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Shariff Tabba

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 15/07/2025
If A.I. companions could truly fulfill their promise—banishing the pain of loneliness entirely—the result might feel blissful, at least at first. But would it make us better?
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A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That’s a Problem
The discomfort of loneliness shapes us in ways we don’t recognize—and we may not like what we become without it.
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QalaatAlMudiq @qalaatalmudiq.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
S. #Syria: #Damascus night combat troops are now entering the city of #Suwayda. They will lead the upcoming thermal battle against Druze militiamen.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
🔴A Year Since the UK Riots, Elon Musk’s X Is Still ‘Profiting From Anti-Muslim and Anti-Migrant’ Hate Report finds X is still failing to take down calls for violence against Muslims and migrants despite the messages “clearly violating” the platform’s own rules bylinetimes.com/2025/07/15/a...
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A Year Since the UK Riots, Elon Musk's X Is Still 'Profiting From Anti-Muslim and Anti-Migrant' Hate
Report finds X is still failing to take down calls for violence against Muslims and migrants despite the messages “clearly violating” the platform's own rules
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Center for European Policy Analysis @cepa.org · 15/07/2025
Will Europe Bother to Fight for an Imploding ICC? | "As the US wages a sustained campaign against the court, Europe seems ambivalent about its response." Chris Stephen
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Will Europe Bother to Fight for an Imploding ICC?
Two tweets provide a stark illustration of falling support for the International Criminal Court (ICC). Europe seems ambivalent.
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Chris Osieck @chrisosieck.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
God, Mark Rutte is insufferable. Talking about how him calling Trump a “Daddy” and how the White House released a video about how “Daddy’s Home” plus t-shirts would be made about it. Then he expresses how much he likes Trump. What’s next? A one night stand? The butler of the US will do anything.
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Ariana Gic @arianagic.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Patriots are short range defensive weapons. Will protect civilians. Won't change the course of war. When will they come? How many? 50 days is a LONG time for Russia to do horrific things and THEN come to the table with a "negotiated settlement". Things aren't as grand as they look.
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Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
The world's attention is not focused on Russian crimes against humanity,yet every other conflict and war pales in comparison when you consider the number of people killed or wounded. Why is this? Because Russia,Iran and China invest vast sums of money in waging an information war on our hearts&minds
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Invaders have killed about 100,000 people in Mariupol – human rights defenders
The Russian invaders have killed approximately 100,000 civilians in Mariupol, and this is a confirmed number. — Ukrinform.
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Mark Kersten @markkersten.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
"Macron has faced resistance from allies such as Britain and Canada over his push for the recognition of a Palestinian state." Not does Canada refuse to recognize Palestine, it is applying pressure on others not to do so. What gives, @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social? www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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France says UN conference to work on post-war Gaza, Palestinian state recognition
A rescheduled United Nations conference this month will discuss post-war plans for Gaza and preparations for the recognition of a Palestinian state by France and others, France's foreign minister said on Tuesday.
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Foreign Affairs @foreignaffairs.com · 15/07/2025
To be more than a hollow gesture, a renewed global push to recognize the state of Palestine must be accompanied by “real change on the ground,” argue @abuaardvark.bsky.social and @stelhami.bsky.social.
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The Promise and Peril of Recognizing Palestine
Can a two-state solution still emerge from a one-state reality?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
The Trump regime is about to burn 500 tons of USAID emergency food. Why? Because it expired after its shipment was delayed. 1.5 million children could have eaten for a week. Now, taxpayers will spend $130K for it to be destroyed. This isn’t just inefficient – it’s cruel.
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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Take the win, but Trump is no friend of Ukraine. arthursnell.substack.com/p/trump-is-f...
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Trump is fed up with Putin, but he is still the least pro-Ukraine president of recent times
Being humiliated by Moscow doesn't land well, but Trump's likely to lose interest in helping Kyiv
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Global Project Against Hate and Extremism @globalextremism.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Neo-Nazi “Youth Clubs” are forming across the U.S., targeting boys aged 15 to 18 with white supremacist propaganda, MMA training, and recruitment tactics modeled after the violent Active Club network. Active in at least 42 states, the movement is spreading both online and offline.
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Neo-Nazi Teenagers Across America Starting Their Own Active Clubs
A dangerous new front in youth radicalization is spreading across the U.S., as neo-Nazi "Youth Clubs" modeled on the white supremacist Active Club network gain traction among teens aged 15 to 18. With...
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Alex Neve @alexneve.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
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9 First Nations in Ontario launch constitutional challenge against laws allowing development fast-tracking | CBC News
Nine First Nations in Ontario are asking for a court-ordered injunction that would prevent the federal and provincial governments from using newly passed laws to fast-track infrastructure projects.
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 16/07/2025
A recent legal paper by a scholar at the MVD's Ural Law Institute links Russia's rising crime rates. The research represents “a rare instance of an insider within the system analyzing the war’s criminal ramifications,” writes the BBC. Meduza summarizes the findings. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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‘Expect more violent crime’ Russian state legal scholar issues rare warning that veterans returning from Ukraine pose a growing public safety threat — Meduza
The war in Ukraine has begun to influence Russia’s crime rates, and the situation promises to grow worse in the coming years, including more violent crimes. This is the conclusion presented in a…
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Brian Hioe @brianhioe.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Good read on the parallel convergence between China and the US—framed usefully here not as a “clash of civilizations” but a clash of two gilded ages www.noemamag.com/the-clash-of...
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The Clash Of Two Gilded Ages | NOEMA
Despite their great power rivalry, America and China are more similar than most people think. Both are living through a Gilded Age and struggling to end the excesses of capitalism.
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Apostolis Fotiadis @balkanizator.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
For years Frontex gathered data and automatically passed it unlawfully to Europol. With @stavinoha.bsky.social & @lolahierro.bsky.social we investigated how this dragnet scooped up thousands of people, migrants and EU activists. wearesolomon.com/mag/format/i...
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Frontex unlawfully shared thousands of people's personal data with Europol
Under the banner of fighting migrant smuggling, Frontex has collected, and unlawfully siphoned to Europol, personal data for years—quietly drawing thousands of migrants, as well as EU citizens aiding ...
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 14/07/2025
Thirty years on: Newcastle’s Bosnian community remembers the genocide Event at Newcastle Civic Centre to commemorate the 8372 men and boys who were brutally murdered by the Serbian army 30 years ago @northeastbylines.co.uk northeastbylines.co.uk/culture/reme...
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Thirty years on: Newcastle’s Bosnian community remembers the genocide
Event at Newcastle Civic Centre to commemorate the 8372 men and boys who were brutally murdered by the Serbian army 30 years ago
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 14/07/2025
EU trade chief Maroš Šefčovič says the European Commission is seeking to formally engage G7 countries such as Canada and Japan to coordinate responses to Donald Trump’s erratic tariffs.
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EU wants to boost G7 coordination to fend off Trump’s tariffs
EU seeks to coordinate with Canada and Japan following Trump’s recent letters.
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Mark Kersten @markkersten.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
"The most likely explanation is this is representative of one more situation where Canada will go to considerable lengths to avoid irking or upsetting Donald Trump." @alexneve.bsky.social Canada refuses to support #ICC on two occasions www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7yC... @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social
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Canada refuses to support the International Criminal Court on two consecutive occasions
YouTube video by CityNews
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Trigger warning here Palestinians in the Rafah concentration camp in southern Gaza being shot at by the Israeli army They’re waiting for ‘aid’. This is Israel’s favorite method of the past several weeks to trap civilians and then open fire www.instagram.com/reel/DMFankX...
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 13/07/2025
i think the big middle event between george floyd protests and covid that accelerated this hard right turn in elite circles was tech employees using slack to stage walk-outs and force concessions from management. tech bosses got a first whiff of organized labor's power and started reading mein kampf
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Chris Osieck @chrisosieck.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
A ceasefire is not enough. Israel’s control over aid lets it weaponise starvation and displacement. Our analysis shows how the GHF system dismantled a civilian-led model to concentrate people in Rafah. The genocide can continue even under ceasefire. frames.forensic-architecture.org/gaza/aid
A ceasefire is not enough. The Israeli military’s weaponisation of aid and starvation to displace and destroy Palestinian society will not stop as long as Israel controls aid distribution. Our new analysis shows how Israel has imposed a deadly aid system through GHF ration stations, while dismantling a proven civilian-led model, in order to concentrate Palestinians in Rafah and push Gazan society toward collapse.

The genocide can continue even under a ceasefire.

View our full analysis: https://frames.forensic-architecture.org/gaza/aid
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Adam Sternbergh @sternbergh.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
just spent a week in Toronto and can confirm nymag.com/intelligence...
The cover of the current issue of New York magazine, featuring a beaver throttling a bald eagle and the coverline "You Have No Idea How Furious the Canadians Are"
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
🔴Hot Type: Welcome to Electro-Fascism — Warning: Prolonged Exposure May Be Harmful Spectacle continues to camouflage the core malfeasance of our growing tech tyranny, writes @heidicuda.bsky.social www.bylinesupplement.com/p/hot-type-w...
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Hot Type: Welcome to Electro-Fascism — Warning: Prolonged Exposure May Be Harmful
Spectacle continues to camouflage the core malfeasance of our growing tech tyranny, writes Heidi Siegmund Cuda
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QalaatAlMudiq @qalaatalmudiq.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
The most devastating forest fires in #Syria's recent history ended today without any human losses. This was due to the extraordinary efforts of the Civil Defense teams and the remarkable collaboration with volunteers and the foreign teams. Over 15,000 hectares were destroyed over the past 12 days.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
🔴‘Progressives Must Unite Against Nigel Farage and National Populism or Reform Will Win’ Neal Lawson on the series of numbers that really matter in UK politics right now bylinetimes.com/2025/07/04/p...
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'Progressives Must Unite Against Nigel Farage and National Populism or Reform Will Win'
Neal Lawson on the series of numbers that really matter in UK politics right now
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Shariff Tabba @occulus5.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Objectively speaking, Israel trying to reshape the region through brute force
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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Interesting analysis of Erdogan's responses towards Israel's military operations by @sinemadar.bsky.social : "Turkey views the Israeli airstrikes not as an isolated event but instead as part of Israel’s broader strategy to reshape the regional order:: www.worldpoliticsreview.com/turkey-middl...
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For Turkey, the ‘New’ Middle East Is Cause for Concern
Israel’s war with Iran signaled the latest shift toward a new regional order that Turkey finds undesirable. Ankara is responding accordingly.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 13/07/2025
If only the problem was just Bibi and not the whole setup of putting your country on top of someone else’s home
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 13/07/2025
How Britain privatised itself into failure Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble. In Failed State, Sam Freedman explains what went wrong Review by John Cole @yorkshirebylines.co.uk
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How Britain privatised itself into failure
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble. In Failed State, Sam Freedman explains what went wrong
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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Wrapping up Blyth's Great Transformations, and one thing it makes clear is that, for all the talk about the end of the neoliberal turn, when it comes to monetary policy we're still very much in the neoliberal era. I've got Hayek's Bastards by Quinn Slobodian (who I thought was on here?) lined up.
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Hafsa Halawa @hafsahalawa.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
WTAF is happening to the West. “she "warned against new forms of antisemitism, which she described as 'ambient antisemitism', i.e. creating an atmosphere in which Jews feel uncomfortable, even in European institutions, noting, for instance, the 'bake sales for Gaza'." euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
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EU antisemitism tsar lobbied against Israel sanctions
The high-level EU official was lobbying against Israel sanctions using bogus claims on antisemitism, according to a "sensitive" cable from Tel Aviv leaked to EUobserver.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Actor Mandy Patinkin’s plea for Jews to consider how what Netanyahu’s Israeli government is doing to Gaza is not just harming Palestinians and killing kids — but also endangering Jews across the globe.
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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
In the Nuseirat refugee camp #Israeli forces committed a massacre by killing 10 Palestinians. 3 displaced Palestinians were killed when a tent in the Mawasi area was hit. Attack killed multiple members of the Al-Jardali family near Al-Amal Hospital. www.palestinechronicle.com/gaza-reels-f...
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Gaza Reels from Overnight Massacres as Israeli Strikes Kill Over 100
Israeli forces bombed multiple areas in Gaza overnight, killing over 100 Palestinians, including children and displaced persons.
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QalaatAlMudiq @qalaatalmudiq.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Barrel bombings and chemical attacks have ended, but post-Assad #Syria now faces a wide range of more insidious threats. Several mass-casualty attacks have already been thwarted this year, as those opposing the country's stability are trying to sow chaos for their own advantage.
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Regular pogroms happening with clear police and military backing www.972mag.com/settler-impu...
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With West Bank annexation in the air, settlers revel in their impunity
Israeli settlers have rampaged through Palestinian towns and rioted at a military base in recent weeks, knowing officials have their backs.
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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
This is 20 year old Saif Musallet, a US citizen, born in Florida. Yesterday, Saif was brutally beaten to death by Israeli settlers on his family's land. For 3 hours, a mob surrounded Saif and prevented the ambulance and paramedic from reaching him to deliver life-saving care.
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Shariff Tabba @occulus5.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
The thing is Israel is not interested in peace. It is on a warpath to reshape the region and make it more chaotic and it expects other actors (such as the US) to come up with policies to deal the repercussions of it's actions.
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Shariff Tabba @occulus5.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
MAGA wants the US to go back to the 19th century
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Philip Mai @philipmai.com · 12/07/2025
This is what a retreat looks like. As Trump shrinks the State Department, China and Russia will happily rush in to fill the void. But this is not a new phenomenon. "Making America 1920 again. Nativism and US Immigration, Past and Present" cmsny.org/publications...
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Making America 1920 Again? Nativism and US Immigration, Past and Present - The Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS)
This paper surveys the history of nativism in the United States from the late nineteenth century to the present. It compares the current surge in nativism with earlier periods, particularly the decade...
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Mae Nick Phra Khanong @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
The Israeli assault on Gaza is now just 15 people shy of killing more civilians than Hamas' 7 October attacks *just* from gunning people down trying to get the food it's offering them
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UN reports 798 deaths near Gaza aid hubs in six weeks
The U.N. rights office said on Friday it had recorded at least 798 killings within the past six weeks at aid points in Gaza run by the U.S.- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and near convoys run by other relief groups.
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🚨 Tracking Israeli Settlers @settlertrack.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
12nd July 2025, ~14:00 local time ⚔️ #SettlerAttack Jewish settlers vandalize agricultural facilities in the village of Shalal al-Oja in the Jericho area
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Sally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Seen just now (by me) in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem Old City.
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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
It's hard reading Blyth's Disembedding Liberalism in the US chapter on the neoliberal turn in the 70s/80s and not see the parallels with the rise of MAGA over the past 5-10 years. Same institutions (AEI, Heritage), same ideas (if less theorized) and same tactics (elite & popular discourse capture).
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
More than 50 protesters across UK arrested for allegedly holding signs supporting Palestine Action www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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More than 50 protesters across UK arrested for allegedly holding signs supporting Palestine Action
‘Dozens’ arrested in Parliament Square on Saturday, with demonstrations across the UK prompting police action
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