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Janet R Weil

@janetrweil.bsky.social

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Loves: photographing flora, reading, writing poetry, working for peace and justice, listening to music. Hates: apostrophes in plural nouns, absence of critical thinking, abduction of students and workers with no due process, WAR.

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Janet R Weil @janetrweil.bsky.social · 6h

Geologist Dr. Jim Rine presents a slideshow on #Climate
and #Militarism at the Veterans Building in San Francisco
Oct. 10 as part of a panel including speaker from
Scientists Rebellion, hosted by @veteransforpeace.bsky.social Chapter 69.
#militarismfuelsclimatecrisis

Janet R Weil @janetrweil.bsky.social · 2d

Blonde Mussolini needs to go - #ciao!

Janet R Weil @janetrweil.bsky.social · 2d

That's IT, #reality - I've had enough of you imitating The Onion! @theonion.com

Janet R Weil @janetrweil.bsky.social · 2d

The "Northern Command" needs to stand down. NOW. Taxpayer-funded BS authoritarianism. The "Northern Realm" can take care of itself.

Janet R Weil @janetrweil.bsky.social · 2d

5 Days in Israel's Desert Prison: Jewish Flotilla Activist David Adler on Harrowing Detention Ordeal
www.youtube.com/live/T_pM-ZD...
Going to cover this story, @cnn.com ??

5 Days in Israel's Desert Prison: Jewish Flotilla Activist David Adler on Harrowing Detention Ordeal

YouTube video by Democracy Now!

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Janet R Weil @janetrweil.bsky.social · 2d

@veteransforpeace's own Phil Tottenham returns from #Israeli captivity to a joyous LOUD NYC welcome:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JlF...
#globalsumudflotilla

Phil Tottenham and eight other Gaza Flotilla hostages arrived at JFK

YouTube video by Active NY

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Janet R Weil @janetrweil.bsky.social · 3d

#RejectAIPAC

bkeithb @bkeithb.bsky.social · 3d

I disagree with Mr. Gaetz politically. I believe he is correct & brave to speak out 👇

Former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz recalls his first AIPAC reception, describing it as a surreal & demeaning experience where attendees wore QR-coded badges & were scanned for instant contributions if deemed favorable.

Janet R Weil @janetrweil.bsky.social · 3d

Much love & respect to #Chicago

Janet R Weil @janetrweil.bsky.social · 3d

#portlandoregon folks will not be intimidated, but this is some f'ing taxpayer-funded scary violent BS.

Janet R Weil @janetrweil.bsky.social · 3d

Kid Starver has zero #empathy for #Palestinians. This is a propaganda talking point.

Janet R Weil @janetrweil.bsky.social · 3d

#PalestinianLivesMatter #SaveALifeToday

Imad @emad1948.bsky.social · 3d

We haven't received any donations since yesterday.

I hope eight friends will take the initiative, each with just 25 francs. 🙏
Who will be the first to donate and break this deadlock?
chuffed.org/project/1367...

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Janet R Weil @janetrweil.bsky.social · 3d

Word is getting out that #militarismfuelsclimatecrisis, thanks to @veteransforpeace.bsky.social "Wake Up to Climate Crisis" Tour, which includes showings of the new documentary, "Earth's Greatest Enemy." Photo from Pacific Grove, CA, Oct 6:

Janet R Weil @janetrweil.bsky.social · 3d

Because the decision-makers are stupid and cowardly. Because #billionaires are on a winning streak.

Janet R Weil @janetrweil.bsky.social · 4d

That's my town! #portlandoregon #Stumptown #RoseCity

Reposted by Janet R Weil

Aunty Em @everycourthouse.bsky.social · 5d

“We are home now. We marched from the park to ICE, very peaceful crowd. We were standing around ICE pushed us down, sprayed us with chemical and I was hit in the head with a projectile. This was so unprovoked. People have to know that the Feds are attacking people with NO provocation whatsoever.”

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Janet R Weil @janetrweil.bsky.social · 4d

#portlandoregon whimsical snark at its finest.

Janet R Weil @janetrweil.bsky.social · 4d

Listen to Jewish American citizen and humanitarian David Adler's testimony about how he and others in the #GlobalSumudFlotilla were abused by #Israel:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNz2...

Gaza 2 Years On: Yanis Varoufakis & Katie Halper on the Flotilla, Israel's PR Machine & What’s Next

YouTube video by DiEM25

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Janet R Weil @janetrweil.bsky.social · 5d

Greta Thunberg speaks for me - and many! #EndTheSiege #EndGazaGenocide

Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 5d

“I urge everyone to join the global uprising for justice, freedom, and equality. And to apply real pressure on our governments and institutions to fulfill their legal obligations to ensure human rights for everyone. We have truth, morale, international law, justice, love, history, solidarity with...

Janet R Weil @janetrweil.bsky.social · 5d

I am very worried about US #military #veterans. Light up those phones in DC, folks: 202-224-3121 works for all reps and senators! @democrats-veterans.house.gov @veteransforpeace.bsky.social @vetsforfreedom.bsky.social @commondefense.bsky.social

Janet R Weil @janetrweil.bsky.social · 5d

Really important info. Enraged #Californian here, where #electricity rates are the highest in the nation, with the exception of maybe #Hawai'i?

Janet R Weil @janetrweil.bsky.social · 5d

#PalestinianLivesMatter and they are on the edge of death every day. #FamineinGaza

Janet R Weil @janetrweil.bsky.social · 5d

Seems basic...

Janet R Weil @janetrweil.bsky.social · 5d

Bad news, Bluesky folks:
" Larry Ellison is at the helm of a consortium of Israel-tied billionaires taking over major US media properties from #TikTok to #Paramount, which controls #CBS News."
thegrayzone.substack.com/p/new-cbs-ow...
#MakeBillionairesExtinct #StopIsraeliPropaganda

New CBS owner David Ellison met with top Israeli general in scheme to spy on Americans

Israel’s former top general sought donations from David Ellison and his father, Larry, as part of a billionaire coterie to fund digital paramilitaries aimed at sabotaging pro-Palestine activists. The ...

thegrayzone.substack.com

Janet R Weil @janetrweil.bsky.social · 6d

Max Wilbert, always worth reading, brings the reality of #Gaza (in imagination) to his home town of #Seattle:
maxwilbert.substack.com/p/comparing-...
#EndGazaGenocide #GenocideIsEcocide

When the War Comes Home: Seattle as Gaza

Grappling with the scale of genocide and the weight of unequal lives

maxwilbert.substack.com