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Tommy Valdez

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Tommy Valdez @thomasav.bsky.social · Jun 1

So today @safety.bsky.app gave Saeed a lifetime ban despite going out of his way to prove his existence. I don't know what problem @jay.bsky.team has with Arabs, but if you find @bsky.app's draconian and racist targeting bad, donate and email [email protected].

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Tommy Valdez @thomasav.bsky.social · 4m

"How dare you say Palestinians aren't fat and that it isn't normal for 60k people to die annually in a space the size of Manhattan."

Tommy Valdez @thomasav.bsky.social · 4m

"How dare you say Palestinians aren't fat and that it isn't normal for 60k people to die annually in a space the size of Manhattan."

Tommy Valdez @thomasav.bsky.social · 12m

Ooof. @davidkeithlaw.bsky.social writing off the Palestinian death count in Gaza by claiming natural mortality rates and obesity—DESPITE ISREAL'S MANMADE FAMINE IN GAZA—is really giving this kind of energy.

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Tommy Valdez @thomasav.bsky.social · 20m

🎶 Evacuate the dance floor 🎶

Tommy Valdez @thomasav.bsky.social · 21m

Hey Netanyahu taint sniffer, there are estimates of Palestinian deaths in the HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS.

Have you always been this evil or do you just reserve this kind of NAZl logic for Palestinians?

When will we finally admit: the Gaza death toll is higher than we’ve been told | Arwa Mahdawi

We have no idea how many people have been killed in Gaza but I would bet my own life that the number is far higher than the 60,000 number the media uses

www.theguardian.com

Tommy Valdez @thomasav.bsky.social · 32m

💫

Katya tweet from:
@katya_zamo
Shoot for the moon; if you miss you will die in outer space, which is cool
Sent at 1:09 PM on Oct 15, 2015

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Tommy Valdez @thomasav.bsky.social · 34m

Jock tracks

justforthedead
MICHAEL MYERS WAS 21?????????????
justforthedead
he should've been at the clubbbbbb........

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Leta Lestrange @joybella.blacksky.app · 52m

20 versus TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY!?!??!?! PRISONERS????!?! FUCK Y'ALL.

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 1h

After the release of the 20 living Israeli hostages, Israel will release 250 Palestinians serving long terms in Israeli prisons, and 1,700 others detained in Gaza during the war.

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Tommy Valdez @thomasav.bsky.social · 37m

All allegations of abuse and torture are bad, right @listessotempo.bsky.social? Because Israel...

'What have we done?': Gazan boys allege sexual abuse and torture in Israeli custody

Two Gazan boys allege they endured a month-long ordeal that would see them tortured and sexually abused in Israeli custody.

www.abc.net.au

Tommy Valdez @thomasav.bsky.social · 41m

Drag JK Rowling party, let's go!

Kate 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @itskateactually.bsky.social · Jul 31

“Gagging”

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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 48m

This is how I imagine JK Rowling when she posts.

JK Rowling says "ha ha.. h-heh. I won! I won!" She sits alone in the dark, bathed in the late of her computer screen. We pull back to see her in a large dark empty room. She continues "I won." Seeing the full scope of her cavernous workplace, she appears small and alone. She says, once again, "I won..."

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Tommy Valdez @thomasav.bsky.social · 43m

IDK @davidkeithlaw.bsky.social it's kinda funny that your figure is still less than the lowest estimate of Palestinians murdered in Gaza by the Israeli military.

Like, damn dog, if 52k is real, just wait until you hear about the 68k men, women, and children killed by the IDF.

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Tommy Valdez @thomasav.bsky.social · 45m

You need to stop supporting Israel's apartheid regime.

Tommy Valdez @thomasav.bsky.social · 46m

Pretty cool you could type this entire lie while resting below Netanyahu's taint.

Tommy Valdez @thomasav.bsky.social · 47m

Hey @rigidcolumnofwine.bsky.social you must love Trump the way you cheer on the murder of journalists.

Tommy Valdez @thomasav.bsky.social · 48m

Putting the blame on anyone but Netanyahu and the Israeli government is really fucking embarrassing.

Netanyahu rejects phased hostage deal at security cabinet after IDF chief backs Gaza talks

According to Cabinet Sources, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir Proposed Holding a Vote on the Partial Hostage Deal Framework in Order to Formally Dismiss It, but Netanyahu Responded That It ...

www.haaretz.com

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Dr.MRO/ Axel Folio @isasaxonists.bsky.social · 5h

Obligatory post in honor of Indigenous Peoples Day. Have a blessed one (unless you're a racist, then you can go to hell).

Bad Place characters in two panels
Top panel: Fun fact: Columbus is in the bad place
Bottom panel: because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide.

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Tommy Valdez @thomasav.bsky.social · 54m

Several of the hardest hit kibbutzim on October 7 were built on stolen Palestinian lands—including Be'eri, Nir Oz, Kfar Aza. Living, working, or partying on stolen land is 100% playing into Israel's policy towards Palestine.

Real Names of Stolen Villages, Illegal Settlements of the Gaza Perimeter

Palestine Square

www.palestine-studies.org

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Emily Tamkin @emilyctamkin.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve seen some accuse those who protested for a ceasefire as being disingenuous by not celebrating this one so for @forward.com I wrote about the difference between relief and joy and what the ceasefire can’t do

forward.com/opinion/7754...

I know exactly why leftists aren't celebrating this ceasefire

Why not celebrate the ceasefire? Because, while it's a relief, it won't undo all the suffering and death of the past two years.

forward.com

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"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 1h

thank you for this, @emilyctamkin.bsky.social

I know exactly why leftists aren't celebrating this ceasefire

Why not celebrate the ceasefire? Because, while it's a relief, it won't undo all the suffering and death of the past two years.

forward.com

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Tommy Valdez @thomasav.bsky.social · 1h

Israel's violent apartheid regime continues to kill Palestinians and journalist after the ceasefire. But sure, Hamas.

Amanda Follett Hosgood @amandafollett.bsky.social · 16h

The journalist previously told Al Jazeera that he had received numerous threats from Israel due to his work.

More than 270 media workers have now been killed in Gaza in the past two years.

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 17h

Sources say the 28-year-old was killed by members of Israel-linked 'militia' fighting Hamas in the Sabra neighbourhood.

Tommy Valdez @thomasav.bsky.social · 1h

Truly embarrassing sh*t from this rag. Hey, how much pollution was caused by Israel's apartheid regime during their genocide in Gaza?

‘Ecocide in Gaza’: does scale of environmental destruction amount to a war crime?

Exclusive: Satellite analysis revealed to the Guardian shows farms devastated and nearly half of the territory’s trees razed. Alongside mounting air and water pollution, experts says Israel’s onslaugh...

www.theguardian.com

Tommy Valdez @thomasav.bsky.social · 1h

How evil do you have to be to say 60,000 people murdered by Israel isn't that big of deal, @biboarderdude.bsky.social? Especially since the real death toll will be MANY, MANY times the current 68k estimate.

Not to mention 86% of world genocide scholars agree that Israel is committing genocide.

biboarderdude (he/him) @biboarderdude.bsky.social · 15h

You do realize there are 2.1 million living in Gaza, right?

I mean, 60,000 dead (I'll use your number; I haven't verified it) is an absolute atrocity. But by itself, doesn't make this a genocide.

Words have meanings; you shouldn't try to redefine them to score political points.

Tommy Valdez @thomasav.bsky.social · 1h

Oh look, another NAZl spreading lies.

J'dis ça j'dis rien @jdiscajdisrien.bsky.social · 1d

Gaza

#genocide
#Gaza

Tommy Valdez @thomasav.bsky.social · 1h

#hasbara ass bozo

J'dis ça j'dis rien @jdiscajdisrien.bsky.social · 1d

Gaza

#genocide
#Gaza