Birte
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Needed this reminder today.
July 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Needed this reminder today.
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Love how every single liberal party strategy is “moving right wins elections” then when moving right repeatedly fails to win elections cause they’re running against OPENLY RIGHT-WING PARTIES they just go “Well clearly we didn’t move right enough.” Like even a child could tell you what’s wrong
March 2, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Love how every single liberal party strategy is “moving right wins elections” then when moving right repeatedly fails to win elections cause they’re running against OPENLY RIGHT-WING PARTIES they just go “Well clearly we didn’t move right enough.” Like even a child could tell you what’s wrong
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I have to remember to post here more often 🤔 Here are some recent cover illustrations, for a new paperback edition of the Dandelion Dynasty series by Ken Liu!
March 3, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I have to remember to post here more often 🤔 Here are some recent cover illustrations, for a new paperback edition of the Dandelion Dynasty series by Ken Liu!
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'No Other Land', which chronicles settler violence and the Israeli demolitions of Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank, won the Oscar for best documentary.
We look at why the win is significant aje.io/ewi7jt
We look at why the win is significant aje.io/ewi7jt
March 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM
'No Other Land', which chronicles settler violence and the Israeli demolitions of Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank, won the Oscar for best documentary.
We look at why the win is significant aje.io/ewi7jt
We look at why the win is significant aje.io/ewi7jt
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As Israel stalls on the Gaza ceasefire deal agreed between it and Hamas, protesters gathered outside of PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence on Sunday night.
Read here: aje.io/y6ylrz
Read here: aje.io/y6ylrz
March 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
As Israel stalls on the Gaza ceasefire deal agreed between it and Hamas, protesters gathered outside of PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence on Sunday night.
Read here: aje.io/y6ylrz
Read here: aje.io/y6ylrz
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About 473 million, or more than one in six children, are estimated to live in conflict areas worldwide, according to UNICEF ⤵️ aje.io/q65gca
One in six children live in conflict zones this year: UNICEF
More children than ever have been forcibly displaced from their homes due to conflict, according to the UN agency.
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December 28, 2024 at 8:55 AM
About 473 million, or more than one in six children, are estimated to live in conflict areas worldwide, according to UNICEF ⤵️ aje.io/q65gca
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So I just want to point out that a health insurance company denying medically necessary healthcare is also political violence
December 4, 2024 at 8:09 PM
So I just want to point out that a health insurance company denying medically necessary healthcare is also political violence
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From Gaza, Lebanon and Ukraine to conflicts in Afghanistan, Haiti, Myanmar and Sudan, attacking healthcare centres has become a new worrying trend, WHO chief says.
🔴 LIVE Updates ⤵️
🔴 LIVE Updates ⤵️
‘Soaked in blood’: Israel hits Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital multiple times
Israeli quadcopter drones carry out multiple deadly bombing raids on the besieged Kamal Adwan Hospital in north Gaza.
www.aljazeera.com
December 6, 2024 at 7:57 AM
From Gaza, Lebanon and Ukraine to conflicts in Afghanistan, Haiti, Myanmar and Sudan, attacking healthcare centres has become a new worrying trend, WHO chief says.
🔴 LIVE Updates ⤵️
🔴 LIVE Updates ⤵️
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Israeli forces have surrounded a school-turned-shelter in the besieged northern Gaza’s Beit Lahiya and are firing towards the building, report our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/zsq70j
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/zsq70j
December 3, 2024 at 6:37 PM
Israeli forces have surrounded a school-turned-shelter in the besieged northern Gaza’s Beit Lahiya and are firing towards the building, report our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/zsq70j
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/zsq70j
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The barricades inside the South Korean national assembly
December 3, 2024 at 8:35 PM
The barricades inside the South Korean national assembly
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![A [FAKE] tweet from South Korea's soon-to-be-ex-President Yoon Su, reading "The haters said we couldn't do it. And they were correct. Honestly great call from the haters"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:aohq6g4pn4njqioimsxtvghu/bafkreihm76lxdvcctcmb4dcjrorqaqxrzujwztozstsk5hiodditj3vzoe@jpeg)
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the frenzy over the hunter biden pardon is a good reminder that the press knows how to make something a scandal and has decided that nothing trump does is truly deserving of that treatment
December 3, 2024 at 1:41 PM
the frenzy over the hunter biden pardon is a good reminder that the press knows how to make something a scandal and has decided that nothing trump does is truly deserving of that treatment
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An agroecological collective in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley has built a ‘seed library’ of more than 1,000 seeds.
Carefully cultivated, they could be the key to saving the country from starvation ⤵️
Carefully cultivated, they could be the key to saving the country from starvation ⤵️
‘Our seeds, our roots’: Sowing hope as Israeli bombs fell on Lebanon
An agroecological collective in the Bekaa Valley has built a ‘seed library’ to preserve the region’s farming heritage.
aje.io
December 1, 2024 at 10:06 AM
An agroecological collective in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley has built a ‘seed library’ of more than 1,000 seeds.
Carefully cultivated, they could be the key to saving the country from starvation ⤵️
Carefully cultivated, they could be the key to saving the country from starvation ⤵️
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"Germany bears considerable complicity."
A group of prominent German intellectuals say their country should be held accountable for Israeli crimes in Gaza and be forced to pay reparations for the massive destruction.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/3s86v8
A group of prominent German intellectuals say their country should be held accountable for Israeli crimes in Gaza and be forced to pay reparations for the massive destruction.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/3s86v8
November 29, 2024 at 7:20 PM
"Germany bears considerable complicity."
A group of prominent German intellectuals say their country should be held accountable for Israeli crimes in Gaza and be forced to pay reparations for the massive destruction.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/3s86v8
A group of prominent German intellectuals say their country should be held accountable for Israeli crimes in Gaza and be forced to pay reparations for the massive destruction.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/3s86v8
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Security agencies in the Philippines have stepped up safety protocols after Vice President Sara Duterte threatened to have President Ferdinand Marcos Jr assassinated if she was killed ⤵️
Philippines VP Sara Duterte threatens Marcos assassination if she is killed
The president’s security has been boosted after his deputy’s ‘active threat’ that were ‘made so brazenly in public’.
aje.io
November 23, 2024 at 1:49 PM
Security agencies in the Philippines have stepped up safety protocols after Vice President Sara Duterte threatened to have President Ferdinand Marcos Jr assassinated if she was killed ⤵️
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Saying that elden ring should have an easy mode in a room full of men just to feel something
November 23, 2024 at 1:58 PM
Saying that elden ring should have an easy mode in a room full of men just to feel something
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Negotiators from small island states and the least-developed nations have walked out of negotiations during overtime UN climate talks, saying their climate finance interests were being ignored.
UN climate talks in disarray as developing nations stage walkout
Small islands and least-developed nations say their climate finance interests were ignored.
aje.io
November 23, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Negotiators from small island states and the least-developed nations have walked out of negotiations during overtime UN climate talks, saying their climate finance interests were being ignored.
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Palestine solidarity organisations have taken the Dutch state to court, urging a halt to arms exports to Israel and accusing the government of failing to prevent what they termed a “genocide” in Gaza ⤵️
Pro-Palestinian groups sue Dutch gov’t for failing to stop Gaza ‘genocide’
The NGOs want the Netherlands to ban the export and transit of weapons, weapon parts, and dual-use items to Israel.
aje.io
November 22, 2024 at 1:27 PM
Palestine solidarity organisations have taken the Dutch state to court, urging a halt to arms exports to Israel and accusing the government of failing to prevent what they termed a “genocide” in Gaza ⤵️
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My first COVER REVEAL time on this site! I'm thrilled to reveal the beautiful cover art of BLOOD OF THE KAMI by @baptistepinsonwu.bsky.social! So looking forward to reading this mythological/folklore Japanese-inspired fantasy novel! 😍
Cover art by Christian Benavides (Voyager)
Cover art by Christian Benavides (Voyager)
November 20, 2024 at 3:06 PM
My first COVER REVEAL time on this site! I'm thrilled to reveal the beautiful cover art of BLOOD OF THE KAMI by @baptistepinsonwu.bsky.social! So looking forward to reading this mythological/folklore Japanese-inspired fantasy novel! 😍
Cover art by Christian Benavides (Voyager)
Cover art by Christian Benavides (Voyager)
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Die neuen Zahlen des BKA zu Gewalt gegen Frauen(*?) sind raus.
Allein 180.000 Fälle von häuslicher Gewalt wurden zur Anzeige gebracht, dazu über 50.000 Sexualstraftaten.
Schön, dass die Tagesschau zu der Meldung ein Interview mit der fantastischen @frauasha.bsky.social verlinkt:
(1/3)
Allein 180.000 Fälle von häuslicher Gewalt wurden zur Anzeige gebracht, dazu über 50.000 Sexualstraftaten.
Schön, dass die Tagesschau zu der Meldung ein Interview mit der fantastischen @frauasha.bsky.social verlinkt:
(1/3)
Gewalt gegen Frauen: "Den Blick auf den Täter richten"
Immer mehr Gewalt gegen Frauen: Familienrechtsanwältin Hedayati ist von der Normalität schockiert, mit der die Zahlen jedes Jahr präsentiert werden. Die Gründe, warum Männer zu Tätern werden, müssten ...
www.tagesschau.de
November 19, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Die neuen Zahlen des BKA zu Gewalt gegen Frauen(*?) sind raus.
Allein 180.000 Fälle von häuslicher Gewalt wurden zur Anzeige gebracht, dazu über 50.000 Sexualstraftaten.
Schön, dass die Tagesschau zu der Meldung ein Interview mit der fantastischen @frauasha.bsky.social verlinkt:
(1/3)
Allein 180.000 Fälle von häuslicher Gewalt wurden zur Anzeige gebracht, dazu über 50.000 Sexualstraftaten.
Schön, dass die Tagesschau zu der Meldung ein Interview mit der fantastischen @frauasha.bsky.social verlinkt:
(1/3)