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Dad, architect among other things. Into #music, #cats, #karate #photography #reading #cinema #wine and increasingly #gaming.

Prone to ranting, all opinions are my own etc. etc.
Give Asmaa and her family a chance at life chuffed.org/project/1245...
Give Asmaa and her family a chance at life
A Plea for Help: Asmaa’s Story of Survival in Gaza
chuffed.org
October 28, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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What is one thing our colleagues lost, miss and cannot escape in #Gaza? Hear our staff reflect on living and working through the genocide.

Doctors Without Borders calls for an immediate ceasefire and an end to the bloodshed.
October 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
October 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
There are few things I truly hate more than Eurovision, but one of them is whitewashing a genocide.

#freepalestine
Eurovision - Ban Israel now!
More and more countries are calling for Israel to be banned. Join in this critical moment – and push Eurovision to act!
secure.avaaz.org
September 21, 2025 at 12:58 PM
A genocidal state has no place in the World Cup.

#freepalestine
FIFA are rolling out the red carpet for Israel
But together with these brave Italian football coaches, we can do something about it. Join us.
secure.avaaz.org
September 4, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Following the targeted killing of Anas al Sharif and other Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza by the IDF, its clear #microsoft has blood on its hands

#freepalestine
Microsoft workers occupy HQ in protest against company’s ties to Israeli military
Employees outraged by report Azure platform used by Israel to store surveillance data collected on Palestinians
www.theguardian.com
August 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
An interview with Hamada Sho in this month’s Time magazine. In the early days of the war he prepared meals for the kids in Gaza using what supplies he could find. Unable to find food, he now distributes clean water. An amazing, kind and inspiring man in an unimaginably awful situation
#freepalestine
Hamada Sho: I Can No Longer Feed Kids in Gaza
"What is happening in Gaza today is bigger than my personal story," writes Hamada Sho. "Hunger has become a weapon."
time.com
August 8, 2025 at 7:54 AM
@irvinewelsh.bsky.social and @zadiesmith.bsky.social add their name to the growing number of creatives calling for an israel boycott and an end to their starvation of Gaza.

#freepalestine
Zadie Smith, Michael Rosen, Irvine Welsh and Jeanette Winterson sign letter calling for Israel boycott
More than 200 writers request cessation of all trade until people of Gaza given adequate food, water and aid
www.theguardian.com
August 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen.

By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza
August 4, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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"In reality, our wildlife here is pretty boring: squirrels, some deer, a few bears. All pretty normal stuff.”
Australia Admits All Those Animals Made Up
SYDNEY—Saying the ruse began as a harmless prank about the continent’s mammals having pouches, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese admitted Tuesday that all those animals like wallabies, numbat...
theonion.com
August 6, 2025 at 8:07 AM
It’s a shame things have come this far before these these voices have been raised, but it’s a small step in the right direction

#ceasefirenow #freePalestine
Israeli public figures call for ‘crippling sanctions’ on Israel over Gaza starvation
Thirty-one high-profile Israelis accuse Tel Aviv of ‘brutal campaign’ and demand permanent ceasefire in letter
www.theguardian.com
July 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Why are we reluctant to recognize Israel’s genocide in Gaza? | Kenneth Roth
Why are we reluctant to recognize Israel’s genocide in Gaza? | Kenneth Roth
A narrow understanding of the term, as well as Israel’s history as a haven for genocide victims, explains the dissonance
www.theguardian.com
July 24, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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This is what our governments are enabling.
July 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Palestinian photojournalist Abdel Rahim Khudr breaks down after discovering the loss of 48 family members in an Israeli air attack that hit his home in northern Gaza on the first day of Eid al-Adha.
June 8, 2025 at 10:44 AM
..saw the truly awesome #Wunderhorse last night. A master class in rocking the fuck out!
I don’t think we’ll be lucky enough to see them at such an intimate venue again!
June 6, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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After deliberately blocking humanitarian assistance from entering Gaza for 78 days, Israel has begun allowing in a “basic amount” of aid.

Israeli authorities’ blockade and use of starvation of civilians as a weapon of war amounts to war crimes and acts of genocide.
May 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Access to food in #Gaza is desperately low in the longest siege since the start of the war.

Hear Amande Bazerolle, Emergency Coordinator for Doctors Without Borders, speak on the worsening malnutrition crisis.
May 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Love this!

#JarvisCocker is (in my humble opinion) the last great lyricist.
My cultural awakening: a Pulp song made me realise I was in love with my best friend
I was too afraid to confess my feelings and be rejected, until hearing Jarvis Cocker’s words gave me a moment of clarity
www.theguardian.com
May 17, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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SORRY. Sorry.
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
April 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Is it telling that Vance didn’t wear a tie on his visit to Greenland?
March 28, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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March 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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The moral of this story is

*do not drop all or even most protection measures against diseases*

or you will go down a very similar path to the last person that played let’s pretend.

www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Five years on: The countries that never locked down for Covid-19
Most of the world went into lockdowns in March 2020 response to the Covid-19 pandemic, but what has been the impact in those that didn't impose strict restrictions?
www.bbc.com
March 6, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Fucking ping pong paddles? Is that the best they could manage? This is not what an effective or remotely serious opposition like looks like.
March 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
..it’s also pretty clear what the “D” in “JD” stands for.
What a disgusting human being Donald Trump is.
February 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM