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Too Big to Fail @toobigtofail.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Maybe US Senators should have staffers who aren't imbeciles if they want to accuse people of perjury based on nonsense conspiracy theories, I don't know.

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Pamela Mordecai @refracting.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

There is also the complicity of the US. No one seems to be able to tell me why there has been this traditional devotional policy on the part of the United States to support the Israelis. Anyone who knows the history of the coming-into-being of Israel must shudder. www.counterfire.org/article/how-...

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How British imperialism shaped Israel’s birth

The British Empire’s central role in the Zionist project and the subsequent violent displacement of the Palestinians is described by Alex Snowdon Arthur James Balfour signed a short letter on 2 Nov...

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Pamela Mordecai @refracting.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm not excusing Israelis. All I need do is look at figures for numbers of Palestinian women and children dead, civilians murdered. Also, Israelis (though I'm not sure who counts as Israeli—not all Jews think of themselves so), Jews against the war need to be MUCH louder in their protests. CODA 1

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Pamela Mordecai @refracting.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Plus the Jews and Arabs are both Semitic peoples. All this is nothing new. Brainwashing is an efficient business (and I mean 'business'), though, and war is also. As mass media become increasingly controlled by greedy, reckless billionaires, manipulation by misinformation is easier and easier. 2/2

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Pamela Mordecai @refracting.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

So here's how it goes with "Chosen People," where I come from. Theirs is a LARGER duty of care, for from those to whom much is given, much is expected. They ignore the Torah at their peril: Leviticus 19:18, 34, Galatians 5:14. Jesus's "Love thy neighbour" has a basis in Jewish religious values. 1/2

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Pamela Mordecai @refracting.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Who can possibly like this? Every civilized human being must be horrified...

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Pamela Mordecai @refracting.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Please come to the launch of TWO DAYS IN MAYARO at Wilfrid Laurier University on October 6th at seven o'clock. And tell your friends. Nuff funny stories! Remember to RSVP...

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Pamela Mordecai @refracting.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Poetry by Heart is a poetry speaking competition for schools & colleges [and]...a website for teaching and learning about poetry. See poetrybyheart.com/about Registration, participation and competition entry are available to schools and colleges in England, and in many other countries worldwide. 2/2

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Pamela Mordecai @refracting.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"Grandma's House" is on tour, encouraging children to find their voices by performing poems. See it on YouTube in many versions including these; www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwUx... www.youtube.com/shorts/xCgpN... It's now part of Poetry By Heart's competition pack poetrybyheart.com/poems/grandm... 1/2

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Pamela Mordecai @refracting.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I will be on a panel at Word on the Street in downtown Toronto on Saturday, 26th September, with Andre Gunraj and Myrtle Henry Sodhi, discussing Caribbean Writing. come, nuh?https://toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/events/caribbean-writing-pamela-mordecai-andrea-gunraj-myrtle-henry-sodhi/

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Pamela Mordecai @refracting.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Please come to the 51st Turban Secret Reading at Barrett and Welsh, 577 Kingston Road, #301. Featured writers are: Pamela Mordecai, George Elliott Clarke, Mayank Bhatt (ate TTSR co-founder), Rabindranath Maharaj and Gavin Barrett, Tartan Turban Secret Readings co-founder. And tell folks... Thanks!

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Pamela Mordecai @refracting.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

There's this... Long but I don't know how to write it otherwise...

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Pamela Mordecai @refracting.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Do folks know about this? Applications close soon... anaphoraarts.com/residency

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Residency — Anaphora Arts

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jmariehh.bsky.social @jmariehh.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Please share

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Ariana @minasmoods.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

‘Beware My Power’? Epstein’s Power?

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BlackskyNews 🗞️ @blackskynews.blacksky.app · 12/09/2026

“It’s a lot of emotion. My dad, my mom have sacrificed a lot for me to be in this position today. My dad lost his mom earlier this year, and she’s the reason that he was able to play tennis. Without her, there’s no Ben Shelton standing here today. So this one is for her. This one is for her.”

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David @davidmordecai.com · 12/09/2026

With my mom, @refracting.bsky.social, and Olive Senior, for "Voices from the Jamaican Diaspora" at the Toronto Botanical Gardens. At these things, I get asked "so, are you also a writer," and especially with the hubbub about LLMs, the question reminds me that narrative is foundational to our lives.

Me crouching behind, and with my arms around, my mother and another woman who are sitting behind an author table with their books in front of them on the table

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 01/09/2026

Rain or shine, sun or snow, you can now break bread outdoors year-round. Thanks to @cmrestler.bsky.social’s work, our favorite restaurants will no longer have to tear down and rebuild their setups each year. It’s official: Outdoor dining is here to stay.

Mayor Mamdani and Council Member Lincoln Restler celebrate the signing of the outdoor dining bill. Caption: New York — we have good news on the menu. Year-round outdoor dining is here to stay.

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Pamela Mordecai @refracting.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Online residency at the Journal of West Indian Literature two years ago. I shared this poem from my firstr collection, JOURNEY POEM. I will let it speak for itself. Happy weekend. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEP1...

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Pamela Mordecai reads "Chinese Gardens, UWI" (Day 1: JWIL Online Residency)

YouTube video by Journal of West Indian Literature

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Pamela Mordecai @refracting.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Real life is better than fake AI. Tell lawmakers to protect what makes us human. stoptheracetoreplace.org/stoptheracet...

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pbb56.bsky.social @pbb56.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Think about how dumb the average American is. And then remember that half of Americans dumber than that. - George Carlin

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 09/09/2026

Even the crickets were embarrassed.

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 09/09/2026

You know who actually did show up at Ground Zero? Canadian emergency rescue crews.

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Hart Cunningham @hart28.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

👺“Israel” covering up IOF terrorism & ethnic cleansing against Palestinians (excerpt from Tantura-2022)🇵🇸😢🇱🇧

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 08/09/2026

Sir Edward Leigh MP: “What is happening in the West Bank... is ethnic cleansing... I am proud to say, as the longest-serving member of the Conservative Friends of Israel, that I absolutely and fully support what [Ed Miliband] is doing today, because it’s about standing up for freedom and justice"

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

“A Jewish Foreign Secretary Just Announced a Trade Ban on Israeli Settlements. Give Ed Miliband Credit, as the Bad-Faith Attacks on Him Escalate” In which I argue that allegations of antisemitism don’t work against the new UK foreign secretary. Sorry Israel!

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A Jewish Foreign Secretary Just Announced a Trade Ban on Israeli Settlements. Give Ed Miliband Credit, as the Bad-Faith Attacks on Him Escalate

Miliband’s biographer, and Zeteo’s editor-in-chief, argues that allegations of antisemitism don’t work against the current foreign secretary, which is why pro-Israel critics are losing their minds.

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Pamela Mordecai @refracting.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Of a piece with my previous post, in many ways. It occurred to me, writing that story, that sugar, an addiction of ours, was the fruit of "murder and mayhem." If you plant evil, it will bear the same fruit. (I know not all sugar is cane sugar, but most of it is.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgMT...

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Reading: Two Days in Mayaro by Pamela Mordecai

YouTube video by Giller Prize

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Pamela Mordecai @refracting.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

He was indeed. As a child, we spoke of the Jesus story as taking place in Palestine, perhaps because the state of Israel did not come into being till 1948 when I was four years old.

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Pamela Mordecai @refracting.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

God's Chosen People (I believe the Jews are God's Chosen People) and Christians are complicit in this? We should not invite the wrath of God. Isaiah 6:9-13 is eerie in its applicability. Perhaps the deafness of which the prophet speaks is this hearing/not understanding? substack.com/home/post/p-...

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How the Media Sells Genocide

Western media, by employing double standards, censorship, deceptive language, amplifying Israeli lies and dehumanizing Palestinians, facilitates the genocide in Gaza.

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Pamela Mordecai @refracting.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

youtu.be/iG4lzIjjSHg A next poem... Written for children, but in fact excellent child-rearing advice! Enjoy...

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Jemima final

YouTube video by Pamela Mordecai's Poems and Stories

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Pamela Mordecai @refracting.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Come, na? Bring friends. I'm reading nuff books, preparing for events over the next few weeks. Good, for art can get lost in the exigencies of living. Auden has one take on that, Malraux another. See last sentence in epigram of Section 1 of ANOTHER LIFE. toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/events/carib...

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Caribbean Writing: Pamela Mordecai, Andrea Gunraj, & Myrtle Henry Sodhi

Three distinct voices examine the histories, identities, and connections that shape Caribbean storytelling.

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Pamela Mordecai @refracting.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I was checking in with myself as to whether I'd written anything about Gaza, the wreck and ruin, the genocide that the American government has aided and abetted the Israeli government to perpetrate there. I had, as long ago as 2014 — a poem. Not enough. Let's all write an email, make a phone call.

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Pamela Mordecai @refracting.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

@rmfrt.com There's this poem of Jamaican poet Anthony McNeill. Working from memory, now, so I hope I am recalling right! It's called, "For My Family, Living and Dead" —:— That's it!

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Pamela Mordecai @refracting.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I hope Prime Minister Carney is at home in Ottawa to look out the window and see what ensues, what may become not unusual but commonplace, if climate policies ignore the science that shows we're now risking Life on Earth. We don't need pipelines; we need leaders with vision. I mistook him for one.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Millions of people do good in their communities every single hour and if we uplifted each example, we would drown out those who spend their time doing evil. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/n... - RIP to both of these men.

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Jayson Conner and Jeffrey Newman, Who Gave Backpacks to Those in Need, Die Days Apart (Gift Article)

The couple, who died within a few days of each other, provided needed supplies, like socks and wet wipes, to people living on New York City’s streets.

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allison / collage, zines, mail art @allisonanne.com · 12/07/2026

a sign remembering Lorenzo Salgado Araujo at Alex Pretti’s memorial 📍Whittier, Mpls

handwritten sign pasted to a window at alex pretti’s memorial in whittier, mpls

LORENZO
SALGADO
ARAUJO
killed by ICE
7-7-26

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Pamela Mordecai @refracting.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

@nalohop.bsky.social See you're on at Banff in 2027. I'm searching so hard for writing space! Wish I could tilt one of my project in a fabulist direction. And you're there in the middle of winter! Waai-oh! On subway couple days ago, saw a woman reading Neil G's ANANSI BOYS & thought of you. ❤️ & to D

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James @nonzerosum.games · 05/07/2025

A quick #intro for the lovely people here on Bluesky... nice to meet you! listen here: pod.link/1810797958 (easy listening) read here: nonzerosum.games (more posts, pics and sims)

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Pamela Mordecai @refracting.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

@nonzerosumjames.bsky.social Hi there. I just deleted and reposted those posts in order to tag @ndp.ca and the @liberalca.bsky.social Seemed no point protesting if the offending powers don't know and the party I support isn't aware! (Wish @avilewis.ca the best!) Be great if you wanted to reapprove.

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Pamela Mordecai @refracting.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Always voted @ndp.ca, supporting @liberalca.bsky.social when moving my vote seemed critical. Why wld the Liberals squander Canadians' goodwill & sacrifice the wellbeing of the land itself (recall those wildfires?), disrespect indigenous folks & sacrifice present & future generations? For shame! 2/2

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Pamela Mordecai @refracting.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

So furious with @mark-carney.bsky.social and @liberalca.bsky.social Reneging on climate change commitments, approving pipelines (never mind indigenous people's rights), building nuclear reactors, meeting with heads of state who are callous about human life. Zero contributions & No Vote from me. 1/2

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Pamela Mordecai @refracting.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I've sent a message to Aymen, but so far, I'm still at a loss... 🤷‍♀️

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