Ariela
@arielazib.bsky.social
Above all, guard your heart.
🇫🇯 👣👣❤️🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾 + #furbabymama
🌊 #ocean 🎙️ #podcastjunkie
🥘 #foodie 📚 #bookworm
#bekind #loveunconditional #historymatters
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🏢 https://www.linkedin.com/in/arielazibiah/
🇫🇯 👣👣❤️🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾 + #furbabymama
🌊 #ocean 🎙️ #podcastjunkie
🥘 #foodie 📚 #bookworm
#bekind #loveunconditional #historymatters
✍️ https://medium.com/@vasivikaHERstories
🏢 https://www.linkedin.com/in/arielazibiah/
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January 31, 2026 at 12:17 AM
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Whoa!
Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday.
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
January 31, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Whoa!
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I think we're at that point.
January 27, 2026 at 3:06 PM
I think we're at that point.
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Former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama issued a statement on the murder of Alex Pretti by Trump’s ICE thugs.
“It should be a wake up call to Americans, regardless of party, many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.”
“It should be a wake up call to Americans, regardless of party, many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.”
January 25, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama issued a statement on the murder of Alex Pretti by Trump’s ICE thugs.
“It should be a wake up call to Americans, regardless of party, many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.”
“It should be a wake up call to Americans, regardless of party, many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.”
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Alex Pretti’s family issued a statement slamming the “reprehensible and disgusting” lies from the administration.
January 25, 2026 at 4:39 AM
Alex Pretti’s family issued a statement slamming the “reprehensible and disgusting” lies from the administration.
#islandhome experiencing some mix needed rain after a few days of 🥵!
January 12, 2026 at 4:31 AM
#islandhome experiencing some mix needed rain after a few days of 🥵!
“Where do you go from here? For now, the courts are not the place to work out big ideas about #representation and fairness. I’ve decided to focus on doing “democracy science”…taking a hard look at the design of #electoralsystems could get us out of this nuclear moment.“
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Moon Duchin on the ‘Mathematical Quagmire’ of Gerrymandering
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
“Where do you go from here? For now, the courts are not the place to work out big ideas about #representation and fairness. I’ve decided to focus on doing “democracy science”…taking a hard look at the design of #electoralsystems could get us out of this nuclear moment.“
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"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." - Voltaire
A warning from 1765 that's screaming at us today. When we surrender critical thinking for comfortable lies, atrocities follow—against truth, justice, and our shared humanity.
#Truth #Democracy #Philosophy
A warning from 1765 that's screaming at us today. When we surrender critical thinking for comfortable lies, atrocities follow—against truth, justice, and our shared humanity.
#Truth #Democracy #Philosophy
October 23, 2025 at 7:49 PM
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." - Voltaire
A warning from 1765 that's screaming at us today. When we surrender critical thinking for comfortable lies, atrocities follow—against truth, justice, and our shared humanity.
#Truth #Democracy #Philosophy
A warning from 1765 that's screaming at us today. When we surrender critical thinking for comfortable lies, atrocities follow—against truth, justice, and our shared humanity.
#Truth #Democracy #Philosophy
SAME “watchdog” that said it was okay for #Japan to dump #radioactive #wastewater into the #PacificOcean for the next 30 years? ✋🏾 🛑 ☢️
#globalpolitics #geopolitics #asiapacific #bullies
#globalpolitics #geopolitics #asiapacific #bullies
September 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
SAME “watchdog” that said it was okay for #Japan to dump #radioactive #wastewater into the #PacificOcean for the next 30 years? ✋🏾 🛑 ☢️
#globalpolitics #geopolitics #asiapacific #bullies
#globalpolitics #geopolitics #asiapacific #bullies
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France recognises Palestine and calls for UN force in Gaza
France recognises Palestine and calls for UN force in Gaza
Macron sets out plan for international stabilisation mission as Arab and Muslim leaders prepare to meet Trump in New York
Emmanuel Macron has announced France’s official recognition of the State of Palestine, setting out a plan for a UN-mandated international stabilisation force in postwar Gaza that is expected to find support in many countries but not in Israel or the US.
“The time has come to end the war in Gaza, the massacres and the death,” Macron said during a speech opening a special summit in the United Nations general assembly hall on Monday evening. “The time has come to do justice for the Palestinian people and thus to recognise the State of Palestine in Gaza, the West Bank and Jerusalem.” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
France recognises Palestine and calls for UN force in Gaza
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We’re delighted to launch: The Art of Climate Conversation, the public outreach programme for Adaptation Futures 2025, proudly sponsored by Beca.
September 22, 2025 at 2:10 AM
We’re delighted to launch: The Art of Climate Conversation, the public outreach programme for Adaptation Futures 2025, proudly sponsored by Beca.
“He had submitted himself fully to the expectations and demands of his community, wife and children. Working long hours became a way to avoid confronting his own yearnings. “I had to suck it up and say, ‘I’m fine. Just put on a happy face,’” he said.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/s...
From Bi to Beige and Back Again
www.nytimes.com
September 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
“He had submitted himself fully to the expectations and demands of his community, wife and children. Working long hours became a way to avoid confronting his own yearnings. “I had to suck it up and say, ‘I’m fine. Just put on a happy face,’” he said.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/s...
Will just leave this here.
September 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Will just leave this here.
“It’s all to do with the path,” he said, chuckling beneath a thin white beard. “There are some crooked paths, for sure, but they’re all #paths towards something higher, ultimately divine. I just keep going.”
#music #faith
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/a...
#music #faith
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/a...
Yusuf Islam Wants to Explain Himself
www.nytimes.com
September 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
“It’s all to do with the path,” he said, chuckling beneath a thin white beard. “There are some crooked paths, for sure, but they’re all #paths towards something higher, ultimately divine. I just keep going.”
#music #faith
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/a...
#music #faith
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/a...
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The #AF2025 community welcomes today's International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling on the obligations of states to tackle climate change.
July 24, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The #AF2025 community welcomes today's International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling on the obligations of states to tackle climate change.
July 27, 2025 at 8:08 PM
#weekend tings at my #isandhome with the #furbabies - #Lolobani & #Ladybug playing #hideandseek …! Hope you’re having a safe and fun weekend!
July 25, 2025 at 11:56 PM
#weekend tings at my #isandhome with the #furbabies - #Lolobani & #Ladybug playing #hideandseek …! Hope you’re having a safe and fun weekend!
“But crucially, the #ICJ said industrialised nations have a #legal #obligation to take the lead in combating #climatechange, due to their greater historical #responsibility for emissions.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/...
#climatejustice #oceania #indigenouspeoples #noneconomicloss
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/...
#climatejustice #oceania #indigenouspeoples #noneconomicloss
Climate change an ‘existential threat’, UN court says in landmark opinion
ICJ Judge Yuji Iwasawa says greenhouse emissions are ‘unequivocally caused by human activities’ as he delivers opinion.
www.aljazeera.com
July 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
“But crucially, the #ICJ said industrialised nations have a #legal #obligation to take the lead in combating #climatechange, due to their greater historical #responsibility for emissions.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/...
#climatejustice #oceania #indigenouspeoples #noneconomicloss
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/...
#climatejustice #oceania #indigenouspeoples #noneconomicloss
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🚧 From the archives: MEN, MONEY AND MUD (1954) tells the behind-the-scenes story of how SFO was built—complete with politics, planning, & a lot of landfill.
Digitized by UC Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies Library.
Read it here ➡️ archive.org/details/C124...
Digitized by UC Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies Library.
Read it here ➡️ archive.org/details/C124...
July 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
🚧 From the archives: MEN, MONEY AND MUD (1954) tells the behind-the-scenes story of how SFO was built—complete with politics, planning, & a lot of landfill.
Digitized by UC Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies Library.
Read it here ➡️ archive.org/details/C124...
Digitized by UC Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies Library.
Read it here ➡️ archive.org/details/C124...
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Given a very big surge in last minute early bird applications we’ve extended cut off to 20 July. Many pre/post conference events (eg Early Career & Indigenous Pacific wānanga) are full but there are waiting lists so please do register & we’ll endeavour to include you! See adaptationfutures2025.com
July 14, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Given a very big surge in last minute early bird applications we’ve extended cut off to 20 July. Many pre/post conference events (eg Early Career & Indigenous Pacific wānanga) are full but there are waiting lists so please do register & we’ll endeavour to include you! See adaptationfutures2025.com
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📣 There’s just one day left to register for #AF2025 using the early-bird discount!
You can register to attend Adaptation Futures 2025 online or in person at a reduced price until 15 July.
You can register to attend Adaptation Futures 2025 online or in person at a reduced price until 15 July.
July 14, 2025 at 12:20 AM
📣 There’s just one day left to register for #AF2025 using the early-bird discount!
You can register to attend Adaptation Futures 2025 online or in person at a reduced price until 15 July.
You can register to attend Adaptation Futures 2025 online or in person at a reduced price until 15 July.
July 12, 2025 at 1:12 AM