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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 7h

Didn't take them long, did it?

Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 8h

Israeli drone strike kills two people in Gaza in ceasefire breach - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-drone-strike-kills-two-people-gaza-ceasefire-breach

Israeli drone strike kills two people in Gaza in ceasefire breach

<article data-history-node-id="429964" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-drone-strike-kills-two-people-gaza-ceasefire-breach" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-drone-strike-kills-two-people-gaza-ceasefire-breach" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli drone strike kills two people in Gaza in ceasefire breach</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>An Israeli drone strike in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, killed at least two people around 6 pm local time on Friday, according to the Palestinian Civil Defence.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 7h

You mean doing her best to gift Venezuelan oil to corporate America.

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Liberty @libertyhq.bsky.social · 9h

🚨 BREAKING 🚨

Permanent facial recognition cameras are now live in Croydon – with no clear laws and no safeguards to protect our rights.

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 8h

The peace prize is a joke anyway. It should have been retired after Obama received it for mass-murdering poor people with drones rather than invading their countries. The latest recipient is a Trump-supporting neoliberal Zionist trying to sell out her own country for a few dollars.

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Ecoanarchist @ecoanarchism.bsky.social · 9h

Under feudalism, many assumed noble birth conferred wisdom. It didn’t. Under capitalism, many assume great wealth confers wisdom. It doesn’t. If we created a society where large feet gave you power, many would assume large feet conferred wisdom. It’s always a con. www.theguardian.com/technology/n...

Peter Thiel’s off-the-record antichrist lectures reveal more about him than Armageddon

Silicon Valley titan desperately tries to detach self from power in amateurish talks attempting to ape his favorite philosopher

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 8h

A Trump-supporting neoliberal Zionist trying to sell-out her country.

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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 9h

Yet more whinging from the self-preservation elite. A mere 7% of the UK population go to private schools & refuse to 'integrate' with the remaining 93%.

Yet this minority comprise the vast majority of senior journalists & media, judiciary, senior legal profession & more. Very off-putting.

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 9h

I suspect the Israelis are banking on Trump losing interest but at this point he seems serious. I thought it was telling that when he was asked if the Palestinian resistance disarming was a red line for him he wouldn't say that it was. That seems like a significant shift.

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 11h

“It's really quite repulsive that Palestinians have had to negotiate an end to their genocide,” says Palestinian human rights attorney Diana Buttu.

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Arturo Dominguez 🇨🇺🇺🇸 @extremearturo.bsky.social · 12h

🧵 Am I surprised they gave Maria Corina Machado the Nobel Peace Prize? No. Does she deserve it? Also, no. There’s a reason she was barred from running for office in Venezuela: multiple violent coup attempts and calling of foreign governments, like Israel, to invade Venezuela.

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Al Quds News Network @alqudsnewsnet.bsky.social · 11h

With unbreakable determination..... Hundreds of thousands return to Gaza city after being forcefully evacuated from it.

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Jon Elmer @jonelmer.bsky.social · 20h

My Gaza report: I breakdown Qassam's raid on an IDF base in a school w/ 11 IDF casualties when Merkava hit by hand-delivered Barq; Yassin strikes vs tanks + D9s in Tel al-Hawa; SVD + al-Ghoul sniper ops; Saraya al Quds ambush + captured IDF Tavor; & more: youtube.com/watch?v=nT-SMQeXDbA

Israeli tanks struck by hand-delivered blasts, with Jon Elmer

YouTube video by The Electronic Intifada

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 18h

It all comes down to Trump. Israel want to continue the genocide as soon as they get their POWs back.

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 18h

This stuff is depressing. It just shows a total lack of ideas or imagination. It's like when there's any type of national celebration the govt's big idea is always, 'let's keep the pubs open longer'.

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 1d

We host a roundtable with Palestinian and Israeli analysts on the second Trump-backed Israel-Hamas deal.

A Ceasefire Deal, But Not a Peace Agreement: What Will Happen in Gaza After Hostages Are Released?

President Donald Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed to the “first phase” of a U.S.-backed ceasefire deal for Gaza. The 20-point roadmap includes a swap of captives and a phased Israeli withdrawal...

www.democracynow.org

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 1d

Genocide Jimmy Carr doing shows for first Israel and now the Saudis? Impressive. Must be North Korea next for the bold James.

Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 1d

Spending for growth used to be the standard govt response to a slump before neoliberalism reared its' ugly head. Govts don't want to spend directly - they always now look for a private sector solution to problems. It's like the multiplying effect of govt spending no longer exists.

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 1d

Politicians think once a ceasefire of sorts is agreed, it'll be business as usual, as if the genocide never happened. The people of the world will never allow it - we've all seen the reality of what Israel is, and we can't unsee it or forget it.

Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 1d

Given that the 'founders of Antifa' were Italians opposing Mussolini in the 1930s, the girlfriend must be less of a gold-digger and more of a grave-robber.

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 2d

They all know it's nonsense. They just think saying it will progress their careers. The effect this might have on the nation doesn't come into their thinking. What do you call those who act against the best interests of their country?

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 2d

Where i live (Thurso) the high-performance sports cars are a bigger pain than motorhomes. Some of the reckless driving i've witnessed around the county has to be seen to be believed. It's incredible there's not more accidents.

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 2d

Just got to bend time a little bit. Dr Who does it regularly. 😉

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The Electronic Intifada @intifada.bsky.social · 2d

Fresh evidence that EU's Tel Aviv envoy was courted by genocide lobby electronicintifada.net/blogs/david-...

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 2d

Travelling around the North Highlands in the summer is no longer the pleasure it once was, and it's isn't the same in the winter. I'm certainly not anti-tourist, but over-tourism really is the issue here. I'd feel guilty travelling to the islands in summer now, just adding to the problem.

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Sir Basil @sirbasil.bsky.social · 2d

UK governments will have to continue trying to put the shit back into the donkey since we failed The Great British IQ Test of 2016

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 3d

Keir Starmer says the government is in talks with the EU about steel tariffs amid reports that Europe is about to introduce massive 50% tariffs on steel from outside the bloc, including from the UK

www.itv.com/news/2025-10...

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