Sue Bond
@thewordygecko.bsky.social
Here to follow people with interesting ideas. Otherwise, I write, read, work as an academic proofreader, love art and nature. Late discovery adoptee.
whatever the pro-genocide activists get our government to do in Australia, I will continue to support Palestinians in any way that I am able; but I will also oppose any censorship of our movement as strongly as possible
December 23, 2025 at 6:56 AM
whatever the pro-genocide activists get our government to do in Australia, I will continue to support Palestinians in any way that I am able; but I will also oppose any censorship of our movement as strongly as possible
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Please help Mohammed's family survive Israel's genocide, which has left them starving & homeless in winter:
December 22, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Please help Mohammed's family survive Israel's genocide, which has left them starving & homeless in winter:
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💔 They destroyed my home,my hopes,and the life I dreamed of—yet my will to live remains. I am from Gaza, and all I need now is a chance to leave, rebuild,and feel safe. Every share,every donation, every message of support... is a spark of hope.🌿🌍 Help me get back on my feet: gofund.me/fec526f5 💔🙏🍉🇵🇸🌍
December 16, 2025 at 12:49 PM
💔 They destroyed my home,my hopes,and the life I dreamed of—yet my will to live remains. I am from Gaza, and all I need now is a chance to leave, rebuild,and feel safe. Every share,every donation, every message of support... is a spark of hope.🌿🌍 Help me get back on my feet: gofund.me/fec526f5 💔🙏🍉🇵🇸🌍
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READ: Palestine's Gaza Strip is renowned for its bright red and delicious strawberries. Israel's genocide has decimated the fields of "red gold" that once served as a major agricultural export. mondoweiss.net/2025/12/isra...
Israel’s genocide has destroyed Gaza’s renowned strawberry industry
The Gaza Strip is renowned in Palestine for its bright red and delicious strawberries. Once a major agricultural export, Gaza’s fields of “red gold” have been decimated by Israel’s genocide.
mondoweiss.net
December 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
READ: Palestine's Gaza Strip is renowned for its bright red and delicious strawberries. Israel's genocide has decimated the fields of "red gold" that once served as a major agricultural export. mondoweiss.net/2025/12/isra...
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I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Ahmed. Ahmed owned a small shop before this and was just starting his life. He’s trying to take care of his parents and his brother Abood. His father has pulmonary fibrosis- they are fundraising to get a solar panel for his oxygen machine.
December 22, 2025 at 9:35 AM
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Ahmed. Ahmed owned a small shop before this and was just starting his life. He’s trying to take care of his parents and his brother Abood. His father has pulmonary fibrosis- they are fundraising to get a solar panel for his oxygen machine.
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Yes. And translators, badly paid, have been trying to make people aware of this, but they have only a small platform. Need writers and readers to be aware and speak out.
All my foreign language contracts going forward will stipulate that a real person translates.
All my foreign language contracts going forward will stipulate that a real person translates.
Deep breath
Ok I'm going to try and stay calm
But I'll point out that AI translation is literally causing translators to be fired (see the whole Harlequin line in France)
(1/?)
Ok I'm going to try and stay calm
But I'll point out that AI translation is literally causing translators to be fired (see the whole Harlequin line in France)
(1/?)
December 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Yes. And translators, badly paid, have been trying to make people aware of this, but they have only a small platform. Need writers and readers to be aware and speak out.
All my foreign language contracts going forward will stipulate that a real person translates.
All my foreign language contracts going forward will stipulate that a real person translates.
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Israel must be brittle and weak. If they're trying to make it so it's illegal to criticise and protest a genocidal apartheid state in distant colonies far away, that must mean Israel is extremely vulnerable to the truth. And the establishment is choosing fascism to deal with it.
December 22, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Israel must be brittle and weak. If they're trying to make it so it's illegal to criticise and protest a genocidal apartheid state in distant colonies far away, that must mean Israel is extremely vulnerable to the truth. And the establishment is choosing fascism to deal with it.
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Western nations colluding with Israel to televise a genocide and demand we all go along with it is an exercise in destroying empathy, democracy and human rights. If we accept it, which we currently are, the next wave of brutality will target us directly.
December 23, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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During the holidays, we might find ourselves facing war propaganda lines repeated.
As the Trump regime continues to escalate attacks on Venezuela, this might be a topic of conversation that comes up. Here are some common propaganda lines — and how you can educate. 🧵
As the Trump regime continues to escalate attacks on Venezuela, this might be a topic of conversation that comes up. Here are some common propaganda lines — and how you can educate. 🧵
December 22, 2025 at 11:45 PM
During the holidays, we might find ourselves facing war propaganda lines repeated.
As the Trump regime continues to escalate attacks on Venezuela, this might be a topic of conversation that comes up. Here are some common propaganda lines — and how you can educate. 🧵
As the Trump regime continues to escalate attacks on Venezuela, this might be a topic of conversation that comes up. Here are some common propaganda lines — and how you can educate. 🧵
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READ: Palestinian women in Gaza have faced widespread sexual violence during the Israeli genocide. Despite mountains of evidence, human rights groups face difficulties pursuing justice, as women live in fear of social stigma and reprisal from Israel. mondoweiss.net/2025/12/afte...
After the Rape: The challenges of monitoring sexual violence in Gaza
Palestinian women in Gaza have faced widespread sexual violence during the Israeli genocide. Despite mountains of evidence, human rights groups face difficulties pursuing justice, as women live in fear...
mondoweiss.net
December 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
READ: Palestinian women in Gaza have faced widespread sexual violence during the Israeli genocide. Despite mountains of evidence, human rights groups face difficulties pursuing justice, as women live in fear of social stigma and reprisal from Israel. mondoweiss.net/2025/12/afte...
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If you don’t stand with Israel, you stand with antisemitism’ is a false dilemma. In a 2025 poll, 61% of American Jews say Israel is committing war crimes in Gaza, and 51% of British Jews say its actions clash with Jewish values. Criticising a state is not hating a people.
#Riseup #FreePalestine
#Riseup #FreePalestine
December 22, 2025 at 7:26 AM
If you don’t stand with Israel, you stand with antisemitism’ is a false dilemma. In a 2025 poll, 61% of American Jews say Israel is committing war crimes in Gaza, and 51% of British Jews say its actions clash with Jewish values. Criticising a state is not hating a people.
#Riseup #FreePalestine
#Riseup #FreePalestine
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Rape culture is when those in power are more concerned with ruining reputations of men than they are with punishing child rapists & sex traffickers
Trump says he doesn’t like the pictures being shown of Clinton & others
I don’t like that children were raped
I don’t like that the rapists are free
Trump says he doesn’t like the pictures being shown of Clinton & others
I don’t like that children were raped
I don’t like that the rapists are free
December 23, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Rape culture is when those in power are more concerned with ruining reputations of men than they are with punishing child rapists & sex traffickers
Trump says he doesn’t like the pictures being shown of Clinton & others
I don’t like that children were raped
I don’t like that the rapists are free
Trump says he doesn’t like the pictures being shown of Clinton & others
I don’t like that children were raped
I don’t like that the rapists are free
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They’re adding medical debt back onto credit reports.
They’re going to garnish wages over student loans.
They promised to “Make America Great Again”. To make it more affordable.
Instead they’re ensuring people suffer as much as possible.
It’s intentional. Ask yourselves why.
They’re going to garnish wages over student loans.
They promised to “Make America Great Again”. To make it more affordable.
Instead they’re ensuring people suffer as much as possible.
It’s intentional. Ask yourselves why.
Wage garnishment for defaulted student loans to resume early next year
The Education Department had stopped collecting wages to repay defaulted loans during the coronavirus pandemic.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:12 AM
They’re adding medical debt back onto credit reports.
They’re going to garnish wages over student loans.
They promised to “Make America Great Again”. To make it more affordable.
Instead they’re ensuring people suffer as much as possible.
It’s intentional. Ask yourselves why.
They’re going to garnish wages over student loans.
They promised to “Make America Great Again”. To make it more affordable.
Instead they’re ensuring people suffer as much as possible.
It’s intentional. Ask yourselves why.
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CBS is filing copyright claims to get the 60 Minutes CECOT piece taken down from social media sites.
They don’t want us to know they sent men to a foreign prison to be tortured.
They don’t want us to know a judge ordered the plane be turned around and Kristi Noem overrode it.
The truth will out.
They don’t want us to know they sent men to a foreign prison to be tortured.
They don’t want us to know a judge ordered the plane be turned around and Kristi Noem overrode it.
The truth will out.
December 23, 2025 at 2:46 AM
CBS is filing copyright claims to get the 60 Minutes CECOT piece taken down from social media sites.
They don’t want us to know they sent men to a foreign prison to be tortured.
They don’t want us to know a judge ordered the plane be turned around and Kristi Noem overrode it.
The truth will out.
They don’t want us to know they sent men to a foreign prison to be tortured.
They don’t want us to know a judge ordered the plane be turned around and Kristi Noem overrode it.
The truth will out.
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For Australia, just off the top of my head, I recommend
@davemilbo.bsky.social
@ronnisalt.bsky.social
@amyremeikis.bsky.social
@slackbastard.bsky.social
@tomtanuki.bsky.social
This is just for starters. Please feel free to add.
@davemilbo.bsky.social
@ronnisalt.bsky.social
@amyremeikis.bsky.social
@slackbastard.bsky.social
@tomtanuki.bsky.social
This is just for starters. Please feel free to add.
60 Minutes confirmed what you already knew: mainstream journalism, sponsored by corporate ads and owned by oligarchs, is dead.
Taking its place are scrappy one-person research and op-ed pubs with no conflicts of interest.
The future of truth is decentralized. Support independent thinking.
Taking its place are scrappy one-person research and op-ed pubs with no conflicts of interest.
The future of truth is decentralized. Support independent thinking.
December 23, 2025 at 5:28 AM
For Australia, just off the top of my head, I recommend
@davemilbo.bsky.social
@ronnisalt.bsky.social
@amyremeikis.bsky.social
@slackbastard.bsky.social
@tomtanuki.bsky.social
This is just for starters. Please feel free to add.
@davemilbo.bsky.social
@ronnisalt.bsky.social
@amyremeikis.bsky.social
@slackbastard.bsky.social
@tomtanuki.bsky.social
This is just for starters. Please feel free to add.
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NEW — Based on the aired ‘60 Minutes’ CECOT segment, several of Bari Weiss’s stated reasons to stop the story are inaccurate.
She said the segment did not present the admin’s argument for deporting people to CECOT. It does.
She said the segment did not detail deportee criminal histories. It does.
She said the segment did not present the admin’s argument for deporting people to CECOT. It does.
She said the segment did not detail deportee criminal histories. It does.
New: Months before Bari Weiss pulled the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, her outlet The Free Press was joking about the megaprison Trump has lawlessly deported people to.
"The hottest campaign spot…the new Jeffrey Epstein jet…the place to see and be seen."
@andrewperez.bsky.social @swin24.bsky.social
"The hottest campaign spot…the new Jeffrey Epstein jet…the place to see and be seen."
@andrewperez.bsky.social @swin24.bsky.social
Bari Weiss Praised El Salvador’s Dictator Before Spiking '60 Minutes' Story on His Torture Prison
Weiss touted El Salvador’s brutal leader while her blog published jokes about Trump sending immigrants to the CECOT prison.
zeteo.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:46 AM
NEW — Based on the aired ‘60 Minutes’ CECOT segment, several of Bari Weiss’s stated reasons to stop the story are inaccurate.
She said the segment did not present the admin’s argument for deporting people to CECOT. It does.
She said the segment did not detail deportee criminal histories. It does.
She said the segment did not present the admin’s argument for deporting people to CECOT. It does.
She said the segment did not detail deportee criminal histories. It does.
No one in power respects my grief. And no one is coming to console me
open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...
open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...
No one in power respects my grief. And no one is coming to console me
Politicians, the police and the media want millions of us to imagine we are alone in grieving the slaughter of Gaza's children – and that our grief is shameful. They need us to succumb to their lies
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:31 AM
No one in power respects my grief. And no one is coming to console me
open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...
open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...
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Apart from leaking to the SMH and the Age like a rusty colander, this would have to be the most tiresome little man in the Australian public service
Hyperbolic, publicity mad, sinophobic, constantly beating his own drum when absolutely nobody has asked - don't ever get between him and a headline
.
Hyperbolic, publicity mad, sinophobic, constantly beating his own drum when absolutely nobody has asked - don't ever get between him and a headline
.
November 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Apart from leaking to the SMH and the Age like a rusty colander, this would have to be the most tiresome little man in the Australian public service
Hyperbolic, publicity mad, sinophobic, constantly beating his own drum when absolutely nobody has asked - don't ever get between him and a headline
.
Hyperbolic, publicity mad, sinophobic, constantly beating his own drum when absolutely nobody has asked - don't ever get between him and a headline
.
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This is the correct question
There were cops present, watching & listening to the nazis as they broke laws around hate speech & inciting hate. Were they instructed not to intervene .... with bats, pepper spray & arrests .... like they do with climate change or anti genocide protesters??
What instructions were they given ??
What instructions were they given ??
November 13, 2025 at 4:28 AM
This is the correct question
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As if carbon offsets weren’t a big enough fraud…welcome to the world of ‘biodiversity offsets’…sure the idea failed dismally in NSW but Murray Watt is keen to have a crack…
what could go wrong?
Just even more extinctions i suppose…#climate #nature
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
what could go wrong?
Just even more extinctions i suppose…#climate #nature
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
How many extra possums does it take to compensate for a dead platypus?
That’s the kind of calculation a bureaucrat would literally have to make under Environment Minister Murray Watt’s new ‘environmental laws’.
thepoint.com.au
November 17, 2025 at 11:24 PM
As if carbon offsets weren’t a big enough fraud…welcome to the world of ‘biodiversity offsets’…sure the idea failed dismally in NSW but Murray Watt is keen to have a crack…
what could go wrong?
Just even more extinctions i suppose…#climate #nature
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
what could go wrong?
Just even more extinctions i suppose…#climate #nature
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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Gaza Civil Defense teams recovered 98 bodies today during mass-grave exhumations at Al-Shifa Hospital, including 55 unidentified victims buried on hospital grounds during Israel’s assault, when formal burials were impossible. As these recovery efforts continue, a separate video now circulating...
December 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Gaza Civil Defense teams recovered 98 bodies today during mass-grave exhumations at Al-Shifa Hospital, including 55 unidentified victims buried on hospital grounds during Israel’s assault, when formal burials were impossible. As these recovery efforts continue, a separate video now circulating...
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@kajakallas.bsky.social
European Union's reaction to the genocide of Palestinians by Israel has been to watch the slaughter, refusing to sanction Israel.
Now EU Ambassador to Israel, Michael Mann (dual German-UK citizen) reportedly wants to increase EU investments into Israeli armaments industry.
European Union's reaction to the genocide of Palestinians by Israel has been to watch the slaughter, refusing to sanction Israel.
Now EU Ambassador to Israel, Michael Mann (dual German-UK citizen) reportedly wants to increase EU investments into Israeli armaments industry.
December 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
@kajakallas.bsky.social
European Union's reaction to the genocide of Palestinians by Israel has been to watch the slaughter, refusing to sanction Israel.
Now EU Ambassador to Israel, Michael Mann (dual German-UK citizen) reportedly wants to increase EU investments into Israeli armaments industry.
European Union's reaction to the genocide of Palestinians by Israel has been to watch the slaughter, refusing to sanction Israel.
Now EU Ambassador to Israel, Michael Mann (dual German-UK citizen) reportedly wants to increase EU investments into Israeli armaments industry.
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.