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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 4h

It’s funny how black people are expected to reach across the aisle to voters like these, while no one ever expects them to reach across the aisle to black people. Amazing who gets to be human, and who doesn’t.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

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Yuki Kamishima @yukilandscape.bsky.social · Dec 4

The winter forest scenery I saw with Sho that day was one of the most beautiful sights I’ve ever experienced.

Sho Hoshino @shophotography.bsky.social · Dec 4

A Miraculous Sight Seen in a Forest After Hours of Walking Through the Snow

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Leon’s Existential Cafe @leonscafe.bsky.social · 1h

Existential psychotherapist Irvin Yalom was known to ask his patients, “What is the emotional payoff of thinking this way?” Implied was the reality of one believing what they wanted to, at least in the moment, even if they weren’t aware of doing so. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/perf...

Are You Terrified of Feeling Confident?

We may fear confidence because we believe it makes us complacent and causes others to dislike us. So, increasing it takes more than just assessing our traits and achievements.

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Bony Skeletino 💀 @notalegalrecord.net · 1h

rain, shine, or nor’easter, das farmrad has one job. 🫑 🚲 🥬 🎃

in today’s haul:
celeriac - pie pumpkin - lovage - beets - arugula - collards - tomatillos - delicata squash - broccoli - poblanos - frisee (a variety of endive)

The above-listed produce arranged on my kitchen counter

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Jake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · 1h

Ah, yes, China, notoriously known for backing down in response to empty threats.

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 4h

Woah! So Labour's position really is, 'telling us off for breaching human rights undermines the case for human rights'? Proper Trumpian stuff from Labour's answer to Suella Braverman.

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 5h

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Help me feed my little ones. Please share and donate., organized by Nuages Quinze

I'm Islam Radwan from Gaza, I'm married to three children. In th… Nuages Quinze needs your support for Help me feed my little ones. Please share and donate.

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Nicki Stephens @nicki2910.bsky.social · 6h

Safety, stability and a sense of belonging is not too much to ask , and yet for too many it seems that it is. I hope life will become a little kinder for you!

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Nicki Stephens @nicki2910.bsky.social · 7h

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... While the world let’s out a sigh of relief about the release of the Israeli and Palestinian hostages and hopefully looks forward to a period of reparations, please in the name of compassion, will world leaders now turn their gaze to Sudan?

Sudan's forgotten war is bloody and horrifying – but US bombs aren't the way to stop it | Simon Jenkins

The world must show it cares about the conflict, but relieving civilian suffering should take the place of military intervention, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Dorothy Parker Fucks @dorothyparkerfucks.bsky.social · 10h

bari weiss is proof you can do whatever you want in america if you’re an unapologetic bigot, racist and liar. as @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social keeps telling us, democracies need to establish costs for being a lying liar.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10h

one of my takeaways from this great piece is that weiss just doesn’t…sound like an intelligent person? or at least, not someone who has thought even a little bit about how and why they think the things that they do. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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Nicki Stephens @nicki2910.bsky.social · 8h

www.thephilosopher1923.org/post/hannah-... Refugees are a product of the constitution of nation-states; people condemned to non / existence because they are outside the borders of a state- Hannah Arendt

Hannah Arendt and Exile

Hannah Arendt’s experiences of exile, from Nazi Germany to the U.S., shaped her reflections on statelessness, belonging, and the limits of the nation-state. In this essay, Anna Argirò explores Arendt'...

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Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 8h

We Are Free to Change the World – Hannah Arendt (born on this day in 1906), the power of defiant goodwill, and the art of beginning afresh www.themarginalian.org/2024/03/15/w...

We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt, the Power of Defiant Goodwill, and the Art of Beginning Afresh

“It is when the experience of powerlessness is at its most acute, when history seems at its most bleak, that the determination to think like a human being, creatively, courageously, and compl…

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Nicki Stephens @nicki2910.bsky.social · 16h

Oh, for me, I am beyond pissed off by the possibility of Musk throwing limitless millions at Robinson. Moreover Musk’s support for Lowe, who he believes is more suited to leading Reform than Farage, and the possibility of a third party to the right is beyond dangerous/ devastating.

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What really bothers me about this is that it's driving other "wannabe" Tommy Robinson types, giving them permission, signaling that they have the support of very powerful people, it's incredibly dangerous, it's going to grow and embolden the extreme right-wing significantly.

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Far-right activist is accused of refusing to comply with counter-terrorism police request at Channel tunnel

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Literland @literland.bsky.social · 5d

Esta maravilla es la Biblioteca del Palacio Nacional de Mafra, Portugal.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 1d

Seems kinda important

More than half of world’s bird species in decline, as leaders meet on extinction crisis

Biodiversity losses are growing, the IUCN reports as summit opens, but green turtle’s recovery ‘reminds us conservation works’

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 1d

As so often, @laylamoran.bsky.social finds gracious, unifying words.

"I choose to believe that peace is possible. Everyone who went on a protest, wrote to their MP, cares about it, shouted at their TV - from whatever point of view - what were those deaths for, if not for a sustainable peace?" ~AA

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Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 1d

Freed in today’s Hamas-Israel exchange, Palestinian Israelite Samaritan and PFLP member Nader Sadaqa carries a rare identity and a long struggle; a story that bridges faith, resistance, and the survival of one of the world’s smallest communities.

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Palestinian Israelite Resistance Fighter Nader Sadaqa Freed After 21 Years in Israeli Detention - Quds News Network

Freed in today’s Hamas-Israel exchange, Palestinian Israelite Samaritan and PFLP member Nader Sadaqa carries a rare identity and a long struggle; a story that bridges faith, resistance, and the surviv...

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

That New York Times story lots of people are sharing today about Farage's ties to US anti-abortion groups was first reported by @mc00.bsky.social on Byline Times a year ago bylinetimes.com/2024/11/29/n...

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 1d

If you're happy the 20 Israeli hostages are home (as I am) but silent on the 10,000 Palestinian hostages still languishing in Israeli prisons without charge or due process of law—then you'll have to stop pretending its hostage taking you were ever upset about.

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Francis Sedgemore @hesgen.com · 1d

Oxford university student chant...

"Gaza, Gaza, make us proud, put the Zios in the ground"

It is a near universal rule that observant Jews are zionists. That includes me, so pardon me for telling this young chap to go fuck himself.

#antisemitism

Union of Jewish Students urges action after Oxford pupil calls for death of 'Zios' - Jewish News

Police investigating after video filmed at the weekend's pro-Palestinian march in London saw the student recite a chant he said people had been 'workshopping' in Oxford

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Dr. Mark P. Barry ☯︎ @drmarkpbarry.bsky.social · 1d

Trump urges Herzog to pardon Netanyahu during Gaza address to Knesset www.axios.com/2025/10/13/t...

Trump urges pardon for Netanyahu during Gaza address to Knesset

"Cigars and champagne, who the hell cares about this?"

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Nicki Stephens @nicki2910.bsky.social · 1d

Two words.

Nicki Stephens @nicki2910.bsky.social · 1d

www.tickettailor.com/events/theph... If you’re not already exhausted from being constant exposed to emotionally exhausting news, then this looks interesting , and it’s free, although I think it only polite to make a token contribution ( total hypocrite here) I’m zonked and will catch up later.

Select tickets – "Are we witnessing the end of the West?": Simon Glendinning in conversation with Alexis Papazoglou – Zoom

"Are we witnessing the end of the West?": Simon Glendinning in conversation with Alexis Papazoglou – Zoom, Mon 13 Oct 2025 - Once a month, Alexis Papazoglou interviews leading philosophers about the s...

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 1d

Odeh, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, had a piece of paper that said “Recognise Palestine” on it. Knesset guards took him out in a matter of seconds, Knesset speaker immediately apologises to Trump, and Trump praised the Knesset guards for being "very efficient" in removing Odeh

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d

US President Donald Trump was briefly interrupted during his speech in the Knesset by Arab Israeli politician Ayman Odeh who was dragged out by security officials.

Odeh has been critical over the ‘flattery’ Netanyahu has received, demanding accountability.

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