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Perth lass

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the terminally well @theterminallywell.bsky.social · 13h
Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz post reading:
The mass atrocity in Gaza is a genocide, obviously, and is an undisguised ethnic cleansing operation.

But it's also a lot more than that

It's an experiment — to see what kinds of abuses the public will accept without causing significant disruption to the imperial status quo.

It's a psychological operation — to push out the boundaries of what's normal and acceptable in our minds so that we will consent to even more horrific abuses in the future.
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Catalina Fernandes @catalinafernandes.bsky.social · 18h
Activists in Seoul, South Korea, lie on the ground near the Israeli Embassy in a symbolic portrayal of victims of Israel's genocide in Gaza, during the National Day of Action condemning Israel's three years of genocide in the besieged Strip.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 5h
As long as the Tories are threatening to leave the ECHR, they aren’t a serious party. Consider it the ultimate red flag. Any party who’d take this entirely unnecessary and ruinous risk with our rights and our country’s security and wellbeing should never get its hands on power. (Letter, Times)
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Sir, In dangerous times, serious countries do not retreat into splendid isolation. They build alliances, multiply their influence and strengthen institutions. Key among those is the 46-member Council of Europe, at its heart the European Convention on Human Rights.As former independent reviewers of terrorism legislation we have seen at close quarters that the ECHR is not just a human rights instrument. It is a national security asset. Terrorist networks, hostile states, organised crime gangs and people smugglers do not respect borders. Tackling them requires arrangements for the closest possible co-operation with our neighbours, including through joint investigations and police access to European passenger, fingerprint, DNA and vehicle data.These arrangements expressly depend on internationally agreed human rights standards, applied by a supranational court. We detect no political willingness to excuse the UK from compliance with standards to which the rest of Europe already subscribes. As authoritarian powers grow more aggressive and democratic institutions face mounting pressure, Britain should not be abandoning one of its greatest postwar achievements.
The question is not whether we can afford to remain within the ECHR. It is whether, in an increasingly perilous world, we can afford not to.
Lord Carlile of Berriew, Lord Anderson of Ipswich, Sir Max Hill
Independent reviewers of terrorism legislation, 2001-18
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 5h
Overcrowding in UK A&E depts and treating patients in corridors linked to hundreds of deaths. Neoliberals urge cuts in public spending, silence on human consequences. Delayed care leads to premature deaths People sacrificed to gods of fiscal policies.
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Overcrowding in A&E linked to 'hundreds of deaths a week', study finds
A review of more than 19,000 adult patients found that for every 10% increase in emergency department occupancy, the chance of dying in the following 28 days increased by 1%.
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bradholler.bsky.social @bradholler.bsky.social · 5h
In my view the Fairford farce graduates to a charade. This, I believe, is meant to give the impression that another bombing assault on Iran is unlikely when the movement of munitions suggests otherwise. The whole Fairford story just doesn’t stack up
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Nicolas Chinardet @zefrog.eu · 4h
The US bombers withdrawal may be "sudden" but, happening a whole week after that dodgy incident, that particular closing of door is also happening long after the horse has bolted... v odd #r4today
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bicycle-fat-bloke.bsky.social @bicycle-fat-bloke.bsky.social · 4h
#AndyBurnham conference speech was Neoliberalism failed & all #Thatcher did was sell of the family silver & there's no better example than water companies & other utilities. #KemiBadenoch conference pitch is see how great deregulation worked in past like in Water & Utilities & I'll do more. #r4today
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RandyResists2025💙🔵 @resist2025.bsky.social · 17h
It is always about him. Now that experienced counterintelligence agents, who weren’t Trump loyalists, have been fired or left another 9-11 is possible. He will do anything to stay out of prison. Anything.
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 19h
Sounds about white.
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dbnewtondoors.bsky.social @dbnewtondoors.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Talk With Saul @talkwithsaul.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
One major mistake made by the pro-Palestinian community was allowing the debate over antisemitism to take centre stage.
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cdlane.bsky.social @cdlane.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This Week in Palestine: Israeli Settlers Carry Out More Pogroms and Israel Kills Another Gaza Journalist open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 14h
Public vulgarity and lewdness are Trump's signature on the campaign trail. These are well recognized as signs of advanced senile dementia.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 14h
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Pissedoffpundit @pissedoffpundant.bsky.social · 13h
No shit🤔💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 21h
Sunday's Sermon should be about this 👇
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 15h
End of story 💥😡
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Freethinkers United For Change @freethinkersunite.bsky.social · 19h
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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 20h
There's only one reason Trump brought back Elon Musk: TO CHEAT Republican can't win straight up They are only in power b/c they cheated They can't risk losing power b/c they will be prosecuted so they are going to cheat again
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NPR @npr.org · 14h
When the 2025 conclave began, no one expected an American pope. But by its end, Cardinal Robert Prevost had become Pope Leo. Here's a look behind the scenes. n.pr/4iZ4p5x
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No one expected Leo to be pope — except everyone who knew him as 'Bob'
When the 2025 conclave began, no one expected an American pope. But by its end, Cardinal Robert Prevost had become Pope Leo. Here's a look behind the scenes.
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Tom Booker @tbooker1.bsky.social · 23h
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 23h
Love it 👇
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Perth lass @perthlass.bsky.social · 20h
But he's not in that photo!
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💙Matthew U.💙 @match74.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Bunkunin @bunkunin.bsky.social · 22h
Jewish human rights barrister, 94, arrested for supporting Palestine Action www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10...
aljazeera.com
‘I’m rather proud’: Barrister, 94, arrested for supporting Palestine Action
Margaret Owen OBE, a celebrated human rights lawyer and friend of Ed Miliband’s late mother, talks to Al Jazeera.
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migas7.bsky.social @migas7.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Funny. I cannot recall any "diplomat" seeing their net worth rise by roughly 📈 $100 million to $200 million since taking the position. Yet Jared Kushner has. So, spare me any BS about his job description. It has nothing to do with diplomacy.
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 22h
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Perth lass @perthlass.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Gosh, that's a small electorate. Couldn't they just have a show of hands? 🤔
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Bertha Mason @thornfieldhall.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The 3 panellists on #bbclaurak were Penny Mordaunt (Tory), Poppy Coburn (Torygraph) and Geordie Greig (dubbed 'The Notting Hill Tory). And of course Kuenssberg herself giving Kemi Badenoch an easy ride. The BBC aren't even pretending to be balanced any more.
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Perth lass @perthlass.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
No worries. As with Scotland, your only use to the #BBC is for a critical story to deflect from failed Westminster policies. Sigh. #bbclaurak
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TheFirstGirlySwotsToJoinBlueSky @thelastgirlyswots.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
. Today, the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street, is the day to show the far-right that fascists are not welcome in London or the rest of the UK! #bbcbreakfast #bbclaurak #bbcbh #toriesgone821 No Pasaran .
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TheFirstGirlySwotsToJoinBlueSky @thelastgirlyswots.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
. Join the demo today! #bbclaurak #bbcbh . bsky.app/profile/thel...
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Perth lass @perthlass.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
She'll be grateful she's not @hackneyabbott.bsky.social then cos she'd have been roasted, in the #BBC purely bipartisan way. #bbclaurak #kemibadenoch
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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Richard Tice: The Tories took 14 years to build 500 prison places. Actually they took 14 years to withdrawm some crappy old prisons and 7,500 places, and build 8,000, resulting in 500 places, net. #BBCLauraK
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Phil Hawkin @philhawkin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
What would be a spectacular coup would be for Iran somehow to acquire significant excerpts of the Epstein files and release them in some strategic way.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Insanity 😡
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Thousands of young people could lose key disability benefits Govt could limit the Personal Independence Payment (Pip), and further strip Motability support. Hope the govt sees sense and doesn't repeat Starmer policies. Why not end corporate welfare?
independent.co.uk
Thousands could lose key disability benefits in welfare changes
The plans risk reigniting tensions with backbench Labour MPs over welfare spending
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Jim Fletcher @jimfletcher.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Would #Israel even let them? How could they exert coercive control, without encouraging sexual depravity and offering a safe haven for those who go too far? … or too young?
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Jim Fletcher @jimfletcher.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#Cornell University is not an outlier The fraternity / sorority system created a perception of inviolability They are the nurseries for top politicians and judges Brett Kavanaugh and That Idiot #Trump are hardly going to fight back against #RapeCulture, are they? #R4PM #R4Today #BBCRadioNews
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Jim Russell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. @jazzyrussell.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The New York Times has just published an article about the grubby deals made between US enjoys and Russia. Trump has made the US an accessory to Russian war crimes to enrich cronies and itself. The real money comes rolling in when Ukraine is shafted. That's what is driving US policy.
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
What did Ta Nehisi Coates say? He said: people who do not draw a line at genocide, will not draw a line at democracy. And the British political/media class already demonstrated they will gladly fuck everyone and wreck everything if pushed, when they forcefully shoved Boris Johnson into Number Ten.
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🗝️🐍🦉🌙 Dolly 🗡️ Dagger 🍉🇺🇦📚🌈 @dollydagger6.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
We live in a society which views “stop killing children” as extremism rhetoric. Whether it’s in US schools/homes, Palestine, Sudan, Iran, Congo, Cuba, Haiti, or anywhere else in the world, this is now considered extremist. God damn the murderers in power.
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Nisey @violinist1958.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Israel didn't drop bombs on the funeral? Netanyahu will go down in history on a level with Hitler. Irony. Press is reporting this week that he was aware of the October 7th attack coming his way before it happened. How long until we find out that he orchestrated it?
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Alice in Chains @galaxiesbulge.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
israel is a terrorist state and needs to be treated as such. America is their enabler and is complicit, and that includes both political parties.
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Knicks In 5 & Healthcare for All!! @piperstowe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If there is a hell, I hope these monsters are put under it, hell might be too good for people who mass murder other humans because they want to steal their land.
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🦋 kris🌻⋆⋆⋆ @eviebauer727.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
From CBS News: Palestinians held a mass funeral on Thursday in Gaza City for more than 100 people whose remains were recovered from beneath the rubble of a residential building hit by an Israeli strike nearly three years ago.
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Basil @basil58.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Israel has total control of Gaza. Nothing gets into Gaza because of tight Israeli security checks. So why is Israel still bombing Gaza? There are no weapons of significant size to be a threat to Israel. IT'S GENOCIDE. The world sees it but does nothing about it. Harsh words and sanctions don't work.
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Jim Fletcher @jimfletcher.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If someone lies about one thing, you should regard anything they say as a possible lie Olmert says what is happening now is a war crime, but not what happened before … when he was Prime Minister, so could face The Hague Genocide IS happening now, and has been since 1948.
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Tobique Mike🇨🇦 @tobiquemike.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
What was most telling in this interview was how direct Olmert was. He didn’t blink. He didn’t hesitate. He didn’t pause. He said all of this as bluntly and clearly as anyone with conviction could. I have zero doubt he was telling the truth. This is Bibi’s catastrophe to save his own ass.
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Tobique Mike🇨🇦 @tobiquemike.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Another interesting tidbit is that he knows they had a plan to get all of the hostages home over a year sooner but Bibi refused to do it.
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