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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Israel like Apartheid South Africa is an Apartheid State created by White Europeans in Arab and African lands. It should not exist, it should never have been created. It needs to end, just like Apartheid South Africa did.
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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Why do you focus on our crimes against humanity and not the crimes against humanity committed by other countries?" 1) I focus on several other ones, you just don't pay attention; 2) if your country is committing *crimes against humanity*, people are entitled to focus on them as much as they like.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
What is happening in Gaza summed up perfectly in 2 minutes while a stunned Piers Morgan sits in silence.
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 24/09/2026
⭕️ Pregnant Palestinian detainee Baraa Abu Khadija, 36, from Tulkarm suffered abdominal pain & bleeding after being detained by Israeli forces & subjected to hours of restraint & a strip search, according to the Palestinian Commission of Detainees & Ex-Detainees Affairs. ➤ The commission said Abu...
⭕️ Pregnant Palestinian detainee Baraa Abu Khadija, 36, from Tulkarm suffered abdominal pain and bleeding after being detained by Israeli forces and subjected to hours of restraint and a strip search, according to the Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs.

➤ The commission said Abu Khadija, detained since August 27, was blindfolded and tightly handcuffed with plastic restraints that caused her hands to swell before being taken to an unknown location, where she was strip-searched and kept bound to a chair for hours.

➤ She was later transferred to Hasharon Prison for about five days, where she was held in a filthy, insect-infested cell without adequate drinking water, clean bedding, a shower, or a change of clothes, before being moved to Damon Prison.

➤ The commission said Abu Khadija is now held in a room designated for pregnant detainees, where three pregnant women receive no specialized meals and are given an egg or a piece of meat only about once every three or four days.

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Palestinian detainee Baraa Abu Khadija, 36, has endured harsh detention conditions despite being pregnant, according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Affairs Commission. 

The commission said she was tightly handcuffed, blindfolded, subjected to strip searches and denied basic necessities, while suffering abdominal pain and bleeding before being transferred to Damon Prison. 

It added that pregnant detainees are also denied adequate food, clothing and hygiene supplies.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Gaza is not only the world's largest graveyard for children. It's also the place with the highest rate of child amputations in the world." "Gaza has become the most inhumane and shameful concentration camp of our time." Why does the world let Israel continue to run this Concentration Camp?
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
More than 160 elite athletes including those listed below sign a letter calling on Ireland’s national football/soccer team not to participate in the upcoming scheduled fixtures against Israel. Solidarity!
The letter is an appeal from athletes who understand what it takes to reach the highest level of sport, including representing Ireland. A selection of sportspeople who have signed include:
Irish rugby: Tony Ward (who boycotted Irish rugby tour of South Africa), Trevor Hogan, Jenny Murphy, Claire Molloy, Sharon Lynch, Paula Fitzpatrick, Lynne Cantwell, Deirbhile Nic a Bháird, and Grace Davitt
Irish athletics: Ciara Mageean (Olympian), Maisy O’Sullivan, and Iseult O’Donnell
Irish football: Louise Quinn, Savannah Kane, Luke Byrne
Irish para athletes: Mark Rohan, Jack Squibb, Jamie Wall, and Alan Dineen (who boycotted his fixture against Israel May 2026)
Irish boxing: Tyrone McKenna, Eric Donovan, Séan McComb, Fergal McCrory 
Irish basketball: Rebecca O’Keeffe and Jessica Scannell
Irish surfing: Easkey Britton
Irish cycling: Paul Norton
Camogie: Sinéad Wylde, Claire Coffey, and Jane Adams
LGFA: Valerie Mulcahy and Nodlaig Ní Bhrollaigh
Dual players: Rena Buckley and Kieran McKeever
GAA: Padraig O’Hora, Joe Brolly, Colm O’Rourke, Gary Coleman, Davey Byrne, Killian O’Gara, Michael Darragh Macauley, David Hickey, Philly McMahon, and Colm McAlarney
Hurling: Timmy Hammersley and Ciarán Herron, 
Ultimate Frisbee: Stephen Jones (who boycotted his fixture against Israel August 2026)
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Tariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Can someone explain the valuation of 5bn pounds for Chelsea in a sensible way? Wondering how after all the hiccups, messes, massive losses and lack of stadium project the club can be worth more? And at a time both sellers are under massive pressure and scrutiny to raise funds.
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 16/09/2026
🚨 At least 21 Palestinians, including 12 children, were killed and 14 others injured after a residential building damaged by Israeli attacks and sheltering displaced families collapsed overnight in Gaza City, the Strip’s Health Ministry told Drop Site.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Why is it that Ed Sheeran cares about Ukrainians being killed, but not Palestinians? Is it his owners views? Or maybe they are not the right colour? Does he just pretend to care about things that are popular and not controversial to anyone?
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Jonathan C @jonathancornick.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Can't let down your friends..... people.com/sports/ed-sh...
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Ed Sheeran on Why He Performed at Robert Kraft's Surprise Wedding: 'He's Super Sweet'
Ed Sheeran shares how he ended up performing at Robert Kraft's surprise wedding
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Robert Kraft, owner of the Gillette Stadium, New England Patriots, New England Revolution a (MLS) club and Patriot Place shopping center was the man who instigated the boycott against Macklemore. You know what to do. We can boycott people too.
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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
BREAKING: 60 Minutes has shown people saying they can get pardons from Trump for a price. Pardon brokers Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl said that for $300,000, they could help a felon get a pardon from the president. They said their services included working with influencers to advocate for his case
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Piers Morgan “Mohammed, do you condemn the Hamas attacks on October the 7th?” Mohammed Hijab “Yes, I do. Do you condemn Israel killing over 1000 kids?” Piers Morgan “I believe Israel has a right to defend themselves” That answer should be on the tombstone of his career.
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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
BREAKING: Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s Middle East envoy, reported earning more than $100 million from the entity that owns his stake in World Liberty Financial, per WSJ
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 07/09/2026
Israeli ministers keep telling everyone their brutal plans – so why doesn’t the world take them seriously? | Nesrine Malik
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Israeli ministers keep telling everyone their brutal plans – so why doesn’t the world take them seriously? | Nesrine Malik
Schemes to forcibly remove Palestinians from Gaza are not being promoted by fringe voices. But the international community continues to avert its eyes, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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Daniel Storey @danielstorey85.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I have no idea where Manchester United's ceiling and floor are under Michael Carrick this season and I don't know how anyone could. But their games will be chaotic and open and so it's going to be piping hot fun finding out. inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
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The moment that gave hope to Marcus Rashford's future at Man Utd
Forget Hull, the season starts now
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 25/08/2026
🔴 BREAKING: A Palestinian child was shot and wounded by Israeli forces in the Qalandiya refugee camp, north of Jerusalem, after troops raided and seized the UNRWA-run Qalandiya Training Centre. See footage below from Cradle Media. Video: The Cradle via X (@TheCradleMedia)
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Community Note: Israel does this by calling all civilians terrorists and designating all places, especially Hospitals and Ambulances as legitimate military targets.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
What is happening in Gaza summed up perfectly in 2 minutes while a stunned Piers Morgan sits in silence.
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Micheeel @micheeel.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Urgent update: My child Ahmed is in unbearable pain. His small body is weakened by constant fever, worsening wounds, and severe pain. He cannot endure anymore. don’t leave him alone. Help him get treatment before it’s too late. Even sharing or $5 could save his life. 💔 chuffed.org/project/1918...
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 19/08/2026
🔹Gaza’s Ministry of Interior & National Security: “The international community’s silence over the continued targeting of Gaza’s police force, and the lack of effective action by mediators, has encouraged the occupation to commit further massacres against police personnel.” Ministry of Interior...
🔹Gaza’s Ministry of Interior and National Security:

“The international community’s silence over the continued targeting of Gaza’s police force, and the lack of effective action by mediators, has encouraged the occupation to commit further massacres against police personnel.”

Ministry of Interior and National Security
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
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Daniel Storey @danielstorey85.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The anti-Palestine chant for Manor Solomon by West Ham fans is gross and should be punished. It also reflects how football entirely washed its hands of responsibility over the genocide. Column. inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
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West Ham fans' Palestine chant is disgusting - and football is to blame
We should ask why fans believe they have the right to sing about the war on Gaza at all
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I wish media outlets would describe Nathan Cofnas as a racist rather than a "self-defined race realist" which doesn't mean anything to most people. His writing meets any definition of racism however narrowly and cautiously drawn.
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Matt Woosnam @mattwoosie.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I feel like no one ever seems to talk about the value of university being as much about the skills you learn as much as the degree itself. Too many people lack critical thinking and obviously AI is a big problem with that at unis now but it's still a key skill that is often enhanced at uni
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 09/08/2026
⚡️NEW | Israel’s abuse of imprisoned Palestinian doctors is frightening families away from legal appeals, lawyer visits, and public campaigns, a Drop Site News investigation published with Egab finds. Full report from Ismail Nofal in Gaza is linked below. Key details in the thread 🧵⬇️
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 09/08/2026
Israel’s policy in southern Lebanon is overtly sectarian. Kfarshouba, a predominantly Sunni village, was spared from destruction only on condition that residents don’t shelter any displaced people from neighboring Shiite villages, The National reports. Israel... 🔗 Video + full story linked below.

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Israel’s policy in southern Lebanon is overtly sectarian. Kfarshouba, a predominantly Sunni village, was spared from destruction only on condition that residents don’t shelter any displaced people from neighboring Shiite villages, The National reports.

Israel has destroyed at least 60 villages across the predominantly Shiite south, forcibly displacing hundreds of thousands and blocking their return.

Israeli forces destroyed the electricity pole powering Kfarshouba’s water pump, then repeatedly blocked repairs, forcing the municipality to spend $500 daily on diesel. Despite coordinating through UNIFIL, two workers who tried to deliver fuel were handcuffed, blindfolded, interrogated for hours and forced to walk home at night.

Three laborers abducted while harvesting in May remain missing. During another raid, soldiers struck the special-needs son of an elected official and warned his family: “You can stay. But don’t let anyone come here. Otherwise we’ll have to destroy the village and empty it.”

🔗 Video + full story linked below.Nada Maucourant Atallah
@MaucourantNada
“Our village has turned into a prison.”

Raids, arbitrary detentions and constant fear now mark the daily lives of thousands of Lebanese under Israeli occupation.
While the Israeli army has razed Shia villages to the ground, it has allowed a handful of Christian and Sunni villages to remain inside the area it occupies, under strict rules that legal experts say violate international law.
We visited one of these villages, Kfarchouba.

Read our report here with 
@NadaOHomsi
 
https://thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026/08/07/under-the-shadow-of-occupation-a-lebanese-village-living-by-israels-unwritten-rules/
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 09/08/2026
💢🇵🇸 Top developments across Palestine on Sat.: 🔹1 Palestinian was killed & 9 others wounded, including 4 children, in Israeli attacks across Gaza on Sat., medical sources told Anadolu, the 1st reported killing in 5 days. A young man was shot dead in Deir al-Balah, while tank fire near Khan Younis...
💢 🇵🇸 Top developments across Palestine on Saturday:

🔹 One Palestinian was killed and nine others wounded, including four children, in Israeli attacks across Gaza on Saturday, medical sources told Anadolu, the first reported killing in five days. A young man was shot dead in Deir al-Balah, while tank fire near Khan Younis and gunfire in Gaza City's Tuffah and Zeitoun neighborhoods wounded the rest. The death, which raised the ceasefire-period toll to 1,257 killed, comes as Israeli media report US pressure to begin phase two of the Board of Peace roadmap, which Hamas has accepted and Israel has not, and which is meant to bring an end to the killings.

🔹 In southern Gaza, the Radaa force of the Hamas security services said it thwarted an attempt by a collaborator gang to kidnap a resident, per Shehab News, amid a rise in abductions during the ceasefire.

🔹 In the West Bank, 15 Palestinians suffered tear-gas suffocation during confrontations with Israeli forces who raided the city of Tubas on Saturday evening, the Palestine Red Crescent said.

🔹 Six Palestinians, including women, were wounded in a settler attack in the Wadi al-Rakhim area south of Yatta, near Hebron, Quds News reported. An anti-settlement activist said one man was shot with live fire by settlers from the Susya settlement, while five others were beaten. (Video)

🔹 In the town of Idna, west of Hebron, settlers attacked worshippers at the Prophet Saleh Mosque and fired live rounds, and Israeli forces then arrested seven Palestinians, including the mosque's imam, according to Shehab. Settlers also pitched a tent on residents' land and destroyed a vehicle.

🔹 In Umm al-Fahm, a Palestinian city inside Israel, demonstrators marched against settler violence in the West Bank and the war on Gaza, per Arab48. Organizers raised banners reading "stop the massacres" and "the occupation will fall," as settlers have carried out 3,488 attacks in the first half of 2026, killing 17 people, according to the Palestinian anti-wall commission.
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Attack by Israeli settlers in the village of Wadi Al-Rakheem in Masafer Yatta tonight.
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Tariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
‼️ ⚽️ Top FIFA officials including Matias Grafstrom, the CEO who made peace with Gianni Infantino, signed off on the plan to sell the World Cup after a secret meeting in New York the day before the World Cup final. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/b...
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FIFA Executives Were Given Ultimatum to Approve World Cup Privatization Plan (Gift Article)
The day before the World Cup final, key FIFA figures faced a stunning demand to sign off on a multibillion-dollar privatization project.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Israel murdered another journalist. Nobody will even mention it.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Americans believe Israel is committing genocide in Palestine by a +19 margin Total: 43-24 Black: 51-9 Hispanic 42-16 Harris voters: 72-7 Independents: 45-16 22% of Trump voters as well Only some two dozen Democrats & two ex/outgoing Republicans (MTG & Massie) call it genocide
The 25-27,202 StS U.S. Ad P lizens
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3. Is There a Genocide in Palestine
Do you think that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinian civilians?
Yes
No
Not sure
Totals
Unweighted N
Yes
No
Not sure
Totals
Unweighted N
Sex
Race
Age
Total Male Female White Black Hispanic 18-29 30-44 45-64 65+ No degree College grad
43%
24%
32%
99%
(1,558)
100%
(722)
100%
(836)
99%
(1,024)
100%
(192)
100%
(233)
99% 100%
(309)
(409)
100%
100%
(476)
(364)
100%
(1,022)
Education
52%
27%
21%
100%
(536)
Total
43%
24%
X颁灿
32%
99%
(1,558)
2024 Vote
Harris
Trump
72%
22%
7%
51%
21%
27%
100%
100%
(608)
(538)
Reg
Voters
46%
28%
26%
100%
(1,406)
Lib
76%
8%
16%
100%
(497)
Ideology
Mod
45%
16%
39%
100%
(435)
Con
19%
51%
30%
100%
(486)
MAGA
Supporter
13%
59%
28%
100%
(323)
Dem
68%
8%
24%
100%
(513)
Party ID
Ind
45%
16%
38%
99%
(605)
Rep
17%
50%
33%
100%
(440)
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arseblog @arseblog.com · 15/07/2026
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Spain make the final : Saliba’s back gives up : Half-time show debacle
Morning. Let’s begin at the World Cup and Spain are through to the final after a 2-0 win over France last night. In yesterday’s blog, I said games like this often look good on paper, but struggle to deliver the spectacle we all hope for, and I think this was a bit like that. We […] The post Spain make the final : Saliba’s back gives up : Half-time show debacle appeared first on Arseblog ... an Arsenal blog.
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NetBlocks @netblocks.org · 05/07/2026
⚠️ Update: Metrics show internet connectivity in Pakistan-administered Azad Jammu and Kashmir remains heavily disrupted one month after a shutdown was imposed by authorities in anticipation of planned protests over the proscription of the JAAC group under anti-terrorism powers.
Graph from NetBlocks showing network connectivity by region in Pakistan from 25 May 2026 up to 5 July 2026. The y-axis represents normalized connectivity from 0% to 100%, and the x-axis represents dates. The green line representing Azad Jammu and Kashmir's connectivity, follows normal daily patterns throughout most of the period, before dropping sharply on the night of 5 June. The drop in connectivity aligns with a region-scale internet shutdown imposed by authorities due to upcoming protests. The minimum and current connectivity levels are 8% and 15%, respectively. The chart has a dark background with a red horizontal arrow labeled 'SHUTDOWN' indicating the disruption period, and the NetBlocks logo in the lower left corner with the Mapping Internet Freedom slogan.
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 03/07/2026
💢 “Gaza is not only being bombed daily. Gaza is being made unlivable.” Eyad Amawi, Gaza humanitarian aid coordinator, said Israeli restrictions continue to delay, deny, or completely block humanitarian missions, including medical teams, water deliveries & crucially, essential life-saving supplies.

💢 New: “Gaza is not only being bombed daily. Gaza is being made unlivable.”

Eyad Amawi, Gaza humanitarian aid coordinator, said Israeli restrictions continue to delay, deny, or completely block humanitarian missions, including medical teams, water deliveries, and crucially, essential life-saving supplies.

Amawi said civilians have been pushed into just 30% of Gaza’s territory, while deprivation of food, water, healthcare, and safety is being used to force Palestinians from their land. “Departure is not a free choice,” he said. “It’s expulsion under siege.”

He called for all crossings to reopen, the ceasefire to be fully implemented, and unrestricted humanitarian access, warning that history “will judge not only what happened in Gaza, but also what the world chose to protect and what it allowed to disappear.”

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@docstopgenocide
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 21/06/2026
Ahmed Wishah is the 12th Al Jazeera journalist killed in Gaza since October 2023. He was murdered in an Israeli strike on his home in Al-Bureij refugee camp, just two months after his brother and fellow Al Jazeera journalist, correspondent Mohammed Samir Wishah, was killed.

Al Jazeera PR
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Al Jazeera condemns the Israeli occupation army’s deliberate killing of its Al Jazeera Mubasher cameraman, #Ahmed_Wishah, in a strike on his home in Bureij camp, central Gaza, just 2 months after his brother and colleague, correspondent Mohammed Wishah, was killed. 

Ahmed is the 12th Al Jazeera journalist killed in #Gaza since October 2023, and the Network will pursue all legal avenues to hold those responsible to account while remaining committed to reporting from Gaza.
https://network.aljazeera.net/en/press-releases/al-jazeera-condemns-israeli-occupation-army%E2%80%99s-deliberate-killing-its-cameraman-gaza
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The Verge @theverge.com · 12/06/2026
While his mountain of horrible personal conduct could fill multiple books, one fact in particular stands out: A year ago, Musk’s actions directly led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. He did it knowingly. And, worse — gleefully. Read more: www.theverge.com/tech/949259/...
Verge headline: The world's first trillionaire is a killer
by TC Sottek

Image of Elon Musk doing a "fascist salute" in the form of an oil painting on a wall
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Amazing work by activists in Toronto this morning. Kick Israel out of FIFA.
World Cup Opening Day Disruption in Toronto:

If you are passing by Lake Shore, look to the right side of the road.

“ Kick Israel out of FIFA”
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arseblog @arseblog.com · 11/06/2026
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The ongoing corruption of the World Cup by Gianni Infantino (aged 56 1/4)
Morning all. England’s World Cup warm-up continued last night with a game against Costa Rica which saw Declan Rice open the scoring [video], and Noni Madueke go full Noni Madueke. They eventually won 3-0, with Eberechi Eze and Bukayo Saka appearing in the second half. It’s sort of mad to think the World Cup kicks […] The post The ongoing corruption of the World Cup by Gianni Infantino (aged 56 1/4) appeared first on Arseblog ... an Arsenal blog.
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Daniel Storey @danielstorey85.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Referee Omar Artan being banned from entering a World Cup country is a stain on this tournament. Freedom of movement was the lowest bar and still it failed. Column. ⬇️ inews.co.uk/sport/omar-a...
inews.co.uk
Trump's World Cup has its first victim
Freedom of movement was a stipulation of hosting a World Cup – so what happened, Fifa?
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Tariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
An observation about this World Cup compared to the previous two. Russia and Qatar made massive efforts for obvious reasons to change public perceptions and really went extra mile with hosting. The United States seems to not care about external reputational harm in same way. And we are seeing that.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
A Holocaust.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
The Palestinian Holocaust, executed by Israel.
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...
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Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
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Howard A. Rodman @rodman.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
This story was broken by The Cornell Sun, which @nytimes.com nowhere cites. As a former editor-in-chief of The Sun — and in the name of brave, amazing college newspapers everywhere — do not treat student journalists as truffle pigs, taking what they've sniffed out without credit or compensation.
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Cornell President’s Car Bumps Into Students After Confrontation Over Gaza
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 03/05/2026
💢 Israeli Forces Kill Expectant Father in Nablus Raid as Wife Delivered Their First Child Israeli forces killed 26-year-old Naif Firas Ziad Samaro during a raid in central Nablus, West Bank, on Sunday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed. A Red Crescent source told Haaretz he was shot...
💢 Israeli Forces Kill Expectant Father in Nablus Raid as Wife Delivered Their First Child

Israeli forces killed 26-year-old Naif Firas Ziad Samaro during a raid in central Nablus, West Bank, on Sunday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed. 

A Red Crescent source told Haaretz he was shot while shopping for baby clothes on Sufian Street. He was pronounced dead at Rafidia Hospital at the same moment his wife was there giving birth to their first child.

The Israeli military said troops used live fire to “remove a threat” after individuals threw stones at them.

Separately, Palestinian media reported a 70-year-old man was shot in a commercial center in the city, citing a local medical official. His condition was not specified.

The Palestinian Red Crescent treated 45 people during the raid, most for tear gas inhalation.
Warfare Analysis
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⚡️West Bank sources:

Naif Firas Ziad Samaro (26) was killed, and four others were injured by Israeli army gunfire during its raid on the city of Nablus.

Naif Samaro was waiting today to become a father, as his wife was giving birth to their child in the same Rafidia Hospital where his death was announced.
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Palestinian Football Association VP Susan Shalabi on football in Gaza after the athleticide: "We lost so many hundreds of footballers; we lost most ​of them children. So football now in Gaza, there is no football at all." www.reuters.com/sports/socce...
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
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Daniel Storey @danielstorey85.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
On Saturday, I experienced a live game as a blind supporter does. It was one of the most fascinating days I've had in football. These are the things I learned, and some of them are important. inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
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I experienced football as a blind fan - it was harder than I ever imagined
Glasses, telescopes, and the power of crowd noise - my day at Wigan Athletic taught me how technology holds the key for fans registered blind, and proved football must do better
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 14/04/2026
⭕️ The Israeli military struck a police vehicle on al-Nafaq Street in Gaza City on Tuesday, killing four Palestinians and wounding nine, according to Drop Site contributor Mohammed Ahmed, who is inside Shifa hospital where the casualties were brought. 🎥 Video courtesy of Mohammed Ahmed.
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Matt Woosnam @mattwoosie.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
I lost my dad over Easter Going to watch Palace with him was special, to both of us. For so many years it was a shared bond. It brought us joy Loved sharing memories with him, about the grounds I visited & him recalling when he went there before This is a piece of my memories, in his memory #CPFC
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Crystal Palace, Dad and me: Special memories that will live with me forever
Football has an almost unique power to bring people together, as it did for our Palace correspondent Matt Woosnam with his dad, Andy
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Ahmed Walid @ahmed-walid.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Against Bournemouth’s high press, Arsenal played out on multiple occasions, but their next action failed them. Then technical shortcomings kept occurring. Piece on how Arsenal's disastrous execution prevented them from playing through Bournemouth. 🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/718...
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