Yvonne Martin
@ymartin.bsky.social
Teaching PYP Music while masking. Have been called a stirrer - no idea why. Enjoy quilting and other kinds of making.
Pinned
Yvonne Martin
@ymartin.bsky.social
· Apr 18
Ayman Zanoun | Kirkus Reviews
www.kirkusreviews.com
My husband Ayman has withdrawn from Substack and from Bluesky; a profile and sample of his book Palestinian Blues is available here: www.kirkusreviews.com/author/ayman...
Reposted by Yvonne Martin
Shot by a quadcopter ffs - pls donate, & share this appeal
Please, anyone with a kind heart💔, Odai’s injury still causes him pain and his medicine has run out. We urgently need 300$ to provide his treatment, warmth, and basic essentials. Your support and sharing can make a real difference for him and our family.🙏🥹
🔗 gofund.me/77a751af7
🔗 gofund.me/77a751af7
November 30, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Shot by a quadcopter ffs - pls donate, & share this appeal
Reposted by Yvonne Martin
Hundreds of thousands.
@eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu
"...people across European cities are rallying for the UN’s International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People... demanding the European Union suspend economic and political ties with Israel..."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIYV...
@eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu
"...people across European cities are rallying for the UN’s International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People... demanding the European Union suspend economic and political ties with Israel..."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIYV...
Palestine solidarity: Thousands attend marches around the world in support
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
www.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Hundreds of thousands.
@eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu
"...people across European cities are rallying for the UN’s International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People... demanding the European Union suspend economic and political ties with Israel..."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIYV...
@eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu
"...people across European cities are rallying for the UN’s International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People... demanding the European Union suspend economic and political ties with Israel..."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIYV...
Reposted by Yvonne Martin
NEVER FORGET: The West will arrest people for calling for an end to genocide, while applauding the devils orchestrating it!
November 29, 2025 at 9:37 AM
NEVER FORGET: The West will arrest people for calling for an end to genocide, while applauding the devils orchestrating it!
Reposted by Yvonne Martin
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Reposted by Yvonne Martin
"The suspects were eliminated to remove the threat"
The suspects: Fadi and Jumaa Abu Asi, aged 12 and 10, who crossed an imaginary yellow line and were bombed from the air by the IDF
(Credit: Alon-Lee Green)
The suspects: Fadi and Jumaa Abu Asi, aged 12 and 10, who crossed an imaginary yellow line and were bombed from the air by the IDF
(Credit: Alon-Lee Green)
November 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
"The suspects were eliminated to remove the threat"
The suspects: Fadi and Jumaa Abu Asi, aged 12 and 10, who crossed an imaginary yellow line and were bombed from the air by the IDF
(Credit: Alon-Lee Green)
The suspects: Fadi and Jumaa Abu Asi, aged 12 and 10, who crossed an imaginary yellow line and were bombed from the air by the IDF
(Credit: Alon-Lee Green)
Reposted by Yvonne Martin
UN Condemns 'Brazen' Israeli Killing of Surrendering Palestinians in West Bank. A UN official decried the incident as "yet another apparent summary execution" by Israeli forces. commondreams.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?...
November 29, 2025 at 2:42 AM
UN Condemns 'Brazen' Israeli Killing of Surrendering Palestinians in West Bank. A UN official decried the incident as "yet another apparent summary execution" by Israeli forces. commondreams.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?...
Reposted by Yvonne Martin
November 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Reposted by Yvonne Martin
The West Bank is still under fire
November 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The West Bank is still under fire
Reposted by Yvonne Martin
On the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, I honour the Palestinian-Canadian community and Palestinian people around the world.
www.heathermcpherson.ca/internationa...
www.heathermcpherson.ca/internationa...
Statement on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
www.heathermcpherson.ca
November 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
On the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, I honour the Palestinian-Canadian community and Palestinian people around the world.
www.heathermcpherson.ca/internationa...
www.heathermcpherson.ca/internationa...
Reposted by Yvonne Martin
Going round in circles 2050
Stitched with Eleganza 8wt EZM1079
Stop killing the children!
See my YouTube channel for the tutorials: youtube.com/@HermadeRuiter
#hermaderuiter #goingroundincircles #wonderfilspecialtythread #StitchingForPeace #HandmadeArt #ThreadsOfUnity #ArtForChange #quiltsky
Stitched with Eleganza 8wt EZM1079
Stop killing the children!
See my YouTube channel for the tutorials: youtube.com/@HermadeRuiter
#hermaderuiter #goingroundincircles #wonderfilspecialtythread #StitchingForPeace #HandmadeArt #ThreadsOfUnity #ArtForChange #quiltsky
November 29, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Going round in circles 2050
Stitched with Eleganza 8wt EZM1079
Stop killing the children!
See my YouTube channel for the tutorials: youtube.com/@HermadeRuiter
#hermaderuiter #goingroundincircles #wonderfilspecialtythread #StitchingForPeace #HandmadeArt #ThreadsOfUnity #ArtForChange #quiltsky
Stitched with Eleganza 8wt EZM1079
Stop killing the children!
See my YouTube channel for the tutorials: youtube.com/@HermadeRuiter
#hermaderuiter #goingroundincircles #wonderfilspecialtythread #StitchingForPeace #HandmadeArt #ThreadsOfUnity #ArtForChange #quiltsky
Reposted by Yvonne Martin
November 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Reposted by Yvonne Martin
🎥« La Voix de Hind Rajab » a provoqué une onde de choc, qui ne nous a pas épargnés
www.huffingtonpost.fr/culture/arti...
Avec les enregistrements réels de Hind Rajab, une fillette palestinienne tuée à Gaza, il dénonce la déshumanisation en Palestine.
Et les crimes de Netanyahu
www.huffingtonpost.fr/culture/arti...
Avec les enregistrements réels de Hind Rajab, une fillette palestinienne tuée à Gaza, il dénonce la déshumanisation en Palestine.
Et les crimes de Netanyahu
L’onde de choc de ce film sur le meurtre d’une fillette à Gaza ne nous a pas épargnés
Grand prix du jury à la dernière Mostra, le film de Kaouther Ben Hania y a aussi reçu une incroyable standing ovation de 25 minutes. On comprend pourquoi.
www.huffingtonpost.fr
November 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
🎥« La Voix de Hind Rajab » a provoqué une onde de choc, qui ne nous a pas épargnés
www.huffingtonpost.fr/culture/arti...
Avec les enregistrements réels de Hind Rajab, une fillette palestinienne tuée à Gaza, il dénonce la déshumanisation en Palestine.
Et les crimes de Netanyahu
www.huffingtonpost.fr/culture/arti...
Avec les enregistrements réels de Hind Rajab, une fillette palestinienne tuée à Gaza, il dénonce la déshumanisation en Palestine.
Et les crimes de Netanyahu
Reposted by Yvonne Martin
Atentos hoy a Gießen, la Talavera de Alemania, donde el partido de extremísima derecha AfD pretende refundar sus juventudes.
El ayuntamiento ha suspendido el derecho de (contra)manifestación a ciudadanos y activistas llegados de toda Alemania. La policía ya se ha cobrado las primeras víctimas.
El ayuntamiento ha suspendido el derecho de (contra)manifestación a ciudadanos y activistas llegados de toda Alemania. La policía ya se ha cobrado las primeras víctimas.
Bei der Blockade auf dem Zubringer von L3407 auf B429 kommt es zu massiver Polizeigewalt. Mehrere Verletzte, eine Person liegt nach wie vor am Boden ein Krankenwagen kommt gerade.
Cops schlugen laut Aussage von Aktivist*innen gezielt auf Kopf und Schläfe.
7:40 / #widersetzen #giessen
Cops schlugen laut Aussage von Aktivist*innen gezielt auf Kopf und Schläfe.
7:40 / #widersetzen #giessen
November 29, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Atentos hoy a Gießen, la Talavera de Alemania, donde el partido de extremísima derecha AfD pretende refundar sus juventudes.
El ayuntamiento ha suspendido el derecho de (contra)manifestación a ciudadanos y activistas llegados de toda Alemania. La policía ya se ha cobrado las primeras víctimas.
El ayuntamiento ha suspendido el derecho de (contra)manifestación a ciudadanos y activistas llegados de toda Alemania. La policía ya se ha cobrado las primeras víctimas.
Reposted by Yvonne Martin
Starbucks employees escalated their strike on Black Friday, expanding to 120 stores and 85 cities.
Their CEO took home $96 million while refusing to negotiate a living wage for workers.
Boycott Starbucks. Stand with the employees.
Support local independent coffee shops:
Their CEO took home $96 million while refusing to negotiate a living wage for workers.
Boycott Starbucks. Stand with the employees.
Support local independent coffee shops:
Starbucks workers' union escalates strike on Black Friday
() -The Starbucks workers' union said on Friday it is escalating an indefinite strike to more than 120 stores and 85 cities, demanding higher pay and staffing levels at the coffee chain. The walkout,...
www.yahoo.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Starbucks employees escalated their strike on Black Friday, expanding to 120 stores and 85 cities.
Their CEO took home $96 million while refusing to negotiate a living wage for workers.
Boycott Starbucks. Stand with the employees.
Support local independent coffee shops:
Their CEO took home $96 million while refusing to negotiate a living wage for workers.
Boycott Starbucks. Stand with the employees.
Support local independent coffee shops:
Reposted by Yvonne Martin
Story idea: there are no one-way car rentals from the US to Canada right now due to the collapse in tourism from Canada to the US?
November 28, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Story idea: there are no one-way car rentals from the US to Canada right now due to the collapse in tourism from Canada to the US?
Reposted by Yvonne Martin
This is against the Health Canada 🇨🇦 Act and it will be litigated but what is more important and the Canadian media refuses to say out loud is that @mark-carney.bsky.social has a duty to uphold the law and stop this. He is letting her fly a test balloon 🎈. Don’t let him get away with it. #cdnpoli
Alberta just opened the door to two-tier healthcare.
This is what that actually means.
New CHW piece by Dr. Paul Parks:
This is what that actually means.
New CHW piece by Dr. Paul Parks:
This is how a health system burns to the ground canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/28/t... by @pfparks.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 11:27 PM
This is against the Health Canada 🇨🇦 Act and it will be litigated but what is more important and the Canadian media refuses to say out loud is that @mark-carney.bsky.social has a duty to uphold the law and stop this. He is letting her fly a test balloon 🎈. Don’t let him get away with it. #cdnpoli
Reposted by Yvonne Martin
Reposted by Yvonne Martin
Complete arms boycott to Israel now!!!
Canadian-made aircraft parts, explosives, and TNT are quietly shipped through U.S. factories to produce the bombs and jets devastating Gaza.
#ArmsEmbargoNow #StopTheBombs
#ArmsEmbargoNow #StopTheBombs
November 29, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Complete arms boycott to Israel now!!!
Reposted by Yvonne Martin
November 29, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Reposted by Yvonne Martin
I often mention that adding alt text to images helps artists further their reach on here (as there are lots of users who won't repost without alt text)
but
the same is true for all images. Thinking today of publisher & author images for sales. Taking a few minutes to add alt text can help reach!
but
the same is true for all images. Thinking today of publisher & author images for sales. Taking a few minutes to add alt text can help reach!
November 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I often mention that adding alt text to images helps artists further their reach on here (as there are lots of users who won't repost without alt text)
but
the same is true for all images. Thinking today of publisher & author images for sales. Taking a few minutes to add alt text can help reach!
but
the same is true for all images. Thinking today of publisher & author images for sales. Taking a few minutes to add alt text can help reach!
Reposted by Yvonne Martin
Reposted by Yvonne Martin
"Yesterday he pleaded with the world, & today he passed away without a chance to survive...
The child Ahmed Mohamed Badwan, a victim of war & blockade, joined his mother & siblings, leaving behind a lost childhood & unbearable grief. @m.saed.gaza "
www.instagram.com/reel/DRnuPlE...
#Gaza #Israel
The child Ahmed Mohamed Badwan, a victim of war & blockade, joined his mother & siblings, leaving behind a lost childhood & unbearable grief. @m.saed.gaza "
www.instagram.com/reel/DRnuPlE...
#Gaza #Israel
November 29, 2025 at 4:46 AM
"Yesterday he pleaded with the world, & today he passed away without a chance to survive...
The child Ahmed Mohamed Badwan, a victim of war & blockade, joined his mother & siblings, leaving behind a lost childhood & unbearable grief. @m.saed.gaza "
www.instagram.com/reel/DRnuPlE...
#Gaza #Israel
The child Ahmed Mohamed Badwan, a victim of war & blockade, joined his mother & siblings, leaving behind a lost childhood & unbearable grief. @m.saed.gaza "
www.instagram.com/reel/DRnuPlE...
#Gaza #Israel
Reposted by Yvonne Martin
"The Halawa family in Palestine returns to their destroyed home in Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip, and resumes their lives amidst the rubble."
m.youtube.com/watch?v=mlUY...
#Gaza #Israel #Palestine
m.youtube.com/watch?v=mlUY...
#Gaza #Israel #Palestine
عائلة حلاوة تعود إلى منزلها المدمر في جباليا شمال قطاع غزة وتستأنف حياتها وسط الركام
m.youtube.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:57 AM
"The Halawa family in Palestine returns to their destroyed home in Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip, and resumes their lives amidst the rubble."
m.youtube.com/watch?v=mlUY...
#Gaza #Israel #Palestine
m.youtube.com/watch?v=mlUY...
#Gaza #Israel #Palestine
Reposted by Yvonne Martin
Since you won mayor whoever is managing your social media has stopped using alt text. Can you please start again?
The climate crisis won’t wait and neither will we. With this team, we’ll meet it head-on.
November 28, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Since you won mayor whoever is managing your social media has stopped using alt text. Can you please start again?