noa-witheringly
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Antifascism. Europe. Pandemic. Internationalist Left Woes, Intercultural issues. Autistic-Trans-Queer.
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This is, of course excellent.
November 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This is, of course excellent.
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RIP Alice Wong, author, #HumanRights activist, disabled warrior and fierce with it! Farewell @sfdirewolf.bsky.social
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If you haven't heard of Alice Wong, here's an interview from earlier in 2025 on her receiving a 2024 MacArthur ‘genius’ award.
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www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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If you haven't heard of Alice Wong, here's an interview from earlier in 2025 on her receiving a 2024 MacArthur ‘genius’ award.
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www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Disability advocate Alice Wong on resistance in the new year: ‘Life is a dumpster fire, but I’m not alone’
The activist, who received a 2024 MacArthur ‘genius’ grant, reflects on a moment that changed her life – and why she finds hope in sci-fi
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM
RIP Alice Wong, author, #HumanRights activist, disabled warrior and fierce with it! Farewell @sfdirewolf.bsky.social
😢
If you haven't heard of Alice Wong, here's an interview from earlier in 2025 on her receiving a 2024 MacArthur ‘genius’ award.
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www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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If you haven't heard of Alice Wong, here's an interview from earlier in 2025 on her receiving a 2024 MacArthur ‘genius’ award.
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www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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"That is why I will sign the discharge petition right now to release the Epstein files" -- Rep. Grijalva
November 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
"That is why I will sign the discharge petition right now to release the Epstein files" -- Rep. Grijalva
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After delivering a floor speech, Democrat Adelita Grijalva signed a discharge petition to eventually trigger a vote to release files related to Jeffrey Epstein, giving it the needed 218 signatures.
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Epstein Discharge Petition Gets 218th Signature Needed
Democrat Adelita Grijalva was sworn in Wednesday and signed a discharge petition to trigger a vote to release files related to Jeffrey Epstein.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
After delivering a floor speech, Democrat Adelita Grijalva signed a discharge petition to eventually trigger a vote to release files related to Jeffrey Epstein, giving it the needed 218 signatures.
buff.ly/rO3BSWs
buff.ly/rO3BSWs
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CRUSHING BLOW TO NSO: 🇺🇸Court permanently bans Pegasus spyware-maker from targeting WhatsApp
🚫Must destroy tools exploiting WhatsApp
🚫Stop future development of WA targeting
Foreign gov customers exempt from data deletion but...
🚫NSO is barred from helping them hack WA. 1/
🚫Must destroy tools exploiting WhatsApp
🚫Stop future development of WA targeting
Foreign gov customers exempt from data deletion but...
🚫NSO is barred from helping them hack WA. 1/
November 13, 2025 at 12:41 AM
CRUSHING BLOW TO NSO: 🇺🇸Court permanently bans Pegasus spyware-maker from targeting WhatsApp
🚫Must destroy tools exploiting WhatsApp
🚫Stop future development of WA targeting
Foreign gov customers exempt from data deletion but...
🚫NSO is barred from helping them hack WA. 1/
🚫Must destroy tools exploiting WhatsApp
🚫Stop future development of WA targeting
Foreign gov customers exempt from data deletion but...
🚫NSO is barred from helping them hack WA. 1/
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I actually think what ICE is doing under Trump 2.0 is shaping up to be a world-historic campaign of human rights violations in an advanced industrialized ~democracy
I’m not sure I have many modern parallels. Japanese internment? Treatment of French-Algerians in the Algerian war? Those were wartime.
I’m not sure I have many modern parallels. Japanese internment? Treatment of French-Algerians in the Algerian war? Those were wartime.
"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.”
November 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I actually think what ICE is doing under Trump 2.0 is shaping up to be a world-historic campaign of human rights violations in an advanced industrialized ~democracy
I’m not sure I have many modern parallels. Japanese internment? Treatment of French-Algerians in the Algerian war? Those were wartime.
I’m not sure I have many modern parallels. Japanese internment? Treatment of French-Algerians in the Algerian war? Those were wartime.
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"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.”
November 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.”
I'll start up a new thread about news from the #GlobalSumudFlotilla here.
This 🔽 iis the end of the previous one (with news from yesterday evening, last night, and this morning).
This 🔽 iis the end of the previous one (with news from yesterday evening, last night, and this morning).
Thiago from the Global Sumud Flotilla, speaking to an IOF soldier over radio (American accent, of course) who is warning them not to advance to the shores of Gaza
October 1, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I'll start up a new thread about news from the #GlobalSumudFlotilla here.
This 🔽 iis the end of the previous one (with news from yesterday evening, last night, and this morning).
This 🔽 iis the end of the previous one (with news from yesterday evening, last night, and this morning).
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Thiago from the Global Sumud Flotilla, speaking to an IOF soldier over radio (American accent, of course) who is warning them not to advance to the shores of Gaza
October 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Thiago from the Global Sumud Flotilla, speaking to an IOF soldier over radio (American accent, of course) who is warning them not to advance to the shores of Gaza
Macron's catwalking...
Contrary to other leaders, Emmanuel Macron arrived to the EU leaders’ summit by foot.
While we weren’t expecting a doorstep, the French president spoke at length to reporters on the “drone wall” proposal and more.
Take a look on our live blog: ow.ly/bKit50X4Si5
While we weren’t expecting a doorstep, the French president spoke at length to reporters on the “drone wall” proposal and more.
Take a look on our live blog: ow.ly/bKit50X4Si5
October 1, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Macron's catwalking...
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🔴Tommy Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom Rally Was Sponsored by a Convicted Fraudster Allegedly Behind Cryptocurrency ‘Rug Pulls’
The far-right rally was bankrolled by convicted fraudster alleged to be behind two cryptocurrency scams, Byline Times can reveal
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/01/t...
The far-right rally was bankrolled by convicted fraudster alleged to be behind two cryptocurrency scams, Byline Times can reveal
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/01/t...
Tommy Robinson's 'Unite the Kingdom' Rally Was Sponsored by a Convicted Fraudster Allegedly Behind Cryptocurrency ‘Rug Pulls’
The far-right rally was bankrolled by a convicted fraudster alleged to be behind two cryptocurrency scams, Byline Times can reveal
bylinetimes.com
October 1, 2025 at 11:16 AM
🔴Tommy Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom Rally Was Sponsored by a Convicted Fraudster Allegedly Behind Cryptocurrency ‘Rug Pulls’
The far-right rally was bankrolled by convicted fraudster alleged to be behind two cryptocurrency scams, Byline Times can reveal
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/01/t...
The far-right rally was bankrolled by convicted fraudster alleged to be behind two cryptocurrency scams, Byline Times can reveal
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/01/t...
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10 amazing queer movies you can’t afford to miss this Black History Month
https://bit.ly/3Wf4Uvx
https://bit.ly/3Wf4Uvx
10 amazing queer movies you can't afford to miss this Black History Month
As Black History Month 2025 begins in the UK, we celebrate ten incredible Black LGBTQ+ films that have been released since 2021.
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October 1, 2025 at 11:20 AM
10 amazing queer movies you can’t afford to miss this Black History Month
https://bit.ly/3Wf4Uvx
https://bit.ly/3Wf4Uvx
"Europeans will need to look elsewhere for an institution that allows them to work together more effectively on defence."
Yeah,you wish...
What a lazy, obtuse, condescending (and uberbritish...) take.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Yeah,you wish...
What a lazy, obtuse, condescending (and uberbritish...) take.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The European Union was designed for peace – it is never going to be a war machine | Anand Menon
Reacting to the Russian military threat would require the bloc to be agile and decisive. It is many great things, but it is not that, says Anand Menon, director of UK in a Changing Europe
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 11:11 AM
"Europeans will need to look elsewhere for an institution that allows them to work together more effectively on defence."
Yeah,you wish...
What a lazy, obtuse, condescending (and uberbritish...) take.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Yeah,you wish...
What a lazy, obtuse, condescending (and uberbritish...) take.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Because who needs clean air and water anyway?
The Trump administration plans to reduce the EPA's workforce by 33% by the end of 2025, which will severely impact the EPA’s ability to enforce environmental regulations, conduct research, and oversee cleanup efforts.
The Trump administration plans to reduce the EPA's workforce by 33% by the end of 2025, which will severely impact the EPA’s ability to enforce environmental regulations, conduct research, and oversee cleanup efforts.
Trump Administration Is Set To Cut 1 In 3 EPA Staffers By Year's End
The move will slash the agency’s ability to keep pollution out of air and water.
www.civilbeat.org
October 1, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Because who needs clean air and water anyway?
The Trump administration plans to reduce the EPA's workforce by 33% by the end of 2025, which will severely impact the EPA’s ability to enforce environmental regulations, conduct research, and oversee cleanup efforts.
The Trump administration plans to reduce the EPA's workforce by 33% by the end of 2025, which will severely impact the EPA’s ability to enforce environmental regulations, conduct research, and oversee cleanup efforts.
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BREAKING: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has bought access to a surveillance tool that is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data from hundreds of millions of mobile phones, according to ICE documents reviewed by 404 Media.
🔗 www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...
🔗 www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...
ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day
Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.
www.404media.co
September 30, 2025 at 9:50 PM
BREAKING: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has bought access to a surveillance tool that is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data from hundreds of millions of mobile phones, according to ICE documents reviewed by 404 Media.
🔗 www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...
🔗 www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...
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New from 404 Media: Google just removed seven years of political advertising history from 27 countries. Google's Ad Transparency Center no longer shows political ads from any countries in the EU. Much harder for accountability now.
www.404media.co/google-ad-tr...
www.404media.co/google-ad-tr...
Google Just Removed Seven Years of Political Advertising History from 27 Countries
Ahead of the European Union's Regulation on Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising, Google's Ad Transparency Center no longer shows political ads from any countries in the EU.
www.404media.co
September 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
New from 404 Media: Google just removed seven years of political advertising history from 27 countries. Google's Ad Transparency Center no longer shows political ads from any countries in the EU. Much harder for accountability now.
www.404media.co/google-ad-tr...
www.404media.co/google-ad-tr...
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this study highlights that Long Covid remains a risk with every Covid infection, including for children and adolescents.
Particularly relevant as the Children's module opens for the UK Inquiry.
It's nonsense to say that children are and were at no risk from Covid.
Particularly relevant as the Children's module opens for the UK Inquiry.
It's nonsense to say that children are and were at no risk from Covid.
“These findings add to previous evidence linking paediatric long COVID to multisystem effects and highlight the need to promote vaccination in younger populations...”
Time to reconsider our approach to kids and COVID/long COVID.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Time to reconsider our approach to kids and COVID/long COVID.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Long COVID associated with SARS-CoV-2 reinfection among children and adolescents in the omicron era (RECOVER-EHR): a retrospective cohort study
Children and adolescents face a significantly higher risk of various PASC outcomes
after reinfection with SARS-CoV-2. These findings add to previous evidence linking
paediatric long COVID to multisyst...
www.thelancet.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:14 AM
this study highlights that Long Covid remains a risk with every Covid infection, including for children and adolescents.
Particularly relevant as the Children's module opens for the UK Inquiry.
It's nonsense to say that children are and were at no risk from Covid.
Particularly relevant as the Children's module opens for the UK Inquiry.
It's nonsense to say that children are and were at no risk from Covid.
AOC for President.
[No /s of course, the Dems definitely should.
She's a woman, she's young, yeah yeah, but the reality is that there's nobody else who could do it. She definitely could.]
[No /s of course, the Dems definitely should.
She's a woman, she's young, yeah yeah, but the reality is that there's nobody else who could do it. She definitely could.]
October 1, 2025 at 8:13 AM
AOC for President.
[No /s of course, the Dems definitely should.
She's a woman, she's young, yeah yeah, but the reality is that there's nobody else who could do it. She definitely could.]
[No /s of course, the Dems definitely should.
She's a woman, she's young, yeah yeah, but the reality is that there's nobody else who could do it. She definitely could.]
This seems to me to be a BIG step in the right direction.
Let's hope it sticks.
Let's hope it sticks.
@thekingstonacademy.org has rejected a reactive, punitive approach to behaviour & has abolished detentions in favour of a proactive strategy of early intervention & supportive relationships. Headteacher Sophie Cavanagh explains how buff.ly/jeIcYJH #schools #teaching #edusky
No more detentions: Behaviour management at The Kingston Academy - SecEd
The Kingston Academy has abolished detentions and adopted an inclusive and proactive approach to behaviour management
buff.ly
October 1, 2025 at 8:03 AM
This seems to me to be a BIG step in the right direction.
Let's hope it sticks.
Let's hope it sticks.
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For EU institutional nerds - in his invitation letter to todays informal European Council @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu at the margins calls for a bigger role of defence ministers in the Council.
A specific Council on Defence is long overdue and would help link MoDs to all the EU projects.
A specific Council on Defence is long overdue and would help link MoDs to all the EU projects.
October 1, 2025 at 7:43 AM
For EU institutional nerds - in his invitation letter to todays informal European Council @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu at the margins calls for a bigger role of defence ministers in the Council.
A specific Council on Defence is long overdue and would help link MoDs to all the EU projects.
A specific Council on Defence is long overdue and would help link MoDs to all the EU projects.
Let's try and do it for real this time.
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Discussions among the EU’s top policymakers have rapidly shifted to how seizing €140 billion in frozen Russian assets can best support Ukraine’s war against Moscow.
The top priority: allowing Kyiv to buy weapons. Specifically, European weapons.
The top priority: allowing Kyiv to buy weapons. Specifically, European weapons.
EU seeks to deploy Russia’s frozen billions to boost European arms sales
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says a zero-interest reparations loan should be partly used “to strengthen our own defense industry.”
ow.ly
October 1, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Let's try and do it for real this time.
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Happy times.
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“We should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military, the president of the United States said.”
Trump Gave the Military’s Brass a Rehashed Speech. Until Minute 44.
www.nytimes.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Happy times.
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Recap Recap.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Ukraine war briefing: Estonia warns of Putin distraction tactics as EU leaders meet to discuss ‘drone wall’
Estonian leader Kristen Michal says Putin wants Europe ‘talking about ourselves, not Ukraine’ ahead of meeting in Copenhagen.
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Recap Recap.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Unclear what is happening here (which worries me).
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Zelenskyy sounds alarm over unprecedented power outage at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
Ukrainian president says Russian shelling is preventing work to restore links to grid and that one of the plant’s diesel generators has failed
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Unclear what is happening here (which worries me).
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...