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Guy Oron @guyoron.net · 6h

Great video about the struggle for walkable cities in India www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FC-...

Why Indian Cities aren't Walkable | A Quint Original Documentary

YouTube video by The Quint

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Guy Oron @guyoron.net · 13h

“My firing today is a blatant act of retaliation designed to silence dissent from Palestinian voices within Amazon and shield Amazon’s collaboration in the genocide from internal scrutiny,” Shahrour said.

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Guy Oron @guyoron.net · 13h

BREAKING: Amazon has fired Palestinian tech worker Ahmed Shahrour, five weeks after he was suspended for speaking out about the company’s ties to Israel.

Guy Oron @guyoron.net · 16d

NEW: Amazon has suspended Seattle-based Palestinian software engineer Ahmed Shahrour after he called for a worker-led uprising against the corporation’s contracts with the Israeli military and government.
www.realchangenews.org/news/2025/09...

Amazon suspends worker who denounced contracts with Israel

Amazon suspended software engineer Ahmed Shahrour hours after he published an open letter criticizing Israel.

www.realchangenews.org

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Guy Oron @guyoron.net · 1d

Throughout his time being homeless, Don spent almost all his money on his cats and keeping a collection of 4,000 books safe. He donated them in his will. That dedication to knowledge and literacy is truly admirable, especially in this era of AI misinformation.
www.realchangenews.org/news/2025/10...

Remembering Don Lowe: A story of radiating compassion

www.realchangenews.org

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Guy Oron @guyoron.net · 1d

Earlier this year, @realchangenews.bsky.social vendor Don Lowe passed away. He cultivated a community of 50+ friends who cared for him in the last part of his life. They pooled their funds every month to pay his rent for more than 5 years. It truly shows how an act of kindness can snowball.

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Guy Oron @guyoron.net · 2d

Horrible news. Palestinian journalists deserve safety and protection!

Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 2d

The beloved Saleh Al-Jafarawi has been murdered. We are absolutely devastated. For 2 years he reported on the genocide of his people, just for him to be murdered during the ‘ceasefire’

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Guy Oron @guyoron.net · 2d

Thank you Amy!!

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nice crispy treat @zbs.bsky.social · 4d

Hell yeah @guyoron.net in bolts!

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 4d

NEW: One of the left's big opportunities next month is Seattle's mayoral race, & the city's approach to homeless has become a huge fault line there.

The incumbent mayor has dramatically scaled up sweeps, and his challenger is testing whether voters thinks he's gone too far:

In Seattle Mayoral Race, Tensions Between Crackdown and Compassion on Homelessness - Bolts

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has ramped up sweeps of homeless encampments in his first term. In his reelection bid, he faces a progressive challenger who wants to curb them.

boltsmag.org

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Guy Oron @guyoron.net · 3d

Thank you!

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Alex ITMFA @ahym666.bsky.social · 4d

Great writing by @guyoron.net in Bolts on the regional challenges with homelessness in Seattle and the Mayor’s race. Take a read!

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 4d

NEW: One of the left's big opportunities next month is Seattle's mayoral race, & the city's approach to homeless has become a huge fault line there.

The incumbent mayor has dramatically scaled up sweeps, and his challenger is testing whether voters thinks he's gone too far:

In Seattle Mayoral Race, Tensions Between Crackdown and Compassion on Homelessness - Bolts

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has ramped up sweeps of homeless encampments in his first term. In his reelection bid, he faces a progressive challenger who wants to curb them.

boltsmag.org

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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 3d

Seattle is on track to have spent $85 million on homeless encampment sweeps during Mayor Bruce Harrell’s term by the end of 2025. He argues sweeps don’t solve homelessness, but they are necessary for public safety.

In Seattle Mayoral Race, Tensions Between Crackdown and Compassion on Homelessness

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has ramped up sweeps of homeless encampments in his first term. In his reelection bid, he faces a progressive challenger who wants to curb them.

boltsmag.org

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Guy Oron @guyoron.net · 3d

NEW: In the hotly contested Seattle mayoral race, homelessness has become a fault line. Challenger Katie Wilson criticizes incumbent Bruce Harrell’s record, which includes carrying out more than 6,000 sweeps of homeless encampments.
Read my full article in @boltsmag.org:
boltsmag.org/seattle-mayo...

In Seattle Mayoral Race, Tensions Between Crackdown and Compassion on Homelessness - Bolts

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has ramped up sweeps of homeless encampments in his first term. In his reelection bid, he faces a progressive challenger who wants to curb them.

boltsmag.org

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Guy Oron @guyoron.net · 4d

Thank you!

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 4d

NEW: One of the left's big opportunities next month is Seattle's mayoral race, & the city's approach to homeless has become a huge fault line there.

The incumbent mayor has dramatically scaled up sweeps, and his challenger is testing whether voters thinks he's gone too far:

In Seattle Mayoral Race, Tensions Between Crackdown and Compassion on Homelessness - Bolts

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has ramped up sweeps of homeless encampments in his first term. In his reelection bid, he faces a progressive challenger who wants to curb them.

boltsmag.org

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Mhgreen3000 @mhgreen3000.bsky.social · 5d

Who do we mean when we say “Black Seattle”?

This mayoral race isn’t about personalities—it’s about whether symbolism becomes substance. What do “seats at the table” mean if the rest of us go hungry?

My latest column for the @soseaemerald.bsky.social

COLUMN | What This Mayoral Election Owes 'Black Seattle'

From City Hall to the Central District, Seattle's mayoral race raises deeper questions: Who speaks for "Black Seattle," and what does real representation look like beyond the ballot? Marcus Harrison G...

southseattleemerald.org

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Guy Oron @guyoron.net · 4d

Congrats Jeremiah!! Amazing news

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 6d

🚨BREAKING: Hamas and Palestinian Factions Agree to Gaza Ceasefire Framework

“From our side, yes,” a senior Hamas official told Drop Site News’ @jeremyscahill.com

www.dropsitenews.com/p/breaking-h...

BREAKING: Hamas and Palestinian Factions Agree to Gaza Ceasefire Framework

“From our side, yes,” a senior Hamas official told Drop Site News.

www.dropsitenews.com

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Guy Oron @guyoron.net · 7d

UPDATE: Jas Ikeda and the rest of the U.S. flotilla participants have been released from Israeli detention

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Jared Douglas @jareddouglas.bsky.social · 8d

Excellent local piece here from @ashleyhiruko.bsky.social + @kuow.org + @propublica.org.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 8d

NEW: After paying for hotel rooms to shelter homeless people, Seattle deliberately left them vacant.

By the end of 2024, taxpayers were spending $4,200 a month per empty room at a time when thousands of residents were without a roof over their heads.

Seattle Spent Millions on Hotel Rooms to Shelter Unhoused People. Then It Stopped Filling Them.

Early last year, the city signed a $2.7 million lease extension to continue using a hotel’s rooms as shelter space. Yet despite committing to pay the rent, the city stopped sending people there.

www.propublica.org

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Guy Oron @guyoron.net · 9d

Far-right Israeli security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, a convicted terrorist, boasted of subjecting flotilla activists to poor treatment akin to that endured by Palestinian political prisoners. Rights groups say Palestinians are systematically tortured and starved in Israeli prisons.

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Guy Oron @guyoron.net · 9d

Washington State resident Jas Ikeda is among 42 Global Sumud Flotilla activists going on hunger strike to protest inhumane conditions within Israeli prisons. More than 300 flotilla members remain in detention, days after Israel illegally intercepted them.

CONFIRMED إضراب ACTIVISTS ON HUNGER STRIKE

النشطاء المؤكدين المشاركين في عن الطعام

Abubakir Mohammad Rafiq

Erol Buyuk

Julian Schuetter

Mohamed Abdulla Mohamed

Husain Mohamed

Alexis Noel X. Deswaef

Ariadne Catarina Cardoso Teles

Bruno Sperb Rocha

João Leonardo Cavalcanti

Aguiar Costa

Thiago de Ávila e Silva Oliveira

Renaz Ebrahimi

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Emma Fourreau

Khaled Benboutrif

Lucie Christine Micheline

Fouquet

Thomas Guénolé

Alexandros Delatolas

Anna Lagonikou

Georgios lason

Apostolopoulos

Konstantinos Fourikos

Kyriakos Georgios

Vlachopoulos

Panagiotis Politis

Ploutarchos Nikolaos Vergis

Patrick O'Donovan

Federica Frasca

Marco Orefice

Tommaso Bortolazi

Simone Zambrin

Ammar Al Halabi

Emmy Marianne Vonk

Roosje Ijkema

Alejandra Martinez Velasco

Ana Maria Martin Lopez

Don Simon Francisco Vidal Ferrandis

Francisco Rodriguez Martinez

Lluis De Moner Mayans

Sandra Garrido Fernandez

Timothee Michel Robert Crettenand

Mehmet Keçel Turkkan +

Sumeyye Sena Polat

Saddaqat Khan

Jasmine Sau Mun Ikeda

Philip Kuper Tottenham

Stephen George Wahab

more names to be confirmed...

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Guy Oron @guyoron.net · 10d

VIDEO: This week, the Israeli navy intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla, a humanitarian mission to supply aid to Gaza, Palestine. A total of 42 boats were seized and more than 450 activists, including Washington State resident Jas Ikeda, were arrested by Israeli authorities. Hear from her directly:

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Guy Oron @guyoron.net · 11d

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Guy Oron @guyoron.net · 11d

Washington State resident Jas Ikeda is believed to be among the 450 Global Sumud Flotilla activists detained by Israel. So far, none of her federal representatives have issued any statements on the interception or her arrest, which was illegal under international law.

Guy Oron @guyoron.net · 13d

BREAKING: Washington State resident Jas Ikeda has been intercepted by the Israeli navy while delivering aid to Gaza with the Global Sumud Flotilla. She was aboard the Sirius-Haifa, one of the group's leading vessels. Her whereabouts are currently unknown.

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Guy Oron @guyoron.net · 11d

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Guy Oron @guyoron.net · 13d

BREAKING: Washington State resident Jas Ikeda has been intercepted by the Israeli navy while delivering aid to Gaza with the Global Sumud Flotilla. She was aboard the Sirius-Haifa, one of the group's leading vessels. Her whereabouts are currently unknown.

Guy Oron @guyoron.net · 14d

NEW: Washington State resident Jas Ikeda, a participant of the Global Sumud Flotilla delivering humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza, says she is in imminent risk of naval interception by Israel. Read the developing story below:
gossipguy.net/washington-s...

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Guy Oron @guyoron.net · 11d

U.S. Embassy in Israel provide full and timely consular services to her. I am monitoring the situation closely to ensure Jasmine is provided with humane treatment while in custody, legal due process, and is released immediately from Israeli detention.”
larsen.house.gov/news/documen...

Larsen Releases Statement on Israeli Detention of Jasmine Ikeda

Today, Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) released the following statement on the detention of Jasmine Ikeda, an Orcas Island resident detained by Israel on October 1st, 2025 following her participation in the Global Sumud Flotilla: “I have been in touch with Jasmine’s family, and I am working with them to advocate for her immediate release. With the permission of Jasmine’s family, I can share that I have reached out to the State Department and requested the U.S. Embassy in Israel provide full and timely consular services to her. I am monitoring the situation closely to ensure Jasmine is provided with humane treatment while in custody, legal due process, and is released immediately from Israeli detention.” ###

larsen.house.gov

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