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Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 5h

More than a thousand Israelis donated, a group of activists headed by American Neurosurgeon David Hasan went above and beyond – and Gaza's 'Academy of Hope' emerged to provide education, healthcare and hot meals to thousands of orphans

Gift Link:

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Sponsored by Israeli donations, a village is built for Gaza's orphaned children

More Than a Thousand Israelis Donated, a Group of Activists Headed by American Neurosurgeon David Hasan Went Above and Beyond – and Gaza's 'Academy of Hope' Emerged to Provide Education, Healthcare an...

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Voice4Justice @voices4justice.bsky.social · 8h

🎗️400,000 attended Hostages Square earlier this evening. 💛

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 9h

It's amazing that broadcasters still show the comedy movie The Naked Gun, despite wife murderer, armed robber and kidnapper OJ Simpson being in the cast. Imagine if Jimmy Saville had been in The Life of Brian, it'd never be seen again.

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Marina @marstrina.bsky.social · 11h

Well today his rule was "yeah no that's in too much bad taste even for me" & I think Will would have been wise to be guided

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Marina @marstrina.bsky.social · 11h

What five events did define my childhood? I guess the peace agreement with Egypt, the start of the Lebanon war, the Moscow Olympics... I'm not sure I can think of two more. I sort of remember images of Orgreaves on the telly, but I'm not sure I even knew what that was about, much less understood it.

Bill Wilkinson @drwilkinsonsci.bsky.social · 13h

What five events defined your childhood?
Mine, in order…

1. Lockerbie Bombing
2. Berlin Wall Falling
3. David Platt’s last minute winner v Belgium
4. 1997 General Election
5. 1999 Division One Play Off Final

Dom White @domw.bsky.social · 14h

What five events defined your childhood?

Fall of the Berlin Wall
Italia 90 (marginally, over Mexico 86 and Euro 96)
Election of New Labour
1st Gulf War
Chernobyl

Marina @marstrina.bsky.social · 11h

WILL.

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Marina @marstrina.bsky.social · 11h

Well I didn't see it so as far as I'm concerned it's your joke

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John Rain🥇 @johnrain.co.uk · 13h

The moment that always springs to mind is this from Godfather 2. The heartbreak and total fear she shows without saying a word. Just perfect. What a loss.

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Marina @marstrina.bsky.social · 13h

Who dies at 79 anymore?!

Marina @marstrina.bsky.social · 13h

Noooooooo

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 13h

RIP Diane Keaton, who has died at 79, here reinventing fashion in Annie Hall (1977)

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Marina @marstrina.bsky.social · 13h

Good riddance.

Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 13h

Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins dies after being attacked in prison www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins dies after being attacked in prison

Forty-eight-year-old was serving 29-year prison sentence after admitting multiple child sex offences

www.theguardian.com

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Marina @marstrina.bsky.social · 13h

That tracks. They're no better than US lefties who call Cuban people 'Latinx' then get mad that they vote for Trump. Same mindset. British leftists are a bit like that too, though class politics & the legacy of empire complicate things. We do condescend - it's been endemic since Russia in the 19thC.

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Marina @marstrina.bsky.social · 14h

Worse. The AI bubble will burst but itself, but we're still going to be stuck in homes that should be cheaper, atomised & lonely, eating takeaway food that should be more expensive, & watching media clips that shouldn't be free.

Marina @marstrina.bsky.social · 14h

Why did he? Just because they're a bit crap?

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Marina @marstrina.bsky.social · 16h

In other words, Deliveroo (like Uber before it, or Netflix et al) is a mechanism that funnels capital into inessential services at the expense of essential necessities like housing, healthcare & education. We're paying for what we think of as cheap entertainment with our own wellbeing. Literally.

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Marina @marstrina.bsky.social · 16h

- the only thing making Deliveroo affordable is that Big Tech keeps prices artificially low
- Big Tech is a loss-making business model propped up by venture capital that could & should be circulating in the productive economy

David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social · 22h

Reading @londoncentric.media and reflecting on how everything wrong with Britain can be seen through Deliveroo:
- much of the economy is fraudulent
- people don’t go outside
- workers are underpaid and insecure
- the immigration system is broken
- society is being eroded by Big Tech

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Marina @marstrina.bsky.social · 16h

Oh well, it was a nice couple of days.

AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 17h

🇵🇸 🇮🇱 Hamas's disarmament as part of US President Donald Trump's peace plan for Gaza is "out of the question", a Hamas official has told AFP
➡️ u.afp.com/SmbR

People walk past destroyed buildings in the centre of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on October 10, 2025

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Marina @marstrina.bsky.social · 16h

Norway, the country with the best parental benefits in the world, has a fertility rate of 1.4.

Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 17h

Maternity pay in the UK is insultingly low. It's no wonder the birth rate is declining so much.
I don't know why this isn't more of a national scandal.

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 17h

🤬 The Russians dropped an aerial bomb on the church in Konstiantynivka: 2 dead, 5 wounded, — OVA

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Cat Neilan @catneilan.bsky.social · 19h

Exc: The Electoral Commission has been given early notice of the UK's first ever crypto donation

The has been "made, but not declared", to a party understood to be Reform

Reform spox said: "All donations above the reporting limit will be disclosed in the usual way"

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Calls for transparency on political funding after first c...

Electoral Commission notified of financial contribution, which is rumoured to have been handed to Reform UK

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Marina @marstrina.bsky.social · 22h

Unsolicited chic pic

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Marina @marstrina.bsky.social · 23h

Oh man is that day long gone though

Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 1d

Not commenting on this action, but if boycotts of Israel continue after it stops killing in Gaza, if they are not tied to a specific demand, the conclusion Israelis draw is “they hate us regardless and there is no point listening to them.”

Jonas Algers @jonasalgers.bsky.social · 1d

Norway are facing Israel in the Football World Cup qualifiers today

The Oslo Tram Driver’s Union will be striking on the tram lines to the stadium in solidarity with the people of Palestine

www.nrk.no/stor-oslo/va...

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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 23h

"From a peak share of 51 per cent of the UK’s new car market in 2012, diesel vehicles now account for only 3 per cent last year"

Astonishing progress

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How many lives is this saving?

UK dieselgate motorists prepare to go to court against carmakers

Hundreds of thousands of claimants aim to prove that VW was not the only manufacturer cheating in emissions tests

on.ft.com

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Marina @marstrina.bsky.social · 1d

Sharyn Eastaugh's History of the Crusades is also great, & for more Rome content I like Emperors of Rome, especially three earlier seasons.

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Marina @marstrina.bsky.social · 1d

Dan Snow's History Hit, the Ancient World corpus by Scott Chesworth, Mike Duncan's Revolutions (& History of Rome of course, the OG history podcast), Dan Carlin's Hardcore History, Past Present Future for political history, Cautionary Tales for entertaining & instructive vignettes.

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