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Paul Gauci @pgau.bsky.social · 4h

After gaining 400 million Amazon shares following her 2019 divorce from the company’s founder, Jeff Bezos, billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has now slashed her stake in the $2 trillion tech giant by nearly half.
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MacKenzie Scott has cut her stake in Amazon by 42%—worth nearly $13 billion—as the billionaire casually donates over $110 million to DEI causes | Fortune

After the billionaire philanthropist Mackenzie Scott ended up with about 4% of Amazon, she’s given away $19 billion over the past five years, with over $100 million to DEI causes in the past few month...

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Progressive International @progintl.bsky.social · 9h

More than 2,500 Palestinians have been killed while seeking aid in recent months.

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Paul Gauci @pgau.bsky.social · 9h

Israeli snipers were being ordered by their commanders to kill civilians.

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Paul Gauci @pgau.bsky.social · 9h

Israeli snipers were being ordered by their commanders to kill civilians.

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CODEPINK @codepink.bsky.social · 18h

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Paul Gauci @pgau.bsky.social · 9h

As usual the civilians, especially the lower-income one will suffer.

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Paul Gauci @pgau.bsky.social · 9h

As usual the civilians, especially the lower-income one will suffer.

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CTXT @ctxt.es · 21h

Italia despierta: dos huelgas generales, puertos bloqueados y universidades ocupadas frenan el plan de guerra de Meloni y la UE. La alianza de trabajadores y estudiantes, al grito de “blocchiamo tutto”, pone a Palestina en el centro y abre otro camino

Palestina despierta la lucha obrera en Italia

Si el Gobierno de Meloni pretende arrastrar al país al genocidio, la guerra y las catástrofes, la clase trabajadora y el movimiento estudiantil están mostrando otro camino alternativo

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Palestina despierta la lucha obrera en Italia

Entre el 22 de septiembre y el 4 de octubre, en Italia hubo dos huelgas generales contra el genocidio en Gaza, grandes manifestaciones, y acciones radicales como el bloqueo de puertos.

Lo cuenta @josefinalmartinez.bsky.social
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Palestina despierta la lucha obrera en Italia

Si el Gobierno de Meloni pretende arrastrar al país al genocidio, la guerra y las catástrofes, la clase trabajadora y el movimiento estudiantil están mostrando otro camino alternativo

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Palestina Reports 🇵🇸 🇧🇷 🇱🇧 @palestinareports.bsky.social · 14h

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Roma, Itália.

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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 19h

Republican attempts to demonize the “No Kings” protest planned for Saturday against Trump continue, though saying the actual words “No Kings” is proving difficult for GOP leadership.

Mike Johnson Tries His Absolute Best Not To Say 'No Kings'

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 19h

Your occasional reminder that Mone can not be stripped of her peerage without an act of parliament.

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Baroness Mone-linked PPE firm misses deadline to pay £122m

PPE Medpro was ordered to repay damages by 16:00 BST on Wednesday after breaching a Covid-19 contract.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 22h

No doubt this de-banking will also be splashed across the front pages of every single newspaper in the country and lead BBC bulletins for weeks on end too? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Pro-Palestine activist couple have UK bank account closed without explanation

John Nicholson and Norma Turner’s joint retirement savings account was shut by Yorkshire Building Society

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Paul Gauci @pgau.bsky.social · 20h

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John Mearsheimer says Israel ‘deeply committed’ to ethnic cleansing of Palestine

YouTube video by Middle East Eye

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 20h

Trump regime forces brutally beat Americans in the streets of Chicago for witnessing their neighbours be kidnapped and disappeared in broad daylight. Concerned citizens stood up for themselves as the regime continues to expand its fascist terror campaign.