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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 9h

I’m going to go ahead and guess that Israel will participate in both Eurovision and UEFA as if nothing happened

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Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social · 9h

While Israelis are celebrating wildly the release of their hostages, Palestinian families are terrorised that, if they dare celebrate the release of their own, hell will be visited upon them. This is not Peace breaking out. This is Apartheid at its worst! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘Locked up for 24 years’: release of Palestinian prisoners and detainees sparks joy and sorrow

Nearly 2,000 people, including about 1,700 seized from Gaza and held without charge, set free from Israeli jails

www.theguardian.com

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Hazel Pinner @hazelmpinner.bsky.social · 10h

Countering the Zionism of one of my local councillors- just what I wanted to be doing with my Monday evening 🙄😡 he's been consistent with it I suppose but highlights that we cannot be silent, we must continue to speak up and speak out for #Palestine

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Hazel Pinner @hazelmpinner.bsky.social · 11h

I hadn't paid much attention to who was in it but any vague interest was lost at the "Jonathan Ross" I will happily go the rest of his life without hearing his nasal whinging voice again!

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Hazel Pinner @hazelmpinner.bsky.social · 11h

I've never really gotten the whole thing.

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Hazel Pinner @hazelmpinner.bsky.social · 11h

Why do we do this job? So that children grow in their understanding and self-confidence. Well done @miss-k-teach.bsky.social 👏 #EduSky

Miss K @miss-k-teach.bsky.social · 13h

“Thank you for making me confident in maths.”

From refusing to come into the classroom to this. Oh my heart 🥹

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Hazel Pinner @hazelmpinner.bsky.social · 11h

And that's why we do this job ❤️👏👏 well done x

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Hazel Pinner @hazelmpinner.bsky.social · 12h

Some are probably both 🤷🏻

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Hazel Pinner @hazelmpinner.bsky.social · 12h

a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a large building

Alt: Robert Downey Junior in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a large building backdrop saying "maybe"

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Hazel Pinner @hazelmpinner.bsky.social · 12h

I'll share my cheese with you my friend 🫂❤️

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Hazel Pinner @hazelmpinner.bsky.social · 12h

⬇️ This!
As one of my granddad's said "The only good Tory is a lavatory"

David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 13h

On the centenary of Thatcher's birth, there have been predictable calls for a memorial to her memory. But Britain's 2300 food banks serve that purpose already.

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 13h

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Joshua Seigal - 'YAPPING AWAY' out now! @joshuaseigal.bsky.social · 1d

Just updated my website. FREE poems! FREE resources! FREE penguin! www.joshuaseigal.co.uk #EduSky #BookSky #poetry

Joshua Seigal | Official Website

Website of award-winning poet, author, performer and educator Joshua Seigal. Contains free poetry, and lots of information.

www.joshuaseigal.co.uk

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Anne de Kyiv @anne-de-kyiv.bsky.social · 16h

Just for reference, the Gaza Strip is the narrow green coastal strip lower left.

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Hazel Pinner @hazelmpinner.bsky.social · 12h

#EndTheOccupation #IsraelIsAnApartheidState #FreePalestine

Peter Beaumont @petersbeaumont1.bsky.social · 23h

If you've never been to Gaza, you won't appreciate what the yellow line means. Basically Israel now holds most of Gaza's small but important agricultural land. Continued Israeli occupation, which I judge the likely outcome, makes Gaza even more unliveable and more dependent on outside goods.

AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 23h

Gaza Strip: Israeli army has withdrawn to the 'yellow line'

AFP Infographic with map of the Gaza Strip showing the 'yellow line' where the Israeli army has withdrawn its forces as of October 10, according to US envoy Steve Witkoff

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Micah @rincewind.run · 12h

Discworld QOTD, from Monstrous Regiment

“Keep out of the way of officers, ‘cos they ain’t healthy. That’s what you learn in the army. The enemy dun’t really want to fight you, ‘cos the enemy is mostly blokes like you who want to go home with all their bits still on. But officers’ll get you killed.”

Micah @rincewind.run · 1d

Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather

The late (or at least severely delayed) Bergholt Stuttley Johnson was generally recognized as the worst inventor in the world, yet in a very specialized sense. Merely bad inventors made things that failed to operate. He wasn’t among these small fry. Any fool could make something that did absolutely nothing when you pressed the button. He scorned such fumble-fingered amateurs. Everything he built worked. It just didn’t do what it said on the box. If you wanted a small ground-to-air missile, you asked Johnson to design an ornamental fountain.

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Hazel Pinner @hazelmpinner.bsky.social · 12h

"When asked about their treatment in the prisons, a prisoner apologised and said he could not answer, for fear that he would face repercussions from Israeli authorities, only saying that it was “horrible”."
We must still #BoycottIsrael a #ceasefire is not justice. #FreePalestine from fear of Israel

Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 13h

Meanwhile....

"The other prisoners also looked to be in bad shape. Their cheekbones jutted out, with some bearing the marks of recent beatings and a few unable to walk without being propped up by their relatives"

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘Locked up for 24 years’: joy and sorrow as Palestinian prisoners and detainees return home

Nearly 2,000 people, including about 1,700 seized from Gaza and held without charge, set free from Israeli jails

www.theguardian.com

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Hanniba-LINA Lecter 💀 @agirlcalledlina.bsky.social · 13h

The whitewashing begins, I actually think a big driver for this ‘peace’ deal was to protect Israel from total ostracisation on the global stage, they should still be punished and made to account for their genocide

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 14h

Eurovision Song Contest organisers will no longer meet online in November to vote on Israel's participation in the competition, following Middle East "developments", the European Broadcasting Union said

Eurovision organisers push back Israel decision

Eurovision Song Contest organisers will no longer meet online in November to vote on Israel's participation in the competition, following Middle East "developments", the European Broadcasting Union sa...

www.rte.ie

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hux | aka Lizzie Huxley-Jones @littlehux.bsky.social · 14h

Tadaa, here’s the cover for my next romcom, Reality Check out April 9th (and available to preorder now!)

On reality tv, what’s behind the scenes will always filter through. It’s f/f, lovers to enemies to lovers, chaotic nonsense with hot disabled babes. 👰🏼‍♀️💓📚🎥✨

The paperback cover for Reality Check by Lizzie Huxley-Jones which shows two women in bridal dresses, facing forward but smirking at each other. One is tall blonde and fat, and the other is small and ginger haired. The background is a bisexual fade with confetti and film camera patterns.

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Hazel Pinner @hazelmpinner.bsky.social · 13h

That and my book obsession are a major part of why I don't need a dating profile. I don't want to share my cheese or be distracted from my books 😆😉

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 20h

Watching the Bibi & Don Show treat this like some grand victory, while people returning to northern Gaza dig the rubble for loved ones' remains, is pretty revolting.

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BDS movement @bdsmovement.bsky.social · 21h

Let’s disrupt the global chain of complicity that enables Israel’s crimes against Palestinians.

The BDS movement is calling on you to join the Week of Action against F-35s from 13-18 October.

Send an email to your elected officials now ➡️ loom.ly/qypYlvM

#DisruptComplicity

Join the Week of Action Against F-35 fighter jets

F-35 jets enable Israel to murder Palestinian women, men and children on a daily basis

loom.ly

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Hazel Pinner @hazelmpinner.bsky.social · 21h

*should be charge instead of arrest

Hazel Pinner @hazelmpinner.bsky.social · 21h

20 Israeli captives, 1,966 Palestinians. About 1,700 of those are Palestinians captured by Israeli forces over the last 2 years, many held without arrest.
Should Israelis have been taken & held hostage? No.
Should we be highlighting the disparity in numbers and media focus on the few Israelis? Yes

Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 21h

Buses carrying Palestinian prisoners arrive in Ramallah - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/buses-carrying-palestinian-prisoners-arrive-ramallah

Buses carrying Palestinian prisoners arrive in Ramallah

<article data-history-node-id="430097" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/buses-carrying-palestinian-prisoners-arrive-ramallah" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/buses-carrying-palestinian-prisoners-arrive-ramallah" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Buses carrying Palestinian prisoners arrive in Ramallah</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Buses of Palestinian prisoners on Monday arrived in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank amidst cheers and slogans. Crowds cheered as the released Palestinians got off the buses that transported them from Ofer Prison. </p> <p>Television footage earlier showed two buses carrying Palestinian prisoners leaving the prison. </p> <p>Israeli authorities are set to release 1,966 Palestinian prisoners, including 250 serving long or life sentences, and approximately 1,700 individuals who were detained from the Gaza Strip over the past two years.</p> <p>Hamas on Monday freed 20 Israeli captives as part of a deal to end the war in Gaza and facilitate a prisoner exchange.</p> </div> </div> </article>

www.middleeasteye.net

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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 21h

Perhaps I’ve missed something but Palestinians seem to be completely absent from the media reporting on the Gaza ceasefire today.

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