Lo Kapila
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“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”
Yale lab reports mass killings in Sudan, calls for student activism
The Humanitarian Research Lab was told this week that over 10,000 people in Sudan were killed within three days.
yaledailynews.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:02 PM
“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”
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🔴Dominic Cummings Lobbied Officials to Hand ‘Test and Trace’ Contracts to Palantir After Secret Meeting With Peter Thiel
Exclusive: Boris Johnson’s advisor pushed for contracts to be handed to companies run by Trump-supporting tech billionaires Peter Thiel and Larry Ellison
Exclusive: Boris Johnson’s advisor pushed for contracts to be handed to companies run by Trump-supporting tech billionaires Peter Thiel and Larry Ellison
Dominic Cummings Lobbied Officials to Hand 'Test and Trace' Contracts to Palantir After Secret Meeting With Peter Thiel
Exclusive: Boris Johnson's senior advisor pushed for Covid contracts to be handed to companies run by Trump-supporting tech billionaires Peter Thiel and Larry Ellison
bylinetimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:20 AM
🔴Dominic Cummings Lobbied Officials to Hand ‘Test and Trace’ Contracts to Palantir After Secret Meeting With Peter Thiel
Exclusive: Boris Johnson’s advisor pushed for contracts to be handed to companies run by Trump-supporting tech billionaires Peter Thiel and Larry Ellison
Exclusive: Boris Johnson’s advisor pushed for contracts to be handed to companies run by Trump-supporting tech billionaires Peter Thiel and Larry Ellison
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Footage from the Israeli Occupation Forces assault on #Conscience, shortly before dawn. In international waters, close to Palestinian territorial waters. Another act of state piracy by the rogue, lawless Israeli occupation.
www.youtube.com/live/PSQcbIw...
www.youtube.com/live/PSQcbIw...
Live from Conscience Boat to Gaza, FFC & TMTG (Live 3)
YouTube video by Freedom Flotilla Coalition
www.youtube.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Footage from the Israeli Occupation Forces assault on #Conscience, shortly before dawn. In international waters, close to Palestinian territorial waters. Another act of state piracy by the rogue, lawless Israeli occupation.
www.youtube.com/live/PSQcbIw...
www.youtube.com/live/PSQcbIw...
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I have approximately zero following on this app, sharing in the hopes it can get in front of the right person. A man I went to college with’s wife was kidnapped by ICE at a green card hearing, and he’s trying to find a reporter who will speak to him about the situation
September 28, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I have approximately zero following on this app, sharing in the hopes it can get in front of the right person. A man I went to college with’s wife was kidnapped by ICE at a green card hearing, and he’s trying to find a reporter who will speak to him about the situation
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As profitable energy companies raise customers’ prices, TD says it’s time to bring back price regulation. “We are approaching the point (if we’re not already there) where we can justifiably claim that competition has failed,” says Labour energy spokesperson Ciarán Ahern.
As profitable energy companies raise customers’ prices, TD says it’s time to bring back price regulation
“We are approaching the point (if we’re not already there) where we can justifiably claim that competition has failed,” says Labour energy spokesperson Ciarán Ahern.
www.dublininquirer.com
September 26, 2025 at 7:00 AM
As profitable energy companies raise customers’ prices, TD says it’s time to bring back price regulation. “We are approaching the point (if we’re not already there) where we can justifiably claim that competition has failed,” says Labour energy spokesperson Ciarán Ahern.
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In Darndale Park, people fish for carp and pike – but an invasive weed threatens the balance. When people see photos of the impressive specimen caught, they can’t believe it was in Darndale pond, says local Alan Kennedy.
In Darndale Park, people fish for carp and pike – but an invasive weed threatens the balance
When people see photos of the impressive specimen caught, they can’t believe it was in Darndale pond, says local Alan Kennedy.
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September 19, 2025 at 7:40 AM
In Darndale Park, people fish for carp and pike – but an invasive weed threatens the balance. When people see photos of the impressive specimen caught, they can’t believe it was in Darndale pond, says local Alan Kennedy.
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Some homeless hostels are operating with just one staff member on duty. “That is madness,” says Louisa Santoro, CEO of the Mendicity Institution. “A single person is not a sufficient level of staff to run any homeless service.”
Some homeless hostels are operating with just one staff member on duty
“That is madness,” says Louisa Santoro, CEO of the Mendicity Institution. “A single person is not a sufficient level of staff to run any homeless service.”
www.dublininquirer.com
September 19, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Some homeless hostels are operating with just one staff member on duty. “That is madness,” says Louisa Santoro, CEO of the Mendicity Institution. “A single person is not a sufficient level of staff to run any homeless service.”
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Developer Ballymore says it had meetings with ministers, council about its vision for Sheriff Street. They're not on the lobbying register. “For nearly a decade, conversations about the possible demolition of people’s homes have gone on in the background.”
Developer Ballymore says it had meetings with ministers, council about its vision for Sheriff Street. They're not on the lobbying register.
“For nearly a decade, conversations about the possible demolition of people’s homes have gone on in the background,” says Social Democrats Councillor Daniel Ennis.
www.dublininquirer.com
September 19, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Developer Ballymore says it had meetings with ministers, council about its vision for Sheriff Street. They're not on the lobbying register. “For nearly a decade, conversations about the possible demolition of people’s homes have gone on in the background.”
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Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all:
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
August 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all:
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
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Broadcaster Al Jazeera says its correspondent Anas al-Sharif has been killed in Gaza City, and Israel’s military confirms it.
Al Jazeera says its correspondent Anas al-Sharif has been killed in Gaza, and Israel confirms it
Broadcaster Al Jazeera says its correspondent Anas al-Sharif has been killed in Gaza City, and Israel’s military confirms it.
bit.ly
August 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Broadcaster Al Jazeera says its correspondent Anas al-Sharif has been killed in Gaza City, and Israel’s military confirms it.
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BREAKING: Met Police arrest 50 of 600-700 ‘terrorist supporters’ before the 2pm chime.
“We will keep going. Our numbers are already growing for the next wave of action in September.”
Read here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
“We will keep going. Our numbers are already growing for the next wave of action in September.”
Read here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
9 August - arrests RELEASE
PRESS RELEASE Met Police arrest only a fraction of 600-700 ‘terrorist supporters’ UPDATE: As at 3pm Met Police claiming to have made 150 arrests To date police had claimed only to have arrested ...
docs.google.com
August 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
BREAKING: Met Police arrest 50 of 600-700 ‘terrorist supporters’ before the 2pm chime.
“We will keep going. Our numbers are already growing for the next wave of action in September.”
Read here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
“We will keep going. Our numbers are already growing for the next wave of action in September.”
Read here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Human rights campaigner Bianca Jagger joins Lift The Ban
“Proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the government, the group is being punished for exposing Israel’s crimes in Gaza and the UK’s role enabling it – we cannot let our opposition be silenced”
www.independent.co.uk/voices/bianc...
“Proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the government, the group is being punished for exposing Israel’s crimes in Gaza and the UK’s role enabling it – we cannot let our opposition be silenced”
www.independent.co.uk/voices/bianc...
Why I am marching for freedom of speech with Palestine Action
Proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the government, the group is being punished for exposing Israel’s crimes in Gaza and the UK’s role enabling it – we cannot let our opposition be silenced, say...
www.independent.co.uk
August 9, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Human rights campaigner Bianca Jagger joins Lift The Ban
“Proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the government, the group is being punished for exposing Israel’s crimes in Gaza and the UK’s role enabling it – we cannot let our opposition be silenced”
www.independent.co.uk/voices/bianc...
“Proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the government, the group is being punished for exposing Israel’s crimes in Gaza and the UK’s role enabling it – we cannot let our opposition be silenced”
www.independent.co.uk/voices/bianc...
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‘Gross abuse of state power’: defiance grows over UK ban on Palestine protest group
At 81, Deborah Hinton, a former British magistrate who was honoured by the late Queen Elizabeth II for services to the community, seems an unlikely terrorist suspect.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
At 81, Deborah Hinton, a former British magistrate who was honoured by the late Queen Elizabeth II for services to the community, seems an unlikely terrorist suspect.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
‘Gross abuse of state power’: defiance grows over UK ban on Palestine protest group
More than 200 have been arrested for alleged support of Palestine Action – and hundreds more are expected to protest on Saturday
www.theguardian.com
August 9, 2025 at 7:41 AM
‘Gross abuse of state power’: defiance grows over UK ban on Palestine protest group
At 81, Deborah Hinton, a former British magistrate who was honoured by the late Queen Elizabeth II for services to the community, seems an unlikely terrorist suspect.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
At 81, Deborah Hinton, a former British magistrate who was honoured by the late Queen Elizabeth II for services to the community, seems an unlikely terrorist suspect.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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New edition back from the printers today, with a cover image by Pablo Marín García.
August 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
New edition back from the printers today, with a cover image by Pablo Marín García.
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“This is my local community. I’m worried about my children.”
That’s what a woman told GB News at the anti-migrant protest at the Barbican in London.
Problem is, she said the same thing at a protest in Epping days earlier. 🤦 ❌
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/05/o...
That’s what a woman told GB News at the anti-migrant protest at the Barbican in London.
Problem is, she said the same thing at a protest in Epping days earlier. 🤦 ❌
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/05/o...
One Woman, Two Protests, Zero Postcodes in Common: Tommy Robinson associate claims to be ‘concerned local resident’
Yesterday, former academic turned Reform UK cheerleader, Matt Goodwin tweeted a clip from the recent anti-migrant protest at the Barbican in London. “Why are you...
hopenothate.org.uk
August 5, 2025 at 12:09 PM
“This is my local community. I’m worried about my children.”
That’s what a woman told GB News at the anti-migrant protest at the Barbican in London.
Problem is, she said the same thing at a protest in Epping days earlier. 🤦 ❌
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/05/o...
That’s what a woman told GB News at the anti-migrant protest at the Barbican in London.
Problem is, she said the same thing at a protest in Epping days earlier. 🤦 ❌
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/05/o...
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NEW: Baby Pereppadan, a Fine Gael councillor, co-owns a company accused of charging nurses unlawful ‘agency fees’.
One nurse paid over €3,000 into another Fine Gael councillor’s account as part of the recruitment process.
http://jrnl.ie/6784617
One nurse paid over €3,000 into another Fine Gael councillor’s account as part of the recruitment process.
http://jrnl.ie/6784617
Fine Gael councillor co-owns company accused of charging migrant nurses unlawful ‘agency fees’
One nurse paid over €3,000 into another Fine Gael councillor’s account as part of the recruitment process.
jrnl.ie
August 7, 2025 at 11:10 PM
NEW: Baby Pereppadan, a Fine Gael councillor, co-owns a company accused of charging nurses unlawful ‘agency fees’.
One nurse paid over €3,000 into another Fine Gael councillor’s account as part of the recruitment process.
http://jrnl.ie/6784617
One nurse paid over €3,000 into another Fine Gael councillor’s account as part of the recruitment process.
http://jrnl.ie/6784617
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Netherlands. Ireland. You're involved too.
"The leaked Microsoft files suggest that a large proportion of the unit’s sensitive data may now be sitting in the company’s datacentres in the Netherlands and Ireland."
"The leaked Microsoft files suggest that a large proportion of the unit’s sensitive data may now be sitting in the company’s datacentres in the Netherlands and Ireland."
August 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Netherlands. Ireland. You're involved too.
"The leaked Microsoft files suggest that a large proportion of the unit’s sensitive data may now be sitting in the company’s datacentres in the Netherlands and Ireland."
"The leaked Microsoft files suggest that a large proportion of the unit’s sensitive data may now be sitting in the company’s datacentres in the Netherlands and Ireland."
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Ireland Sunday Independent: Most support Occupied Territories Bill even if it sparks retaliation from pro-Israel forces.
August 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Ireland Sunday Independent: Most support Occupied Territories Bill even if it sparks retaliation from pro-Israel forces.
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My latest, from the Israel-Gaza border, where I listened in as tour groups came to view the ruins of Gaza: www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
July 27, 2025 at 11:25 AM
My latest, from the Israel-Gaza border, where I listened in as tour groups came to view the ruins of Gaza: www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
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Whenever public opinion and international pressure becomes unignorable, offer a token concession that will diffuse momentum and act as a fig leaf, while maintaining the mass death and expulsion. It’s a playbook.
Israel said Friday that it will allow other countries to drop aid from the air into the Gaza Strip, where children have died of malnutrition and nearly one in three people is coping with food insecurity, according to the UN's World Food Program.
Israel to Allow Aid Airdrops Over Gaza During Starvation Crisis
Jordan and the United Arab Emirates were expected to begin airdrops in the coming days, but experts warned that the bulk of necessary aid could come only by land.
trib.al
July 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Whenever public opinion and international pressure becomes unignorable, offer a token concession that will diffuse momentum and act as a fig leaf, while maintaining the mass death and expulsion. It’s a playbook.
😖Department of Housing refusing to release the submissions made by government departments and utilities to the idea of planning exemptions for backyard cabins and so on. It would be against the public interest, don't you know.
July 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
😖Department of Housing refusing to release the submissions made by government departments and utilities to the idea of planning exemptions for backyard cabins and so on. It would be against the public interest, don't you know.
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Irish immigration officials refuse visas for 47 Palestinians due to come to Ireland for GAA tour jrnl.ie/6757964
Irish immigration officials refuse visas for 47 Palestinians due to come to Ireland for GAA tour
Over 100 Irish families have volunteered to host the Palestinian group and GAA clubs up and down the country have been fundraising for their tour.
jrnl.ie
July 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Irish immigration officials refuse visas for 47 Palestinians due to come to Ireland for GAA tour jrnl.ie/6757964
One of the twins (5 yrs) and I were digging up weeds in the allotment today. He wanders off for a while, comes back and says: "I was just stroking a dog, and some flowers, and talking to some humans." 😂
July 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
One of the twins (5 yrs) and I were digging up weeds in the allotment today. He wanders off for a while, comes back and says: "I was just stroking a dog, and some flowers, and talking to some humans." 😂
Oh great, smaller apartments for less rent, because that always... oh... okay then...
July 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Oh great, smaller apartments for less rent, because that always... oh... okay then...
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NEW: Tony Blair's staff took part in a BCG project for the redevelopment of Gaza along the lines of the 'Trump Riviera' plan www.ft.com/content/0b1b...
Tony Blair’s staff took part in ‘Gaza Riviera’ project with BCG
Former UK prime minister’s institute participated in meetings on plan to turn shattered enclave into trading hub
www.ft.com
July 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
NEW: Tony Blair's staff took part in a BCG project for the redevelopment of Gaza along the lines of the 'Trump Riviera' plan www.ft.com/content/0b1b...