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sheislaurence @sheislaurence.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Your midweek #ai #chatgpt pisstake, though to be more precise, at this stage of #dystopia this #comedy skit is actually more of a documentary (impressed by the level of prompting on Freds 😅).
By Johnny Glover, Joe Nunnink and Tom Feeney.

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sheislaurence @sheislaurence.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

@RadicalAnthro i recently visited the Isturitz caves in the #basquecountry and can only recommend them, absolutely stunning! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isturitz_and_Oxocelhaya_caves

Isturitz and Oxocelhaya caves - Wikipedia

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sheislaurence @sheislaurence.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

If a centrist #zionist media like the Times of #israel now reports extensively on #humanrights abuses in Ketziot, it shows what good work the global #sumud #flotilla have done, further digging a wedge in Israel's society to isolate the government and its policy on #gaza. #gretathunberg and 100s […]

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sheislaurence @sheislaurence.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

Never in a million years would I have imagined that it would be a #labour government that would turn the #uk into a full-on #1984 state where the #righttoprotest would be stripped and #newspeak would be so out of hand in the oligarchist and state #media that #antisemitism would be used to label […]

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sheislaurence @sheislaurence.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 4d

#israel's government is totally unhinged and gives zero fucks about committing #warcrimes. Why? Because our #tax money is funding their #genocidal campaign and our governments are giving them a blessing and guaranteed impunity. 137 global #sumud #flotilla […]

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While those deported seem to be in good health, they have raised serious concerns about the wellbeing of others still detained. “They dragged little Greta (Thunberg) by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag,” Turkish activist and flotilla participant Ersin Celik told journalists. “They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others.”

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sheislaurence @sheislaurence.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 4d

I cannot remember seeing such a rousing speech in #politics since Obama burst on the international stage. #ZackPolanski, leader of the #uk #greenparty on the Manchester #antisemitic attack and the need for #diversity. And though I knew he was uncompromising […]

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sheislaurence @sheislaurence.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 5d

The #uk #greenparty leader #ZackPolanski is the only #british politician who was stately today following the attack on a synagogue in #manchester. His very being, as a #gay #jew who's eloquently vocal about the rights of #palestine, makes the point of […]

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sheislaurence @sheislaurence.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 5d

This is the best update about the global #sumud #flotilla, by Hassan Massoud from #aljazeera, currently sailing on the Shireen, the legal support boat of the flotilla. In the.past 2 hours though, the Marinette was intercepted.
Long live all the sailors and their active capacity to piss of #bengvir!

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sheislaurence @sheislaurence.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 6d

🧵 2/2:Reports that remaining #sumud #flotilla boats including Mikeno have now been intercepted and towed to #israeli port of Ashdod.

#gaza #palestine

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sheislaurence @sheislaurence.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 6d

Posted 35 minutes ago: #sumud #flotilla boat filmed from #gaza arriving on the coast.
Posted by Gaza Surf Club founder, Abdullah Abi Ghanem

#palestine

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sheislaurence @sheislaurence.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 7d

4/5🧵: Mango water-cannoned but still online and Métèque, where #irish #comedian Tadgh Hickey has been sailing, has been boarded. You can see Tadgh here on the right with a cap, 2 seconds earlier he was still smiling

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sheislaurence @sheislaurence.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 7d

🧵 3/5: Ohwayla and Jeanotte 3 being boarded by the #idf right now, sound has gone but images just about there

#flotilla #sumud #gaza

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2bWFtpjU

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sheislaurence @sheislaurence.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 7d

@BlueWaver22 thanks!! I checked and found this

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/france-urges-israel-to-ensure-safety-of-gaza-bound-flotilla-participants/3704867

Of course #france has consular duties, but they are still asking like Italy that the #flotilla hand over #aid to the #ghf which […]

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sheislaurence @sheislaurence.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 7d

2/2🧵 : #novaramedia confirmed that "#israel has boarded lead boat Alma, and Sirius shortly afterwards.
Kieran Andrieu was livestreaming for Novara Media from sailing yacht Adara. He reported a boat approaching fast, shining bright lights and spraying water on him, before #idf soldiers jumped on […]

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sheislaurence @sheislaurence.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 7d

#BREAKINGNEWS🚨: The #sumud #flotilla is being intercepted now by #israel in international waters, breaking international #maritime and #humanitarian #law. This is Greg Stoker, a vocal #us #veteran who is sailing to #gaza to try and break the blockade on #aid […]

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sheislaurence @sheislaurence.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 7d

#pov me on a 90min #teams call with my ex-colleagues, witnessing the "good energy" and "this was #productive" statements, forcing me to do #overtime to catchup with my actual work. Did I say they thought #ai was a total winner to support social & health […]

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sheislaurence @sheislaurence.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 9d

Beaucoup d'#étudiants manifestent à #madagascar contre la #corruption du gouvernement qui prive le pays d'électricité plusieurs h/j voire j/semaine, donc d'accès au monde par internet, à la santé & les industries au #développement. L'eau, gérée par la même […]

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sheislaurence @sheislaurence.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12d

#psa #pov from the president of #antifa. Via the brilliant Mike Proper. #comedy

sheislaurence @sheislaurence.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12d

Proud of my #malagasy friends who took to the streets of #antananarivo yesterday, as their president #rajoelina was making up facts at the UN convention about imaginary improved access to electricity. It is VERY heartwarming to see #genz follow in the steps […]

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FROM EVERYWHERE, FOR MADAGASCAR
Dear international friends,
Today, you see the Malagasy people taking to the
streets.

The government and its henchmen are trying to
convince you that this is a violent protest meant only to
cause trouble.

REFUSE TO BELIEVE THEIR PROPAGANDA.

The Malagasy are marching for THEIR RIGHTS, trampled
for 16 years:

Their right to access water, electricity, education, their
land, healthcare...

Their right to speak, to move, to work, to build their
future...

Scarred by the bloodshed of the 2009 protests,
Malagasy people have stayed silent for a long time.
But today, even though they fear for their lives, they are
marching to make their voices heard.

Listen to their cries.

MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD TO KEEP THEM ALIVE.
Those in power are less likely to give the order to shoot
when they know the world is watching.

“Des progres notables ont été réalisés” en
matiére d'accés a |'électricité a Madagascar, assure
le président de la République Andry Rajoelina a la
tribune des Nations unies. A I'entendre, “ce taux
d'acces a I'électricité est passé de 24% a 40% en six
ans” soit une hausse de 66,67%.

NATIONS-UNIES - Andry Rajoelina évoque une
augmentation de plus de 66% de l'acceés a |'élect...

Cute drawing of girl with glasses with fist up, wearing Malagasy hat and flag scarf

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sheislaurence @sheislaurence.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13d

#BREAKING🚨: After #drone attacks on the #sumud #flotilla all night last night, #italy and #spain deploy #navy ships to protect them. The flotilla have achieved their main goal: nor so much deliver 2 boxes of baby formula to #gaza but instead get the Western […]

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9/24/2025
ITALY DEPLOY NAVY SHIP
TO PROTECT GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA

The move comes following drone strikes on multiple sailing boats. Defense minister cites legal imperative to protect humanitarians at sea

9/24/2025
SPAIN DEPLOY NAVY SHIP
TO PROTECT GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA

The move comes following drone strikes on multiple sailing boats. Defense minister cites legal imperative to protect humanitarians at sea

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sheislaurence @sheislaurence.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16d

2/2🧵 : the letter signed by senior #music industry players was secretly sent to the Eavis / #glastonbury. It was leaked by #ToddlaT, #bbc Radio1 #dj, who denounced the cowardice of these signatories while he, artists like #bicep & #massiveattack were denouncing the #gaza #genocide in a public […]

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sheislaurence @sheislaurence.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16d

1/2🧵 : with today's news that #dualipa is firing her agent David Levy, who had secretly petitioned #glastonbury to drop #kneecap for alleged #terrorism and their relentless denouncing of genocidal #zionism, I looked up who else in the #musicindustry was acting from the shadows to control […]

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sheislaurence @sheislaurence.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17d

For some reason this 2019 video of #mariahcarey singing her highest whistle note to a #dolphin is doing the rounds again. It might be because we are all in dire need of unadultered joy. I swear the dolphin is falling on its back ROFL style, I watched it 50 […]

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sheislaurence @sheislaurence.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19d

2/2🧵: With #women dismissed & left to take notes while men cosplay #trotsky at #yourparty, I came out with the reinforced belief that #representativedemocracy is dead and we are still very very far from the levels of #facilitation required to create #directdemocracy. For 2026, my strategy would […]

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sheislaurence @sheislaurence.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19d

🧵1/2: BREAKING 🚨: grassroots group takes over #yourparty from #corbyn and #Sultana. After attending a grassroots meeting 10 days ago, I came out with the strong impression the party had zero chance to win #elections: completely disorganised, stuck in the past […]

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novaramedia EXCLUSIVE: A group of around two dozen
grassroots organisers has launched a surprise bid to
lead the new leftwing party, provisionally called Your
Party, after a public spat broke out between
co-founders Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn.

The group, calling itself Our Party, is drawn from the trade union, tenants’ union, anti-racist and
pro-Palestine movements, as well as local Your Party groups.

Our Party's petition, which it is calling on members of the public to co-sign, demands that the six
Independent Alliance (IA) MPs - including Sultana, Corbyn and the four “Gaza independents” - step back
from the leadership and allow members to take over.
“The MPs got us this far, but now it's time to hand over the reins,” the group said in a statement. “The people should take things forward from here.”

“A mass party is nothing until it belongs to the masses,” they added.

The group demands that the leadership of the party be given to a handover committee, which will include
renters’ union organiser Josh Virasami and Palestine solidarity activist Jeanine Hourani. They will be joined
by a trade union general secretary, a social movement lawyer and a representative from the climate
movement, whose names will be confirmed next week.

BREAKING
Activists Launch Bid To Take Over New Left Party, Sultana and Corbyn out,
grassroots in.

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