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jools2.bsky.social @jools2.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Little Women. I was 10 or 11. Beth’s death gutted me.
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jools2.bsky.social @jools2.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
The dehumanisation of these victims by the American media is shameful.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 09/04/2025
UN chief Antonio Guterres says Gaza has become “a killing field” as Israeli forces continue bombarding the enclave. 🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/qqg8oi
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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
I 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...
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Letters from Gaza - Penguin Random House SEA
LETTERS 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 ...
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Satan’s Niece @krissychula.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
This is high art
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jools2.bsky.social @jools2.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
The 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
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Avaaz @avaaz.org · 05/04/2025
What 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
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jools2.bsky.social @jools2.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Fairness has already left the stage. www.thestar.com.my/business/bus...
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But, what is happening here is not "an eye for an eye” or "like for like”. Malaysia’s Trump tariff rate is 47 per cent, with a discounted rate of 24 per cent.

The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) itself acknowledges that Malaysia’s average most-favoured nation tariff rate is 5.6 per cent.

Trump and the USTR are claiming that trade deficits can be corrected with US tariffs and that trade deficits exist because of the domestic policies of its trading partners, with nothing to do with the exorbitant privilege of the dollar being the world’s reserve currency for international trade, the production decisions made by US firms, or consumer demand for goods which cannot be produced within the US.

"If trade deficits are persistent because of tariff and non-tariff policies and fundamentals, then the tariff rate consistent with offsetting these policies and fundamentals is reciprocal and fair,” it said.

Fairness has already left the stage.
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
This is a good, clear summary of a horrific story. It is intolerable and there must be consequences. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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The Gaza paramedic killings: a visual timeline
A 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
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Avaaz @avaaz.org · 04/04/2025
Netanyahu 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
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
The 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.
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jools2.bsky.social @jools2.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Seriously, I hope that governments who think they can negotiate with this administration (including mine) think again, and think hard.
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jools2.bsky.social @jools2.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
I haven't heard it so I'm offering suggestions without basis. This mispronunciation is one no native English speaker would make. I would argue though, that it's easy to cultivate a standard American accent if one watches enough television but it's harder to understand the nuances of the language.
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jools2.bsky.social @jools2.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Is he a native English speaker? If his English proficiency is superficial, he may not know the difference.
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jools2.bsky.social @jools2.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Could be an AI voiceover.
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jools2.bsky.social @jools2.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Welcome to Asia.
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jools2.bsky.social @jools2.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Our thoughts are moving in the same direction ☺️
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jools2.bsky.social @jools2.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
That's so weird. Back in the day (way, way back) the pyramid wasn't inverted. Actually, I'd describe this article as labyrinthine or catacombic 😆
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jools2.bsky.social @jools2.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Dare I ask what it is?
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jools2.bsky.social @jools2.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
So true, it is so hard to discern the facts in this discursively written article.
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jools2.bsky.social @jools2.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
It's a short article so please take the time to read it.
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Katie 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.””
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Canada goose fights off bald eagle in rare, symbolism-laden battle on ice
Photographer captures 20-minute clash between birds emblematic of Canada and US amid high trade tensions
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jools2.bsky.social @jools2.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
If 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/...
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Make Putin Pay
People everywhere are urging Europe to use frozen Russian assets for Ukraine
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 02/03/2025
Thread. I endorse much of this. My take is this: we cannot ask people to keep spending money at places they feel are unethical.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
No 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."
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Three 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.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 01/03/2025
This, so much. If an abuser wants to yell at you, even the very act of not giving them a reason enrages them.
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jools2.bsky.social @jools2.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
I haven't thought about him in decades, so I did a search and yes, he looks amazing.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
This man is the leader of the free world.
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jools2.bsky.social @jools2.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Pakhshan 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/...
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Will Iran hang Pakhshan for helping women and children?
Demand her freedom! Join this urgent global call to save Pakhshan’s life:
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jools2.bsky.social @jools2.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Very poor font choice. All the kerning in the world couldn't save it.
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jools2.bsky.social @jools2.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
On the other hand, the lack of leadership by governments, policymakers, politicians, who are in the position to shape public opinion as well as formulate, implement and even enforce policies to mitigate climate change, is unconscionable.
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jools2.bsky.social @jools2.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
For 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.
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Bohdan Pavuk @bpavuk.neocities.org · 26/12/2024
if 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
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jools2.bsky.social @jools2.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
I’m sorry to hear that. I read the entire trilogy and loved all three books.
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jools2.bsky.social @jools2.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Appropriate.
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jools2.bsky.social @jools2.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
I abet clients in perpetuating lies about their brand and products, which I believe until. It's. Too. Late.
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
How 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.
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jools2.bsky.social @jools2.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
A modicum of self-awareness would help make your advertising more meaningful and effective.
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jools2.bsky.social @jools2.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Intergovernmental 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?
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jools2.bsky.social @jools2.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
The world would be a better place if more people had hobbies. Without any proof, I'd like to suggest that the unrelenting, meaningless consumption that has helped fuel the fire that's destroying the world stems from boredom.
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jools2.bsky.social @jools2.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Back 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.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 18/12/2024
Been 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...
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jools2.bsky.social @jools2.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Unconscionable.
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Catherine Eaton @sparrowpost.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Nikki Giovanni, A Song for a Blackbird 'You will be missed' 💔
A SONG FOR A BLACKBIRD
 (for Carolyn Rogers 10-4-10)

We look for words: intelligent intense chocolate warm ambitious cautious
to describe a person

We design monuments:
the Pyramids the Taj Mahal the Lincoln Memorial the Empire State
Building
the Wrigley Building Coffins
to say someone was loved

We sing a sad blue
Song
We sing a river-no-bridge
Song
We sing a Song of a Blackbird
To say

You will be missed
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Jonathan 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...
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Will the Democrats finally realize that Big Tech is not an ally? | Zephyr Teachout
Tech titans, and big business in general, are not reliable partners against Trumpism. Progressives need to accept this
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jools2.bsky.social @jools2.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
And here's one more reason for boycotting Amazon and even Meta. bsky.app/profile/mehd...
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jools2.bsky.social @jools2.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Didn'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...
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are amazon workers going on strike
The upcoming strike by Amazon workers during the Black Friday weekend could have significant economic impacts on the company. Key potential effects...
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jools2.bsky.social @jools2.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Please sign and share.
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jools2.bsky.social @jools2.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
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