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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 34m

34 trenches, 2 kilometres long filled with bodies. As these were dug up and potentially tens of thousands of corpses reburied, the Assad regime was being interviewed in Western media outlets, his English skills mattering more than anything he was doing.

The A.C.E.R.B.I.C. Nerd @acerbicnerd.bsky.social · 5h

"With at least 34 trenches measuring 2 kilometers long, the grave in the Dhumair desert is among the most extensive created during the Syrian civil war, Reuters has found. Witness accounts and the dimensions of the new site suggest that tens of thousands of people could be buried there."

Exclusive: Assad government secretly moved mass grave to cover up killings, Reuters investigation finds

From 2019 to 2021, Syria’s authoritarian government carried out a secret operation to move tens of thousands of bodies from the exposed Qutayfah mass grave to a hidden site in the desert east of Damascus. The goal of the clandestine reburial was to hide evidence of atrocities as Bashar Assad tried to regain international standing

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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 4h

Adani denies claims it sold ‘below-market coal’ leading to Queensland missing out on hundreds of millions in royalties

Adani has strongly rejected the Australia Institute’s findings, including that customers paid an average of $102 a tonne in 2022-23 * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Adani has consistently sold coal from its Queensland mine far below market rates, according to claims made in new analysis, potentially reducing the royalties owed to the state government by hundreds of millions of dollars. Research director at The Australia Institute, Rod Campbell, calculated that Adani sold thermal coal from its Carmichael mine at an average of just over $A100 a tonne during the 2023 to 2025 financial years – its first three full years of operation. Continue reading...

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1h

1/ The first excerpt of Virginia Giuffre's posthumus memoir is out and it is gutting: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother

In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 5h

Jacob Magid of the Times of Israel reported on this at the time and again in December 2024.

US won't sanction Smotrich and Ben Gvir before end of Biden's term — officials | The Times of Israel

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 5h

A reminder that Ben Gvir was set to be sanctioned by the United States government in February 2024 but was personally taken off the list by President Biden.

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 6h

Itamar Ben Gvir is a real monster www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 2h

Palestine’s most popular leader, Marwan Barghouti, was beaten unconscious and has his ribs broken by Israeli prison guards and his family fears for his life, his son has said, citing evidence given by former Palestinian detainees released this week as part of the ceasefire deal.

Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti assaulted by Israeli prison guards, son says

Family fears for 66-year-old’s life after assault while he was being transferred between prisons

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LOWρUF🐸 🇵🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇲🇽 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 3h

I feel like Ben Gvir personally being in the room when Greta Thunberg was being tortured should be bigger news

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 7h

The leaked messages of Young Republican Telegram channels wasn’t a “slip of the mask.” This is the face of today’s rising class of MAGA GOP leaders. Check out Rick Wilson's latest on Substack: https://bit.ly/494wFyw

Meet The Master Race

Insane GOP Telegram Chat Rips Off The Mask

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 6h

The funniest part of all the billionaires are building bunker stories is the part where they’re sure the class hierarchy will survive the apocalypse.

ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 9h

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"I once met a former bodyguard of one billionaire with his own "bunker", who told me his security team's first priority, if this really did happen, would be to eliminate said boss and get in the bunker themselves. And he didn't seem to be joking."

Tech billionaires seem to be doom prepping. Should we be worried?

The debate is ramping up about what happens if - or when - computer intelligence overtakes humans

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 6h

ICE just arrested a singing giraffe in Portland.

Robby Roadsteamer @roadsteamer.bsky.social · 8h

🚨 *Breaking News* Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE Portland after singing Rod Stewart with the Portland Frog! We need your help!

Please support Robby's campaign and lawyer fees at robbyroadsteamer.com link on bio 💙🦒🦒🦒

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 6h

Greta Thunberg: “Israeli soldiers hit, kicked, starved, and tortured me”

• They placed a flag next to me, and anytime the flag touched me, they kicked me
• Whenever I raised my head to look at Ben-Gvir, I was kicked
• She was filmed while stripped naked

Aftonbladet: tinyurl.com/a33vxatc

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JK @j2dk.bsky.social · 2h

Sounds like he should have cleaned his room more often.

Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 6h

Jordan Peterson critically ill with pneumonia, neuropathy, and sepsis

Jordan Peterson is sick, and suffering from "spiritual attacks" (and surely it's not the drugs, or long COVID, or a meat-only diet, or...)

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 16h

On 23 October, ASU members across Australia will unite for a National Day of Action — rallying outside Australian Industry Group (AIG) offices to oppose extreme pay cut proposals targeting the disability and community services sector www.asu.org.au/ASU_NSW/News...

ASU Members to Rally Nationwide Against Pay Cuts in Disability and Community Services - New Tab

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Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 14h

1)You may remember the articles criticizing liberal students for their hesitancy to make friends with conservative students—alleging that they were less open-minded than their conservative counterparts.

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 21h

Here are the little darlings they’ve created. Horrifying.

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‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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JK @j2dk.bsky.social · 14h

That and bring back Dodoro to oversee the final stages of his bombersrebuild3.06_readytogo_final.finl.latestversion.USETHISONE masterplan

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Polly Hemming @pollyjhemming.bsky.social · 16h

Here's the IUCN announcement re the Christmas Island Shrew. Over 100 plant and animal species have been driven to extinction in Australia since 1788 (plus an estimated 9000 invertebrates).
#auspol #climate #biodiversity
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Arctic seals threatened by climate change, birds decline globally – IUCN Red List

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 10 October 2025 (IUCN World Conservation Congress) – Three species of Arctic seal have moved closer to extinction, according to the latest update of the IUCN Red List ...

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Polly Hemming @pollyjhemming.bsky.social · 16h

“The Albanese Government is committed to no new extinctions” Environment Minister Murray Watt, reaffirming Labor’s 2022 pledge on Threatened Species Day 2025

2 weeks later Australia’s only shrew is declared extinct.
#auspol #climate @australiainstitute.org.au
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screenshot of Minister watt's media release. Text captured says:
Recognising Threatened Species Day
7 September 2025
Today is Threatened Species Day, an opportunity to acknowledge the risks to Australia’s unique species and the work being done across the country to help them recover and thrive.

From tree plantings and weed removal to species specific mapping and monitoring using the latest conservation technology, countless individuals and organisations help every day to support and provide hope for threatened species.

It’s not just the work happening on the ground – research is finding innovative solutions to stay ahead of the game in the fight against key threats like feral cats, invasive weeds and climate change.

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JK @j2dk.bsky.social · 23h

This whole debacle is as good a metaphor for the Oz-US relationship as any writer could come up with.

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 23h

Unlawfully built, now leaking through the safety liner. Enough fuel to blow Darwin Harbour to kingdom come

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 1d

Groundwater is leaking through the safety liner under some of the fuel facility's 11 tanks, which were constructed unlawfully on Darwin Harbour without a building permit. It comes after the NT government approved the tanks for operation in September.

Safety liner under US military fuel tanks still failing, weeks after approval

Groundwater is leaking through the safety liner under some of the fuel facility's 11 tanks, which were constructed unlawfully on Darwin Harbour without a building permit. It comes after the NT government approved the tanks for operation in September.

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Jim Pembroke @jimpembroke.bsky.social · 23h

"Clearly a figure of speech" says Thorpe.
L-NP are such hypocrites.
Rmr Barnaby Joyce comparing votes to "bullets". "Load up that magazine" he said. "Goodbye Albo."
Link: youtu.be/7C6dOOjr9tE?...
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Scifi Art @scifiart.bsky.social · 23h

RIP movie poster art legend Drew Struzan. What a legacy 🔥

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 23h

Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 1d

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

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alice says Palestinians in Gaza aren’t scammers! @bluwhalien.bsky.social · 23h

Israel has found two ways to break the ceasefire agreement before it really began today - first by killing Palestinians and second by not letting the required aid in the agreement states they should.

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d

Israeli forces kill several Palestinians in Gaza as the Israel-Hamas ceasefire comes under growing strain.

Israel imposes new Gaza aid restrictions as truce comes under strain

Israeli forces kill several Palestinians in Gaza as the Israel-Hamas ceasefire comes under growing strain.

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Jeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 1d

Ok, here's what we got. The Department is cancelling welfare payments unlawfully, so paid Deloitte $440k to do an assurance review, even though the Secretary used to work there, & when Deloitte concluded they couldn't assure the unlawful system, DEWR tried to bury the report, but

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 23h

“I was hung from the metal shackles on my wrists and ankles and beaten in the stomach, back, face, ear and skull by a group of men and women guards, one of whom sat on my neck and face, blocking my airways…Our cell was awoken with threats of rape.”

Crickets from the State Department. Awful.

Journalist Abducted by Israel Says She Was Tortured in Israeli Custody

A journalist who was abducted by Israeli forces last week as she accompanied a Gaza-bound humanitarian aid vessel says she was tortured in Israeli custody alongside activists seeking to break Israel’s...

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