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Zora O'Neill

@zoraoneill.com

890 followers 930 following 1.8K posts

Author, ALL STRANGERS ARE KIN (now an AUDIOBOOK!). Editor. I comment on: Arabic, refugees, travel, grammar, Queens, more. she/her. Profile pic: black tee with “love” in white, in Arabic and English. Banner: mosaic of Manhattan skyline seen f/ Queens.

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Zora O'Neill @zoraoneill.com · 2h

Great use of the genre, entertaining, and informative—I didn’t realize so much shitfuckery was going down!!

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Zora O'Neill @zoraoneill.com · 2h

I do love a good tourism ad!

the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 2d

The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!

Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!

YouTube video by thejuicemedia

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Zora O'Neill @zoraoneill.com · 2h

They’ve got inflatable AXOLOTLS?! Maybe capitalism isn’t all bad.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 6h

Portland 🔥

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 7h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Zora O'Neill @zoraoneill.com · 4h

Trying to scrub out the “bad” parts of US history is like getting massive cosmetic surgery — you’re only fooling yourself, it won’t even last, and your kids will still be ugly.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 8h

It’s pronounced cyclist.

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Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · 23h

Honestly, it’s exhausting that people think Gazans should only ask for help to survive to eat, to stay alive but not to dream, to study, or to rebuild their lives. Wanting education, safety, and a future isn’t greed. It’s being human.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 14h

This is so evil.

⭕️ BREAKING: CNN reports that Israel will not release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya as part of the ceasefire deal.

“The occupation refused to release Dr Hussam Abu Safiya,” a Hamas official told CNN on Friday.

💔💔💔💔
So you call it a “peace plan”?

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jj skolnik @modernistwitch.myatproto.social · 14h

the correct response to scaremongering about trans kids in sports is:
1) kids should be able to play sports with their friends
2) you want the government inspecting yr kid’s genitals? asking for chromosome and hormone tests? seems messed up!
3) sports governing bodies also already figured this out

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Zora O'Neill @zoraoneill.com · 14h

Wait so it’s really more like 15,000?! OMG!

Zora O'Neill @zoraoneill.com · 14h

Oh god, monstrous!

Zora O'Neill @zoraoneill.com · 15h

11,000!!!

OpheliaPG @opheliapg.bsky.social · 15h

Israel Finalizes List for First Phase of Prisoner Swap Deal

11,000 Palestinians (hostages❗️) are currently held in Israeli prisons, including hundreds of women and children.
#FreePalestine #FreeThemAll imemc.org/article/isra...

Israel Finalizes List for First Phase of Prisoner Swap Deal

Israeli media have disclosed new details surrounding the finalized list of Palestinian detainees slated for release under the initial phase of the recently ...

imemc.org

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Zora O'Neill @zoraoneill.com · 15h

Based solely on the articles WaPo now shares on Bluesky (tips for getting out grease stains, product reviews, dumb German pudding fad explainers), you would never know it used to be newspaper of record. Equally depressing and embarrassing.

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 1d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Pang OfFearnity @bough.cloud · 1d

alt text:

msrachelforlittles
Dear President Obama,
I saw in your statement you said "Israeli families" & "the people of Gaza."
Palestinians have families, too.
This kind of language contributes to dehumanization. Dehumanization is part of what caused so many to stay silent as 20,000 children were killed in this genocide.
I've sat with wonderful Palestinian families from Gaza. They look at their children just like we look at ours - with all the love & hope in the world.
Love,
Ms Rachel

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DB Maggi @dbmaggi.bsky.social · 1d

Ms Rachel schools Obama on why he really should stop using dehumanizing language.

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Pride Was A Riot, Sacramento @pridewasariot.bsky.social · 1d

Now with #AltText

A black background has white text at the top that says “amphifa.” Two flags over each other, common antifa flags, have a black flag and a green one. An image of a green frog facing left with a blue ascot sits on the black flag. Circling the flags is the text, “amphibians against fascism.”

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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 1d

So far in 2025, Iran’s authorities have executed at least 1,106 people.

Today, on World Day Against the Death Penalty, we urge the international community to apply pressure on Iranian authorities to stop their assault on rights.

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 1d

Regardless, it's a sign of Cuomo's establishement brain and Democratic consultant syndrome that he can't wrap his head around universal benefits.

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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 2d

Gaza: Ceasefire No Substitute for Action on Aid, Justice

The Israeli government and Hamas agreed on October 9, 2025 to the first stage of the US government’s “Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict,” which includes a ceasefire, the release of Israeli a...

www.hrw.org

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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 2d

Palestinians in Gaza will continue to suffer and die so long as Israel maintains its unlawful blockade of Gaza and does not restore basic services like electricity, water and health care.

States should take urgent action to prevent further rights violations.

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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 2d

Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first stage of the US government’s “Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict.”

The agreement offers the prospect of relief after two years of unimaginable atrocities—but is no substitute for action to protect human rights and ensure justice.

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Hootz @realhootz72.bsky.social · 2d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Zora O'Neill @zoraoneill.com · 2d

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2d

Following MTG's lengthy CNN sitdown interview, Wolf Blitzer tells her:

"You‘re a courageous politician, but more important, a loving mother. Thanks very much for coming in. We hope you‘ll come back here in the Situation Room."

Zora O'Neill @zoraoneill.com · 2d

Not sure why Tesla doesn’t get the same scrutiny and penalty as manufacturers of bed rails.

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 2d

#WARNING: CPSC warns consumers to immediately stop using four models of OasisSpace adult portable bed rails; One death reported. Full notice: www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...

Four models of OasisSpace adult portable bedrails. Full list of model numbers on CPSC.gov.