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Wendy Orent

@wendyorent.bsky.social

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Science writer, anthropologist, Ph.D. (fieldwork in Israel), member of plague lovers' society, disease evolution nerd, author of Plague, co-author of Biowarrior, I.V. Domaradskij's memoir. Former science writing instructor at Emory.

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Wendy Orent @wendyorent.bsky.social · 3h

Oh ok, sure thing. Anything you say, tankie.

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Wendy Orent @wendyorent.bsky.social · 7h

Where you can see all the wattles of his turkey neck.

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OldDominionBlue 💛🐝🌻🪷🟦🇺🇦 @jaegersmomma.bsky.social · 8h

Crying my eyes out.

JennyBeeFightsFascists🐝🟦✡️🎗️💛🕊️🪩🌟 @benbennybee.bsky.social · 8h

THEY ARE HOME!!!🎗️🌟💛🇮🇱
THEY ARE HOME!!!🎗️🌟💛🇮🇱
THEY ARE HOME!!!🎗️🌟💛🇮🇱
AM YISRAEL CHAI!🧿🪬💙🇮🇱
AM YISRAEL CHAI!🧿🪬💙🇮🇱
AM YISRAEL CHAI!🧿🪬💙🇮🇱

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Wendy Orent @wendyorent.bsky.social · 8h

OK, Dumb Robo.
Bye now.

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Wendy Orent @wendyorent.bsky.social · 8h

Why the hell are people still banging on about Biden when we have a demented, insane psycho in the White House?
(And Biden was a great president.)

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Wendy Orent @wendyorent.bsky.social · 8h

Um. I think you really might want to DM me.

Wendy Orent @wendyorent.bsky.social · 8h

One in two million people. Yeah, rare all right. It can be treated though, as I know.

Wendy Orent @wendyorent.bsky.social · 8h

I'm not happy to be a resource but I am one. I hope you are getting chemo?

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Wendy Orent @wendyorent.bsky.social · 8h

I never saw your earlier posts. If you want to DM me I can possibly tell you some things. Because that's the exact fucker I know too well.

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 8h

“Are you the same person telling people not to vote?” @kamalaharris.com is teaching today!

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Kamala is all out of f*cks and I’m here for it 🔥

We see you, @codepink.bsky.social

Your paid performative agitators pop up on her book tour like they think we don’t know the VP’s job.

The VP doesn’t set Middle East policy, the President does. The VP’s role is to support the President, period.

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Wendy Orent @wendyorent.bsky.social · 8h

I am SO tired of people banging on about what Harris should or shouldn't have done. She was in a terrible position, and I don't think she has anything to answer for. I'm sorry. I just don't.

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Wendy Orent @wendyorent.bsky.social · 8h

STOP

Wendy Orent @wendyorent.bsky.social · 8h

Fuck. I didn't know you have sarcoma. I'm too well acquainted with sarcoma. I hope you're getting excellent treatment for the condition. And I'm so sorry you're in pain.

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Wendy Orent @wendyorent.bsky.social · 8h

The "Realign For Palestine" people?
That would be nice.
Like sane voices are really going to be allowed to emerge from that maelstrom.

Wendy Orent @wendyorent.bsky.social · 8h

Because of course Hamas are all Freedom Fighters.
Just ask Greta and her friends, and all the anti-semites crawling around this planet.

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Malcolm P. Johnson @admiralmpj.bsky.social · 9h

I do. You do.

But the people who've been using Zionist as an epithet recently? I don't know.

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Wendy Orent @wendyorent.bsky.social · 9h

I don't believe for a moment that Harris couldn't have got this done. She's smart and she's tough - way tougher than Taco Trump.

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Wendy Orent @wendyorent.bsky.social · 9h

I mean Hamas is executing opponents.They're murderers. But does anyone care?

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Wendy Orent @wendyorent.bsky.social · 9h

They don't care. No Jews, no news.
And it is bad. Very bad. They're executing Hamas opponents. Shooting them in cold blood.
In what world is that OK?

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Malcolm P. Johnson @admiralmpj.bsky.social · 1d

Guess what? Israel isn't killing these Gazans.

Hamas is.

Gazans are dying. It's not a Genocide, but it's still bad.

So...where is Greta Thunberg and her Pro-Palestinan Protester pals now? www.bbc.com/news/article...

Gaza City clashes between Hamas and clan members leave 27 dead

At least 27 people have been killed in one of the most violent internal confrontations since Israeli troops withdrew.

www.bbc.com

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Wendy Orent @wendyorent.bsky.social · 9h

The brilliant Greta Thunberg posted a photo of the very same hostage Evyatar David, claiming he was a Palestinian starved by the Israelis.
You can't make this embarrassing shit up.
Oh, and what happened to all the "aid" her flotilla wasbringing? I understand there wasn't much, if anything?

Shoshana Journey @shoshjourney.bsky.social · 18d

In case anyone was taken in by Hamas's claims that the hostages, who are being starved to death, get the same food as Hamas.

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it's Candy Love @candylovely.bsky.social · 3d

These paid pro Palestine terrorist interrupt Kamala Harris book tour again, And she's had about enough" Understand the connection to Trump, MAGA, and leftist groups, Remember" we hadn't seen or heard from this racist clowns until she started her book tour. This is about the 2026 midterms to hurt DEM

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Wendy Orent @wendyorent.bsky.social · 9h

Let us not forget that one of those dead hostages was Bipin Joshi, three weeks in Israel, who saved the lives of several other foreign workers. Never forget.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...

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Malcolm P. Johnson @admiralmpj.bsky.social · 1d

So...Hamas is innocent in your mind?

Hamas didn't kill people on October 7th?
Hamas didn't rape their capitves?
Hamas didn't hold hostages?
Hamas continue to fire rockets into Israel AFTER October 7th?

And by the way, maybe Hamas shouldn't write checks that the Palestinian people have to cash.

Define Patriot @billroberson.bsky.social · 1d

HAMAS didn't take out the schools, hospitals and refugee camps
HAMAS didn't shut off the water.
HAMAS didn't blockade the aid trucks.
And by the way attacking the aid boats was an international crime.
Get real.

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paghetti.bsky.social @paghetti.bsky.social · 10h

@jjgreenjr.bsky.social @genmhayden.bsky.social @brma64.bsky.social @malcolmnance.bsky.social what did I say? there will be no disarmament.

JennyBeeFightsFascists🐝🟦✡️🎗️💛🕊️🪩🌟 @benbennybee.bsky.social · 10h

Graphic Video: Hamas lines up family members &shoots them point blank in the back of the head.
Lawless terrorists. No proof. No trial.
This is within 24 hours of IDF withdrawal!
Way to go Free Palestine/Pro Hamas! This is what you have done to Free Palestinians!
Get IDF out of your fucking mouths!

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