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Blatant miscarriage of justice in the USA

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An independent commission of trial monitors led by war crimes prosecutor and former U.S. Ambassador Stephen Rapp observed the proceedings and concluded they fell far below minimal standards of due process, and violated various provisions of domestic and international law


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Four Years Later: Reflections On Becoming A Corporate Political Prisoner In the United States

Four years ago this week Chevron forced me into prison for helping Amazon communities win a landmark $10 billion pollution case in Ecuador. The company has not paid and I'm still not fully free.
Steven Donziger (Donziger On Justice)
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My salary is "frozen" again & I can't get research funding. We laid off most of our staff. My brother lost his government job. My disabled mom's health insurance is about to go up 10x. My neighbors' houses are all for sale.

The middle class is deep underwater and this billionaire MF keeps looting.

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Our report on Crown land (a.k.a. public land) sales in Alberta from 1990-2022 is cited in this recent article by #albertanativenews:
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Four Treaty 8 First Nations take province to court over Crown land sales - Alberta Native News

By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter  (ANNews) – Four northwestern Alberta First Nations have launched a legal challenge of the provincial government’s decision to...
Alberta Native News
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East Wing ballroom construction at the White House “will be near it but not touching it, and pays total respect to the existing building, which I'm the biggest fan of.” - President Trump, July 31, 2025
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Good morning. Starlink has now launched more than TEN THOUSAND satellites into orbit. Nearly 1400 have already been burned up in the atmosphere so far.

Here's a "lovely" image from my Kuiper Belt discovery program with dozens of satellite streaks in a 3 hour stacked exposure from CFHT. This was from 2022, when there were thousands fewer satellites... This is dumb.

Image credit: P. Cowan/W. Fraser/S. Lawler/CLASSY Survey Team

(The small streaks that are similar lengths are actually asteroids!)

A starfield image from a professional telescope, divided up into many rectangles. There are lots of bright diagonal lines across the starfield, those are from satellites that flew through while the image was being taken.
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The devastation of #Gaza #storymap tells the grim tale in a very visual way with #earthobservation bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-2…

Gaza war in maps and satellite images - BBC News

A visual guide to the Gaza Strip since Israel began its military response to Hamas's attacks on 7 October - mapping the destruction, evacuation orders and how things have changed
BBC News
#Gaza #EarthObservation #storymap

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'"The vast majority of people being held are being held without trial,” said Israeli-American human rights lawyer Sari Bashi.'

The Forgotten Captives: Israel Still Imprisoning 9,000 Palestinians Even After Hostage Deal | Democracy Now

#Gaza #genocide #hostages #Palestine

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The Forgotten Captives: Israel Still Imprisoning 9,000 Palestinians Even After Hostage Deal

“Even after having released almost 2,000 people last week, the Israeli military is still holding about 9,000 Palestinians, in what it calls security prisoners or detainees,” says Sari Bashi, an Israeli American human rights lawyer and former program …
Democracy Now!
#Palestine #Gaza #genocide #Hostages

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Paul Ingrassia, the president’s embattled nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, told a group of fellow Republicans in a text chain the MLK Jr. holiday should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell” and said he has “a Nazi streak,” according to a text chat viewed by Politico. politico.com/news/2025/10/20/p…

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Always great news from META ;)

When I see news from META, I feel the same way I do when receiving a physical letter - it ain't gonna be good!

These #news were so amazing, they made me launch a DeMeta Reddit to give people a place to talk about getting rid of it:
reddit.com/r/DeMeta/ 😜

#Meta #news #Facebook #Instagram #WhatsApp #Tech #IT #reddit #privacy #privacypolicy #changes #ai #ainews #chat #artificialintelligence #ads #badnews #corporation

Screenshot of a Meta announcement about Meta making changes to their Privacy Policy. They will start using interactions with AIs to personalize experiences and ads.
#tech #privacy #whatsapp #AI #Reddit #News #Facebook #Instagram #chat #IT #ads #artificialintelligence #meta #Changes #corporation #AINews #privacypolicy #badnews

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Jewish journalist Noa Avishag Schnall describes how Israeli soldiers abused her:

"I was hung from the metal shackles on my wrists and ankles and beaten in the stomach, back, face, ear and skull by a group of men and women guards, one of whom sat on my neck and face, blocking my airways."

#Gaza #FreedomFlotilla #Palestine #JournalismIsNotaCrime
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Journalist Abducted by Israel Says She Was Tortured in Israeli Custody

A journalist who was abducted by Israeli forces last week as she accompanied a Gaza-bound humanitarian aid vessel says she was tortured in Israeli custody alongside activists seeking to break Israel’s siege of Gaza.
Democracy Now!
#Palestine #Gaza #journalismisnotacrime #FreedomFlotilla

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Be as kind as possible
There are scientifically proven benefits of being kind, including:
-Decreasing pain, stress, anxiety, depression and blood pressure.
-Increasing self-esteem, optimism, energy, calmness, pleasure levels and lifespan!

It is therefore an absolute no brainer to be as kind as possible to every human being, every animal and every living thing on and in our beautiful planet.

ethicalrevolution.co.uk/know-k… #kindness #ethicalrevolution

Know Kindness - Ethical Revolution

Join me in taking step K, “Know Kindness”, in the A-Z of simple steps to a better world: Live longer and happier by practicing compassion.
Ethical Revolution
#kindness #ethicalrevolution
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🚨Joint News Release w/ CPAWS Northern Alberta: Mine 14 Approvals Granted After Public Hearings Cancelled, ENGOs Continue to Move Forward With Appeal albertawilderness.ca/joint-new…

Joint News Release: Mine 14 Approvals Granted After Public Hearings Cancelled, ENGOs Continue to Move Forward With Appeal - Alberta Wilderness Association

On September 24, 2025 the Regulatory Applications branch of the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) issued approvals for Summit Coal’s Mine 14 Applications, an underground metallurgical coal mine near Grande Cache, Alberta.  
Alberta Wilderness Association

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‘The horror of real life’: An Interview with Nick, a Greek horror comic book artist
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‘The horror of real life’: An Interview with Nick, a Greek horror comic book artist

"Keep fighting. Keep creating art. Art is a crucial part of resisting oppression".
Global Voices

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Displaced Palestinians, preparing to return to Gaza City in the north in advance of an expected halt to fighting, wait on the coastal road near Wadi Gaza in the centre of the besieged enclave in October 9, 2025 [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]

#photography
#Gaza
#displaced
#ceasefire

Palestinians waiting on the beach to return to their destroyed homes.
#Photography #Gaza #displaced #ceasefire

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“In order to write poetry
that isn't political,
I must listen to the birds;
and in order to listen to the birds,
the warplanes must be silent.”

Marwan Makhoul
Palestinian poet

#poetry
#Palestinian
#Gaza
#MarwanMakhoul

“In order to write poetry that isn't political, I must listen to the birds; and in order to listen to the birds, the warplanes must be silent.” Marwan Makhoul Palestinian poet
#Gaza #poetry #Palestinian #marwanmakhoul

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Oh #Canada
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PM Carney announces Charter of Rights to be renamed Charter of Optional Ideas - The Beaverton

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney held a press conference today to announce a renaming of the “Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms”, the document that enshrined our foundational set of rights in national law, to the more accurate “Canadian Char…
Vinny Francois (The Beaverton)
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