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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 13h

No.

Don’t do this.

Patients will die.

#MedSky

ThatIngrid @thatingrid.bsky.social · 1d

My specialist cancer hospital is downgrading from N95s to surgical masks for apheresis, cell therapies and the haematology ward (which includes autologous stem cell transplant pts).
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Living in a neoliberal dystopian hellscape @breakify.bsky.social · 8h

Fascists don't care about a pretext. They're doing the thing you're afraid of them doing anyway, and your approach is going to get a lot of people killed because you refuse to acknowledge that the rules and laws you worship no longer apply.

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 8d

I teach a history of antifascism course @ruhistorydept.bsky.social and figured I'd start an ongoing thread this semester to share some insights from course readings and recommend some great works on antifascism.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 7h

Homeless people are not the enemy.

They can’t “just try harder” their way into housing.

It’s the system that’s failing.

Most of us are one emergency away from being homeless ourselves.

We need affordable housing, universal basic income, healthcare & social supports.

We need a safety net

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#9 Dream @gayfabfourfan.bsky.social · 20h

Never underestimate the corrupt things a government will do—such as letting a dangerous virus run rampant while convincing everyone it’s harmless or just a cold. #COVID

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Xabier Ostale @embers1.bsky.social · 19h

The problem is systemic, the system is rigged.

Living in a neoliberal dystopian hellscape @breakify.bsky.social · 19h

At this point, I have zero tolerance for liberals. You either understand what's happening, or you don't. You either feel a sense of urgency, or you don't. If you still think voting for parties and defending shitty politicians is the way forward, you're part of the fucking problem.

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ThatIngrid @thatingrid.bsky.social · 1d

This should be front page news

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

New Zealand oceans warming 34% faster than global average, putting homes and industry at risk, report finds

NZ$180bn worth of housing and $26bn of infrastructure at risk of flooding and storm damage, new government report finds

www.theguardian.com

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#9 Dream @gayfabfourfan.bsky.social · 1d

“y’all need to stop asking these questions if you’re gonna ignore the answer.” #COVID

Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 1d

People under 25 collapsing at concerts isn’t a mystery — it’s COVID and Long COVID. Both can trigger POTS and other post-viral issues, but too many still ignore that reality.

Source: x.com/AgathasSapph...

Screenshot of a tweet by Fin replying to Sam Parker.

Sam’s tweet reads: “not to be so millennial but why is everyone under 25 about to collapse and die of thirst at concerts now.”

Fin responds: “it’s Covid it’s fucking Long Covid which causes POTS and a plethora of other issues. y’all need to stop asking these questions if you’re gonna ignore the answer.”

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

glad to be born at a time when i got to see what life was like before the internet and will be dead before AI completely destroys humanity

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AdyBee 🐝 @adybee.bsky.social · 1d

Still not trickling down ❗️

#Greed

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d

A complaint lodged with the ICC points to the Italian government's role supplying lethal weapons to Israel amid Gaza war

Italy’s Meloni says ICC complaint accuses her of Gaza genocide complicity

A complaint lodged with the ICC points to the Italian government's role supplying lethal weapons to Israel amid Gaza war

bit.ly

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Gallifreyan Jedi @jediofgallifrey.bsky.social · 1d

have you heard the bad news that the national democratic party is controlled opposition who has willingly helped the nazis seize power?

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Xabier Ostale @embers1.bsky.social · 1d

Let's hope that that party has still a possibility of redemption, and that she is honest. For what I have seen of her, she seems to be honest. But I'm becoming very skeptical.

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Xabier Ostale @embers1.bsky.social · 1d

But a politician running for dems might be a bit like a trap, maybe a sellout, as we have seen many of them for many years and a myriad of times. Will the dems allow anyone to put in question the status quo? What has been the official stance of the dem party regarding the genocide?

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Living in a neoliberal dystopian hellscape @breakify.bsky.social · 1d

It's not like the US had a functioning public health system prior to 2025, but the fact that RFK has managed to make things significantly worse, to the point where preventable diseases are tearing through the population and we have no accessible data on anything is an absolute disaster.

Truthout @truthout.org · 1d

The former U.S. surgeons general appointed by every Republican and Democratic president since George H.W. Bush have written an op-ed warning Americans that RFK Jr. is endangering the health of the nation by leading the department down a road which lacks scientific integrity and transparency.

6 Former Surgeons General Say RFK Jr. Is Endangering the Health of the Nation

The bipartisan group of surgeons general included Democratic and Republican appointees dating back to the early 1990s.

truthout.org

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Xabier Ostale @embers1.bsky.social · 1d

He's the perfect token black man of a fascist party.

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Xabier Ostale @embers1.bsky.social · 1d

"He is Black, but he actively participates in talks and discussions with white supremacists who shout "No to Black people, Spain is not a zoo" in football stadiums."

Los orígenes de Ignacio Garriga, el líder catalán de Vox

¿Quién es y de dónde viene el líder de Vox en Catalunya? CRÍTIC explica sus orígenes familiares y pone la lupa sobre su actividad política

www.elcritic.cat

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Xabier Ostale @embers1.bsky.social · 1d

I don't know. I know for instance a black man who is the leader of the far right party in Catalunya. He can say what he wants, but he's defending racism against black people, being a black person.

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Designer Hasan @designer4hasand.bsky.social · 2d

2 years of pain that never heals, of children who slept and never woke up.
2 years of ashes,of tents,of cold, hunger & fear.
2 years where even the sky can no longer tell the difference between night and blood...
Yet despite the pain, we believe that justice will come, no matter how long it takes.💔

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Living in a neoliberal dystopian hellscape @breakify.bsky.social · 1d

This should be illegal.

"Real estate investors, both individual and institutional, bought one-third of all single-family residential properties sold in the second quarter of 2025. That is an increase from 27% in the first quarter, and the highest percentage in the last five years"

Investors are making up the highest share of homebuyers in 5 years

Real estate investors, both individual and institutional, bought one-third of all single-family residential properties sold in the second quarter of 2025.

www.cnbc.com

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Xabier Ostale @embers1.bsky.social · 1d

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 1d

I need people to stop referring to conversion "therapy" as something that's been discredited or doesn't work. That's like saying torture is "discredited" or doesn't work. That they don't work for their stated purpose is secondary to the fact that they DO work for their REAL purpose:

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Xabier Ostale @embers1.bsky.social · 1d

Entitled to his views? He's committing a heinous crime against public health. He's a criminal. Also, he's conniving with fascist powers. Do not ever pretend otherwise.

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 1d

Arriving into Athens Airport after being deported from Israel, Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg says states are doing the "bare minimum" to end the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 2d

I’m seeing a lot of misinformation, shaming and disinformation around masking to prevent covid.

First things first, the only way to avoid Long Covid is to avoid Covid.

Second, a layered approach works best to prevent infection.

One of those layers is masking. 🧵

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Chris Guiton @chrisguiton.bsky.social · 2d

'Palestine campaigners praised the Green Party after its annual conference voted to support a criminal investigation into the British government for “aiding and abetting Israel over the course of [Israel’s] genocide” in Gaza.'

morningstaronline.co.uk/article/pale...

Palestine campaigners praise Green Party for backing criminal investigation into the government for 'aiding and abetting Israel'

PALESTINE campaigners praised the Green Party after its annual conference voted to support a criminal investigation into the British government for “aiding and abetting Israel over the course of [Isra...

morningstaronline.co.uk

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