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Uri Horesh
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Queer sociolinguist and humanist. Based in St Andrews, Scotland. Free Palestine and end the genocide.
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I just signed a @fadp.bsky.social petition: Stay the Execution of Bryan Jennings. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
Stay the Execution of Bryan Jennings
U.S. Marine Corps Veteran Bryan Frederick Jennings is scheduled for execution in Florida on November 13, 2025, just two days after Veterans Day. He was sentenced to death for the 1979 murder of Rebecc...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court denied an attempt to challenge Obergefell v. Hodges, the case affirming marriage equality nationwide.

Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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US Secretary of Homeland Security reportedly authorized purchase of 10 engineless Spirit Airlines planes that airline didn’t own.
Wall Street Journal reports Kristi Noem arranged purchase to expand deportation flights and for personal travel.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
DHS head reportedly authorized purchase of 10 engineless Spirit Airlines planes that airline didn’t own
Wall Street Journal reports Kristi Noem arranged purchase to expand deportation flights and for personal travel
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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SOAS, University of London, Senate statement on Gaza, Palestine: www.soas.ac.uk/about/news/s...
Senate statement on Gaza, Palestine
The Senate has published a ‘Senate Statement on Scholasticide in Gaza, Palestine’.
www.soas.ac.uk
November 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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'I saw death': Palestinian bus drivers in Jerusalem fear for their lives amid Israeli football fan violence www.middleeasteye.net/news/arab-bu...
'I saw death': Arab bus drivers in Israel fear for their lives amid football fan violence
Drivers are 'routinely' targeted by Israeli football fans, as unions warn of escalating assaults and lack of police response
www.middleeasteye.net
November 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Finally some good news on the news.
November 5, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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Man charged after mass stabbing on train in Cambridgeshire.
Suspect was arrested after incident on Saturday evening service from Doncaster to London King’s Cross. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Man charged after mass stabbing on train in Cambridgeshire
Suspect was arrested after incident on Saturday evening service from Doncaster to London King’s Cross
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Happy Halloween, folks
October 31, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Bloomberg has dropped $5 million against Zohran in these last days of the race, making him the single largest donor. Personally I wish he'd just settle for having successfully bought a 3rd term and do something else with his money www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Michael R. Bloomberg, the city’s billionaire former mayor, gave $3.5 million this week to For Our City, a super PAC trying to stop Zohran Mamdani. That was on top of another $1.5 million Bloomberg gave to a different anti-Mamdani group, and his endorsement of Andrew Cuomo. The former mayor is now unquestionably the single largest donor in the race.
October 31, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Andrew Mountbatten Windsor: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Buckingham Palace statement on Prince Andrew in full
The King's brother loses his title of prince and will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.
www.bbc.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Trump administration strips Nigerian Nobel winner Wole Soyinka of US visa

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Trump administration strips Nigerian Nobel winner Wole Soyinka of US visa
The first African author to win the Nobel in literature, Soyinka has been an outspoken critic of governments worldwide.
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October 30, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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Ian McKellen and Graham Norton to star at Alan Cumming's Scottish 'celebration of queer culture' www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul...
Sir Ian McKellen and Graham Norton to star at Alan Cumming's Scottish 'celebration of queer culture'
The new festival will take place in January and will feature acting great Sir Ian McKellen, as well as BBC host Graham Norton
www.scotsman.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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In misogynistic tirade, Israeli ambassador to the UN Danny Danon called UN special rapporteur Francesca Albenese a “witch”.

www.middleeasteye.net/trending/isr...
'Grotesque and delusional': Francesca Albanese hits back at Israeli envoy after he called her a 'witch'
In his bizarre tirade, Danny Danon accused the UN special rapporteur of trying to 'curse Israel with lies and hatred'
www.middleeasteye.net
October 30, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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So good to see #LavLang32 being shared so widely! Join us for the annual Queer Linguistics conference, which in 2026 travels to Scotland for the first time thanks to @christianilbury.bsky.social and University of Edinburgh lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk
LavLang32 - Lavender Languages & Linguistics 32
2-4 September 2026: Queer (dis)belonging
lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk
October 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Ms. Rachel: Woman of the Year, Glamour Magazine
www.glamour.com/story/ms-rac...
The Meaning of Ms. Rachel
She redefined children’s media—and built her empire—by centering empathy. Now she’s channeling that same ethos into activism.
www.glamour.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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Petition to reinstate Usama Ghanem as a KCL student:

docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/...
Petition to reinstate Usama Ghanem as a KCL student
We, the undersigned, condemn King’s College London (KCL) for endangering the life of 21-year-old international relations student Usama Ghanem by withdrawing his visa sponsorship and indefinitely suspe...
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October 27, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Just £130 more. Every penny counts. medicalaidforpalestinians.enthuse.com/pf/uri-hores...

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Just £130 more
Thank you to all who have supported my effort to raise funds for Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP). I am short just £130 of my £350 goal. Every penny counts. Much love, Uri
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October 25, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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A triumph for the left in Ireland's presidential election: www.politico.eu/article/irel...
Ireland elects left-wing president in anti-government landslide
Catherine Connolly’s lop-sided victory to be Ireland’s next head of state was accompanied by a surge in vandalized ballots from right-wing voters.
www.politico.eu
October 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Landslide.
October 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Humphreys concedes defeat in Irish Presidential Election www.rte.ie/news/preside...
Humphreys concedes defeat in Presidential Election
Fine Gael presidential candidate has conceded defeat in the presidential election saying Catherine Connelly will be a president for all.
www.rte.ie
October 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Welcome to Belfast.
October 25, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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To help alleviate the humanitarian disaster in Gaza, Proton has donated $100,000 to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society and other aid organizations working on the ground.
October 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Sarkozy said he would take two books with him into prison, a life of Jesus by Jean-Christian Petitfils and the Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas's classic story of a man wrongly imprisoned who escapes to wreak vengeance on his prosecutors.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sarkozy enters jail over campaign financing - France's first ex-president behind bars
Nicolas Sarkozy, president from 2007-2012, has appealed against his jail term at La Santé prison.
www.bbc.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Voters head to the polls to decide new Irish president; 10 minutes left to vote.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Irish presidential election: Catherine Connolly and Heather Humphreys vote as polls open
The winning candidate will become the country's 10th president and replace Michael D Higgins.
www.bbc.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Funding available for Full and Student Members of the European Association for Jewish Studies to pursue archival or library research in 2026/27 - do check out the details here:

www.eurojewishstudies.org/scholarships...

Application deadline 30 November 2025.
Call for Applications: Small Research Grant Programme 2025-26 (first round). Deadline for Applications: 30 November 2025 – European Association for Jewish Studies
www.eurojewishstudies.org
October 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM