Irris Makler
@journo.bsky.social
Journalist, analyst, author. ‘Just the facts, Maam!’ Foodie, dog lover, working to keep my sense of humour after reporting from the Middle East, Russia and Central Asia. Now back in the land of Oz
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NEWS
Apple CEO Tim Cook is personally donating $1 million to the Trump inaugural committee.
Full Story: https://bit.ly/4fMAIiN
Apple CEO Tim Cook is personally donating $1 million to the Trump inaugural committee.
Full Story: https://bit.ly/4fMAIiN
January 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
NEWS
Apple CEO Tim Cook is personally donating $1 million to the Trump inaugural committee.
Full Story: https://bit.ly/4fMAIiN
Apple CEO Tim Cook is personally donating $1 million to the Trump inaugural committee.
Full Story: https://bit.ly/4fMAIiN
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Iranian authorities detain Italian war correspondent Cecilia Sala and jail her in Evin prison. Journalism is not a crime. Bring her home. www.ilfoglio.it/esteri/2024/...
Journalism is not a crime. Bring Cecilia Sala home
The journalist was arrested in Iran on December 19th and is now detained in Evin Prison. Tehran has chosen to challenge everything the West universally hol
www.ilfoglio.it
December 27, 2024 at 1:31 PM
Iranian authorities detain Italian war correspondent Cecilia Sala and jail her in Evin prison. Journalism is not a crime. Bring her home. www.ilfoglio.it/esteri/2024/...
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DAMASCUS
Families gathered in Damascus’ Al-Hijaz today, holding photos of forcibly disappeared loved ones and demanding continued searches, rejecting claims they are all dead. The demonstration called for uncovering the truth and achieving justice for Syria's missing.
#Syria
Families gathered in Damascus’ Al-Hijaz today, holding photos of forcibly disappeared loved ones and demanding continued searches, rejecting claims they are all dead. The demonstration called for uncovering the truth and achieving justice for Syria's missing.
#Syria
December 27, 2024 at 7:40 PM
DAMASCUS
Families gathered in Damascus’ Al-Hijaz today, holding photos of forcibly disappeared loved ones and demanding continued searches, rejecting claims they are all dead. The demonstration called for uncovering the truth and achieving justice for Syria's missing.
#Syria
Families gathered in Damascus’ Al-Hijaz today, holding photos of forcibly disappeared loved ones and demanding continued searches, rejecting claims they are all dead. The demonstration called for uncovering the truth and achieving justice for Syria's missing.
#Syria
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Today, I obtained my detention file from the Intelligence Branch (Branch 215) dated September 4, 2011, in Damascus. The file is 88 pages long and includes wiretaps of my calls and security reports about my journalistic work.
The jailer photographed me before the series of lengthy interrogations.
The jailer photographed me before the series of lengthy interrogations.
December 20, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Today, I obtained my detention file from the Intelligence Branch (Branch 215) dated September 4, 2011, in Damascus. The file is 88 pages long and includes wiretaps of my calls and security reports about my journalistic work.
The jailer photographed me before the series of lengthy interrogations.
The jailer photographed me before the series of lengthy interrogations.
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The Russians seem quite uneasy for someone who apparently has a deal to keep their bases operational.
Khmeimim won’t be a viable base if the Russians feel required to escort every aircraft with a Ka-52 during takeoff because they are terrified of MANPADS.
Khmeimim won’t be a viable base if the Russians feel required to escort every aircraft with a Ka-52 during takeoff because they are terrified of MANPADS.
December 16, 2024 at 7:54 AM
The Russians seem quite uneasy for someone who apparently has a deal to keep their bases operational.
Khmeimim won’t be a viable base if the Russians feel required to escort every aircraft with a Ka-52 during takeoff because they are terrified of MANPADS.
Khmeimim won’t be a viable base if the Russians feel required to escort every aircraft with a Ka-52 during takeoff because they are terrified of MANPADS.
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Did CNN Fabricate the Story of "Freeing a Prisoner from a Secret Jail"?
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December 15, 2024 at 11:40 PM
Did CNN Fabricate the Story of "Freeing a Prisoner from a Secret Jail"?
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Journalist Mirella Abu Shanab was asked by a member of HTS in Damascus, her religion:
"If we remain silent to such incidents today, we will not be able to speak out tomorrow.. Damascus is for everyone, Syria is for everyone.. we are embarking on a new phase.. its called freedom"
Part 1/2
"If we remain silent to such incidents today, we will not be able to speak out tomorrow.. Damascus is for everyone, Syria is for everyone.. we are embarking on a new phase.. its called freedom"
Part 1/2
December 10, 2024 at 11:09 PM
Journalist Mirella Abu Shanab was asked by a member of HTS in Damascus, her religion:
"If we remain silent to such incidents today, we will not be able to speak out tomorrow.. Damascus is for everyone, Syria is for everyone.. we are embarking on a new phase.. its called freedom"
Part 1/2
"If we remain silent to such incidents today, we will not be able to speak out tomorrow.. Damascus is for everyone, Syria is for everyone.. we are embarking on a new phase.. its called freedom"
Part 1/2
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Russian Armed Forces and SAA are retreating from Kobani which sits on the border with Turkey in AANES territory that was jointly patrolled by the Russians, SAA and YPG.
December 4, 2024 at 6:10 PM
Russian Armed Forces and SAA are retreating from Kobani which sits on the border with Turkey in AANES territory that was jointly patrolled by the Russians, SAA and YPG.
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"The conflicts of Ukraine, Gaza and Lebanon all come together and overlap in Aleppo.” @yarotrof.bsky.social describes a turning point
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Setbacks for Russia, Iran and Hezbollah Turn Into a Catastrophe for Syria’s Assad
The loss of Aleppo to Islamist rebels represents a stunning defeat for the Syrian regime, highlighting its dependence on enfeebled allies.
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November 30, 2024 at 2:13 PM
"The conflicts of Ukraine, Gaza and Lebanon all come together and overlap in Aleppo.” @yarotrof.bsky.social describes a turning point
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
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Events are moving fast in Syria:
-The rebels have reached Hama, a day after taking Aleppo
-Protests & attacks reported around Syria
-Rumors of gunfights in Damascus
-Assad surfaces to call Iraq’s PM. Asking for militia help?
-Russia has fired the top general in Syria
-Iran’s FM due in Damascus Sun
-The rebels have reached Hama, a day after taking Aleppo
-Protests & attacks reported around Syria
-Rumors of gunfights in Damascus
-Assad surfaces to call Iraq’s PM. Asking for militia help?
-Russia has fired the top general in Syria
-Iran’s FM due in Damascus Sun
November 30, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Events are moving fast in Syria:
-The rebels have reached Hama, a day after taking Aleppo
-Protests & attacks reported around Syria
-Rumors of gunfights in Damascus
-Assad surfaces to call Iraq’s PM. Asking for militia help?
-Russia has fired the top general in Syria
-Iran’s FM due in Damascus Sun
-The rebels have reached Hama, a day after taking Aleppo
-Protests & attacks reported around Syria
-Rumors of gunfights in Damascus
-Assad surfaces to call Iraq’s PM. Asking for militia help?
-Russia has fired the top general in Syria
-Iran’s FM due in Damascus Sun
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Trump just named Jared's father, Charles Kushner — who he pardoned in 2020 — to be Ambassador to France.
Kushner hatched a scheme involving a prostitute to entrap his brother-in-law and eventually pleaded guilty to tax evasion and making illegal campaign donations.
Kushner hatched a scheme involving a prostitute to entrap his brother-in-law and eventually pleaded guilty to tax evasion and making illegal campaign donations.
November 30, 2024 at 6:31 PM
Trump just named Jared's father, Charles Kushner — who he pardoned in 2020 — to be Ambassador to France.
Kushner hatched a scheme involving a prostitute to entrap his brother-in-law and eventually pleaded guilty to tax evasion and making illegal campaign donations.
Kushner hatched a scheme involving a prostitute to entrap his brother-in-law and eventually pleaded guilty to tax evasion and making illegal campaign donations.
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Friends from Aleppo casting the HTS advances over the past 48 hours as one of the most surreal moments of the past 15 years.
"They just wandered in."
"They just wandered in."
November 29, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Friends from Aleppo casting the HTS advances over the past 48 hours as one of the most surreal moments of the past 15 years.
"They just wandered in."
"They just wandered in."
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She also wrote: “I have no respect for any man that belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around and uses women for his own power and ego. You are that man (and have been for years) and as your mother, it pains me and embarrasses me to say that, but it is the sad, sad truth.”
November 30, 2024 at 3:13 AM
She also wrote: “I have no respect for any man that belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around and uses women for his own power and ego. You are that man (and have been for years) and as your mother, it pains me and embarrasses me to say that, but it is the sad, sad truth.”
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This wrecks me—every single time.
November 29, 2024 at 12:49 PM
This wrecks me—every single time.
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No fewer than six former editors/EiCs of the Observer have written to the Scott Trust urging them to pause the sale of the title to Tortoise Media pressgazette.co.uk/news/observe...
Six former editors urge Scott Trust not to 'gamble' with future of Observer
Six former Observer editors have urged the Scott Trust to halt the sale of The Observer to Tortoise Media in a new open letter.
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November 27, 2024 at 5:24 PM
No fewer than six former editors/EiCs of the Observer have written to the Scott Trust urging them to pause the sale of the title to Tortoise Media pressgazette.co.uk/news/observe...
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1/ Russian soldiers who use their own or donated vehicles on the front lines now face being executed along with their commanders, according to Russian milbloggers, in a sharp escalation of the Russian army's counter-productive campaign against personally owned vehicles. ⬇️
November 28, 2024 at 10:51 PM
1/ Russian soldiers who use their own or donated vehicles on the front lines now face being executed along with their commanders, according to Russian milbloggers, in a sharp escalation of the Russian army's counter-productive campaign against personally owned vehicles. ⬇️
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I already know in advance that a handful of people will complain about me posting a screenshot from The Emperor, but that is outweighed by the fact that I think people need to know about authoritarian threats. Sorry in advance to those who don’t want to know what’s happening.
November 27, 2024 at 8:17 PM
I already know in advance that a handful of people will complain about me posting a screenshot from The Emperor, but that is outweighed by the fact that I think people need to know about authoritarian threats. Sorry in advance to those who don’t want to know what’s happening.
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The website vs app split for Bluesky vs Threads captures the difference in user base and usage patterns beautifully.
Bluesky = knowledge sector workers who have it open all day in a tab next to their emails. “Wait what was I doing again?”
Threads = normies watching recipe videos on the commute.
Bluesky = knowledge sector workers who have it open all day in a tab next to their emails. “Wait what was I doing again?”
Threads = normies watching recipe videos on the commute.
November 23, 2024 at 2:30 PM
The website vs app split for Bluesky vs Threads captures the difference in user base and usage patterns beautifully.
Bluesky = knowledge sector workers who have it open all day in a tab next to their emails. “Wait what was I doing again?”
Threads = normies watching recipe videos on the commute.
Bluesky = knowledge sector workers who have it open all day in a tab next to their emails. “Wait what was I doing again?”
Threads = normies watching recipe videos on the commute.
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One of the things I still don’t understand is how these tech bros can be pro-technology and anti science.
November 25, 2024 at 1:21 PM
One of the things I still don’t understand is how these tech bros can be pro-technology and anti science.
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The Russian-made SSJ-100 that caught fire yesterday landing in Antalya had a troubled history: four aborted takeoffs in 18 months, an engine failure mid-flight, damaged landing gear doors, and faulty engine alerts. Russia’s import substitution is progressing straight into a disaster.
November 25, 2024 at 8:56 AM
The Russian-made SSJ-100 that caught fire yesterday landing in Antalya had a troubled history: four aborted takeoffs in 18 months, an engine failure mid-flight, damaged landing gear doors, and faulty engine alerts. Russia’s import substitution is progressing straight into a disaster.
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Major media is hanging the laughable notion of a Trump mandate on the fact that he won the popular vote... by any amount. They can’t use his win percentage because it was 49%—less than half—so they point to his 2.4M popular-vote lead. Turns out it was just blue-state voters not bothering to show up.
November 24, 2024 at 9:13 PM
Major media is hanging the laughable notion of a Trump mandate on the fact that he won the popular vote... by any amount. They can’t use his win percentage because it was 49%—less than half—so they point to his 2.4M popular-vote lead. Turns out it was just blue-state voters not bothering to show up.
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I followed this from the start. MedSky Science
Fantastic news.
Australian of the Year Richard Scolyer still cancer-free after 18 months of experimental brain cancer treatment
Fantastic news.
Australian of the Year Richard Scolyer still cancer-free after 18 months of experimental brain cancer treatment
'Blown away I'm still here': Richard Scolyer still cancer-free 18 months into revolutionary treatment
After 18 months and 14 doses of revolutionary experimental treatment, Australian of the Year Richard Scolyer gives an update on his latest brain scan, cautioning that these results "could just be luck...
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November 21, 2024 at 2:35 AM
I followed this from the start. MedSky Science
Fantastic news.
Australian of the Year Richard Scolyer still cancer-free after 18 months of experimental brain cancer treatment
Fantastic news.
Australian of the Year Richard Scolyer still cancer-free after 18 months of experimental brain cancer treatment
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I don’t actually think it’s good that every political faction retreats to its own space - I think there needs to be some areas for intersection and debate. (I personally like Threads for that atm.) But the Great Decentralization is happening and it’s going to be fascinating to watch it evolve.
November 17, 2024 at 4:37 PM
I don’t actually think it’s good that every political faction retreats to its own space - I think there needs to be some areas for intersection and debate. (I personally like Threads for that atm.) But the Great Decentralization is happening and it’s going to be fascinating to watch it evolve.