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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 10h

Please keep the people of Jamaica in your thoughts and hearts today. And may the world come together in this moment of devastation to come to their aid.

A tweet from Andrew Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica, says: “Our country has been ravaged by Hurricane Melissa but we will rebuild and we will do so even better than before.”
He addresses Jamaicans directly, encouraging hope and promising rapid mobilization for relief and recovery efforts.
Below the text is a CNN/Today broadcast screenshot showing Holness speaking remotely with “Tracking Hurricane Melissa” and “Breaking News” banners on screen.

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jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 12h

You should care about Jamaica and Sudan even if you don't know anyone there and the news isn't covering it. The anti-Blackness embedded in folks' lack of empathy is gross.

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 19h

Hot take: More sociologists and economists need to work together.

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Femi @femi-oluwole.bsky.social · 18h

Dawn Butler needs to be crowned "Queen of the Commons".

She was thrown out of Parliament for calling Boris a liar, then Parliament declared him a Liar.

Now @DawnButlerBrent has been scolded for calling Racist Sarah Pochin 'racist'.

THIS MUST END!
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Parliament silences Dawn Butler for telling the truth AGAIN! - Reform UK Racism

YouTube video by Femi - F Politics!

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Michelle @fz39.bsky.social · 18h

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Michelle @fz39.bsky.social · 21h

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Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · 22h

The RSF’s capture of Darfur is a tragedy unfolding in silence.

Thousands have been killed, millions displaced, a man-made famine, driven by foreign interference — and the world looks away.

We must demand accountability, humanitarian aid, and an end to the violence in Sudan.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

i cannot believe that “mamdani calls a close adult relative an ‘aunt’ even if they are not literally their parent’s sister” is what counts as a “scandal” these days

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1d

War Criminal Netanyahu is breaking the Ceasefire because dead Israeli bodies which are buried in the rubble created by his bombs aren't being handed over fast enough.

Of course they can't tell you that, so they don't tell you anything.

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 1d

This is the first time that I have even seen a death toll for Sudan.

Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 2d

“More than 150,000 people have died across the country and about 12 million have fled their homes, creating one of the worst humanitarian crises.”

This is a genocide in Sudan.

El-Fasher: Rebel group claims capture of key city in Sudan

The fall of el-Fasher would cement the RSF's control of the west and reinforces a de facto split in the nation.

www.bbc.co.uk

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1d

The first thing we should Renationalise is the Government.

MPs should not receive a penny from any 'donors', they should work only for you.

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Michelle @fz39.bsky.social · 1d

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 1d

"Just because I'm an all-purpose raging bigot doesn't mean you can call me a bigot" is a whole public identity now, isn't it?

Along with "Of course bigotry is wrong, but my bigotry isn't the wrong sort of bigotry, whereas objecting to my bigotry is the kind of bigotry that is wrong".

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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 1d

Waking up, again, to the sound of two white men on the radio arguing about whether it is ok to be made "mad" by the very sight of black and Asian people on TV. 😒

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

I am thinking of the people of Jamaica, and the many New Yorkers with loved ones there, as Hurricane Melissa — fueled by a warming ocean — grows into the strongest storm ever to bear down upon the island.

As the Atlantic Ocean warms, climate change is fueling Hurricane Melissa's ferocity

Hurricane Melissa has rapidly intensified into a Category 5 storm due to warming oceans linked to climate change.

apnews.com

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Grumpy Philosopher @stevecooke.org · 2d

I am so tired of 24 hour news about small boats. I simply don’t care how many migrants arrive in the UK any more. No matter how many, they’ll never be as big a threat to British values, our way of life, or indeed women‘s safety, as the bigots who make yelling about migrants their entire personality.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 2d

Racist incidents against UK nurses surge by 55%

Royal College of Nursing calls on government to stop using anti-migrant rhetoric, which it says emboldens racist behaviour

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Racist incidents against UK nurses surge by 55%

Royal College of Nursing calls on government to stop using anti-migrant rhetoric, which it says emboldens racist behaviour

www.theguardian.com

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 2d

Riddle me this.

If every single private procedure done on the NHS costs nearly 3x as much as one done completely on the NHS.

And funding is fixed.

How many more patients in the long term can you treat if you rely on privatised care?

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Michelle @fz39.bsky.social · 2d

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Michelle @fz39.bsky.social · 2d

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4d

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 3d

The Media people who moan about the low birth rate are the same people who have got rid of social housing, cut child benefits, slashed wages and created an environment where many can't AFFORD to have children.

The problem is them.

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