Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

I don’t expect better from the #Tories, to be honest, but I do of #Labour… how can folk ever consider voting Labour when its leaders have this kind of attitude?
“There isn’t even the pretence that a Palestinian life has equal worth to an Israeli or British civilian. But their lives do matter, and those who condemn children to perish under rubble should be damned for ever.”

UK politicians have got it wrong on the Israel-Hamas war. We must hold them to account

https://www.theguardian.com/global/commentisfree/2023/oct/18/uk-politicians-israel-hamas-war-tory-labour-israeli-crimes?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other https://www.theguardian.com/global/commentisfree/2023/oct/18/uk-politicians-israel-hamas-war-tory-labour-israeli-crimes?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Big thank-you to Linux Format magazine for supporting the Domesday86 project - nice to see some love for preservation of important UK history - You can read all about my pet-project in issue 308; you can even pick up a physical copy in Pressbyrån in Sweden shortly (page 70 😁 )

The Govt is to ban "laughing gas", nitrous oxide, from next month - and I would say, it's about time, considering the damage it's doing to young people. (Those who use it legitimally, like hospitals, will still be able to obtain it.)
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/nitrous-oxide-to-be-illegal-from-november

George Floyd 50Th Birthday 🎂
#BlackLivesMatter
RIP George Floyd 🙏

“If there is not immediate intervention, thousands of Gazans will die of infections, malnutrition, and dehydration, in addition to the bombardment.

Creating a public health crisis is no way to hold people’s grief or pursue peace. We need a cease-fire now.”

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/gaza-public-health-ceasefire/

@therightarticle @zleap

No, I don't think we live in a functioning democracy. I thought I made that clear. Apologies if I didn't.

I've never seen so much controversy on soc media over a "conflict" (Hamas/Israel) before

It's fine to have an opinion...but they're OPINIONS.

I'm seeing so many replies all over the place from so many people who think they "know" what's going on over there. Nobody knows. We only know what's being reported (badly, inaccurately, &/or inconsistently).

Can we stop insisting that what we think is how everyone should think?

I won't even opine on the war. Not touching it w/ a 10-ft keyboard

Just to summarize: Hamas' own statements, video evidence from multiple sources, the timeline, and past experience with Hamas(/IPJ)'s rockets all point to this being a misfired rocket sent from within Gaza. That might change if more evidence emerges, but that's certainly what it looks like right now. #Israel #Gaza

I’m not sure any diety could sort out what’s happening in the Middle East at this point.

#Israel #Hamas #palestine #war

UK government and arms industry complicit in Israeli war crimes https://dorseteye.com/uk-government-and-arms-industry-complicit-in-israeli-war-crimes/

An Israeli airstrike on a hospital in Gaza has resulted in at least 500 casualties

https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2023/10/17/israel-hamas-war-air-strikes-pound-gaza-as-efforts-made-to-break-deadlock-on-aid/

More than 1,000 children have reportedly been killed in 11 days of airstrikes on Gaza – one child every 15 minutes – with children making up a third of total fatalities in Gaza.

https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/news/media-centre/press-releases/save-the-children-calls-for-ceasefire-in-gaza

This is not war. This is slaughter. This is barbarism. Nothing justifies this.

And yet the West watches—cheers with blood lust, even—as Israel commits genocide.

#israel #gaza #genocide

Healthcare workers in Gaza are drinking from IV bags because the water has been cut off.

Israel reinforces its reputation as “the good guys in all this” by bombing Gaza hospital full of sick and vulnerable people https://newsthump.com/2023/10/17/israel-reinforces-its-reputation-as-the-good-guys-in-all-this-by-bombing-gaza-hospital-full-of-sick-and-vulnerable-people/

EU gives Zuckerberg 24 hours to address ‘disinformation’ concerns

https://www.rt.com/news/584754-eu-warned-meta-disinformation-content/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS

Western States Opposed #Tribes’ Access to the #Colorado River 70 Years Ago. #History Is Repeating Itself.
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Records unearthed by a University of Virginia professor shed new light on states’ vocal opposition in the 1950s to tribes claiming their share of the river.

Today, many are still fighting to secure #water.

https://www.propublica.org/article/states-tribes-water-rights-history-repeating-itself?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post