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prospectmagazine.co.uk
“Soldiers testify that they have been told to burn down houses they have stayed in by pouring oil on curtains, books and mattresses.”

Read @aloner.bsky.social’s report on the destruction of Gaza’s cities.
‘The directive was nothing left’: How Gaza’s cities were destroyed
Israel has razed large parts of the Gaza Strip since the war began in October 2023. The evidence points to systemic destruction
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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stubailie.bsky.social
I'm taking my lovely books to a bunch of places: Dromore tomorrow (Wed Nov 26), Oh Yeah Xmas Market (Thurs, Nov 27), Vault Christmas Market (December 6-7), Eastside Visitor's Centre (Dec 10), Portview Market (December 19-20). 'Mon and see!
November 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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lexialex.bsky.social
Adding this again, just in case there is still someone in the UK who doesn't know that this government is now being controlled by US corporations
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lexialex.bsky.social الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · Oct 4
Never forget why this is happening
Richard Dannatt Lord Dannatt urged ministers to crack down on Palestine Action at request of US firm Police officer was concerned ex-army chief, a Teledyne adviser, sought to have 'input' into factory attack investigation
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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luckytran.com
This is so disrespectful and harmful. AIDS hasn't gone away, and to save lives, we need to keep talking about and advocating for better policies.
altcdc.altgov.info Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 15h
1/ ⚠️ Breaking: At CDC, we've been told the US Government will not officially commemorate World AIDS Day this year. No explanation given.
Photograph of a printed guidance memo stating that the U.S. Government will not be commemorating World AIDS Day this year. Key points include: USG funds should not be used for related events, personnel should refrain from public promotion via social media or other channels, and CDC and other USG staff may attend local events but cannot speak or promote attendance. The memo notes this guidance supersedes previous blanket approval and may require adjustments to planned activities.
November 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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finucanecentre.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/24/n... The revelations in this investigative piece about the role of ian Paisley Jr are interesting...
Nigel Farage's 'Project 2029': The Pro-Trump Lobbyist Pushing His Agenda Into the UK
A Trump-aligned anti-abortion lobbyist who hosted Nigel Farage's meeting with a 6 January rioter in Florida has been funding and advising the Reform leader while pushing Project 2025’s hard-right agen...
bylinetimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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ahmads9.bsky.social
“URGENT: We are freezing in a tent this winter while my mom fights cancer. She is getting weaker every day. Please don’t let her suffer alone. Your kindness could save her life. 🙏❤️”

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November 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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regretteruane.bsky.social
Slept dreaming of, woke up thinking about the extraordinary What Resembles the Grave but Isn’t by Anne Boyer
what resembles the grave but isn't Always falling into a hole, then saying "ok, this is not your grave, get out of this hole," getting out of the hole which is not the grave, falling into a hole again, saying "ok, this is also not your grave, get out of this hole," getting out of that hole, falling into another one; sometimes falling into a hole within a hole, or many holes within holes, getting out of them one after the other, then falling again, saying "this is not your grave, get out of the hole"; sometimes being pushed, saying "you can not push me into this hole, it is not my grave," and getting out defiantly, then falling into a hole again without any pushing; sometimes falling into a set of holes whose structures are predictable, ideological, and long dug, often falling into this set of structural and impersonal holes; sometimes falling into holes with other people, with other people, saying "this is not our mass grave, get out of this hole," all together getting out of the hole together, hands and legs and arms and human ladders of each other to get out of the hole that is not the mass grave but that will only be gotten out of together; sometimes the willful-falling into a hole which is not the grave because it is easier than not falling into a hole really, but then once in it, realizing it is not the grave, getting out of the hole eventually; sometimes falling into a hole and languishing there for days, weeks, months, years, because while not the grave very difficult, still, to climb out of and you know after this hole there's just another and another; sometimes surveying the landscape of holes and wishing for a high quality final hole; sometimes thinking of who has fallen into holes which are not graves but might be better if they were; sometimes too ardently contemplating the final hole while trying to avoid the provisional ones; sometimes dutifully falling and getting out, with perfect fortitude, saying "look at the skill and spirit with which I rise from…
November 24, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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davidwearing.bsky.social
On Shabana Mahmood's contemptible attempt to mobilise her identity in support of her sadistic immigration policies, this from Nesrine Malik is exactly what needed saying.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Shabana Mahmood is an avatar of open Britain – that’s what makes her fable about immigration so seductive | Nesrine Malik
‘She is the daughter of immigrants,’ supporters of her cruel asylum policies say. ‘How can she be wrong?’ Let me put them straight, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social
Israeli settlers torch olive trees and steal equipment in occupied West Bank - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-torch-olive-trees-and-steal-equipment-occupied-west
Israeli settlers torch olive trees and steal equipment in occupied West Bank
<article data-history-node-id="431873" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-torch-olive-trees-and-steal-equipment-occupied-west" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-torch-olive-trees-and-steal-equipment-occupied-west" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli settlers torch olive trees and steal equipment in occupied West Bank</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="379" data-start="245">Israeli settlers set fire to olive trees and stole farming equipment in Atara, north of Ramallah, on Monday, reported the Palestinian news agency Wafa.</p> <p data-end="622" data-start="381">Residents told Wafa that the settlers raided agricultural land near a recently established outpost, in the occupied West Bank, burning trees and damaging citizens’ property. They also confiscated farming tools and wood belonging to Jawad Sarhanah before withdrawing.</p> <p data-end="952" data-start="624">According to the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, Israel and its settlers carried out 2,350 attacks across the occupied West Bank in October alone.</p> <p data-end="952" data-start="624">The report detailed 1,584 attacks by the Israeli army and 766 by settlers, with the highest concentration in Ramallah and Al-Bireh (542), Nablus (412) and Hebron (401).</p> <p data-end="1120" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node data-start="954">Palestinians describe these assaults as part of a persistent campaign of violence and land seizure by the occupying state against their people, homes and livelihoods.</p> </div> </div> </article>
www.middleeasteye.net
November 24, 2025 at 9:36 AM
rossac.bsky.social
I enjoyed this film so much. It shows how much common ground we have with each other if we take the time to be open-minded. The dehumanisation of refugees and minorities is driven by the few to divide us all. A beautiful film. Great panel discussion afterwards too. Blue Has No Borders by Jessi Gutch
Panel discussion at QFT Belfast with Jessi Gutch, Ann Patterson, Sipho Sibanda, Kashif Akram and Niall Conlon at the documentary Blue Has No Borders
November 23, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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palestineproject.bsky.social
Explosive blasts leave a growing wave of deafness across Gaza, with medical care out of reach
'Sound ripped through my ears': Thousands deafened by Israeli bombing in Gaza
Explosive blasts leave a growing wave of deafness across Gaza, with medical care out of reach
www.middleeasteye.net
November 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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diplomatofnight.com
One of the most important voices of the Arab world's reaction to Mamdani
@asadabukhalil The mayor-elect of New York City dared to denounce Israeli genocide right in the Oval Office. None of the Arab and Muslim leaders who went through the Oval Office dared to speak about the plight of the Palestinians. & Spencer Hakimian & @Spe...•19h Mamdani: I have spoken about the Israeli government committing genocide and our government funding it. Trump: *nods*
November 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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seamas.bsky.social
In April, I wondered what a trans toilet ban might look like in practice. Trans people and their cis women allies have been sounding these alarms for years. It now seems clear that the UK government took all these dire warnings as policy proposals.

www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
With 8,000 holders of gender recognition certificates now unsure if they’re barred from peeing once they leave the house, some have argued that the provision of millions of unisex toilets might be the answer. Considering these would be the same unisex toilets they never got round to building for Britain’s 4m pre-school age kids — and their awkward dads — we can dismiss this stalling tactic with the contempt it deserves. We might also consider what this means for the millions of cis women who do not fit the standard, sexist notion of “femininity” which logic dictates they must be checked against to enforce this ruling. Too tall, perhaps, too strong-jawed, or short-haired — anything that one patron, one witness, one supermarket or leisure centre security guard might consider cause to question their femininity. And how might they prove their “real” gender? How would you? Perhaps my conception of feminism has been mis-calibrated all this time, and true freedom for women is mandating that they carry their birth certificates around with them all day, so they can be checked by citizen genital inspectors, male and female, encouraged to presume you’re a predator first, and work backwards from there.
November 20, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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washingtonpost.com
Omar El Akkad’s “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This” about the war in Gaza won the nonfiction award at the National Book Awards.
A provocative bestseller wins the National Book Award for nonfiction
Omar El Akkad’s “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This” criticizes Western indifference to civilian suffering in Gaza.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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pbresnihan.bsky.social
'Micheal Martin said that some people believe that Ireland's standing internationally is based on "how loud we speak," but the truth is that it is based on "countless hours building relationships".'

Building relationships with the World Bank for €600k a year jobs?

www.rte.ie/news/politic...
Donohoe resigns from Government for World Bank role
Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has resigned from his role in Government to take up a position at the World Bank.
www.rte.ie
November 19, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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skeinpress.bsky.social
The audiobook of 'Unsettled', Rosaleen McDonagh's incisive and groundbreaking essay collection, is now available to purchase on our website.

Narrated by Kathleen Murphy, the book explores racism, ableism, abuse, resistance and the bonds of community that tie us together
November 19, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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saulstaniforth.bsky.social
"An Israeli air strike on a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon has killed at least 13 people. Dozens more were injured in the attack"

Israel is a terrorist state.
November 19, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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khawaja.bsky.social
Powerful op-ed from Btselem on accountability in Gaza: "Accountability is essential – not for revenge, but because there’s no reckoning without responsibility. Genocide must not be normalized. And a system that carries it out must not go unchallenged." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Israel needs to face accountability for our genocide. And so does the US | Yuli Novak
The international community allowed all of this to happen. We must not look away or move on
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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dropsitenews.com
📽️ Jeremy Scahill On The Gaza Vote: “Extraordinarily Dark Moment In The History Of The United Nations.”

Scahill says the new UN resolution gives an “international stamp of legitimacy” to the U.S.–Israeli plan to privatize and occupy Gaza. The UN now “endorses Israel’s war of subjugation and...
📽️ Jeremy Scahill On The Gaza Vote: “Extraordinarily Dark Moment In The History Of The United Nations.” Scahill says the new UN resolution gives an “international stamp of legitimacy” to the U.S.–Israeli plan to privatize and occupy Gaza. The UN now “endorses Israel’s war of subjugation and apartheid,” leaving Palestinians “alone in the world as the only people who do not have the right to pursue self-determination or resist occupation.”
November 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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mimmymum.bsky.social
Trans people are waiting 25 years to get access to HRT on the NHS: It took me 5 hours!

“The whole time I was talking to my GP I couldn’t stop thinking about how my experience was so totally & completely different to that of a trans person. The contrast was impossible to ignore” #TransAwarenessWeek
Trans people are waiting 25 years to get access to HRT on the NHS: It took me 5 hours
In the space of an afternoon, I booked an appointment with my GP, talked through my symptoms, and walked out with a prescription for HRT in…
medium.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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ayoub.bsky.social
Totally normal stuff: Unremovable Israeli Spyware Found on Samsung Devices

smex.org/open-letter-...
Open Letter to Samsung: End Forced Israeli-Founded Bloatware Installations in the WANA Region
<p>In recent months, we have received numerous reports from users across West Asia and North Africa (WANA) expressing alarm over…</p>
smex.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
"top border patrol official was so inspired by hunting magazines that he vowed to hunt immigrants" is really...something.
November 17, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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aaliyahxx.bsky.social
Gazans queue at a UNRWA distribution centre in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, to receive tarps to reinforce their tents amid worsening winter conditions and displacement.
A large crowd of displaced Gazans stands in a muddy courtyard outside a multi-story building with peeling paint and open balconies. The ground is wet and flooded from rain. People of all ages, including children, wait in line near makeshift tents, wearing winter clothing and hoods. A woman wearing a pink headscarf walks through a narrow pathway between tarp-covered displacement tents, carrying a large white tarp sheet on her head. Children and men walk through the flooded ground around her. Behind them is a multi-story building with laundry hanging along the balconies. Displaced Gazans gather tightly outside a UNRWA distribution window. Many people hold large white tarp sheets in their arms. The ground is muddy and wet. Men and women of varying ages stand in line while others walk away carrying the humanitarian supplies they received. An aerial-style view looking down into a crowded distribution area. Dozens of displaced people stand in long lines between tents marked with the UN emblem. The ground is slick with water, and many people appear soaked from rain as they wait to receive aid.
November 16, 2025 at 6:13 PM
rossac.bsky.social
Male violence against women is an endemic problem in NI and we need action, not promises from Stormont. I've signed this petition to stand up against men's violence towards women - will you sign too? my.actnowni.org/petitions/st...
Sign Now: Stand Up Against Men's Violence Towards Women
Male violence against women is an endemic problem in NI and we need action, not promises from Stormont. I've signed this petition to stand up against men's violence towards women - will you sign too?
my.actnowni.org
November 16, 2025 at 8:48 AM