Bec Smith
@smithinthesky.bsky.social
Rebuilding post X. Space ape in a meat suit chilling in the Panopticon. Chief Activist @Allotrope - Sustainable Development & Humanitarian Aid think tank.
#feminism #climate #humanrights #indigenous #war #refugees #antifa #infowars #biopolitics #osint
#feminism #climate #humanrights #indigenous #war #refugees #antifa #infowars #biopolitics #osint
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Israel to keep troops in Syria after Assad’s fall, Katz confirms
Israel to keep troops in Syria after Assad’s fall, Katz confirms
After Abu Mohammed al-Julani was named interim president of Syria, dissolved the parliment, and suspended Syria's constitution, Katz announced that Israel will remain in Syrian territory.
www.jpost.com
January 30, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Israel to keep troops in Syria after Assad’s fall, Katz confirms
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Tulsi Gabbard’s history with Russia is even more concerning than you think www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a... via @roguecitizenone.bsky.social
Tulsi Gabbard’s history with Russia is even more concerning than you think
One expert says her views are ‘so wildly fringe that her potential appointment as DNI is genuinely alarming’, Richard Hall and Andrew Feinberg write
www.independent.co.uk
January 30, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Tulsi Gabbard’s history with Russia is even more concerning than you think www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a... via @roguecitizenone.bsky.social
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Op-ed in Al Jazeera calling on the international community to provide more support for victims of the #Assad regime.
Searching for the brother I lost in Assad’s prisons in a free Syria
The Assad regime disappeared my brother in 2018. Now that my country is free, I have renewed hope that I may find him.
www.aljazeera.com
January 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Op-ed in Al Jazeera calling on the international community to provide more support for victims of the #Assad regime.
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Elon Musk’s Twitter summed up in a single image:
January 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Elon Musk’s Twitter summed up in a single image:
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#Gaza: Israel´s ongoing war on Gaza has forcibly displaced over 1.9 million leaving families to endure winter in fragile makeshift tents with minimal protection from the cold.
December 31, 2024 at 4:22 PM
#Gaza: Israel´s ongoing war on Gaza has forcibly displaced over 1.9 million leaving families to endure winter in fragile makeshift tents with minimal protection from the cold.
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HAARETZ: “‘Flatten' Gaza, Halt Aid: The Israeli Division Commander Overseeing Gaza's Brutal Netzarim Corridor”
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
January 2, 2025 at 12:31 AM
HAARETZ: “‘Flatten' Gaza, Halt Aid: The Israeli Division Commander Overseeing Gaza's Brutal Netzarim Corridor”
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Six people have frozen to death in Gaza during the past week. Five were infants less than a month old. Abubaker Abed reports from Gaza. Full story at @dropsitenews.com 🔽
www.dropsitenews.com/p/tents-gaza...
www.dropsitenews.com/p/tents-gaza...
What It’s Truly Like to Sleep in a Damp, Frigid Tent: A Report From Gaza
Five newborns have died of hypothermia amid the cold in Gaza. Doctors tell Drop Site the deaths are a direct result of Israel's blockades
www.dropsitenews.com
January 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Six people have frozen to death in Gaza during the past week. Five were infants less than a month old. Abubaker Abed reports from Gaza. Full story at @dropsitenews.com 🔽
www.dropsitenews.com/p/tents-gaza...
www.dropsitenews.com/p/tents-gaza...
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United, Not Homogenous: Democracy and Secularism in Syria’s Revolution
My latest for Al Jumhuriya
aljumhuriya.net/en/2025/01/0...
My latest for Al Jumhuriya
aljumhuriya.net/en/2025/01/0...
United, Not Homogenous
Democracy and Secularism in Syria’s Revolution
aljumhuriya.net
January 2, 2025 at 7:04 PM
United, Not Homogenous: Democracy and Secularism in Syria’s Revolution
My latest for Al Jumhuriya
aljumhuriya.net/en/2025/01/0...
My latest for Al Jumhuriya
aljumhuriya.net/en/2025/01/0...
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"There is no military or civilian body from the authorities protecting the prison, and on the contrary, the place is chaotic."
english.enabbaladi.net/archives/202...
english.enabbaladi.net/archives/202...
Looters target unguarded Sednaya prison - Enab Baladi
For days, individuals have been stealing equipment from Sednaya prison without any official oversight from the ruling authorities or specialized […]
english.enabbaladi.net
January 3, 2025 at 11:09 AM
"There is no military or civilian body from the authorities protecting the prison, and on the contrary, the place is chaotic."
english.enabbaladi.net/archives/202...
english.enabbaladi.net/archives/202...
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Throughout 2024, Human Rights Watch covered many human rights topics and crises around the world.
From investigations into crimes against humanity and war crimes in Israel, Gaza, and Sudan, to victory for same-sex marriage in Thailand, here are some of the most-read stories on our site in 2024 ⤵️
From investigations into crimes against humanity and war crimes in Israel, Gaza, and Sudan, to victory for same-sex marriage in Thailand, here are some of the most-read stories on our site in 2024 ⤵️
Top Human Rights News from 2024
These were among the most-read stories on our site in 2024.
www.hrw.org
January 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Throughout 2024, Human Rights Watch covered many human rights topics and crises around the world.
From investigations into crimes against humanity and war crimes in Israel, Gaza, and Sudan, to victory for same-sex marriage in Thailand, here are some of the most-read stories on our site in 2024 ⤵️
From investigations into crimes against humanity and war crimes in Israel, Gaza, and Sudan, to victory for same-sex marriage in Thailand, here are some of the most-read stories on our site in 2024 ⤵️
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This should concern everyone. The Prime Minister urgently needs to close any loophole’s that might allow foreign billionaires like Elon Musk to bankroll British political parties
December 17, 2024 at 8:11 PM
This should concern everyone. The Prime Minister urgently needs to close any loophole’s that might allow foreign billionaires like Elon Musk to bankroll British political parties
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The Syrian revolution started off as a bottom-up, working class uprising from the peripheries organised through local coordination committees. They set up local councils throughout the liberated areas that coordinated to provide services in the absence of a state. 🧵
December 13, 2024 at 12:24 PM
The Syrian revolution started off as a bottom-up, working class uprising from the peripheries organised through local coordination committees. They set up local councils throughout the liberated areas that coordinated to provide services in the absence of a state. 🧵
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Info graphic by Liz based on Joseph Daher's interview in Tempest mag
tempestmag.org/2024/12/unde...
tempestmag.org/2024/12/unde...
December 16, 2024 at 6:44 PM
Info graphic by Liz based on Joseph Daher's interview in Tempest mag
tempestmag.org/2024/12/unde...
tempestmag.org/2024/12/unde...
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Syrian mothers desperately searching for any trace of their loved ones in Assad's detention centers.
Now with the discovery of mass graves, and small numbers liberated from prisons, it appears that most of the 130,000+ detainees were murdered.
How can a country hold so much pain?
Now with the discovery of mass graves, and small numbers liberated from prisons, it appears that most of the 130,000+ detainees were murdered.
How can a country hold so much pain?
December 17, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Syrian mothers desperately searching for any trace of their loved ones in Assad's detention centers.
Now with the discovery of mass graves, and small numbers liberated from prisons, it appears that most of the 130,000+ detainees were murdered.
How can a country hold so much pain?
Now with the discovery of mass graves, and small numbers liberated from prisons, it appears that most of the 130,000+ detainees were murdered.
How can a country hold so much pain?
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Mass graves are being discovered across Syria. One in Qutayfah, outside Damascus is estimate to hold 150,000 people. It is hard to comprehend the extent of Assad's slaughter
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eevV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eevV...
True scale of Assad’s slaughter revealed at Syrian mass grave
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
www.youtube.com
December 17, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Mass graves are being discovered across Syria. One in Qutayfah, outside Damascus is estimate to hold 150,000 people. It is hard to comprehend the extent of Assad's slaughter
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eevV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eevV...
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The image shows a man burning a file containing lists of detainees in front of Sednaya Prison. This is a major disaster. The handling of the missing persons file in Syria is reckless, poor, and unimaginable, with documents left to be looted and burned. The destruction of prison records.
December 13, 2024 at 8:51 AM
The image shows a man burning a file containing lists of detainees in front of Sednaya Prison. This is a major disaster. The handling of the missing persons file in Syria is reckless, poor, and unimaginable, with documents left to be looted and burned. The destruction of prison records.
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I’ve been thinking about this story for a long, long time. I hope you will read it. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The Hawaiians Who Want Their Nation Back
In 1893, a U.S.-backed coup overthrew the Islands’ sovereign government. What does America owe Hawai‘i now?
www.theatlantic.com
December 11, 2024 at 1:37 PM
I’ve been thinking about this story for a long, long time. I hope you will read it. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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This is one of those stories that I keep thinking will get bigger and bigger but which no-one outside of small security circles is talking about much...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
Photos of Birmingham DHL fire suggest device could have downed plane
Images consistent with fire from magnesium-based device, suspected to be part of Russian sabotage plot
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2024 at 11:21 AM
This is one of those stories that I keep thinking will get bigger and bigger but which no-one outside of small security circles is talking about much...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
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Shelter condemns ‘shocking’ 14% rise in homelessness across England
Charity says soaring private rents, rising evictions and lack of affordable social housing are to blame
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Charity says soaring private rents, rising evictions and lack of affordable social housing are to blame
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Shelter condemns ‘shocking’ 14% rise in homelessness across England
Charity says soaring private rents, rising evictions and lack of affordable social housing are to blame
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2024 at 10:07 AM
Shelter condemns ‘shocking’ 14% rise in homelessness across England
Charity says soaring private rents, rising evictions and lack of affordable social housing are to blame
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Charity says soaring private rents, rising evictions and lack of affordable social housing are to blame
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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Syrian journalist Dima Azeddin breaks in tears as she reports live from Damascus after 14 years in exile
Cc @leilana.bsky.social
Cc @leilana.bsky.social
December 11, 2024 at 5:40 PM
Syrian journalist Dima Azeddin breaks in tears as she reports live from Damascus after 14 years in exile
Cc @leilana.bsky.social
Cc @leilana.bsky.social
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'Medical misogyny' is leaving women in unnecessary pain and undiagnosed for years.
Read our report on women's reproductive health conditions.
publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cm...
Read our report on women's reproductive health conditions.
publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cm...
December 11, 2024 at 7:44 AM
'Medical misogyny' is leaving women in unnecessary pain and undiagnosed for years.
Read our report on women's reproductive health conditions.
publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cm...
Read our report on women's reproductive health conditions.
publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cm...
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The absolute state of this. It's not just *medical* misogyny consigning women to years of pain... 😖
December 11, 2024 at 1:26 AM
The absolute state of this. It's not just *medical* misogyny consigning women to years of pain... 😖