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@leischa.bsky.social
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✊️🇿🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇭 Trade unionist. South African via Scotland. Based in Geneva.

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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social · 4h
This is a good piece: www.972mag.com/why-naza-ter...
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Why ‘NAZA’ terrifies Israel's liberal elite
The film shatters ‘respectable’ Israelis’ illusion of moral superiority: The most prestigious, highly educated soldiers are the primary culprits of genocide.
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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social · 7h
Looks to me like its Labour who have destroyed that hope.
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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ungrateful bastards. Question Time has been the Nigel Farage show for years, providing him with an unrivalled and undeserved platform. There's no pleasing fascists and the BBC should stop trying.
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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Zionism is so obviously racist I can't understand why there is any controversy. If you create a state that privileges one relgious and ethnic identity above others, it is by definition discriminatory. A state can be Zionist or democratic, but not both, as Israel has so conclusively proven.
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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This is absolutely pathetic. I thought Labour was trying to dig itself out of its genocide-supporting hole? Labour MPs report Green party to police over 'Zionism is racism' policy www.thenational.scot/news/2660950...
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Labour MPs report Green party to police over 'Zionism is racism' policy
MORE than a dozen Labour MPs have reported the Green Party to Sussex Police and the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) over its "Zionism is racism" policy
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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
:-( It's awful, I don't know when it became normalised.
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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This was your flight, @qatarwings.bsky.social - you need to address this. Flight attendants need to enforce no headphones, no sound. It was unbearable.
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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I also got the impression that Gen Z's brains are so rotted by social media that they don't have the attention span to watch a film. They'd start something, lose interest after 5 minutes, and go back to TikTok.
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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Being exposed to someone else's brainrot is pure hell. We banned smoking on flights because of the effect on passengers, and now we've taken the retrograde step of allowing people to blast personal devices?
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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I was on a long haul night flight yesterday. Clearly, plane WiFi has improved: two young women sitting next to me spent the flight making and watching TikTok videos, sound on, no headphones, while the person in the seat in front took a loud video call. I asked them to stop, but they felt entitled.
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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Absolutely horrifying country. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
theguardian.com
This nurse was assaulted by ICE – and it was caught on video. Now she wants her day in court
Norma Bowe, 69, was flung to the ground at Delaney Hall, the infamous New Jersey detention center. She sees her lawsuit against ICE as one step towards justice
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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Guardian pretend to be the good guys, defending democracy, upholding our rights, but they steal our victories from us and give them to the bosses.
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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This may be hard to remember now, but there were trade unionists who went to the gallows for fighting for the weekend and the 8-hour day. And yet the Guardian focuses on the employer who eventually conceded? Such a useless newspaper - and why I will never give them any money.
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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
What a terrible article from @theguardian.com. Yes, we are losing hard won rights and freedoms. But the article frames the weekend as something given by an enlightened employer, Henry Ford. We have the weekend because unions fought long and hard for it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A century after the weekend was invented, it has disappeared. Let’s reclaim leisure | Richard Morgan
Henry Ford’s 1926 policy held for decades before eroding into a 24/7 mindset. Here’s what we can do about it
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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Today’s world-threatening technologies are fuelled by trillionaire greed, junk bonds and jerry-rigged financial engineering. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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No, AI is not similar to the Manhattan Project
What is singular and novel about the current threat is that it was born out of the private sector
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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
What is wrong with people? Flávio Bolsonaro takes commanding lead in Brazil election - www.ft.com/content/028d... via @FT
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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
John Maynard Keynes and the search for the good life - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
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John Maynard Keynes and the search for the good life
Playwright James Graham on an economist who asked the right questions in bad times — and why he matters so much today
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026
If the whites were to get rid of the rest of us it would be nothing but peace, quiet, and harmony until 45 minutes later when they start the hair color killings
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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The US is an utterly barbaric country. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Witnesses detail horror of Tennessee woman’s botched execution: ‘None of it was normal’
Witnesses in the chamber said Christa Pike was still breathing despite receiving injections intended to kill her
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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A chatbot generated a fake inteligence report. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Forget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M Bender
The risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals
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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The American Gestapo killed three people in one day. This is just a snapshot of their reign of terror. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Three deaths, three states, 24 hours: one day in ICE’s quiet but ‘gruesome’ surge
These men in Maine, Georgia and Florida shared no ties – until they became casualties in Trump’s anti-immigration campaign
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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Israel needs to be entirely isolated by the international community. They are out of control.
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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is a very insightful piece. Liberalism no longer delivers, and the right has been benefiting from its collapse. The left needs to stop trying to put liberalism back together again, and articulate a bold alternative. When we do, we often win. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
A leftwing victory in Berlin shows people want freedom, and liberals cannot deliver it | Eva von Redecker
Die Linke’s surge was propelled by a compelling promise: for voters to have the freedom to stay in their city. This is how to fight back against the far right, says writer and philosopher Eva von Rede...
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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Israel must be completely isolated from the international community. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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More than 100 Israelis go on rampage in Palestinian town
Jewish settlers blocked roads, set tyres ablaze and prevented the return of a Palestinian family in latest surge of violence in occupied West Bank
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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This was utterly predictable. A glut of new distilleries - many wonderful - combined with the big companies jacking up prices and chasing the top of the market. Anyone notice what happened to Ardbeg and Macallan prices, for example? www.theguardian.com/food/2026/se...
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On the rocks? Scotch distilleries pause production as unsold ‘whisky loch’ grows
Demand for Scotland’s most famous export has slumped, with industry facing job cuts and closures
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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Look harder, then. It's going to take a lot for Labour to climb out of this hole.
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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Also, just look at the CEO. We're letting creeps like this decide the future?
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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
AI is already being used to kill people. And all the money in the world is being invested in making it effective. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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It’s not hypothetical: the dangers of AI are already here | Granate Kim and Mohamed Hussein
Israel and the US have used AI to kill in Gaza and Iran, while law enforcement uses it in surveillance and arrests. The future is here
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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I agree with this. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Switzerland’s love of referendums keeps the far right at bay | Joseph de Weck
Brexit gave direct democracy a bad name. But the Swiss approach could be what Europe needs now, says Guardian Europe contributor Joseph de Weck
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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Same shit, different arsehole is a more succinct way to express the same concept.
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The youngest person his pager attack killed was 9-year-old Fatima Abdullah, who had just started 4th grade. The pager was on a table when it went off and she picked it up to take to her dad. It exploded in her face and reports said it covered the room in her blood. She wanted to learn English.
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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I've been robbed by these parasites. Lost something precious. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Clan leader in Paris sentenced to eight years over child pickpocketing gangs
Roberto Hamidovic, 48, ran network of thieves who targeted tourists in Paris Métro and Disneyland
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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I hate social media. Unplug the internet and let's go back to the analogue age. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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How a murder trial became a booming business for online creators
Lindsay Clancy was accused of killing her children. Social media’s zeal to monetise her trial turbocharged conspiracy theories
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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Tiocfaidh ár lá. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Slowly then all at once: this emboldened Celtic alliance could spell the end of the UK | Simon Jenkins
It’s something akin to a quiet earthquake: home nations jointly declaring their wish to be freed from English domination. A big move needs a big response, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
There has to be a reckoning. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Watching NAZA was like peering through a window – and seeing the machinery of killing in Gaza | Mahmoud Mushtaha
I now know that the only difference between life and death may have been an AI algorithm, says Mahmoud Mushtaha, a Palestinian journalist from Gaza
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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is pure evil. Make Israel History. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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‘Run! Get away!’: witnesses recount Israeli ‘double tap’ strike that killed child and medic in Gaza
When Mohammad Abdul Zinati, 15, rushed to help a man wounded in a bomb attack, he had no time to react before he too was hit
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
As former Labour minister Tom Watson joins Palantir, please read this devastating exposé by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @lucasamin.bsky.social of how the company, with Peter Mandelson's help, wormed its way into the UK government to sell its dire & dangerous products. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHS
A decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...
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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Oh please yes! Scam these fascist incels for everything they have. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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FBI warned ICE agents could be targeted by fake ‘tradwife’ dating profiles, memo reveals
Exclusive: Internal FBI memo, reviewed by the Guardian, said women wanted to dox and ‘embarrass’ agents, but provided few details
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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Ed Sheeran exposed as pointless and utterly vacuous hypocrit. www.theguardian.com/music/commen...
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Ed Sheeran wants to stay out of politics. By quitting his tour, his support acts have exposed the hollowness of neutrality
By standing behind support act Macklemore, who was removed from the tour for his vocal support of Palestine, these artists are demonstrating the self-sacrifice necessary to stand against those crushin...
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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Have the Terrorists Won? by Timothy Snyder (Yes). @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/EI85E0U?refe...
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Have the Terrorists Won?
Timothy Snyder thinks the 25 years since the 9/11 attacks have played out much as the attackers would have wanted.
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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Sheeran could have backed Macklemore's right to free speech in the Land of the Free. Instead he melted when faced with pushback from venue owners. You are right, you can't 'both sides' some issues.
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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This is wonderful, and totally exposes Ed Sheeran as a genocide-denying creep. We are going to see a lot more of this - a great reckoning with politicians and cultural figures who have tried to whitewash what is happening. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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All supporting acts withdraw from Ed Sheeran’s tour in solidarity with Macklemore
Four openers and live band for Sheeran’s tour depart after removal of Macklemore over ‘free Palestine’ comments
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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I'd like to propose a moratorium on all new content - books, films, music - for at least 10 years, to give us time to catch up with all the great stuff that's already out there.
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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"Eliminate" living conditions - aka #genocide www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
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Israel accused of trying to ‘eliminate’ living conditions for Palestinians in West Bank
Report by Israeli human rights group says systematic and broad assault being waged on conditions required for Palestinians’ existence
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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Tech billionaires are traitors to creation. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This is a good piece. The US overreacted to 9/11, squandered good will and money, and is now much diminshed. The day that blew America and the world off course - www.ft.com/content/b9a4... via @FT
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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Israel's pure evil is being systematically exposed. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Secret systems used by Israel in mass killings of Gaza civilians revealed in new film
Testimony from Israeli military insiders involved in surveillance and remote killings features in documentary produced by the Guardian
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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Good piece. Israel’s hapless British defenders - www.ft.com/content/b114... via @FT
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Israel’s hapless British defenders
Many Jews still feel kinship to Israel, but refusing to recognise its failings is not an act of support
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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Excellent news. www.techspot.com/news/113763-...
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Switzerland is paying $11 million to stop using Outlook and Teams
Federal authorities of the Swiss Confederation recently launched a pilot program to replace Microsoft 365 tools with open-source alternatives. The Federal Chancellery's plan calls for investing 9...
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leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Scotland is the best. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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‘Scots are the kindest people on earth!’ Meet the Americans moving to Scotland
Since Donald Trump’s re-election in 2024, there has been a 63% rise in Americans renting properties in Scotland. Politics is one reason – but there are many other surprising motivations …
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