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Dirk Holemans @ecodenker.bsky.social · 28d

Football is about respect and fairness. Not sports-washing genocide. Italy is set to host Israel for the World Cup qualifiers while people in Gaza starve and die. Sign now to demand FIFA and UEFA ban Israel from international football! #banisrael action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-09...

Kick Israel out of the 2026 World Cup

Football is about respect and fairness. Not sports-washing genocide. Italy is set to host Israel for the World Cup qualifiers while people in Gaza starve and die. Sign now to demand FIFA and UEFA ban ...

action.wemove.eu

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Tim Goedemé @timgoedeme.bsky.social · Aug 31

Lezen jullie mee? @de-nva.bsky.social @deweverbart.bsky.social @mdiependaele.bsky.social Dringend tijd dat jullie eens een iets objectievere bril over het midden-oosten opzetten...

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · Aug 31

Think about all those people in the West, in liberal political and media circles, on this hellsite, who insisted repeatedly for months that Hamas was the obstacle to a ceasefire deal.

Have nothing but contempt for them and never listen to them ever again.

Lapid received a call from Egypt: 'Did you know Netanyahu decided to kill his own plan?'

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www.haaretz.com

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · Aug 31

Think about all those people in the West, in liberal political and media circles, on this hellsite, who insisted repeatedly for months that Hamas was the obstacle to a ceasefire deal.

Have nothing but contempt for them and never listen to them ever again.

Lapid received a call from Egypt: 'Did you know Netanyahu decided to kill his own plan?'

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www.haaretz.com

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apache/ @apache.be · Aug 26

Apache komt vandaag op straat – amen met journalistenorganisaties VVJ, AJP en het Palestijnse Journalistensydicaat – uit solidariteit met de journalisten die de Israëlische regering als schietschijf gebruikt. Gisteren werd in Gaza alweer vijf journalisten vermoord.
apache.be/2025/08/26/a...

Apache komt op straat tegen moord op journalisten in Gaza

Al na de eerste drie maanden lag het aantal gedode journalisten hoger in Gaza dan tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog.

apache.be

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Tim Goedemé @timgoedeme.bsky.social · Aug 20

Gemaskerde agenten in burger veel beter zichtbaar in flimpje op GVA: www.gva.be/regio/antwer...

Bomenkap in Deurne gaat voorlopig door, ondanks geëscaleerd protest: “Donderdag uitspraak over vergunning”

In Deurne-Zuid is het protest tegen de bomenkap woensdag geëscaleerd. Van een menselijke ketting, tot een ontruimde Drakenhoflaan, met als resultaat vijf mensen die door de massaal aanwezige politie zijn opgepakt en nog twee die in het ziekenhuis zijn beland. Na een korte onderbreking op de middag werden de bomen wel verder gekapt. De Raad voor Vergunningsbetwistingen doet pas donderdag een uitspraak.

www.gva.be

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Tim Goedemé @timgoedeme.bsky.social · Aug 20

maar artikel meldt niets over bivakmutsen en ziekenhuis. Als dit klopt, is dat toch weer een grove weglating.

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Thomas Willekens @thomaswillekens.bsky.social · Aug 20

Samusocial moest gisteren noodopvang weigeren aan 25 gezinnen. Dit is een rechtstreeks gevolg van het beleid van minsiter van Bossuyt.

Ze zet gezinnen met kinderen op straat, omdat deze gezinnen al 'bescherming' kregen in Griekenland.

Compleet onwettig.

www.hln.be/binnenland/d...

Dramatisch record “illustreert omvang van dakloosheid in Brussel”: op één dag geen opvang voor 100 mensen

De Brusselse daklozenorganisatie Samusocial heeft maandag bijna honderd mensen, uit in totaal 25 gezinnen, de toegang tot opvang moeten ontzeggen. Nooit eerder waren het er op één dag zoveel, meldt Sa...

www.hln.be

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Tim Goedemé @timgoedeme.bsky.social · Aug 19

@vrtnws.be

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Aug 19

Feel like one political party kidnapping an opponent should be bigger news

MSNBC @msnbc.com · Aug 19

NEW:

“I’ve had enough…I’m refusing to back down.”

Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier speaks to MSNBC from the Texas State Capitol. She is stuck there after the Texas GOP required police surveillance as condition for release. She is refusing to sign a waiver for the law enforcement escort.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Aug 19

Feel like one political party kidnapping an opponent should be bigger news

MSNBC @msnbc.com · Aug 19

NEW:

“I’ve had enough…I’m refusing to back down.”

Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier speaks to MSNBC from the Texas State Capitol. She is stuck there after the Texas GOP required police surveillance as condition for release. She is refusing to sign a waiver for the law enforcement escort.

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The Keeling Curve @keelingcurve.bsky.social · Aug 16

Communication down 14-Aug-2025 keelingcurve.ucsd.edu

The Keeling Curve

The Keeling Curve is a daily record of global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration maintained by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.

keelingcurve.ucsd.edu

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apache/ @apache.be · Jul 25

De Israëlische wapenindustrie is wereldleider op vlak van surveillance- en spywareproducten, die het vaak test en toepast op Palestijnen. Ook bijna de helft van alle Vlaamse politiezones kocht Israëlische spyware, blijkt uit onderzoek van Apache.
apache.be/2025/07/25/b...

Bijna de helft van alle Vlaamse politiezones gebruikt Israëlische spyware

Israëlische surveillancebedrijven hebben een indrukwekkende klantenlijst: Rusland, China, de VS, Wit-Rusland en Servië – én België.

apache.be

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · Jul 25

I normally post on climate science, which is my expertise.
But this is too important to look away, so I want to share this from the Washington Post. Please read.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Column | As Gaza starves, Israel’s far right sees a dream coming true

Members of Israel’s government embrace the Trump-inspired vision of a Gaza of gleaming towers, ritzy tourism and pristine neighborhoods, but without Palestinians.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Jul 24

What is left to say? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

In recent days, I operated on two women who were shot by quadcopters while sheltering in their tents near one of the locations, according to the people who brought them in. One was breastfeeding her child when she was hit; the second was pregnant.
Thankfully, both have survived their injuries so far.
These women weren't even seeking aid - they were simply sheltering in areas that are supposedly
"safe" but exposed to indiscriminate fire from the IDF's weaponised hunger apparatus.

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Nadia Bouras @nadiabouras.bsky.social · Jul 23

De EU kán Israël vandaag nog dwingen om voedsel en hulp toe te laten in Gaza. Dat dat niet gebeurt, is geen onvermogen, maar een bewuste politieke keuze. Al bijna twee jaar kijkt Europa weg, en maakt zich zo medeplichtig aan misdaden tegen de menselijkheid.

Artsen vallen flauw van de honger, steeds meer kinderen sterven door ondervoeding: massale hongersnood dreigt in Gaza

Mensen lopen wankelend over straat, artsen vallen flauw van de honger en steeds meer kinderen sterven vanwege een gebrek aan voedsel. Meer dan honderd hulporganisaties waarschuwden woensdag voor massa...

www.volkskrant.nl

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Tim Goedemé @timgoedeme.bsky.social · Jul 23

@vooruit-nu.bsky.social @bensegers.bsky.social wat doen jullie eigenlijk nog in deze regering?

Thomas Willekens @thomaswillekens.bsky.social · Jul 23

België steunt een wet die mensen op de vlucht als handelswaar beschouwt.

Gezien het beperkt aantal tekens, los ik het even zo op. Vergeef me.

Thomas Willekens @thomaswillekens.bsky.social · Jul 23

België steunt een wet die mensen op de vlucht als handelswaar beschouwt.

Gezien het beperkt aantal tekens, los ik het even zo op. Vergeef me.

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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · Jul 23

Life as an academic criticising industry at Global Plastics Treaty

"I filed harassment reports... I’ve been harassed & intimidated lots of other times, in lots of other contexts, at off-site meetings, at side events, also at sci conferences, via email and so on”

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Total infiltration’: How plastics industry swamped vital global treaty talks

Petrostates and well-funded lobbyists at UN-hosted talks are derailing a deal to cut plastic production and protect people and the planet

www.theguardian.com

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Tim Goedemé @timgoedeme.bsky.social · Jul 22

This is also on you @kajakallas.bsky.social @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu and on anyone refusing to put in place proper sanctions, or at the very least, suspend the EU's Association Agreement.

Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · Jul 22

A tipping point has been reached.

Gaza is now starving to death in front of the whole world.

Those who facilitated and justified this abomination were given ample warning for 21 months.

You have no excuses, and nowhere to hide: you will be held to account for what you've done.

Gaza health ministry says 33 people dead from malnutrition in last 48 hours

New figures from the Hamas-run ministry include 12 children who have died, as the UN says Israel must allow aid into Gaza.

www.bbc.com

Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · Jul 22

A tipping point has been reached.

Gaza is now starving to death in front of the whole world.

Those who facilitated and justified this abomination were given ample warning for 21 months.

You have no excuses, and nowhere to hide: you will be held to account for what you've done.

Gaza health ministry says 33 people dead from malnutrition in last 48 hours

New figures from the Hamas-run ministry include 12 children who have died, as the UN says Israel must allow aid into Gaza.

www.bbc.com

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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · Jul 21

Sartre already said this about French colonialism in Algeria: whatever the French government will do in Algeria, they will do at home one day too — see also Israel.

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · Jul 21

It’s Abu Ghraib all over again.

But inside our borders.

David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · Jul 21

Migrants at a Miami immigration jail were shackled with their hands tied behind their backs and made to kneel to eat food from styrofoam plates “like dogs”, per a report from Human Rights Watch

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Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · Jul 19

Trump is closing all four climate observatory stations in Alaska, Hawaii, American Samoa, and Antartica. Because you can't have high CO2 levels if you don't *measure* CO2 levels.

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After 7 Decades of Measurements From a Peak in Hawaii, Trump’s Budget Would End Them

www.nytimes.com

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Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social · Jul 19

Totalitarianism intensifies across the West in support of Israel's genocide: Glasgow man charged under section 13 of the Terrorism Act and banned from the city centre for displaying a placard stating "Genocide in Palestine-Time to Take Action"!
www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/2532582...

Man 'banned' from Glasgow city centre after Palestine protest

A man said he has been 'banned' from Glasgow city centre after he was arrested during a Palestine protest.

www.glasgowtimes.co.uk

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11.11.11 @11.be · Jul 15

Dat de EU zelfs na "aanwijzingen van ernstige mensenrechtenschendingen" geen enkele maatregel treft, zegt alles. Dat is kiezen voor medeplichtigheid.

Wil de federale regering aan de juiste kant van de geschiedenis staan? Dan trekt ze nu eindelijk haar conclusies. Trek de rode lijn.

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Tim Goedemé @timgoedeme.bsky.social · Jul 11

Stop met Trump en de zijnen te normaliseren @vrtnws.be. Tijd om duidelijk te benoemen waar ze voor staan.

Björn Soenens @bsoenensvrt.bsky.social · Jul 11

In welk soort landen zie je dit?

Tim Goedemé @timgoedeme.bsky.social · Jul 11

Indeed, I hope FRA is able to recognise genocides taking place in front of their eyes, especially when facilitated by the EU.

I hope it pushes for an immediate application of EU and international law to stop the genocide being committed by Israel, and suspend the EU's Association Agreement.

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Björn Soenens @bsoenensvrt.bsky.social · Jul 11

In welk soort landen zie je dit?

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · Jul 10

The world's most famous medical NGO concludes Israel is committing genocide.

It joins a consensus of genocide scholars, including in Israel, and NGOs like Amnesty International.

No politician or journalist can claim "I did not know at the time!" to evade future justice.

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Tim Goedemé @timgoedeme.bsky.social · Jul 10

Steun van groen is al van bij de doorstart van von der leyen 2 een grote ontgoocheling. Alleen al haar positie tov de genocide door Israël maakt haar ongeschikt om de commissie te leiden. Dat moet gewoon een dikke vette rode lijn zijn waar geen enkele politica/us onder mag gaan.

Tim Goedemé @timgoedeme.bsky.social · Jul 10

youtu.be/PMuHGrOB_v0

Francesca Albanese “Israel is responsible for one of the cruelest genocides in modern history”

YouTube video by UN Palestinian Rights Committee

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Tim Goedemé @timgoedeme.bsky.social · Jul 9

@vrtnws.be Musk en Trump zullen verantwoordelijk zijn voor enorm veel doden, alleen al door het onderuit halen van USAID. Tel daar nog klimaatinactie bij, het kapotmaken van milieuwetgeving, recht op abortus etc. en het worden er vele meer. Stop met het normaliseren van deze massamoordenaars.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Jul 9

Musk said USAID was wasteful. A new review published int he Lancet estimated it saved more than 90 million lives over 20 years, and that shutting it will cause 14 million unnecessary deaths over the next five years.
Open access link to my paper on USAID
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

USAID served for decades as a vehicle for both US soft power and foreign aid. Within the first days of the Trump administration, the agency was effectively closed, its staff told to go home and its funding frozen. It is impossible to understand the demise of USAID without understanding the broader contours of American governance during the early days of the second Trump administration. The agency was the victim of online conspiracy theories and suspicion of state institutions that shape Trump's populist movement, falsely accused of criminality and corruption. Its elimination violated traditional understandings of the separation of powers, testing an expansive novel theory of presidential authority. It was underpinned not just by spending changes, but by the mass purging of government officials by a entity led by Elon Musk. The end result is both to weaken US administrative capacity and its credibility on the international stage, as well leading to thousands and potentially millions of the world's most vulnerable people to face disease, disaster, and death.