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We took over the giant screen at Farage’s big rally in Birmingham
March 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
We took over the giant screen at Farage’s big rally in Birmingham
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The 66-year-old woman kicking this guy’s ass is a retired professor of medicine with 16,000 citations on Google Scholar
Goals
Goals
March 25, 2025 at 3:19 AM
The 66-year-old woman kicking this guy’s ass is a retired professor of medicine with 16,000 citations on Google Scholar
Goals
Goals
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Trump’s message to the people of Gaza: “You are DEAD!”
March 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Trump’s message to the people of Gaza: “You are DEAD!”
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French Senator Claude Malhuret:
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
March 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
French Senator Claude Malhuret:
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
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WHY DIDN’T YOU SAY PWEASE
March 1, 2025 at 5:59 PM
WHY DIDN’T YOU SAY PWEASE
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Pretty much sums it up
March 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Pretty much sums it up
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It’s insane to think that the Trump administration was more welcoming this week to the Tate brothers than to the President of Ukraine.
March 1, 2025 at 10:08 AM
It’s insane to think that the Trump administration was more welcoming this week to the Tate brothers than to the President of Ukraine.
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A German word for being embarrassed by the actions of someone else is Fremdscham, or “foreign shame.” A similar word from Icelandic is aulahrollur, which is quite tricky to translate but basically means something along the lines of “cringe quake” or “douchebag chills”
March 1, 2025 at 11:16 AM
A German word for being embarrassed by the actions of someone else is Fremdscham, or “foreign shame.” A similar word from Icelandic is aulahrollur, which is quite tricky to translate but basically means something along the lines of “cringe quake” or “douchebag chills”
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The actual President of the USA has posted this "Trump Gaza" video on Truth Social
Complete batshit lunacy on the president's Truth Social account. Yes, he really posted this.
February 26, 2025 at 6:49 AM
The actual President of the USA has posted this "Trump Gaza" video on Truth Social
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It matters that scientists speak out against what is being done to US science.
Staying silent is neither "objective" nor "staying out of politics".
Silence now *is* political - it supports the status quo, says "nothing to worry about".
We need to sound the alarm.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Staying silent is neither "objective" nor "staying out of politics".
Silence now *is* political - it supports the status quo, says "nothing to worry about".
We need to sound the alarm.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Trump’s siege of science: how the first 30 days unfolded and what’s next
The breakneck pace and devastating impact of the administration’s policy changes has shocked researchers.
www.nature.com
February 21, 2025 at 9:26 AM
It matters that scientists speak out against what is being done to US science.
Staying silent is neither "objective" nor "staying out of politics".
Silence now *is* political - it supports the status quo, says "nothing to worry about".
We need to sound the alarm.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Staying silent is neither "objective" nor "staying out of politics".
Silence now *is* political - it supports the status quo, says "nothing to worry about".
We need to sound the alarm.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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I am speaking about Gaza and Palestine—and signing copies of my books—in London tomorrow
➡️ Thurs 13 Feb
➡️ 7pm
➡️ Free
➡️ Yunus Emre Institute, 10 Maple St, W1T 5HA
➡️ Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-signi...
➡️ Thurs 13 Feb
➡️ 7pm
➡️ Free
➡️ Yunus Emre Institute, 10 Maple St, W1T 5HA
➡️ Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-signi...
Book Signing & Talk: Matthew Teller: Daybreak in Gaza
Book Signing & Talk: Matthew Teller | Daybreak in Gaza : Stories of Palestinian Lives and Culture
www.eventbrite.co.uk
February 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I am speaking about Gaza and Palestine—and signing copies of my books—in London tomorrow
➡️ Thurs 13 Feb
➡️ 7pm
➡️ Free
➡️ Yunus Emre Institute, 10 Maple St, W1T 5HA
➡️ Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-signi...
➡️ Thurs 13 Feb
➡️ 7pm
➡️ Free
➡️ Yunus Emre Institute, 10 Maple St, W1T 5HA
➡️ Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-signi...
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‘We were raided regularly’: with Assad gone, banned books return to Syria’s shelves
‘We were raided regularly’: with Assad gone, banned books return to Syria’s shelves
Under the deposed dictator, books had to pass detailed scrutiny by government censors
To print a book in the days of the Bashar al-Assad regime, one first had to think of the censors. Was the book political in nature? Off to the ministry of information.…
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2025 at 7:24 AM
‘We were raided regularly’: with Assad gone, banned books return to Syria’s shelves
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Julie Gray, wife of Holocaust survivor Gidon Lev, who joined Musk in his visit to Auschwitz speaks out. She says that Musk felt nothing during the tour & only "cared about how he looked."
She shared this with me privately shortly after the tour, and I'm grateful she made her thoughts public.
She shared this with me privately shortly after the tour, and I'm grateful she made her thoughts public.
January 23, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Julie Gray, wife of Holocaust survivor Gidon Lev, who joined Musk in his visit to Auschwitz speaks out. She says that Musk felt nothing during the tour & only "cared about how he looked."
She shared this with me privately shortly after the tour, and I'm grateful she made her thoughts public.
She shared this with me privately shortly after the tour, and I'm grateful she made her thoughts public.
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Archaeologists - we know what to do…
January 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Archaeologists - we know what to do…
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In case you think that was just some weird moment, he repeated it.
In case you thought the salute was a fluke, he did the same thing facing away, this was not a mistake.
January 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
In case you think that was just some weird moment, he repeated it.
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An early contender for headline of the year…
January 18, 2025 at 11:29 AM
An early contender for headline of the year…
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More than 60 universities and higher education institutions in Germany have announced their departure from X
In a joint statement, the universities condemned the platform for amplifying far-right populist content, calling it “unacceptable”
www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/ov...
In a joint statement, the universities condemned the platform for amplifying far-right populist content, calling it “unacceptable”
www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/ov...
Over 60 German universities quit social media platform X
Platform accused of failing to uphold values of diversity, freedom, and scholarship - Anadolu Ajansı
www.aa.com.tr
January 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
More than 60 universities and higher education institutions in Germany have announced their departure from X
In a joint statement, the universities condemned the platform for amplifying far-right populist content, calling it “unacceptable”
www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/ov...
In a joint statement, the universities condemned the platform for amplifying far-right populist content, calling it “unacceptable”
www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/ov...
As the Brogliarchy is getting legs and social media descends into a hellscape, it’s more urgent than ever to source your news from level-headed places like @bylinetimes.bsky.social
January 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
As the Brogliarchy is getting legs and social media descends into a hellscape, it’s more urgent than ever to source your news from level-headed places like @bylinetimes.bsky.social
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Who would have thought that the guy who created Facebook to rank hot women would turn out to be a moral coward
January 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Who would have thought that the guy who created Facebook to rank hot women would turn out to be a moral coward
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Terrible to hear about Elon Musk. Nothings happened to him unfortunately it's just terrible every time you have to hear about him.
January 5, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Terrible to hear about Elon Musk. Nothings happened to him unfortunately it's just terrible every time you have to hear about him.
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Three of my former students from Gaza have just graduated medical school amid unimaginable circumstances. I’m so beyond proud of them and so grateful to know them.
One wrote about her experience for @palestinestudies.bsky.social: www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1656...
One wrote about her experience for @palestinestudies.bsky.social: www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1656...
This is What it’s Like to Be A Medical Student at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Gaza
Palestine Square
www.palestine-studies.org
December 28, 2024 at 5:19 PM
Three of my former students from Gaza have just graduated medical school amid unimaginable circumstances. I’m so beyond proud of them and so grateful to know them.
One wrote about her experience for @palestinestudies.bsky.social: www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1656...
One wrote about her experience for @palestinestudies.bsky.social: www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1656...
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