Nic Cicutti
niccicutti.bsky.social
Nic Cicutti
@niccicutti.bsky.social
Socialist, former Labour Party member, NHS union shop steward, rides Lambrettas, dances badly to Northern Soul. Supports a Free Palestine
Reposted by Nic Cicutti
Heart shattering to learn an Israeli drone has targeted and assassinated Mahmoud Almadhoun, one of the founders and chefs behind the Gaza Soup Kitchen.

What started as four pots and essential ingredients in Bait Lahia had grown into a remarkable effort to feed 3,000 people daily.
November 30, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Reposted by Nic Cicutti
These conversations about low NHS productivity are so bizarre.

What makes people and orgs productive? Care. Good pay. Support. Demonstrations of value.

NHS staff have been treated terribly and continually bashed by the media..

The government needs to start supporting NHS staff properly!
November 29, 2024 at 7:05 AM
Reposted by Nic Cicutti
Can we get this save our NHS starter pack followed by all?

Please share like mad!

We MUST save our NHS 💙

go.bsky.app/QSu8Fdi
November 16, 2024 at 1:12 PM
November 22, 2024 at 1:53 PM
Reposted by Nic Cicutti
If you oppose NHS privatisation, please could you repost this and follow me? I need to know who to follow next (it’ll be you!) 🌟🌟🌟
November 22, 2024 at 7:33 AM
I've got far fewer followers on here than on the "other place" but the calibre seems exceptionally high. I'm frightened to post in case my stridently left views put anyone off...😂
November 22, 2024 at 1:09 PM
Reposted by Nic Cicutti
Today I listened to an old Desert Island Discs where Lauren Laverne interviewed Ian Wright.

He was open, honest, articulate, and above all incredibly emotionally intelligent.

I'm not ashamed to say that tears came to my eyes more than once.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Desert Island Discs - Ian Wright, former footballer and broadcaster - BBC Sounds
Ian Wright, former footballer, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2024 at 10:05 AM
Reposted by Nic Cicutti
Strongly recommend this @chronicle.com article. A detailed portrait of the reactionary assault on independent universities and the playbook they're seeking to normalize through political appointees, budget inequities, erosion of faculty governance at every level.

www.chronicle.com/article/oath...
A GOP-Backed Center Stoked Faculty Paranoia at the U. of Florida. Then Ben Sasse Got Mad.
The inside story of how a president and a dean forced professors to cooperate with the Hamilton Center for Classical and Civic Education.
www.chronicle.com
November 11, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Reposted by Nic Cicutti
45,000 Gazans dead. 90% of the living displaced. No one's been deceived. They've looked away.

"A senior IDF officer quietly admitted what the intl community has long been reluctant to acknowledge: that Israel is carrying out ethnic cleansing in N Gaza & deceiving the world abt its true objectives."
Israel’s true objective in northern Gaza? Removing Palestinians – and annexing the territory | Ben Reiff
Settlers have been dreaming of a return to Gaza for nearly 20 years – and Trump’s presidency may only embolden them, says Ben Reiff of +972 magazine
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2024 at 3:23 AM
Reposted by Nic Cicutti
On this Independence Day for Palestine - it stands in the shadow of 45,000 people who have been murdered by the Israeli government.

It stands in the shadow of a brutal occupation & an ongoing assault that feels like peace is a distant dream.

The UK must end arms sales now.
November 15, 2024 at 10:32 AM
Reposted by Nic Cicutti
Honestly a huge part of it is that you used to be able to report an account with a swastika profile pic tweeting endlessly about aryan supremancy and it would get removed, now it can pay for a special blue tick to get on your FYP and X just puts any complaints in the shredder.
Some people cannot comprehend that the exodus from X is not 'liberal flight' but a lot of people deciding that the content on the platform - hate/extremism, disinformation, violent/nsfw content, low quality ads, lax responses to user reports, suppression of content - just can't be ignored any more.
November 14, 2024 at 7:53 PM
Reposted by Nic Cicutti
Hello! Looking for new bluesky gang who care about the NHS!

Twitter is a truly terrible place and I’m sure many of us were connected on there. Could you like and share this, and I’ll follow you back? Ju🤞💙
November 13, 2024 at 6:35 AM
Reposted by Nic Cicutti
Hello everyone!

I'm known as GET A GRIP/@docrussjackson on Twitter/X, & have been hanging in there to fight the good fight.

Elon Musk's latest announcement is the final push I needed to join Bluesky: allowing blocked @X accounts to read anyone's posts is dangerously irresponsible.

Do say hello!
September 24, 2024 at 7:49 AM
Reposted by Nic Cicutti
Here's the letter demanding that Germany stops facilitating the annihilation of the Palestinian people 👇

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Germany Must Stop Supporting the Annihilation of Palestinians
Open letter addressed to the federal government of Germany * To sign, please enter your details below. We update the signatories within 24 hours. * With utmost horror we see the unfolding genocide co...
docs.google.com
November 14, 2024 at 11:51 AM
Reposted by Nic Cicutti
Israeli Newspaper ADMITS Tel Aviv Thugs Started Amsterdam Riot
YouTube video by Owen Jones
youtu.be
November 14, 2024 at 6:46 AM
Reposted by Nic Cicutti
I found 1343 Twitter mutuals on Bluesky using Sky Follower Bridge Chrome extension by @kawamataryo.bsky.social

bsky.app/profile/bsky...

You have to give it your Bluesky username / pwd and run it from your twitter (X) follower or following page. It seems safe and official - see Bluesky post below
bsky.app Bluesky @bsky.app · Oct 17
• Want to find your friends from other networks? Check out the Sky Follower Bridge Chrome extension built by an independent developer!

chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sky-f...
Sky Follower Bridge - Chrome Web Store
Instantly find and follow the same users from your Twitter follows on Bluesky.
chromewebstore.google.com
November 13, 2024 at 11:07 AM
Reposted by Nic Cicutti
'But Albert Speer is a very fine architect and manager'
(Liberal Germans finding solace in some of Hitler's better nominations, 1937)
November 14, 2024 at 4:56 AM
Reposted by Nic Cicutti
Hi Bluesky

I'm an Israel-born, anti-Zionist, Arab-Jewish writer, and somewhat of a political activist. I am mostly about freedom and liberation from all kinds of domination and colonization.

(I would have posted the essay here, but it's too long).
Palestine Means Justice, Dignity and Freedom for our Generation. We Cannot Ever Back Down.
More than virtually any other current major struggle, Palestine invokes the dearest, most pressing and vital elements of our shared moment in time. The people know it. So does capitalist-colonialism
alonmizrahi.substack.com
November 12, 2024 at 4:48 AM