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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran. Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues.

I'm not sure how to start this. So I'm going to speak from the heart and share the truth. Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour.
But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families.

The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don't lose sight of that.

Ed is my friend. I've known him for 13 years. We've shared late nights, studio sessions and stages. He has this infectious magic about him that I've grown to love. I consider him a brother. And because of that, we've had some difficult conversations this past week. The type of talks rooted in love and respect for one another that still end in a place of fundamental disagreement. Nothing I'm writing here is out of spite or because I want to tear down his character. But as I told Ed multiple times on the phone, our friendship can't change my responsibility to tell the truth about what happened.

Last Monday, in the middle of all the media attention surrounding Pink and what I said at MetLife, Ed told me that Robert Kraft called him. We were scheduled to play Gillette Stadium later this month, which is owned by the Kraft Group. Ed told me that Kraft said I would not be allowed to perform in his stadium. Ed also told me that Kraft had rallied some of the other
stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues.

Ed was in …

What I said at MetLife I have been saying on stages around the world for almost three years. So why is it an issue now? Because now I'm sharing a stage with one of the biggest artists in the world, in some of the biggest stadiums in America. At a certain level of exposure, "Free Palestine" becomes too much of a risk. If I kept doing the shows, saying Free Palestine, with Ed implicitly supporting it, the crowd getting loud and showing undeniable support for Palestinian liberation, what artist might speak out next? The stage becomes resistance. Maybe that's why this time it became so important to silence me.

And one of the most effective ways to enforce that silence has been to weaponize the accusation of antisemitism. Antisemitism is real. And that is exactly why the word matters too much to be used as a shield against criticism of the Israeli state. When criticizing Israel, opposing Zionism or saying "Free Palestine" gets conflated with hatred of Jewish people, it doesn't protect Jewish people. It protects Israel from accountability.

I hope this isn't the end of my relationship with Ed.
Thirteen years of friendship doesn't disappear because of one painful disagreement. I hope we both continue listening, studying what is happening in Palestine and wrestling with what neutrality means in a moment like this. My door will always be open to continuing that conversation.

When my brother Omar was doing the subtitles for the video I posted from MetLife, I thanked him. He told me there's a phrase in Arabic:
لا شكر على واجب
"La shukra ala wajeb." There is no thanks for a duty.
That stayed with me. Because that's what this has become for me and millions of others around the world. A duty. Not something deserving of praise or gratitude. Not brave. Human.

Who is winning the internet, who is getting canceled, who gets to play the stadium and who doesn't, all of it becomes so small when held against what we are actually witnessing in Gaza and the West Bank. An entire people be…

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Frances: Meh and Loving It @francesmeh.reviews · 24/03/2024

every time some discourse makes me learn the name of another youtuber i email the genx listserv and have them raise housing prices another 3.5%

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Erik Inglis @allthebeset.bsky.social · 01/08/2024

(In honor of August, bringing this 🧵 over from twitter) August makes me think of the best summer restaurant I ever ate at. It didn’t have a name, just a tidy hand-painted sign: “Tomato Sandwiches—all you can eat.” #tomatosandwiches

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Andy Diggle @andydiggle.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I hope this email finds you in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife I hope this email finds you behind the wheel of a large automobile

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Tamoor Hussain @tamoorh.com · 03/07/2026

Incredible moment where Fox News puts up a graphic with all the reasons it opposes the DSA and why people should be afraid of them

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Jaap Rademaker @dgrademaker.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

‘De wereld voedt ons, en dan vooral ons vee’

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de Volkskrant @volkskrant.nl · 26/06/2026

Hittegolf van deze week laat zien: klimaat trekt zich niets aan van politiek gedraal

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De klimaatrealiteit begint ons in te halen. Wen er maar aan

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🇪🇺 @veertjephilips.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

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HP van Stein Callenfels @hapee.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Deze man heeft heleboel moeilijke woorden nodig om te zeggen: ik ben een lul. www.volkskrant.nl/columns-van-...

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Ik ga nul luiers verschonen want ik ben baas in eigen balzak

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 13/04/2026

this--particularly given the authors--is good www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/o...

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Opinion | The Trump Administration Is in a Psychotic State

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

I want to quote screenshot this whole excellent piece from Marisa, but this especially - we *make* the words, we don't just regurgitate without the feeling, without the things that makes us human.

AI may help you construct content, but it will not create memories. It will, at best, rehash ones you already made, and at worst, create false ones. It does not experience, it does not struggle, it does not feel: all essential parts of turning a pile of information into a story.

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

The piece is actually understated. And every major news organization around the globe should be writing daily about how manifestly unfit Hegseth AND Trump are to be leading a war.

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HP van Stein Callenfels @hapee.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Geweldig profilerend interview. This guy..

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

From HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT: "Trump covers up crime with scandal. That is his main propaganda tactic, the one few seem to be able to discern...The crimes are much worse than the scandals, but the media will always take the scandal bait."

Excerpt Kendzior book HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2020)

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Wanda de Kanter @wdekanter.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Johan Derksen krijgt weerwoord van longkanker patholoog @knmg.bsky.social

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 04/02/2026

During the Vietnam War, U.S. troops regularly adorned Vietnamese corpses with “death cards” — either an ace of spades or a custom-printed business card claiming credit for their kills. Now, ICE is using them. theintercept.com/2026/02/03/i...

A photo of a customized ace of spades playing card left behind after an immigration raid in Colorado, overlaid with the headline, "Federal Agents Left Behind “Death Cards” After Capturing Immigrants."

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HP van Stein Callenfels @hapee.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

'It is well documented that strongmen are at their most dangerous when they feel threatened. That is why [..] Americans should brace for heightened militarized domestic repression and more imperialist aggression abroad.' www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...

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Opinion | History Shows Trump’s Worst Impulses May Backfire on Him

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Bert Huisman @berthuisman.eurosky.social · 02/01/2026

Yes, it’s a long thread, but worth every minute of your time. Highly recommended read 👇

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

A new PNAS paper finds that polarization increased immediately after the invention of smartphones and the advent of social media, which both appeared around the same year, 2008. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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PG Kroeger @pgkroegerbb.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

'Realistische Optie'

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HP van Stein Callenfels @hapee.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

De feeks naar het centrum trekken, klinkt een beetje als een carnavalstraditie amirite

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HP van Stein Callenfels @hapee.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Of 'asielzoekers', 'nareizigers', you name it.

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HP van Stein Callenfels @hapee.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

SBS is het Nederlandse Fox exhibit ontelbaar

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HP van Stein Callenfels @hapee.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Maar wat zijn dan wel de feiten, JW Broken Veteran?

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@Marcel @elsschot.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Wijze woorden van voormalige VVD-campagnestrateeg @jandriessen.bsky.social gericht aan de @vvdonline.bsky.social van Dilan #Yesilgöz.

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HP van Stein Callenfels @hapee.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Zegt Wilders nou dat de PVV de partij van de hoop is? 🤡

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Koppen verklapt @koppenverklapt.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Wind www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/s...

Kop van de Telegraaf: Code oranje om storm Benjamin: dit kun je vanmiddag verwachten

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HP van Stein Callenfels @hapee.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Over afbouwen hypotheekrenteaftrek: goed idee. Voorstanders zeggen dat de besparing ook wordt gebruikt om bv de belasting op arbeid te verlagen. Maar als dat betekent dat koopkracht (en dus: leenvermogen) gelijk blijft, dan heeft het afbouwen van de HRA toch ook nauwelijks invloed op huizenprijs?

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Tim Hofman @debroervanroos.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

'Sorry dat ik het zo moet zeggen, maar toch even belangrijk: je bent nog steeds een fascist.'

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

This is the way www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

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Coen van de Ven @coenvdven.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Zeldzaam knappe onderzoeksjournalistiek. NRC onthult niet alleen een seksueel overschrijdend schandaal met geopolitieke implicaties, maar legt ook de sfeer rondom het Internationaal Strafhof bloot - en de consequenties voor een briljante en inmiddels verwoeste vrouw. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

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Misbruik, manipulatie en achterdocht in de top van het Internationaal Strafhof in Den Haag

VN-onderzoek: Tegen de hoofdaanklager van het Internationaal Strafhof loopt een onderzoek van de Verenigde Naties – een naaste medewerker beschuldigt hem van seksueel misbruik. Dit ging een rol spelen...

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HP van Stein Callenfels @hapee.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Ja jongens die vintage gitaren moet ie ergens van betalen he

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HP van Stein Callenfels @hapee.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

'Onder Hegseth, een voormalig presentator van Fox News, is het ministerie van Defensie omgedoopt tot ministerie van Oorlog om duidelijk te maken dat de krijgsmacht zich agressiever moet gaan opstellen richting Amerika’s vijanden.' In 2010 had ik je hard uitgelachen, had je dit gemeld.

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