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Dan Taulapapa McMullin
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Taulaitu, ʻo ia, they, them, non-binary, atheist, artist, writer, from Samoa ʻi Sasaʻe, in Muheaconneak
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Dan Taulapapa McMullin @taulaitu.bsky.social · Oct 31
Our Bodies Are Memories of Our Bodies (2025) installation of abstractions and poems at Pieam in Long Beach California now through February 2026.
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pressfreedom.bsky.social
New report: On February 19, 2026, CPJ will release a special report documenting the conditions Palestinian journalists report experiencing while in Israeli detention. The report draws on in-depth interviews from 59 Palestinian journalists released since October 7, 2023. cpj.org/2026/02/cpj-...
CPJ to release report documenting Palestinian journalists’ claims of torture in Israeli prisons - Committee to Protect Journalists
New York, February 17, 2026 — On Thursday, February 19, 2026, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) will release a special report documenting the conditions Palestinian journalists report experie...
cpj.org
February 17, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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indexoncensorship.org
We are deeply concerned by reports that #HamdanBallal, co-director of the Oscar-winning film No Other Land, has been attacked in the #WestBank by the same settlers who targeted him following last year’s Oscar win.

Those responsible must be brought to justice.
February 17, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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hawaiipacificparks.bsky.social
Visit the always-fascinating and acrobatic ʻiʻiwi at our partners Haleakalā and Hawaiʻi Volcanoes national parks (on Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, respectively).

#Iiwi #HawaiiBirds #HawaiiParks
hawaiianimages.bsky.social James Petruzzi @hawaiianimages.bsky.social · 17h
I'iwi spend a LOT of time collecting food, as they're primarily nectavores...sometimes they get acrobatic about it. : ) For the #BirdOfTheDay theme #CollectingFood , I'iwi on mamane!
#birds 🌿📷🦉
Small vermillion honeycreeper hanging upside-down from a mamane branch with its long curved bills stuffed into a yellow blossom
February 17, 2026 at 9:04 PM
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freedomflotilla.bsky.social
Since 2023, the Israeli army has been using white phosphorus in Gaza, an incendiary weapon that causes uncontrollable fires, burns to the bone and leaves the soil unusable.
Boycott Bayer-Monsanto, dismantle poison production chains, support struggles for the Earth!

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CHEMICAL COLONIALISM Glyphosate and white phosphorus: Israel poisons Palestinian lands to erase the Palestinian people. Boycott, dismantle Bayer-Monsanto Colonialism is not limited to bombs, walls, and expulsions: Palestine is also methodically poisoned by Israel through the propagation of toxins and the use of inflammable weapons and chemical substances. Destroying the soil and poisoning the water and crops makes life impossible, condemning the health of the Palestinian people for decades. Far from being an accident, this method is deliberate and documented. subtitle: Israeli airplane spreading glyphosate in Southern Lebanon, February 1st 2026 During the Vietnam War, the US sprayed over 76 million liters of Agent Orange. The goal was to destroy forests and farmland to starve people and force them to leave. Today, Vietnamese soil is still contaminated by Agent Orange dioxin, and generations of Vietnamese still suffer from cancers, congenital malformations, and other diseases linked with exposure. These impacts are felt decades after the war. A war on the land has been used to break a people. In Palestine, land is fundamental. It is passed on from generation to generation and represents life and Palestinian culture. Israel is aware of its importance, and as such, consistently targets Palestinian agriculture. Farmer organisations involved in seed banks and food autonomy are classified as terrorist organisations; farmers are attacked and killed by the Israeli army, olive trees are uprooted, fields are destroyed, and access to water is controlled. Today, only 1.5% of Gaza consists of accessible and arable agricultural land. To destroy the link between a people and its land is to organise its erasure.
February 17, 2026 at 12:29 AM
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indexoncensorship.org
#Iran: The secret transfer of Nobel laureate #NargesMohammadi to a prison in the north of the country is deeply concerning. With ongoing concerns about her health, the authorities must immediately end her persecution and release her.
February 16, 2026 at 10:09 AM
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indexoncensorship.org
#UK: We are deeply troubled by reports that think tank, Labour Together sought to investigate journalists to uncover their sources. Any steps to target journalists and weaken source protection threatens press freedom. This must be investigated: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
BREAKING: McSweeney’s think tank paid PR firm to investigate journalists
Labour Together put private investigators onto journalists writing about its funding. Starmer's right-hand man knew.
democracyforsale.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 1:25 PM
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mehdirhasan.bsky.social
All I see on my Twitter timeline are reporters parsing every quote from AOC in Germany, trying to mock them for incoherence or inaccuracy, while a demented old man who can’t string sentences together or stay awake sits in the Oval, while the legacy media happily sanewashes his quotes.
February 16, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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jinjirrie.bsky.social
Kick genocidal #Israel out of the Winter Olympics. Protesters in Milan 'accused Olympic organisers of double standards, arguing that #srael should face the same restrictions imposed on Russian athletes following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.'

www.newarab.com/news/milan-r... #BDS
Milan rally calls for Israel ban from Winter Olympics over Gaza
Pro-Palestine students in Milan rallied to demand Israel’s exclusion from the Winter Olympics, accusing organisers and the Italian govt of double standards.
www.newarab.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:20 AM
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Photographer's Unique Image of a Flying Fox Carrying its Pup Mid-Flight
Flying fox mother carries her pup in a rare shot by Chris Bray on Christmas Island.
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February 7, 2026 at 3:59 AM
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thenewarab.bsky.social
Zoe Roger's mother expressed joy over her daughter's not guilty verdict and finally having her back home after over a year in prison:
UK: Mother of freed Palestine Action activist celebrates release
Zoe Roger’s mother expressed joy over her daughter’s not guilty verdict and finally having her back home after over a year in prison.
www.newarab.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:27 AM
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pressfreedom.bsky.social
CPJ calls on authorities to cease targeting journalists and release all those behind bars, ahead of Monday’s expected sentencing of publisher Jimmy Lai and six former colleagues from his defunct Apple Daily newspaper, in the city’s largest media trial. cpj.org/2026/02/jimm...

#FreeJimmyLai
Jimmy Lai, 6 Apple Daily execs to be sentenced in Hong Kong’s biggest media trial - Committee to Protect Journalists
New York, February 6, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Hong Kong authorities to cease targeting journalists and release all those behind bars, ahead of Monday’s expected sentencing o...
cpj.org
February 6, 2026 at 7:54 PM
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pestilence4all.bsky.social
He may be an idiot but he sure has perfect ‘scooting’ form. 😂
RFK Jr. Demonstrates How To Remove Tapeworm By Scooting Ass Across Carpet
WASHINGTON—In an address touting the practice as a completely drug-free method to relieve the common affliction, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. demonstrated Thursday how ...
theonion.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:28 PM
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thediplomat.com
Since New START took effect, Russian and U.S. warhead counts have been capped. Meanwhile, China’s nuclear arsenal has more than doubled, to an estimated 600 warheads as of mid-2024.
Goodbye New START: How China’s Rise Ended Nuclear Arms Control
As China continues to expand its nuclear capabilities, and Russia and the U.S. walk away from arms control, the future is terrifying: a new nuclear arms race, with more players, and less…
buff.ly
January 31, 2026 at 10:39 PM
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jinjirrie.bsky.social
The Israeli regime is a hate group under your new legislation, @albomp.bsky.social and its President is an inciter of genocide and violence. Put your actions where your mouth is - #BDS #Israel, and withdraw your invite to Herzog. #auspol
Jewish groups say vilification laws should be revisited as Coalition splits on hate bill
Labor's watered-down hate law reform has passed the Senate with the support of the Liberal Party but not the Nationals, who opposed the legislation due to freedom of speech concerns.
www.abc.net.au
January 21, 2026 at 12:04 AM
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hawaiipacificparks.bsky.social
Join #HVNP in #Kahuku for preparedness tips, talk-story & a living history presentation that commemorates 50 years since the 1975 tsunami reshaped the coastline of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park.
Sat., Jan. 24, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
70.5-mile marker on Hwy 11 in Kaʻū.
#VolcanoAwarenessMonth
January 21, 2026 at 8:35 PM
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thenewarab.bsky.social
As right-wing populism reshapes Europe, the UAE is cultivating alliances and courting media figures under the guise of combatting political Islam:
www.newarab.com/analysis/uae...
The UAE’s increasing courtship of Europe’s far right
As right-wing populism reshapes Europe, the UAE is cultivating alliances and courting media figures under the guise of combatting political Islam
www.newarab.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:17 AM
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indexoncensorship.org
Cutting the internet has become a tool of repression.
From #Iran to #Uganda, leaders are using blackouts to control populations and suppress dissent.

Is help from #Starlink the answer? ⬇️
www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/01/star...
Starlink offers a glimmer of hope in the internet darkness - Index on Censorship
Uganda is the latest country to shut down the internet as people goes to the polls
www.indexoncensorship.org
January 21, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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thenewarab.bsky.social
Watch how European stances shift when comparing the oppression of women in Iran vs. Palestine. Why the loud condemnation for one and silence for the other?

Let us know your thoughts in the comments ⬇️
January 21, 2026 at 1:12 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!

ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
The Gravamen of the Disclosure 4. The gravamen of the disclosure is as follows: a. By memorandum dated May 12, 2025 (“the May 12 Memo”), Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons authorizes ICE agents to forcibly enter into certain people’s homes without a judicial warrant, consent, or an emergency. b. Specifically, in the May 12 Memo, the Acting ICE Director authorized ICE Agents to rely on Form I-205 (which is not a judicial warrant) to enter the residence of an alien subject to a final order of deportation, without consent, including by “a necessary and reasonable amount of force.”2c. While addressed to “All ICE Personnel,” in practice the May 12 Memo has not been formally distributed to all personnel. Instead, the May 12 Memo has been provided to select DHS officials who are then directed to verbally brief the new policy for action. Those supervisors then show the Memo to some employees, like our clients, and direct them to read the Memo and return it to the supervisor.
January 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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pressfreedom.bsky.social
A new investigation by CPJ, @rsf.org and @freepressunlimited.bsky.social — unified under the A Safer World for the Truth coalition — has uncovered new evidence in the killing of Pakistani journalist Shan Dahar, exposing police misconduct, political inaction, and years of impunity.
cpj.org?p=555332
January 21, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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nytimes.com
In unleashing the power of the presidency against American colleges, President Trump has managed to chisel away at the independence of the U.S.’s top universities by pairing investigations with pre-emptive strikes on federal funding for schools.
Investigations and a Billion-Dollar ‘Shakedown’: How Trump Targeted Higher Education
Donald J. Trump has unleashed the power of the presidency against American colleges, with mixed results.
nyti.ms
January 21, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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thenewarab.bsky.social
A fast-spreading virus is sweeping Gaza as Israel’s bombardment and blockade cripple healthcare, doctors warn, putting children and the sick at grave risk ⬇️
Doctors warn of fatal respiratory virus sweeping Gaza
A fast-spreading virus is sweeping Gaza as Israel’s bombardment and blockade cripple healthcare, doctors warn, putting children and the sick at grave risk.
www.newarab.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:12 AM
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thenewarab.bsky.social
Israeli authorities have cancelled the planned demolition of the Aida Youth Center football pitch in in Bethlehem, occupied West Bank, due to pressure from FIFA, UEFA, and a viral online petition that received the backing of Ms Rachel.
January 21, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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indexoncensorship.org
Next week, Belarusian journalist Andrei Aliaksandrau spends yet another birthday behind bars. Show your solidarity with Andrei & all those unjustly imprisoned. Record yourself reciting Andrei’s poem and share it on socials on Tuesday 27 January 2026 with the hashtag #FreeAndrei. Poem in the thread ⬇️
January 21, 2026 at 11:26 AM
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thenewarab.bsky.social
Jerusalem church leaders warn that Christian Zionism threatens the Christian presence in the Holy Land ⬇️
Jerusalem churches accuse Zionism of hijacking Christianity
Jerusalem church leaders warn that Christian Zionism threatens the Christian presence in the Holy Land.
www.newarab.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:12 AM