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WATCH | British surgeon volunteering in Gaza describes treating half a dozen victims—all apparently shot while lying down. The doctor is volunteering at Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza where many of the victims of the daily aid massacres arrive. Source: Channel 4 UK

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We are not doing well.

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BREAKING - A hardworking undocumented immigrant showed up to court - did everything right - and was ripped from his family on the spot. No warning. No mercy. Just gone. He paid taxes. He believed in the system. This is how we repay him. It’s disgusting.

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ICE just arrested Brad Lander, the NYC Comptroller and one of the leading candidates for Mayor, without grounds. He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings. He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights. This is political intimidation.

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I spoke to a dozen of activists inside Iran. They have one thing in common: They oppose the Israeli attacks and they want the war to stop. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

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thedeaconsbench.com/california-b...

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Who else said “just doing my job”? on the tip of my tounge. Hmm.

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If i hear one more political pundit/analyst quote Logan Roy, “money wins,” as though delivering from on high the secret of the universe, i may well loose my mind. The propensity of men to emulate, saddle up to, aspire to be, be fascinated by psychopathic assholes & truly awful dads is astonishing.

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Spending a few days with friends in Zurich. The haze over the city is smoke from the fires across canadian prairies, and an unhealthy air warning has been issued here.

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This will end, just a matter of how and when.

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Now that the Marines are deployed in LA, there’s a line in their ‘hymn’ that should give us Canucks pause: “the snow of far-off Northern lands.”

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Read & repost✊🏼 www.latimes.com/california/s...

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Blick is not exactly a bastion of investigative journalism; still this piece makes a point or two. The 6 most expensive private schools in the world are in CH. They emphasize culture and the arts, and being in Switzerland allows for plenty of high end play time. They are all at least bilingual.

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@themusenl.bsky.social amp.rte.ie/amp/1516711/

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www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1...

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Channel 4 News has released a detailed report on the timeline of the massacre near the aid distribution point in Rafah, Gaza, where Israeli forces killed more than 31 Palestinians and wounded over 200 as they waited for food.

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Birch Glacier in Switzerland collapsed a few hours ago. Much of the village of Blatten was destroyed. The town had been evacuated. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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As Benjamin said, the failure of every revolution is fascism and then you start again.

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“The legacy of our universities and colleges, constructed over more than 60 years of incremental progress, is imperiled as never before.” Read the latest President’s Message: www.caut.ca/bulletin/we-...

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This isn’t old news: we are living it daily. theindependent.ca/news/greene-...

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Aside from hastening brain numbing, generative AI is an ecological catastrophe. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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