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Gaye Murray @tortymurray.bsky.social · 14h

Sincerely hope doesn't cover it, but if there really is hope of peace - or more accurately a silencing of the weapons then how come this couldn't have happened earlier?
Apols . My cynicism is showing.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 15h

Wife of synagogue terrorist says he showed no signs of extremism

Exclusive: Wife of Jihad al-Shamie says he was ‘intimidating, aggressive and controlling’ but did not seem radicalised The Manchester synagogue terrorist was “intimidating, aggressive and controlling” but showed no sign of extremism before carrying out his lethal antisemitic attack, one of his wives has said. The woman, who married Jihad al-Shamie in an Islamic ceremony in 2021, said the 35-year-old was “glued to his phone” watching Arabic news channels but did not appear to be on the path to terror. Continue reading...

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 15h

I.e. you need quite specific political economic conditions for a club culture that can afford to take risks and a bar culture that can afford to stay open until dawn even if it's just you and three other guys who are the only one still knocking off vodkas at 6am

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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 15h

Can't even imagine the level of threats and rage that went into coercing Netanyahu to get the deal done before the Peace Prize is announced Friday.

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Alan Greene @alangreene.bsky.social · 15h

When growth goes wrong and will not come right, Though you do the best you can, When the books' ain't black as the hour of night – – A pint of plain is your only man.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Pubs to stay open until early hours in push for UK growth

Exclusive: Plans for England and Wales would help the ailing hospitality sector but have attracted criticism from health experts

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Agência Lusa @lusa.pt · 14h

Netanyahu realça regresso de todos os reféns após anúncio de Trump

O primeiro-ministro israelita, Benjamin Netanyahu, garantiu hoje que Israel vai trazer todos os reféns de Gaza para casa, em reação ao anúncio de Trump do acordo do Hamas sobre o seu plano de paz.

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Gaye Murray @tortymurray.bsky.social · 14h

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Gaye Murray @tortymurray.bsky.social · 14h

True dat
Also true - it's cheaper for folks to bevvy at home. The young know this well. Get tanked up at home first.

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Ben Canham @bencanham.bsky.social · 16h

It’s taken me a long time to leave the
house again after being attacked in the
street. But today, I walked to the shops
by myself. Just me. No panic, no turning
back. After everything, I felt calm. I felt
proud. I’m getting my confidence back.

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Gaye Murray @tortymurray.bsky.social · 14h

Oh well. Never mind..

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Gaye Murray @tortymurray.bsky.social · 14h

As the saying goes
"Many a slip twixt cup & lip"
Sincerely hope my scepticism is mis placed

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Gaye Murray @tortymurray.bsky.social · 14h

Shameful!
Despite talk of financial pressures, UK is a wealthy country.

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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 15h

Homeless people 'deeply failed' as deaths in UK reach record high www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

UK deaths of 1,611 homeless people in 2024 is record high

Most are linked to suicide or drugs, with spice and nitazenes increasingly deadly.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 15h

9 October 1941 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Judit Erdos, was born in Miskolc.

In 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
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A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck

A vintage black and white photo of a young girl, smiling softly.

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Público @publico.pt · 15h

Um representante do Hamas, segundo fontes israelitas, terá aceitado um acordo para Gaza. A confirmar-se, será assinado na quinta-feira, no Egipto.

Hamas e Israel assinaram primeira fase do acordo de Paz, diz Trump

Espera-se que os reféns sejam libertados em breve e que as Forças de Defesa Israelitas saíam da Faixa de Gaza.

www.publico.pt

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Infinite Women @infinite-women.com · 15h

"Electricity demand is growing around the world but the growth in solar and wind was so strong it met 100% of the extra electricity demand, even helping drive a slight decline in coal and gas use." 1/2
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Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity

Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 15h

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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 15h

… tbh I wonder if the whole thing was more to convince *Trump* to do whatever Miller et al want to do next. And they know that he’s more convinced by these speakers, with their outlandish claims and personal horror stories, than by law enforcement officials who might be more circumspect.

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Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social · 15h

They arrested Rosa Luxemburg!

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 17h

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Jacob Grier @jacobgrier.bsky.social · 16h

Reading this post from a recently opened coffeeshop enclosed by surprisingly transparent plywood.

View from a coffeeshop with wall-length windows

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Howard Eissenstat @heissenstat.bsky.social · 1d

One of the big stories underway in Turkey is the process by which the ruling party is pulling in opposition leaders at both the municipal level and, more importantly, in parliament

It has both symbolic importance and direct political implications, moving TR towards a consolidated autocracy

dokuz8HABER @dokuz8haber.bsky.social · 1d

🔴 7 belediye başkanı AKP'ye katıldı: Rozetlerini Erdoğan taktı
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7 belediye başkanı AKP'ye katıldı: Rozetlerini Erdoğan taktı

Ardahan, Gümüşhane, Muş, Bingöl ve Giresun'dan 7 belediye başkanı AKP'ye katıldı. Erdoğan, Milletvekilleri Buluşması programında partiye katılan belediye başkanlarına rozetlerini taktı.

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Connor [REDACTED] @connorredacted.bsky.social · 16h

"I too, would not recoil from destroying ten thousand officers if they opposed themselves to my will. What is that in a nation of eighty millions? I do not want men of intelligence. I want men of brutality."
Adolf Hitler after hearing of Josef Stalin's purge

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 15h

Pope Leo in new letter to Catholic Charities USA: Migrants are "living witnesses of hope" with an "intrinsic human dignity" who should be "invited to participate fully in community life."

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Peter Frankopan @peterfrankopan.bsky.social · 18h

Belarus rarely makes Western headlines — but it should this week.
A quiet move by the Trump administration has just handed Alexander Lukashenka, and indirectly Vladimir Putin, an unexpected gift.
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Scottish History Society @scothistorysociety.bsky.social · 21h

Winter Lecture Series: Finding Women in Scottish History

Join us for a series of free, online lectures to explore sources of women's lived experience, intellectual and religious networks, and socio-political power in medieval and early modern Scotland.

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SHS Winter Lecture Series: Finding Women in Scottish History

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Scottish History Society @scothistorysociety.bsky.social · 22h

We've joined the blue sky! Just as the skies darken for winter too

Please let your followers know that the Scottish History Society has arrived!

Find out more about memberships, the society, and events at our website: scottishhistorysociety.com

The Scottish History Society

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