@hgsfkhan.bsky.social
Reposted
‘Venice is worn out’: locals see Jeff Bezos wedding as symbol of city’s ills
‘Venice is worn out’: locals see Jeff Bezos wedding as symbol of city’s ills
City leaders claim days-long event will bring in riches but opponents say it will not benefit ordinary Venetians
Marta Sottoriva, a teacher in Venice, has tirelessly campaigned for various causes in her cherished lagoon city, from railing against giant cruise ships to battling soaring rents. Now she is busy preparing banners, handing out flyers and shouting through megaphones in squares as she joins dozens of activists in whipping up resistance to the “umpteenth gigantic event” she says that risks turning the world heritage site – which has long suffered from the effects of excessive tourism – into a playground for the rich.
Sottoriva is referring to the star-studded nuptials between the billionaire Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, and Lauren Sánchez, a former TV journalist. The days-long shindig, expected to begin from 24 June, will be the biggest wedding held in Venice since George Clooney married Amal Alamuddin in 2014. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 14, 2025 at 9:20 AM
‘Venice is worn out’: locals see Jeff Bezos wedding as symbol of city’s ills
Reposted
Don’t be fooled by flavours!
They can increase the addictiveness and harm of tobacco & nicotine products. #TobaccoExposed
⚠️ There is no safe exposure to tobacco
⚠️ Tobacco causes over 20 different types of cancer
Let's unmask the appeal 👉 bit.ly/NoTobacco2025 #WorldNoTobaccoDay 🚭
They can increase the addictiveness and harm of tobacco & nicotine products. #TobaccoExposed
⚠️ There is no safe exposure to tobacco
⚠️ Tobacco causes over 20 different types of cancer
Let's unmask the appeal 👉 bit.ly/NoTobacco2025 #WorldNoTobaccoDay 🚭
May 31, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Don’t be fooled by flavours!
They can increase the addictiveness and harm of tobacco & nicotine products. #TobaccoExposed
⚠️ There is no safe exposure to tobacco
⚠️ Tobacco causes over 20 different types of cancer
Let's unmask the appeal 👉 bit.ly/NoTobacco2025 #WorldNoTobaccoDay 🚭
They can increase the addictiveness and harm of tobacco & nicotine products. #TobaccoExposed
⚠️ There is no safe exposure to tobacco
⚠️ Tobacco causes over 20 different types of cancer
Let's unmask the appeal 👉 bit.ly/NoTobacco2025 #WorldNoTobaccoDay 🚭
Reposted
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is at the center of a new controversy—not with political opponents, but with Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s X.
“Grok is Left Leaning”: Marjorie Taylor Greene Slams Elon’s AI Over Faith Analysis
The GOP representative flips out after Grok links her to QAnon
meidasnews.com
May 24, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is at the center of a new controversy—not with political opponents, but with Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s X.
Reposted
Reposted
Probably shouldn’t have threatened their sovereignty. 🇨🇦
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
May 23, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Probably shouldn’t have threatened their sovereignty. 🇨🇦
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
Reposted
About a thousand people applied for some of these new Onion jobs and fellowships.
If you didn't get the fellowship this summer, your packet was probably really good or great. (Except for ~two of them, which were brain poison.)
Keep writing jokes. It's good for everybody. Next round in 6 months.
If you didn't get the fellowship this summer, your packet was probably really good or great. (Except for ~two of them, which were brain poison.)
Keep writing jokes. It's good for everybody. Next round in 6 months.
May 23, 2025 at 11:15 PM
About a thousand people applied for some of these new Onion jobs and fellowships.
If you didn't get the fellowship this summer, your packet was probably really good or great. (Except for ~two of them, which were brain poison.)
Keep writing jokes. It's good for everybody. Next round in 6 months.
If you didn't get the fellowship this summer, your packet was probably really good or great. (Except for ~two of them, which were brain poison.)
Keep writing jokes. It's good for everybody. Next round in 6 months.
Reposted
The government of Israel is a racist, fascist, genocidal, and apartheid one that should be shunned by civilised countries until it cleans up its leadership. Stop Israeli genocide!
#FuckIsrael
#IsraelRacistFascistGenocidal.
#FuckIsrael
#NetanyahuIsEvil
#FuckIsrael
#IsraelRacistFascistGenocidal.
#FuckIsrael
#NetanyahuIsEvil
April 30, 2025 at 4:14 AM
The government of Israel is a racist, fascist, genocidal, and apartheid one that should be shunned by civilised countries until it cleans up its leadership. Stop Israeli genocide!
#FuckIsrael
#IsraelRacistFascistGenocidal.
#FuckIsrael
#NetanyahuIsEvil
#FuckIsrael
#IsraelRacistFascistGenocidal.
#FuckIsrael
#NetanyahuIsEvil
Reposted
🗓️ 28 April 2025
📍The Hague, Netherlands
"Starvation is starvation is starvation." 💔🕊️
📍The Hague, Netherlands
"Starvation is starvation is starvation." 💔🕊️
April 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
🗓️ 28 April 2025
📍The Hague, Netherlands
"Starvation is starvation is starvation." 💔🕊️
📍The Hague, Netherlands
"Starvation is starvation is starvation." 💔🕊️
Reposted
Linking ratio and algebra with Y10 #MathsToday
April 29, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Linking ratio and algebra with Y10 #MathsToday
Reposted
‘Bombs and bullets were like rain’: 50 years on from the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam war
‘Bombs and bullets were like rain’: 50 years on from the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam war
Xuan Phuong, a war correspondent who is now 96, recalls the day she entered the city after South Vietnam’s surrender
www.theguardian.com
April 30, 2025 at 5:11 AM
‘Bombs and bullets were like rain’: 50 years on from the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam war
Reposted
New York will require schools statewide to ban smartphone use during school hours, joining a national movement aimed at preventing compulsive social media use and distractions that interfere with school work, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced.
NYC Joins National Effort to Ban Cellphone Use in Schools
Gov. Kathy Hochul argued that the “bell-to-bell” ban — which restricts the devices during class, lunch and other parts of school — would help prevent disruption and cyberbullying.
www.nytimes.com
April 30, 2025 at 1:27 AM
New York will require schools statewide to ban smartphone use during school hours, joining a national movement aimed at preventing compulsive social media use and distractions that interfere with school work, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced.
Reposted
Cocaine, corruption and bribes: the German port under siege by Europe’s criminal drug gangs
Cocaine, corruption and bribes: the German port under siege by Europe’s criminal drug gangs
After seizure in Hamburg of 16 tonnes of high-purity powder, state attorney is accused of being on payroll of gang he was supposed to be prosecuting
www.theguardian.com
April 30, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Cocaine, corruption and bribes: the German port under siege by Europe’s criminal drug gangs
Reposted
If you're not afraid, you're not paying attention…
April 18, 2025 at 4:59 AM
If you're not afraid, you're not paying attention…
Reposted
Reposted
Reposted
Whatever your side, your cause, your view ➡️ There’s one red line: Children must never be a target. 🚨👧🏾👦🏻🧕🏼
#ProtectChildren #HumanRights
#ProtectChildren #HumanRights
April 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Whatever your side, your cause, your view ➡️ There’s one red line: Children must never be a target. 🚨👧🏾👦🏻🧕🏼
#ProtectChildren #HumanRights
#ProtectChildren #HumanRights
Reposted
Eugenicists are so stupid.
The U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services has repeatedly claimed: “If you’re healthy, it’s almost impossible to die from an infectious disease in modern times.”
That is dangerously false.
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
That is dangerously false.
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
Experts Push Back on RFK Jr’s Infection Comments
The new Secretary of Health and Human Services has made claims about measles and other communicable diseases that could lead to sickness, and even death, his critics claim.
www.medscape.com
April 13, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Eugenicists are so stupid.
Reposted
For fathers in search of friendship, a growing group has emerged: the Brooklyn Stroll Club. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/s...
April 12, 2025 at 10:08 PM
For fathers in search of friendship, a growing group has emerged: the Brooklyn Stroll Club. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/s...
Reposted
Reposted
"It was the worst type of magical thinking to imagine Trump would have any serious constraints in a second term ... If his voters believed he wouldn’t be stupid and malevolent enough to obliterate the economy for no good reason, they simply didn’t pay attention to his first term or 2024 campaign."
Yes, they voted for this
"You knew damn well I was a snake before you brought me in."
www.publicnotice.co
April 11, 2025 at 9:14 PM
"It was the worst type of magical thinking to imagine Trump would have any serious constraints in a second term ... If his voters believed he wouldn’t be stupid and malevolent enough to obliterate the economy for no good reason, they simply didn’t pay attention to his first term or 2024 campaign."
Reposted
Reposted
![Sarah Miller, 47, died happy when her claim that her son’s erratic driving was “going to get [them] all killed” was proven right.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:a4pqq234yw7fqbddawjo7y35/bafkreihhs3xz6f7rme7gfuyovyd3abampi2ry337b7jjh67vkrlgnil6sy@jpeg)
Reposted
Is anyone else exhausted with feeling outraged and sad? 😔 It didn’t need to be like this. Thinking of my friends in the U.S. 🙏 But Canadians have to protect our own interests now.
April 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Is anyone else exhausted with feeling outraged and sad? 😔 It didn’t need to be like this. Thinking of my friends in the U.S. 🙏 But Canadians have to protect our own interests now.