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PercyToplis @percytoplis.bsky.social · 58m

Precisely.

Its quite shameful Israeli teams are still playing. And that the UK PM is openly arguing for them to be allowed to visit the UK. Little doubt amongst the travelling supporters will be people guilty of genocide

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 59m

Next UEFA must ban all Israeli teams.

We cannot have normalisation with genocide and apartheid.

Sky News headline: Maccabi Tel Aviv fans will not be allowed to attend Aston Villa match amid safety concerns

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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 1h

Feels like “we want more children that we can impoverish in a way that forces them to work for their whole lives to build wealth for US companies.

But also they better be white.”

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Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 1d

Is the United States an oligarchy?

Yes. Yes it is.

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Kristin Grogan @kristingrogan.bsky.social · 1h

the only cancel culture that exists in UK universities is the 12,000 university jobs cut in the last *year*. This is so unserious

Nate O @nateo.bsky.social · 1d

Not once have I seen an explanation for why teenagers must hear things that upset them in virtue of the unspecified speech-acts being upsetting, nor have I ever seen an explanation for why teenagers will be forbidden to express displeasure with upsetting things.

William Hague: Why I’ll banish ‘safe spaces’ at Oxford
The new chancellor tells Cheltenham Literature Festival that there will be no ‘cancel culture’ and students should expect to hear things that upset them
October 14 2025, The Times
The new chancellor of Oxford University has said there will be no safe spaces for students and warned would-be undergraduates that they will “hear things that will upset and offend them”.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 2h

Israel bombing Lebanon right now because...

They are Israel.

Apparently they can commit constant War Crimes and everyone ignores them, or justifies them if they can't deny them.

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jopoole1964.bsky.social @jopoole1964.bsky.social · 1d

We hear a lot about Liz Truss, but catastrophic damage was done by Osborne-Cameron failing to invest during this period. Their vile project was pure class war, paving the way for the catastrophe of brexit.

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 1h

Britain simply could not afford so much reckless spending on youth clubs

Simon Parker @simonparker.bsky.social · 1d

The absolute bloody vandalism of austerity in one chart. Good analysis of the overall picture here.

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 1h

It's being widely reported that Individuals 1 and 2, described in the indictment as "related to BOLTON," are his wife and daughter.

9. Individual 1, whose identity is known to the Grand Jury, was related to BOLTON, resided in the District of Maryland, never held a U.S. security clearance, and was not authorized to access, receive, or maintain the classified information that BOLTON shared related to his work as the National Security Advisor.

10. Individual 2, whose identity is known to the Grand Jury, was related to BOLTON, never held a U.S. security clearance, and was not authorized to access, receive, or maintain the classified information that BOLTON shared related to his work as the National Security Advisor.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10h

roberts’s constitution allows for racial discrimination as long as you don’t say you’re racially discriminating, because in a classic bit of racecraft, roberts’s constitution forbids acknowledging race but has no particular issue with racism.

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 10h

🔴 In the past 24 hours, Gaza’s Health Ministry reported an additional 29 killed (22 of whom were recovered from the rubble) and 10 injured arriving at hospitals.

This brings the recorded death toll from the Israeli genocide in Gaza to 67,967 and 170,179 injuries (likely 3-5x higher)

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Arturo Dominguez 🇨🇺🇺🇸 @extremearturo.bsky.social · 1h

The destabilization mechanism that the U.S. relies on to steal a country’s resources will be broadly visible to the world if it attacks Venezuela. The impacts across the region will be felt for decades to come.

War With Venezuela Imminent, Latin America Enters the Chat

Several Latin American countries are also boycotting the upcoming Summit of the Americas due to the exclusion of Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela

open.substack.com

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IDF Hannibal Brigade @hannibalbrigade.biz · 2h

They have a picture on their Twitter page of how they see themselves. It’s a surprisingly clear look into the simplistic genocidal mindset behind Zionism.

AI image of a lady with a baby human shield blocking aid trucks. A bunch of what appear to be Iron Age warriors look on

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 2h

So many reasons these are fun — lightly mocks his own rote lines as well as his opponents, gets ahead of attacks by pre-empting them on the card, genuinely good engagement with policy issues in jokes — but also they’ve made multiple cards so it actually works as a game, not just one card as a bit

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

It's d̶e̶b̶a̶t̶e̶ bingo night in NYC!

And since Andrew Cuomo rarely has anything new to say, the odds are in your favor.

Download/print a board nd follow along starting at 7 p.m. on NBC 4 New York, Telemundo 47 and their digital platforms.

zohranfornyc.com/bingo

N.Y.C. Mayoral Debate Bingo!

A small preview of a bingo board where the center piece is "Zohran's Name Mispronounced."

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Seamus Blackley @seamus.bsky.social · 3d

“Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, one by one.”

-Charles Mackay

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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 3h

A main organizer of VC Defensa in Ventura County was rammed in his vehicle by federal agents and taken into custody this morning. This video is from VC Defensa IG and shows the ramming. Organizers are thinking he’ll be taken to LA MDC—headed there now

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 3h

Here's the footage from Amsterdam 2 years ago where Maccabi Tel Aviv fans armed themselves with steel bars from a construction site before going on a rampage, and then screaming antisemitism.

Thankfully we banned these thugs from the UK

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IDF Hannibal Brigade @hannibalbrigade.biz · 3h

A major increase in bombing civilian infrastructure in Lebanon tonight.

Note that despite the continued Zionist violations of the ceasefire numbering in the thousands, Hezbollah has not fired a single bullet at the entity, not even at the IOF outposts within Lebanon itself.

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Nancy Estes (AmBeachy) @ambeachy.bsky.social · 2h

Both. He has integrity and was targeted for being black by Trump’s nazi pretty boy.

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Dylan Kerrigan @rumagin.bsky.social · 2h

This was the same guy they send to the Caribbean for the last two days. Same day he gets back they getting rid of him?

Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 2h

Whether he jumped or was pushed, this seems like a big deal. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

Head of the U.S. Military’s Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say

www.nytimes.com

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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 2h

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Izzy Kamikaze @izzykamikaze.bsky.social · 10h

Marie McGowan, 89, has died 3 years after a brutal assault during which she was put headfirst into a rubbish bin. Her attacker, Alex Bailey, believed she was "a man dressed as a woman."

This is the world the transphobes are creating "to protect women."

RIP Marie. share.google/PFaI5YTh9tBw...

Woman, 80s, dies three years after Dublin attack

A woman in her 80s who was attacked in south Dublin just over three years ago has passed away.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 3h

"[L]egal system's response to murder has everything to do with who is murdered—and who does the murdering."

"[G]overnment's legal case against Mangione is exposing the workings of the U.S. criminal legal system for what it truly is: an enforcer for white capital."
#USA #Healthcare #Incarceration

Making an Example of Luigi Mangione

The criminal legal system aims to send a message by massively overcharging him: it will defend racial capitalism above all else.

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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 3h

"The secret sauce has been poured down the drain," says David Draper, former Deputy Chief Scientist of NASA, over the recent firing or departure of 1000s of NASA employees, which will be catastrophic for the legacy of the US🇺🇸😖🚀

www.planetary.org/articles/400...

h/t @floragraham.bsky.social 🧪

4,000 gone: Inside NASA’s brain drain

In exclusive interviews, ex-NASA scientists speak out on the impact of the agency's mass departures.

www.planetary.org

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Dylan Kerrigan @rumagin.bsky.social · 3h

It's non sense. It makes no sense no matter how many times they repeat this bullshit