Peter Duffy
@pppduffy.bsky.social
campaigner, journalist, author 🌱(Works: crisisaction.org; formerly: aidsfreeworld.org)
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Kamisaka Sekka, Sparrow and Bamboo
From Momoyogusa (A World of Things) 1909-1910
From Momoyogusa (A World of Things) 1909-1910
December 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Kamisaka Sekka, Sparrow and Bamboo
From Momoyogusa (A World of Things) 1909-1910
From Momoyogusa (A World of Things) 1909-1910
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READ: Most Palestinians in Gaza say they don’t feel the relief they expected after the ceasefire. Israel keeps blocking aid into the strip, delaying reconstruction efforts, and leaving hospitals short on supplies, while people go hungry every day. mondoweiss.net/2025/12/a-ne...
‘A new form of genocide’: Gazans feel little relief from Israeli strangulation since the ceasefire
Most Palestinians in Gaza say they don’t feel the relief they expected after the ceasefire. Israel keeps blocking aid into the strip, delaying reconstruction efforts, and leaving hospitals short on…
mondoweiss.net
December 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
READ: Most Palestinians in Gaza say they don’t feel the relief they expected after the ceasefire. Israel keeps blocking aid into the strip, delaying reconstruction efforts, and leaving hospitals short on supplies, while people go hungry every day. mondoweiss.net/2025/12/a-ne...
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By Japanese artist Kobayakawa Kyoshi (1897-1948)
December 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
By Japanese artist Kobayakawa Kyoshi (1897-1948)
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For the AIDS Dead by Frank Bidart
www.divasofverse.com/2017/12/for-...
www.divasofverse.com/2017/12/for-...
For the AIDS Dead by Frank Bidart
For the AIDS Dead The plague that you have thus far survived. They didn't. Nothing that they did in bed that you didn't. ...
www.divasofverse.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
For the AIDS Dead by Frank Bidart
www.divasofverse.com/2017/12/for-...
www.divasofverse.com/2017/12/for-...
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Absolutely shameful vote by most @eppgroup.bsky.social which apparently agrees that the only thing EU can do when #UnitedArabEmirates fueling conflict & violence in #Sudan with arms is to pay the humanitarian bill.
Lack of principles & bad politics.
www.politico.eu/newsletter/p...
Lack of principles & bad politics.
www.politico.eu/newsletter/p...
November 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Absolutely shameful vote by most @eppgroup.bsky.social which apparently agrees that the only thing EU can do when #UnitedArabEmirates fueling conflict & violence in #Sudan with arms is to pay the humanitarian bill.
Lack of principles & bad politics.
www.politico.eu/newsletter/p...
Lack of principles & bad politics.
www.politico.eu/newsletter/p...
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Most of #Gaza’s schools are destroyed and hundreds of thousands of children cannot go back to class
apnews.com/article/gaza...
apnews.com/article/gaza...
Most of Gaza's schools are destroyed and hundreds of thousands of children cannot go back to class
More than 600,000 Palestinian children in Gaza have missed the past two years of school because of the war between Israel and the militant Hamas group.
apnews.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Most of #Gaza’s schools are destroyed and hundreds of thousands of children cannot go back to class
apnews.com/article/gaza...
apnews.com/article/gaza...
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I went up to Albany all of a rainy night and what mug do I find but William Kennedy, THE William Kennedy. Author of "Ironweed," "Roscoe," and so many other novels that endure. He's 97, he's still writing - and he'll drink you under the table. So here: Your "Great Read."
William Kennedy, Albany’s Bard, Reads a Story With Legs
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I went up to Albany all of a rainy night and what mug do I find but William Kennedy, THE William Kennedy. Author of "Ironweed," "Roscoe," and so many other novels that endure. He's 97, he's still writing - and he'll drink you under the table. So here: Your "Great Read."
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Alberto Giacometti, Still-Life with Bottles, 1958
November 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Alberto Giacometti, Still-Life with Bottles, 1958
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What is unfolding in Sudan, where the armed group RSF has taken control of the key city of El Fasher, is "the sum of all our fears," says human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond. "RSF is killing at a scale and a velocity that I haven’t seen since Rwanda."
Mass Killings Reported in Sudan as RSF Seizes El Fasher; 460 Killed at Hospital
Sudan’s military is accusing the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces of killing at least 2,000 people since seizing control of El Fasher in the Darfur region, including some 460 at the Saudi Maternity H...
www.democracynow.org
November 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
What is unfolding in Sudan, where the armed group RSF has taken control of the key city of El Fasher, is "the sum of all our fears," says human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond. "RSF is killing at a scale and a velocity that I haven’t seen since Rwanda."
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Proud to be a small part of this effort with others who've volunteered in Gaza. www.bmj.com/content/390/...
October 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Proud to be a small part of this effort with others who've volunteered in Gaza. www.bmj.com/content/390/...
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🚨 New from @hrw.org's @idasawyer.bsky.social: Disturbing Reports of #Sudan’s Military Using Chlorine Gas
Chlorine's Use as a Weapon Prohibited Under International Law
Chlorine's Use as a Weapon Prohibited Under International Law
Disturbing Reports of Sudan’s Military Using Chlorine Gas
The United States government sanctioned General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the head of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Sudan’s de facto head of state, in January 2025, alleging that the SAF had used ...
www.hrw.org
October 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
🚨 New from @hrw.org's @idasawyer.bsky.social: Disturbing Reports of #Sudan’s Military Using Chlorine Gas
Chlorine's Use as a Weapon Prohibited Under International Law
Chlorine's Use as a Weapon Prohibited Under International Law
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Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/
September 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/
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Imagine being trapped in a city of 260,000 people, cut off from food, medicine, and safety — waiting for a massacre everyone sees coming.
This is the reality of people in El Fasher, Sudan, right now. Read this harrowing investigation from The Guardian.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
This is the reality of people in El Fasher, Sudan, right now. Read this harrowing investigation from The Guardian.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
September 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Imagine being trapped in a city of 260,000 people, cut off from food, medicine, and safety — waiting for a massacre everyone sees coming.
This is the reality of people in El Fasher, Sudan, right now. Read this harrowing investigation from The Guardian.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
This is the reality of people in El Fasher, Sudan, right now. Read this harrowing investigation from The Guardian.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Read every word. A harrowing, ugly, disturbing account of the last few months of the 500+ day siege on El Fasher, North Darfur in Sudan.
‘We will never, ever escape’: inside the ever-tightening siege of the Sudanese city of El Fasher: www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘We will never, ever escape’: inside the ever-tightening siege of the Sudanese city of El Fasher: www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘We will never, ever escape’: inside the ever-tightening siege of the Sudanese city of El Fasher
For 500 days, 260,000 people have been trapped by the paramilitary RSF. While political progress stalls, those who attempt escape are killed and those who remain inside are starving. Experts believe t...
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Read every word. A harrowing, ugly, disturbing account of the last few months of the 500+ day siege on El Fasher, North Darfur in Sudan.
‘We will never, ever escape’: inside the ever-tightening siege of the Sudanese city of El Fasher: www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘We will never, ever escape’: inside the ever-tightening siege of the Sudanese city of El Fasher: www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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“This is no longer a policy debate. This is now an urgent question of basic humanity. Will the United States continue to arm genocide in Gaza? Will legislators continue to support an unconscionable crime against humanity—or act to end it?”
Will the US Continue to Aid, Abet, and Arm Genocide in Gaza?
Every leader should move now to end our complicity.
ow.ly
September 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
“This is no longer a policy debate. This is now an urgent question of basic humanity. Will the United States continue to arm genocide in Gaza? Will legislators continue to support an unconscionable crime against humanity—or act to end it?”
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Israel is forcing 1 million+ Palestinians out of Gaza City. Israel has made it clear that those who don’t leave will be killed.
“I have endured starvation, thirst, missiles, & unbearable loss. I may not survive my 15th displacement.”
“I have endured starvation, thirst, missiles, & unbearable loss. I may not survive my 15th displacement.”
In Gaza City, death seems easier than displacement
An Israeli bomb killed my grandfather and destroyed his home where I was staying. Now I am homeless and grieving again.
ow.ly
September 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Israel is forcing 1 million+ Palestinians out of Gaza City. Israel has made it clear that those who don’t leave will be killed.
“I have endured starvation, thirst, missiles, & unbearable loss. I may not survive my 15th displacement.”
“I have endured starvation, thirst, missiles, & unbearable loss. I may not survive my 15th displacement.”
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In a historic letter, 123 doctors from around the world who've served in Gaza demand international action to stop the horrors their Palestinian colleagues & Palestinian people face.
“We reject the violence of silence and supposed neutrality while our colleagues are starved and shot at by Israel.”
“We reject the violence of silence and supposed neutrality while our colleagues are starved and shot at by Israel.”
EXCLUSIVE: 100+ Doctors Who Worked in Gaza Demand Global Action as 'Colleagues Are Starved and Shot by Israel'
Many Palestinian health workers 'suffer from hunger, dizziness and fainting episodes while performing operations and triaging patients,' reads an open letter signed by the healthcare professionals.
zeteo.com
August 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
In a historic letter, 123 doctors from around the world who've served in Gaza demand international action to stop the horrors their Palestinian colleagues & Palestinian people face.
“We reject the violence of silence and supposed neutrality while our colleagues are starved and shot at by Israel.”
“We reject the violence of silence and supposed neutrality while our colleagues are starved and shot at by Israel.”
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Evidence is growing that some HIV-infected infants, if given antiretroviral drugs early in life, are able to suppress their viral loads to undetectable levels and then come off the medicine. www.wired.com/story/the-fi...
The First Widespread Cure for HIV Could Be in Children
Evidence is growing that some HIV-infected infants, if given antiretroviral drugs early in life, are able to suppress their viral loads to undetectable levels and then come off the medicine.
www.wired.com
August 1, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Evidence is growing that some HIV-infected infants, if given antiretroviral drugs early in life, are able to suppress their viral loads to undetectable levels and then come off the medicine. www.wired.com/story/the-fi...
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“Israel’s attacks on Gaza’s healthcare system are part of a broader strategy to render the territory unlivable for Palestinians”
Dr. Thaer Ahmad, a Palestinian-American physician who served in Gaza, writes about the systematic targeting of health workers in Palestine.
zeteo.com/p/israel-war...
Dr. Thaer Ahmad, a Palestinian-American physician who served in Gaza, writes about the systematic targeting of health workers in Palestine.
zeteo.com/p/israel-war...
July 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
“Israel’s attacks on Gaza’s healthcare system are part of a broader strategy to render the territory unlivable for Palestinians”
Dr. Thaer Ahmad, a Palestinian-American physician who served in Gaza, writes about the systematic targeting of health workers in Palestine.
zeteo.com/p/israel-war...
Dr. Thaer Ahmad, a Palestinian-American physician who served in Gaza, writes about the systematic targeting of health workers in Palestine.
zeteo.com/p/israel-war...
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After 12+ years of labor, "The Omnivore's Deception" is out today. I chronicle the rise of the meat industry, show its catastrophic ecological effects, demolish the myth of the "enlightened" omnivore, show why animals are worthy of our respect, and advocate the abolition of the animal food economy.
June 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
After 12+ years of labor, "The Omnivore's Deception" is out today. I chronicle the rise of the meat industry, show its catastrophic ecological effects, demolish the myth of the "enlightened" omnivore, show why animals are worthy of our respect, and advocate the abolition of the animal food economy.
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Thirty-two years in, Punjabi Deli is still serving delicious vegetarian Indian food at shockingly reasonable prices from a narrow storefront in the East Village.
East Village Icon Punjabi Deli Remains Bustling, Beloved, Perfect
Thirty-two years in, the narrow storefront is still serving delicious vegetarian Indian food at shockingly reasonable prices.
hellgatenyc.com
July 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Thirty-two years in, Punjabi Deli is still serving delicious vegetarian Indian food at shockingly reasonable prices from a narrow storefront in the East Village.
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A devastating report on an appalling pattern. “It's a killing field," one soldier said. “They're treated like a hostile force – no crowd-control measures, no tear gas – just live fire with everything imaginable.” www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF soldiers ordered to shoot deliberately at unarmed Gazans waiting for humanitarian aid
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www.haaretz.com
June 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
A devastating report on an appalling pattern. “It's a killing field," one soldier said. “They're treated like a hostile force – no crowd-control measures, no tear gas – just live fire with everything imaginable.” www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Gay and bisexual men in Nigeria who lost access to PEPFAR-funded PrEP because of the Trump administration's aid cuts are testing positive for HIV.
It's an example of how HIV prevention is under threat across the continent.
Latest for Reuters: www.reuters.com/business/hea...
It's an example of how HIV prevention is under threat across the continent.
Latest for Reuters: www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Trump aid cuts deal a blow to HIV prevention in Africa
Trump's cuts restrict the availability of drugs that millions of Africans have taken to prevent infection.
www.reuters.com
June 23, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Gay and bisexual men in Nigeria who lost access to PEPFAR-funded PrEP because of the Trump administration's aid cuts are testing positive for HIV.
It's an example of how HIV prevention is under threat across the continent.
Latest for Reuters: www.reuters.com/business/hea...
It's an example of how HIV prevention is under threat across the continent.
Latest for Reuters: www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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Never more proud of my incredible father-in-law, which is saying a lot!
Yesterday, at 87, my dad & former Ontario NDP leader Stephen Lewis, stood for an hour by the road in his old riding.
As a Jewish elder, he stood against genocide embodying the values he has always championed. I am so proud to see him on the right side of history – as always. ❤️
As a Jewish elder, he stood against genocide embodying the values he has always championed. I am so proud to see him on the right side of history – as always. ❤️
May 30, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Never more proud of my incredible father-in-law, which is saying a lot!
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New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
What Israeli Officials Are Privately Saying About Starvation in Gaza
And how the humanitarian response intersects with Netanyahu’s ability to continue waging war.
www.newyorker.com
May 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...