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Lisa Röstlund @lisarostlund.bsky.social · 23h

We’ve met with Greta Thunberg and others in the flotilla. They describe hours-long scenes of torture and sexual harassment in Israeli captivity. Experts conclude that they have been subjected to serious crimes – Sweden’s foreign minister believes they have themselves to blame.

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Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 20h

Always funny to think back about how the GOP uniformly blamed antifa for J6 in the immediate aftermath… fast forward a few years later and they’re like “no J6 was good and we did it and only we can assault Capitol police officers #BackTheBlue”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Mike Johnson: "They berated a Capitol police officer, screamed at him. He was merely standing his post. It shows, again, their disdain for law enforcement, the Democrats, screaming, assaulting officers."

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Joshua "The Crypt" Keep(er) @jekeep.bsky.social · 1d

These three women are courageous heroes. And kudos to NTV for some of the most honest reporting I've seen: Israel illegally abducted them. And by all accounts tortured them.

Proud three of our own risked their lives for the cause of humanity.

Freedom Flotilla crew from Newfoundland return home after illegal abduction by Israeli Navy - NTV

Palestine Action YYT is celebrating the return of the three women from Newfoundland and Labrador who served aboard the Conscience as part of the Freedom Flotilla attempting to break the siege of Gaza....

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jesslyn delia derkson @jlyndelia.bsky.social · 1d

image from end credits of scream (1996) that reads: “no thanks whatsoever ro the santa rosa city school district governing board”

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Gailey 🍉 @sarahgailey.bsky.social · 2d

books should have an anti-acknowledgements section where the author talks shit about all the people who fucked them over while they were trying to write the thing. not bc I personally want to write one but bc I love gossip

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 1d

Why would a billionaire want a functioning paper? Functioning papers cover shit like “did you know this billionaire makes his workers pee into bottles instead of taking a break” and “you pay way more tax than a guy with ten yachts”

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 2d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

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jesslyn delia derkson @jlyndelia.bsky.social · 2d

feels like one of those things people will want once they don’t have it anymore actually

jesslyn delia derkson @jlyndelia.bsky.social · 2d

it is essential to me (now more than ever) to have a communication service we all share together, where u can send a card or gift all without using a phone or a computer to do it, or signing up for an account, or using a credit card. i don’t understand why ppl don’t want that.

Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 2d

The brother of federal Industry Minister, Mélanie Joly, is the president and CEO of Intelcom, a courier company that exploits subcontracted delivery drivers for pennies per package. It stands to benefit mightily from the dismantlement and privatization of public postal services in Canada.

The privatization crisis at Canada Post

Canada Post is under attack. Political favouritism, privatized delivery, and precarious subcontracting are putting workers and public service at risk. From Intelcom’s exploitative practices to the gov...

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 2d

Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog.

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CBS News: Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming NYC mayor the Free Press reports.

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 10d

White people who have spent decades thinking “Born in the USA” is patriotic and “Every Breath You Take” is a great wedding song are suddenly very concerned about not being able to understand lyrics to some songs at the Super Bowl halftime show.

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jesslyn delia derkson @jlyndelia.bsky.social · 3d

yes new writing journal (yes finally a home for my kk slider sticker)

image of a brown notebook open to its front page with a red vintage curtain as its background. on the background is a kk slider sticker at the top and at the bottom a “social distancing social club” sticker. some colourful blankets and throw pillows are behind the notebook.

image of a caramel brown notebook closed with an elastic and brown binder clip. some colourful blankets and throw pillows are behind the notebook.

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jesslyn delia derkson @jlyndelia.bsky.social · 3d

no surprise at all to learn the guy across the alley who leaves his dogs barking outside, all day every day, will also yell at a city worker who is just there doing their job

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B. A. Friedman @bafriedman.bsky.social · 5d

Animal Crossing: The Committee of Public Safety

dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 6d

there are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. clearly we have settled on a motif

Wide shot of many people in inflatable costumes

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 5d

As someone who has studied the circulation of terms “subversive” and “communist” in the lead to and through McCarthyism as empty signifiers to justify violent suppression I feel like I’m both amazed and unsurprised how transparently and unsophisticatedly “woke” and “antifa” are now doing the same.

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These Days @thesedayszine.bsky.social · 6d

For sale Sunday at HallowZine in the Glebe, and maybe via mail again soon?

Packs of CanLit trading cards, and a few loose Tristan Croks.

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jesslyn delia derkson @jlyndelia.bsky.social · 5d

well it’s certainly very ottawa

Alex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic.bsky.social · 6d

The near-complete Adisoke, Ottawa’s new central library. Presented without comment.

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jesslyn delia derkson @jlyndelia.bsky.social · 6d

what a bunch of sorry washed up losers

Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 6d

whew

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Human Rights Watch ‘Cannot Accept’ Donations From Aziz Ansari and Other Comedians Who Performed at Riyadh Comedy Festival

Human Rights Watch says it 'cannot accept' donations from Aziz Ansari and other comedians who performed at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 6d

Inspiring: this elbowless man manages to hold down a full time job as a Prime Minister

Mark Carney may look like just another Canadian Prime Minister. But don’t let that fool you. The most inspiring part of his story isn’t that he went to Harvard, or even that he’s made millions working...

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Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 6d

Similarly describing him as an "expert on antifa" rather than an "antifascism researcher" further legitimates antifa as a proper noun in a way that makes zero sense

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 6d

you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!

and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate

NYT headline: "Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats"

subheadline: "Mark Bray was teaching courses on antifascism. Turning Point USA accused him of belonging to antifa, which he denies. His flight to Spain was canceled abruptly on Wednesday night."

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Paul db Watkins @paulwatkins.bsky.social · 6d

“The truth and reconciliation committees are coming. The land acknowledgements are coming. The very sorry descendants are coming.”

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jesslyn delia derkson @jlyndelia.bsky.social · 6d

why on hell the earth would the average parent care that kate middleton thinks phone use makes parents "mentally absent"? like ya. it's sort of easy to be present when staff takes care of everything in your household and u don't have a job. the people need better heroes.

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 7d

Incredibly alarming—after the whole ridiculous antifa roundtable at the White House, as Mark was moving with his family to Europe after threats…

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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 7d

Elections BC fines Chip Wilson $600 for putting up three signs accusing the BC NDP of being "communist," etc. during the fall provincial eleciton

The conversation between Wilson and the Election BC investigator should be a one-act play 😂 #bcpoli elections.bc.ca/docs/amp/Enf...

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onion person @junlper.beer · 7d

this is an explicitely nazi administration and anyone who still supports them should be viewed as such

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 7d

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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jesslyn delia derkson @jlyndelia.bsky.social · 7d

in an effort to spend even slightly more time offline, this week i made micro-collage bookmarks & keychains for fun in my apartment

on the left is a bookmark made of a collaged playing card & black handmade tassel (hand with black fingernails holding a y2k style cell phone against a floral background), on the right is a bottle cap keychain with a collage inside (a purple & pink robot against a black and white lined background, with a small pink star to the upper left of it) co

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