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nihilsmaw.bsky.social
@nihilsmaw.bsky.social
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Left-wing, anti-genocide nihilist. Sometimes Nietzschean, sometimes Marxist. Father/husband. Struggling to understand why people cannot see the future, when it's happening to the Palestinian's as they read this.
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nihilsmaw.bsky.social
Australia is the same, our idiot Labour PM has called for "dialogue and diplomacy". Pitiful.
zackpolanski.bsky.social Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 5h
Darren Jones saying repeatedly the Labour Government won't comment on a hypothetical.

It's not hypothetical - Trump is saying very loudly repeatedly what he's done and boasting about it.

And yet the UK Government won't even say it's a breach of international rules. Shameful.
January 5, 2026 at 8:51 AM
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freedomflotilla.bsky.social
Boeing builds the jets, US taxpayers pay the bill and Palestinians pay the price.
This is not "peace", but militarization, starvation and expansion, funded with US tax dollars.
Pressure Boeing. Call your representatives. Join protests. Block the arms industry. Don't stop until the occupation ends.
Text: Let's block the arms industry New $8.6 billion contact between Trump and Netanyahu for the manufacture of 25 F-15 military aircrafts for Israel Background picture: Trump and Netanyahu and explosions on the ground. Text: Block Boeing’s Aid for Genocide Boeing is building Israel’s new F-15 IA fighter jets in St. Louis, Missouri The U.S. Pentagon just awarded an $8.6 billion contract to Boeing to supply Israel with at least 25 F15 jets, of which $840 million has already obligated. (option for 25 more). We must stop Boeing - and U.S. taxpayer dollars - from fueling genocide and ethnic cleansing. Text: The F-15: one of the most powerful fighter jets in the world The Israeli Air Force has used fixed-wing combat aircraft, including F-15s, to carry out airstrikes across Gaza since October 2023. Heavy Loads: The Israeli variant of the F-15 (F 15I Ra’am) can carry a very large weapons load - reportedly up to around 11 tons (about 22,000 lb) of bombs, missiles, and other munitions. Precision, long-range capability: Targeting systems allow F-15s to hit specific buildings or neighborhoods from miles away, flattening entire residential areas. F-15s can launch attacks from far outside Gaza, giving no warning and making it nearly impossible for residents to escape in time. Text: Take Action: Block the Arms Industry In Sept–Oct 2025, Trump and Netanyahu unveiled a so called “peace plan to end the Gaza war". Despite this, Trump approved a deal supplying Israel with more weapons. Since the "ceasefire" Israel: -Killed at least at least 417 Palestinians -Blocks tons of humanitarian aid at crossings and suspended three dozen aid NGOs from Gaza -Controls now over 58% of Gaza through the "Yellow Line" We cannot stay silent. What you can do: -Demand an end to U.S. taxpayer funding for weapons used in Gaza -Speak out to Missouri and national elected officials. -Join protests to pressure Boeing and policymakers.
January 5, 2026 at 12:06 AM
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caitoz.bsky.social
The new edition of JOHNSTONE is now available to order in print or download as a pay-what-you-want e-book version. As with all my work, everything contained in this magazine is free to reuse, reproduce or republish in any way.

www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/new-issue-...
January 5, 2026 at 12:58 AM
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caitoz.bsky.social
Democrats spent more than a decade saying Trump is an evil fascist and then when he invades a sovereign country and abducts its leader all they've got to say is oh gosh I wish he'd been more polite about it, he shoulda asked Congress first. They're just Trump with a rainbow flag.
January 4, 2026 at 11:05 PM
nihilsmaw.bsky.social
check out the imperialist propaganda on this shit-hole website. great opening photograph - for the empire

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Venezuelans across the globe divided over US mission to capture Maduro
Venezuelan migrants across Latin America and other parts of the world cheered in the streets, supporting the US mission to capture Venezuela's deposed president Nicolás Maduro.
www.abc.net.au
January 4, 2026 at 3:02 AM
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normalisland.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 9:11 PM
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zackpolanski.bsky.social
Starmer and Farage both drape themselves in flags but once again it's really clear where their loyalty really is.

It's Trump first. They will always be on the side of the super rich and powerful - no matter how heinous the crime.

This is not patriotism. It's subservience.
January 3, 2026 at 9:35 PM
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sana.msf.ca
#Israel has denied registration to international medical humanitarian aid organizations in #Gaza. This is not some administrative detail. It is a death sentence for civilians already being dehumanized in every possible way. @msf.ca
January 2, 2026 at 8:34 PM
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alqudsnewsnet.bsky.social
Gaza
January 1, 2026 at 8:36 AM
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michaelwestbiz.bsky.social
Interesting that Hitler banned the Red Cross from visiting the concentration camps
January 1, 2026 at 4:26 AM
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dropsitenews.com
The stance DR Congo fan Kula Muladinga is imitating is similar to Lumumba’s statue in Kinshasa 👇🏼
See new posts Conversation ESPN Africa @ESPNAfrica DR Congo fan Kuka Muladinga has been spotted standing in a powerful pose during their matches before and during AFCON. He is imitating Patrice Lumumba, the country’s first prime minister in the early 1960s. The stance mirrors the pose on Lumumba’s memorial statue in Kinshasa 🫡
December 31, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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🇨🇩 A DR Congo supporter stood motionless in the stands, dressed as Patrice Lumumba, for the full 90 minutes of the country’s Africa Cup of Nations match against Botswana, in Morocco. Back home, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is fighting a war in the east against Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, driving the world’s second-largest displacement crisis, with 7–8 million people forced from their homes. Further north along the eastern border, communities are also terrorized by the Islamic State-linked Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), which, while far smaller, continue to carry out deadly massacres against civilians. With roughly $24 trillion in mineral wealth, the DRC is one of the richest countries on earth in resources and one of the poorest in per capita income. The country’s first and last democratically elected prime minister, Patrice Lumumba, was overthrown and killed in a U.S.-backed coup on January 17, 1961. The country has since experienced decades of coups, dictatorship, foreign intervention, and recurring wars, with consequences that continue to define life in the DRC. On the pitch on Tuesday, the Leopards beat Botswana 3–0 in their Group D match, sending DR Congo to a final-16 clash with Algeria.
December 31, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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dropsitenews.com
📌 New reporting on UAE hasbara —

After the El Fasher massacre, a massive UAE-aligned influence campaign flooded X with propaganda whitewashing Sudan’s RSF, research by journalist Marc Owen Jones shows. An analysis of ~80,000 tweets across six hashtags found 18,700–19,500 bot accounts, making up...
📌 New reporting on UAE hasbara — After the El Fasher massacre, a massive UAE-aligned influence campaign flooded X with propaganda whitewashing Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces, research by journalist Marc Owen Jones shows. An analysis of ~80,000 tweets across six hashtags found 18,700–19,500 bot accounts, making up nearly 90% of activity and generating 91 million impressions. The network blamed Sudan’s army and regional rivals for famine and war, portrayed the RSF as humane and peace-seeking, and systematically deflected scrutiny from the UAE despite its backing of the RSF. Additional details in the thread and story below. See new posts Conversation Marc Owen Jones @marcowenjones 🧵1/6 After the El Fasher massacre, I identified a large UAE-aligned influence operation on X promoting the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Around 19,000 accounts showed strong indicators of automation - bots https://marcowenjones.substack.com/p/i-found-19000-uae-aligned-bots-promoting #Sudan #Dysinfluence
December 31, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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dropsitenews.com
“The vast majority of these patients are dying slowly and quietly in their tents and will never actually even be known that they died this way.”

— Dr. Feroze Sidhwa spoke w/ Drop Site abt Israel’s medical siege on Gaza & how it's crushing the hopes of...

Clip below👇🏼. Full podcast out shortly.
“The vast majority of these patients are dying slowly and quietly in their tents and will never actually even be known that they died this way.” — Dr. Feroze Sidhwa spoke with Drop Site about Israel’s medical siege on Gaza and how it is crushing the hopes of cancer patients. Clip below 👇🏼. Full podcast out shortly.
December 31, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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dropsitenews.com
Israel’s current leadership has made clear it is “perfectly happy if everybody in Gaza dies,” Dr. Feroze Sidhwa told Drop Site, citing constant genocidal rhetoric from senior officials & policies that treat the destruction of Gaza’s health system as a benefit.

If the killings and the collapse...
Israel’s current leadership has made clear it is “perfectly happy if everybody in Gaza dies,” Dr. Feroze Sidhwa told Drop Site, citing constant genocidal rhetoric from senior officials and policies that treat the destruction of Gaza’s health system as a benefit. If the killings and the collapse of the health system continue, Sidhwa said, it is because they are being allowed to continue. “All it would take is one phone call from the White House for it to stop.” To citizens of countries backing Israel, he said, the outcome is “largely up to us.” @FerozeSidhwa | @DropSiteNews
December 31, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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dropsitenews.com
🔴 Major INGOs barred from Gaza for refusing to help Israel build a kill list

Israel has moved to block 37 international NGOs from operating in Gaza after they refused to hand over names & addresses of local staff. The reason is obvious: Israel has repeatedly used such information to target and...
🔴 Major INGOs barred from Gaza for refusing to help Israel build a kill list Israel has moved to block 37 international NGOs from operating in Gaza after they refused to hand over names and addresses of local staff. The reason is obvious: Israel has repeatedly used such information to target and kill the most skilled civilian professionals. After breaking the ceasefire in March 2025, Israeli officials openly signaled an expansion of assassination policy beyond fighters. In May, Israel’s finance minister said the army was “finally conducting a campaign against the civilian rule of Hamas and not just focusing on the military infrastructure,” adding that Israel was now eliminating “ministers, officials, money changers, and elements of the economic and governmental system.” In the week that followed, Israeli forces killed 12 specialized medical workers. Since October 2023, more than 1,600 medical personnel have been killed, including hospital directors assassinated in their homes with their families. Over 500 medical workers have been arrested or detained, including Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital. See new posts Conversation Drop Site @DropSiteNews 🔴 Major INGOs barred from Gaza for refusing to help Israel build a kill list Israel has moved to block 37 international NGOs from operating in Gaza after they refused to hand over names and addresses of local staff. The reason is obvious: Israel has repeatedly used such information to target and kill the most skilled civilian professionals. After breaking the ceasefire in March 2025, Israeli officials openly signaled an expansion of assassination policy beyond fighters. In May, Israel’s finance minister said the army was “finally conducting a campaign against the civilian rule of Hamas and not just focusing on the military infrastructure,” adding that Israel was now eliminating “ministers, officials, money changers, and elements of the economic and governmental system.” In the week that followed, Israeli forces killed 12 specialized medical workers. Since October 2023, more than 1,600 medical personnel have been killed, including hospital directors assassinated in their homes with their families. Over 500 medical workers have been arrested or detained, including Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital. American surgeon Dr. Feroze Sidhwa told Drop Site that demanding staff lists under these conditions amounts to asking NGOs to hand over details of people to be killed. If Israel wants organizations to share names, he said, it should stop targeting and killing humanitarian workers. Israel’s Foreign Ministry now claims the ban is justified by alleged mistreatment of Israeli captives by an unnamed doctor in Gaza. No publicly available evidence has been produced to substantiate the claim. Putting that aside, using an unverified allegation to bar Doctors Without Borders, Oxfam, the IRC, and dozens of other aid groups only makes sense if Israel is preparing for more of its citizens to be taken captive.
December 31, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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dropsitenews.com
Originally posted Dec. 22, 2025:

🇺🇳 UNFPA: Premature births in Gaza have surged from 20% to 70% since Oct 2023; 1 in 3 pregnancies is considered high-risk; more than half of youth & 40% of adults are expected to suffer PTSD.

UNFPA Deputy Executive Director Andrew Saberton — who leads...

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🇺🇳 UNFPA: Premature births in Gaza have surged from 20% to 70% since October 2023; one in three pregnancies is considered high-risk; more than half of youth and 40% of adults are expected to suffer PTSD. UNFPA Deputy Executive Director Andrew Saberton — who leads the UN agency responsible for reproductive and maternal health — just returned from his first visit to Gaza. In a word, he described it as “flattened — mile upon mile of rubble and dust.” What he witnessed, he said, “was not collateral damage.” Every UNFPA staff member in Gaza has lost family, and nearly all have had their homes destroyed. “Women have lost everything — their families, their homes, their colleges, their jobs,” Saberton said, noting many now lack even basic hygiene supplies. Thread 🧵
December 31, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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dropsitenews.com
⭕️ The latest victims of Israel’s genocide:

A 29-day-old infant who died from hypothermia.

A 7-year-old who drowned in an open sewage ditch

A 30-year-old mother who died as the rubble around her shelter collapsed over her due to the storms.

Israel is still refusing the entry of shelter aid.
See new posts Conversation حسام شبات @HossamShabat A 29-day-old infant passed away in Gaza because of hypothermia. A 7-year-old drowned in a rainwater pit. And a 30-year-old mother died as the rubble collapsed over her during the storms. This is all deliberate. All preventable. It's part of a plan. The genocide in Gaza is ongoing.
December 30, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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aljazeeraworld.bsky.social
“The word ‘doctor’ had a price. We’re now paying this price.”

Gaza doctor and director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, Hussam Abu Safiya, has been in an Israeli prison for a year after being detained without charge or trial.

Watch the film: aje.news/DrAbuSafia
December 29, 2025 at 12:38 PM
nihilsmaw.bsky.social
No mention of this, as far as I know, in the Australian ZBC.
trackaipac.com AIPAC Tracker @trackaipac.com · 6d
Anna Liedtke is a 25-year-old German journalist who was detained after Israel illegally intercepted her Freedom Flotilla ship in international waters. She was held for five days, transferred between multiple prisons, and r*ped during one of those transfers.
December 30, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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Anna Liedtke is a 25-year-old German journalist who was detained after Israel illegally intercepted her Freedom Flotilla ship in international waters. She was held for five days, transferred between multiple prisons, and r*ped during one of those transfers.
December 30, 2025 at 2:48 AM
nihilsmaw.bsky.social
Excellent article on the sad reality of Realpolitik. Russia wins if the US attack Venezuela.

www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
Russia may gain more than lose from a US intervention in Venezuela
The US escalation against Caracas may be part of a larger realignment for a new world order.
www.aljazeera.com
December 30, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Winter floods wreak havoc on Gaza displacement camps as Israel blocks aid https://aje.io/nu8pwm
Palestinians try to recover their tent after overnight rainfall flooded a beachside tent camp in Khan Younis, the southern Gaza Strip. [Mohammad Jahjouh/AP Photo] Shaimaa Wadi, 25, sits with her one-year-old daughter Tala, inside their tent in a makeshift camp for displaced Palestinians in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza Strip. [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo] Palestinians receive donated food at a temporary camp for displaced people, on the beach near the port of Gaza City. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo] A woman tries to recover a carpet after overnight rainfall flooded a beachside tent camp in Khan Younis. [Mohammad Jahjouh/AP Photo]
December 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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dropsitenews.com
🇵🇰 Pakistan’s FM Ishaq Dar said Islamabad will not take part in any disarmament role w/in an internat'l stabilization force in Gaza, but is not opposed to the force carrying out that mission. Dar said that if the US wants disarmament, the force should be “bifurcated,” claiming that around “20...
🇵🇰 Pakistan’s foreign minister Ishaq Dar said Islamabad will not take part in any disarmament role within an international stabilization force in Gaza, but is not opposed to the force carrying out that mission. Dar said that if the U.S. wants disarmament, the force should be “bifurcated,” claiming that around “20 countries are lined up” to participate. Pakistan, he said, would join the peacekeeping component only. “If other countries want to disarm Hamas, then let them do it.”
December 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Originally posted Dec 17: Ryan Grim on Breaking Points breaks down Sharif Abdel Kouddous & Abdel Qader Sabbah’s reporting on Gaza’s mounting public health crisis, as Israel blocks access to landfills & nearly 1mn tons of garbage pile up across the enclave.

@ryangrim.bsky.social | @dropsitenews.com
December 28, 2025 at 11:34 PM