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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 3d

Here is a thing that I hear from *almost every British Jew I know* but have barely heard expressed in any of these programmes: No single person has done more to make Jewish people globally less safe than Benjamin Netanyahu.

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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 8d

Newsflash - it wont work.

Either take palestinian self determination seriously & pursue a legitimate process where they are equal partners, or this goes nowhere. More violence and suffering will ensue

Israel has proven itself incapable of pursuing peace. The int'l communiy should act accordingly

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aoifseywoifs @aoifseywoifs.bsky.social · 8d

He saw Biden fall and get right back up, and he knows if he falls, he will just lie there like a confused orange walrus.

aoifseywoifs @aoifseywoifs.bsky.social · 9d

I don’t know why Cuddihy thinks this needs to be shouty. We need to actually hear what the candidates have to say. #TonightVMTV #Aras25

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aoifseywoifs @aoifseywoifs.bsky.social · 17d

I have muted all references to him.

a little girl sits in a lotus position on the roof of a netflix vehicle

ALT: a little girl sits in a lotus position on the roof of a netflix vehicle

media.tenor.com

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 24d

This may explain why there’s an aggressive response to people who merely post Kirk’s own words. It threatens the existence of the alternate Kirk - the motivational speaker that had been marketed to young kids and white Christian groups through selective quotation & clips.

ML @mlpoole.bsky.social · 24d

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 25d

kirk was a dumb motherfucker whose entire debating tactic boiled down to ‘deny science and refuse to acknowledge reality until the other persn gets frustrated and gives up’.

‘debate me bros’ are a parlour trick and only the truly stupid are duped by them.

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aoifseywoifs @aoifseywoifs.bsky.social · 24d

Governments around the world need to ban X. It’s as simple as that.

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Azure @aguyuno.bsky.social · 24d

And there it is.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 25d

"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”

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aoifseywoifs @aoifseywoifs.bsky.social · Jul 29

And why was a teenager working as a masseuse in Trump’s spa?

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · Jul 29

Honestly if there are sniper holes in the foreheads of children, I don’t care if your own reasoning allows you to sidestep the G-word, there is no logical parsing that can justify these acts, there is no gentlemanly symmetrical warfare based on some colonial guideline, this is mass human hunting.

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aoifseywoifs @aoifseywoifs.bsky.social · Jul 29

Also, “stealing” Giuffre was so heinous that Trump never spoke to Jeffrey again (although, curiously, he didn’t cease contact until 4 years after Giuffre was “stolen” 🤔), and yet Trump is now talking about pardoning Maxwell, who did the actual “poaching”??

This is how Giuffre described Maxwell:

Giuffre told "CBS This Morning" co-host Gayle King what she thought of Maxwell.

Virginia Roberts Giuffre: She is a monster. She's worse than Epstein. She did things even worse than Epstein did. She was vicious. She was evil. And she's a woman.

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · Jul 29

Trump claims Epstein "stole" one of Epstein's underage victims, Virginia Giuffre, from Trump's Mar-a-lago spa.

Why did Trump use the word "stole," as if he owned Giuffre?

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · May 17

A reminder that Eurovision banned Russia while Israel continues to participate.

Meanwhile the Israeli government has killed at least 140 ppl in 24h and has been openly starving Gaza for over two months.

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Eurovision crew member hit with paint amid bid to disrupt Israeli performance

Two pro-Palestinian protesters try to rush on stage as Yuval Raphael sings New Day Will Rise in Basel

www.theguardian.com

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aoifseywoifs @aoifseywoifs.bsky.social · May 17

I cannot. #eurovision

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aoifseywoifs @aoifseywoifs.bsky.social · Jan 17

For reference, Bezos in 1999:

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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · Jan 12

FYI, folks from Bluesky. Reporters at The NYT, among other news organizations, are now generating a giant wave of accountability stories about the new Trump era. Reading these stories, sharing them, is a form of accountability as well. It is a form of participatory democracy too. Substance matters.

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Asher Hellbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · Jan 12

Why is it that Brazil is one of the few countries around that remembers it is, in fact, a state with state capacity

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · Jan 12

Get Zuck’s ass, Brazil

www.france24.com/en/live-news...

Brazil gives Meta 72 hours to explain new fact-checking policies

Brazil on Friday gave social media giant Meta 72 hours to explain its fact-checking policy for the country, and how it plans to protect "fundamental rights" on its platforms.

www.france24.com

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AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · Jan 9

Read this

Tim Lambert @timlambert-pa.bsky.social · Jan 9

"Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a @propublica.org reporter."

A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.

Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....

www.propublica.org

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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · Dec 29

Among Jimmy Carter's many contributions were his efforts to eradicate the Guinea worm, a parasite which causes excruciating pain.

When he started his work, there were 3.5 million cases globally. In 2024, there were seven.

He didn't quite get his wish of outliving it, but he came pretty damn close.

Guinea Worm Case Totals

www.cartercenter.org

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Lightacandle @lightacandle.bsky.social · Dec 27

Yes! At last someone has put him in the dock! Starts January. Support the thorough coverage by @bylinetimes.bsky.social

Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · Dec 22

Prince Harry and Tom Watson’s case against The Sun newspaper’s publisher finally makes it to trial over allegations of illegality, corruption, and cover-up

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