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Tory-hating, Brexit-denying, nature-loving book nerd. Inept gardener, sketcher, knitter and music-maker. Queen of lazy town, prone to aimless wittering. Pro-independence for all who want it. Proud to live in Wales. Very sweary but only at the wrong kind of people, and they know who they are. She/Her #CitizenOfEurope #Travel #IndieKid #Bookstodon #FuckTheTories #YesCymru #film #tea #history #art #mythology #folklore #space #linguist #science #Gardening #Music

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fkamiah17, to UKpolitics
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Just seen the potential barrier to UK residents getting onto Gibraltar referred to as the "Gammon Curtain" ๐Ÿคฃ ๐Ÿคฃ

#UKPolitics #Gammon #BrexitBrokeBritain

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WEEK 32: Bravo Colson Whitehead โœŠ

https://www.westernmassnews.com/2024/05/09/umass-commencement-speaker-withdraws-following-campus-arrests/

fkamiah17, to random
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Numerous professional organisations publicly supporting student demonstrators across the world and calling for public statements in support of a ceasefire, including

Lawyers Are Responsible:

https://www.lar.earth/statement-on-student-occupations-against-the-war-on-gaza/

American Archaeologists' Association

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdM5sXz44GJsD1IrqomrzfBm6u8nUzNOhHVMuLFgxC3VE4KgQ/viewform

Also, the trustees of Union Theological Seminary, affiliated with Columbia University, endorse divestment โœŠ

https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2024/05/09/union-theological-seminary-trustees-endorse-divestment-from-companies-profiting-from-the-war-in-palestine/

#FreePalestine #BDS

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Guess what? Bees are Hamas ๐Ÿ™„

Also ... yay bees! ๐Ÿคฃ ๐Ÿ

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WEEK 32: Yesterday at Penn State, as students (L) and faculty (R) are taken away.

"I am a professor at the university and I'm asking, am I under arrest?"

No reply.

A professor being led off campus, surrounded by police.

fkamiah17, to random
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WEEK 32: Today in Sana'a

fkamiah17, to random
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WEEK 32: Yesterday at the MIT Scientists Against Genocide Encampment in Boston

fkamiah17, to UKpolitics
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WEEK 32: A couple of petitions for those who are interested.

Write to your MP about the Gaza Families Reunited Campaign:

https://palestinecampaign.eaction.online/gazafamily

Kick Barclays out of Football:

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/english-football-kick-out-barclays-email?source=direct_link&

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WEEK 32: Today in Edinburgh

https://www.thenational.scot/news/24311552.hundreds-staff-demand-edinburgh-university-sever-ties-israel/

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WEEK 32: The women of Santiago de Chile dance in the streets in support of Palestine, last night.

fkamiah17, to random
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WEEK 32: And deportation?!??

fkamiah17, to random
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WEEK 32: So much for Canada (or at least its politicians) "niceness". Straight out of America's playbook.

"Right-wing Prime Minister of Ontario prepares a brutal police crackdown against student protesters. This was last night in Calgary.

https://www.wsws.org/fr/articles/2024/05/10/hrqk-m10.html

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WEEK 32: Students at Leicester (TL), Costa Rica (TR), Padua (BL) and Milan (BR) set up their camps today.

Students waving flags and playing drums around their tents
Tents in the courtyard with large banners reading LONG LIVE THE STUDENTS INTIFADA and GAZA GIVES US STRENGTH
An enormous Palestinian flag being draped from a balcony at the university of Milan.

fkamiah17, to random
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WEEK 32: Yesterday at Gallaudet University, students included deaf students in their chants by providing ASL on stage ๐Ÿ’ž

fkamiah17, to random
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WEEK 32: A peace encampment was set up outside Hackney Town Council last night.

fkamiah17, to random
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WEEK 32: Last night in DC. Another totally rational response to some students with banners ๐Ÿ™„

fkamiah17, to random
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WEEK 32: Women for Peace held a silent protest in Jerusalem today.

bobjmsn, to Palestine
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โ€˜United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution calling on the Security Council to reconsider Palestinian membership to the UN passed on Friday.โ€™


Reminder that this resolution does not make Palestine a UN member.

That requires a Security Council recommendation, which the United States vetoed.

This General Assembly vote determines that Palestine is qualified for UN membership, and gives Palestine more procedural righ

fkamiah17,
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@bobjmsn Notable that Spain and Portugal voted yes, rather than abstaining. All the other votes were as expected tbh.

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The climate crisis is no laughing matter, no matter what those on Radio 4โ€™s Today programme think

fkamiah17,
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@glynmoody @BBCRadio4 Did you hear the clip? It was pretty shameful.

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Afternoon Twters!

I'll be out in the garden this evening hoping to get a glimpse of the ( https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/auroras-tonight-severe-geomagnetic-storm ) - we should at least have the weather for it!

Hope you're all having a magical start to your weekends ๐Ÿ˜˜

fkamiah17,
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@lexicaleigh Yes, we're hoping to catch a glimpse of it here, but we might be too far south ๐Ÿ˜”
Good luck!

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BBQ preparations underway, today will be adding sweet chilli sauce to the hummus instead of lemon juice...radical or whit ๐Ÿ˜ณ๐Ÿคฃ

fkamiah17,
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@Roadwarrior29 Livin' on the bleeding edge of life, you ๐Ÿ˜‚

fkamiah17, to UKpolitics
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"Feel" better. Not are better. Who do they "feel better" for, I wonder?

GPLB: "Sunak on economy: 'things are starting to feel better'"

fkamiah17,
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@Thebratdragon And that's bound to be revised down shortly.

fkamiah17, to random
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WEEK 32: Brilliant. Hit them where it hurts.

#FreePalestine

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/columbia-university-alumni-pledge-withhold-financial-support

fkamiah17,
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@msquebanh More good news coming on successful divestment - stay tuned!

fkamiah17, to random
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Hillary Clinton: " ... these students don't know anything about the complex situation in Israel and Gaza, or about history in general around the world."
Interview on The Recount yesterday

The students:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVN88sNufKk

#FreePalestine

fkamiah17,
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@HeatherMJ Well precisely. The underlying history may be complicated - although I'd argue the students probably know more about that than Hillary does too - but for or against bombing children really isn't.

fkamiah17,
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@ColesStreetPothole Everyone voted for the Iraq War in 2002, except one lady, whose name is Barbara Lee, I think.
Have a look later down the thread at the article extract I posted in reply to someone else - seems she was quite happy to have slaves at the governer's mansion in Arkansas because it was a "longstanding tradition".

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