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Eleanor Grant

@eleanor7.bsky.social
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Senior in Waterloo Region, Ontario. Social Justice. Climate. Palestine. Reducing corporate control.

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Eleanor Grant @eleanor7.bsky.social · 8h
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The Use of Indigenous Languages in the Parliament of Canada - HillNotes
In both the Senate and the House of Commons (the House), Indigenous languages are becoming more widely spoken and recognized, despite their historically limited use in Canada’s Parliament.Language is ...
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Eleanor Grant @eleanor7.bsky.social · 9h
Paul Noth's new cartoon in The New Yorker
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Paul Noth @paulnoth.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
My first cartoon collection drops today! 200 cartoons! 50 never before published! 22 years in the making! Beautiful! Hardcover! Hilarious! bookshop.org/p/books/i-am...
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I Am Going to Eat You . . . and Other Awkward Truths: A Cartoonist's Romp Through the Lunacy of Our Times
There is no funnier cartoonist working today than the New Yorker's Paul Noth, and this is his first published collection. It features a mix of 200 of his most popular cartoons, shared by millions, an...
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Aurelia Cotta The Original @originalaurelia.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Goats eat Phragmites! Goats in the City is in Toronto to eat invasive plants and they don’t eat the good ones, only the bad ones! Hire goats! www.thestar.com/news/gta/her...
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Toronto’s four-legged weed fighters are back. Here’s why the city hired goats
A specialized group of goats are munching in the Don Valley again, after a two-day grazing intensive started on Tuesday.
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D. Juschka @djuschka.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Love it!!! "Goatscaping is a land-clearing method that uses herds of goats to graze on brush and invasive weeds, and to clear flammable vegetation to reduce the risk of wildfires. The goats can eat up to 10 pounds of vegetation daily. Their prehensile tongues allow them to eat the thorny bramble."
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Goats in the city: How goatscaping is mitigating fire risk in Langford
The goats are part of a new wildfire mitigation pilot project, ‘Goats in the City,’ through the City of Langford.
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BC Wildfire Weekly - Wildfires + More @bcwildfirewkly.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
“Goats in the city: How goatscaping is mitigating fire risk in Langford” cheknews.ca/goats-in-the... - @cheknews.ca #Langford cc: #BCWildfire
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Goats in the city: How goatscaping is mitigating fire risk in Langford
The goats are part of a new wildfire mitigation pilot project, ‘Goats in the City,’ through the City of Langford.
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Eleanor Grant @eleanor7.bsky.social · 18h
CITIZENS
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 20h
We scoured social media, court records and local stories for instances of immigration agents holding citizens against their will. The administration doesn’t track these cases. So we have. We’re sharing our database with you.
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Monica Morrill @mmorrillart.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Heron at Sunrise Original 8x8 inch acrylic on canvas painting monicamorrillart.etsy.com
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The Wolfpack @wolfpack11720.bsky.social · 19h
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Miles Taylor @milestaylor.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Trump’s ex-chief of staff John Kelly said this to me, six years ago: “I don't know how he’s not in an institution somewhere, whether it’s jail or a nuthouse. He’s a seriously sick guy. I never heard him saying anything that wasn’t a lie.” Trump has only gotten worse since.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
The Trump administration’s talks with Russia about ending the war in Ukraine have expanded to include a multibillion-dollar oil deal that would benefit Middle Eastern business executives with ties to the two main U.S. negotiators, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of interest.
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 08/10/2026
This story follows up on piece we published over the weekend detailing the role that Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have played in negotiating this multibillion-deal--with Russia even though some of the deal investors are family business partners. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 08/10/2026
JUST POSTED: In Trump’s Russian Oil Deal, Middle East Funds Are the Biggest Owners A majority of ownership in a proposed multibillion-dollar deal would go to a group of Middle Eastern investors, including some with business ties to the Witkoff family and Kushner www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/w...
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In Trump’s Russian Oil Deal, Middle East Funds Are the Biggest Owners
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Please remember to vote! Your voice matters. 🌊
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 13/10/2026
French center-right presidential candidate Edouard Philippe accused his far-right rival Marine Le Pen of trying to force a Frexit in disguise with her euroskeptic campaign promises.
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France’s Philippe says Le Pen’s EU proposals would ‘crack open’ bloc
The center-right candidate said at a POLITICO event that his far-right rival was selling the French ‘fantasy’ plans on the economy.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 13/10/2026
Israeli forces raid Palestinian NGOs in occupied West Bank aje.news/pazsqx
Israeli forces raid Palestinian NGOs in occupied West Bank
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Waterloo Region Record @therecord.com · 13/10/2026
Trevor Clare’s “The Art of Nostalgia II” features 25 new digital illustrations of beloved Waterloo Region landmarks such as Mel’s Diner, Princess Original Cinema, Words Worth Books and more. www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
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Kitchener artist launches second book of nostalgic landmarks
Trevor Clare’s latest collection “The Art of Nostalgia II” continues to document Waterloo region’s hidden gems
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
On this day in 1986, Expo 86 came to an end in Vancouver. Opened in May, over 22 million people came to Vancouver to see Expo. It remains the last world's fair to be held in North America. 📸 Wikicommons Learn more in my Deep Dive 👇 canadaehx.com/2022/10/25/e...
Color photo of a bustling fairground with a large hot air balloon and various aircraft suspended under a red and silver framework, featuring the "Expo '86" sign, with people walking and flags from different countries in the background under a cloudy sky.
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Eleanor Grant @eleanor7.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
If Z knew how to blow up Russia's bot farms, why didn't he do it sooner!
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Alex Steffen @alexsteffen.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Data center energy use is worsening global heating, but that’s not the only connection between AI and climate change. Climate foresight offers a potentially powerful set of concepts for understanding the AI crisis. alexsteffen.substack.com/p/is-ai-digi...
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Is AI digital coal?
Can climate foresight offer guidance for living through the AI crisis?
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Canadaland @canadaland.com · 12/10/2026
“Public dollars require public accountability, and every publisher in this country should want that.” -David Skok, CEO of The Logic How Doug Ford Funneled Millions to the Biggest News Orgs (and Shut Out the Rest) buff.ly/5nCKpbi
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How Doug Ford Funneled Millions to the Biggest News Orgs (and Shut Out the Rest)
“Public dollars require public accountability, and every publisher in this country should want that.” -David Skok, CEO of The Logic
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Eleanor Grant @eleanor7.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Is a legal loophole undermining Canada's Species at Risk Act? | CBC News
A new study finds a legal gap in Canada's Species at Risk Act can leave species waiting years for protection, with 153 of 288 cases overdue and still unresolved as of January 2025.
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The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“Government didn’t get in the way of growth, it got in the way of greed.” Economist Kathryn Anne Edwards, host of the Optimist Economy, on labor market policy and corporate complacence. New episode out now! @kedseconomist.com
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The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🚨 New episode on YouTube with Economist Kathryn Anne Edwards @kedseconomist.com! 🚨 We discuss: ➡️ Growth vs. Greed ➡️ Rigged Economy ➡️ Manufactured Labor Crisis ➡️ To Impeach or Not Impeach Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-wq...
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A Working (Class) Economy w/ Kathryn Anne Edwards | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
YouTube video by The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
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Eleanor Grant @eleanor7.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
By Craig Unger The Money You Can't See: How the Trump Administration Shapes an Election Without Leaving Fingerprints craigunger.substack.com/p/the-money-...
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The Money You Can't See: How the Trump Administration Shapes an Election Without Leaving Fingerprints
Record sums are flowing into the 2026 midterms through structures built to hide their sources. Worse, election laws are structured to conceal where the money is coming from.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
With Friends Like These Trump.....
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/09/2026
ProPublica obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing. From the archives:
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The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, ev...
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Guy Standing: Why we all deserve a social dividend. In my latest podcast, I talk to Guy about the precariat, universal basic income, the rentier economy and the need to reclaim the commons. This is a very different view of the world. youtu.be/2CX2wlTWFDk?...
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Guy Standing: Why we all deserve a social dividend
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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Dennis "dejay" Koch @dennisjkoch.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Where Did All My MAGA Neighbors Go? Things I notice while walking my dog @brettpransky.bsky.social #USA #Trump #uspoli open.substack.com/pub/politica...
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Where Did All My MAGA Neighbors Go?
Things I notice while walking my dog
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Profile Books @profilebooks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
'Bogs are messy and wild, places the human mind has difficulty understanding. Can we comprehend a place suspended between life and death? Do we want to?' ICMYI: read this fascinating extract from @queenofpeat.bsky.social's #Boglands via @caughtbytheriver.bsky.social. 🔗: tinyurl.com/yc5smtbn
A rectangular graphic with the hardback book Boglands by Merritt R. Turetsky in the middle. The background of the graphic is the illustration from the front cover of the book. The Profile Books logo is in the bottom right-hand corner.
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E.S. Michelson @esmichelson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
For those who don't have NY Times subscription: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/o...
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Opinion | You See Muck. I See the Most Beautiful Places on Earth. (Gift Article)
Bogs store carbon, and preserve histories too.
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Dr. Merritt Rae Turetsky @queenofpeat.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
What if the ground beneath your feet remembers? Bogs aren’t wastelands. They're time capsules; beautiful living systems that preserve food, rituals, travel, climate, and human stories for thousands of years. Today, I wrote about the muck that keeps our history. The New York Times, October 5, 2026
Image of a New York Times article called "The Muck that keeps our History".
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Dr. Merritt Rae Turetsky @queenofpeat.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Folks, bogs are NOT supposed to look like this (once deliciously squishy Sphagnum). Around the world, they are drained, burned, or are drying out. Boglands need our help and we need them. Please join me. Bogs = clean water, biodiversity, food, history, secure climate wwnorton.com/books/bogland
Photograph of a parched, dessicated Sphagnum bog.
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Eleanor Grant @eleanor7.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Inhabitants of Earth, Please Sign 🌎🌍🌏 act.350.org/sign/cop31/?...
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Tell the COP31 Presidencies: Phase Out Fossil Fuels and Deliver a Just Transition
In November, Türkiye and Australia will host this year's UN Climate Talks (COP31). For two weeks, they'll steer the negotiations that decide how fast and how fairly the world moves off coal, oil and g...
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Eleanor Grant @eleanor7.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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This single mom's three-year DTC battle reveals Canada's disability support system in crisis
Erin Foggoa spent three years navigating fees, lost letters and hours on hold, writes Heather Scoffield. Her story shows a system in need of reform.
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Eleanor Grant @eleanor7.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Sudan - How Canada is making the war worse www.peacequest.ca/p/forgotten-...
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Forgotten by whom? What Canada owes Sudan
Ottawa sends aid with one hand and courts the RSF’s alleged backer with the other.
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Be Giant @be-giant.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Farmer Lorne Scott's land is thick with trees, shrubs and grasses: growing wild. Alongside his cultivated wheat and oats, a quarter of his land blooms with aspen, snowberry, starflower, Solomon’s seal and northern bedstraw. @jokinen.bsky.social www.begiant.ca/stories/plac...
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Danielle Bochove @daniellebochove.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
After years of interviews about Canada’s productivity woes it was a pleasure to discover a few positive surprises.
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Be Giant @be-giant.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Canada is the world’s largest potash producer and exporter, typically shipping more than 22 million tonnes a year. Some of it snakes through five provinces and four time zones over eight days on specially designed railcars before arriving in Saint John. www.begiant.ca/stories/plac...
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Why Saskatchewan potash is taking a 4,300-km detour on its way to market
Trade tensions, geopolitics and the need to diversify markets have made New Brunswick a new gateway for western resources
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Daniel Drucker, the Canadian scientist behind Ozempic, on why he never gave up. Big Pharma scoffed, but he persevered, by Dan Bilefsky www.begiant.ca/stories/peop... via @be-giant.bsky.social @sinaihealthtoronto.bsky.social
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Daniel Drucker, the Canadian scientist behind Ozempic on why he never gave up
Big Pharma scoffed. But Daniel Drucker’s dogged pursuit of a secret buried in lizard genes propelled a mega medical breakthrough
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Be Giant @be-giant.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
An mRNA flu vaccine that's 27% more effective than the traditional shot is under review by Health Canada. Developed by Moderna, the vaccine, called mFlusiva, deploys the same mRNA technology used in ​​COVID-19 vaccines. Andrea Yu reports www.begiant.ca/stories/idea...
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This new mRNA vaccine could better protect against the flu
The U.S.-approved vaccine – faster to produce and more precise than traditional flu shots – is awaiting the green light in Canada
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Be Giant @be-giant.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“My Canadian friends would say Canada has only one neighbour, but I think the discussion of Greenland has perhaps opened Canada up to the fact that there is another neighbourhood,” Arctic Circle Assembly chairman Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson told @daniellebochove.bsky.social www.begiant.ca/stories/peop...
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How Canada can navigate a more complicated, dangerous Arctic
Arctic Circle Assembly chair Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson on opportunities and tension in the region and Canada’s new ambitions to lead
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Be Giant @be-giant.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Much like televisions, fridges and cars, tractors have become increasingly complex, and can’t always be repaired by their owners. Ursa Ag tractors are removing that proprietary dependence by simplifying the mechanics. www.begiant.ca/stories/idea...
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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The Big Ugly Bill that the GOP passed last year WAS DESIGNED to slash healthcare benefits after the midterm elections because they wanted tax cuts and hoped to pay for it with something no one would like. And here we are. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/b...
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Private Medicare Plans Are Raising Costs And Forcing Millions To Find New Insurance
As enrollment for Medicare Advantage begins this month, older Americans are confronting fewer options because insurers are discontinuing coverage in many areas.
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Eleanor Grant @eleanor7.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
How is it all his press secretaries look the same?
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Yael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I am in Cap Haitien interviewing people deported from the United States. I have been doing this kind of work for almost a decade and it literally does not get more dire than this. People have lost everything they built in the U.S. and are terrified and have no place to go or way to live.
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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
ICE is opening a prison for children on a toxic waste site in Louisiana. www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
Children facing the camera | text: ICE is opening a prison for children on a toxic waste site in Alexandria, Louisiana.
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DAWN @dawnmenaorg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Palestinians with physical disabilities in Gaza are struggling to deal with an environment that's increasingly difficult to navigate. As Israel's genocide there continues, they face pressing questions about movement and survival, Ghada al-Rozzi writes from Gaza.
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For Gaza’s Thousands of Amputees, Surviving the Bombs Is Only the Beginning - DAWN
For a Palestinian using a wheelchair in Gaza, moving from one place to another means navigating broken roads, rubble and overcrowded displacement sites. A journey to a hospital, a water point or even ...
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