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Calvin and Hobbes @calvin-and-hobbes.bsky.social · 18d

Sometimes silence is the best soundtrack for fall.
#CalvinandHobbes #AutumnVibes

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Amina Samee @aminasamee.bsky.social · 3h

Just when you thought your heart could not possibly break any more…

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 11h

Blair took us to war on a lie, a war that killed a million Iraqis & destabilised the entire region. And the reason he's now being touted for a role governing Gaza (and allowed to swan around the world making millions from dictators) is because there's been no accountability #GMB

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Amina Samee @aminasamee.bsky.social · 3h

Foil Arms and Hog - When Parents Forget Passwords!

When Parents Forget Passwords

YouTube video by Foil Arms and Hog

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Amina Samee @aminasamee.bsky.social · 7h

Finally got my new specs after 2 weeks of wearing broken glasses and disposable contact lenses ! I can see clearly now 🤓!

#grateful

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Amina Samee @aminasamee.bsky.social · 20h

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All the while illegal occupation continues, and another chapter of Israel’s violations is furtively closed without accountability not only for Israel, but for its sponsors.”

Amina Samee @aminasamee.bsky.social · 20h

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An Essential Read:

“If the ceasefire holds, this language is an augur of the future. One where there is no reckoning, no addressing of root causes. Only a hurtling into the imperatives of cleanings-up and workings-out.

While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik

Western leaders attending the Sharm el-Sheikh summit have enabled and sponsored this slaughter. They are in no position to build a Palestinian future, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

www.theguardian.com

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 1d

BBC News's Lyse Doucet, "After two years of sustained attacks on the infrastructure of Gaza"

"90% of the territory now lies in utter ruin"

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 1d

"Conversion therapy" is a polite name for something that isn’t conversion and isn’t therapy. It’s abuse.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 1d

BBC News reporting on Israel deliberating destroying Gaza infrastructure

Including a waste water treatment plant just before the ceasefire was announced, which legal experts say may be a war crime

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 1d

Full story:

www.thenational.scot/news/2553687...

The National's front page today: How genocide happened

THERE has been a sense of relief these past few days from Palestinians and their allies thanks to the long-awaited ceasefire agreement.

www.thenational.scot

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 1d

Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.

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Amina Samee @aminasamee.bsky.social · 22h

Me! It made me want to puke too and I’m Pakistani!

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 23h

“Me eating biryani [rice] with my hands is something that outrages Republican Congressmen.”

Zohran Mamdani and Mehdi discuss the dangerous and dehumanizing threats of denaturalization and deportation from the Right.

Watch: zeteo.com/p/exclusive-...

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 1d

"As a result, I know much more about Connolly now than I did before this campaign started.

Conversely, I know pretty much the same amount today as I did about Heather Humphreys’s life and values pre-campaign."

Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 1d

Catherine Connolly’s podcasts and viral moments V Heather Humphreys freezing under no pressure.

I wrote about the big differences between how the Irish presidential candidates communicate and connect.

#Aras25

Una Mullally: Heather Humphreys tells us she’s a people person. Catherine Connolly shows us

Connolly has appeared on several podcasts that appeal to younger audiences and the more candid format suits her

www.irishtimes.com

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 23h

If you're happy the 20 Israeli hostages are home (as I am) but silent on the 10,000 Palestinian hostages still languishing in Israeli prisons without charge or due process of law—then you'll have to stop pretending its hostage taking you were ever upset about.

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Amina Samee @aminasamee.bsky.social · 23h

Never have I felt the desire to curse on social media until now - what a complete and utter sycophantic as****e !!! I am so deeply ashamed of this.

Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 23h

Pakistan PM nominates Trump for Nobel peace prize at Gaza summit - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/pakistan-pm-nominates-trump-nobel-peace-prize-gaza-summit

Pakistan PM nominates Trump for Nobel peace prize at Gaza summit

<article data-history-node-id="430143" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/pakistan-pm-nominates-trump-nobel-peace-prize-gaza-summit" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/pakistan-pm-nominates-trump-nobel-peace-prize-gaza-summit" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Pakistan PM nominates Trump for Nobel peace prize at Gaza summit</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p style="margin-bottom:11px">Pakistani prime minister Shehbaz Sharif made an impromptu address at Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt and nominated US President Donald Trump live for the Nobel Peace Prize.</p> <p>Sharif said Trump deserved the Nobel prize for ending the recent war between India and Pakistan and Israel's genocide on Gaza</p> <p>It is the second time Sharif has nominated Trump for the prize. In June, he nominated the US president for helping de-escalate the India Pakistan war. The decision caused controversy in Pakistan and internationally.</p> </div> </div> </article>

www.middleeasteye.net

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 1d

Trump, speaking in the Israeli parliament, boasts about the weapons the U.S. has provided and says "you obviously used them very well."
An estimated 20,000 children have died in the war in Gaza.

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 1d

This is what presidential looks like.

Independent candidate for Irish president Catherine Connolly TD has always supported Carers & people with disabilities. She was one of only 2 TDs who supported us in the Care Referendum @catherineconnolly.bsky.social

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Amina Samee @aminasamee.bsky.social · 1d

😂 Indeed!

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Amina Samee @aminasamee.bsky.social · 1d

Catherine Connolly disturbs the supply chain by stocking up on Chicken Fillet and Tayto Sandwiches!

#SmearTheBejaysus
#SmearTheBejaysis

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Amina Samee @aminasamee.bsky.social · 1d

Catherine Connolly is NOT a fan of Traitors!

#SmearTheBejaysus
#SmearTheBejaysis

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Amina Samee @aminasamee.bsky.social · 1d

Catherine Connolly turns off the lights and pretends not to be at home when children ring the doorbell on Halloween.

#SmearTheBejaysus
#SmearTheBejaysis

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Dave Mathieson @tinydbass.bsky.social · 3d

Guy here in Galway told me that Catherine Connolly did this to his tin foil.

#Smearthebejaysus

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Alan Lawlor @alanlawlor.bsky.social · 2d

Catherine Connolly breeds seagulls and trains them how to rob sandwiches and chips, then releases them into Stephens Green
#smearTheBejaysus #speirgorm

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