Fernando Medrano
@fmed.bsky.social
Intersections: art, politics, culture, tech, food, cities, sustainability, language. Vocations: videogames, 3D, product design. Avocations: cooking, baking, making, gardening, dogs. 🇨🇦🇵🇭 Vancouver BC
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After years spent documenting state terror, I know it when I see it. And I see it now in the US and Israel | Janine di Giovanni
After years spent documenting state terror, I know it when I see it. And I see it now in the US and Israel | Janine di Giovanni
It’s chilling to watch as Trump and Netanyahu adopt the methods of regimes their countries once condemned, says war correspondent and author Janine di Giovanni
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:13 AM
After years spent documenting state terror, I know it when I see it. And I see it now in the US and Israel | Janine di Giovanni
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Vancouver staff told council that if it rezoned land so a developer could build a big tower, the developer would spend $6 million on making the surrounding area nice.
The city’s auditor general found that didn’t happen, and that staff basically shrugged their shoulders about it.
The city’s auditor general found that didn’t happen, and that staff basically shrugged their shoulders about it.
Vancouver's auditor general criticizes city over lack of paper trail for lost developer amenities | CBC News
Vancouver’s auditor general said the city engaged in “serious wrongdoing” when they failed to track whether $6 million in promised community amenities for a much-publicized downtown tower ever happene...
www.cbc.ca
February 6, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Vancouver staff told council that if it rezoned land so a developer could build a big tower, the developer would spend $6 million on making the surrounding area nice.
The city’s auditor general found that didn’t happen, and that staff basically shrugged their shoulders about it.
The city’s auditor general found that didn’t happen, and that staff basically shrugged their shoulders about it.
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This book really affected me, I think because the narrative vividly illustrates in such a personal way how everything works in practice bsky.app/profile/dipl...
A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy, by Nathan Thrall is very good and highlights the draconian geographical limitations placed on Palestinians under occupation, and how they are *literally* fatal.
February 7, 2026 at 1:32 AM
This book really affected me, I think because the narrative vividly illustrates in such a personal way how everything works in practice bsky.app/profile/dipl...
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British colonists committed genocide against Australia's Indigenous population in Victoria, a landmark Aboriginal-led inquiry has found www.bbc.com/news/article...
Inquiry finds British committed genocide on Indigenous Australians - BBC News
It is the country's first formal "truth-telling" inquiry that ran for four years from 2021.
www.bbc.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:44 AM
British colonists committed genocide against Australia's Indigenous population in Victoria, a landmark Aboriginal-led inquiry has found www.bbc.com/news/article...
Poking around UpScrolled. It’s definitely left-of-centre compared to here (which is centre to right-of-centre (small-ell liberal, team blue).
February 4, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Poking around UpScrolled. It’s definitely left-of-centre compared to here (which is centre to right-of-centre (small-ell liberal, team blue).
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Anyone who tells you there is a 'ceasefire' in Gaza is gaslighting you and is an anti-Palestinian racist:
Israeli strikes in Gaza kill at least 30 Palestinians, including several children
Hospitals in Gaza said Israeli strikes killed at least 30 Palestinians including several children on Saturday, one of the highest tolls since the October ceasefire.
www.pbs.org
February 2, 2026 at 4:07 AM
Anyone who tells you there is a 'ceasefire' in Gaza is gaslighting you and is an anti-Palestinian racist:
👀 I’m looking at those Spanish sounding names.
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 2, 2026 at 3:44 AM
👀 I’m looking at those Spanish sounding names.
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“How many times, then, will Western journalists allow themselves to be fooled by Israeli propaganda – by military denials that later collapse under the weight of evidence?”
Israel’s Military Now Accepts 70,000 Killed in Gaza – But Why Did Our Media Let Them Get Away With Denying It for So Long?
I have spent the past two years debating the credibility of the Gaza Health Ministry’s numbers with supporters of Israel. It turns out the Israeli military agrees with me, not them.
zeteo.com
February 1, 2026 at 5:26 PM
“How many times, then, will Western journalists allow themselves to be fooled by Israeli propaganda – by military denials that later collapse under the weight of evidence?”
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I’ve spent the past 2 years debating the credibility of the Gaza Health Ministry’s numbers with Israel supporters. It turns out the Israeli military agrees with me, not them.
My latest for Zeteo on how the media was also complicit in the genocide denial:
My latest for Zeteo on how the media was also complicit in the genocide denial:
Israel’s Military Now Accepts 70,000 Killed in Gaza – But Why Did Our Media Let Them Get Away With Denying It for So Long?
I have spent the past two years debating the credibility of the Gaza Health Ministry’s numbers with supporters of Israel. It turns out the Israeli military agrees with me, not them.
zeteo.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:22 PM
I’ve spent the past 2 years debating the credibility of the Gaza Health Ministry’s numbers with Israel supporters. It turns out the Israeli military agrees with me, not them.
My latest for Zeteo on how the media was also complicit in the genocide denial:
My latest for Zeteo on how the media was also complicit in the genocide denial:
China? China. China?
China is leading the charge to nuclear Armageddon – and Starmer barely noticed | Simon Tisdall
China is leading the charge to nuclear Armageddon – and Starmer barely noticed | Simon Tisdall
The Doomsday Clock is ticking ever more loudly as arms control mechanisms fail and leaders become more reckless. The time to be alarmed is now, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2026 at 7:06 AM
China? China. China?
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And here’s Newsweek licking boot.
New videos showed Pretti in a confrontation with federal agents 11 days before he was fatally shot
Trump Condemns Alex Pretti After Latest Video: ‘Crazed and Out of Control’
www.newsweek.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:08 AM
And here’s Newsweek licking boot.
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there is not a single mention anywhere in this article about the CEO being a white supremacist extremist, his long history of empty promises and fraud, or the slightest hint that any aspect of this proposal could potentially be dubious
the press still treats him as entirely reputable
the press still treats him as entirely reputable
Exclusive: Musk's SpaceX in merger talks with xAI ahead of planned IPO, source says
The merger would bring Musk’s rockets, Starlink satellites, the X social media platform and Grok AI chatbot together and could boost his efforts to launch data centers into orbit, according to a pers...
www.reuters.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:22 PM
there is not a single mention anywhere in this article about the CEO being a white supremacist extremist, his long history of empty promises and fraud, or the slightest hint that any aspect of this proposal could potentially be dubious
the press still treats him as entirely reputable
the press still treats him as entirely reputable
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"how's your non violence working Mr Gandhi?"
"pretty good, we got the country back and exported the concept to about 150 other freedom movements"
"pretty good, we got the country back and exported the concept to about 150 other freedom movements"
I don't want to amplify this account but I do want to point out that actually Gandhi's nonviolence worked out pretty well
January 25, 2026 at 2:35 PM
"how's your non violence working Mr Gandhi?"
"pretty good, we got the country back and exported the concept to about 150 other freedom movements"
"pretty good, we got the country back and exported the concept to about 150 other freedom movements"
I second that amendment.
January 25, 2026 at 4:43 AM
I second that amendment.
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It is funny. White people bent towards white supremacy every single time and now their chickens are coming home to roost 🤡
January 23, 2026 at 8:51 PM
It is funny. White people bent towards white supremacy every single time and now their chickens are coming home to roost 🤡
So is this called the “Neo Neoliberal Order” then?
January 22, 2026 at 6:41 PM
So is this called the “Neo Neoliberal Order” then?
Popped into BlueSky to say “good speech eh?”
January 21, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Popped into BlueSky to say “good speech eh?”
Still waiting for the second amendment to kick in.
January 19, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Still waiting for the second amendment to kick in.
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Be for real. The majority of America [mostly white people] are perfectly fine with every horror we’re witnessing right now.
January 10, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Be for real. The majority of America [mostly white people] are perfectly fine with every horror we’re witnessing right now.
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The reactionary centrist logic is simple: if the left does something bad it’s the left’s fault, and if the right does something bad, it’s also the left’s fault for making them do it. It’s a simple formula and once you see it every one of their arguments is the same
January 10, 2026 at 11:24 PM
The reactionary centrist logic is simple: if the left does something bad it’s the left’s fault, and if the right does something bad, it’s also the left’s fault for making them do it. It’s a simple formula and once you see it every one of their arguments is the same
Americans need to start shooting back. Maybe the Second Amendment is actually a good idea in retrospect.
January 10, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Americans need to start shooting back. Maybe the Second Amendment is actually a good idea in retrospect.
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You may find the answer by digging deeply into the appeal of a single model:
Ideology on the left, ideology of the right, professional journalism calling balls and strikes in the happy middle. pressthink.org/2010/06/clow...
In the competition for "influence" that was the plan. Now it's in ruins.
Ideology on the left, ideology of the right, professional journalism calling balls and strikes in the happy middle. pressthink.org/2010/06/clow...
In the competition for "influence" that was the plan. Now it's in ruins.
January 6, 2026 at 5:19 PM
You may find the answer by digging deeply into the appeal of a single model:
Ideology on the left, ideology of the right, professional journalism calling balls and strikes in the happy middle. pressthink.org/2010/06/clow...
In the competition for "influence" that was the plan. Now it's in ruins.
Ideology on the left, ideology of the right, professional journalism calling balls and strikes in the happy middle. pressthink.org/2010/06/clow...
In the competition for "influence" that was the plan. Now it's in ruins.