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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Shell’s refineries expected to make record profits. Profit margins of $42 a barrel, up from $24 a barrel. Cashing in on global conflicts. Bumper payouts for execs and shareholders. Misery for households and businesses. Millions plunged into poverty. Must levy 100% windfall tax.
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Shell expects refineries to almost double the profit from every barrel of fuel made
Record prices caused by global shortages amid shutdown of war-damaged refineries in Middle East and Russia
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 18h
As expected, @mehdirhasan.bsky.social's "Hannibal Directive" piece pissed off all the right people. Good news: you can watch the FULL 22-minute exposé on the Israeli military's secretive order that saw Israel kill its own civilians on October 7th on Zeteo's YouTube.
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dal0028751.bsky.social @dal0028751.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Marco Rubio: We would never violate the sovereignty of any country. and wat you do in cuba world criminal rubio and other areas and green land and canada and middle east and lebanon and golan and gaza and west bank and iran and oter areas , mental sick usa regime
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This looks like a crucial investigation to me, building on an essential body of work by @bylinetimes.bsky.social Please help to support it. subscribe.bylinetimes.com/lightuptheda...
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#LightUpTheDark – Byline Times
Dark Enlightenment: The US Far-Right War on British Institutions Help Byline Times Fund aN URGENT New INVESTIGATIVE SERIES #LightUpTheDark What is the Dark Enlightenment? The extraordinary anti-DEI me...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The government has declared datacentres “nationally significant infrastructure projects” that can be forced through the planning system. This means getting preferential access to water. Yet it has no idea what they're used for. Our dwindling supplies might be prioritised for nudifying celebrities.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The threats to our resilience are the same as the threats to our democracy: corporate lobbyists shaping policy, with dire consequences for our ability to withstand crises. Burnham seems to want to change this. But is he aware of scale of the task? My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
Stockpile food – and wash your hands: is that really how to prepare for environmental catastrophe? | George Monbiot
The UK state is dumping its responsibilities on our doorsteps, while green-lighting policies that lead us closer to crisis, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Tory £6bn inheritance tax cut plan Increase threshold from £1m per couple to £2m+home. In 2024-25, 30,400 estates paid IHT, may rise to 52,100 in 2029-30. IHT cut for the richest, paid by cutting benefits for old, sick, disabled, unemployed. How will it help economic growth, reindustrialization?
bbc.co.uk
Kemi Badenoch says Tories would scrap inheritance tax on family homes
Tory leader says her party is "coming back", as she aims to convince voters it has changed after 2024 election defeat.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Private equity owners of Boots sell it to another PE group from Canada for £6.74bn. Debt-laden PE has no long-term interest. Everything is a commodity. No UK tax levied on dividends paid to foreign owners, which sweetens cash extraction. PE dominates town centres, when it crashes ...
theguardian.com
Canada’s Weston family buys Boots for $8.9bn
Former Selfridges owners buy UK high street institution from long-term backer Stefano Pessina
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+972 Magazine @972mag.com · 08/10/2026
Debunking Israel’s latest list of ‘terrorist’ journalists in Gaza The evidence against the 170 media workers named in ‘The Press Files’ includes empty pages, clearly edited documents, and unverifiable snippets. Analysis by Muhammad Shehada www.972mag.com/israeli-army...
972mag.com
Debunking Israel’s latest list of ‘terrorist’ journalists in Gaza
The evidence against the 170 media workers named in ‘The Press Files’ includes empty pages, clearly edited documents, and unverifiable snippets.
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+972 Magazine @972mag.com · 08/10/2026
Israel’s flailing chatbot army No longer able to rely on traditional lobbying, Israel is pouring huge funds into ‘cognitive warfare’ aimed at manipulating the responses of AI platforms. By Aharon Porath www.972mag.com/israel-ai-ch...
972mag.com
Israel’s flailing chatbot army
No longer able to rely on traditional lobbying, Israel is pouring huge funds into ‘cognitive warfare’ aimed at manipulating the responses of AI platforms.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Deloitte fined £6.05m for dud audits at Go-Ahead Group. Fines passed to clients in higher charges. Big firms routinely deliver dud audits. None shut down. Regulator so impressed, set to reduce audit quality inspections, will rely on self-reporting by firms.
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Sanctions against Deloitte LLP
Executive Counsel of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has issued a Final Settlement Decision Notice under the Audit Enforcement Procedure and imposed sanctions against Deloitte LLP (Deloitte) in ...
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Beyond awkward. Look how the Labour candidate in Holborn and St. Pancras responded when Palestine was mentioned. 😱😱😱😱
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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 08/10/2026
👉REVEALED -- The BP-linked oil spill leaving Angolans sick and hungry by Stéffie Banatvala & Giorgio Michalopoulos Satellite imagery shows how oil has been leaking off Angola’s coast for 13 years, sickening locals and polluting their environment www.declassifieduk.org/revealed-the...
declassifieduk.org
Revealed: The BP-linked oil spill leaving Angolans sick and hungry
Satellite imagery uncovered by Declassified shows how oil has been leaking off Angola’s coast for 13 years, sickening locals and polluting their environment
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Many of today's Palestinians are actually descendants of the ancient Jewish people. Some of their oppressors are not. Make it make sense!
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Ofwat appoints Grant Thornton to help improve South East Water performance l £6m wasted. Similar exercise at Thames Water yielded zilch. SEW has £1.7bn debt, can't raise new money, loses 100m litres of water a day to leaks, customers fleeced for decades. End the scam. Nationalise water.
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Ofwat lines up independent monitor for troubled South East Water
The water regulator plans to appoint Grant Thornton to a multimillion-pound contract overseeing the utility's performance and turnaround plan, Sky News learns.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Thousands of active UK companies may have fraudulent directors. Anyone can form a company in the UK. Companies need one natural person as a director who can be non-UK resident. Too many small companies are fronts for crimes I have long called for companies to have one UK resident director.
tradersunion.com
UK companies face scrutiny as identity checks expose possible fraudulent directors
New UK identity rules reveal possible fraudulent company directors as overdue filings surge, raising concerns about the accuracy of corporate records.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Failures of privatisation. Royal Mail to cut up to 2,500 jobs Foreign-owned RM doesn't meet letter delivery targets even after regulator lowered them. Postage: 1st class, £1.80, 2nd class 91p. When privatized in 2013: 1st class 60p; 2nd class 50p. Poor service at triple price. Customers fleeced.
bbc.co.uk
Royal Mail plans to cut 2,500 head office jobs
The postal service firm wants to cut the head office and other jobs by the end of 2027.
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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 07/10/2026
👉NEW -- Britain helped to kill ‘Zionism is Racism’ resolution at the UN by John McEvoy Exclusive: UK foreign secretary boasted about “mounting a world wide lobbying exercise” against landmark motion. www.declassifieduk.org/britain-help...
declassifieduk.org
Britain helped to kill ‘Zionism is Racism’ resolution at the UN
Exclusive: UK foreign secretary boasted about “mounting a world wide lobbying exercise” against landmark motion.
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+972 Magazine @972mag.com · 07/10/2026
PODCAST: ‘We threw ourselves out of Gaza, but never really left’ Three years into the genocide, journalist Mohammed Mhawish reflects on the physical and mental toll of survival, and remembers Gaza as a place of life. Listen now www.972mag.com/podcast-gaza...
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‘We threw ourselves out of Gaza, but never really left’
Three years into the genocide, journalist Mohammed Mhawish reflects on the physical and mental toll of survival, and remembers Gaza as a place of life.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
UK govt plans £1bn energy bills help for poorer households. How about cutting energy profit margins, 100% windfall tax on excess profits before turning to the public purse. UK energy sector is mostly foreign-owned. Dividends paid without any UK tax deduction. End this perk, raise billions.
theguardian.com
Chancellor plans major intervention to help poorer UK households with rising energy bills
Exclusive: Officials working on further radical changes that would change how much energy companies could charge customers
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 07/10/2026
Today, Palestine can be seen & heard everywhere. And while public opinion has shifted, we still haven't seen this translate into a shift in policy. Three years into the Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, Diana Buttu reflects on why the reality on the ground hasn’t changed. 🔗 zeteo.com/p/israel-is-...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
BT to buy the broadband supplier TalkTalk in a £400m deal. BT is already the biggest provider with 30% of the market. If the deal is approved by the competition regulator, it would be bad news for customers. Less competition, less choice, higher prices.
theguardian.com
BT to buy broadband supplier TalkTalk in £400m rescue deal, saving 900 jobs
Virgin Media O2 complains of ‘stitch-up’ over rival provider, which has 1.5m customers
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Shadow chancellor vows to cut tax in every Tory budget As always, it would be tax cuts for the rich. No mention of corporate welfare, equitable distribution of income/wealth. We haven't recovered from previous Tory follies. NHS queues, potholed road, crumbling schools. What will they cut next?
bbc.co.uk
Shadow chancellor vows to cut at least one tax in every Tory budget
Shadow ministers unveiled a series of policies on day two of the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Devoid of ideas, Tories vow return to Thatcherite policies. They want to cut social spending, build prisons, cut taxes for the rich, free childcare for individuals earning £1m. What will they privatise, sell to foreign investors? No ideas on infrastructure investment, regulation of capitalism.
independent.co.uk
Kemi Badenoch positions herself as modern day Thatcher and vows to revive Tories
The Tory leader dismissed suggestions that her focus on cutting benefits and building more prisons signalled a return of the ‘nasty party’
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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 06/10/2026
👉NEW -- Tories took £1.3 million from firm linked to Israeli settlements by Martin Williams & Dania Akkad Amnesty International says Conservative donor JCB is ‘part of the machinery of ethnic cleansing’ in illegal West Bank settlements www.declassifieduk.org/tories-took-...
declassifieduk.org
Tories took £1.3 million from firm linked to Israeli settlements
Amnesty International says Conservative-donor JCB is ‘part of the machinery of ethnic cleansing’ in illegal West Bank settlements
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Douglas Murray hasn't just been wrong. He's been catastrophically wrong - over and over and over again.
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+972 Magazine @972mag.com · 06/10/2026
‘A race against time’: Israel’s settlement drive is rapidly transforming Jenin New outposts, roads, and military bases are carving up Palestinian communities in an area that saw little settlement activity for two decades. By Shatha Yaish www.972mag.com/israel-settl...
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‘A race against time’: Israel’s settlement drive is rapidly transforming Jenin
New outposts, roads, and military bases are carving up Palestinian communities in an area that saw little settlement activity for two decades.
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Double Down News @doubledown.news · 06/10/2026
Zionism Is Racism: THIS EXPLAINS EVERYTHING! Richard Sanders EXPOSES Green Party Smears
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Zionism Is Racism: THIS EXPLAINS EVERYTHING! Richard Sanders EXPOSES Green Party Smears
WE ARE BEING LIED TO
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Curb Your Malthusiasm @manucleardevice.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I cannot give one shit about “winning the Iran War” because I do not support American imperial aims and most of all it started by the US and Israel massacring 120 school children and their teachers.
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Teri Goodson. 🚨🆘🇺🇲🆘🚨 @terigoodson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It wasn't Los Angeles or San Diego that decided to pick a fight with Iran based on lies. It was President Donald Trump, a dangerous psychopath who should have been impeached during his first term and put in prison for his many crimes. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/w...
nytimes.com
Trump Suggests Iran Could ‘Take Out’ L.A. or San Diego, Drawing Anger From California Leaders (Gift Article)
Gov. Gavin Newsom called the president “dangerous and deranged” after his remarks at a political rally, where Mr. Trump said the Iran war was necessary to “keep the world safe.”
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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ahem.
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'What was their crime?': BBC visits Iran school where strike killed 120 children
23 July 2026

 
Piece by Nawal Al-Maghafi

Image of Iranian woman superposed on remnants of school destroyed
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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Zionism Is OBVIOUSLY A Racist Ideology "Zionism is what it does. And what it does is visible to the entire world." www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/zionism-is...
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Zionism Is OBVIOUSLY A Racist Ideology
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Overcrowding in UK A&E depts and treating patients in corridors linked to hundreds of deaths. Neoliberals urge cuts in public spending, silence on human consequences. Delayed care leads to premature deaths People sacrificed to gods of fiscal policies.
news.sky.com
Overcrowding in A&E linked to 'hundreds of deaths a week', study finds
A review of more than 19,000 adult patients found that for every 10% increase in emergency department occupancy, the chance of dying in the following 28 days increased by 1%.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
England's water infrastructure at breaking point. Large part of water network installed 130-150 years ago. Thames Water infrastructure has average age of 79 years; industry average 56 yrs. 40% of TW assets are 100+ yrs old. Must end privatisation, remove profit motive.
standard.co.uk
MP says London water network is 'at breaking point' with two incidents in a week
London MP Paul Kohler said the two incidents highlighted the poor state of the region's water infrastructure
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Energy suppliers urge UK govt to help households struggling with energy bills. Silence on cutting profit margins, windfall taxes on excessive profits. Household energy debt heading to £7bn. 120,000 a year die in fuel poverty. We can't afford privatisation and resulting profiteering.
bbc.co.uk
Suppliers pile pressure on government over energy bills
Immediate action is needed to help households struggling with bills this winter, says trade body Energy UK.
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 02/10/2026
“AIPAC has an enormous amount of influence on Capitol Hill.” @mehdirhasan.bsky.social asks Senator @vanhollen.senate.gov if AIPAC should register as a foreign agent, given their unconditional support to the government of Israel. Watch more: zeteo.com/p/is-chris-v...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Burnham to pass law scrapping pension triple lock before next election. Risks handing advantage to opposition parties who will argue the opposite. Will alienate some senior voters. Risks Labour backbench rebellion, repeat of the Winter Fuel Payment episode. Numerous ways of funding triple lock.
theguardian.com
Burnham to pass law scrapping pension triple lock before next election
Guarantee will remain until 2030 but MPs will vote on changes during this parliament, government says
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Thousands of young people could lose key disability benefits Govt could limit the Personal Independence Payment (Pip), and further strip Motability support. Hope the govt sees sense and doesn't repeat Starmer policies. Why not end corporate welfare?
independent.co.uk
Thousands could lose key disability benefits in welfare changes
The plans risk reigniting tensions with backbench Labour MPs over welfare spending
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Chinese Govt owned Syngenta to cease operations at Grangemouth, 400 jobs at risk. Previously oil refinery closed. England-based British Steel rescued. What would govt do now? UK govts oppose state ownership but let foreign govts own infrastructure. Why? Any industrial strategy?
independent.co.uk
Chemical firm to cease operations at Grangemouth site putting nearly 400 jobs at risk
The move comes just over a year after Syngenta, owned by state Chinese firm Sinochem, was given more than £2 million in Scottish Enterprise funding to expand its Scottish site
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Flying is officially on course to account for *almost all* the UK's carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. Heathrow expansion alone would cause more carbon emissions by 2054 than *any other sector of the economy*. So why is it being contemplated? My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The expansion of Heathrow would be an expensive disaster for Britain and the world. Burnham needs to block it | George Monbiot
A third runway would fly in the face of reason. If we are to prioritise human life over short-term ‘growth’, we need to use planes less, not more, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
UK diesel price hits record high of £2 a litre. Record profits for oil companies and tax take by govt. Also tells story of deindustrialization: In the 1970s the UK had 18 oil refineries, now 4. We are rightly moving to renewables but economy still left vulnerable. Any national planning?
bbc.co.uk
UK diesel prices top £2 a litre for first time, RAC says
The rise in global oil prices has been pushing up the pump prices of petrol and diesel in the UK.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Dividends paid to UK citizens taxed at rates of 8.75% to 39.35%, lower rate than wages. Dividends mostly go to the top 1%. £6bn a year raised if dividends taxed at the same rate as wages. More if NIC levied. Unlike the US, France, Germany, no UK tax levied on dividends paid to foreign investors.
leftfootforward.org
This is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardship
Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
She's a 94 year old Jewish human rights lawyer. She's been arrested under terrorism legislation for opposing genocide. The least we can do is to listen.
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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Being Forcefully Pro-Palestine Weeds The Terrible People Out Of Your Life It’s like spraying yourself with asshole repellant. www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/being-forc...
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Being Forcefully Pro-Palestine Weeds The Terrible People Out Of Your Life
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Matt Dragon @mattdragon.com · 01/10/2026
WSJ, the capitalist paper of record, finds voters actually want government to do things and help them. They got these results while Democratic leaders are attacking trans people and saying we must "win" the "war" with Iran and continue to pour money and weapons into Israel.
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lucypiper.bsky.social @lucypiper.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
So Trump is killing our soldiers in flight while having his friends in Russia threatening nukes on Ukraine. I am sick of Trump's wars everywhere . When it's not his kids being blown up.. fuck Trump's. Ukraine Gaza Iran wars all caused by the trump family. For profit wars for Trump family.
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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Report: Nearly 1,300 Schools, 210 Health Centers Damaged in Iran Amid US Assault The war has knocked out six hospitals, including a children’s cancer hospital that was temporarily rendered inoperable. truthout.org/articles/rep...
truthout.org
Report: Nearly 1,300 Schools, 210 Health Centers Damaged in Iran Amid US Assault
The war has knocked out six hospitals, including a children’s cancer hospital that was temporarily rendered inoperable.
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𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘏𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘍𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘴 @bheanilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Rutte clearly sees his job as NATO SecGen to basically be a full time Trump ass kisser but he’s really going off the rails about the importance of “Europe needing to be able to go to war with Iran without the US”. What are you even talking about man.
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+972 Magazine @972mag.com · 28/09/2026
What happens when the police outsource authority to criminal organizations? Anthropologist Eilat Maoz explains how Israeli authorities devolve power to local strongmen, creating a colonial form of policing. www.972mag.com/podcast-isra...
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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
AI Won't Solve Humanity's Problems Because Our Problems Aren't Caused By Lack Of Intelligence "Humanity’s problems are not caused by a lack of intelligence, our problems are caused by greedy plutocrats like Zuckerberg." www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/ai-wont-so...
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AI Won't Solve Humanity's Problems Because Our Problems Aren't Caused By Lack Of Intelligence
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