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Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 21h

Kleptocracy

Alan Zibel @alanzibel.bsky.social · 1d

White House offers white glove, concierge service to fossil fuel companies.

Meanwhile, wind and solar aren’t even allowed to check into the Motel 6.

Great scoop from @jakespring.bsky.social

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White House offers ‘concierge’ service to fossil fuel firms, official says

Brittany Kelm, a senior policy adviser for the National Energy Dominance Council, detailed in a podcast how the council works to advance fossil fuel projects.

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Daniel Mucida @danmucida.bsky.social · 21h

Kudos do @adamtooze.bsky.social for giving a talk (remotely) in Palestine. #BDS open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...

Chartbook 412 - Economics in the Face of Genocide, the Yusif A. Sayigh Development Lecture, 22 October 2025

On 22 October 2025 it is my privilege to deliver the Yusif A.

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Daniel Mucida @danmucida.bsky.social · 21h

The begginig of the end. It will only get worse share.google/oLjrBb5k67vJ...

Nearly 20 Percent Fewer International Students Traveled to the U.S. in August

The data shows the steepest decline in August international student arrivals since the pandemic.

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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 2d

New blog post. In which I analyze the new HHMI announcement and what it means for the science publishing ecosystem openrxiv.org/preprint-man...

Preprint mandates gather momentum - openRxiv

By Richard Sever, PhD. Chief Science & Strategy Officer, openRxiv Preprints speed up science by enabling researchers to disseminate reports of new findings immediately. They also represent a simple wa...

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 1d

Israeli Strikes Have Killed Over 100 in Gaza Since Trump Called for Halt to Bombings

In Egypt, indirect talks between Israel and Hamas are underway for a second day on a U.S.-drafted 20-point Gaza ceasefire plan.

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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 1d

As all eyes are on the negotiations in Egypt, the Israeli military launched airstrikes that killed over 100 Palestinians as of yesterday morning. This despite Hamas agreeing to release all hostages under the US-facilitated ceasefire plan on Friday.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 22d

An independent United Nations commission said that Israel was committing genocide in Gaza.

The commission found indications of intentions to destroy, in whole or in part, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip as a group — which it said amount to genocide.

U.N. commission finds that Israel committed genocide in Gaza

Israel rejected the conclusions, which echo those of a growing group of governments and human rights organizations.

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Daniel Mucida @danmucida.bsky.social · 22d

A rogue, genocidal occupation force

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 22d

BREAKING: The Israeli army says it will attack Yemen’s Red Sea port of Hodeidah “in the coming hours”.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/8swszf

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 22d

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 23d

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz celebrates the bombings of residential buildings for the third day in a row.

Gaza City residents forced to flee as Israel carries out intense strikes

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz celebrates the bombings of residential buildings for the third day in a row.

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Daniel Mucida @danmucida.bsky.social · 24d

Another day in the genocide aje.io/umh9vw

Israel kills 53 in Gaza, flattens more towers as toll from famine rises

Israel intensifies its bombardment of Gaza City, levelling 16 buildings, including three towers and killing dozens.

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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 24d

A mostly dead ocean by 2050
UC Santa Barbara researchers project that human impacts on oceans will double by 2050, with warming seas and fisheries collapse leading the charge

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Oceans could reach a dangerous tipping point by 2050

UC Santa Barbara researchers project that human impacts on oceans will double by 2050, with warming seas and fisheries collapse leading the charge. The tropics and poles face the fastest changes, and ...

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 25d

Some 900,000 remain in the city amid reports that some who fled to al-Mawasi found conditions so dire, they moved back.

Israel attempts to oust Gaza City residents through continuous bombing

Some 900,000 remain in the city amid reports that some who fled to al-Mawasi found conditions so dire, they moved back.

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Daniel Mucida @danmucida.bsky.social · 25d

It’s not only a genocide, it’s one of the worse genocides in history

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 27d

Ben Shapiro tried to deny it's a genocide in Gaza to Charlamagne on The Breakfast Club. So I went on the show today to explain why Shapiro got the definition of genocide wrong, & point out that he uses the G-word for Syria & the Uyghurs, which are nowhere near as genocidal as Gaza.

Enjoy:

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 26d

“Charlie Kirk in His Own Words”

17 quotes you should read from the right-wing activist and Trump ally who was tragically shot and killed on Wednesday in Utah.

Charlie Kirk in His Own Words

17 quotes you should read from the right-wing activist and Trump ally who was tragically shot and killed on Wednesday in Utah.

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Daniel Mucida @danmucida.bsky.social · 26d

This is exactly what us, scientists, should do with scientific organizations implicated in the genocide. Here is a list of them: bdsmovement.net/academic-boy...

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Daniel Mucida @danmucida.bsky.social · 26d

Yet, the silence among Israeli scientists is deafening! Silence is complicity, and will be remembered

Nina Lakhani @ninalakhani.bsky.social · 26d

A former Israeli army commander, Herzi Halevi, has confirmed that more than 200,000 Palestinians have been killed or injured in the war in Gaza, and that “not once” have military operations been inhibited by legal advice - via @julianborger.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

‘We took the gloves off’: ex-IDF chief confirms Gaza casualties over 200,000

Retired general Herzi Halevi says ‘not once’ had legal advice constrained Israel’s military decisions in the strip

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Daniel Mucida @danmucida.bsky.social · 26d

10: a bunch of tiny Islands, the genocidal state, Tonga, Argentina, Hungary. US is in great company

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STAT @statnews.com · 26d

"If RFK Jr. doesn’t resign, physicians should join a limited strike" www.statnews.com/2025/09/12/r...

If RFK Jr. doesn’t resign, physicians should join a limited strike

If Kennedy doesn’t resign, physicians should join a limited strike. Desperate diseases call for desperate measures.

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Daniel Mucida @danmucida.bsky.social · 26d

Disgraceful is a terrorist state committing genocide, mass starvation, forced displacement against the people and land it occupies for decades. 142x10 is just the beginning

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 26d

Israel slams landmark vote, supported by 142 member states, as ‘disgraceful’ as it continues to pound Gaza.

UN General Assembly backs two-state push for Israel and Palestine

Israel slams landmark vote, supported by 142 member states, as ‘disgraceful’ as it continues to pound Gaza.

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Daniel Mucida @danmucida.bsky.social · 27d

America, this is how its done: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/w...

Bolsonaro Convicted of Attempting a Coup in Brazil

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Daniel Mucida @danmucida.bsky.social · 27d

As has always been the plan, since 1948

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 27d

Israeli prime minister signs agreement to move ahead with expanded settlement plan that would bisect occupied West Bank.

Israel’s Netanyahu says ‘there will be no Palestinian state’

Israeli prime minister signs agreement to move ahead with expanded settlement plan that would bisect occupied West Bank.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Sep 8

Socialist PM Pedro Sanchez announces nine measures that need to be approved by the cabinet then ratified by parliament.

Spain imposes total arms embargo on Israel to stop ‘genocide in Gaza’

Socialist PM Pedro Sanchez announces nine measures that need to be approved by the cabinet then ratified by parliament.

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Thiago Bagatin @thiagobagatin.bsky.social · Sep 7

7 de setembro

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · Sep 7

It’s time for @democrats.org to step up and lead. Otherwise they are the Chamberlains of this moment. @schumer.senate.gov do not betray us.
“This is not just how authoritarianism happens. This is authoritarianism happening.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...

Opinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal

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