Civil servants told to consider quitting if they disagree with policy over Gaza
More than 300 Foreign Office staff had raised concerns about potential UK "complicity" in Israel's conduct in Gaza.Tom Bateman (BBC News)
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#Russia is helping N. Korea to improve missile accuracy and to produce long-range kamikaze drones to be used in #Ukraine, Ukrainian intel said.
The drones could hit anywhere in S. Korea, but may also be sent back to Russia to be used in Ukraine.
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Russia Giving North Korea Shahed-136 Attack Drone Production Capability: Budanov
Ukraine's intelligence chief says Moscow is giving Pyongyang advanced military technologies that could shift the balance of power on the peninsula.Howard Altman (The War Zone)
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Vanaf vandaag, elke avond van 21:00 tot 21:30, zet ik mijn telefoon uit. In volledige digitale stilte, van 21:00 tot 21:30, gedurende een week – voor het Palestijnse volk.
Stilte voor Gaza
30 minuten digitale stilte
Ford government to bury long-term care inspection reports: What are they hiding?
While it may appear routine, this kind of selective record-keeping limits transparency, weakens accountability, and leaves families without the full picture they need to make informed decisions about their loved ones' care.Vivian Stamatopoulos, Shannon Vettor and Emily Hladkowicz Contributors (Toronto Star)
How the BIC Cristal Ballpoint Pen Became the Most Successful Product in History
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How the BIC Cristal Ballpoint Pen Became the Most Successful Product in History
If you want to see a tour de force of modern technology and design, there's no need to visit a Silicon Valley showroom.Colin Marshall (Openculture.com)
Dillon Awes works for Oklahoma City’s IT department, where his colleagues call him "polite and friendly." But they just found out that when he preaches at his church, he regularly glorifies violence against LGBTQ people. What could go wrong...? www.friendlyatheist.com/p/an-oklahom...
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An Oklahoma City employee moonlights as a pastor who preaches death for LGBTQ people
During the work week, Dillon Awes secures city data. But at the church he runs, he has a history of despicable sermons.Friendly Atheist
In Los Angeles is het begonnen...
Dit zijn beginnetjes, maar ze zijn veelbetekenend. Nee, het is niet gegarandeerd dat de opstand onbeheersbare vormen aanneemt. De hoop van Trump is: genoeg ‘chaos’ om hem een excuus voor het sturen van de National Guard en een noodtoestand te geven maar wel bedwingbare chaos. Maar het is zeer goed mogelijk dat de ‘chaos’ zulke vormen aanneemt dat zowel de hoop van het gewapend gezag als de hoop van Trump opgaan in de vlammen van de revolte die om zich heen begint te grijpen. En daar ligt de hoop van onze kant – de onderkant.
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#pride #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtq2s #queer #dei #solidarity
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People keep spreading the lie that the majority of #Latinos voted for Trump. They didn't. That is a lie that serves #Trump.
Nationwide, polling shows 62% of latinos voted for #Harris.
56% of latino men voted for Harris.
66% of latino women voted for Harris.
In every swing state except Florida, latinos voted Harris by over 60%.
The ONLY latinos that voted for Trump was Florida, no damn excuses there.
Please, for the love of God, read the polling & stop the disinfo.
2024electionpoll.us/
The Los Angeles Protests Are an Act of Self-Defense
Residents of L.A. aren’t merely protesting ICE; they’re attempting to protect their communities from ICE’s raids.The New Republic
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They are following the same game plan as with BLM: the police does the violence, the mainstream media blames the violence on protesters.
This is probably how things worked in communist East Germany, the USSR, etc.
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So I worked calm today and suddenly someone came with the door snap. The elderly gentleman, who seemed to be harely - he was all in white, and I thought heBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
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"They literally did this in 2020 as protests were winding down in Portland - throwing people into unmarked vans, demanding to know the leader of "ANTIFA."
It ended with thousands mobilizing night after night. This strategy works when people shrug and go about their day.
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in reply to Tim Mak • • •#Russia plans to test NATO’s resolve, expanding war beyond Ukraine, as Russia does not believe that NATO's collective defense obligations have practical force, Germany’s intel chief said.
The intel shows that #Ukraine "is only a step on the journey westward", the intel chief said.
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in reply to Tim Mak • • •As the #EU proposes banning the Nord Stream gas pipelines that connect Russia and #Germany, Berlin's state-owned energy company SEFE signed a deal to buy gas from Azerbaijan’s Socar.
This will help to decrease the EU's energy reliance on Russia.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…
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in reply to Tim Mak • • •During one of the largest attacks on Kyiv, Russia damaged the Ukrainian Orthodox St. Sophia's Cathedral, a cathedral centuries older than Notre-Dame in #Paris and even #Moscow, last night.
St. Sophia was the first site in #Ukraine to be recognised as UNESCO world heritage.
bbc.com/ukrainian/articles/cdr…
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