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Tasha Suri @tashasuri.bsky.social · 12h

"This shows that if Israel, with the whole world watching, can treat a well-known, white person with a Swedish passport this way, just imagine what they do to Palestinians behind closed doors."

Edvin Alpros Ⓜ️ antisocial dominans minister @edvinalpros.bsky.social · 18h

www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

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

www.aftonbladet.se

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Alix @capefoxalix.bsky.social · 6h

Day 15 of #birdtober is the Nicobar Scops-Owl!
It's IUCN status is near threatened now, but I chose to include it here because it is endemic to the Nicobar islands and its habitat is being threatened by the Great Nicobar Island Development Project.

#birdtober2025 #owls #birds #nicobarscopsowl

An illustration in vector of a Nicobar Scops Owl sitting inside the letter O.
Below the O is it's English name and Latin name as well as it's current IUCN status which is near threatened.

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Alix @capefoxalix.bsky.social · 1d

Day 14 of #birdtober is the Narcondam Hornbill! It's only found on one island in the Andamans called Narcondam. The island has recently seen human presence which poses a threat to this beautiful bird.

#birdtober2025 #birds #hornbills #narcondamhornbill

A vector illustration of a Narcondam Hornbill clinging to the letter N. Below the letter N is it's name in English and Latin and below that is its IUCN status which is endangered

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joe dáire @saint-vagrant.bsky.social · 3d

my friend Ahmad and his family of 11 need your help. following the ceasefire, ahmad returned to his home in the north of Gaza alone. they can't afford the transportation cost for the rest of their family to move from the south, nor the cost of rebuilding. please support them ❤️‍🩹
gofund.me/65ac9ad68

pictures of my friend Ahmad, a young palestinian man, standing in front of his family's home in Gaza. it has been completely destroyed by the israeli occupation.

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Alix @capefoxalix.bsky.social · 2d

Day 13 of #birdtober ( halfway there in the alphabet ) is the Manipur Bush Quail. Exceedingly rare, it's found in North East India and Bangladesh. I couldn't even find any numbers for it.

#birdtober2025 #birds #quail #manipurbushquail

A vector illustration of the Manipur Bush Quail peering from behind one of the lines of the letter M.
Below the letter M is the name of the quail in english and latin as well as its IUCN status which is critically endangered

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Alix @capefoxalix.bsky.social · 2d

Day 13 of #birdtober ( halfway there in the alphabet ) is the Manipur Bush Quail. Exceedingly rare, it's found in North East India and Bangladesh. I couldn't even find any numbers for it.

#birdtober2025 #birds #quail #manipurbushquail

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 2d

Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 4d

The Sudan Solidarity Collective supports organizations led by Sudanese civilians: including emergency response rooms, mutual aid, labor and farmers’ unions. Please give what you can and/or share.

Nisrin Elamin @nisrinelamin.bsky.social · 4d

The Sudan Solidarity Collective is doing a big fundraising push to support our partners in El Fashir to support food distribution, evacuation and medications.

Please help us boost our support. Please share and donate 👇🏾 .

sudansolidarity.com

Home - Sudan Solidarity Collective

Solidarity with Sudan! Support the Emergency Response Rooms doing life saving work in Sudan by donating to the Sudan Solidarity Fund. Workshops4Sudan is a new fundraising initiative of the Sudan Solid...

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Waseem elmadhoun🍉 @semo98.bsky.social · 2d

💔 When I returned to the north, I stood helpless before the ruins of my home, gathering what’s left of our clothes to keep my children warm this winter.
🙏 Please, help us rebuild our lives — even $5 can save us from the cold. 🕊️❄️
@mommunism.bsky.social
🇵🇸🫂😭

gofund.me/35fdca7d

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Alix @capefoxalix.bsky.social · 3d

Day 12 of #birdtober! There were (unfortunately) many candidates for L but I picked the Long-Tailed Parakeet.
It can be found in the Andaman and Nicobar islands (as well as parts of South East Asia)
Threatened by logging and illegal pet trade

#birdtober2025 #birds #parakeet #longtailedparakeet

Illustration of a long tailed parakeet clinging to the letter L.
Beneath the letter is its name in english and latin as well as its IUCN status which is Vulnerable

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 3d

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Carolyn Ownbey, PhD @carolynownbey.bsky.social · 3d

If you haven’t seen it, this footage from @apnews.com is incredibly important.

The intent here seems unmistakable, in two ways: (1) just read the genocide convention, here it **absolutely** is, and (2) this level of infrastructural destruction is, no question, meant as pre-development demolition.

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Alix @capefoxalix.bsky.social · 3d

Day 12 of #birdtober! There were (unfortunately) many candidates for L but I picked the Long-Tailed Parakeet.
It can be found in the Andaman and Nicobar islands (as well as parts of South East Asia)
Threatened by logging and illegal pet trade

#birdtober2025 #birds #parakeet #longtailedparakeet

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 3d

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 4d

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Scroll @scroll.in · 3d

When #Palestine declared statehood in 1988, India was among the first countries to recognise it. This diplomatic positioning was rooted in New Delhi's idealist & anti-colonial outlook of the time.

scroll.in/article/1087...

Nachiket Deuskar examines India’s shift away from the Palestine cause.

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Alix @capefoxalix.bsky.social · 4d

Day 11 of #birdtober is the tiny Kashmir Flycatcher!. It spends summer in north India and then goes to the south and Sri Lanka for winter. Threatened again by habitat loss.

#birdtober2025 #birds #flycatcher #kashmirflycatcher

A vector illustration of a Kashmir Flycatcher perched on the upper arm of the letter K. Underneat the letter is its English and Latin name and its IUCN status which is Vulnerable

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Alix @capefoxalix.bsky.social · 4d

Day 11 of #birdtober is the tiny Kashmir Flycatcher!. It spends summer in north India and then goes to the south and Sri Lanka for winter. Threatened again by habitat loss.

#birdtober2025 #birds #flycatcher #kashmirflycatcher

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Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 4d

The genocide doesn’t end so long as there’s a famine, no hospitals working fully, no shelter… so our obligation hasn’t ended. Right?

Six families, mostly kids, one mom due to give birth imminently, need food.

10 hours left ⚠️ 633/879

Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle

We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…

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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 4d

When "all of this" is over and the centrist pundits and politicians are kissing Musk's ass again, don't let them. Don't let anyone ignore that Musk is a mass murderer.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7d

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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anker @thecojsz.bsky.social · 9d

my friend Jackson at @kitenda.bsky.social, a trans woman refugee in South Sudan, fell ill with malaria last week.

thankfully she's on the mend now, but i'm too broke rn to help her with her medical bills orz

if you wanna help out, every tiny bit counts!! www.gofundme.com/f/lgbtq-comm...

Donate to Support Freedom Spectrum of East Africa, organized by Anker Emil Novak-Tot

Donate to help 429 LGBTQ+ refugees establish a safe home for their commun… Anker Emil Novak-Tot needs your support for Support Freedom Spectrum of East Africa

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Alix @capefoxalix.bsky.social · 5d

Day 10 (wow double digits) of #birdtober is the Jerdon's Courser!
Recorded first in 1848, it then disappeared until its rediscovery in the late 1980's. Last sighting of it was in 2004. BUT someone recorded their call in August of this year! There's hope!

#birdtober2025 #birds #JerdonsCourser

A vector illustration of a Jerdon's Courser standing next to the letter J
Below the letter is the bird's name in English and Latin as well as it's IUCN status which is critically endangered.

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Alix @capefoxalix.bsky.social · 5d

God, the shapes and lines in these are soooooooo good, i love them all

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daily dose of estragon @craigburley.com · 5d

Machado has embraced the United States's indiscriminate murder of Venezuelan mariners in international and Venezuelan waters in the Caribbean Sea. She thinks it will help her gain power.

This is your white "peace".

Reuters @reuters.com · 5d

BREAKING: Venezuela's Maria Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 reut.rs/42uh3Aw

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Alix @capefoxalix.bsky.social · 6d

Day 9 of #birdtober is the Indian Vulture!

They were on the brink of extinction because of the use of painkillers in cattle, which caused the birds kidney failure. But the drug has since been banned so their population is now recovering slowly

#birdtober2025 #vultures #indianvulture #birds

A vector illustration of an Indian vulture in front of a large letter I. Below the letter is its english and latin name as well as its IUCN status which is critically endangered.

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Alix @capefoxalix.bsky.social · 6d

Day 9 of #birdtober is the Indian Vulture!

They were on the brink of extinction because of the use of painkillers in cattle, which caused the birds kidney failure. But the drug has since been banned so their population is now recovering slowly

#birdtober2025 #vultures #indianvulture #birds

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