Reposted by @jools2.bsky.socialAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 09/04/2025UN chief Antonio Guterres says Gaza has become “a killing field” as Israeli forces continue bombarding the enclave. 🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/qqg8oi 11259149
Reposted by @jools2.bsky.socialLouie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 09/04/2025I just came across this - it's out 28th April. It features 37 writers from Gaza, sharing their stories of life during the current war. I know it will not be an easy read. But a rare chance for the outside world to hear from Gazans themselves, not talk *about* them. www.penguin.sg/book/letters...penguin.sgLetters from Gaza - Penguin Random House SEALETTERS FROM GAZA is more than a book – it’s a voice from the silence, a heartbeat in the wreckage. Through poetry, letters, and monologues, 30 Gazans lay bare their fears, grief, and relentless hope ... 28867
Reposted by @jools2.bsky.socialSatan’s Niece @krissychula.bsky.social · 06/04/2025This is high art 526263157517
jools2.bsky.social @jools2.bsky.social · 07/04/2025The White Lotus final episode unfolded like a Greek tragedy. I am especially pleased that the hideous Ratliffes survived to return to the reality that awaits them. #TheWhiteLotus 020
Reposted by @jools2.bsky.socialAvaaz @avaaz.org · 05/04/2025What if it were you? Snatched off the street for writing an op-ed. No charges. No trial. Just disappeared. That’s what happened to Rumeysa Öztürk. They want silence. Let’s give them noise. Go to avaaz.org/FreedomForRumeysa #FreeRumeysa 38756
jools2.bsky.social @jools2.bsky.social · 05/04/2025Fairness has already left the stage. www.thestar.com.my/business/bus... 010
Reposted by @jools2.bsky.socialAlex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 04/04/2025This is a good, clear summary of a horrific story. It is intolerable and there must be consequences. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...theguardian.comThe Gaza paramedic killings: a visual timelineA week after contact was lost with a team of Palestinian rescue workers and medics in southern Gaza, their bodies were found in a mass grave 210665
Reposted by @jools2.bsky.socialAvaaz @avaaz.org · 04/04/2025Netanyahu landed in Hungary despite the ICC arrest warrant for crimes against humanity. And Hungary´s prime minister Orbán says his country will withdraw from the Court! Hungary, the EU, and the world must uphold international law and take action. avaaz.org/HungaryArrestNetanyahu #ICC 33828
Reposted by @jools2.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/04/2025The reason Trump has slapped tariffs on the entire world is not to protect American workers. What Trump cares about is being able to get concessions out of other countries and corporations that seek exemptions. It's all about his ability to hand out punishments and rewards. 30347511146
jools2.bsky.social @jools2.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Seriously, I hope that governments who think they can negotiate with this administration (including mine) think again, and think hard. 010
jools2.bsky.social @jools2.bsky.social · 06/03/2025It's a short article so please take the time to read it. 020
Reposted by @jools2.bsky.socialKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 06/03/2025‘“Nature has its way of taking out the weak and the not so well and the injured. The eagle likely thought it would be able to take it out quite easily,” Sequeira [the Ontario-based photographer] said. “But, it wasn’t.””theguardian.comCanada goose fights off bald eagle in rare, symbolism-laden battle on icePhotographer captures 20-minute clash between birds emblematic of Canada and US amid high trade tensions 823440736
jools2.bsky.social @jools2.bsky.social · 06/03/2025If you find you feed as depressing as I do, here’s something to do that could perhaps make you feel a little less helpless. #ukraine #avaaz secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...secure.avaaz.orgMake Putin PayPeople everywhere are urging Europe to use frozen Russian assets for Ukraine 000
Reposted by @jools2.bsky.socialCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 02/03/2025Thread. I endorse much of this. My take is this: we cannot ask people to keep spending money at places they feel are unethical. 8610114
Reposted by @jools2.bsky.socialPrem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 03/03/2025No Other Land Co-Director Yuval Abraham: "The foreign policy in this country is helping to block this path. Why? Can't you see that we are intertwined? There is another way. It's not too late for life, for the living. There is no other way." 2043971313
Reposted by @jools2.bsky.socialMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Three things: 1. Israel doesn’t get to unilaterally ‘propose’ extensions of a ceasefire that it has repeatedly violated. 2. Netanyahu was already indicted for starvation. Here’s more of the clear starvation policy. 3. It’s the beginning of Ramadan, the cruelty is just so brazen and shameful. 541605529
Reposted by @jools2.bsky.socialCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 01/03/2025This, so much. If an abuser wants to yell at you, even the very act of not giving them a reason enrages them. 12630116
Reposted by @jools2.bsky.socialJack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 28/02/2025This man is the leader of the free world. 257126902717
jools2.bsky.social @jools2.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Pakhshan Azizi has been held in solitary confinement in Iran for months, and tortured. They would repeatedly hang her, or bury her 10m underground – then pull her back up. The horror is unimaginable. Now, following a bogus trial, Iran sentenced Pakhshan to death. secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...secure.avaaz.orgWill Iran hang Pakhshan for helping women and children?Demand her freedom! Join this urgent global call to save Pakhshan’s life: 000
jools2.bsky.social @jools2.bsky.social · 11/01/2025For many, experiencing the incremental effects of climate change is akin to a lobster slowly being boiled alive. We may not realise that we're cooked until it's too late. 100
Reposted by @jools2.bsky.socialBohdan Pavuk @bpavuk.neocities.org · 26/12/2024if you see this post, your actions are: - if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this - if you don't have a spare buck, just repost your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive 2612715535200
jools2.bsky.social @jools2.bsky.social · 31/12/2024I abet clients in perpetuating lies about their brand and products, which I believe until. It's. Too. Late. 000
Reposted by @jools2.bsky.socialSaeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 30/12/2024How to critically read a text. This is what the author wrote, here’s one way to interpret what they’re saying and here’s why I think it’s interesting or significant. It’s an invaluable skill. And increasingly rare across different mediums. 513112669
jools2.bsky.social @jools2.bsky.social · 30/12/2024A modicum of self-awareness would help make your advertising more meaningful and effective. 000
jools2.bsky.social @jools2.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Intergovernmental body IPBES says governments are underestimating or ignoring the links between five key areas - biodiversity, water, food, health and climate change. For decades, experts have highlighted the consequences of climate change, so why have governments chosen to ignore them? 000
jools2.bsky.social @jools2.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Back on Twitter, I didn't block the jerks who would give me a hard time because I thought I should be strong enough to stand up for my opinions and principles. Of course, now I know better: these jerks just want to give us a hard time, to make our day greyer and grimmer. So, block, block, block. 210919
Reposted by @jools2.bsky.socialGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 18/12/2024Been seeing multiple people talking about increasing aggravations on this site due to questionable online behavior of some users. Alas, the moderation tools here do not include the option to delete other people's accounts. But fwiw, here are a few things I do that help my experience a bit... 531238388
Reposted by @jools2.bsky.socialCatherine Eaton @sparrowpost.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Nikki Giovanni, A Song for a Blackbird 'You will be missed' 💔 08315
Reposted by @jools2.bsky.socialJonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 29/11/2024"Facebook, Google and Amazon have destroyed the actual bulwark against autocratic leaders – local journalism – while cozying up to actual autocracy. " www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comWill the Democrats finally realize that Big Tech is not an ally? | Zephyr TeachoutTech titans, and big business in general, are not reliable partners against Trumpism. Progressives need to accept this 115653
jools2.bsky.social @jools2.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Didn't know this because I haven't shopped at Amazon for many years. But here's the summary of the strike, courtesy of @perplexityai.bsky.social www.perplexity.ai/search/are-a...perplexity.aiare amazon workers going on strikeThe upcoming strike by Amazon workers during the Black Friday weekend could have significant economic impacts on the company. Key potential effects... 120
