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Susan Kiddie 🍉
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Pro-humanity. Anti-fascist. Anti-genocide. Human Rights. Covid conscious, history, social justice, disability rights. She/Her.

Keep your mental health stigma off my feed.

Dystopian living is not as much fun as people led me to believe.
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Susan Kiddie 🍉 @susankiddie.bsky.social · Oct 7
"There was a feast once, and it became the Last Supper of my people.
And the world, indifferent, learned, self-satisfied, did not attend.
But it must remember. Because if it does not, then we, the living, will have died for nothing, and the dead will have died twice."

#GazaGenocide
anjalienjeti.bsky.social Anjali Enjeti @anjalienjeti.bsky.social · Oct 7
This is the kind of poetry that should never have had to be written. Tweet from Gaza doctor Dr. Ezzideen (@ezzinggaza).
Two years ago, on a Friday that now stands outside of time, my father prepared a feast. It was meant to honor life, my graduation, my return, the promise of a future. The table was full, not only with food, but with faith: the quiet, unspoken faith that tomorrow would exist. How easily we believe in continuity, in the mercy of another morning. We gathered as one family, laughing, speaking over one another, breaking bread with careless joy, pouring juice into glasses as though it were the wine of peace itself. Each gesture was a prayer, though none of us knew it. My father’s hands moved as Christ’s once did, blessing the bread, dividing it among those he loved. And somewhere, though no one could name it, there hung in the air that same fragile foreboding that filled the upper room in Jerusalem, when love spoke its last words before betrayal. The air trembled with that kind of happiness which only later reveals itself as farewell. And then, silence. The silence that only the dead can teach. When I look now at the photographs, I see the faces of the condemned, though they did not know it. More than half of them are gone, devoured by what men call war and what truth calls murder. The homes that once contained our breathing, our prayers, our smallest tenderness, crushed. The gardens that smelled of oranges and evening, erased. I walk in memory as one walks through ruins, touching the stones of vanished laughter. October 7 was not the birth of a war; it was the death of illusion. On that day, history tore itself open, and the wound has not closed. It bleeds through every surviving soul. And in that blood I see not only the crime of one nation against another, but the crime of humanity against itself, the old, endless betrayal that men repeat while invoking God. If justice still exists, it must weep. If God still looks upon this earth, He must avert His eyes. This day should be marked forever, not as an event of politics, but as a revelation of the human abyss. Let every flag descend into silence. Let every tongue fall still. Because what was taken from us was not only life, but the very rhythm of being alive, the rustle of bread torn by a father’s hand, the sound of a child laughing before she learns what grief is. They took from us the ordinary, and left us with eternity. And yet, I remain. I, who ate with them, who still taste that bread in my mouth as though it were guilt itself. I live, and I do not know why. Perhaps only to remember. Perhaps only to tell the world that history is not written in treaties or speeches, but in the trembling of hands that once passed a dish across a table, in the laughter that did not know it was bidding farewell to the world. There was a feast once, and it became the Last Supper of my people. And the world, indifferent, learned, self-satisfied, did not attend. But it must remember. Because if it does not, then we, the living, will have died for nothing, and the dead will have died twice. #GazaGenocide
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moriartylab.bsky.social
Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025

SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: CAN, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, QC, SK
HIGH: BC, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none

About 1 in 118 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
This image shows gauges with the Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025 Forecast scores for Canada, the provinces, & territories. From left to right: Canada: VERY HIGH - 10.1 Alberta: SEVERE - 16.2 British Columbia: HIGH - 8.4 Manitoba: VERY HIGH - 11.9 New Brunswick: VERY HIGH - 14.5 Newfoundland & Labrador: VERY HIGH - 10.1 North: VERY HIGH - 11.5 Nova Scotia: VERY HIGH - 12.7 Ontario: HIGH - 9.2 Prince Edward Island: HIGH - 7.7 Quebec: VERY HIGH - 10.1 Saskatchewan: VERY HIGH - 13.1 A text box reads: "The COVID Forecast is calculated from 3 equally weighted categories: 1) Current infections and spread; 2) Healthcare system impact; 3) Mortality. Within each category there is one sub-category for trends over the most recent week (Trends) and one sub-category for current parameter values relative to a specified baseline (Current values). Trends and current values are weighted equally when determining the final score for a category. All Forecast input data and sources are available here (https://datastudio.google.com/embed/u/0/reporting/42b886cf-d661-488e-b7d8-5c5836b55ab6/page/p_2yqs028mwc). Past Forecast scores are available in the table below. Forecast scores are grouped into 4 ranges: MODERATE (1 to <5, white), HIGH (6 to <10, yellow), VERY HIGH (10 to <15, orange), SEVERE (>15 red)."
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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anodynesix.bsky.social
"Students and faculty at the Islamic University of Gaza ... described in interviews how they kept studying throughout two years of genocide by charging their laptops with solar energy, watching recorded lectures, and meeting in improvised study groups."
November 8, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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novidscotia.bsky.social
"Why do you think the politicians who caved on genocide will stand up and fight for democracy?" - Ta-Nehisi Coates.
November 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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diplomatofnight.com
Despite consistent demands from both the Israeli government & its opposition that Israel be allowed to veto, Türkiye is prepping more than 2,000 of its soldiers to be deployed to the Gaza Strip and expects that the US will override Tel Aviv.

Türkiye's role has greatly expanded since November 1st.
Turkey readies military brigade for Gaza stabilisation force
While the US is yet to make a decision and Israel opposes Turkish boots on the ground, Ankara is finalising plans to put troops in Gaza
www.middleeasteye.net
November 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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nicktsergas.ca
Hospitals across Canada are closing their ERs because there aren't enough doctors to run them. Millions don’t have a doctor. Millions more can’t get an appointment.

It didn’t used to be this way. Turns out it wasn’t an accident.
November 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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jeff.doctor
mine, pipeline, port, power generation, and a datacentre, 'cuz Canada exists to generate profit for big oil, big tech, big banks, and big assholes
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Carney to announce next tranche of major projects on Thursday | CBC News
The federal government will unveil the next round of major projects that will get fast-tracked approvals later this week, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Monday, as Canada tries to stimulate economic ...
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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imanibarbarin.bsky.social
If you don’t get it yet.
Cover of Capitalism and Disability by Marta Russell
November 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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canadahealthwatch.ca
The doctor shortage isn’t an accident. It was policy. canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/10/c... @codeblackamerica.bsky.social
Canada’s doctor shortage is no accident
It was policy.
canadahealthwatch.ca
November 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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davidepike.bsky.social
Meanwhile, in Ireland:

www.thejournal.ie/bird-flu-com...
All Irish poultry subject to Covid-style lockdowns from Monday in bid to contain bird flu
The chair of the IFA poultry committee remarked that much like the Covid-19 lockdowns to halt the spread of coronavirus for humans, this is akin to a lockdown for poultry and captive birds.
www.thejournal.ie
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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drsmith.bsky.social
This started decades ago with fraudsters like Andrew Wakefield.

It grew slowly. PH grew complacent. Rigor was replaced with “feel good”.

But the real test was the pandemic.

PH backed politics, not science. Expediency, not expertise.

The public saw public health reject science.

Example set.
November 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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northernck.bsky.social
The antithesis of positive ROI for Canada, while shredding our commitment to the Paris Agreement.
Ignoring FNs demands:
“Friday, speaking to the Canadian Club of Toronto, Carney expressed support for building a new pipeline and expanding Alberta’s

www.thestar.com/politics/pol...
Althia Raj: Ottawa hasn’t seen this kind of soap opera drama in decades
The mood on the Conservative bench is grim. Stories of strong-armed tactics by Pierre Poilievre’s team continue to be shared by other MPs, writes Althia Raj.
www.thestar.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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dzgrizzle.bsky.social
“Beware, when a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside but not to enquire about its health.” ~ attributed to Albert Camus
November 10, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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markkersten.bsky.social
“Canada needs to do better.”

Weapons bearing the logo of Canadian arms manufacturer Sterling Cross Defense Systems have been identified in the hands of the RSF, responsible for massacres of civilians in Sudan: www.cbc.ca/news/world/s... #KeepEyesonSudan #cdnpoli
Sudanese fighters accused of massacres use Canadian-made rifles | CBC News
The Rapid Support Forces in Sudan, accused of civilian massacres, have posted numerous images posing with rifles bearing the logo of a small B.C. manufacturer called Sterling Cross Defense Systems. Ex...
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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reactiveashley.bsky.social
This is an entirely uncontroversial view in international law and usually taught in 101.
November 9, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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aljazeera.com
Palestinian woman Umm Zuhri Shweiki was forcibly expelled from her home in occupied East Jerusalem by Israeli forces, who seized and emptied her house before handing it to Israeli settlers.
November 10, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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brunojnavarro.bsky.social
83 percent
Guardian analysis in August of the IDF's intelligence data showed that by the reckoning of Israeli military officials, 83% of those killed in Gaza were civilians, a historic high for modern conflicts, though the IDF disputed the analysis. More than 69,000 Palestinians have been killed since the war started and more continue to die despite a ceasefire that began a month ago.
November 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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mehlerpaperny.bsky.social
It's that time of year when the biggest city in the country tells residents with limited mobility to just stay home for six months.
November 10, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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ryan.blacksky.app
Ursula reminded us.

"We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings."
'Any Human Power' political poster by me, of an American Crow with a sash of teal and green in front of it; the text reads from a quote of Ursula K. Le Guin, saying 'any human power can be resisted & changed by human beings"
November 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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mommunism.bsky.social
❤️
hebajamal20.bsky.social DR. HEBA AL HATAL @hebajamal20.bsky.social · 19h
Please…don’t scroll past.
Jamal needs food
Jamal needs treatment
Gehad needs treatment

If you just leave 3 comments, this post might reach more people —
and you might help save his

Pls don’t ignore this call…Jamal is hungry,and she deserves to live
gofund.me/d0f0efe92

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November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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mommunism.bsky.social
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Rewaa. Rewaa was finishing her studies in interior design (she sent me some amazing sketches) and her husband Mohammed worked in a vegetable market. They have two sons Jamal, 6 and Hamza, 5. They are looking to rebuild their lives ❤️
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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georgemonbiot.bsky.social
Yes, absolutely there is an impartiality crisis at the BBC. But it's not the one the billionaire media insists it is. novaramedia.com/2025/06/16/b...
BBC Gives Israeli Deaths 33 Times More Coverage, New Study Reveals | Novara Media
An analysis of over 35,000 broadcast segments and articles found that the BBC referenced the 7 October attacks in at least 40% of its coverage - but only 0.5% of articles referenced Israel’s decades o...
novaramedia.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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seanyyz.bsky.social
Guess who benefits from all the pro-business legislation and the new federal budget?

“Elbows up” feels more and more like WWE-style kayfabe.

www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Mark Carney is flooding the zone. This is what he could be trying to distract us from
As ever, almost none of these dollars from major projects will “trickle down” to the vast majority of people across the country. Instead, let’s look at who really gains from
www.thestar.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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mskathleenquinn.bsky.social
According to the World Food Programme (WFP), only half the required food aid is currently reaching Gaza, while a coalition of Palestinian relief agencies said total aid deliveries amounted to just one-quarter of what was agreed under the ceasefire deal.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
US highlights Gaza aid surge; Palestinians allege ‘engineered starvation’
White House says nearly 700 aid trucks entering Gaza each day, a figure disputed by Palestinians and aid organisations.
www.aljazeera.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:06 AM
susankiddie.bsky.social
*Everyone*
chanda.blacksky.app Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 1d
I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit

this should not be controversial 🫠
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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amberllab.bsky.social
Canadians spend a lot of time sneering at Americans when we should spend more time tending our own backyard and the disinformation that brought us to this point.

Shout out to Heather and Lydia who are doing the work and to help people unlearn vaccine myths. backtothevax.com #cdnpoli #vaccines
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM