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Netpol @netpol.org · Jul 5

We have had a report saying two women walking up to a protest today at BAe Samlesbury were stopped by Lancashire Police and advised to remove their t-shirts that say 'Free Palestine', as it may "breach the proscription order".

And so it begins.

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · Jun 24

We are all Palestine Action.
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Former Pingu Child Actor @heresy.bsky.social · Jun 15

The Aid Massacres continue daily, costing about 50 lives every time from Israelis just opening fire on the crowds of starving Palestinians once they approach.

globalnewsdeckhour.bsky.social @globalnewsdeckhour.bsky.social · Jun 15

Israel killed over 45 people in attacks across the Gaza Strip since Sunday morning, half while waiting for aid at distribution points. Thousands of international activists supporting Palestine were blocked from reaching Egypt’s Rafah border crossing for the Global March to Gaza due to alleged

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ਜੀਵਨ ਰਾਏ🔻 @jeevanrai.bsky.social · Jun 15

This photo-history book (about our hometown) that my dad wanted is out of print, but I managed to find a mint copy in time for Father’s Day.

And hence made him this card.

Historical photo book called “Images of England: Southall” by Jonathan Oates

Two-panel comic strip. An old, uniformed army veteran in an armchair tearfully muses “Those were the days” as he leafs through a book called “Yesteryear: Scenes from the Past”. We then see two full-page images inside the book: in one, a tyrannosaurus rex devours a stegosaur beneath dark skies and in front of an erupting volcano, and in the other an enormous prehistoric long-toothed cat is attacking a screaming neanderthal.

Artwork by J. C. Rai, 2025

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ਜੀਵਨ ਰਾਏ🔻 @jeevanrai.bsky.social · Jun 1

The STEM student I support asked me to share this fundraiser for her best friend — they’ve known each other since primary school and ended up doing the same degree.

Nadine is also trying to finish her studies online while supporting her family.

Reposts appreciated. 💚

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Support my little sister's treatment and save what remains.

This story was written by Nadine herself. I, her brother, have set up this fundraiser on her behalf, as she currently has limited access to manage it. Every donation you make goes directly to helping ...

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ਜੀਵਨ ਰਾਏ🔻 @jeevanrai.bsky.social · Jun 1

The STEM student I support asked me to share this fundraiser for her best friend — they’ve known each other since primary school and ended up doing the same degree.

Nadine is also trying to finish her studies online while supporting her family.

Reposts appreciated. 💚

chuffed.org/project/1331...

Support my little sister's treatment and save what remains.

This story was written by Nadine herself. I, her brother, have set up this fundraiser on her behalf, as she currently has limited access to manage it. Every donation you make goes directly to helping ...

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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · Jun 1

In the last year and a half, I have seen countless images of the bodies of murdered Palestian children. But almost no footage of Hamas fighters dead or alive.

It's almost like the violence is entirely one-sided.

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · Jun 1

It’s like this right across the board: a major function of the British press, particularly the broadsheets, is the location and promotion of useful wingnut cranks who can provide endless easy content about people the staff appear to despise and want to harm, by denouncing things.

Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · Jun 1

I cannot stress enough how often, when some one is 'accused' of something to do with trans people, it's Helen Joyce doing the accusing

Not everyone who menstruates is a woman, says toiletry firm
The Sunday Telegraph1 Jun 2025By Tom McArdle
PERIODS are “not inherently feminine”, according to Britain’s biggest toiletry supplier.

Bunzl, the distribution company, said “not all people who menstruate are women” in a campaign designed to stop the stigma of talking about periods.

As a result, it has now been accused of denying biological reality and “pandering to trans activists”. Bunzl’s inclusive language guide was released to promote eco-friendly sanitary products by provider Grace and Green.

It suggested common terms such as “sanitary”, “hygiene” and “feminine products” should be replaced with the term “period products’ to avoid offence.

It also advised against only referring to women or girls, because “non-binary people, transgender men and intersex people may also menstruate”, and suggests providing period products and disposal bins in gender-neutral locations and all public lavatories.

Helen Joyce, the director of advocacy at the Sex Matters charity, called the language “offensive” and accused the

‘Acknowledging this diversity is not about erasing women – it’s about expanding understanding’

guide authors of “erasing women and girls from the female-only experience of menstruation”.

She said: “The only way that Grace and Green’s products could truly be ‘gender-neutral’ is if its product designers had considered male anatomy when designing sanitary pads and tampons, which is clearly not the case,” she said.

“Coy phrases like ‘feminine products’ or ‘feminine hygiene’ may be a bit old-fashioned, but suppliers like Grace & Green and retailers like Boots and Aldi openly admit that their motivation to replace them with ‘period products’ isn’t a desire to be more frank about women’s biological reality – it’s about denying that biological reality altogether.”

#TransAgendaClips

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · May 31

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Help baby kamal in gaza @helpkamalfamily11.bsky.social · May 31

Please don't ignore me 💔✋🏼
My wife is now pregnant and about to give birth. She needs some health supplies and supplements. Please help me provide her with what she needs to maintain her health 💔🙏
@mommunism.bsky.social

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please donate and quote 🥹💔🙏

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ਜੀਵਨ ਰਾਏ🔻 @jeevanrai.bsky.social · May 31

Well done to the Guardian for nurturing and harbouring them

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Hanniba-LINA Lecter 💀 @agirlcalledlina.bsky.social · May 30

This is disgusting and a huge invasion of her privacy

The Guardian @theguardian.com · May 30

Imane Khelif must undergo mandatory sex testing to compete, World Boxing says

Governing body singled out Olympic champion Imane Khelif in a statement announcing new rules it said will ‘ensure the safety of all participants’

www.theguardian.com

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Capital B @capitalb.bsky.social · May 29

The richest Americans are causing 65% of global warming, but it’s Black neighborhoods that are losing homes, livelihoods, and lives. capitalbnews.org/richest-10-p...

Why Are Black Neighborhoods Underwater? Science Points to the Wealthy.

The richest Americans are causing 65% of global warming, but it’s Black neighborhoods that are losing homes, livelihoods, and lives.

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Lynne #TaxTheRich #WelfareNotWarfare #MakeLabourHistory @bebsdotteragain.bsky.social · May 31

If like Tony Blair, Starmer never pays a price for his international crimes, his successor will feel equally free to assist in future crimes against humanity.

Starmer and his ministers need to be in the dock of the Hague…What they don’t need is our applause

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Starmer understands: Shed a few tears and we'll forgive him arming a genocide

All cabinet minister Heidi Alexander needed to do was sound upset at the "harrowing and sickening images" out of Gaza, and she won a round of applause from the audience

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Parasocial buttcheeks 🇵🇸 @billyharbour.bsky.social · May 30

Dude, read your quote-posts. We've already seen your public meltdown in support of a genocidal, apartheid ethnostate. The fact that you still can't bring yourself to use any of those words to describe Israel says everything.

Thom Yorke @thomyorke.wastehq.social · May 30

For those who need to know.. let me fill in the blanks

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gogrrrl.bsky.social @gogrrrl.bsky.social · May 30

⭕ *UPDATE:* Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinians approaching a U.S. aid distribution point in the Netzarim area of central Gaza, wounding at least 20 people.

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gogrrrl.bsky.social @gogrrrl.bsky.social · May 30

🟢 #Hamas spokesman Jihad Taha

We are discussing the Witkoff proposal for a ceasefire with high responsibility, alongside all factions.

The Witkoff proposal does not take into account the understandings that the movement presented to the mediators, but we are discussing it seriously.

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David Timoney @fromarsetoelbow.bsky.social · May 30

Tl;dr: "Being caught lying is not a good look for journalists, therefore we must deplore the decision of the court to find journalists guilty of lying".
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...