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Matt @handle.invalid · 2d

Israel is holding 3700+ hostages
Palestine is holding 39 hostages

Israel is holding 1900+ prisoners of war
Palestine is holding 9 prisoners of war

Do the exchange!

Exchange and end the occupation NOW!

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Dr Jennie Orr @drjenniferorr.bsky.social · 17h

We will soon be announcing a new Fellowship through the British Association for Romantic Studies which supportsthe work of independent researchers. It's a tight deadline but if you fall into this category or know anyone who does, watch this space @bars.bsky.social

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Dr Pauline McGonagle @pgmcgonagle.bsky.social · 1d

My thoughts exactly. So many waiting families.

Costha @costha.bsky.social · 1d

As I watch the emotional TV coverage of Israeli hostages returning home, I can’t help but hope the cameras also show the tears and embraces of Palestinian families welcoming back sons, fathers, grandparents held for decades in Israeli prisons, often without trial, for resisting occupation.

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Dr Pauline McGonagle @pgmcgonagle.bsky.social · 1d

Why prisoners?

Dr Pauline McGonagle @pgmcgonagle.bsky.social · 2d

They do this in NL too.

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Dr Pauline McGonagle @pgmcgonagle.bsky.social · 2d

Please help if you can and get in touch with Faversham police.

kmfm news @kmfmnews.bsky.social · 15d

NEWS: Police have provided us with an update #kmfmnews
www.kentonline.co.uk/faversham/ne...

‘Hit-and-run’ victim remains fighting for life in hospital as three bailed

The victim of a suspected hit-and-run remains fighting for his life in hospital as three people arrested over the incident have been bailed.

www.kentonline.co.uk

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Dr Pauline McGonagle @pgmcgonagle.bsky.social · 2d

Please if in Faversham on Oct 4 you can help with this. It affects a friend and their family. www.kent.police.uk/news/kent/la...

Renewed appeal following serious collision in Faversham

At around 7.45pm on Saturday 27 September a 65 year old man was struck as he was walking in the North Lane area

www.kent.police.uk

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Verso Books @versobooks.bsky.social · 7d

Out today - The Idea of Israel by Ilan Pappe, a devastating critique of the conceptual foundations of the Israeli state, now published with a new preface

The Idea of Israel

Ilan Pappe’s pioneering work, first published in 2014, is a devastating critique of the conceptual foundations of the Israeli state. Divorced from material and political realities, blind to the violen...

www.versobooks.com

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Dr Pauline McGonagle @pgmcgonagle.bsky.social · 3d

I have many of these. I feel your pain. I did not think of my ageing self…

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d

Thousands gather in London in march for ‘lasting peace’ in Gaza

Director of Palestine Solidarity Campaign says ceasefire agreement says nothing about ‘system of apartheid’ in Palestine • Gaza ceasefire – live updates Thousands of people have gathered in central London to call for “lasting peace” in Gaza, a day after the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas came into effect. The demonstration, organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, began at Victoria Embankment on Saturday. Stalls sold keffiyehs and people handed out placards that read “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free”, “it’s not a crime to act against genocide” and “Starmer has blood on his hands, free Palestine”. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Pauline McGonagle @pgmcgonagle.bsky.social · 3d

Of course not. Sue any companies who do

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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 3d

Teesside’s freeport, initiated in 2021 under Rishi Sunak, has cost £560 million far exceeding the standard £25 million allocation (22 times the standard £25m).
90% profits go to the private sector.
This clearly shows the UK model of State aid post-Brexit is utterly corrupt.

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Dr Pauline McGonagle @pgmcgonagle.bsky.social · 5d

Your language choice is problematic.

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Dr Pauline McGonagle @pgmcgonagle.bsky.social · 5d

Wait.., one group are hostages and one prisoners…?

Dr Pauline McGonagle @pgmcgonagle.bsky.social · 5d

This 👇

Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 5d

Francesca Albanese: "The request to demilitarise and deradicalise Gaza... in the name of Israels security. Where is the security of the Palestinians, who have been attacked without respite for decades... where is the demilitarisation and deradicalisation of Israels society?"

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Dr Pauline McGonagle @pgmcgonagle.bsky.social · 9d

Hooray Jools is back but Sunday night is not the best…

Save Redland Library @saveredlandlibr.bsky.social · 9d

10pm TODAY on @BBCTwo

Later... with Jools Holland
s67, Ep 1 of 6

With rock ’n’ roll legend Robert Plant, singer-songwriter Olivia Dean, French singer-songwriter Jehnny Beth, folk musician James Yorkston + spoken word artist, musician & poet Joshua Idehen.

BBC Two - Later... with Jools Holland, Series 67, Episode 1

With Robert Plant, Olivia Dean, Jehnny Beth, James Yorkston and Joshua Idehen.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dr Pauline McGonagle @pgmcgonagle.bsky.social · 9d

Love the update. Both my parents in late 80s are Chase addicts and when I ring home the volume is so high I can hear it on the phone in NL!

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Dr Pauline McGonagle @pgmcgonagle.bsky.social · 9d

Had a good titter at this!

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 9d

‘No one’s been willing to take a risk’: are Palestinian films still struggling to get seen?

As a genocide continues, the road to audiences has been smoother for Israeli films while Palestinians must get inventive

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Pauline McGonagle @pgmcgonagle.bsky.social · 9d

What a wonderful resource.

Florian Stadtler 🦀 @flostadt.bsky.social · Jul 22

And southasianbritain.org is live - 33 months in the making - partnership by @uobrishistory.bsky.social @bristolunienglish.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social & @britishlibrary.bsky.social, funded by @ukri.org/ahrc - 750+ entries, 30+oral histories, newly digitised archival docs & more; spread the word

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Florian Stadtler 🦀 @flostadt.bsky.social · 25d

To mark the centenary of the 1925 Special Restriction (Coloured Alien Seamen) Order, a wrote a blog for @britishlibrary.bsky.social Untold Lives: blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/... find out more on the digital resource South Asian Britain: Connecting Histories @remakingbritain.bsky.social

The 1925 Special Restrictions (Coloured Alien Seamen) Order

2025 marks the centenary of the passing of the ‘Special Restriction (Coloured Alien Seamen) Order, requiring maritime workers of colour to register with the police and forcing them to bear a Certifica...

blogs.bl.uk

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Dr Pauline McGonagle @pgmcgonagle.bsky.social · 10d

And James Joyce by her side!

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Dr Pauline McGonagle @pgmcgonagle.bsky.social · 10d

Very interesting data.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 10d

New from Institute of Jewish Policy Research: most comprehensive study of Jewish attitudes
> Rising experience + perception of antisemitism:feel less safe
> Growing (now majority) criticism of military campaign in Gaza; rising attachment to Israel
(July 2025 fieldwork)
www.jpr.org.uk/reports/two-...

Two years after the October 7 attacks: British Jewish views on antisemitism, Israel and Jewish life

www.jpr.org.uk

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Karen L. Cox 📚🏳️‍🌈 @drkarenlcox.bsky.social · 11d

Please check this website to see if your book(s) were used to train AI. You may be entitled to compensation from the Anthropic settlement. I filed a claim because all of my books were used.

www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com?fbclid=IwY2x...

Homepage | ANT

www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

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Dr Pauline McGonagle @pgmcgonagle.bsky.social · 11d

These inaccuracies around this awful event were noticed @BBC