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#CycloneAlfred 🌀 Australia bracing for severe flooding as Cyclone Alfred nears, with the rare storm on the country's eastern coast expected to bring torrential rain, destructive winds, and storm surges - follow live updates today

I’ve demanded that Sky stops buying ads and funding hate on GB News. Join me and @GoodLawProject now to increase the pressure goodlaw.social/st08

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Every Ramadan, Israel attacks Palestinian worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam’s third holiest site. Now, Israel is imposing mass restrictions on who can enter the mosque. This is abhorrent and a blatant attack on religious freedom and Palestinian rights.

"The stunning villa...is in a settlement located on land seized from Palestinians, illegal under international humanitarian law. Only a handful of Palestinians are allowed to enter this, and other, Israeli settlements in the West Bank..." www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/ban-... #stopracism #policinguk #crime #banaiinpolicing #banthepolice #defundthepolice #abetterworldispossible #investinsocialcare #universalwage #povertypreventioniscrimeprevention

This Jewish American shot two Israelis - because he thought they were Palestinians. The victims then thought they'd been attacked by an Arab, and posted; "DEATH TO ARABS". It seems absurd, but exposes the ignored evil of anti-Palestinian racism 👇 www.owenjones.news/p/he-shot-tw...

RSF R*PED HUNDREDS IN AL JAZIRAH As in other conflicts worldwide, the UAE-backed paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has used s*xual violence as a weapon of war, committing 890 rapes in Sudan’s Al Jazirah state alone between late 2023 and early 2025, including 112 child victims.

🚨 BREAKING! 🚨 LORD WALNEY DUMPED (and on Valentine’s Day, no less) EXCLUSIVE from @bylinetimes.bsky.social - The Home Office confirms that Walney, who was appointed by Boris Johnson, will leave Government. Read: bylinetimes.com/2025/02/14/k... #SackLordWalney #SackedLordWalney

BREAKING: Palestine Action are on a roof above Elbit's Israeli drone maker in Shenstone, Staffordshire. From here, actionists are able to dismantle the factory and halt the production of weaponry.

🧵 (1/8) Watch Dr Pat Hart, the first working doctor jailed for peaceful climate protest. Scroll through the thread to watch more of Dr Hart ⬇️

Indigenous land defenders have stopped more climate pollution than almost any other solution—blocking pipelines, deforestation & extraction with their bodies & communities. they face violence & criminalization, yet do more than most governments. we owe them everything.

This week’s word’s of wisdom are widely accredited to Burkina Faso’s revolutionary former president Thomas Sankara (1949-87).

Fuck google #bds #blm #pridematters #metoo #boycott

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And this is why I deleted insta and facebook and am working on extracting myself from whatsapp. I don’t want to be any part of his empire or contribute to his wealth/power

Jokes aside, it’s terrifying what colonist governments are doing/have always done. #thingsthatmakemesmile #transrightsnow #fuckcolonialism

if your government does not invest in cycling and walking infrastructure, they're publicly stating that the lives of people in cars matter more than those not in cars

“'North of North' is a reminder of values Canadians want to live up to. DEI that shouldn’t be stripped away, but an instrument for righting historical wrongs.”

‘This is not self-determination, its municipalization.’ Human rights activist Ellen Gabriel explains how governments have not changed, but have simply repackaged the colonial laws imposed on Indigenous people. Watch the full Face to Face interview:

"the problem with solar is we can't monopolize the sun or make it scarce than it is"

Five years after Britain officially left the European Union, Brexit is less popular than ever. YouGov polling on Wednesday showed the number of Brits who think leaving the EU was a good idea is at its lowest since the referendum, with just three in 10 saying it was the right decision.