick, I was doing most of it alone. One of the most exhausting weekends of my life.
    But twice as many people showed up as expected, and it was a complete success.
    Even though an art exhibit doesn’t exactly fit our usual 18-24 year old audience.