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Jessica Lee @jessofarabia.bsky.social · 19h

Also I believe this means her novel Discipline is getting an official UK paperback release so you won't have to do what I did & buy the pricey imported Australian version. 👍

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Jessica Lee @jessofarabia.bsky.social · 19h

Excellent interview wth Randa Abdel-Fattah in The Observer. 'it’s astounding how quickly the veneers of freedom of speech, civil rights and liberalism have collapsed in order to protect those who support this genocide.' observer.co.uk/culture/book...

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Randa Abdel-Fattah: ‘The book couldn’t keep up with real ...

The author on finding a way to write about Gaza in her novel Discipline, and the controversy that led to the shutdown of a major literary festival

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

So, finally, a PM who admits there **was** Russian interference in the Brexit Referendum — after all the evidence amassed by myself @carolecadwalla.bsky.social @lukeharding1968.bsky.social Sergei Cristo, J Patrick et al — dismissed as conspiracy for ten long years Truth is the daughter of Time

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Piero Castellano 🇪🇺 @pierocastellano.com · 11/10/2026

Rather than offering only the official language of royal victories, the correspondence exposes uncertainty, logistical difficulties, and the possibility of military disaster. arkeonews.net/hittite-roya...

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Hittite Royal Archive Discovered in Türkiye Reveals a 3,400-Year-Old Royal Tragedy | Arkeonews

A 3,400-year-old Hittite royal archive discovered in Türkiye reveals a deadly epidemic, an infant princess's death, and desperate military appeals.

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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The climate crisis in one sentence: We have enough food, technology, and money to save the planet. We just have a system where destroying it is more profitable. That's not a climate problem. That's a greed problem. #ClimateJustice

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Jessica Lee @jessofarabia.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

hehehe...this reminds me of the passage in Philip Marsden's The Chains of Heaven when he explains all the sides in the Ethiopian civil war & uses all their acronyms & it's just the gold standard in this-is-way-more-complicated-than-possible-to-write-about writing.

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Jean-Paul Marthoz @jpmarthoz.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

"Most of what the film tells us was already known through investigative journalism from the last few years, published in outlets like the Guardian, +972 magazine, Local Call and the New York Times" Omer Bartov, Holocaust and Genocide scholar www.theguardian.com/global/comme...

theguardian.com

How do human beings explain taking part in genocide? NAZA provides a chilling look | Omer Bartov

It’s easier to blame brutes and sadists for extreme violence. But as we see in the documentary, modern genocides are fueled by people who are uncomfortably recognizable

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Sarah Lidwell-Durnin @sarahlidwelldurnin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The event all Minoan scholars have been waiting for - World Octopus Day 🐙

Minoan vessel with spout, featuring a slightly stunned-looking and highly stylised painted octopus rendered in dark brown on cream.

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Jessica Lee @jessofarabia.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Pilgrims have crossed the valley to receive alms🤣

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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Those who bully women also bully other vulnerable people. The black shirts represent the worst of Britain and are traitors to every decent value the country stands for. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

theguardian.com

‘Bully in every way’: domestic abuse survivors say ex-partners behind far-right UK street patrols

Seven women share their stories to make people aware of patterns of violence behind anti-immigration street patrol movement

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Yep. I saw ALL the pyramids & all the temples. God knows what's left now. Poor Sudan. It's the most incredible country.

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I would like to point out that the guy was probably not even CIA and I am probably not on a list. 🙃

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Messaged my friend & she's like: you know how there was that CIA guy living in the neighbouring apartment to us in Hamra...yeah...you're probably on a list because we should have stopped yelling 'hey CIA' at him every time he stepped out onto his balcony.

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No idea. They don't give a reason. I'm presuming it's due to me having gone to Sudan but I'm pretty sure the Turkish residency didn't help things along 🙃 All you get is this⬇️with no explanation.

lol. True. I was just trying to go to a wedding but heyho no esta for me. 🤷

I remember you going nuts for persimmons & us having exactly this convo about how I thought they were overrated, in your old house. (Also, your country just denied me entry. I should be more annoyed but I think it's hilarious)

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Though I do want to point out...nationals of all the countries who can't apply for estas have to pay that astounding fee because the US doesn't have an actual tourism visa. Lol. Rediculous country.

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All the best people get denied travel to the USA.🙃 Now...gotta go break this news to my friend who's getting married in Pittsburgh. The only option now is to do the US$185 US Embassy visa interview in Ankara & I love my friend, but paying $185 to visit the US empire kind of grosses me out.

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Yeah, nah. I worked in hospitality for years thanks. I've heard every type of racist bullshit & right-wing whining already.

A thread of fruit disappointments 😢

Jessica Lee @jessofarabia.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

No, you're correct: the second most disappointing fruit. The first being dragonfruit.

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Jessica Lee @jessofarabia.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The rediculous size of the cabbages at the market today. 😎

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Jessica Lee @jessofarabia.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

When you're applying for an ESTA & you get directed to read the Terrorist Prevention Act Q&A page because of your travelling 🙃

Jessica Lee @jessofarabia.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This is the best schweppes flavour & everytime I land in Egypt I consume litres of it.

Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 03/10/2026

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Travelling through South Lebanon was difficult during the recent fighting. But what if you had a herd of goats with you? Shepherd Qassem Turkiyeh recounts his journey between southern villages in search of safety after Israel bombed his home and displaced him.

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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I cannot overstate how egregious it is for Egyptian authorities to arrest the ENTIRE NEWSROOM of an investigative journalism platform. We're witnessing one of the most serious press freedom escalations in Egypt in years. @timep.bsky.social + 54 partners in solidarity with @matsadaash.bsky.social ⤵️

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Time for this classic again.

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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Most TV is just this now.

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WIRED @wired.com · 30/09/2026

Rema Hammami, an anthropologist at Birzeit University who has researched checkpoints, calls the current situation unprecedented. “Every single community, village, every single Palestinian city is going to be a separate prison.”

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Researchers led by Julia Gresky of the German Archaeological Institute have discovered the first-ever intact burials at Göbekli Tepe in southeastern Türkiye, dating back to between about 8700 and 8000 BC.

iflscience.com

The First Human Burials Have Been Excavated At Göbekli Tepe, Challenging Old Theories About The 11,500-Year-Old Site

Until now, only scattered and smashed bones had been found at the site.

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Mae Nick Phra Khanong @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If you are, in the Year of Our Lord 2026, still trotting out the "Israel unilaterally disengaged from Gaza in 2006 and that proves it's not an occupier," you're either very committed to the bit or you're quite dim

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026

The before and after it's even more haunting.

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Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.northsky.social · 28/09/2026

Not that it counts for much now but Rafah had been inhabited for over 3000 years and appears in the book of Maccabees. Now it's just gone.

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Jessica Lee @jessofarabia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Masked fascist blackshirts get to block roads with no arrests but yeah, let's arrest the pensioner peacefully supporting Palestine Action.

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Miliband: "To the millions in this country.. who have been moved & outraged by the plight of the Palestinian people, we hear you. You were right" So scrap the proscription of Palestine Action. End all arms exports to Israel. Impose sanctions on the Israeli govt & economy.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Google has started updating satellite images of Gaza. Holocaust. (📸 Barry Andrews MEP, European Parliament)

A single building is left standing amidst utter carnage. Every single building has been levelled across a few square miles pictures. Google maps identified one pile of rubble as a school.

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Jessica Lee @jessofarabia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hehe. My favourite pyramid. Sneferu4eva.

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Jessica Lee @jessofarabia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

'and though she be but little, she is fucking fierce' **though, I still want to complain about the poster saying the cringey toddler-esque 'f-bomb'.