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Yvonne Martin

@ymartin.bsky.social

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Hibernating soprano, family person - wife of @azanoun.bsky.social (deux enfants), quilter, culturally Mennonite. Teaching Music while masking. Have been called a stirrer. No idea why.

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Yvonne Martin @ymartin.bsky.social · Apr 18

My husband Ayman has withdrawn from Substack and from Bluesky; a profile and sample of his book Palestinian Blues is available here: www.kirkusreviews.com/author/ayman...

Ayman Zanoun | Kirkus Reviews

www.kirkusreviews.com

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 40m

Welcome, new followers. Please add alt text to the images you post. What is alt text? Glad you asked:

Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · Nov 19

A brief thread on alt-text.

Alt text is descriptive text that conveys the meaning of an image. It's designed to make visual content accessible to people with vision disabilities. When a person uses assistive technology such as a screen reader, the screen reader will read the onscreen text aloud 1/7

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The Haunted Bookshop @bookshopghost.bsky.social · 21h

No.

Our mask requirement is not "virtue signalling".

It's protecting a) the cancer patient and b) the child who is still too small to wear a mask.

And also--and I can't emphasize this strongly enough--you.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 19h

You gently run your hand through the rack. You can feel it—pure cotton, rich wool, Irish linen. The plump buttonholes are handsewn; the buttons attached with a firm shank. You flip the price tag over. It's affordable

You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month

Headline reads: Altman says ChatGPT will soon allow erotic for adult users.

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 1d

The answer to "is Benjamin Netanyahu a war criminal?" is "yes, but he's also a genocider," and this should not be controversial.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1d

Ta Nehisi Coates went to a country that imposed a military dictatorship onto five million people on the arbitrary basis of race and came away thinking that that's bad and some people are still angry with him because of that

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 1d

More incredible photography from Anthony Vazquez of the @chicago.suntimes.com. The photo credits are in the alt text.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem, and DHS need to answer for their unchecked attacks on Chicago residents.

ICE is an out-of-control danger to our peaceful communities.

The images from the Sun-Times today speak for themselves.

An ICE agent throws a tear gas canister at protesters at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

Federal immigration enforcement agents detain a protester during a skirmish at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent points a crowd control weapon at a protester Tuesday at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A Chicago Police Department officer washes his face after being exposed to tear gas during a protest at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

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LA Legault ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 1d

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Yuen Pau Woo @ypwoo.bsky.social · 1d

We are allowing again today what was to be never again.

I recently introduced a motion calling on the government to examine the risk to Canada of complicity in violations of international humanitarian law and genocide.

To watch or read the full speech: senatoryuenpauwoo.ca/en/parliamen...

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WIRED @wired.com · 1d

NEW: A presentation that has been shared with the Trump administration references Tesla, Ikea, TSMC, and more in its plan to rebuild the region. Some of these companies say they had absolutely no idea they were mentioned.

A Plan to Rebuild Gaza Lists Nearly 30 Companies. Many Say They're Not Involved

A presentation that has been shared with the Trump administration references Tesla, Ikea, TSMC, and more in its plan to rebuild Gaza. Some of these companies say they had no idea they were mentioned.

www.wired.com

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The Mirror @mirror.co.uk · 1d

Brits have been urged to take extra care as the Stratus Covid variant becomes the most common strain

NHS issues 5-day Covid warning as 2 variants dominant in UK

www.mirror.co.uk

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

israel has already broken the ceasefire

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1d

Sums it all up

Martin Konený
@MartinKonecny
X.com
EU Commission press briefing
yesterday:
Journalist: You've said that Russia should repay for reconstruction of Ukraine. Do you believe Israel should repay for reconstruction of Gaza?
EU chief spox: It's an interesting question, on which I have no

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 1d

The first time newly freed photojournalist Shadi Abu Sido spoke to his family after being released from Israeli captivity:

Video below ⬇️

Freed photojournalist Shadi Abu Sido, kidnapped on March 18, 2024, during the Israeli raid on Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza, expressed shock at the world’s silence after 20 months.

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 1d

🚨In blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement, Israel has announced it will slash agreed aid shipments in half and keep the Rafah crossing closed, after Hamas returned four of the 28 bodies of Israeli captives believed to be in Gaza.

Hamas officials had repeatedly told mediators...

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According to Reuters who cited three Israeli officials, the Rafah crossing will remain closed through Wednesday, and aid deliveries will be sharply reduced. And Israeli outlets are claiming Hamas violated the deal, with Channel 12 citing an official alleging Hamas is “in severe breach” by not releasing more bodies. Egypt has reportedly deployed teams in Gaza to help locate them.

In a formal COGAT communication, Israel tied humanitarian aid directly to the return of bodies — a move amounting to collective punishment of a famine-stricken population:

“Yesterday, Hamas violated the agreement… As a result, political leadership has decided to impose a number of sanctions related to the humanitarian agreement. Starting tomorrow, only half of the agreed number of trucks — 300 — will be allowed to enter, all belonging to the UN and humanitarian NGOs. No fuel or gas will be allowed into the Strip, except for limited humanitarian needs.”

Senior Hamas leader Mousa Abu Marzouk told Drop Site’s Jeremy Scahill last week that a prisoner exchange “would be impossible” while Israeli forces remain in Gaza’s population centers:

“We don’t know exactly where the prisoners are. Even the negotiators don’t know their locations. There cannot be an exchange if Israeli forces remain.”

Marzouk warned that Israel’s refusal to withdraw proves it “does not want Trump’s ceasefire plan to be implemented.”

As early as October 3, when Hamas first delivered its response to Trump’s plan, Marzouk said on television that locating remains “would take months” after Israel destroyed and blocked off delivery of desperately needed heavy machinery. It would be “impossible” in 72 hours.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

"a test"? you mean...a violation?

AP: Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages, a test for the Gaza ceasefire

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Yvonne Martin @ymartin.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you

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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 1d

" #Photos: Sadness hangs over the family of Sir Muhammad Kamel Omran after the joy of his release from prison was marred by Israel's decision to deport him from the country."

www.threads.com/@5newspal/po...

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#FreePalestine #Gaza #Israel #News #Palestine #PalestineNews #WorldNews

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 2d

I can’t help but think today about how many young people were savaged on social media, branded as anti-semites and abandoned by their schools for daring to call for a ceasefire. I remember saying that it was the first time I can remember that calling for ceasefire was regarded as a hostile demand.

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fairshare.help @fairshare.help · 2d

Please contribute if you're able or share the original if you're not.

Note that the most effective way to get help for people is to directly ask people you know

P.hala 💔 @teacher-h.bsky.social · 12d

Amid the rubble of destroyed homes, the cold tents, and the bodies of the dead, I search for traces of life, but find only unbearable cruelty, endless fear, and merciless hunger 💔.
♦️ My only hope for survival now is your support and solidarity 🫂.
t.co/qDos7sWaNM

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fairshare.help @fairshare.help · 2d

Please contribute if you're able or share if you're not.

Directly asking people you know is most effective

Donate to Help me and help my children, organized by Lamis Adwan

Hello, my name is Lamis. I’m 22 years old and a third-year dental student. I was supposed to … Lamis Adwan needs your support for Help me and help my children

www.gofundme.com

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Mesk @miskhema.bsky.social · Sep 10

I cry a lot when I see my daughter Musk without milk.😭

I cry a lot for her dry lips and her hungry face.😔

I cry because her scream is louder than my strength.😭

And the water is deeper than the silence of the world.

gofund.me/36163bc9

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Olive 🍉 @limbischessystem.bsky.social · 11d

This is Soboh while displacement and famine in genocide.
Please support him and his family.
They are in dire need.

He is verified ✅ by me.
We are in constant contact.

gofund.me/862a4443

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Olive 🍉 @limbischessystem.bsky.social · May 31

„I write to you in the most difficult moments of my life. All I have left are words to express an indescribable pain. Here in G*za, where I live“

_ Usama, father

gofund.me/edee2aeb

Please share - and keep people in G*za in your thoughts.

Give if you can.

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cowhand @benmorrow991.bsky.social · 2d

Ahmed just reached out. I really don't want yet another infant to die. We have an opportunity to help.

gofund.me/08bab9cf4

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 2d

Israel violates the ceasefire - and threatens more genocidal violence.

New post 👇

www.owenjones.news/p/israel-vio...

Israel violates ceasefire, threatens more violence

Palestinians in Gaza are celebrating - but danger remains

www.owenjones.news

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