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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 4h

‘There’s No Space in the American Landscape Where the Shadow of the Prison Doesn’t Fall’: CounterSpin interview with Mumia Abu-Jamal on media and power

"You can't talk about media without talking about power, because you know and I know that much media is about sucking up to power."

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 5h

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In 2 Years of Gaza Genocide, Sunday Shows on NBC, ABC and CNN Have Not Featured a Single Palestinian Guest

In a microcosm of the U.S. coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza, since Oct. 7, 2023, influential Sunday news shows have not seen fit to book any Palestinians.

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 2d

She's a U.S. sponsored opposition candidate and the daughter of a steel oligarch. Machado champions the privatization of Venezuela's oil, power, and steel industries.

Connie Schultz @connieschultz.bsky.social · 2d

New York Times:

“Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado awarded Nobel Peace Prize for “her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela & for her struggle to achieve a just & peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.”

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 2d

The Poems of Seamus Heaney review – collected works reveal his colossal achievement
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

The Poems of Seamus Heaney review – collected works reveal his colossal achievement

The complete works, including previously unpublished poems and expert notes, are brought together in one volume for the first time

www.theguardian.com

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KIRBY @itsakirby.bsky.social · 2d

Look what arrived AT MY DOOR in time for Thanksgiving Weekend. #goodness #SQUEE!!! #flipflopdance

SADIQA DE MEIJER @sadiqademeijer.bsky.social
IN THE FIELD @palimpsestpress.bsky.social #anstrutherpress

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Lovingly displayed on @bookgaga.bsky.social #blankie

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Vanessa Stauffer @vanopticon.bsky.social · 2d

just poetry things (& my actual favourite poet)

"The Window" by Lynda Hull

& some bonus VS whatever is the poetry equivalent of fanfic.

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Government of British Columbia @governmentofbc.bsky.social · 4d

We're taking steps to hold responsible the vape companies whose products are harming people in BC, especially teens and young people.

New legislation would let BC Government take vape companies to court and recover public health care costs tied to vaping.

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Image of BC legislature with text that reads: "New in BC! New law will hold vape manufacturers accountable."

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 5d

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Thunberg Confirms Abuse by Israeli Abductors, But Urges World to Focus on Gaza Genocide | Common Dreams

"This genocide and other genocides are being enabled and fueled by our own governments, our institutions, our media, and companies. It is our responsibility to end that complicity."

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iasmin omar ata | delta 🌟 vtuber comms open! @deltahead.bsky.social · 4d

"We [Palestine] are the wound in the Arab world, and everyone watches what happens to us." -Nader Said

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iasmin omar ata | delta 🌟 vtuber comms open! @deltahead.bsky.social · 4d

please do something. anything. please at least today educate yourself about the Balfour Declaration (signed in 1917) and the Mandate for Palestine (drafted in 1919). it's been 100+ years. that's how far back this injustice goes. the world has watched for a century. it should not still be happening

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 4d

“Every night, I wonder if it will be the last of my life. Will there be a tomorrow? I try to look at my family, to gaze at and memorize their faces, just in case.”

Plestia Alaqad

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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 5d

On Proust and the search for models of translation: “Indeed, it is a bummer to me that Proust occupies such a rarefied, even elitist, realm in the culture—to the extent he is present at all—because he is far more accessible than most people realize, and a lot funnier.”

On Translating Proust and the Art of Not Reading Ahead

Le devoir et la tâche d’un écrivain sont ceux d’un traducteur. –Marcel Proust, Le Temps retrouvé * The duty and the task of a writer are those of a translator. –The Past Recaptured, tra…

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 5d

"History didn't start on October 7," says Palestinian journalist Plestia Alaqad, who became famous for her viral video dispatches from Gaza in the early days of Israel's genocide. Her new book is "The Eyes of Gaza: A Diary of Resilience."

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/7/plestia_alaqad

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 5d

As Chicago braces for possible deployment of federal troops, ICE agents conducted a high-profile raid on a residential building.

Chicagoans have not “heard any justification or rationalization for why it was that they needed this kind of overwhelming force,” says Ed Yohnka with ACLU Illinois.

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 5d

U.N. Says Israeli Attacks Have Killed Over 100 Civilians in Lebanon Since Ceasefire

Lebanon's Health Ministry says Israeli airstrikes killed two people and injured another in southern Lebanon earlier today.

www.democracynow.org

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 8d

“The past beats inside me like a second heart.” – John Banville, The Sea

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 8d

Keep the pressure up.

Sinéad Gleeson @sineadgleeson.bsky.social · 8d

Our friend, poet and activist @sarahmaintains.bsky.social has been illegally detained by the IDF and is being held in an Israeli jail. There are reports of mistreatment and human rights violations. Please keep pressure on the Irish government and embassy to secure the release of Sarah and others. 🇵🇸🇮🇪

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Jorie Graham @joriegraham.bsky.social · 10d

How about supporting these amazing poets & buying this anthology of their astonishing poetry wherever u get books?Imagine what they tell us of the human spirit that they put pen to paper under bombardment,displacement, loss of beloveds—being made to live in tents as they are set on fire or starved.

Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 25d

Translated and edited by Tayseer Abu Odeh and Sherah Bloor and guest edited by Jorie Graham, You Must Live compiles recent work from 30 poets living in Gaza and the West Bank. The challenges of publishing it were immense.

Copper Canyon Anthology Spotlights Poets in Palestine

Translated and edited by Tayseer Abu Odeh and Sherah Bloor and guest edited by Jorie Graham, You Must Live compiles recent work from 30 poets living in Gaza and the West Bank. The challenges of…

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Government of British Columbia @governmentofbc.bsky.social · 11d

Getting the HPV vaccine when you’re young can protect against several types of cancers later in life. It's safe, effective, and now free for all people ages 9-26 in BC.

Learn more about the HPV vaccine and how to book an appointment at HealthLinkBC.ca/HPV

Future you will thank you.

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 16d

Al Jazeera correspondent Hani Mahmoud describes his experience working as a journalist in Gaza amid Israel's genocide.

“What you see on the screen is only a tiny bit of what we're able to show you. On the ground it's even worse.”

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 17d

Hundreds of people who were once detained at “Alligator Alcatraz,” the troubled immigration jail in the Florida Everglades, have disappeared from government records.

We speak to a reporter and an advocate about what we know.

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 17d

Italy has moved me to tears for 3 days straight. Bravo ❤️

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Garth Martens @garthmartens.bsky.social · 19d

Tomorrow night! I perform with poet Patrick Friesen alongside two of Canada's best flamenco artists, guitarist Gareth Owen and dancer Denise Yeo.

Learn more, and buy tickets, here:
www.vancouverflamencofestival.org/palabra-flam...

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 19d

Miami Herald: Two-Thirds of Immigrants Held at “Alligator Alcatraz” in July Have Disappeared

In immigration news, hundreds of people who were once detained at the troubled immigration jail in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” have disappeared.

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 19d

ICC Charges Former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte with 3 Counts of Crimes Against Humanity

The International Criminal Court has charged former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte with three counts of crimes against humanity.

www.democracynow.org

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