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Hilary Kerr
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Adult human female. Hopeful for the Labour government. Pro-Europe. Pro-Palestine. Pro-Ukraine.
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An independent Palestinian non-governmental human rights organisation based in Ramallah has failed in its attempt to challenge the lawfulness of a UK government decision permitting the export of F-35 fighter jet components to Israel.

rozenberg.substack.com/p/f-35-chall...
F-35 challenge fails
High Court refuses to let Palestinian NGO challenge ministerial decision
rozenberg.substack.com
July 1, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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every sunday harry liked to come to the park with a big bag of werther’s and feed the old men
June 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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This is the darkest time in our nation since the Civil War. The right is radicalized at Berlin 1941 levels and many Americans are celebrating cruelty and lawlessness masquerading as power.

It is time for an awakening of morality, decency and public resistance to evil.
June 30, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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A single Glastonbury chant shattered the illusion of free speech, exposing Britain's fragile moral panic machine

The Bear
Who decides what’s ‘hate speech’ and what’s dissent?
A single Glastonbury chant shattered the illusion of free speech, exposing Britain's fragile moral panic machine
eastangliabylines.co.uk
July 1, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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happy bday Polish writer/translator Czesław Miłosz, b1911, won 1980 Nobel Prize Lit

“Not that I want to be a god or a hero. Just to change into a tree, grow for ages, not hurt anyone.

“In a room where
people unanimously maintain
a conspiracy of silence,
one word of truth
sounds like a pistol shot.
June 30, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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I can't find the answer in the law books
June 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Remember when nobody came to save us? The creators of what's happening today aren't coming to save us. We're on our own. Therefore, you must protect yourself & your loved ones by any means necessary or don't complain. Like a broken record, the system repeats.🙁
June 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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👍🏼 sure didn't...
July 1, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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ICE “bounty hunters” dressed like they’re in a war zone to detain day laborers and a lady selling tacos at a Home Depot in Cypress Park this morning.

I’m so sick of these punks!
July 1, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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Please put water out for the wildlife!
a group of birds are standing in a bird bath .
ALT: a group of birds are standing in a bird bath .
media.tenor.com
June 30, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Alligator Alcatraz is in the Everglades. These camps are NEVER temporary. NEVER. Speak out‼️

www.naplesnews.com/story/news/2...
July 1, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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The US supreme court has ruled that schools must give children the chance to opt out on faith grounds from listening to storybooks that feature gay and transgender characters, in a landmark decision that will be seen as a win for religious rights in education.
June 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Due to the ongoing U.S. measles outbreak, a Texas man worried that his young son was at risk and took him to get vaccinated.

The cost of the shot? $1,400.
A Texas boy needed protection from measles. The vaccine cost $1,400.
Due to the ongoing U.S. measles outbreak, a Texas man worried that his young son was at risk and took him to get vaccinated. The cost of the shot? $1,400.
wapo.st
June 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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The list of provisions in the big, bloated bill currently being debated in the Senate includes this little-remarked-on doozy:
June 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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“ICE” better catch a clue before they attack folks and then lie to a judge about being attacked. We are watching and recording them, as is our right. We’re not just relying on surveillance video.
June 30, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Enjoy this wood duck for your #DuckOfTheDay.
June 30, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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(Reuters) - Palestinians in northern Gaza reported one of the worst nights of Israeli bombardment in weeks after the military issued mass evacuation orders.
Israel steps up Gaza bombardment ahead of White House talks on ceasefire
Israeli tanks pushed into the eastern areas of Zeitoun suburb in Gaza City and shelled several areas in the north, while aircraft bombed at least four schools after ordering hundreds of families sheltering inside to leave, residents said.
www.reuters.com
June 30, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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June 30, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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The very fact that such social media have algorithms at all gives the lie to their claim that they are simply platforms for others to use.

They are publishers by any other name and should be liable to the same rigors of common law as all legacy publishers are.

www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
Brussels orders X to hand over documents on algorithm
Expansion of probe follows complaints from politicians in Germany ahead of election next month
www.irishtimes.com
January 18, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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www.wsj.com/world/in-a-n...

This is why a strong & unified Europe was IMHO of critical importance. Brexit was a mere microcosm of what both Putin and Trump crave. There is little hope of all the small countries in the world reforming a new UN for their own safeguard.

Really sad things happening.
Essay | In a New Age of Empire, Great Powers Aim to Carve Up the Planet
After World War II, nations pledged to create a more equal and law-abiding world. Now Russia, China and the U.S. are returning to an older model in which powerful countries impose their will.
www.wsj.com
January 19, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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At last the invasion of Ukraine is, at least, called a war and not a special military operation.

Trump, the appeaser, should obviously meet Putin in Munich and not the Middle East.

www.spectator.co.uk/article/dona...
Donald Trump is making the same mistake as Neville Chamberlain
It is easy to forget how popular Neville Chamberlain was in the autumn of 1938. Proclaiming ‘peace in our time’ after signing the Munich Agreement, he was heralded as the deal-maker supreme. A leader ...
www.spectator.co.uk
February 16, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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Ukraine is not, as the Russian ambassador said, a "project."
Its statehood is older than Muscovy’s.
It has been a member of the US longer than Russia.
It has a language, an identity and its own aspirations.

youtu.be/p4JFNtlxz9k
Radosław Sikorski: Ukraine is not a "project", UN General Assembly, New York 24.02.2025
YouTube video by Radosław Sikorski - kanał oficjalny
youtu.be
February 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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No illusions, Trump is ditching its friends. Orwell trying to define fascist decided that bully was a good synonym. Trump and Vance's behaviour towards Zelensky shows them at their bullying best.

Tariffs on US goods no problem for me. I want none of their stuff.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
‘Free world needs a new leader’, says EU foreign chief after Trump Zelenskyy row
The EU foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, said ‘the free world needs a new leader’ and that it was up to Europeans to take this challenge
www.theguardian.com
March 1, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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No need to impose tariffs on US goods if we all simply stop buying them.

I used to like Ford cars, for example, but would now baulk at buying anything made in Trump's USA.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘I feel utter anger’: From Canada to Europe, a movement to boycott US goods is spreading
Tesla sales are falling and apps and online groups are springing up to help consumers choose non-US items
www.theguardian.com
March 12, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Today's worry: Can the UK, Canada, Australia (?) and Europe resist the USA as well as Russia?
March 18, 2025 at 5:31 AM