Laura Lennon
@llennon.bsky.social
Retired nurse, mother, grandmother,
I remember being touched by this during the pandemic. As Michael D and Sabina retire thanks to them both for all they have done over the years 🥰
Sabina Higgins - "Say Not The Struggle Nought Availeth!"
YouTube video by Áras an Uachtaráin
youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I remember being touched by this during the pandemic. As Michael D and Sabina retire thanks to them both for all they have done over the years 🥰
Bluesky User Counter
bsky-users.theo.io
October 31, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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There is a perfectly logical centrist market-based argument for migration to the UK. We have a falling birth rate, £5 trillion in future pension liabilities, not to mention a national skills service in loads of key industries including both low (care) and high (computing) paid work.
October 23, 2025 at 12:13 PM
There is a perfectly logical centrist market-based argument for migration to the UK. We have a falling birth rate, £5 trillion in future pension liabilities, not to mention a national skills service in loads of key industries including both low (care) and high (computing) paid work.
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While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik
While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik
Western leaders attending the Sharm el-Sheikh summit have enabled and sponsored this slaughter. They are in no position to build a Palestinian future, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:38 AM
While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik
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When you consider the *ecocide* alongside the genocide being perpetrated in Gaza, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot
Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2025 at 6:59 AM
When you consider the *ecocide* alongside the genocide being perpetrated in Gaza, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Pensions, productivity and the myth of the migrant “drain” – why Britain’s real crisis is ageing, not immigration.
Another cracker from the Bear.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk
Another cracker from the Bear.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk
Nan’s not bankrupting Britain (but politicians might be)
Pensions, productivity and the myth of the migrant “drain” – why Britain’s real crisis is ageing, not immigration
eastangliabylines.co.uk
September 7, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Pensions, productivity and the myth of the migrant “drain” – why Britain’s real crisis is ageing, not immigration.
Another cracker from the Bear.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk
Another cracker from the Bear.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk
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Israel is deliberately depriving people of water in #Gaza.
The amount of water available for Palestinians is incredibly insufficient.
This is unacceptable: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-is...
The amount of water available for Palestinians is incredibly insufficient.
This is unacceptable: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-is...
August 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Israel is deliberately depriving people of water in #Gaza.
The amount of water available for Palestinians is incredibly insufficient.
This is unacceptable: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-is...
The amount of water available for Palestinians is incredibly insufficient.
This is unacceptable: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-is...
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“#Gaza: more journalists killed today.
Silencing the last remaining voices reporting about children dying silently amid #famine.
The world’s indifference & inaction is shocking."
Full statement by UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini: www.unrwa.org/newsroom/off...
Silencing the last remaining voices reporting about children dying silently amid #famine.
The world’s indifference & inaction is shocking."
Full statement by UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini: www.unrwa.org/newsroom/off...
August 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
“#Gaza: more journalists killed today.
Silencing the last remaining voices reporting about children dying silently amid #famine.
The world’s indifference & inaction is shocking."
Full statement by UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini: www.unrwa.org/newsroom/off...
Silencing the last remaining voices reporting about children dying silently amid #famine.
The world’s indifference & inaction is shocking."
Full statement by UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini: www.unrwa.org/newsroom/off...
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Journalist Anas Al-Sharif reporting from Gaza, shortly before Israel killed him tonight:
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
August 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Journalist Anas Al-Sharif reporting from Gaza, shortly before Israel killed him tonight:
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
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#BREAKING | Irish president calls for potential MILITARY ACTION in Gaza
He wants the UN to invoke ‘Chapter 7’ – which allows an international force to defend aid corridors
‘Are we to watch children starving? Something MUST happen’
He wants the UN to invoke ‘Chapter 7’ – which allows an international force to defend aid corridors
‘Are we to watch children starving? Something MUST happen’
August 3, 2025 at 9:03 PM
#BREAKING | Irish president calls for potential MILITARY ACTION in Gaza
He wants the UN to invoke ‘Chapter 7’ – which allows an international force to defend aid corridors
‘Are we to watch children starving? Something MUST happen’
He wants the UN to invoke ‘Chapter 7’ – which allows an international force to defend aid corridors
‘Are we to watch children starving? Something MUST happen’
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After a five-day halt due to a lack of supplies, our team at WCK’s Deir al-Balah Field Kitchen has resumed limited hot meal service in Gaza. #ChefsForGaza (1/3)
World Central Kitchen | WCK Resumes Limited Hot Meal Service in Gaza After 5-Day Pause
After a five day pause, limited cooking operations resumed today at World Central Kitchen's Deir al-Balah Field Kitchen in Gaza.
This marks the second time in 2025 our hot meal program has been force...
wck.org
July 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
After a five-day halt due to a lack of supplies, our team at WCK’s Deir al-Balah Field Kitchen has resumed limited hot meal service in Gaza. #ChefsForGaza (1/3)
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More than 100 people die of hunger in Gaza, including 80 children, say Palestinian officials
news.sky.com/story/more-t...
news.sky.com/story/more-t...
More than 100 people die of hunger in Gaza, including 80 children, say Palestinian officials
Israel controls all supplies entering Gaza and has denied it is responsible for food shortages.
news.sky.com
July 23, 2025 at 6:12 AM
More than 100 people die of hunger in Gaza, including 80 children, say Palestinian officials
news.sky.com/story/more-t...
news.sky.com/story/more-t...
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Gaza: Doctors Under Attack review – this crucial film is the stuff of nightmares. But the world needs to see it
Gaza: Doctors Under Attack review – this crucial film is the stuff of nightmares. But the world needs to see it
The film the BBC refused to air shows the targeting, detainment and torture of medics in Gaza. Its relentless timeline of horrors will never leave you
www.theguardian.com
July 3, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Gaza: Doctors Under Attack review – this crucial film is the stuff of nightmares. But the world needs to see it
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Mark O'Connell: ‘I walked through the fire all by myself’. This is barbarism
Mark O'Connell: ‘I walked through the fire all by myself’. This is barbarism
Gaza, long viewed as a gigantic open air prison, is now a kind of vast black site, where everyone is deemed guilty, where anything can be done to them without recourse to any justice
www.irishtimes.com
May 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Mark O'Connell: ‘I walked through the fire all by myself’. This is barbarism
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“There is no Israeli public figure whose sleep is disturbed by the children screaming in terror and in hospitals…”
~Gideon Levy
Haaretz
☕️🥐
~Gideon Levy
Haaretz
☕️🥐
May 25, 2025 at 7:40 AM
“There is no Israeli public figure whose sleep is disturbed by the children screaming in terror and in hospitals…”
~Gideon Levy
Haaretz
☕️🥐
~Gideon Levy
Haaretz
☕️🥐
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The Irish Great Famine; “Gorta Mór” (Great hunger); “Drochshaol” (the bad times) is a defining disaster in Irish history. It’s the before and after of our understanding of our country. Generally accepted estimate is 1 million died, and millions fled, and the Irish population fell for generations 1/
May 24, 2025 at 11:29 AM
The Irish Great Famine; “Gorta Mór” (Great hunger); “Drochshaol” (the bad times) is a defining disaster in Irish history. It’s the before and after of our understanding of our country. Generally accepted estimate is 1 million died, and millions fled, and the Irish population fell for generations 1/
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Taoiseach Micheál Martin accuses Israel of war crime over blocking of aid entering Gaza
Taoiseach Micheál Martin accuses Israel of war crime over blocking of aid entering Gaza
Over 50 days since food and medicines have been allowed into besieged area
www.irishtimes.com
May 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Taoiseach Micheál Martin accuses Israel of war crime over blocking of aid entering Gaza
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This is incredibly powerful from the WHO’s Emergencies Director, Dr Mike Ryan, on the world doing nothing as the children of Gaza die.
“This is an abomination.”
(🎥 Middle East Eye)
“This is an abomination.”
(🎥 Middle East Eye)
May 5, 2025 at 11:24 PM
This is incredibly powerful from the WHO’s Emergencies Director, Dr Mike Ryan, on the world doing nothing as the children of Gaza die.
“This is an abomination.”
(🎥 Middle East Eye)
“This is an abomination.”
(🎥 Middle East Eye)
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April 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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And they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and ...
The Israeli Defense Forces says the investigation into the March 23 incident during which 15 Palestinian medics were killed by IDF fire in Gaza has revealed "professional errors" and a deputy commander will be fired.
Israeli investigation into killing of 15 Palestinian medics reveal 'professional failures'
The IDF fatally shot 15 emergency workers in Gaza, including paramedics, civil defense staff and a U.N. employee.
nbcnews.to
April 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
And they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and ...
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It is vital that we continue every single effort we can to stop the slaughter in Gaza.
This week I spoke in support of the Arms Embargo Bill as one mechanism we can use to restrict and stop the military machine that continues to facilitate the murder and maiming of innocent men, women and children.
This week I spoke in support of the Arms Embargo Bill as one mechanism we can use to restrict and stop the military machine that continues to facilitate the murder and maiming of innocent men, women and children.
April 4, 2025 at 12:22 PM
It is vital that we continue every single effort we can to stop the slaughter in Gaza.
This week I spoke in support of the Arms Embargo Bill as one mechanism we can use to restrict and stop the military machine that continues to facilitate the murder and maiming of innocent men, women and children.
This week I spoke in support of the Arms Embargo Bill as one mechanism we can use to restrict and stop the military machine that continues to facilitate the murder and maiming of innocent men, women and children.
Reposted by Laura Lennon
All entry points into Gaza are closed. At the border, food is rotting. Medicine is expiring. Vital medical equipment is stuck.
If the basic principles of humanitarian law still count, the international community must act to uphold them.
If the basic principles of humanitarian law still count, the international community must act to uphold them.
March 28, 2025 at 8:16 PM
All entry points into Gaza are closed. At the border, food is rotting. Medicine is expiring. Vital medical equipment is stuck.
If the basic principles of humanitarian law still count, the international community must act to uphold them.
If the basic principles of humanitarian law still count, the international community must act to uphold them.
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The country that’s famous for how much it loves killing lots of children is once again killing lots of children
March 18, 2025 at 3:57 AM
The country that’s famous for how much it loves killing lots of children is once again killing lots of children
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Today is day 12 of a total blockade on Gaza. No electricity, no food, no medicine, no water. This is US-backed mass slaughter.
March 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Today is day 12 of a total blockade on Gaza. No electricity, no food, no medicine, no water. This is US-backed mass slaughter.