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Jo @hoojo.bsky.social · 51m

Yes, it is existential.

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 4h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Jo @hoojo.bsky.social · 11h

Yes

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Jo @hoojo.bsky.social · 11h

It was always their right, until all their rights were taken away in order to create a new foreign colony

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 14h

Stay strong, stay beautiful, Chicago. c

Tweet from Fred Wellman: “Weird. I was told it’s a war zone.”
Below is a Time Out Chicago post showing a scenic city skyline at sunset with the text: “Chicago has been voted the Best Big City in the U.S. for the ninth consecutive year.”

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mleroi.bsky.social @mleroi.bsky.social · 13h

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Patrick Dunleavy @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social · 21h

Sir Tony Blair met with Jeffrey Epstein in Downing Street while still prime minister, following lobbying by Lord Peter Mandelson, the BBC has confirmed. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Tony Blair met Jeffrey Epstein while prime minister

The ex-PM confirms he met Epstein in 2002, six years before the financier pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution from a minor.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.

Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.

Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.

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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 1d

Teesside’s freeport, initiated in 2021 under Rishi Sunak, has cost £560 million far exceeding the standard £25 million allocation (22 times the standard £25m).
90% profits go to the private sector.
This clearly shows the UK model of State aid post-Brexit is utterly corrupt.

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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 1d

Miriam Margolyes is just a warrior woman. That's the post.

She said it all.

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Nolan Principles Matter. End the #GazaGenocide💔💙 @philildo.bsky.social · 17h

I don’t imagine any UK press will be covering the massive march protesting the #GazaGenocide in London

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Jo @hoojo.bsky.social · 1d

Yep.

Jo @hoojo.bsky.social · 1d

Really that is a sign of absolute failure, that Israel has not succeeded in its mission, despite, it being up against a relatively small peice of land with a small but highly condensed population which has no army, navy or airforce.

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SUPPORTING PALESTINE @apirus.bsky.social · 1d

#US #arms-supplies #complicity #war-crimes #genocide #gaza #palestine #trump #America

A new report takes a hard look at the $21.7 billion in American military aid to Israel during its war on Gaza. The U.S. is complicit in genocide of Palestinians.

Deep Dive: The US Aid Fueling Israel's Two-Year Gaza War

A new report takes a hard look at the at least $21.7 billion in American military aid to Israel during its war on Gaza.

inkstickmedia.com

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Jo @hoojo.bsky.social · 1d

Or rather, the lot of them should stop listening & blindly following "the suits" via the "Atlantic bridge" (America) who fill their heads with the nonsense, that keeps Britain down. For America, the special relationship has always meant ensuring Britain was never a serious rival

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Jo @hoojo.bsky.social · 1d

So a diagnostic test for autism is going to be, naked boys?

Is this an excuse to persecute Muslims & Jews?

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Jo @hoojo.bsky.social · 1d

They are the might of empire. Alone, they are nothing

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Jo @hoojo.bsky.social · 2d

This Is How the AI Bubble Bursts | Yale Insights share.google/iKyln8TSUlsO...

This Is How the AI Bubble Bursts

Yale SOM leadership expert Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and co-author Stephen Henriques write that the tangle of AI deals among tech giants could be signs of dangerous overinvestment in the developing technolog...

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Jo @hoojo.bsky.social · 2d

& The Chicago. Marathon runs 12th october. Thousands are due to descend on Chicago from countries across the world

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

Reporting live from Chicago, there’s no “hellscape” I’d rather be in.

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Jo @hoojo.bsky.social · 2d

Indeed. Why promote a deeply corrupt & lawless cult of barbarism, that turns everything into a culture war?

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 2d

www.thecanary.co/global/world...

Inside the Naqab Prison: the notorious detention centre holding flotilla activists

The Naqab Prison holds thousands of Palestinian prisoners, including detainees from Gaza - and now, flotilla activists, too

www.thecanary.co

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Jo @hoojo.bsky.social · 2d

A culture of fear & retaliation

Hegseth’s firing of Navy official compounds ‘culture of fear’ inside Pentagon - POLITICO share.google/95jdrOgVLWMk...

Hegseth’s firing of Navy official compounds ‘culture of fear’ inside Pentagon

“It’s better just to keep your head down,” said one senior defense official.

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Jo @hoojo.bsky.social · 2d

It was this little loves birthday a couple of days ago. Not too late to put a smile on her face.

Spread a little love

Hadiah @hadmam.bsky.social · 4d

Today is Helena's birthday🎂This was her last birthday before the war, when she was 2years old.Octo7, 2023.We were planning to celebrate her third birthday,but we couldn't. She's now five.Instead of gifts, we're collecting donations for my family.Your kindness means so much to us❤️
gofund.me/7b75a1239

Jo @hoojo.bsky.social · 2d

The shock of our times, that this can be allowed to happen in this day & age. Yet if it can happen here, it can happen anywhere. It sets a precedent, which we can only stop by taking the action we can.
Seeing hearing, responding, caring.
We are you & you are us.
Together in solidarity

Ahmed Al-Louh @ahmadallouh88.bsky.social · 2d

We have nothing left but memories. Two years of pain, hunger, deprivation and fear have passed. How long will this continue?

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 2d

www.thecanary.co/global/world...

Israel attacks the ‘Freedom Flotilla’ in international waters as it heads towards Gaza

Israel attacks the Freedom Flotilla while food rots in trucks at the borders of Palestine - all while their manufactured famine rages

www.thecanary.co

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