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23 Oct 2025 - Katelyn Burn's on how cis women are turning to same testosterone to improve their sex drive that trans men have to jump through hoops for. And they get the same estrogen for HRT being taken away from trans kids. Why is affirming care only good for cis ppl? @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
Gender Affirming Care for me, Not for Thee
The New York Times this week ran a magazine feature about a group of cis women who take testosterone for to get a more active libido. It got me thinking about the double standards we have for trans pe...
www.burnsnotice.com
October 25, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Israel kills 93 Palestinians in Gaza since ceasefire: Health ministry
<article data-history-node-id="430658" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-kills-93-palestinians-gaza-ceasefire-health-ministry" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-kills-93-palestinians-gaza-ceasefire-health-ministry" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel kills 93 Palestinians in Gaza since ceasefire: Health ministry</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The Palestinian health ministry in Gaza said that Israel has killed a total of 93 Palestinians since the ceasefire came into effect on 11 October.</p> <p>Health officials noted that 324 Palestinians have been injured since the ceasefire.</p> <p>They added that, in the past 48 hours, Israel has killed 19 people and injured a further seven.</p> <p>According to the ministry, the death toll from Israel’s genocide in Gaza has now risen to 68,519 Palestinians, with another 170,382 injured since October 2023.</p> </div> </div> </article>
www.middleeasteye.net
October 25, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Since the Gaza ceasefire, Israel has intensified its operations against Palestinians in the West Bank, conducting military raids in the north and increasing settler attacks on Palestinians harvesting olive groves.

Cartoon by Carlos Latuff.
October 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Mainstream outlets have whitewashed María Corina Machado's record to paint her as a beacon of democracy despite her undemocratic past and unsavory alliances.
Corporate Media Use ‘Peace’ Prize To Fuel War Propaganda - Truthdig
Mainstream outlets have whitewashed María Corina Machado's record to paint her as a beacon of democracy despite her undemocratic past and unsavory alliances.
www.truthdig.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Trump’s strategic weaponization of Charlie Kirk’s murder is just an apparatus to crack down on thought and speech in unthinkable ways.

This moment is as close to Orwellian as we’ve come, and the fictitious “Thought Police” is becoming our new reality.
Trump’s Plan To Use the State To Crush Dissent
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
September 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
"And while anyone harbouring an iota of common sense will have long regarded Israel as a rogue state, the unprecedented attack on Qatar appears to have opened some international eyes with regard to just how out of control the Israeli government actually is."
With the Doha strike, Netanyahu has declared war on the world
No matter where you are, Israel’s ‘long arm’ may be coming for you next.
www.aljazeera.com
September 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Mark Carney is slashing public service, supercharging military spending, and ramming through a right-wing agenda—while Liberal voters stay stuck in denial.

Martin Lukacs says it’s time to clue in to what’s happening, follow the money—and put up a fight. breachmedia.ca/mark-carneys...
Snap out of denial—Mark Carney’s rightward-rushing agenda is just getting started ⋆ The Breach
Mark Carney is slashing public service, supercharging military spending, and ramming through a right-wing agenda—while much of the country stays stuck in denial
breachmedia.ca
July 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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The Carney government is using Trump’s trade war as cover to push through a sweeping pro-corporate agenda, writes @johncke.bsky.social. Under the guise of defending the “national interest,” we’re seeing deregulation, militarism, and a renewed push for carbon-intensive energy megaprojects.
Mark Carney’s class war
Carney is quite prepared to ensure that capitalism becomes considerably less “inclusive” in order to weather the storm. At this relatively early stage of the game, he is leaving no doubt as to the cou...
canadiandimension.com
June 24, 2025 at 10:16 AM