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Jonathan Tranter @jonathantranter.bsky.social · 5h

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El-Fasher attack: Thirteen killed as hospital shelled in besieged Sudan city, BBC told

A group of Sudanese medics says the latest attack on el-Fasher is a war crime.

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Jill Blake @biscuitkitten.bsky.social · 1d

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 23h

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

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Gwyneth Lonergan @drglonergan.bsky.social · 1d

This is tonight! Last chance to register!

Gwyneth Lonergan @drglonergan.bsky.social · Sep 3

I'm very excited to share that the next SSAHE webinar will be a celebration of my new book - Borders, Citizenship, and Pregnancy - and of Bordering Social Reproduction by Rachel Rosen and Eve Dickson. Please register and join us online, 9 October, at 5pm #AcademicSky

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Next webinar: Bordering/Mothering, 9 October

Register on EventBrite to receive a Zoom link. In this event, we will celebrate two new books by SSAHE members: Bordering social reproduction: Migrant mothers and children making lives in the …

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 2d

1. On political gaslighting. Yesterday Jenrick defended his comments on Handsworth by lashing out at 2 pieces of work I was centrally involved with to imply it's people like me who are divisive, not him...

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 1d

"Among the estimated total population of Gaza, this is equivalent to more than 54,600 children up to six years old who need emergency nutrition and medical care, including 12,800 severely wasted children, the researchers said."

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Almost 55,000 children in Gaza acutely malnourished, Lancet study estimates

Study shows clear link between Israeli restrictions on aid entering Gaza and levels of malnutrition among children

www.theguardian.com

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Na'amod @naamoduk.bsky.social · 3d

On the eve of Sukkot and the 2nd anniversary of October 7th, we pause to mourn and share in the pain of the family and friends of those murdered and taken hostage two years ago in the Hamas-led attacks, some of whom have still not returned home.

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 8d

1. "Boriswave" is an invention of the online extreme right.
2. Those people came here legally, paying huge fees to do so, to fill essential roles.
3. They won't get ILR unless they apply, jump through hoops, & pay more fees.
4. The Times is reporting on them as a criminal burden on society.

Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 8d

The Times finds it "unacceptable" that people who came here legally in 2021 and have been living and working here since should allowed to stay.

The sad decline of a once great newspaper into ignorant xenophobia and casual racism

archive.ph/TFZY9

There is a more pressing issue. Ministers must ensure that the vast numbers of immigrants who arrived in the so-called Boriswave of 2020-21 are not automatically absorbed into the permanent population. They are about to cross the the five-year threshold into ILR, yet Labour continues to dither. Ms Mahmood must freeze the status of this huge cohort while a new residency regime is finalised. A million or more extra permanent residents in these islands, let in on the nod, is simply unacceptable. Finally, the home secretary must acquaint herself, and the public, with an accurate estimate of the actual number of foreign nationals living here, what taxes they pay and what services they consume. Without hard data, all the political parties are fumbling around in the dark.

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 8d

Israel has just arrested Greta Thunberg and many others.

Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:

“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 8d

Close to 65k watching the livefeed from the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Gaza.

Israel seems to be intercepting right now.

All eyes needed.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...

24/7 LIVESTREAM OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA

YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla

www.youtube.com

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Gwyneth Lonergan @drglonergan.bsky.social · 8d

RIP

Jane Goodall Institute of Canada @janegoodallcan.bsky.social · 8d

The Jane Goodall Institute of Canada has learned this morning, Wednesday, October 1st, 2025, that Dr. Jane Goodall DBE, UN Messenger of Peace and Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, has passed away due to natural causes.

She was in California as part of her speaking tour in the United States.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 8d

UPDATE: Live feeds from several Global Sumud Flotilla ships are now *dropping* as several sources indicate Israeli ships are approaching the flotilla

The flotilla is carrying 500 volunteers from 45+ countries trying to break Israel's siege of Gaza & aid starving Palestinians

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Gwyneth Lonergan @drglonergan.bsky.social · 10d

Anyway, for more on why immigration controls are a massive reproductive justice issue, sign up for my joint book launch with Rachel Rosen & Eve Dickson

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/borderingm...

Bordering/mothering online book launch

Launching Bordering social reproduction by Rachel Rosen + Eve Dickson, and Borders, Citizenship, + Pregnancy by Gwyneth Lonergan.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Gwyneth Lonergan @drglonergan.bsky.social · 10d

Only the migrants who can have children while meeting these conditions can be trusted to produce the next generation of self-actualising, autonomous UK citizens.

But seriously, during the research for my book, I spoke to a few women who planned their pregnancies around visa requirements.

Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 10d

Among other things this looks like it makes prospective immigrants choose between coming to Britain and having a family. That really does seem like an experiment on the UK economy that hasn't gone through any institutional review board.

Paul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social · 10d

Mahmood says she will introduce new conditions for indefinite leave to remain:

Lived here 10 years not 5
Being in work
Not taking a penny in benefits
No criminal record
Giving back to community eg volunteering

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Polly Pallister-Wilkins @pollypw.bsky.social · 11d

So Israel is classifying Plumpy'Nut as a luxury...

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11d

UN: “Kids dying of starvation… what we give them is a peanut butter paste. We’ve been told we can’t bring that in because it’s a luxury.”

AMANPOUR: “Seriously?”

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Rishita "Department of Error" Nandagiri @rishie.bsky.social · 11d

"But it’s not just abortion, it is part of a larger anti-rights issue"

Reform has seen a few anti-abortion folks join them, but this broader anti-rights ideology includes racist, anti-immigration, anti-trans, anti-LGBTQI approaches and actions. 1/

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Reform ‘proudly embracing’ anti-abortion politics, experts warn

Campaigners accuse party of ‘fast becoming the political refuge for anti-abortion hardliners’

www.independent.co.uk

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 11d

They were a child, that's been confirmed for hours and as of 16:52 BBC still hasn't updated.
Nobody, absolutely nobody, risks a child's life crossing one of the world's busiest shipping routes if they see a genuine alternative. Labour needs to provide safety alternatives
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Another person dies trying to cross English Channel

Almost 900 migrants are thought to have crossed the Channel on Saturday

Simon Jones and Adam Hale

28 September 2025, 12:59 BST

Updated 2 hours ago

Another person has become the latest migrant to die while trying to cross the English Channel, amid a surge in illegal crossing attempts this weekend.

The body was found on Sunday morning on a beach near Boulogne-sur-Mer in northern France, according to the AFP news agency, with their age and nationality not yet known.

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Gwyneth Lonergan @drglonergan.bsky.social · 11d

So, basically, you have to work all the hours God sends to pay thousands and thousands of pounds in visa fees, and the health surcharge, etc.... and then find MORE hours for volunteering.

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 11d

*wanking motion*

MIGRANTS will have to carry out community work or volunteering to qualify to permanently remain in the UK, according to the Home Secretary.

Shabana Mahmood has indicated that she is looking to toughen up the rules around claiming indefinite leave to remain (ILR) in Britain.

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Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · 12d

The deliberate asylum claim back log and it’s many pernicious effects

www.thenational.scot/news/2549876...

'Crazy': Home Office leaves Syrian family 'in the dark' on asylum claim for two years

A SYRIAN family was left for nearly two years without any update from the Home Office on their asylum claims, The Sunday National has been told ...

www.thenational.scot

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Sana Bég @sana.msf.ca · 13d

🚨 MSF FORCED TO SUSPEND ACTIVITIES IN GAZA CITY 🚨

Our clinics are now encircled by Israeli forces.

There are continued airstrikes & tanks advancing closer & closer to our healthcare facilities.

This is an intolerable level of risk for our @msf.ca staff.

I am outraged, and you should be, too.

Palestine: MSF forced to suspend activities amid intensified Israeli offensive in Gaza City | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...

The relentless Israeli offensive in Gaza City has forced Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to suspend essential medical activities in the area due to the rapidly deteriorating sec...

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Ruth Holliday @ruthholliday.bsky.social · 13d

Will the contract for ID cards be going to Palentir I wonder? To put our data into the hands of Peter Thiel so he can increase his ££$billions?

How much will that cost the taxpayer (when we could be spending money on youth clubs to stop young people becoming tribal and stabbing each other)?

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 13d

Confirmed: Assata Shakur has joined the ancestors.

cubaminrex.cu/es/nota-de-p...

Nota de Prensa del Ministerio Relaciones Exteriores

Nota de Prensa del Ministerio Relaciones Exteriores El 25 de septiembre de 2025 falleció en La Habana, Cuba, la ciudadana estadounidense Joanne Deborah Byron, "Assata Shakur", como consecuencia de pa...

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Gwyneth Lonergan @drglonergan.bsky.social · 14d

Anyway, it's a good thing I never got around to shredding all of the documents proving residency for every month of the last two decades, and if this policy goes through, you should definitely start collecting that info too, even if you were born here and have never even left for a holiday.

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Gwyneth Lonergan @drglonergan.bsky.social · 14d

I was chatting to the registrar after my citizenship ceremony last year, and she asked if *I* had heard anything about the e-visas replacing BRPs. I showed her the emails I had gotten from the Home Office. She knew it was coming, and would affect her job, but had received no further information.

Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 14d

Ok. They’ve pissed me off.

I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards:

1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 14d

Seems like a good time to remind people that Canada Post will deliver any piece of mail to federal elected officials for FREE.

No stamp necessary!

Just a reminder in case you, oh I dunno, wanna send your elected officials a sternly worded letter a day for a year or something.

Liberal government frees Canada Post to end home delivery, close some post offices | CBC News

With Canada Post on track to lose $1.5 billion in 2025 and contract discussions between the union and the corporation stalled, the federal government is embarking on a modernization plan it says will ...

www.cbc.ca

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Dr. T. Flo @tnflorvil.bsky.social · 15d

Remembering the black history of Weimar Berlin: www.the-berliner.com/politics/bla...

Remembering the black history of Weimar Berlin - The Berliner

Three Cameroonian Berliners from a century ago were key figures in Berlin's black history, remembered for their fight for self-determination.

www.the-berliner.com

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