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Candy Apple Grey @colourmepink.bsky.social · Nov 15

I like silence and solitude.

And because stupidity remains hidden in silence, you need people to speak before confirmation can be found.

Too many people feel a compulsion to articulate their vacuity, issuing redundant sentences that contribute nothing of value or interest.

I won't do that...

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 1h

The first night in Gaza without the sounds of bombing or drones: UNICEF’s James Elder reports under a silent sky: come on, he says

(Sarah Wilkinson)

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 9h

F*cking hell.

As @amyremeikis.bsky.social notes, this is WHY we need IR regulations.
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‘Baby Priya’ bill to be introduced into parliament
Amanda Rishworth is introducing a bill to the parliament that will stop employers from being able to cancel maternity/paternity leave in the event of a stillbirth or an early infant death.

It has been sparked by the case of Baby Priya, who was born three months early and lived for 42 days before passing. Priya’s mother (she has been asked not to be identified) rang her employer of 11 years to tell her of the loss, and then soon after received a text message telling her her three months maternity leave had been cancelled and she was only allowed four weeks paid personal leave.

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Gekko @gekko.bsky.social · 38m

GENOCIDE leaves a long tail of consequences in it's wake - not least, decades of trauma, both physical and mental

The direct fighting may stop but how much of this is going to be history repeated, of Amerika imposing a "peace" in a region it does not understand?

Real peace has not been established

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Anonymous ⩜ @youranona.bsky.social · 34m

While Israel peddles fairy tales of ample aid, a Lancet study unmasks their blockade's grim harvest: nearly 55,000 Gaza preschoolers wasting away in preventable agony, their futures crushed under calculated starvation tactics. #Gaza

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 22h

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Aberdeen City Arts Board @adeencityartsboard.bsky.social · 31m

They are hoping we forget.

Council Estate Media @councilestatemedia.uk · 53m

This is what 13 Hiroshima bombs looks like

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Ernesto O. @ernest33141.bsky.social · 11h

@resist4harris.bsky.social
Totally calm …Fully allowed.
…That's the best approach!!!
#FuckKristiNoem #FuckICE
@mlipsitt.bsky.social #Resist
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@lemonadegirl.bsky.social
#StrongerTogether
@terriresists.bsky.social
@dpsl.bsky.social

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Margaret Morgan 🇳🇱🇦🇺🇪🇺 @margaretmorgan.bsky.social · 34m

A cautionary tale from Australia for governments considering age checks for social media.

CAMERON WILSON @cameronwilson.bsky.social · 10h

We're now finding out that as many as 70,000 people had their government IDs provided to prove their ages leaked by Discord. Like I wrote last week, this is an inherent risk (and made greater by a rushed process) of getting platforms to do age checks

Discord says 70,000 users may have had their government IDs leaked in breach

The ID pics had been submitted as part of age-related appeals.

www.theverge.com

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skippyoz @skippyoz.bsky.social · 10h

Because of greedy sadistic war lords.
Completely fucking disgusting...

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Nearly 55,000 children in Gaza under age 5 may be acutely malnourished, a new UN study finds

Nearly 55,000 children in Gaza under age 5 may be acutely malnourished, a new UN study finds

A new study says more than 54,600 children younger than 5 in Gaza may be acutely malnourished, with more than 12,800 severely affected.

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 12h

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Irish Groups Launch Fightback Against Rising Racism - PopularResistance.Org

With racism and right-wing extremism on the rise across Ireland, civil society groups are fighting back. The North West Anti-Racism Charter will launch this today, 7 October, at Derry’s Guildhall. De...

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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 10h

America's last best defence against tyranny continues to be the gobsmacking laziness and stupidity of its dear leader

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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thewakan.bsky.social @thewakan.bsky.social · 7h

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Paula Poundstone @paulapoundstone.bsky.social · 14h

I will never get used to military in our streets. I will never be a Christian. I will never get used to people claiming to be Christians putting military in our streets.

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 11h

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US has given $21.7 billion in military aid to Israel since 2023

A new study says the US has provided at least $21.7 billion in military aid to Israel since the Gaza war began, revealing the growing cost of US involvement.

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Aberdeen City Arts Board @adeencityartsboard.bsky.social · 10h

Labour - Let them drink taxable drugs as late as they want. That'll fix it.
Everyone - We have no money
UK Police/Ambulance service - FFS!

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 13h

Pubs to stay open until early hours in move to boost UK growth

Exclusive: Plans for England and Wales would help ailing hospitality sector but health experts criticise move Pubs, clubs and restaurants will be able to open into the early hours as part of Labour’s drive for economic growth, a move which critics say will lead to more drunken disorder. Ministers are pushing ahead with plans to allow premises that sell alcohol to extend their opening hours in order to boost “the British night out” and help the hospitality sector. Continue reading...

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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 11h

Weird how Antifa never asks me for money. Everyone else does, but Antifa is very quiet.

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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 1h

Modern business is out to kill us all. Our post-industrial business model may be profitable for the business owner, but it is overwhelmingly a loss maker for equality, environment, climate and everything that lives and breathes on Earth
open.substack.com/pub/georgets...

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Left Of Center Orange Hater @henshinhal.bsky.social · 11h

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 12h

Let’s check in on the warzone in Portland.

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 9h

#WATCH | Kids in Gaza celebrate ceasefire announcements

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Michelle 🪷🇲🇽🇺🇸🌵 @chicana74.bsky.social · 5h

This headline 🤣🤣🤣

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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 9h

The resemblance is uncanny...😍

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Candy Apple Grey @colourmepink.bsky.social · 1h

but how can they afford it? 🙄

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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 4h

If you can’t get gas exporters to pay any tax @albomp.bsky.social how about getting them to contribute a couple of billion towards our rising insurance costs for the problem they’re contributing to?

The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 1d

The ABC reports that extreme weather costs Australians more each decade and, as a country, we have some of the highest per capita economic and insurance losses in the world.

This is why we need a climate compensation levy on fossil fuel exports > theaus.in/fossilfuelco...

Betting on the weather emerges as a solution as insurance costs skyrocket

Amid more extreme weather events, parametric insurance — described as a bet on the weather —is on the rise. It is now being touted as a possible solution for Australians, who have some of the highest ...

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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 1h

“Are we all just going to wait for the end of the world in front of our laptops, becoming executive assistants to our own extinction?”
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Why Revolutions Happen, Why They Don’t, And Why They Should

Fear, Suppression, and Mythology

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