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Irishman in Scotland. #indyref2 supporter. Saoirse Don Phalaistín.
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Remarkable. MSNC: "I want to reiterate this has been 100% peaceful." Seconds later, LA County sheriffs start firing on the crowd. Yet again, "law enforcement" deliberately escalated.

Dear America friends, this is what Scotland did when our equivalent to ICE tried to take away our friends and neighbours We freed them and then ran the uniformed goon squad out of town Do not back down. You’ll win if you stand firm Some reading if it’s required en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenmure...

"Israel is not committing a genocide because its victims are not people." — Matthias Koster, a German politician from Die Linke (The Left) Party. If that's the rhetoric from German so-called "leftists", now imagine the rhetoric from the conservative and rightwing types.

There is already a nuclear-armed country in the Middle East that does not allow international inspectors despite having nukes for decades - and it’s not Iran. Israel is also one of a handful of countries to have never signed the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

🧵BAT SIGNAL 🦇🏳️‍🌈 A friend of mine has tried to book accommodation in Blackpool for her and her wife. Wilshaw Suites, Blackpool asked her to ‘confirm your relationship’ and told her they ‘don’t allow same sexes’

Today we remember the 72 people who burned to death in their own homes in one of the richest areas of one of the richest cities in the world. Solidarity with survivors and the Grenfell community in their ongoing fight for justice 💚 #Justice4Grenfell

Referring to events in Ballymena as "disturbances" is a euphemism too far. We are witnesses to a pogrom. And it behoves us to say so, loud and clear. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...

Life in Gaza only gets harder, more brutal, more choked off from the outside world. Please give to my friend Tasneem so she can feed her children. And please help others here, if you can. They rely entirely on direct donations to survive. ♥️ www.gofundme.com/f/help-tasne...

Regarding recent immigration actions and the Club World Cup.

We know what we have to do to save our city from Andrew Cuomo. We're cross endorsing 🤝 @bradlander.bsky.social

BREAKING: Israel has explained it had no choice but to bomb Iran due to the serious concern that peace talks with the US were about to succeed x

Everyone should write to their MP saying: Israel’s attack on Iran is insane. It is also being used to distract from Gaza, where internet has been cut, and the West Bank, where settlements are aggressively expanding. The UK government MUST recognise the State of Palestine now. Does your MP agree?

There’s a TON of evidence that bigger, higher vehicles are far more likely to kill somone they hit, crushing vital organs & pushing victims under. But never forget, their weight, height & sightlines also make it far more likely that they’ll hit someone in the first place. HT @transenv.bsky.social

a side note: this is as frontal an assault on the US by Israel as I've ever seen, and there have been some bad ones. This is Israel blowing up the planned negotiations in Oman tomorrow between the Trump envoy and Iran. This is Netanyahu saying the US can't do diplomacy he doesn't sign off on.

Buckle up for yet another night of sickening violent racist attacks by hateful bastards. Irish News also mentions that the White supremacist Loyalists scumbags will have their photos released over the weekend, can't wait to share them!

Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.

Very much this.

Immigrant families are being forced to put up signs saying 'I work in a care home' to escape the racist violence that's been unleashed in Northern Ireland I come from this part of the world and I cannot tell you the sense of profound shame and horror this fills me with. It disgraces us

Interesting!

The U.K. doing really half hearted attempts of ‘sanctioning’ Israel, so that whenever you say they are aiding and abetting genocide (they are) they can go well: we told the worst person imaginable they can’t come here, whilst we continue to send weapons to Israel and share intelligence from Cyprus

Second @news.rte.ie piece in 3 days where they plead the FF/FG case that rent increases need to continously exceed wage increases to keep investors happy. We already have the EU's highest average rents, not mentioned by RTE either. Consent manufacturing for social decay. www.rte.ie/news/analysi...

Still wondering why every single journalist isn't asking @ukparliament.parliament.uk what the latest legal advice on "defence" supply to Israel is.

Social media creating two media universes: one in which you drive yourself into, at best, a lowkey depression being continually served videos of atrocities, one in which you are so under-informed that you vote for someone pledging to deport 20mn people and then go 'wait, he wants to deport people?'

🎯 You DO NOT have to answer questions. Record any interaction!!! Protect yourself.

It now reads, “we will trample you on horseback”

Reform only has one MP more than the Greens so presumably there'll be similar plans to appeal to Green voters. No? Oh, you astonish me.

Any random creep with a mask and a gun could try to harm you, and you won’t know if they are federal agents, and the Trump Admin doesn’t want you to ask. Trump’s government has made existing in America more dangerous for all its people.

Fucking scum.

I think Greta Thunberg is the best example of how there is no way of protesting that will satisfy the scolds. It'll either be called too aggressive or a self-serving publicity stunt.

Solidarity with the Madleen activists unlawfully detained by Israel whilst attempting to deliver aid to Gaza. The Madleen is a British-flagged ship. Our government must do everything in its power to push Israel to release the crew, lift its aid blockade and end the genocide.

The IDF has intercepted and kidnapped the Madleen because they didn't want it to deliver baby formula n other things like that to Palestinians who are experiencing starvation due to the Israeli government refusing to allow aid in. That's the story no matter how you window dress it.

In 2010, Israeli forces attacked a Gaza aid flotilla, killing 10 people. In the aftermath, the Obama administration blocked UN efforts for an investigation, Biden defended the attack, and Chuck Schumer condemned the United Nations and defended Israel.

Israel aggressively acting with complete impunity towards the Madleen in international waters - this is what the lack of consequence from world powers in response to their actions in Gaza has shown them. Hope the crew will be released safely but awful news to wake up to. They were so, so close.

Australian reporter Lauren Tomasi was shot in the leg with a rubber bullet by an officer in Los Angeles:

Disagree. On several levels.

Oooh, you mean it's OK to leave, realise it's a mistake, then rejoin? 😉

Gutless BBC won't even mention @kneecapceol.bsky.social www.glastofestfeed.com/news/coverag...

Twitter: this is how men with huge balls fight. This is what masculinity looks like Bluesky: this is the first messy breakup of pride month

Why can they post this made up crap but not post the truth that Netanyahu IS murdering 2 million Palestinians?

Two sources say that various concerned citizens, activists, and other individuals immediately began making calls — including anonymous VoIP ones — to the 800 number, delivering profane tirades and insults. More: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...