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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
This is literally madness and we cannot let this happen. It will transform Canada in to a shelled out hellscape, in the service of a dead empire's whims.
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Maggie Harrison Dupré @mharrisondupre.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
A woman sued OpenAI last week alleging that ChatGPT reinforced the obsessive, violent delusions of her stalker (her ex-boyfriend.) This woman's claims (as detailed by TechCrunch, left) are chillingly similar to those of a completely different woman whose story Futurism reported on in Feb (right):
Doe had broken up with the user in 2024, and he used ChatGPT to process the split, according to emails and communications cited in the lawsuit. Rather than push back on his one-sided account, it repeatedly cast him as rational and wronged, and her as manipulative and unstable. He then took these AI-generated conclusions off the screen and into the real world, using them to stalk and harass her. This manifested in several AI-generated, clinical-looking psychological reports that he distributed to her family, friends, and employer. For months, her then-fiancé and partner of several years had been fixating on her and their relationship with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. In mid-2024, she explained, they’d hit a rough patch as a couple; in response, he turned to ChatGPT, which he’d previously used for general business-related tasks, for “therapy.” 

Before she knew it, she recalled, he was spending hours each day talking with the bot, funneling everything she said or did into the model and propounding on pseudo-psychiatric theories about her mental health and behavior. He started to bombard the woman with screenshots of his ChatGPT interactions and copy-pasted AI-generated text, in which the chatbot can be seen armchair-diagnosing her with personality disorders and insisting that she was concealing her real feelings and behavior through coded language. The bot often laced its so-called analyses with flowery spiritual jargon, accusing the woman of engaging in manipulative “rituals.”

Trying to communicate with her fiancé was like walking on “ChatGPT eggshells,” the woman recalled. No matter what she tried, ChatGPT would “twist it.”

“He would send [screenshots] to me from ChatGPT, and be like, ‘Why does it say this? Why would it say this about you, if this is not true?'” she recounted. “And it was just awful, awful things.”Shortly after moving out, the former fiancé began to publish multiple videos and images a day on social media accusing the woman of an array of alleged abuses — the same bizarre ideas he’d fixated on so extensively with ChatGPT.

In some videos, he stares into the camera, reading from seemingly AI-generated scripts; others feature ChatGPT-generated text overlaid on spiritual or sci-fi-esque graphics. In multiple posts, he describes stabbing the woman. In another, he discusses surveilling her. (The posts, which we’ve reviewed, are intensely disturbing; we’re not quoting directly from them or the man’s ChatGPT transcripts due to concern for the woman’s privacy and safety.)

The ex-fiancé also published revenge porn of the woman on social media, shared her full name and other personal information, and doxxed the names and ages of her teenage children from a previous marriage. He created a new TikTok dedicated to harassing content — complete with its own hashtag — and followed the woman’s family, friends, and neighbors, as well as other teens from her kids’ high school.

“I’ve lived in this small town my entire life,” said the woman. “I couldn’t leave my house for months… people were messaging me all over my social media, like, ‘Are you safe? Are your kids safe? What is happening right now?'”
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Untranslated headlines in German are much clearer than New York Times headlines in English
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Ist Donald Trump ein Sexmonster?
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»Die Republikaner haben ein Naziproblem«
US-Präsident Trump verwandelt Rassismus, Sexismus, Korruption und Demokratieverachtung in Tugenden, sagt der Journalist Tom Nichols. Die Republikaner hält er für politisch und moralisch ausgehöhlt.
Ein Interview von Martin Pfaffenzeller
04.04.2026, 09.39 UhrNew York Times: How Trump-Kennedy alliance is pushing thr boundaries of public healthNew York Times: Legally creative, democratically dangerous: Trump's plan to twist the news
Feb. 24, 2026
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Remember the lady in the penis costume who was tackled by cops at the October No Kings protests? Not only have they not dropped the charges, they've added new ones. Her trial is set for later this month. theintercept.com/2026/04/03/p...
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Grandmother Faces Trial in Alabama for Wearing Penis Costume to No Kings Protest
The 62-year-old was arrested for wearing a penis costume to an Alabama No Kings protest — then prosecutors doubled down.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Defeatism? We don’t know her. Our community support-based campaign model demonstrates a new model for politics and engaged a record number of young voters. Now we’re not just going to keep doing that work. We’re helping campaigns across the country do the same.
Article excerpt from the Chicago Sun Times, reading: 

HEADLINE: After primary loss, Kat Abughazaleh moves to boost campaigns across Midwest
SUBHEAD: Abughazaleh said Thursday that she will help campaigns "integrate mutual aid and direct action into their races," across the country, "especially in the Midwest." 

STORY: By Tina Sfondeles | Apr 2, 2026, 4:36pm CDT

"Fresh off a second-place finish, progressive content creator and former congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh is scaling up her political network to help purple and progressive candidates in the Midwest - all while keeping her Rogers Park campaign office open as a mutual aid hub and community space."

Chicago Sun Times quote: 

Abughazaleh announced she will help campaigns "integrate mutual aid and direct action into their races," and she plans to help races across the country, "especially in the Midwest." Abughazaleh said she is working with partners to fund the project and plans to expand it to help other candidates.
"But Kat, you lost your race. How could you even say that this model could win races?' Well I'm so glad you asked. We came in a very close second in a field of 15, beating out AIPAC and multiple established local politicians, and we did it with zero outside money," Abughazaleh said. "We brought in more first-time Gen Z donors than the DSCC [Democratic Senate Campaign Committee] the DCC [Democratic Congressional Committee], [Senate Minority Leader Chuck] Schumer, [House Minority Leader Hakeem] Jeffries and my next two primary opponents combined."
Abughazaleh raised an astonishing $3.3 million in an anti-establishment primary race, which included avoiding newspaper and Democratic Party endorsements and using livestream events to solicit small-donor donations instead of begging big-time donors for cash. She also used that time to tell voters about her platform, which included universal health care, protections against price-gouging, more housing with federal incentives, climate action
— and removing lead pipes.
Abughazaleh said the campaign's framework for mutual aid - opening up her Rogers Park campaign office as a place for people to come for food, clothing and essential needs like baby formula — "was the No. 1 persuader to undecided voters."Chicago Sun Times article excerpt reads: 

Part of her post-election plans also include increasing free community-focused events at the Rogers Park campaign office at 7016 N. Clark St.
"By a long shot, people feel helpless and alone in the face of fascism, and the system is meant to make you feel that way. Authoritarians want you to feel paralyzed. They want you to keep doom scrolling. And instead, we came with a different offer," Abughazaleh said. "What if you join us for a park cleanup? What if you help us knit hats for people during a cold snap? What if you help us organize diapers for parents that need them?"

Photos from campaign events showcased, from knitting mutual aid items to organizing with the Sunrise Movement to park cleanup days.
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Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
The immediate status quo, centrist attacks on Avi Lewis are precisely why he is effective and needed. In face of growing right wing escalation, an unbashadely left opposition that is anti capitalist & internationalist is both principled *and* realistic.
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Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Cuba provided weapons and support to African liberation, for exame in Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau. In Angola, 300,000 Cubans fought against apartheid S Africa. Battle of Cuito Cuanavale weakened apartheid S Africa, accelerating independence of Namibia and contributing to collapse of apartheid.
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A continental call from Africa: standing with Cuba against imperialist aggression : Peoples Dispatch
With the economic strangulation of Cuba by the United States, African progressive organizations and movements are calling for broader continental solidarity.
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 27/03/2026
I know people hate theory but necropolitics should be a lens more people are familiar with right now.
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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 25/03/2026
"I decided to join the Handala after trying to move the system from the inside." "I was contacting the deputy Secretary General to send UN observers." "It was difficult for me to understand why there was so much lack of courage." #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Incarceration #Water #Military #Genocide
mondoweiss.net
Why I resigned from the UN to join the Gaza Freedom Flotilla
Mondoweiss interviews former UN official Chloé Ludden about her experiences at sea during the Gaza Freedom Flotilla and why those working at international organizations, including civil servants, can no longer afford the luxury of silence.
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Jenny Kwan @jennykwan.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
The RCMP’s "Native extremism program" is a jaw-dropping betrayal. Wiretaps & secret dossiers were used to target leaders fighting for their rights—not security threats. I’m calling on the Public Safety Minister to release all files & hold public hearings. Accountability now. ⬇️
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Borneo Jimmy @borneojimmy.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Words to live by, from John Waters.
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Lisa Song @lisalsong.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
“I’m worried,” Ratner said, “that we’re going back to a time where people die in childhood.” -->terrifying, essential reporting by @sheinvestigates.bsky.social
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 21/03/2026
THREAD: Cherise Doyley was in her 12th hour of contractions at the hospital when a tablet was brought to her bedside. On the screen was a Zoom call with a judge and several lawyers and doctors. She was in court, a nurse told her. The reason? For failing to agree to a C-section.
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Kat @katharined.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
www.propublica.org/article/3m-f...
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Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles wit...
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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Ok, here it is, massively updated with today's news. I haven't gone through the program cuts myself yet but I will at some point! noraloreto.substack.com/p/counting-t...
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Counting the cuts
Mark Carney's attacks on Canada's public service should concern all Canadians.
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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
My latest! This was a hard one to write because so little has actually been written about it.
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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 16/03/2026
"Grief is not just the processing of our losses — of our hopes and dreams, of people killed and lives ruined." "[G]rief for one person can open up space for grief for all." "It's a path to strengthen our resolve." #Minnesota #USA #Protest #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
truthout.org
By Organizing Acts of Public Grief, We Build the Courage to Keep Fighting
Our neighbors who confronted ICE in Minnesota have taught us how grieving gives us the courage to continue our dissent.
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Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Weaving our Worlds has compiled resources and diverse left perspectives from and on Iran. Rather than reduce Iran to various intra-left ideological debates, these provide analysis based in the context, specificity and history. www.weavingourworlds.ca/iran-resourc...
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Iran Resources
This resource list was produced in March 2026, less than one week after the US and Zionist entity launched attacks against Iran — manufactured through lies, orientalist propaganda, sanctions, regime-c...
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
I will also say that it’s a bit wild to me that no press freedom organization or professional journalistic association has tried to contact me or even put out a statement here. I mean Jesus Christ. A little solidarity from institutions would be nice here!
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Why do I have to pretend that I'm going to print something in order to save it as a PDF. Why do I have to engage in a little ruse.
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Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
"Israeli military says more than 1,500 Canadians were serving in IOF ranks last year" This is enraging. Canada is listed as one of top ten countries of dual nationals in the IOF (after US, France, Germany) Not only is Canada arming Zionist enemy, Canadians are authorized to commit genocide in Gaza
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Israeli military says more than 1,500 Canadians were serving in its ranks last year
The news comes after the RCMP confirmed it would collect reports from the public about possible war crimes by Hamas or the IDF.
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Jane Dickens @hornbeamhedge.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
This anemone is new to us this year, lovely, takes ages to open, flowers for a few days and then it’s gone, worth it for the colour. #Gardenshour @gardenshour.bsky.social
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Pete 👎 ABOLISH ICE 👎 @barrelbucket.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Twin Cities Unions Planning 'Largest US Rent Strike in 100+ Years' as ICE Occupation Drives Eviction Crisis #ICEOUT #FDT #Rent #Eviction #MN #ICEOUTNOW www.commondreams.org/news/minneso...
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Twin Cities Unions Planning ‘Largest US Rent Strike in 100+ Years’ as ICE Occupation Drives Eviction Crisis | Common Dreams
"Tenants in Minnesota are in a crisis," said Minneapolis City Council Member Aisha Chughtai. "The federal invasion forced many of our neighbors to stay home and devastated our local economy."
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Kat @katharined.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Take Action - End Corruption Fund the City. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/take...
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Take Action - End Corruption Fund the City
In the wake of a corruption scandal, linking Toronto Police Services to data breaches, organized crime, drug trafficking and murder plots, TPS is set to receive a budget increase of $93.8 million doll...
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Daniel Jenkins-Jones @apushapus.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
My first #bumblebee of 2026 on the wing today (12/02) in Cardiff. Buff-tailed? @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 09/02/2026
"United States is quietly deporting Palestinians arrested by [ICE] to the occupied West Bank by private jet, with two such flights taking place in coordination with the Israeli authorities." #USA #WestBank #Palestine #Israel #Transportation #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
972mag.com
U.S. secretly deporting Palestinians to West Bank in coordination with Israel
Palestinians arrested by ICE are being flown, bound and shackled, on private jet belonging to Israeli-American tycoon close to Trump, investigation reveals.
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Lara Ianuzzi @laraianuzzi.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Feeling the weight of the world. Also feeling a tiny crack of light as I get back to art making. Monoprint. Acrylic on paper. #art #print #printmaking #monoprint #grief #healing
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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Your reminder that what happened to Renee Nicole Good is something that happens regularly in America. This is not new, but it is an expanded version of militarized people targeting Black people in particular. From ICE detention to murder with impunity, we've been doing it. Now it's broadened.
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Melissa Martin @doubleemmartin.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
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The Breach @breachmedia.ca · 28/11/2025
For two years, a Sudanese paramilitary force has been massacring civilians—with Canadian-made weapons. @nisrinelamin.bsky.social and Ismail Adam join @desmondcole.bsky.social to discuss how decades of Canadian mining interests and weapons smuggling makes Ottawa complicit in the war in Sudan.
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Canadian weapons are enabling Sudan’s ‘war against civilians’ ⋆ The Breach
Nisrin Elamin and Ismail Adam join Desmond Cole to discuss how decades of Canadian mining interests and weapons smuggling makes the country complicit in the war in Sudan
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Nisrin Elamin @nisrinelamin.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Fellow academics and cultural workers, please consider joining me and scholars like Robin Kelley, Angela Davis and Ruthie Gilmore in signing this important UAE boycott letter: spectrejournal.com/for-a-cultur...
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For a Cultural and Academic Boycott of the UAE – Spectre Journal
TAGATU3 call for a cultural and academic boycott of the UAE.
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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story. Holy. Shit. www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Were there moments that you missed? Anything that happened that’s on the cutting room floor?
I don’t think there’s anything I missed that I wish I’d gotten. I’ll give you a little anecdote: Stephen Miller was perhaps the most concerned about the portrait session. He asked me, “Should I smile or not smile?” and I said, “How would you want to be portrayed?” We agreed that we would do a bit of both. And then when we were finished, he comes up to me to shake my hand and say goodbye. And he says to me, “You know, you have a lot of power in the discretion you use to be kind to people.” And I looked at him and I said, “You know, you do, too.”
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Landmark legal decision has affirmed that Canada owes a legally binding fiduciary duty to provide adequate on-reserve housing. The ruling is being viewed as a huge victory for more than 100 First Nations across the country. For more Truth & Politics:
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Will a recent landmark legal decision help address the on-reserve housing crisis? | Truth & Politics
YouTube video by APTN News
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 11/12/2025
1/ The Carney government has fallen hard for AI hype, and it's endangering us all. This unprecedented invitation of data-hungry tech execs inside our house (where all our confidential data is stored) is a disturbing betrayal of public trust. dub.link/NDYvJU0
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Ottawa hands corporate leaders 50 roles in government
Ottawa plans to embed the private sector workers after adopting a business group's proposal — even naming the program after them, a briefing note reveals.
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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
The EPA has removed references about humans causing climate change from its website. No US government website can be trusted for science information.
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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 09/12/2025
"Some people say food deserts." "I say food apartheid, because it's an imposed system." "Their message is clear: Indigenous food systems are the path forward." #NorthDakota #SouthDakota #USA #Food #Apartheid
prismreports.org
SNAP stoppage exposed need for Indigenous food sovereignty
When the federal government shutdown halted SNAP benefits, Indigenous leaders amped up efforts to share traditional food and knowledge within communities.
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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 09/12/2025
"The creator of ICEBlock, a popular ICE-spotting app that Apple removed after direct pressure from the [DOJ], is suing Attorney General Pam Bondi and other top officials, arguing that the demand violated his First Amendment rights." #USA #Technology #Censorship #Courts #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
404media.co
ICEBlock Creator Sues U.S. Government Over App's Removal
The Department of Justice demanded Apple remove ICEBlock, which reports sightings of ICE officials, from its App Store. Now the creator is suing, saying the demand violated his First Amendment rights.
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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Just as the United States hits its first official trillion-dollar annual military budget, the New York Times editorial board has published an article which argues that the US is going to need to increase military funding to prepare for a major war with China. www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/new-york-t...
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New York Times Wants The US Military Built Up For War With China
Reading by Tim Foley:
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talia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Forgot to post here! Asked Mamdani for comment on the anti-ICE mobilization that sabotaged a major ICE raid last wkd. Mamdani described the action as people exercising their free speech, that he looks forward to protecting that right. He has not previously commented on the community defense.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 03/12/2025
Gaza remains suspended in limbo. Waiting for aid. Waiting for news of prisoners. Waiting for the world to see that the genocide has not ended—it has only changed its form. bit.ly/48zjsvP
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The Gaza Genocide Has Not Ended. It Has Only Changed Its Form.
A real ceasefire would mean opening borders, rebuilding what was destroyed, and allowing life to return. But this is not happening.
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