Fiona
@merlyngabriel.bsky.social
Scottish born Canadian 2x immigrant living in Germany and the Netherlands with the love of my life. A traveller upon this planet. Artist, writer poet, housewife,and too many hobbies to list. Be kind. Fuck off nazis. She/her
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Air travelers in the U.S. without a REAL ID will be charged a $45 fee beginning in February, the Transportation Security Administration announced Monday.
US air travelers without REAL IDs will be charged a $45 fee
The Transportation Security Administration has announced that U.S. air travelers without a REAL ID will face a $45 fee starting in February.
apnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Air travelers in the U.S. without a REAL ID will be charged a $45 fee beginning in February, the Transportation Security Administration announced Monday.
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"when one of Germany’s most prestigious research institutions indicates that Gaza resemble past genocides: what follows from that? After all, Germany backed Israel’s assault on Gaza both militarily and legally. As Omer Bartov put it: Germany didn’t just support the Gaza genocide. It facilitated it."
For two years officials and media in Germany dismissed Gaza’s death toll as propaganda. Now the Max Planck Institute released estimates that point to the same patterns seen in past genocides. Latest on my Substack
hannohauenstein.substack.com/p/gaza-genoc...
hannohauenstein.substack.com/p/gaza-genoc...
Germany’s Top Research Institute Confirms What Critics Said All Along About Gaza
For two years officials in Germany dismissed Gaza’s death toll as propaganda. Now the Max Planck Institute released estimates that make such denial impossible – and echo the patterns of past genocides
hannohauenstein.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:26 AM
"when one of Germany’s most prestigious research institutions indicates that Gaza resemble past genocides: what follows from that? After all, Germany backed Israel’s assault on Gaza both militarily and legally. As Omer Bartov put it: Germany didn’t just support the Gaza genocide. It facilitated it."
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Reposting this everyday until Pete Hagueseth faces justice for his crimes against humanity.
Thou Shalt Not Murder Fishermen While Pardoning Drug Lords
This is evil.
www.thegodpodcast.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Reposting this everyday until Pete Hagueseth faces justice for his crimes against humanity.
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Canada has reached a final agreement to join the EU’s €150B Security Action for Europe (SAFE) program.
December 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Canada has reached a final agreement to join the EU’s €150B Security Action for Europe (SAFE) program.
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Exactly 80 years ago this precise moment (8:40am Hamburg time, Nov. 30, 1945), German submarine commander Heinz-Wilhelm Eck and two of his former subordinates on the U-852 were shot by Allies in Hamburg for killing the survivors of a ship they had sunk. Pete Hagueseth needs to lawyer up immediately.
The Peleus War Crimes Trial
After sinking the Greek steamer Peleus in 1944, the captain ordered his crew to attack the survivors, three sailors survived and faced their attackers in a war crime trial.
www.usni.org
November 30, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Exactly 80 years ago this precise moment (8:40am Hamburg time, Nov. 30, 1945), German submarine commander Heinz-Wilhelm Eck and two of his former subordinates on the U-852 were shot by Allies in Hamburg for killing the survivors of a ship they had sunk. Pete Hagueseth needs to lawyer up immediately.
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Share TF OUT OF THIS!#TrumpCrushesYourDreams
November 22, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Share TF OUT OF THIS!#TrumpCrushesYourDreams
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Today is Trans Day Of Remembrance
#TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames
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#TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames
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November 20, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Today is Trans Day Of Remembrance
#TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames
*** Trigger warning for the following thread: Violence against trans people (especially TWOC) * * *
#TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames
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Mill workers were hugely important in the push to get women the vote. Although wages were low they, wielded economic power and were well organised.
They often, unfairly, get overlooked in the popular narrative where the quest for the vote gets cast as a purely middle or upper class movement.
They often, unfairly, get overlooked in the popular narrative where the quest for the vote gets cast as a purely middle or upper class movement.
This has to be one of of the most iconic photographs of the 20th century from March 1907. Sixteen years old suffragette Dora Thewlis. A poor mill worker from Honley in Huddersfield she was a member of the Women's Social and Political Union At a demonstration in London she is
November 20, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Mill workers were hugely important in the push to get women the vote. Although wages were low they, wielded economic power and were well organised.
They often, unfairly, get overlooked in the popular narrative where the quest for the vote gets cast as a purely middle or upper class movement.
They often, unfairly, get overlooked in the popular narrative where the quest for the vote gets cast as a purely middle or upper class movement.
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So here’s an experience of Existing While Female in 2025.
I need my roof and gutters cleaned. I called a bunch of places and most didn’t get back to me or were actually gutter cover companies that don’t actually clean your gutters unless you buy.
Found a guy. He came for an estimate. And then:
I need my roof and gutters cleaned. I called a bunch of places and most didn’t get back to me or were actually gutter cover companies that don’t actually clean your gutters unless you buy.
Found a guy. He came for an estimate. And then:
November 19, 2025 at 1:19 AM
So here’s an experience of Existing While Female in 2025.
I need my roof and gutters cleaned. I called a bunch of places and most didn’t get back to me or were actually gutter cover companies that don’t actually clean your gutters unless you buy.
Found a guy. He came for an estimate. And then:
I need my roof and gutters cleaned. I called a bunch of places and most didn’t get back to me or were actually gutter cover companies that don’t actually clean your gutters unless you buy.
Found a guy. He came for an estimate. And then:
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We’ve served our country in uniform. Now we are stepping up to serve again.
We are The Hell Cats — four female veterans that are going to flip the House in 2026.
Join the mission → www.hellcats.us/
We are The Hell Cats — four female veterans that are going to flip the House in 2026.
Join the mission → www.hellcats.us/
November 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
We’ve served our country in uniform. Now we are stepping up to serve again.
We are The Hell Cats — four female veterans that are going to flip the House in 2026.
Join the mission → www.hellcats.us/
We are The Hell Cats — four female veterans that are going to flip the House in 2026.
Join the mission → www.hellcats.us/
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Stop using the language of the rapist.
It is not sex with children, it is rape of children.
It is not underage girls, it is children.
It is not sex trafficking, it is rape trafficking.
It is not sex with children, it is rape of children.
It is not underage girls, it is children.
It is not sex trafficking, it is rape trafficking.
November 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Stop using the language of the rapist.
It is not sex with children, it is rape of children.
It is not underage girls, it is children.
It is not sex trafficking, it is rape trafficking.
It is not sex with children, it is rape of children.
It is not underage girls, it is children.
It is not sex trafficking, it is rape trafficking.
Trying to find my way back to light and joy by doing some art. The detail work gets harder because my eyes are no longer quite as cooperative as they once were. Based on Flemish style Book of Hours borders. Gold leaf initial, bronze powder border and a mix gouache & watercolour paints, oak gall ink.
November 12, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Trying to find my way back to light and joy by doing some art. The detail work gets harder because my eyes are no longer quite as cooperative as they once were. Based on Flemish style Book of Hours borders. Gold leaf initial, bronze powder border and a mix gouache & watercolour paints, oak gall ink.
A big thank you to #CBC TV for showing the Remembrance service in Ottawa live for all the world to see. As a Canadian living abroad I am so grateful you give people like me the chance to be there even if it is just by watching on a screen.
November 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
A big thank you to #CBC TV for showing the Remembrance service in Ottawa live for all the world to see. As a Canadian living abroad I am so grateful you give people like me the chance to be there even if it is just by watching on a screen.
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On Veterans Day, Barack Obama surprised an entire aircraft full of veterans.
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
On Veterans Day, Barack Obama surprised an entire aircraft full of veterans.
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But really it’s Schumer
November 10, 2025 at 6:52 AM
But really it’s Schumer
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Ohh look. It's Andrew Scheer - former leader of the Conservatives who holds dual citizenship - Canada / U.S. and has refused to give up his American citizenship. But is he also a millionaire with his career in parliament like Poilievre? Who is paying for his kids in private school?
November 10, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Ohh look. It's Andrew Scheer - former leader of the Conservatives who holds dual citizenship - Canada / U.S. and has refused to give up his American citizenship. But is he also a millionaire with his career in parliament like Poilievre? Who is paying for his kids in private school?
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Uninstall Grammarly NOW. They've partnered with an AI company and actively scrape your writing to train its models.
HEAD'S UP FELLOW #CREATIVES!
If you haven't heard, #Grammarly is changing...and one change that doesn't pass the smell test is the incorporation of the ocean-boiling plagiarism machine that is #AI. 😒
I'm ditching Grammarly TONIGHT. #Writing #Writers #NoAI
www.grammarly.com/blog/company...
If you haven't heard, #Grammarly is changing...and one change that doesn't pass the smell test is the incorporation of the ocean-boiling plagiarism machine that is #AI. 😒
I'm ditching Grammarly TONIGHT. #Writing #Writers #NoAI
www.grammarly.com/blog/company...
Grammarly Rebrands Company as Superhuman, Introduces Superhuman Suite and Superhuman Go
Superhuman Platform delivers proactive, context-aware AI agents that work in the flow of work, wherever people work Grammarly today announced it is changing its company…
www.grammarly.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Uninstall Grammarly NOW. They've partnered with an AI company and actively scrape your writing to train its models.
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We’re trying to kickstart sales on PeaceLoveCanada.ca, so feel free to help out
November 8, 2025 at 12:16 AM
We’re trying to kickstart sales on PeaceLoveCanada.ca, so feel free to help out
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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These are so routine now that I sometimes miss them.
We murdered three more people in the Caribbean.
We murdered three more people in the Caribbean.
Man, this shit is out of hand and someone need tell us why in the fuck we are blowing up fucking boats? This ain't the shit we are fucking supposed to be doing. Someone please explain why in the entire fuck we are just blowing up fucking people? It needs to happen now
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/p...
US military strikes another boat in the Caribbean, killing 3 | CNN Politics
The US military conducted a strike against a vessel in the Caribbean on Thursday, killing three people, according to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:31 AM
These are so routine now that I sometimes miss them.
We murdered three more people in the Caribbean.
We murdered three more people in the Caribbean.
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Saving a life is more important than policing small amounts of drug use, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled last month.
@michellegamage.bsky.social reports. #canpoli #ToxicDrugCrisis
@michellegamage.bsky.social reports. #canpoli #ToxicDrugCrisis
The Supreme Court of Canada Wants You to Call 911 if Someone Is Overdosing | The Tyee
Police can’t arrest a person for drug possession if they call for help and stick around, a new ruling finds.
thetyee.ca
November 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Saving a life is more important than policing small amounts of drug use, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled last month.
@michellegamage.bsky.social reports. #canpoli #ToxicDrugCrisis
@michellegamage.bsky.social reports. #canpoli #ToxicDrugCrisis
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There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
There are no words for how evil this is