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Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 12h

El Fasher Resistance Committee:

After a year of suege and famine in El Fashir, manufactured by UAE-backed RSF, animal fodder has run out.

#KeepEyesOnSudan #Sudan

Resistance Committees Coordination - El
Fasher
There is nothing left to eat today. All food supplies have run out, and even the alternatives people used to cling to for survival are gone. The Ambaz have disappeared, and the city is besieged from all directions by militias, the silence of the state, and the indifference of the world. We write, we shout, and we appeal, but it seems that words fall into a void: no aid planes, no humanitarian bridge, no real international action, no ground operation to lift the siege. Time is passing, hunger is increasing, and death is claiming lives. Today, we no longer count the number of clashes, for they are relentless. We no longer count the crimes, for they are too numerous to count. Talking about hunger is no longer enough, for we have moved beyond the stage of complaint to the stage of slow annihilation.
We write, but no one hears us. We call for help, but no one answers. It seems that we will be content to watch, as the world around us does.
We see our city being wiped out, and we die while resisting, simply because we have no choice but to resist. A mass death, amid the silence of the world.
Time is running out, and hunger will kill us before the cannons.
#Stop_the_bleeding_of_El_Fasher #Open_the_road_to_El_Fasher_by_force

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Garstang Museum of Archaeology @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 5h

This glass plate #negative shows the reverse of a red slate votive tablet from site 6 (Lion Temple). It depicts King Tanyidamani in a long robe, with helmet-crown and sceptre. The original #photo was took in 1910 by Garstang during his #excavations of the ancient Sudanese site of Meroë. JG/M/E/7/b

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 20h

he did it again.

US strike on boat off Venezuela kills six, Trump says

A U.S. strike on a boat off the coast of Venezuela on Tuesday killed six suspected drug traffickers, President Donald Trump said in a social media post.

www.reuters.com

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Bluesky mods aid genocide by banning Palestinians @pastures.myatproto.social · 15h

Keep the horses, cut the cops. The horses can be trained for hippotherapy, which has a lot of research proving it is good for people with a wide variety of disabilities

Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 16h

From the Editorial Board:

As Mayor Brandon Johnson prepares to give his budget address Thursday, one idea should get tossed aside: eliminating Chicago’s mounted police unit.

Editorial: Chicago budget should not cut mounted police nor sell off their horses

Is Chicago really going to sell off the horse named for Officer Ella French?

trib.al

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Mike.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @dumbmike.bsky.social · 20h

Deep in the article, there are quotes from young liberal staffers too. There is a problem with inflammatory rhetoric on both sides.

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Blaise Ulysse Bernard Collins @wittywebhandle.bsky.social · 19h

Mock cover for 'Atlas Shrugged' by Ayn Rand

"Ayn Rand

Atlas Needs You To Spot Him Like 20 Billion Dollars

1st Argentinian Edition"

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Chapps @chapps.bsky.social · 1d

As cold blustery winds herald an incoming storm to Southern California, I’m bundled up like this little bronze Silenos figurine (we share the same hairstyle, in fact). Brrr! 🥶

Bronze, 1st c. CE. #BritishMuseum #Ancientbluesky 🏺

Small bronze figurine of a somewhat dwarf-like Silenos, the bald, bearded elderly companion of the god Dionysos-Bacchus. He’s tightly wrapped up in his himation (cloak), his hands pulling the garment tight around his chest. He wears an ivy wreath around his head and is barefoot.

British Museum, London (1824,0480.4)

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Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · 1d

John Oliver is what liberals imagine Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert to be — a genuine critic of America’s systemic failures who stands up for trans people and other marginalized groups, while actually offering real actions and hopeful solutions.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22h

"a test"? you mean...a violation?

AP: Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages, a test for the Gaza ceasefire

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21h

a real water is wet scenario here

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

The Regime's goal is to grind everyone down. Plain & simple. Our goal is to refuse this by taking turns to fight where and how we can. When one group needs to bow out, then another group needs to step in and so on. We don't all have to do everything. We can all do something though. Stay in the fight

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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 1d

the degree to which i feel like i am living in the pre-title montage of a post-apocalyptic movie cannot be overstated.

Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 1d

This is an alarming compression of the planetary destruction timeline: with the massive growth of the AI bubble, data centers are expected to consume up to 12% of total US electricity by 2028, up from 4.4% in 2023.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/t...

Sora 2 and ChatGPT are consuming so much power that OpenAI just did another 10 gigawatt deal | CNN Business

OpenAI is partnering with Broadcom to design and develop 10 gigawatts of custom AI chips and systems, a massive amount of power that will use as much electricity as a large city. The move further high...

www.cnn.com

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking: Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, the legendary transgender activist and veteran of the Stonewall uprising who dedicated her life to the liberation of trans people, especially Black trans women, has died at 78.

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The Byzantine Legacy @thebyzantinelegacy.bsky.social · 1d

12th-century Byzantine Cistern (İpek Bodrum, also known as Çin Ali Köşkü) located in the northwestern corner of Constantinople (Ottoman Kostantiniyye, modern İstanbul)
Photos by Nicholas V. Artamonoff (1937)

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Eleonor Piteira @eleonorpiteira.bsky.social · 1d

Aferah, for a personal project, 2017

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 1d

ALSO. ALSO. Needing us to find Europeans who condemned him for his actions at the time--and there are many! So many! My God so many!--is also some white supremacist bullshit, because the TAINO PEOPLE HE WAS MURDERING CERTAINLY CONDEMNED HIM FOR IT AND THEY WERE HUMAN BEINGS OF HIS TIME TOO.

Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 2d

Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.

Fuck Columbus.

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Coyote & Crow Games @coyoteandcrow.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day! Today we celebrate the heritage, beauty, and perseverance of hundreds of cultures and nations across North America that have thrived and endured here for thousands of years, and will be around for thousands more.
If you want to support this Native: bit.ly/3L67Yrs

A display of Coyote & Crow, the roleplaying game, Wolves, the cooperative board game, Naasii, the Coyote & Crow Dice Game, and a set of custom dice for the RPG. All created by Cherokee Nation citizen, Kenna Alexander.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket

Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 2d

Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.

Fuck Columbus.

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Tammi, yeah, that one. 2.1 @tammi.bsky.social · 2d

I found a 19th century Cat Villain!

A huge chonk of a fluffy cat sitting on a table near an open fire. The cat is cream and grey and appears to be shaped like a barrel in a fur coat. They are scowling fiercely with their moustache and bewhiskered ears apparently flowing back into the cold wind. There's a definite vibe that this villainous cat twirls their moustache as they evict orphans into the aforementioned blizzard and think Scrooge was an easy-going lightweight. They are magnificent.

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ICE must be destroyed 🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @miawong.bsky.social · 2d

We are going to Win

Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 2d

It’s impossible to overstate how much “abolish ice” is the normie position now here in chicago — just countless random moms at toddler soccer on a park district field asking me where I bought my anti-ice t-shirt. average people don’t like our neighborhoods being terrorized.

laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 2d

A friend ran the Chicago marathon today and said he couldn’t count the number of FUCK ICE signs along the way.

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 2d

#OtD which most likely translates to 13 Oct c1157 BC, the first recorded strike in history was first reported. In ancient Egypt, gangs of construction workers building for Ramses III launched sit-down strikes in protest at insufficient food rations shop.workingclasshistory.com/search

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Tolkien Creatives for Palestine @troptwtcharity.bsky.social · 22d

Happy Hobbit Day to all who celebrate! We creatives in the Tolkien community are holding a special fundraiser to support the people of Gaza on Saturday Oct. 25th, the weekend of Durin's Day. Our fundraiser is comprised of a livestream w/Tolkien trivia, auction, and raffle. 1/2
#Palestine #Tolkien

It is a poster of Samwise Gamgee holding a Palestinian flag. The top right corner of the poster reads Tolkien Creatives (in black color) For (red color) Palestine (green color). In the top middle corner are the words "A Tolkien Palestine Solidarity Fundraiser. Below that are the words taken from The Rings of Power score "The Sun Yet Shines". Also in the colors of the Palestinian flag. Underneath Samwise Gamgee are four hearts that are also in the colors of the Palestinian flag. The first heart states "Raffle Ticket = $5, win exciting prizes." The second heart states "Join Tolkien Trivia Stream." The third heart states "Date: 25th Oct 2025." The fourth heart states "All Donations Proceeds To: The Palestine Children Relief Fund." And underneath the poster in the bottom left corner are the words "Unite For Palestine" in the colors of the Palestinian flag (black, red, and green).

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 4d

The Sudan Solidarity Collective supports organizations led by Sudanese civilians: including emergency response rooms, mutual aid, labor and farmers’ unions. Please give what you can and/or share.

Nisrin Elamin @nisrinelamin.bsky.social · 4d

The Sudan Solidarity Collective is doing a big fundraising push to support our partners in El Fashir to support food distribution, evacuation and medications.

Please help us boost our support. Please share and donate 👇🏾 .

sudansolidarity.com

Home - Sudan Solidarity Collective

Solidarity with Sudan! Support the Emergency Response Rooms doing life saving work in Sudan by donating to the Sudan Solidarity Fund. Workshops4Sudan is a new fundraising initiative of the Sudan Solid...

sudansolidarity.com

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Teufelaffe @teufelaffe.bsky.social · 4d

"I'll fight till hell freezes over and then I'll cut the ice and fight on" is metal af

Post by user @jamellebouie.net that reads, "from chandra manning's wonderful book "what this cruel war was over"

Nothing made slavery's toxicity more obvious to Union troops than its effect on the fundamental unit of society, the family. For one thing, slave sales separated families. In the Upper Sout, where many Union soldiers were stationed in 1861, about one in three first marriages was broken by sale, and about half of all slave children were separated from at least one parent. With their own eyes, soldiers saw slavery snap bonds between parents and children. The men of the Seventh Wisconsin were awakened by gunshots one November night. The following day, soldiers "learned, and saw the cause of the alarm in the form of two negro women—a mother and a daughter." The pair had fled to Union lines to avoid the proposed sale of the "goodlooking" daughter into the so-called fancy trade, which soldiers viewed as a form of concubinage. Outraged by the plight and moved by the vulnerability of the mother and daughter, "every private in the ranks" cursed "that system which tramples on the honor of man, and makes merchandise of the virtue of women," according to one member of the regiment. When an Iowan encountered a young child about to be sold by her own father, who was also her master, he vowed, "By G-d I'll fight till hell freezes over and then I'll cut the ice and fight on."

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