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Marina Veličković @marinavelickovic.bsky.social · 6h

The link to the whole poem: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

“In Jabalia camp, a mother collects her daughter’s / flesh in a piggy bank, / hoping to buy her a plot / on a river in a faraway land.”

www.newyorker.com

Marina Veličković @marinavelickovic.bsky.social · 6h

lines from mosab abu toha’s poem ‘under the rubble’, which was originally published in the New Yorker and subsequently in his book ‘Forest of noise’

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QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 1d

Is this just going to be a bi-annual ritual until we're all too exhausted to keep putting up a fight against the harmful stupidity?

Not too tired yet, though, government. Miss us with this bigotry.

Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP @bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social · 2d

Ministers appear to be considering further welfare cuts that could deprive hundreds of thousands of disabled people of the support they rely on.

They should remember how their last attempt to balance the books in this way went.

Labour faces another mass rebellion over reforms to universal credit

Welfare secretary Pat McFadden plans further reforms to the benefits system, expected to include abolishing the work capability assessment.

www.bigissue.com

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Marina Veličković @marinavelickovic.bsky.social · 1d

would be willing to bet a lot of money that this man lives in a neighbourhood where he only sees white faces and that he never really thinks about that

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Na'amod @naamoduk.bsky.social · 5d

Our hearts are with the victims and their families at this terrible time.

We are heartbroken to emerge from Yom Kippur into news of the attack at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation in Manchester. No one should face violence for attending synagogue services and our hearts are with the victims and their families at this terrible time.
For many in our community, this news may only just be reaching you after a day spent in prayer, reflection, and fasting. To be confronted with such awfulness in this moment is particularly painful: please know that you are not alone.

In moments like this, it is vital that our communities - Jewish and non-Jewish alike hold one another close. Our safety and liberation depend on solidarity between all those who are marginalised and targeted, and we must not allow those who seek to divide us to succeed. Every person deserves to live, gather, and worship in safety and dignity. We condemn this act of violence unequivocally, and restate our commitment to building a world where this kind of horror is no longer possible.

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 6d

Israel has just arrested Greta Thunberg and many others.

Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:

“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 6d

Close to 65k watching the livefeed from the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Gaza.

Israel seems to be intercepting right now.

All eyes needed.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...

24/7 LIVESTREAM OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA

YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla

www.youtube.com

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 6d

Flotilla tracker shows Gaza-bound vessel enters territorial waters - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/flotilla-tracker-shows-gaza-bound-vessel-enters-territorial-waters

Flotilla tracker shows Gaza-bound vessel enters territorial waters

<article data-history-node-id="429524" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/flotilla-tracker-shows-gaza-bound-vessel-enters-territorial-waters" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/flotilla-tracker-shows-gaza-bound-vessel-enters-territorial-waters" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Flotilla tracker shows Gaza-bound vessel enters territorial waters</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="606" data-start="482">The Global Sumud Flotilla’s live tracker shows that one of its boats, the <em data-end="564" data-start="556">Mikeno</em>, has entered Gaza’s territorial waters.</p> <p data-end="779" data-start="608">Israeli naval forces continue to stop vessels heading towards the enclave, but several others are now approaching the coast. Organisers say 24 ships remain in operation.</p> <center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">The Mikeno ship, which had lost its signal, appeared inside Gaza’s territorial waters about 9.3 miles from Gaza <a href="https://t.co/jC0wT7GUkr">pic.twitter.com/jC0wT7GUkr</a></p> — Global Sumud Flotilla Commentary (@GlobalSumudF) <a href="https://twitter.com/GlobalSumudF/status/1973631935231803581?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center> </div> </div> </article>

www.middleeasteye.net

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 6d

Close to 65k watching the livefeed from the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Gaza.

Israel seems to be intercepting right now.

All eyes needed.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...

24/7 LIVESTREAM OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA

YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla

www.youtube.com

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Marina Veličković @marinavelickovic.bsky.social · 7d

if you’re a swiftie i encourage you to @boycotttaylorswift.bsky.social
basically - do not listen to the new album for the first week.

there’s also a petition you can sign:

www.change.org/p/pledge-to-...

👇👇👇

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Marina Veličković @marinavelickovic.bsky.social · 12d

& for my next trick i will pretend to be fully functional in the face of *gestures wildly*

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Marina Veličković @marinavelickovic.bsky.social · 12d

& billions for a new IT contract for a company owned by some MPs cousin who went to Eton won’t solve this particular social issue

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Marina Veličković @marinavelickovic.bsky.social · 12d

we also know this won’t work because um… migrants already have digital ID cards and they’re called the e-visa and we can’t start work without a right to work check or rent a property without a right to rent check… so it’s already here and already not working

May Bulman @maybulman.bsky.social · 12d

The idea that digital ID cards will stop people working in the shadow economy and thus reduce small boat crossings is baffling

The very nature of the shadow economy (the only way asylum seekers can find work) is employers don’t check documents.. That would obviously continue with ID cards

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Marina Veličković @marinavelickovic.bsky.social · 15d

fitzcarraldo is having a sale - give me your best book recs 🔥

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Marina Veličković @marinavelickovic.bsky.social · 20d

increasingly what i enjoy doing is thinking about how to mix art, media and 'non-academic' forms of expression with my work and this has been a cool way to play around with that.

major thanks goes to @voelkerrechtsblog.org for being open to this kind of thing & to anna sophia for the visual :)

Völkerrechtsblog @voelkerrechtsblog.org · 20d

The 'Knowledge under Occupation’ symposium’s illustration is finally revealed! @marinavelickovic.bsky.social inspired us with her solidarity and a very creative way of depicting the suffocating effects of restrictions on academic freedom. voelkerrechtsblog.org/dear-anna-kh...

Dear Anna, Khaled and Sissy,

voelkerrechtsblog.org

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 22d

cant believe that this is the first-ever time that liberalism has been ill-equipped to stand up to fascism. crazy stuff that nobody could have predicted

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 23d

It’s long past time that I take responsibility for what I wrote on Israel/Palestine in ON REPENTANCE AND REPAIR.

& with the Gaza genocide, our thinking about what amends & healing may ever involve is even more urgent.

Even if there may never be “forgiveness” or “atonement.”

Gaza's Annihilation Can Never Be Forgiven

Revisiting On Repentance and Repair

www.lifeisasacredtext.com

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prada meinhof @prada-meinhof.bsky.social · 22d

“More than 80 per cent of Gaza’s territory has been subsumed into Israeli militarised zones or covered by forced displacement orders, with much of the rest of the population crowded into the southern Mawasi coastal strip or parts of central Gaza.”

www.ft.com/content/054f...

Israel’s invasion of Gaza City: in images and maps

Assault on enclave’s largest city triggers exodus of Palestinians and one of war’s most destructive chapters

www.ft.com

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Marina Veličković @marinavelickovic.bsky.social · 22d

battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:

* feeling my hair float around me in the sea
* meeting someone and realising instantly they're going to become a friend
* great coffee
* sitting outside on a first sunny day in march
* sprinting as fast a I can the last 100m of a run

Hyo Yoon Kang 강효윤 @hyoyoonkang.bsky.social · 22d

battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:

* first cup of coffee
* scrubbing salt off dried skin after a swim
* sound of stepping on an autumn leaf
*handwriting
* swishing past traffic jam on Seoul bus lane (dedicated to public buses only)

Dr McInnes’s Monster @drbeard79.bsky.social · 22d

battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:

first sip of coffee
picking up a conker, cool and soapy in your hand
geese honking overhead
leaves changing colour: green, yellow, red
debating when to put the heating on

(I really like autumn, ok)

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.com · 26d

all i know is that normalizing debate with fascists has only facilitated the rise of fascism.

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Marina Veličković @marinavelickovic.bsky.social · 27d

i think that maybe I’d have an easier time getting a job at a uni as a brand or marketing consultant than as a lecturer

QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 27d

That's five million that's not invested into actual research and education, or to build up in-house expertise that can be relied on for years to come.

De Montfort University spent over £5m on consultants in five years

Exclusive: Campaigners question why huge sums are being handed to multibillion-pound companies when staff's jobs are on the line

www.leicester.news

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Steven W. Thrasher is finishing The Overseer Class @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 27d

The orgy of liberal pundits tripping over each other to praise Charlie Kirk—when he caused so much violence to the lives of Black and LGBTQ people (including me specifically)—is telling about why the Dems can’t build an antifascist coalition.

Leonid Baezhnev @rev-avocado.bsky.social · 27d

Disgusting

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Henning Lahmann 🟥 @hlahmann.bsky.social · Sep 8

Watch the space below for the next two weeks. Thank you @voelkerrechtsblog.org, @verfassungsblog.de & everyone involved for standing firm and making this possible. This symposium, and the lessons we take from the subject it tackles, are of critical importance.

voelkerrechtsblog.org/de/symposium...

Knowledge Under Occupation: Academic Freedom and Palestine on the Global Stage

voelkerrechtsblog.org

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Marina Veličković @marinavelickovic.bsky.social · Sep 8

mine are all so submissive, like - yes I'd love to. when i would in fact, love not to :D

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Marina Veličković @marinavelickovic.bsky.social · Sep 8

i keep thinking of how boeing installed that software to bring the nose of the plane down and planes kept overriding pilots and crashing and like i feel like that is a pretty good indicator of how all of our jobs will be with ai

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Marina Veličković @marinavelickovic.bsky.social · Sep 8

if ai does a task for me i can't complain about how much i hated doing it and like that to me is worth ten times more than ease and efficiency

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