Ports
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The trauma of famine, especially brutal when man-made, isn't easily forgotten. As a young teenager I had a relative in his 80's who remembered older survivors of the Irish famine from his own youth. The open wounds poisoned GB-IRL relations for a century and a half.
“Six-week-old Yousef's lifeless body lay limp on a hospital table in Gaza City, his skin stretched over protruding ribs and a bandage where a drip had been inserted into his tiny arm. Doctors said the cause of death was starvation.”
Deliberate and foreseen.
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Deliberate and foreseen.
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Baby boy starves to death in Gaza as hunger spreads, medics say
Six-week-old Yousef was among 15 people to starve to death in the last 24 hours in Gaza, according to doctors.
www.reuters.com
July 23, 2025 at 10:04 AM
The trauma of famine, especially brutal when man-made, isn't easily forgotten. As a young teenager I had a relative in his 80's who remembered older survivors of the Irish famine from his own youth. The open wounds poisoned GB-IRL relations for a century and a half.
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Dozens of international humanitarian organizations warned Israel’s blockade of aid into Gaza is endangering the lives of doctors and aid workers.
A major news agency says it is trying to evacuate its remaining freelance journalists because the situation has become “untenable.” cnn.it/4f2MW89
A major news agency says it is trying to evacuate its remaining freelance journalists because the situation has become “untenable.” cnn.it/4f2MW89
July 23, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Dozens of international humanitarian organizations warned Israel’s blockade of aid into Gaza is endangering the lives of doctors and aid workers.
A major news agency says it is trying to evacuate its remaining freelance journalists because the situation has become “untenable.” cnn.it/4f2MW89
A major news agency says it is trying to evacuate its remaining freelance journalists because the situation has become “untenable.” cnn.it/4f2MW89
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Climate change is a driving force in cost of living pressures.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
The insurance industry knows this, politicians keep kicking the can down the road.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
The insurance industry knows this, politicians keep kicking the can down the road.
Extreme weather expected to increase insurance premiums even further
Policyholders have claimed more than $1.8 billion on insurance due to extreme weather in the first half of this year alone, with the rising cost of cover almost certain to be passed on to consumers.
www.abc.net.au
July 4, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Climate change is a driving force in cost of living pressures.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
The insurance industry knows this, politicians keep kicking the can down the road.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
The insurance industry knows this, politicians keep kicking the can down the road.
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This story from @nirhasson.bsky.social demonstrates not only the scale of the carnage (at least 4% of Gaza's population) but the truly unprecedented targeting of civilians. Women and children account for 56% of those killed - more than twice their share in Sudan, Syria and Iraq.
archive.ph/tfOaG
archive.ph/tfOaG
July 3, 2025 at 10:38 AM
This story from @nirhasson.bsky.social demonstrates not only the scale of the carnage (at least 4% of Gaza's population) but the truly unprecedented targeting of civilians. Women and children account for 56% of those killed - more than twice their share in Sudan, Syria and Iraq.
archive.ph/tfOaG
archive.ph/tfOaG
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the stories that come out of the ICE camps are going to look like the stories that come out of every camp system; rampant corruption, epidemic disease, physical and sexual abuse on a vast scale, a death rate far higher than normal, and medical abuses.
July 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
the stories that come out of the ICE camps are going to look like the stories that come out of every camp system; rampant corruption, epidemic disease, physical and sexual abuse on a vast scale, a death rate far higher than normal, and medical abuses.
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In Nordic welfare states, not all family policies promote equality. A new AJS article by Evertsson, Moberg & van der Vleuten compares earnings penalties in same- and different-sex couples across countries, showing how policy design shapes work–care divisions www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
April 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
In Nordic welfare states, not all family policies promote equality. A new AJS article by Evertsson, Moberg & van der Vleuten compares earnings penalties in same- and different-sex couples across countries, showing how policy design shapes work–care divisions www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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“latest shooting of gazans seeking food”
Israel kills 45 in latest shooting of Gazans seeking food, say local officials https://on.ft.com/4kMZ2EB
Israel kills 45 in latest shooting of Gazans seeking food, say local officials
Soldiers shot Gazans who were expecting aid trucks, according to the local health ministry
on.ft.com
June 17, 2025 at 11:37 AM
“latest shooting of gazans seeking food”
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This new Supreme Court ruling does not protect women. It protects a 'barbie doll' image of what women should be. Let me explain:
I was born female. I have female genitals. It says female on my Birth Certificate. I am one of the 'women' this ruling is meant to protect. 🧵
I was born female. I have female genitals. It says female on my Birth Certificate. I am one of the 'women' this ruling is meant to protect. 🧵
April 16, 2025 at 11:44 AM
This new Supreme Court ruling does not protect women. It protects a 'barbie doll' image of what women should be. Let me explain:
I was born female. I have female genitals. It says female on my Birth Certificate. I am one of the 'women' this ruling is meant to protect. 🧵
I was born female. I have female genitals. It says female on my Birth Certificate. I am one of the 'women' this ruling is meant to protect. 🧵
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"In an earlier post, she wrote: "As for the inevitable death, if I die, I want a loud death, I don't want me in a breaking news story, nor in a number with a group, I want a death that is heard by the world, a trace that lasts forever, and immortal images that neither time nor place can bury."
Photographer Fatima Hassona killed ahead of Cannes documentary debut
The Palestinian photojournalist Fatima Hassona, killed along with ten family members in an Israeli air strike on her home in northern Gaza, is the star of a documentary due to be screened at the Cannes film festival next month.
www.euronews.com
April 17, 2025 at 9:43 PM
"In an earlier post, she wrote: "As for the inevitable death, if I die, I want a loud death, I don't want me in a breaking news story, nor in a number with a group, I want a death that is heard by the world, a trace that lasts forever, and immortal images that neither time nor place can bury."
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Israel just committed *the largest child massacre in its history*, according to Haaretz. Two hundred Palestinian children murdered in a single day, with direct support from the US and UK, and zero outrage from Western media. What stage of barbarism is this...
March 23, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Israel just committed *the largest child massacre in its history*, according to Haaretz. Two hundred Palestinian children murdered in a single day, with direct support from the US and UK, and zero outrage from Western media. What stage of barbarism is this...
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Israel has broken the ceasefire agreement every single day since they signed it.
February 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Israel has broken the ceasefire agreement every single day since they signed it.
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The Jewish Council of Australia strongly condemns Donald Trump’s suggestion the United States will ‘take over’ the Gaza Strip and move Palestinian people elsewhere.
You can read our full statements in the latest media release at jewishcouncil.com.au.
You can read our full statements in the latest media release at jewishcouncil.com.au.
February 5, 2025 at 7:16 AM
The Jewish Council of Australia strongly condemns Donald Trump’s suggestion the United States will ‘take over’ the Gaza Strip and move Palestinian people elsewhere.
You can read our full statements in the latest media release at jewishcouncil.com.au.
You can read our full statements in the latest media release at jewishcouncil.com.au.
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Ah damn it turns out this whole political system relies on false assumptions about how big of an asshole someone could be
February 1, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Ah damn it turns out this whole political system relies on false assumptions about how big of an asshole someone could be
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For those unaware, in 1933, the first major Nazi book burning was of the first 30 years of research into trans and queer people, far before the concentration camps.
Now, Trump has digitally burned the government's research on the same.
hmd.org.uk/resource/6-m...
Now, Trump has digitally burned the government's research on the same.
hmd.org.uk/resource/6-m...
Holocaust Memorial Day Trust | 6 May 1933: Looting of the Institute of Sexology
On 6 May 1933, the Institute of Sexology, an academic foundation devoted to sexological research and the advocacy of homosexual rights, was broken into and occupied by Nazi-supporting youth. Several d...
hmd.org.uk
February 1, 2025 at 3:57 AM
For those unaware, in 1933, the first major Nazi book burning was of the first 30 years of research into trans and queer people, far before the concentration camps.
Now, Trump has digitally burned the government's research on the same.
hmd.org.uk/resource/6-m...
Now, Trump has digitally burned the government's research on the same.
hmd.org.uk/resource/6-m...
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i don't know what to say that someone smarter won't say better. but i was a trans kid when there wasn't care for trans kids & i can tell a short story since that's allegedly my deal.
i survived. but you know the survivorship diagram? i'm that fringe dot. i survived by accident.🧵
cw: self-harm ⬇️
i survived. but you know the survivorship diagram? i'm that fringe dot. i survived by accident.🧵
cw: self-harm ⬇️
January 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
i don't know what to say that someone smarter won't say better. but i was a trans kid when there wasn't care for trans kids & i can tell a short story since that's allegedly my deal.
i survived. but you know the survivorship diagram? i'm that fringe dot. i survived by accident.🧵
cw: self-harm ⬇️
i survived. but you know the survivorship diagram? i'm that fringe dot. i survived by accident.🧵
cw: self-harm ⬇️
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The combination of fascist acts, fascist aesthetics, and fascist salutes on Day One should put the “is it fascism” debate to rest.
January 21, 2025 at 3:18 AM
The combination of fascist acts, fascist aesthetics, and fascist salutes on Day One should put the “is it fascism” debate to rest.
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The rules, if you are keeping track:
If a single left activist anywhere in the world says "defund the police," it becomes the official position of the Democratic Party, now and forever.
If the president's top surrogate repeatedly sieg-heils on stage, it's ambiguous, impossible to interpret.
If a single left activist anywhere in the world says "defund the police," it becomes the official position of the Democratic Party, now and forever.
If the president's top surrogate repeatedly sieg-heils on stage, it's ambiguous, impossible to interpret.
January 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The rules, if you are keeping track:
If a single left activist anywhere in the world says "defund the police," it becomes the official position of the Democratic Party, now and forever.
If the president's top surrogate repeatedly sieg-heils on stage, it's ambiguous, impossible to interpret.
If a single left activist anywhere in the world says "defund the police," it becomes the official position of the Democratic Party, now and forever.
If the president's top surrogate repeatedly sieg-heils on stage, it's ambiguous, impossible to interpret.
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"Here's What You Can Do to Keep Democracy Alive During Trump's Second Term"
Authoritarians thrive on fear and hopelessness.
For Zeteo, George Lakoff & Gil Duran outline 17 important and useful things you can do to *not* give into such negativity.
Read/share/subscribe:
Authoritarians thrive on fear and hopelessness.
For Zeteo, George Lakoff & Gil Duran outline 17 important and useful things you can do to *not* give into such negativity.
Read/share/subscribe:
Here's What You Can Do to Keep Democracy Alive During Trump's Second Term
Authoritarians thrive on fear and hopelessness. Here are 17 things you can do to not give into such negativity.
zeteo.com
January 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
"Here's What You Can Do to Keep Democracy Alive During Trump's Second Term"
Authoritarians thrive on fear and hopelessness.
For Zeteo, George Lakoff & Gil Duran outline 17 important and useful things you can do to *not* give into such negativity.
Read/share/subscribe:
Authoritarians thrive on fear and hopelessness.
For Zeteo, George Lakoff & Gil Duran outline 17 important and useful things you can do to *not* give into such negativity.
Read/share/subscribe:
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Misinformation isn't random - it's strategic. 🧵
In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians.
We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties.
with @julianachueri.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/1940...
In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians.
We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties.
with @julianachueri.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/1940...
January 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Misinformation isn't random - it's strategic. 🧵
In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians.
We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties.
with @julianachueri.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/1940...
In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians.
We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties.
with @julianachueri.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/1940...
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"With #climate change we're going to wind up with a lot of Australians who can't afford to have home insurance or car insurance."
Don't believe in climate change? Your insurance company sure does.
- @richarddenniss.bsky.social, Executive Director #auspol
Don't believe in climate change? Your insurance company sure does.
- @richarddenniss.bsky.social, Executive Director #auspol
January 16, 2025 at 2:00 AM
"With #climate change we're going to wind up with a lot of Australians who can't afford to have home insurance or car insurance."
Don't believe in climate change? Your insurance company sure does.
- @richarddenniss.bsky.social, Executive Director #auspol
Don't believe in climate change? Your insurance company sure does.
- @richarddenniss.bsky.social, Executive Director #auspol
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Gaza death toll from October 2023 to June 2024 was 40% higher than official number, per the Lancet:
• 64,260 deaths due to traumatic injury
• 59.1% were women, children, and elders
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
• 64,260 deaths due to traumatic injury
• 59.1% were women, children, and elders
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Gaza death toll 40% higher than official number, Lancet study finds
Analysis estimates death toll by end of June was 64,260, with 59% being women, children and people over 65
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Gaza death toll from October 2023 to June 2024 was 40% higher than official number, per the Lancet:
• 64,260 deaths due to traumatic injury
• 59.1% were women, children, and elders
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
• 64,260 deaths due to traumatic injury
• 59.1% were women, children, and elders
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Remain eternally angry that AT LEAST six years ago I started pitching multiple editors about a looming insurance crisis in California and was told it wasn't a real story, or if it was it would affect a small number of people, and even if then, it would be a negligible policy issue.
January 9, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Remain eternally angry that AT LEAST six years ago I started pitching multiple editors about a looming insurance crisis in California and was told it wasn't a real story, or if it was it would affect a small number of people, and even if then, it would be a negligible policy issue.
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"This tax-and-transfer insurance effect—or the role of the state in reducing adult disadvantages that stem from childhood poverty—matters more than other oft-studied characteristics, such as parental education or marital status, in shaping the U.S. disadvantage compared with peer nations."
Child poverty in the U.S. is four times as likely to lead to adult poverty than in Denmark and Germany, and twice as likely than in the UK and Australia. Why? I write about our findings on "the intergenerational persistence of poverty" today in The Atlantic:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Why Poor American Kids Are So Likely to Become Poor Adults
Most scholarship on the subject focuses on conditions during childhood. But government support during adulthood plays the biggest role.
www.theatlantic.com
January 9, 2025 at 5:01 AM
"This tax-and-transfer insurance effect—or the role of the state in reducing adult disadvantages that stem from childhood poverty—matters more than other oft-studied characteristics, such as parental education or marital status, in shaping the U.S. disadvantage compared with peer nations."
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"The Israeli military is using human sheilds."
- The Times of Israel
Palestinians and allies have been screaming that for years, but some seem to only believe what Israeli media says:
- The Times of Israel
Palestinians and allies have been screaming that for years, but some seem to only believe what Israeli media says:
January 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
"The Israeli military is using human sheilds."
- The Times of Israel
Palestinians and allies have been screaming that for years, but some seem to only believe what Israeli media says:
- The Times of Israel
Palestinians and allies have been screaming that for years, but some seem to only believe what Israeli media says: