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This is dramatic and extremely well done - speaks to the challenges of living and working in the West Bank.
Everyone should watch.
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November 30, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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"The "trickle-down" theory: the principle that the poor, who must subsist on table scraps dropped by the rich, can best be served by giving the rich bigger meals." .. (quote William Blum) .. (Cartoon Jim Morin).. #politics #economy
November 29, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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November 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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The University of Toronto CS Department is recruiting applications for a Canada Research Chair, Tier 2, in Human-Computer Interaction

The job is open only to individuals who self-identify as women and/or members of gender equity seeking groups

research.utoronto.ca/crc-opps/db/...
Faculty of Arts & Science (Dept of Computer Science - Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)) - NSERC - Targeted Call | Research & Innovation
November 18, 2025
research.utoronto.ca
November 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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31 years ago this month, I warned that America was becoming a two-tiered society composed of a few winners and a larger group left behind, whose anger and disillusionment could be easily manipulated.

I took a lot of heat for this speech. Watch and tell me if I was wrong.
A Warning from 1994 of a Two-Tiered Society | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”
November 30, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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In case you’re in the mood for some good news . . .
November 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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What the fuck is wrong with people??! 😡

“Online child sexual exploitation, a global crime targeting children, increases yearly, not only in the number of confirmed reports showing child sexual abuse images, but also in the severity of the images and videos.”
infonews.ca/news/7443044...
Sexual extortion of children for money is on the rise: financial intelligence agency | iNFOnews.ca
OTTAWA — Canada's financial intelligence agency is warning of an increase in cases of sexual extortion of children for profit — acts that often are linked to
infonews.ca
November 28, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
Adoption@hempsteadny.gov

So easy to fall in love with that face ⬇️😍 MELIA will thrive with the right person & Training.
3.5 years old, 50 lbs, a low traffic adult only home with no dogs. She enjoys going for walks.
November 29, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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🎄 We just have to find MELIA a forever home by Christmas 🎄
Heres her bio. Shelter contact information is there. Please read it, maybe you're the one for her. If not repost. Her human is out there. We have to find them. 🤞

⬇️

24petconnect.com/DetailsMain/...
November 29, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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🧵A legal scholar finds the killing by special forces of survivors in the Navy attack on an alleged drug boat to be a war crime and murder.

"the currently governing DOD Manual in Section 5.9 states clearly that persons “placed hors de combat may not be made the object of attack.” ...
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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I can't wait until this chest-beating imbecile is brought up on murder charges.
November 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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The track will be shut down this spring due to those safety concerns. The school is hoping to have the full amount raised by then.
GDCI halfway to fundraising goal for new track
The school is trying to raise $600,000 to rebuild the unsafe track
cknxnewstoday.ca
November 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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During WWII a German vessel fired upon sailors floating in the sea after the Greek vessel Peleus was sunk. The officers were tried and convicted in the Peleus War Crimes trial.
November 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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The city earned entry level certification, one of four new municipalities to earn the designation this fall.
Stratford certified as 'Bird Friendly City'
Stratford was recognized this week by Nature Canada as an official Bird Friendly City.
cknxnewstoday.ca
November 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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#Brighton marks 'Orange Days' from November 25 to December 10 in support of global campaign to end violence against women. Mayor Brian Ostrander says 'We believe strongly in promoting safety, equality, and respect within our community'.
kawarthanow.com/2025/11/29/b...
Brighton marks ‘Orange Days’ from November 25 to December 10 in support of global campaign to end violence against women | kawarthaNOW
By Natalie Hamilton, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter. Mayor Brian Ostrander says 'We believe strongly in promoting safety, equality, and respect within our community'.
kawarthanow.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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What do affordable healthcare and sarcasm have in common?
Most Americans don't get it.
November 29, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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When you are smiling because you know you found just the right stick for the nest and your partner will be SO happy!

#LakeCasitas #BaldEagles #Birds #Nature #Photography
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Vaccines save lives. Vaccine-deniers are killers.
Third Kentucky infant dies from whooping cough as statewide cases surge
A third Kentucky infant has died from whooping cough in the last 12 months, the Kentucky Department for Public Health said Monday.
www.wlwt.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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November 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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November 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Riddle me this, how in the fuck is this making our communities any safer? This ICE agent sprays this disabled woman directly in the face in St Paul, Minnesota with pepper spray and then throws her to the ground. I hope she sues the hell out of ICE for this‼️#Abolish 🧊🧊🧊
November 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Colleen Jones was a Canadian icon and trailblazer for women in sports — a two-time world champion, six-time Canadian champion, and an esteemed reporter with CBC for nearly four decades.
 
My thoughts are with her family, her community in Nova Scotia, and her fans across Canada.
November 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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🗽 Good Morning New York 🗽
This gal is looking for a low traffic adult only home. Cats are ok. No dogs. Needs training.
MELIA - 3.5 years old, 50 lbs
Over 800 days waiting. Be her hero.

💻Adoption@hempsteadny.gov
🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
November 26, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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I’m so jealous. Must be nice having a functional high court.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM