Candide Kirk
@candide.novellic.com
Busy building Novellic, the app for readers. Off-peak hours: tech, politics and fantasy 📚. Granddaughter of Nakba refugees.
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Just in case you are curious - and my God you should be - about the dude Wes Streeting and others are handing loads of public data contracts to. 👇
"This surveillance supersystem," Thiel wrote, could act as “a political framework that operates outside the checks and balances of representative democracy as described in high school textbooks.” www.wired.com/story/the-re...
The Real Stakes, and Real Story, of Peter Thiel’s Antichrist Obsession
Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt. They’ve been a road map for the billionaire ever since.
www.wired.com
October 8, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Just in case you are curious - and my God you should be - about the dude Wes Streeting and others are handing loads of public data contracts to. 👇
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Banksy drops another one, this time criticising the Government cracking down on Peaceful Protestors holding signs.
September 8, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Banksy drops another one, this time criticising the Government cracking down on Peaceful Protestors holding signs.
The cognitive dissonance is off the charts at the beeb
The BBC interviewer asks the BBC reporter, what lessons do people hope can we learn [from the Srebrenica genocide]?
"You shouldn't dehumanise particular groups of a population because the dehumanisation is the first step towards a genocide, which is what occurred here"
"You shouldn't dehumanise particular groups of a population because the dehumanisation is the first step towards a genocide, which is what occurred here"
July 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The cognitive dissonance is off the charts at the beeb
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I don't want his apologies. I want him to remember he's the leader of Labour and not a Reform tribute act. on.ft.com/3Gnr8Hn
Starmer apologises for ‘island of strangers’ remark
Climbdown over comments that echoed language of Enoch Powell is latest reversal from PM
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June 27, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I don't want his apologies. I want him to remember he's the leader of Labour and not a Reform tribute act. on.ft.com/3Gnr8Hn
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If you are not concerned by the proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation because you think it doesn’t impact you, you are wrong.
This is an authoritarian abuse of power by the government & it curtails all of our civil liberties #r4today
This is an authoritarian abuse of power by the government & it curtails all of our civil liberties #r4today
On LBC @zoejardiniere.bsky.social lists 3 previous instances where military aircraft have been targeted by campaigners in order to prevent them being used in war crimes, and she describes the govt banning Palestine Action as terrorists as an abuse of state power.
Well said.
Well said.
June 24, 2025 at 6:48 AM
If you are not concerned by the proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation because you think it doesn’t impact you, you are wrong.
This is an authoritarian abuse of power by the government & it curtails all of our civil liberties #r4today
This is an authoritarian abuse of power by the government & it curtails all of our civil liberties #r4today
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51 killed in Khan Younis as they queued for food distribution outside the "humanitarian" compound
Every. Day
Every. Day
June 17, 2025 at 8:45 AM
51 killed in Khan Younis as they queued for food distribution outside the "humanitarian" compound
Every. Day
Every. Day
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BREAKING: The country that bombed every building in Gaza and gunned civilians down while they were queuing for food says that Iran does not respect civilian lives 😭😭😭
June 16, 2025 at 8:17 AM
BREAKING: The country that bombed every building in Gaza and gunned civilians down while they were queuing for food says that Iran does not respect civilian lives 😭😭😭
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Wishing @scriblit.bsky.social and Farrago a very happy #BookBirthday on the paperback #publicationday of the brilliant #CursedUnderLondon!
When two men are thrown together by the curse of immortality they are drawn into a dark plot they must overcome while trying not to fall in love!
When two men are thrown together by the curse of immortality they are drawn into a dark plot they must overcome while trying not to fall in love!
June 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Wishing @scriblit.bsky.social and Farrago a very happy #BookBirthday on the paperback #publicationday of the brilliant #CursedUnderLondon!
When two men are thrown together by the curse of immortality they are drawn into a dark plot they must overcome while trying not to fall in love!
When two men are thrown together by the curse of immortality they are drawn into a dark plot they must overcome while trying not to fall in love!
Absolutely shameless.
Vote these vile people out.
Vote these vile people out.
Imagine visiting a country in an official capacity and smiling in photos when their government is committing war crimes and genocide
🚨Five Labour MPs visited Israel on a trip sponsored by Labour Friends of Israel last week.
They met with Israeli president Isaac Herzog who said the "entire nation" of Gaza was collectively responsible for 7 October.
They met with Israeli president Isaac Herzog who said the "entire nation" of Gaza was collectively responsible for 7 October.
June 4, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Absolutely shameless.
Vote these vile people out.
Vote these vile people out.
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Unprecedentedly strong intervention by ICRC. “Palestinians, she says, have been stripped of human dignity. International humanitarian law is being hollowed out. What is happening in Gaza, she says, surpasses any acceptable legal, moral and humane standard” www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
Gaza worse than hell on Earth, Red Cross chief tells BBC as aid centres close for day - live updates
The president of the ICRC tells the BBC's international editor Jeremy Bowen Palestinians have been stripped of human dignity.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 4, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Unprecedentedly strong intervention by ICRC. “Palestinians, she says, have been stripped of human dignity. International humanitarian law is being hollowed out. What is happening in Gaza, she says, surpasses any acceptable legal, moral and humane standard” www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
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Is it now socially acceptable to talk about the genocide on this app?
May 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Is it now socially acceptable to talk about the genocide on this app?
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People still wondering about intent. Israeli minister: “I say to the prime minister, ‘Dear prime minister, we must not give them humanitarian aid. We must not give them fuel…’ Our enemies deserve only a bullet to the head!”
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Israel kills 81 in Gaza as ‘different messages’ emerge on ceasefire talks
World Health Organization tells of ‘horror on horror’ in Gaza’s hospitals as medicines run out to treat dying, injured.
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May 27, 2025 at 6:57 AM
People still wondering about intent. Israeli minister: “I say to the prime minister, ‘Dear prime minister, we must not give them humanitarian aid. We must not give them fuel…’ Our enemies deserve only a bullet to the head!”
aje.io/d9wxs3
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The unimaginable horror. Losing 9 children in one heartbeat. And the world moves on. Like they weren't her entire universe, like she's not worthy of your empathy.
A Palestinian paediatrician received the charred bodies of nine of her children while on duty at the hospital after an Israeli strike hit her home in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-do...
www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-do...
Gaza doctor receives charred bodies of her nine children while on duty
Paediatrician Alaa al-Najjar was treating victims of Israeli attacks when her children were killed in a strike on their home
www.middleeasteye.net
May 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The unimaginable horror. Losing 9 children in one heartbeat. And the world moves on. Like they weren't her entire universe, like she's not worthy of your empathy.
Is it now socially acceptable to talk about the genocide on this app?
May 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Is it now socially acceptable to talk about the genocide on this app?
I see the racist dog whistle posts are gaining more traction in this place as well now... Ten times more dangerous because BSky *pretends* to be the civilised space
May 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I see the racist dog whistle posts are gaining more traction in this place as well now... Ten times more dangerous because BSky *pretends* to be the civilised space
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I know that things change over time and you can't say some things at the start of a 5-yr term and never change the plan, but surely more people would have voted for the Tories if they wanted these policies? on.ft.com/458XxeO
May 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I know that things change over time and you can't say some things at the start of a 5-yr term and never change the plan, but surely more people would have voted for the Tories if they wanted these policies? on.ft.com/458XxeO
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A Palestinian man: "These are the body parts of young children, shredded to pieces. Six young children are missing and these are some of their body parts. Who would accept that?"
Hani Mahmoud reports on yesterdays airstrikes by Israel.
Hani Mahmoud reports on yesterdays airstrikes by Israel.
May 1, 2025 at 6:20 AM
A Palestinian man: "These are the body parts of young children, shredded to pieces. Six young children are missing and these are some of their body parts. Who would accept that?"
Hani Mahmoud reports on yesterdays airstrikes by Israel.
Hani Mahmoud reports on yesterdays airstrikes by Israel.
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Why is anyone still listening to Tony Blair?
April 30, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Why is anyone still listening to Tony Blair?
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“One of them is a 4-year-old with Stage 4 cancer who was deported without medication or the ability to contact their doctors, the family’s lawyer said.”
Thinking about the types of people who participated in this atrocity.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Thinking about the types of people who participated in this atrocity.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Three U.S. citizens, ages 2, 4 and 7, swiftly deported from Louisiana
The cases have renewed concerns that the Trump administration’s expedited deportations are violating the rights of both citizens and noncitizens.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 26, 2025 at 11:50 PM
“One of them is a 4-year-old with Stage 4 cancer who was deported without medication or the ability to contact their doctors, the family’s lawyer said.”
Thinking about the types of people who participated in this atrocity.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Thinking about the types of people who participated in this atrocity.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Extraordinary piece on Pope Francis's climate legacy by Argentine Ricky Lanusse, whose grandfather knew him from the barrio.
Remembering "the last global leader who understood that rising seas and rising inequality are the same story told in different languages."
medium.com/the-new-clim...
Remembering "the last global leader who understood that rising seas and rising inequality are the same story told in different languages."
medium.com/the-new-clim...
Pope Francis: The Most Radical Climate Leader On Earth Is Gone
A man who wasn’t just friends with my grandfather — he was friends with the sun
medium.com
April 22, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Extraordinary piece on Pope Francis's climate legacy by Argentine Ricky Lanusse, whose grandfather knew him from the barrio.
Remembering "the last global leader who understood that rising seas and rising inequality are the same story told in different languages."
medium.com/the-new-clim...
Remembering "the last global leader who understood that rising seas and rising inequality are the same story told in different languages."
medium.com/the-new-clim...
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Where "AI" is short for "farmed out to low wage workers in the global South"
tbh, the AI industry is full of fraud, and fraudsters like this
techcrunch.com/2025/04/10/f...
techcrunch.com/2025/04/10/f...
April 11, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Where "AI" is short for "farmed out to low wage workers in the global South"
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This is how ICE is treating Dr. Badar Khan Suri in custody. A scholar of religion and peace processes who has 3 children under 10 and who moved to the US to raise those children "in a society that values religious tolerance."
ICE is torturing America's best www.acluva.org/en/press-rel...
ICE is torturing America's best www.acluva.org/en/press-rel...
Video of arrest, new details in Trump administration’s case targeting Georgetown postdoctoral fellow Dr. Khan Suri for speech on Palestinian rights
“In my work, I’ve seen lots of injustice. I just didn't think it would happen to me here," says Dr. Khan Suri.
www.acluva.org
April 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
This is how ICE is treating Dr. Badar Khan Suri in custody. A scholar of religion and peace processes who has 3 children under 10 and who moved to the US to raise those children "in a society that values religious tolerance."
ICE is torturing America's best www.acluva.org/en/press-rel...
ICE is torturing America's best www.acluva.org/en/press-rel...