laurossa.bsky.social
@laurossa.bsky.social
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Artist, author, illustrator, wanderer, wonderer wearer of many hats. Sharing my artwork (copyrighted), and the occasional opinion. No AI.
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Israel blocks majority of Gaza aid despite ceasefire deal
<article data-history-node-id="430948" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-blocks-majority-gaza-aid-despite-ceasefire-deal" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-blocks-majority-gaza-aid-despite-ceasefire-deal" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel blocks majority of Gaza aid despite ceasefire deal</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="75" data-start="0">Gaza’s Government Media Office (GMO) says Israel continues to choke the flow of aid into the besieged enclave, accusing it of breaching the ceasefire agreement.</p> <p data-end="630" data-start="274">Since the truce took effect on 10 October, an average of just 145 commercial and aid trucks have entered Gaza daily, only 24 percent of the 600 trucks agreed upon in the deal. Between 10 and 31 October, a total of 3,203 trucks crossed into Gaza, including 639 commercial vehicles, 2,564 carrying aid, 84 loaded with diesel fuel, and 31 with cooking gas.</p> <p data-end="992" data-start="632">“We strongly condemn the Israeli occupation’s obstruction of aid and commercial trucks and hold it fully responsible for the worsening and deteriorating humanitarian situation faced by more than 2.4 million people in the Gaza Strip as a result of the ongoing siege and arbitrary measures that impede the flow of essential goods,” the GMO said in a statement.</p> <p data-end="1348" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node data-start="994">It urged US President Donald Trump, the guarantor states, and mediators “to take immediate action to compel the Israeli occupation to implement what was signed, particularly the clause regarding the entry of humanitarian and relief aid without restrictions or conditions, in order to alleviate the escalating suffering of our people in the Gaza Strip.”</p> </div> </div> </article>
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I had these nesting in and around my yard one season; I loved them. They’re mostly nocturnal and a bit noisy, but so interesting and curious. Unfortunately my idiot neighbors didn’t like them and when the herons returned the following year the neighbors shot at their nests and drove them away. 😠
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Israeli soldiers enter Lebanon town, kill municipal employee, local media reports
<article data-history-node-id="430846" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-soldiers-enter-lebanon-town-kill-municipal-employee-local-media" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-soldiers-enter-lebanon-town-kill-municipal-employee-local-media" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli soldiers enter Lebanon town, kill municipal employee, local media reports</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli soldiers on Thursday raided the southern Lebanese town of Blida and killed a municipal employee, local media have reported.&nbsp;</p> <p>Israeli troops entered the town of Blida after midnight&nbsp;with several military vehicles and stormed the municipal building, as per the official National News Agency.&nbsp;</p> <p>At the municipality, Israeli soldiers killed Ibrahim Salameh, an employee who had been staying there, the report said.</p> <p>The soldiers withdrew before dawn and the Lebanese army later entered the building and recovered the body of the municipal worker, NNA adds.</p> <p>Times of Israel reported that the army has not yet made any comments on the incident.</p> </div> </div> </article>
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Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.

UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.

Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.

This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
Thank you courageous Greek citizens, for standing up against immorality and the genocidal apartheid state and its citizens.
Start school later. No reason it needs to start before 9am.
I’d rather have what’s called “daylight savings time” all year round. I’d rather get up in the dark and have some light left in the afternoon/evenings.
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It's not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities. [Cartoon by Jesse Duquette]
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Last week:

-Trump pardoned Binance's founder after a $2B deal with his crypto firm
-Hegseth awards a DoD contract to a Don Jr.-backed firm
-Trump orders his DOJ cronies pay him $230M in "compensation"

We must not become numb to this. https://popular.info/p/3-scandals-in-4-days-that-would-define
3 Scandals in 4 Days That Would Define Any Other Presidency
During the second Trump administration, corruption scandals that would typically define a presidency receive a day or tw
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Never sold the trading cards, only traded them with other artists. Have sold other, larger works though.
Beautiful!! I need to get back to doing trading cards.
And here’s another child murderer exposed. Share their names and faces. They should not know a moments rest.
Sean Glass, US citizen fighting in the 🇮🇱 IOF, murderer of innocent children; is or has written a book about his service in the Israeli military. Disgusting 🤮
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Amazon controls over a third of the global cloud computing market.

Its customers include Capital One, United Airlines, and the US Army.

Today's outage should be a wakeup call: Dependence on a handful of powerful corporations is a threat to economic and national security.
BREAKING: Amazon Web Services

A massive AWS outage early this morning sent major websites and apps down for several hours

Tracking site Downdetector has received over 8 million reports around the globe
“Takes” means exactly what?
Politicians are nothing but greedy cowards.
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Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress nearly a month ago, but Mike Johnson still hasn't sworn her in. Why the delay? Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.