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Marion Fust Sæternes

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swede, immigrant in namsos norway. green party, feminist, architect, 65% introvert, anti-fatalism. 🌻 *@320,62ppm

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Marion Fust Sæternes @mariontooquiet.bsky.social · Jul 2

❗ 160+ NGOs call for immediate action to end the deadly Israeli distribution scheme (including the GHF) in Gaza, revert to the existing UN-led coordination mechanisms, and lift the Israeli government’s blockade on aid and commercial supplies.

#NOW
#Gaza

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[EMBARGOED] Joint Statement - GAZA: Starvation or Gunfire - This is Not a Humanitarian Response

EMBARGOED UNTIL 30 June 2025 at 6:00PM EST (New York) / 1 July at 1:00AM (Palestine)–GAZA: Starvation or Gunfire - This is Not a Humanitarian Response 160+ NGOs call for immediate action to en...

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15h

Authoritarianism is a cancer. And it's growing, metastasizing. In America. Now.

YOU are the cure. Do your part and join us on Saturday.

Do it for your country. For the Constitution. For your freedoms.

While you still can.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 15h

Estonian officials say Moscow is intensifying its provocations after an unusual movement by Russian troops near the border forced Tallinn to shut down a border crossing point on Oct. 10.

Estonia spots Russian troops without insignia near border — officials say 'not a new tactic'

Estonian officials say Moscow is intensifying its provocations after an unusual movement by Russian troops near the border forced Tallinn to shut down a border crossing point on Oct. 10. The Saatse B...

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 12h

⚡️Kremlin issues veiled threats towards Moldova, cites Ukraine as warning.

Kremlin issues veiled threats towards Moldova, cites Ukraine as warning

Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov issued a new round of veiled threats towards Moldova on Oct. 12, warning Chisinau not to suffer from the same fate as Ukraine just weeks after an election that saw M...

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 6h

⚡️Military aid to Ukraine declines sharply in recent months, report says.

Military aid to Ukraine has fallen dramatically in recent months, a report by the Kiel Institute published on Oct. 14 has found.

Military aid to Ukraine declines sharply in recent months, report says

In July and August, total military aid to Ukraine fell 43% lower than the amount received in the first half of the year, a report by the Kiel Institute finds.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 3h

⚡️ Hospital damaged in Russian strike on Kharkiv, 6 people injured.

At the time of the attack, more than 100 patients were in the hospital.

Hospital damaged in Russian strike on Kharkiv, 6 people injured

At the time of the attack, more than 100 patients were in the hospital.

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Rida Abu Rass @aburass.bsky.social · 4d

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Marwan Barghouti will not be released in Gaza deal, says Israeli spokesperson

Longtime prisoner is the most popular Palestinian political figure, according to polls

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Rida Abu Rass @aburass.bsky.social · 3d

October marks the start of the olive harvest in Palestine, a culturally significant and, usually, joyous occasion.

Israeli settlers - backed by soldiers - have stolen crops, cut down trees, attacked, and in some cases severely injured, Palestinian olive-pickers - *every day* this week.

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Rida Abu Rass @aburass.bsky.social · 3d

My weekly roundup of under-reported news from Palestine, Israel, and MENA (for free, as always):

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2025-10-10 - Rida Abu Rass

Under-reported news from Israel, Palestine, the Middle East and North Africa: October 10, 2025

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Rida Abu Rass @aburass.bsky.social · 20h

Israeli forces detained 14 Palestinians in the West Bank town of Deir Istiya early this morning, the day of the Israel-Hamas hostage-detainee swap.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 1d

⚡️Russia cuts Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant from Ukrainian grid to test Russian link as blackout nears 3 weeks, Kyiv says.

Russia cuts Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant from Ukrainian grid to test Russian link as blackout nears 3 weeks, Kyiv says

"Not only is this an attempted theft of a peaceful Ukrainian nuclear facility. Unauthorized actions of Russia's (state nuclear energy corporation) Rosatom violate internationally recognized nuclear sa...

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 1d

⚡️Russia has pounded Ukraine's rail infrastructure 300 times since August, official says.

Russia has intensified attacks on Ukraine's railway infrastructure as autumn sets in, resulting in increasing train delays and cancellations.

Russia has pounded Ukraine's rail infrastructure 300 times since August, official says

Russia has intensified attacks on Ukraine's railway infrastructure as autumn sets in, resulting in increasing train delays and cancellations.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 1d

⚡️'Very dramatic moment' — Moscow concerned over possible Tomahawk missiles supplies to Ukraine.

"The topic of Tomahawks is of extreme concern," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Oct. 12. “Just imagine: a long-range missile is launched and is flying and we know that it could be nuclear.”

'Very dramatic moment' — Moscow concerned over possible Tomahawk missiles supplies to Ukraine

"The topic of Tomahawks is of extreme concern," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Oct. 12. "Just imagine: a long-range missile is launched and is flying and we know that it could be nuclear."

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 1d

Russian troops launched more than 3,100 drones, around 1,360 glide bombs and 92 missiles of various types on Ukraine in the past week, Zelensky said; Ukrainian troops have liberated the village of Mali Shcherbaky in Zaporizhzhia Oblast; and more.

Ukraine war latest: Russia launched over 3,100 drones and almost 1,360 guided aerial bombs in a week; Ukraine liberated village in Zaporizhzhia Oblast

Key developments on Oct. 11-12: * Russia launched over 3,100 drones, 92 missiles, nearly 1,360 aerial bombs against Ukraine in a week, Zelensky says * Ukraine liberates village in Zaporizhzhia Obla...

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Myra Åhbeck Öhrman @myrannosaurus.doomscroll.se · Jun 12

@branhattan gör lip synchs av Trump som bög, och de är helt fantastiska. Tycker det märks när han försökt haka på högerpopulisnens olika hbtq-fientliga utspel att Trump liksom inte riktigt bottnar i det, för man vet att han ÄLSKAR en queen. I den goda tidslinjen är han Babsan istället.

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Johanna Sjödin @johannasjodin.substack.com · 3d

Fint reportage om några av de flyktingar som kom hit 2015. "”Jag träffade min blivande fru, Reham, på en Black Friday-rea ett år efter att jag kommit till Sverige. Hon är från Aleppo och jag från Damaskus – hon har hela sin stora familj här och jag var helt själv." www.dn.se/tio-ar-efter...

Så är deras liv – tio år efter flyktingkrisen

Flyktinghösten 2015 berättade 100 personer som nyss kommit till Sverige i DN om sina historier, planer och drömmar. Efter tio år återser vi 16 av dem. Blev livet som de tänkt sig?

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AmplifyUkraine 🔱🇺🇦 @amplifyukraine.eu · 2d

7 killed, 23 injured, including children, in Russian attacks on Ukraine over past day #Ukraine

7 killed, 23 injured, including children, in Russian attacks on Ukraine over past day

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Marion Fust Sæternes @mariontooquiet.bsky.social · 2d

Tad Stoermer: ”Danish students asked sharp questions about navigating a world where American scholarship has been weaponized to produce "academic slop."

But the question that stayed with me: how long will this last?

I told them to strap in. This is a generational fight.”

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Has A New "Long, Twilight Struggle" Begun? The End of World War II History

YouTube video by Tad Stoermer

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

If a pharmaceutical company could mass produce whatever compassion pills Marjorie Taylor Greene seems to have been taking lately, we could save the world

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 3d

More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 3d

"Since the full-scale invasion began, I have witnessed a lot of destruction. It is always hard to swallow. But today Russia hit a different nerve. It hit the memory of a peaceful life of the past that we had lost," writes Kateryna Hodunova, Kyiv Independent's news editor, in this op-ed.

Russia is erasing our memories of a peaceful life

Nothing rattles you like the quiet ping of a morning message from your mother that says, "A drone fragment hit the building in your grandmother's courtyard." My grandmother Tamara and her brother Vik...

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Marion Fust Sæternes @mariontooquiet.bsky.social · 3d

bästa berömmet av priset hittills. 🙃

The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 3d

⚡️Putin blasts Nobel Peace Prize decision, wins thanks from Trump.

Russian President Vladimir Putin praised Trump's peacekeeping efforts and said the Nobel committee's decisions to award the honor to "people who have done nothing for peace" damaged the prize's reputation.

Putin blasts Nobel Peace Prize decision, wins thanks from Trump

Putin praised Trump's peacekeeping efforts and said the Nobel committee's decisions to award the honor to "people who have done nothing for peace" damaged the prize's reputation.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 3d

⚡️ Russian attacks kill 4, injure 18 in Ukraine over past day, hit energy grid.

Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 54 out of the 78 Shahed-type attack drones and other drones launched by Russia overnight, the Air Force reported.

Russian attacks kill 4, injure 18 in Ukraine over past day, hit energy grid

Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 54 out of the 78 Shahed-type attack drones and other drones launched by Russia overnight, the Air Force reported. Twenty-one drone strikes were recorded at six locat...

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3d

Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.

Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.

Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 4d

According to the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center, the Islamic Republic has carried out at least 1,172 executions in Iran since the beginning of 2025, including 72 executions in the first 9 days of October alone.

‏#StopExecutions
‏#HumanRights

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 3d

In recognition of World Day Against the Death Penalty, ABC calls for an immediate end to Iran's arbitrary and summary use of the death penalty. Learn more about the victims of the Islamic Republic's executions in the Omid Memorial on our website.
#StopExecutions
#HumanRights

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