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Metaphor Man @metaphorman.bsky.social · 1d

2)Columbus set the model for other Europeans who sought to dominate the “New World”

The same method of terrifying, enslaving and slaughtering Indians was employed by all explorers portrayed as heroes in U.S. history books

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Metaphor Man @metaphorman.bsky.social · 1d

Columbus & his followers massacred an entire people

Some estimate that the pre-Columbian population on the island of Hispaniola was as high as 8 million

By 1516, the Indian population dropped to 12,000

Only 200 remained by 1542

Not one Arawak Indian was left alive on the island by 1555...

Dee (@dee1337977)

Defaulting to Hitler as the pinnacle of evil inherently cheapens the blood of the global indigenous victims of European expansionism (1492-Present): Columbus and his followers massacred an entire pe...

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Metaphor Man @metaphorman.bsky.social · 1d

Satanyahu is terrified that Israelis will finally notice the biggest threat to the hostages was Satanyahu

There's also the small problem of his corruption

While it's antisemitic for anyone outside of Israel to discuss this, strangely, that sort of accusation doesn't work well inside Israel

Netanyahu furious as Hamas releases hostages, leaving him with no excuse for genocide

Benjamin Netanyahu is said to be furious after Hamas took away his excuse to commit genocide by releasing all of the hostages.

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Metaphor Man @metaphorman.bsky.social · 1d

In perhaps the most painful moment of this genocide, we had to listen to Trump speaking in the Knesset for a whole fucking hour

The US president was given a standing ovation for doing just enough to ensure that Israel does not release the Epstein files… for now…

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Netanyahu furious as Hamas releases hostages, leaving him with no excuse for genocide

Benjamin Netanyahu is said to be furious after Hamas took away his excuse to commit genocide by releasing all of the hostages.

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Metaphor Man @metaphorman.bsky.social · 1d

The Medical abuse of women in custody in the US

This is a difficult watch

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Evidentiary hearing on ICE detention center doctor performing ILLEGAL operations and procedures on female detainees

WARNING: Possible Emotional OR Mental Triggers within

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Metaphor Man @metaphorman.bsky.social · 1d

National Geographic 1947

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Metaphor Man @metaphorman.bsky.social · 1d

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Metaphor Man @metaphorman.bsky.social · 1d

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Metaphor Man @metaphorman.bsky.social · 1d

Heir Starmer:

“President Trump, this is your achievement

I thank you for your tireless efforts to deliver this moment” 🤮

Trump could have prevented the Gaza genocide by making one phone call

He didn’t

FIGHTBACK WITH JOHN McPHIE (@johnmcphie313269)

OUR PATHETIC EXCUSE FOR A PRIME MINISTER HAS JUST ISSUED THIS TOTALLY UNBELIEVABLE STATEMENT: “President Trump, this is your achievement. I thank you for your tireless efforts to deliver this moment....

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Metaphor Man @metaphorman.bsky.social · 1d

The Israeli Minister of Defense posted today, in Hebrew, that Israel plans to violate the ceasefire as soon the Israeli prisoners are returned

They are going to genocide the Palestinians one way or another

This is not the blue blue planet earth

This is hell where the devil reigns

R Qureshi (@robinaqureshi)

The Israeli Minister of Defense posted today, in Hebrew, that Israel plans to violate the ceasefire as soon the Israeli prisoners are returned. They are going to genocide the Palestinians one way or...

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Metaphor Man @metaphorman.bsky.social · 1d

“The real economy of this planet is its forests and oceans

Its currency is water, food, oxygen, sunlight

Its stock market is the ecosystems and climate systems which balance the allocation of these resources, and its stakeholders are its 10 million species”

From my book BEYOND THE PETRI DISH

George Tsakraklides (@georgetsakraklides)

“The real economy of this planet is its forests and oceans. Its currency is water, food, oxygen, sunlight. Its stock market is the ecosystems and climate systems which balance the allocation of these ...

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Metaphor Man @metaphorman.bsky.social · 1d

Witkoff mentions satanyahu—the Israeli crowd won't stop booing

If only Western media accurately reported that many Israelis blame the prolonged suffering of the hostages on Satanyahu

Instead, they have uncritically parroted the false line that satanyahu continued the war to get the hostages home

Trita Parsi (@tritaparsi)

Witkoff mentions Netanyahu and Dermer, and the Israeli crowd won't stop booing. If only Western media had accurately reported that many Israelis blame the prolonged suffering of the hostages on Netan...

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Metaphor Man @metaphorman.bsky.social · 1d

After spending 24 years in prison, the hostage Omar Bsais from Tulkarm has been released from Israeli occupation prisons as part of the prisoner exchange deal

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Laith 🔻🇵🇸 (@handala1948)

After spending 24 years in prison, the hostage Omar Bsais from Tulkarm has been released from Israeli occupation prisons as part of the prisoner exchange deal.

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Metaphor Man @metaphorman.bsky.social · 1d

Photojournalist Shadi Abu Sido, kidnapped in 2024—20 months in captivity, expressing shock at global silence

“For two years I was starved, I went in starving & came out starving

They hung our bodies day & night, naked, abused us

They told us, ‘We killed your children

Gaza is gone’

Kathy (@parislychee)

Anyone thinks the world will stop are delusional. This doesn't end until Israel's dead. Freed photojournalist Shadi Abu Sido, kidnapped on March 18, 2024, during Israel’s raid on Al-Shifa Medical Co...

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Metaphor Man @metaphorman.bsky.social · 1d

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Metaphor Man @metaphorman.bsky.social · 1d

Dr Hussam is FREE

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Amir Alshanti (@amirrelshant1)

Dr Hussam is FREE 🕊️🇵🇸🇵🇸

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Metaphor Man @metaphorman.bsky.social · 1d

Israeli guards told him repeatedly that Israeli soldiers had killed his entire family–a form of psychological torture

But when he walked up the stairs of his Gaza home today, his wife rushed into his arms, his children & parents beside her – alive, waiting—all of them delirious with relief & joy

Kathy (@parislychee)

If this didn't make you tear up, you're not human. In prison, Israeli guards told him again and again that Israeli soldiers had killed his entire family – a form of psychological torture, he said, m...

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Frances @francesnaggs.bsky.social · 1d

ICC where is international law?

Metaphor Man @metaphorman.bsky.social · 1d

TRUMP CONFIRMS HE WAS AN ACTIVE PARTNER IN THE GENOCIDE:

'Bibi Netanyahu would call me so many times asking for weapons I never even heard of, but we got them here didn’t we?

You used them very well’

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Ahmad Ibsais (@ahmadibsais)

TRUMP CONFIRMS HE WAS AN ACTIVE PARTNER IN THE GENOCIDE: 'Bibi Netanyahu would call me so many times asking for weapons I never even heard of, but we got them here didn’t we? You used them very well....

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Metaphor Man @metaphorman.bsky.social · 1d

Israel-backed gangs, linked to ISIS, are attempting to foster violent chaos in Gaza - while the treatment of Palestinian hostages by both Israel and the Western media exposes, once again, the absolutely shameless racism which has defined this genocide

Israel violates ceasefire, threatens more violence

Palestinians in Gaza are celebrating - but danger remains

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Metaphor Man @metaphorman.bsky.social · 1d

A Palestinian hostage who’s just been released was told his wife and children were slaughtered by Israel while he was held hostage

His youngest daughter was turning two years old on Oct 18

You won't see this story on CNN, BBC, NYT, WP, or other mainstream media outlets

Mosab Abu Toha (@mosababutoha)

This belongs in every headline!! This is the most heartbreaking video today. A Palestinian hostage who’s just been released was told his wife and children were slaughtered by Israel while he was hel...

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Metaphor Man @metaphorman.bsky.social · 1d

Over 8,000 Palestinian hostages will remain enduring harsh conditions inside Israeli concentration camps

Ahmad Ibsais (@ahmadibsais)

Over 8,000 Palestinian hostages will remain enduring harsh conditions inside Israeli concentration camps

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@Boom-WhatsGoingOn.bsky.social @boom-whatsgoingon.bsky.social · 2d

Why on earth would Americans give the keys to our country to the wealthy & corporations, who are running roughshod over Americans!

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Sarah Clancy @sarahmaintains.bsky.social · 1d

I'm from Galway and will be voting for Catherine Connolly in #áras25 I campaigned with her *against* the Lisbon treaty & for Marriage Equality & Repeal, I was there the day she lost a dail seat by 17 votes after which she brought us all out for breakfast and apologised for letting us down!

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