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I like what I like: heavy metal, books, scuba diving, anything ocean related, David Lynch and fashion, loads of fashion. Oh & animals!
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President Zelenskyy has been one of the greatest leaders of our time, guiding Ukraine through the darkest period of its recent history, rising up to Russia’s unwarranted aggression, being an inspiration to the Ukrainian people and ensuring that Ukraine’s voice is heard on the world stage.
February 20, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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‘I’m coming to a place that looks like hell’: the long road home for Gaza’s displaced
‘I’m coming to a place that looks like hell’: the long road home for Gaza’s displaced
After 15 months of war, many people in north Gaza know they are returning to a wasteland For Abdulaziz the return to Sheikh Radwan in northern Gaza was bittersweet. His home was still standing, if damaged, but the life he built around it had been utterly…
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Google bends the knee. Since corporations are people, we can assume Google is a Trump Fluffer now.
www.reuters.com/world/us/goo...
Google Maps to rename 'Gulf of Mexico' to 'Gulf of America' for US users
Google Maps will change the name of "Gulf of Mexico" to "Gulf of America" once it is officially updated in the U.S. Geographic Names System, it said in an X post on Monday.
www.reuters.com
January 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Breaking News: Displaced Palestinians began returning to northern Gaza, as another piece of the Israel-Hamas truce took hold. Follow live updates.
Palestinians Set to Return to Northern Gaza Under Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Deal: Live Updates
Palestinians began arriving in northern Gaza, months after Israel ordered them to flee. The Israel-Hamas truce was holding after it appeared to falter over the weekend.
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”

James Baldwin
January 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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#Gaza: We are devastated to report the death of Bilal Okal, our colleague killed by Israeli forces in Jabalia, North Gaza, along with 10 of his family members.

We strongly condemns the killing of Bilal and his family in their home by Israeli forces.

www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/msf-mourns-t...
MSF mourns the killing of its ninth colleague in Gaza  | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is devastated to report the death of Bilal Okal, our colleague killed by Israeli forces in Jabalia, North Gaza, along with 10 of his family membe...
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca
January 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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‘I have no neighbours’: overtourism pushes residents in Spain and Portugal to the limit
‘I have no neighbours’: overtourism pushes residents in Spain and Portugal to the limit
As visitor numbers hit record levels in southern Europe, some residents are surrounded entirely by tourist flats When her husband, who had cancer at the time, took a tumble in the couple’s sixth-floor flat last year, Maria frantically wondered who she…
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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This is my new mantra.
January 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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2025 has been my least favorite decade so far.
January 24, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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Curiosamente, un joven que no se deja manipular por nadie defiende las mismas ideas que los tres hombres más ricos del mundo.
Curiosamente, un joven que no se deja manipular por nadie defiende las mismas ideas que los tres hombres más ricos del mundo
Curiosamente, un joven que no se deja manipular por nadie ha empezado a defender las mismas ideas que los tres hombres más ricos del mundo. El joven, llamado Serapio Domínguez y natural de Zaragoza, l...
www.elmundotoday.com
January 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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January 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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‘He made me feel I didn’t need to fit in’: readers tributes to David Lynch – and their most Lynchian photograph
‘He made me feel I didn’t need to fit in’: readers tributes to David Lynch – and their most Lynchian photograph
Here are some of your tributes to the celebrated director of Twin Peaks and Mulholland Drive * David Lynch dies aged 78 * David Lynch – a life in pictures I live in a forested part of the UK that has a dreamlike quality to it. The sound of the owls…
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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SOM EL BARÇA!!!!!!!!!
January 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Just spoke with former Officer Mike Fanone about the Biden pardon that covers him and other officers who testified before the Jan. 6 committee.

“This is a different kind of American exceptionalism. It’s exceptionally fucked up.”
January 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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No le digas nazi a Elon Musk solo por decir cosas nazis, apoyar a grupos nazis y hacer el saludo nazi que igual era porque no sé qué del corazón, porque no tienes ni idea de historia que el saludo romano era así y porque además mira que tú también tienes fotos con la mano levantada.
January 21, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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Brave yourselves for more of the like.
January 21, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Young people are abandoning democracy for dictators. I can understand their despair | Owen Jones
Young people are abandoning democracy for dictators. I can understand their despair | Owen Jones
Fascism in power in the 1930s brought the world to genocidal war. But memories have faded, as has the stigma attached to the far-right – and that’s dangerous Democracy is dying across the globe. This may sound alarmist and generate a follow-up question:…
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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Saudi Arabia is the ringleader of a group of oil-rich nations that blocked efforts to limit plastic production during UN talks in Busan, South Korea last month.

And there’s no reason to think they won’t try to pull the same thing again.

🔗 www.politico.eu/article/saud...
January 14, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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#Gaza: Since Oct 2023 we have only been able to evacuate 13 children from #Gaza to our hospital in #Jordan.

We call on the Israeli authorities to ensure medical evacuations for all Palestinians in need of care now including caregivers while guaranteeing their safe return.

shorturl.at/dUE08
January 13, 2025 at 9:47 PM
View from the plane a couple of days ago. So grateful to be able to see things like this. When the world is depressing, small things can make the difference, even though sometimes they are difficult to see.
January 13, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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Doce horas de mentiras y secretos manipulados en defensa de un defraudador confeso: cronología de cómo Isabel Díaz Ayuso y Miguel Ángel Rodríguez salieron en defensa del novio de la presidenta madrileña difundiendo informaciones falsas
12 horas de mentiras y secretos manipulados de Miguel Ángel Rodríguez en defensa de un defraudador confeso
El jefe de gabinete apuntaló los bulos de la presidenta madrileña con más informaciones falsas que colocó en varios medios entre la tarde y la noche del pasado 13 de marzo
elpais.com
January 13, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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January 12, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”

James Baldwin
January 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Number of Reform MPs in attendance for today's House of Commons debate on tackling violence against women and girls = 0

Number of Reform MPs with criminal convictions for violence against women or girls = 1
January 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM