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Susan Kiddie 🍉
@susankiddie.bsky.social
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Pro-humanity. Anti-fascist. Anti-genocide. Human Rights. Covid conscious, history, social justice, disability rights. She/Her. Keep your mental health stigma off my feed. Dystopian living is not as much fun as people led me to believe.
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Susan Kiddie 🍉 @susankiddie.bsky.social · 22h
"There was a feast once, and it became the Last Supper of my people.
And the world, indifferent, learned, self-satisfied, did not attend.
But it must remember. Because if it does not, then we, the living, will have died for nothing, and the dead will have died twice."

#GazaGenocide
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Anjali Enjeti @anjalienjeti.bsky.social · 1d
This is the kind of poetry that should never have had to be written. Tweet from Gaza doctor Dr. Ezzideen (@ezzinggaza).
Two years ago, on a Friday that now stands outside of time, my father prepared a feast. It was meant to honor life, my graduation, my return, the promise of a future. The table was full, not only with food, but with faith: the quiet, unspoken faith that tomorrow would exist. How easily we believe in continuity, in the mercy of another morning. We gathered as one family, laughing, speaking over one another, breaking bread with careless joy, pouring juice into glasses as though it were the wine of peace itself. Each gesture was a prayer, though none of us knew it. My father’s hands moved as Christ’s once did, blessing the bread, dividing it among those he loved. And somewhere, though no one could name it, there hung in the air that same fragile foreboding that filled the upper room in Jerusalem, when love spoke its last words before betrayal. The air trembled with that kind of happiness which only later reveals itself as farewell. And then, silence. The silence that only the dead can teach. When I look now at the photographs, I see the faces of the condemned, though they did not know it. More than half of them are gone, devoured by what men call war and what truth calls murder. The homes that once contained our breathing, our prayers, our smallest tenderness, crushed. The gardens that smelled of oranges and evening, erased. I walk in memory as one walks through ruins, touching the stones of vanished laughter. October 7 was not the birth of a war; it was the death of illusion. On that day, history tore itself open, and the wound has not closed. It bleeds through every surviving soul. And in that blood I see not only the crime of one nation against another, but the crime of humanity against itself, the old, endless betrayal that men repeat while invoking God. If justice still exists, it must weep. If God still looks upon this earth, He must avert His eyes. This day should be marked forever, not as an event of politics, but as a revelation of the human abyss. Let every flag descend into silence. Let every tongue fall still. Because what was taken from us was not only life, but the very rhythm of being alive, the rustle of bread torn by a father’s hand, the sound of a child laughing before she learns what grief is. They took from us the ordinary, and left us with eternity. And yet, I remain. I, who ate with them, who still taste that bread in my mouth as though it were guilt itself. I live, and I do not know why. Perhaps only to remember. Perhaps only to tell the world that history is not written in treaties or speeches, but in the trembling of hands that once passed a dish across a table, in the laughter that did not know it was bidding farewell to the world. There was a feast once, and it became the Last Supper of my people. And the world, indifferent, learned, self-satisfied, did not attend. But it must remember. Because if it does not, then we, the living, will have died for nothing, and the dead will have died twice. #GazaGenocide
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Megan O’Toole @meganotoole.bsky.social · 1h
Two years of Gaza genocide: ‘The intensifying campaign of demonisation will grow, as will the crackdown on fundamental and long-cherished rights. Israel has declared war on the Palestinian people. And our leaders are slowly declaring war on us.’
Gaza genocide two years on: The West must be deradicalised so this never happens again
This brutal war on Palestinians has not just unleashed Israel's demons. It has unmasked our own regimes, as they crack down on humanitarian activism
www.middleeasteye.net
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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 1d
Boxes also work on bobcats
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Steve Schwinghamer🇨🇦 @sschwinghamer.bsky.social · 17h
... today is Tuesday, March 2046th, 2020. People are wondering if there might be something causing employees to be sick.

#sigh
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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 1d
People are also taking a lot of sick time. Are people getting sicker?
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Dick Zoutman @dickzoutman.bsky.social · 16h
Given the deterioration of the US public health system it is necessary that Canada significantly up its capabilities and capacities in public health and pandemic/ epidemic preparedness. Including our capacity to develop and produce vaccines and new antiviral/ antibacterial drugs.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 19h
In Gaza, another humanitarian crisis has emerged: the soaring displacement expenses — or, as many people in Gaza bitterly describe it, “The fees you pay to become homeless in the south.” Tents cost $1,000 and securing a patch of land to pitch it on can be almost as costly.
Israel’s “Safe Zones” in Gaza Offer No Safety. Many Can’t Afford to Flee Anyway.
Displacement costs, which many call “the fees you pay to become homeless in the south,” have reached nearly $5,000.
truthout.org
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Christophe Veltsos @drinfosec.bsky.social · 19h
Adam (of AirFanta) just shared on Twitter that there's 10% off again today (Oct 7) & tomorrow (Oct 8). Link to Adam's acct & the AirFanta shop below my screenshot. 👇

Link to OP: x.com/Engineer_Won...
Screenshot of Adam's post on Twitter announcing the 10% discount valid on Oct 7-8.
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Ricochet Media @ricochetmedia.bsky.social · 18h
In Canada, groups are weaponizing claims of media bias to intimidate journalists and reshape coverage of Israel and Palestine with complicity of newsrooms.

How Israel and its ‘digital army’ work to silence the truth about #Gaza.

New from Zahra Khozema:

ricochet.media/labour/media...

#cdnpoli
How Israel and its 'digital army' work to silence the truth about Gaza
In Canada, groups weaponizing claims of media bias are being used to intimidate journalists and reshape coverage of Israel and Palestine under the quiet complicity of Canadian newsrooms
ricochet.media
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 1d
Birth in Gaza often means sharing incubators, giving birth without anesthesia during power outages, and risking infection because water and sanitation systems are destroyed. interc.pt/42vx3lD
A photo illustration of a mother and child, overlaid with the headline, "Mothers in Gaza Give Life to the Next Generation of Palestinians Despite Genocide," and the DEK, "As the Israeli government enters the third year of ethnic cleansing in Gaza, mothers keep bringing new Palestinians into the world."
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Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · 22h
2 years of genocide. I mourn the dead, and I mourn the living. None of us will ever be the same, none of us should ever be the same.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 22h
This was twenty-three months ago. Israeli forces have killed more than 16,365 kids since.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · Jul 7
November 7, 2023 — Kids in Gaza host a press conference, in English, to beg the world for life.

“We come now to shout and invite you to protect us; we want to live, we want peace…we want to live as the other children live.”

At the time, Israel forces had killed over 4,200 kids like these.
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 21h
Thrilled to see that Omar El Akkad's unflinching and utterly essential book has been named a finalist for the National Book Awards.

lithub.com/here-are-the...
Cover of Omar El Akkad's book One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
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Jannis J Grimm @jannisgrimm.bsky.social · 1d
Just realised that my article on Israel's starvation policy in Gaza was translated by IPS and published in English too!
www.ips-journal.eu/topics/forei...
Starvation is no accident
Anyone talking about Gaza cannot ignore Israel’s intentions. Human suffering is part of their war strategy
www.ips-journal.eu
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 1d
This is the 2nd anniversary of the start of a genocide that made Gaza the most dangerous place on earth for children— that has raised a mirror to the rot at the core of our world.

Never has it been clearer that none of us are free until Palestine is free.

inthesetimes.com/article/gaza...
On Parenthood and Genocide
A new mother and scholar of forced displacement writes about Israel's mass murder of Palestinian children in Gaza.
inthesetimes.com
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Adv Adham Madi 🍉🇵🇸 @mr-adham.bsky.social · 1d
Gaza is not alone her voice has become the cry of the free world, and her steadfastness has become a school for all who cherish freedom.
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#Gaza
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Adv Adham Madi 🍉🇵🇸 @mr-adham.bsky.social · 1d
When I see marches sweeping through the streets of the world in support of our cause, and when I see the naval flotillas bravely sailing to break the siege on Gaza, I know that our voice has not been silenced, and that the truth remains alive despite all attempts to erase it..
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#Gaza
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Susan Kiddie 🍉 @susankiddie.bsky.social · 22h
Thank you for sharing.
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Susan Kiddie 🍉 @susankiddie.bsky.social · 22h
"There was a feast once, and it became the Last Supper of my people.
And the world, indifferent, learned, self-satisfied, did not attend.
But it must remember. Because if it does not, then we, the living, will have died for nothing, and the dead will have died twice."

#GazaGenocide
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Anjali Enjeti @anjalienjeti.bsky.social · 1d
This is the kind of poetry that should never have had to be written. Tweet from Gaza doctor Dr. Ezzideen (@ezzinggaza).
Two years ago, on a Friday that now stands outside of time, my father prepared a feast. It was meant to honor life, my graduation, my return, the promise of a future. The table was full, not only with food, but with faith: the quiet, unspoken faith that tomorrow would exist. How easily we believe in continuity, in the mercy of another morning. We gathered as one family, laughing, speaking over one another, breaking bread with careless joy, pouring juice into glasses as though it were the wine of peace itself. Each gesture was a prayer, though none of us knew it. My father’s hands moved as Christ’s once did, blessing the bread, dividing it among those he loved. And somewhere, though no one could name it, there hung in the air that same fragile foreboding that filled the upper room in Jerusalem, when love spoke its last words before betrayal. The air trembled with that kind of happiness which only later reveals itself as farewell. And then, silence. The silence that only the dead can teach. When I look now at the photographs, I see the faces of the condemned, though they did not know it. More than half of them are gone, devoured by what men call war and what truth calls murder. The homes that once contained our breathing, our prayers, our smallest tenderness, crushed. The gardens that smelled of oranges and evening, erased. I walk in memory as one walks through ruins, touching the stones of vanished laughter. October 7 was not the birth of a war; it was the death of illusion. On that day, history tore itself open, and the wound has not closed. It bleeds through every surviving soul. And in that blood I see not only the crime of one nation against another, but the crime of humanity against itself, the old, endless betrayal that men repeat while invoking God. If justice still exists, it must weep. If God still looks upon this earth, He must avert His eyes. This day should be marked forever, not as an event of politics, but as a revelation of the human abyss. Let every flag descend into silence. Let every tongue fall still. Because what was taken from us was not only life, but the very rhythm of being alive, the rustle of bread torn by a father’s hand, the sound of a child laughing before she learns what grief is. They took from us the ordinary, and left us with eternity. And yet, I remain. I, who ate with them, who still taste that bread in my mouth as though it were guilt itself. I live, and I do not know why. Perhaps only to remember. Perhaps only to tell the world that history is not written in treaties or speeches, but in the trembling of hands that once passed a dish across a table, in the laughter that did not know it was bidding farewell to the world. There was a feast once, and it became the Last Supper of my people. And the world, indifferent, learned, self-satisfied, did not attend. But it must remember. Because if it does not, then we, the living, will have died for nothing, and the dead will have died twice. #GazaGenocide
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Megan O’Toole @meganotoole.bsky.social · 23h
An average of nearly 100 Palestinians per day have been confirmed killed since Israel’s genocide began two years ago. Its attacks on Gaza continue to this day.
At least 92 Palestinians killed every day in Gaza for 2 straight years; U.S. opens the door for war with Venezuela
Drop Site Daily: October 7, 2025
www.dropsitenews.com
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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 1d
I confess I don't understand, and don't wish to understand, the moral principle which states it is disrespectful to protest genocide today, but not disrespectful to commit one.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 1d
Eyad Amawi, a humanitarian worker in Gaza, has “mixed feelings” as peace talks between Israel and Hamas continue in Egypt.

"The situation [is] worsening" in Gaza, he says.
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Andrew Young 🇨🇦 @young.me · 1d
ONTARIO: for any night owls still awake, #COVID19 vaccine certificates from the #Ontario portal now include any doses received between September 22 to October 6 (I've just checked with my parents' certificates): covid19.ontariohealth.ca/app-home
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Susan Kiddie 🍉 @susankiddie.bsky.social · 1d
Time for my annual Covid/flu Vaccine PSA for Toronto folks:

If you have mobility issues and need a vaccine at home, Toronto Paramedic Services will come to you! You don’t have to be a senior to qualify. (I was referred by a TPH nurse but self-referral is fine)

Spread the word!
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 1d
"It feels as if everything has vanished. Not only the tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza erased without graves, without records, as if they had never existed – so many other things have been hollowed out: basic conceptions of morality, decency, compassion, humanity, hope, future."
Disappearing people, disappearing morals – how two years has changed Gaza and Israel | Orly Noy
There can be no healing until the world stares into and acknowledges the void torn open by this conflict, says Israeli journalist Orly Noy
www.theguardian.com
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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 1d
Please share
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🏳️‍⚧️ Josephine Riesman @josie.zone · 1d
Ah, God. It's October 7.

Two horrible fucking years.

I don't know what to say that @sirosenbaum.bsky.social and I didn't already say just ten days after it all began:

archive.is/0UsqT
Slate headline: JUDAISM CAN'T JUSTIFY WHAT ISRAEL IS DOING
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