Hāwane Rios Instagram – i’ve taken space from this space to pour directly into sustaining my ‘ohana saturating in therapy steady in prayer ever since instagram decided to give me a virtual slap on the wrist and punished me with threats of deleting my page i have not wanted to be here just like when someone treats you like shit for speaking your truth, this social media platform has gaslit and censored this entire community i want another online space already why even have freedoms of speech if we are going to be reprimanded every time we decide to show up and speak up for H U M A N I T Y i’ve always spoken my truth here i’ve always been me myself here in this space instagram and meta putting people who are posting on virtual ‘timeouts’ isn’t cute and also is very on brand someone told me they couldn’t even find my page last week instagram told me that i’m not going to show up on the for you page any more i’m still going to be here i am still here but not the same i don’t like or accept being given a scolding by the powers that be so i spend less and less time on this app because if instagram and meta were actual people we wouldn’t be sitting together at the same table it’s still from the river to the sea palestine will be free for me it’s still community led organizing for me it’s still prayerful action for me social media is one way to activate and it’s not the only way @hopoelehua & i have been working on something and will be announcing it soon. looking forward to sharing with you on some other pathways that we are creating to stay connected and stay empowered. i really love you all & i really love this planet ceasefire now sovereignty for all now