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Looking at life, how we got here, where are we going, looking for some positives and away from X. Politics Technology cooking literature #snailmail #penandink studying #1984
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#3goodthings 1. Nearly finished my revised plot. Tomorrow should do it. 2. Heavy rain this afternoon, washed the garden clean. Growing things are drenched and happy. 3. All set for the first batch of elderflower cordial. All I need are longer arms, or a freakishly tall friend.

I watched the Louis Theroux Settlers Documentary earlier today and it made me so angry to see such blatant ethnic cleansing. The Settler agenda is indefensible.

Dr Assal Rad— "A man in the West Bank had a heart attack after Israeli settlers set his house on fire and soldiers attacked him. He died and no settlers were arrested. "The daily terror Palestinians endure under Israeli occupation are the stories Western media doesn’t bother telling you about."

Thousands of Israeli settlers stormed Kifl Haris, in the occupied West Bank last night. Local sources told Wafa news agency that Israeli forces broke into the town and blocked residents movement in preparation for the settler incursion. 🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️

Just finished watching Louis Theroux: The Settlers. It is truly truly horrifying. www.newstatesman.com/culture/tv/2...

"Are you a Palestinian?" "Yes" "Goodbye" Apartheid in Israel. I wonder where else certain racial groups were treated as 2nd class citizens? From Louis Theroux's new documentary The Settlers on the BBC until Israel forces them to remove it.

Astonishing book and an astonishingly difficult read, my good pal @hazelklarkin.bsky.social has been through the wars, defying all odds, to live a happy, joyful life. Every time I glimpse in at this I'm in shock for a good while afterwards. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/body-of-ev...

Don’t let Amazon strip-mine our country. Support all your local “everything” businesses by paying for goods & services in Ireland. 🇮🇪 (especially Independent booksellers 📚 ) or see empty shops and shuttered businesses in every town and village. ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ #SpeirGorm #BoycottBezos

youtube.com/watch?v=KeAG... #Trump

“Competent white men must be in charge if you want things to work,” Beattie wrote on X in October. “Unfortunately, our entire national ideology is predicated on coddling the feelings of women and minorities, and demoralizing competent white men.”

As Dark Age 2.0 takes hold, more of this... 👇 Measles outbreak expands in West Texas around county with low vaccination rate: www.cnn.com/2025/02/07/h... "All the cases are believed to be among people who are not vaccinated against measles..." #VaccinesWork

Here's something that takes seconds and could have actual positive outcomes. There is an official 'citizen's petition' system in the EU. There's one open at the moment to ban conversion therapy for LGBT+ people in the EU. Ireland can be 1 of the 7 nations needed eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...

Musk didn’t invent Tesla, he bought it. Musk didn’t invent SpaceX, he bought it. Musk didn’t invent StarLink, he bought it. Musk didn’t invent Twitter he bought it. Musk didn’t invent Trump, he bought him!

@tommyac.bsky.social We have to make our way here now Tommy

There are times reading posts on X can be soul destroying …wish more of my pals would make the move

NEW. It’s an all-out war. Trump, Musk & MAGA are trying to destroy the US gov’t. and democratic governance. Are the Ds up to this battle? See the latest issue of my OUR LAND newsletter. link.motherjones.com/public/38456... Sign up for a FREE trial subscription to OUR LAND at davidcorn.com

In yet another glaring example of media (and lib/Dem) messaging failure, Donald Musk claims only 6% of federal workers go to office. Wrong: 54% do and remaining 46% go about 3 days/wk. That means 81% of all hours worked on-site. They just lie. (PS: below from NBC’s local DC affiliate)

Hey Bluesky! I’m here. Yes, I’m still a bit stunned by my prescient tweet (below) 14hrs before the tragic DC crash, after which many of you encouraged me to finally gravitate to here. Happy to belatedly join the community. Tom

“Federal employees in Arizona need to understand the buyout offer from the Trump administration is completely unreliable and may be unenforceable.” via @glorihuh.bsky.social

💎🔄☢️ Trump eyes arms-for-minerals deal with Ukraine

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre called for the federal government to send Canadian soldiers to bolster the Canada-U.S. border, hours after Mexico staved off U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff plans Monday by agreeing to deploy thousands of troops to its own shared border.

"Kash Patel, if he gets confirmed, is going to walk into an agency that literally will not want to work for him."

Staff at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were instructed by email to cease much of their work. Bessent, a wealthy Wall Street investor, replaces Rohit Chopra, who was fired on Saturday.

Water scarcity isn’t just a Western U.S. issue. In 2024, NYC and Boston urged water cuts, Philly faced saltwater threats, and wildfires spread. Experts warn #climatechange is reshaping U.S. water security: https://buff.ly/4aL208n 🌎 #climatesky

@gavinsblog.bsky.social I just started to read about DRC /M23 Have you any recommendations that I might follow please

"There is a name for this - ethnic cleansing - and it’s a war crime." - Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont. Only Senator to call it.

UN analysis of verified deaths during a five-month period confirmed that of those who died, 44% were children. Most often, those children were five- to nine-year-olds; 80% of them killed in their own homes.

Unrwa appeals to the UN SC for support in reversing Israel's expulsion of the UN agency from East Jerusalem. The US rejects the plea.

Disabled people often get called resilient when faced with obstacles in life. Most of us don’t want to be resilient, we want to be obstacle free! Please stop glamorizing our struggles and instead make it easier for us to live.