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Annie Gottfried Cohen
@annsplaining.bsky.social
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Historian researching communism and anti-fascism in the 30s and 40s, Spanish Civil War and (l'havdil) professional Jewish women who spoke to the dead. www.pullingatthreads.com. Yiddish teacher and translator. From💂🏼‍♂️, now based in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and 🇫🇷. She/her.
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annsplaining.bsky.social
This. If Palestinians and their allies are not allowed to use the word "intifada" because some Jews associate that word with violence against Jews, then no one should be able to call themselves a Zionist, since most Palestinians associate that word with genocide against them
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By this standard which nobody actually adheres to Jews would be precluded from identifying as Zionist because of what Zionism means to every Palestinian on the planet. Is this standard reciprocal or do are there competing claims on the basis of standpoint which need to be independently interrogated?
rmcunliffe.bsky.social Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 1d
I'll say it again: if any other ethnic or religious minority said "please don't use this particular term or chant, you might not have bad intentions but it is deeply racist and threatening to us", the reaction would be mortified apology.

And that's without a mass terror event four days ago
December 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
annsplaining.bsky.social
Maybe I'm going to regret wading into this but

1) There is no evidence that the Bondi killers ever shouted 'globalize the intifada' or even attended any pro-Palestine demonstrations or events

2) 'Globalize the intifada' is not a call to kill Jews ...
December 17, 2025 at 10:46 AM
annsplaining.bsky.social
My French husband just took a bite of wendsleydale, looked at me angrily and said "why does this exist"
December 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
annsplaining.bsky.social
Tis the season for me to once again post the thing that nobody asked for (actually one person did ask) - a Klezmer Yiddish remix of All I want for Christmas is You

Lyrics by me, music by Josh Middleton, performed by me, Josh, Rachel Weston, Daniel Gouly and Bitches the cat youtu.be/iQeIp5NM81w?...
oy ikh vil nit keyn sakh af nitl
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December 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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aljazeera.com
Israel is not allowing antibiotics, IV solutions or surgical material to enter besieged Gaza despite 2-month ceasefire.
No essential supplies in truce: Gaza’s healthcare system broken by Israel
Israel is not allowing antibiotics, IV solutions or surgical material to enter besieged Gaza despite 2-month ceasefire.
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December 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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adrianfarrellat.bsky.social
The HUGE red flag is he's employed Simon Wessely to look into this.

Wessely is a psychologist who's made a career out of gaslighting people with #MECFS, and has never apologised despite research now showing it's a condition with detectable physical bio-markers and gene expression.
danielsohege.bsky.social Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 15d
Considering Streeting's well stated belief autism, ADHD etc, along with mental health issues, are "overdiagnosed", I won't hold my breath for this doing anything other than being used to cut support, along with opportunities for diagnosis, for people who need it. #r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Streeting orders review into mental health and ADHD diagnosis
The health secretary said the aim was to tackle a rising demand for services and the increased pressure on the NHS.
www.bbc.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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firestorm.coop
The good folks at Antidote Zine have meticulously transcribed a wonderful event we did earlier this year after @akpress.org published "The Jewish Anarchist Movement in America." Featuring editor @kenyonz.bsky.social with guests Anna Elena Torres and @shaneburley.bsky.social!
Rediscovering a History of Jewish Anarchism | Antidote Zine
Handcrafted transcript, including presentation slides and images, of an information-rich March 2025 online event hosted by Firestorm Books exploring Joseph ...
antidotezine.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:41 PM
annsplaining.bsky.social
The UKHSA is vaguely recommending wearing "face coverings" in "some situatuons" to help control the flu wave. What they fail to say is that this should not be any face covering but an FFP2/FFP3 respirator, which unlike cloth and surgical masks offer very high protection from respiratory infection ..
December 3, 2025 at 11:19 PM
annsplaining.bsky.social
"I'll never let you go"
A black cat looking down from a mezzanine bed, his paw touching a human hand Black cat stretching down paw from a mezzanine bed, turning away from the camera
December 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
annsplaining.bsky.social
"Don't make me tap the sign"
annsplaining.bsky.social Annie Gottfried Cohen @annsplaining.bsky.social · 16d
I asked my husband if there is a French equivalent of "sticks and stones will break my bones" and he gave me "the toad's drool doesn't reach the white dove" and "the train of your insults is rolling on the rails of my indifference" and now I would like both of these on a t-shirt
December 3, 2025 at 12:13 PM
annsplaining.bsky.social
I asked my husband if there is a French equivalent of "sticks and stones will break my bones" and he gave me "the toad's drool doesn't reach the white dove" and "the train of your insults is rolling on the rails of my indifference" and now I would like both of these on a t-shirt
December 3, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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reverseyourmind.bsky.social
#COVID + 🧠 Pendant que la France s’acharne à considérer les symptômes du covid long comme des symptômes sortis du cu* des malades, les études montrent (again) que le COVID induit des perturbations neuro-immunes.

👉🏻 www.sciencedirect.com:5037/science/arti...
Linking long Covid and AD(H)D through neuroimmune dysfunction: A translational framework proposal for precision medicine Martin Spanoghe " & EI, Tomaso Antonacci", Nicole Schneider a , Thomas H.J. Molmans https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0889159125004234
December 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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lukemcgee.bsky.social
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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972mag.com
AI-powered surveillance firms are gunning for a share of the Gaza spoils

The presence of Palantir and Dataminr at the new U.S. military compound in Israel offers a glimpse of how tech companies are cashing in on the genocide.

www.972mag.com/ai-surveilla...
AI-powered surveillance firms are gunning for a share of Gaza spoils
The presence of Palantir and Dataminr at the new U.S. military compound in Israel offers a glimpse of how tech companies are cashing in on the genocide.
www.972mag.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
annsplaining.bsky.social
Living in France has ruined bread for me. I used to think of a Prêt sandwich as a fancy treat, now they sort of taste like towels? I've also lost the ability to say prêt à manger in an English accent so have to just avoid it or sound like a twat. Thoughts inspired by xmas sandwich season
November 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
annsplaining.bsky.social
Today in @lemonde.fr "The symptoms of Long Covid only make sense when they are linked to their cause"—i.e. the ongoing Covid pandemic and the proven damage that *preventable* covid infections do to several organ systems

Je suis fière d'être membre de @winslowsp.bsky.social !
November 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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greensagainstcovid.bsky.social
@greenparty.org.uk is the one UK party in England and Wales that has policy on #Covid and #LongCovid and recognises the science of #transmission. We realise that more needs to be done. We're working on it.
A pale green background. Top left the Greens Against Covid logo: the Green Party of England and Wales logo, a green suflower, with a white coronavirus crossed out. Top right, a dark green thought bubble with the words, Why did you want to join Greens Against Covid? Below this, a dark green banner with a light green speech bubble. The title L at the top. Inside, the words I recognise we are still in the COVID pandemic and action needs to be taken to protect public health. I want to help develop Green policy on this. GREENSAGAINSTCOVID below the banner. In small writing at the bottom, Promoted by Covid and Long Covid Campaign Working Group (Green Party), c/o PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ.
November 27, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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greensagainstcovid.bsky.social
Many of our members have suffered long term harm from #viral infections and they recognise that the threat from #Covid is ongoing. To prevent widespread damage, we need to mitigate against infection. #ffp3, #ventilate #cleanair is a human right.
A pale green background. Top left the Greens Against Covid logo: the Green Party of England and Wales logo, a green suflower, with a white coronavirus crossed out. Top right, a dark green thought bubble with the words, Why did you want to join Greens Against Covid? Below this, a dark green banner with a light green speech bubble. The title L at the top. Inside, the words I joined Greens Against Covid because as someone who was disabled by M.E, prior to Covid, I’ve been appalled to watch people with Long Covid be similarly abandoned, neglected and stigmatised by the government, the NHS and the wider public. I want people to be aware that we are living through a mass disabling event and that we must continue to put pressure on the government to make people aware of the risks, and to implement mitigation measures to reduce the spread of this deadly, disabling virus. GREENSAGAINSTCOVID below the banner. In small writing at the bottom, Promoted by Covid and Long Covid Campaign Working Group (Green Party), c/o PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ.
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
annsplaining.bsky.social
Alternatively: Macbeth questioning his guests to ensure they won't be able to harm him

(Joke courtesy of @max3000.bsky.social )
annsplaining.bsky.social Annie Gottfried Cohen @annsplaining.bsky.social · 23d
registering with a GP in 2025 be like
screenshot of a question in an online form 'do you come from ABROAD'
November 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
annsplaining.bsky.social
registering with a GP in 2025 be like
screenshot of a question in an online form 'do you come from ABROAD'
November 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
annsplaining.bsky.social
Why in the year of our Lord 2025 is it easier to break into the fucking Louvre than to print something in my university library
November 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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972mag.com
“Soon you won’t see an Arab here. This is their plan.”

In a Palestinian neighborhood of East Jerusalem, some 700 families are facing eviction by Israeli settlers with the backing of the state.

www.972mag.com/batan-al-haw...
In Al-Aqsa's shadow, Palestinian neighborhood faces mass evictions
Backed by the Israeli state and courts, settlers are taking over multi-story homes in East Jerusalem’s Batan Al-Hawa — with 700 more residents targeted.
www.972mag.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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danwellman.bsky.social
Hmm Peter Thiel, where have heard that name before 🤔

Oh yeah, that’s the guy the Tories gave all our intensely personal NHS data to isn’t it?
timdickinson.bsky.social Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · Nov 12
just opening up the new Epstein docs at random:
November 13, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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magdalenahorvat.bsky.social
“To heal, we must remember,” proclaimed the President. “It’s hard, sometimes, to remember. But that’s how we heal. It’s important to do that as a nation.”

👉 www.thegauntlet.news/p/the-pandem...
A graph of the Covid-19 waves as shown by officially reported data (in green) vs. actual data obtained from wastewater (in red).
November 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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audrelawdamercy.bsky.social
I just googled this man like 'ew who tf is this Tom Barrack guy' and the answer is the sitting, Donald Trump-appointed U.S. Ambassador to Turkey
screenshot of an email exchange between Tom Barrack and Jeffrey Epstein. On March 9 2016 Tom Barrack said "Hope ur good. Let's catch up" to which Epstein replied a few days later "send photos of you and child. -- make me smile"
November 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM