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jamesschwartz.bsky.social
proud father, tech entrepreneur, trail/ultra runner, bicycle user, kayaker. advocating for the environment, social justice, equality, bicycle transportation. Toronto, Canada
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For 20 days, Israel has sealed off Gaza from any aid or goods access. The occupation is starving Palestinians in Gaza while renewing its relentless genocidal bombing. Made possible by the USA.

Trump/Musk protest at the Tesla showroom in the meatpacking district of New York City.

“I’m only 4 and I’m more mature”. Live at the Tesla showroom in New York City

Nothing to see here—just the President of the United States suggesting that Americans who vandalized the cars of the company owned by his biggest political donor should be sent to a notorious prison in another country. This is insane.

Video captured the moment Israeli forces blew up Gaza’s Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital and an adjacent medical school over what the military claims was a Hamas presence.

AOC: What they like to call as radical, I believe is common sense. I believe that when a person gets sick, they shouldn’t go bankrupt in the wealthiest country in the history of the world. Common sense I believe that a minimum wage should cover the minimum cost to live. Common sense...

Frustrated that your stance against genocide & support for Palestinians is not making a difference? You can take action. Use your wallet to pressure Israel to end its genocide, occupation & apartheid. Link in thread. @bdsmovement.bsky.social #FreePalestine

I never understood the logic of these shit stains. They celebrate the murder of tens of thousands of Palestinian women & children, but pretend they are the victims. Even at the height of the German Nazi rule, I don’t think your average Nazi party member would have so outwardly celebrated genocide…

Trump never wanted peace in Gaza. The temporary “ceasefire” only served to buy Trump cheap political points. Netanyahu won’t stop until all Palestinians are displaced or dead. This has never been about the hostages or Hamas. @aljazeera.com

If you were outraged by the crimes against civilians on Oct 7th but not by the many more crimes against civilians *since* Oct 7th - just this week: kids being burned from head to toe; having their limbs amputated without anesthetic - then you don’t actually care about crimes against civilians.

“if every Canadian household redirected $25 a week from foreign products to Canadian ones, it would boost GDP by 0.7 per cent and create 60,000 jobs” www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/pe...

Shot. Chaser.

The Israeli military made it clear that it is taking over the Netzarim Corridor, from which it withdrew last month, in clear violation of the terms of the ceasefire, reports Al Jazeera's Hani Mahmoud. 🟥 Read report: aje.io/ko4jgp

Yesterday, Mahmoud Khalil, a US permanent resident abducted by ICE last week, shared a powerful public statement that he dictated over the phone to his legal team.

There is no justification at all for Israel to resume the war in Gaza / Yossi Melman

An Israeli drone strike has killed a Palestinian toddler in Asdaa, west of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, according to the Wafa news agency. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/0ocvq4

In case you had any doubts about Elon Musk's purchase of the current administration, Trump turned the WH into a Tesla dealership last week to boost his dwindling sales, and the Attorney General declared any attempt to explode his cars, before they explode on their own, an act of domestic terrorism.

I cannot sleep tonight. My heart is being torn from within, as the weight of horror presses down. Once again, Palestinians are smothered by unimaginable terror - entire families wiped out with each bomb that falls. This is not war. This is the unraveling of humanity.

Israel just killed hundreds of Palestinians, including kids. The US just killed dozens of Yemenis, including kids. "Why do they hate us?" asks the American public, blissfully ignorant of what's being done in its name in the Middle East by the US and its ally Israel. Sigh.

15+ years old, but still VERY relevent — and if we had acted 15 years ago, the “better world” we’d be creating would be a LOT better & easier to reach. There are real consequences we’re just starting to see to not heeding this cartoon a lot sooner. Even worse if we don’t heed it now. #ClimateCrisis

It is appalling that the world continues to allow Israel to carry out this brutal campaign of terror and genocide against the Palestinian people. We are witnessing unimaginable cruelty in real-time. There is no justification—none—for the mass slaughter of tens of thousands of women & children.

“My jaw is dropped!” WATCH Canadian Foreign Minister @melaniejoly.bsky.social on @cnn.com lay out what’s REALLY going on with #TrumpsTradeWar and more, to the citizens of the Unites States (as least the ones that don’t only watch Fox News). Then share it far & wide. www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3rI...

This pretty much sums up our chances of having world peace, global stability, and respect for the rule of law.

Welcome to autocracy. The Republic we have known for the last 240 years is gone. This is going to keep getting worse. Much worse. The courts mean nothing, the law means nothing, Congress is irrelevant. He is a malignant psychopath.

Meanwhile over on the other place, rightwing free speech warriors (this guy is a former DeSantis campaign staffer) are calling for me to be denaturalized and deported because they don’t like my political speech. This is what fascism and racism looks like, folks.

Not a fan of @davidpugliese.bsky.social referring to people as “illegals” on CBC Frontburner. This dehumanizes people who are often struggling & trying to find a better life & adds fuel to the far-right propaganda that is taking the US in a very dark direction right now. @jaymepoisson.bsky.social

We watched the No Other Land film this evening. Incredibly heartbreaking and I truly hope that it is an eye-opener for all of those people who think October 7th was the beginning of time. I had to go through some hoops to watch it since it is blocked in the US and Canada.

This is unbelievable. It’s straight from the Nazi Germany playbook. Sadly, the Palestinians of today are the European Jews of the 1930’s. How about Israel considers moving to Africa and give the stolen land back to Palestinians?

If Trump is correct in saying, today, that Canada has nothing the US needs or wants, then why isn’t he leaving us the fuck alone, huh?

1/ History is repeating itself—why is no one talking about it? Nearly 100 years ago, the world watched as Hitler rose to power, consolidating control, silencing dissent, annexing territories, demonizing entire groups & pushing the world toward war. Today, we're seeing unsettling echoes of that era.

1/ Canadians are angry & feel betrayed. The trust we once had in the United States is gone—& it will never return to the same level. Economically, the next few years will be challenging as Canada shifts away from U.S. trade dependence, strengthening ties with EU, Asia, South America, & beyond.

Idaho teacher ordered to remove inclusive signs from classroom. Being a decent human being is frowned upon now in Idaho? www.wkyc.com/article/news...