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Sapinuwa @sapinuwa.bsky.social · 13h

Hey, is this a mongoose on the edge of the wonderful "unswept floor" mosaic of Vatican?😍🏺

Mosaic showing random pieces of leftover food and trash on a white floor, the edge has a "Nilotic" theme with lotuses birds and a mongoose (?)

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15h

"a test"? you mean...a violation?

AP: Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages, a test for the Gaza ceasefire

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 14h

Dr Assal Rad—

"Weird, we were told Israel wasn’t blocking aid…

"Not only did @nytimes.com repeat Israeli claims, even now their headline fails to mention who 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 aid."

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Yoïn van Spijk @yvanspijk.bsky.social · 1d

The word 'word' is etymologically related to the word 'verb'.

'Word' was inherited from Proto-Germanic.

'Verb', on the other hand, was borrowed from Latin 'verbum', which also simply meant "word".

They have a common Proto-Indo-European ancestor.

Zoom in on my new infographic to learn more:

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Калоян Доганов @doganov.bsky.social · 16h

In the book Judas is Jesus' closest friend. So he is the only one who can be given the task of "betrayal" and he does it with great distress. Therefore the kiss in the Garden of Gethsemane is genuine – two intimate souls parting with each other tenderly.

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Калоян Доганов @doganov.bsky.social · 16h

That's a good one, but it is not that unhinged. It's basically the plot of "The Last Temptation".

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 22h

IDF shot and killed several Palestinians this morning, claiming the deceased engaged in a violation of the truce

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 2d

Dr Assal Rad—

"This is how you do a front page story."

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 23h

A grave violation of international laws concerning the treatment of prisoners and against the use of torture.

Dr Stephanie Dowrick @drstephaniedowrick.bsky.social · 1d

This is what UNBEARABLE agony looks like.
Who knows for what reason this poor man was taken hostage - along with 1000s of other Palestinians - but we can easily imagine how his torment is compounded on learning that his wife and CHILDREN were murdered by the same brute forces that held him captive.

Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 1d

Mosab Abu Toha—

"A Palestinian hostage who’s just been released was told his wife and children were slaughtered by Israel while he was held hostage.

"His youngest daughter was turning two years old on Oct 18, in five days.

"You will not see this story on CNN, BBC, NYT, WP, or other MSM outlets."

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Grace Blakeley @graceblakeley.substack.com · 1d

One thing is clear: renewables don’t fit within the political economy of neoliberal capitalism.

We have to choose between the profits of oil producers, and the health and prosperity of entire societies. But our politicians
care more about the former than the latter.
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How the rich world lost the race to renewable energy

Renewables are booming in the global South – but vested interests and corrupt governments are blocking progress in the global North.

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 1d

“No Kings” is great , but we really don't get a functioning democracy back until we internalize, bone deep, the instinctive response to this and every other statement like it: “I don’t care what that rich guy thinks.”

Make it your morning affirmation. Say it ten times at the top of every hour.

The Independent @the-independent.com · 1d

Elon Musk calls for US troops to be sent to San Francisco for war on drugs: ‘It’s the only solution’

Musk demands US troops be sent to San Francisco for war on drugs

www.independent.co.uk

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T. @smolcitrusfr.bsky.social · 1d

yeah it’s so funny 🙃
confessing war crimes much

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

“I swear to God, they didn’t feed us. They beat us while we were naked day and night.

Until our last day, they cut us and hit us and abused us. We endured every kind of torture, emotional and physical.

We couldn’t even sleep. They told me they killed my children.”

- released Palestinian prisoner

Palestinian prisoner Shadi Abu Seed has given a harrowing account of life inside an Israeli prison after his release as part of the ceasefire deal.

“I went hungry for the past two years. I swear to God, they didn’t feed us. They kept us naked. They beat us while we were naked day and night. We were tortured,” Abu Seed said.

“Until our last day in Israeli prison, they cut us and hit us and abused us. We endured every kind of torture, emotional and physical.

“We couldn’t even sleep. They threatened us with our children. They told me they killed my children. They told us that Gaza was destroyed. I arrived here and found that everything was gone. It looked like the end of the world. Everything is different.”

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T. @smolcitrusfr.bsky.social · 1d

No excuses left now for continuing the genocide of the Palestinians.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 1d

Hamas releases final 13 living hostages on.ft.com/4mY068L

Hamas releases final 13 living hostages

Milestone comes as Donald Trump prepares to address Knesset

on.ft.com

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Калоян Доганов @doganov.bsky.social · 2d

Help displaced families in Palestine
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Helping Displaced families in Palestine

All donations are being sent to a displaced Camp resident who buys food, fuel, medicine, and other supplies directly on the ground in Gaza. He distributes the supplies to people living in Nuseirat Cam...

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 2d

This is how we win.

Solidarity and community are the only way out now.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

People are spontaneously posting up near any laborers or street vendors they spot. Just saw a rapid responder guarding a man working on a building exterior. Many things are terrible today but lord, this stuff matters.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

There are a tremendous number of ICE watchers out in Rogers Park this afternoon after some early morning abductions.

People are guarding churches and patrolling alleyways. Ran into Alderperson Hadden. First timers tell us they're primed and ready to use their whistles.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 2d

Sources say the 28-year-old was killed by members of Israel-linked 'militia' fighting Hamas in the Sabra neighbourhood.

Palestinian journalist Saleh Aljafarawi shot dead in Gaza City clashes

Sources say the 28-year-old was killed by members of Israel-linked 'militia' fighting Hamas in the Sabra neighbourhood.

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Clare Griffin @balalaichnitsa.bsky.social · 2d

Very glad to finally see

Exoticizing Consumption: European Drug Cultures, 1670-1740

Featuring a chapter by yours truly, make its way into the world

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Exoticizing Consumption - University of Pittsburgh Press

|9780822948704|European Drug Cultures, 1670-1740|Exotic drugs and spices, from tea to opium, were among the first fruits of European commercial expansion in the sixteenth century. By the eighteenth, m...

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Калоян Доганов @doganov.bsky.social · 3d

Ей, верно не го чета.

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alamkara @alamkara.bsky.social · 3d

is anyone surprised at this point? Israel has squandered all the good will it held with the world. despicable villainy

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 4d

Video shows rescuers pulling a Palestinian boy from the rubble of his home in Gaza City. Israeli forces attacked the house on Thursday after the approval of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas.

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T. @smolcitrusfr.bsky.social · 3d

she did say worse stuff even

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T. @smolcitrusfr.bsky.social · 3d

“Fascism is pretty much capitalism in decay.
When liberals have to choose between enabling fascism or supporting socialism, they will always choose enabling fascism because it doesn’t threaten their capitalist interests while socialism does.”

So yeah, being a liberal is kind of being a fascist 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Sapinuwa @sapinuwa.bsky.social · 3d

Funny and sad but true: If I weren't working in a state hospital I wouldn't be able to see any of these. Schengen visa applications of Turkish citizens with regular passports are often rejected.😢

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Калоян Доганов @doganov.bsky.social · 4d

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When Maria Corina Machado Wins the Nobel Peace Prize, “Peace” Has Lost Its Meaning.

When Maria Corina Machado Wins the Nobel Peace Prize, “Peace” Has Lost Its Meaning. By: Michelle Ellner

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alamkara @alamkara.bsky.social · 4d

нацистката кръв вода не става

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