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Stephen J.Reid

@stereid.bsky.social

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Not a "glass half full" nor a "glass half empty" sort of person. I'm a "glass knocked over, trod on, glass splinters in my foot, blood & red wine all over the nice new rug" sort of person. Keep smilin'. #VoteGreen Socialist.Vegan. EFC. Liverpool, UK

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Stephen J.Reid @stereid.bsky.social · 6d

Yes, you are. And you're fucking proud of it.

a man in a military uniform is asking are we the baddies .

ALT: a man in a military uniform is asking are we the baddies .

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Lynne #TaxTheRich #WelfareNotWarfare #MakeLabourHistory @bebsdotteragain.bsky.social · 2h

The accusation by Israel that Palestinians use “human shields” appears highly hypocritical given secret bases they built directly underneath an Israeli civilian tower!

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Secret IDF Base HIT BY IRAN

YouTube video by Propaganda & Co.

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Stephen J.Reid @stereid.bsky.social · 2h

The BBC et al are doing their very best to get everyone to vote Reform.

Stephen J.Reid @stereid.bsky.social · 2h

.fuckoff.

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Calvinboo Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 17h

Israel has murdered 9 Palestinians today. Violating the ceasefire 9. separate. times.

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 3d

Hamas gathering forces and working to reassert control sure doesn’t look like Hamas disarming and accepting an international security force in charge of Gaza.

Weren’t we told to gush with praise for the brilliant diplomacy that solved the big problems? Could’ve sworn that, it was just this week.

Gaza: Hamas mobilises fighters as fears of internal violence mount

Clashes have already taken place between the group and an armed clan in Gaza City.

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 22h

Israel has destroyed the "ceasefire" in hours.

It is murdering Palestinians, and maintaining its illegal siege.

Not a ceasefire.

New post 👇

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Israel destroys ceasefire in hours

Today, Israel slaughtered Palestinians and resumed siege. Not a "ceasefire"

www.owenjones.news

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Bertrom. @bertrom.bsky.social · 23h

Do not expect the violent dehumanisation and dystopian military technologies perfected in Gaza to remain there. Our dark history tells us otherwise. What a pity we did not heed its lessons.

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Opinion | Be sure of this: many of the horrors the west allowed in Gaza will come closer to home — The Guardian

History shows the crimes of empire were later mirrored on European soil. Dehumanisation and militarised terror both seem normalised now, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 3h

What ceasefire?

Al Jazeera tweet:

@AJENews • 4h
BREAKING: Our colleagues on the ground are reporting that Israeli tanks fired at Palestinians in the town of Bani Suhaila and the Sheikh Nasser neighbourhood, east of Khan Younis.
LIVE updates: aje.io/zyn1zz?update=...

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Stephen J.Reid @stereid.bsky.social · 2h

The problem is, racism trumps (no pun intended) everything.

Stephen J.Reid @stereid.bsky.social · 2h

This should be read out loud before and after every TV news programme, and printed on the front page of every UK newspaper.

Brendan May @brendanmay.bsky.social · 5h

If you are watching the Reform Party controlled Councils with their endless mishaps, resignations, fallouts, scandals, mismanagement and sheer comedic idiocy, but still thinking of making these clowns a national government, representing the UK on the global stage, you are literally insane.

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ℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝𝔹𝕝𝕦𝕖 🌊 @rebelb1ue.bsky.social · 2h

No kings

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Stephen J.Reid @stereid.bsky.social · 17h

Nice 👍

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Stephen J.Reid @stereid.bsky.social · 17h

Sold to the that vegan at the front!

Stephen J.Reid @stereid.bsky.social · 17h

Exactly. It should be -32. 😁

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Stephen J.Reid @stereid.bsky.social · 17h

And in totally unrelated news, Alzheimer's is the seventh biggest cause of death in the world

Jori M. @jorinyc.bsky.social · 18h

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The plastic inside us: how microplastics may be reshaping our bodies and minds

The particles are in our blood, brains and guts – and scientists are only beginning to learn what they do

www.theguardian.com

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Jori M. @jorinyc.bsky.social · 18h

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The plastic inside us: how microplastics may be reshaping our bodies and minds

The particles are in our blood, brains and guts – and scientists are only beginning to learn what they do

www.theguardian.com

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Lisa Fung @lisafung.bsky.social · 20h

‘Did I as a reporter solicit information? Of course. It's called journalism: finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says.’

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Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

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Stephen J.Reid @stereid.bsky.social · 18h

That's -16 more than he deserves!

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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 3d

Israel has won all its military battles but has not achieved its strategic objectives over the past two years

Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 3d

1/9 Since October 7th, 2023, Israel has fought Hamas, Iran, Hezbollah, and the Houthis.

It dominated militarily in every case. Yet strategic victories never followed.

Gaza is the clearest example of that failure

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Stephen J.Reid @stereid.bsky.social · 19h

Was the unknown person wearing a three dollar toupee and three inches of orange pancake make-up?

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 1d

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Stephen J.Reid @stereid.bsky.social · 19h

Obnoxious pair of cunts. Traitors deserving of a traitor's fate.

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Release the Epstein files @hopeyy84.bsky.social · 23h

🤬 Never trust a Trump man - 🤬 Patrick Bet-David
In an interview with Benjamin Netanyahu on August 26, 2025, in response to a direct question by Bet-David, the Israeli prime minister acknowledged the Armenian, Assyrian, and Greek genocides.

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