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National Post headline reads: IDF kills Hamas terror cell leader posing as 'Al Jazeera' journalist Subhead reads: Israeli strike in Gaza slays Hamas commander Anas al-Sharif, who posed as an 'Al Jazeera' journalist while directing rocket attacks on Israel

FUCK you @nationalpost.bsky.social.

This is unforgivable, traitorous shit from people claiming to be journalists.

How dare you accept this framing from a state that is SLAUGHTERING our colleagues.

How DARE you.

Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif killed in Israeli attack in Gaza City Al-Sharif killed in what appears to be a targeted Israeli attack on tent housing journalists outside al-Shifa hospital.

Al Jazeera’s Anas al-Sharif has been killed in an Israeli attack on a tent for journalists outside Al-Shifa hospital.

Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all:

“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”

Israel just killed him.

Watergate kicked off a multi-decade project by the right wing to insulate Republican leaders from accountability.

Just spitballing here, but cryptobros throwing sex toys at WNBA players on the court and other cryptobros and male sports commentators calling it funny and telling the women and their coaches to 'lighten up' both explains the 'male loneliness epidemic' and why I don't care about it.

The Canada goose travels thousands of miles to get home. They honk loudly to encourage the lead bird to keep its spirit up.
When that bird gets tired it heads to the back and is replaced by the next bird. They survive because they work together.
And don't mess with them.
They are Canada.

‘have to’ ? nope. turns out Cook is an asshole like the rest of the bros.

Donald Trump, who is tanking US tourism by making our economy unstable and people overseas afraid for their safety if they visit this country, is not a "younger American" @newyorkpost.bsky.social

Spain scraps plans to buy F-35 fighter jets Spain has shelved plans to purchase F-35 fighter aircraft, Spanish newspaper El País reported today. Preliminary contacts for the purchase of the fifth-generation American stealth fighters have bee…

Spain has shelved plans to purchase F-35 fighter aircraft, Spanish newspaper El País reported today.

now the buffalo will get to display this guy’s head on his billiards room wall

Seems there were threats, too.

While this does complicate the decision making, I don't think those threats should have necessarily been taken at face value as a reason to engage in censorship on behalf of a nation that's already committing genocide: bsky.app/profile/matt...

“the cello is a truly ghastly instrument” 😂

US Sanctions on Francesca Albanese A Symbol of International Law’s Twilight | Countercurrents Imagine a scene worthy of Orwell’s worst nightmare: a United Nations envoy, appointed to report on human rights violations, excellently performing in her job despite formidable difficulties…

US Sanctions on Francesca Albanese A Symbol of International Law’s Twilight countercurrents.org/2025/08/us-s...

Canada's Parliament overwhelming voted to end weapons shipments to Israel. Prime Minister Carney must follow through on this promise. We cannot be complicit in the genocide of a people.

It is undoubtedly true that some food aid has been stolen (although doubt has been cast on Israeli allegations of systemic looting). It’s true that data on civilian casualties from the Hamas-run health ministry are misleading in ways. And it is beyond a doubt that Hamas propaganda has sought to exaggerate certain instances of suffering.

“It is beyond a doubt that Hamas propaganda has sought to exaggerate certain instances of suffering.”

The editorial board of Canada’s national newspaper The Globe and Mail has just published genocide denialism.

archive.ph/2025.08.02-1...

Netherlands bans Israeli ministers from entry over ‘advocacy for ethnic cleansing in Gaza’ Dutch government makes Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir personae non gratae.

Bravo for the Netherlands: Netherlands bans Israeli ministers from entry over ‘advocacy for ethnic cleansing in Gaza’
www.politico.eu/article/gaza...

I want you all to understand that every time a politician calls for a release of the hostages and does not mention the MANY Palestinian hostages in Israel, they are making it clear they only value some lives — those adjacent to power, those it is politically safe to defend.

Let's not forget that this seat was vacant because Islamaphobic Democrats wouldn't let Biden's appointee be confirmed. And Schumer let the clock run out.

Israel is allowing some "airdrops" of food in Gaza. This is like putting a violin group at the railway station to the death camp. All show.
Meanwhile the slow mass murder continues. When will the west actually denounce Israel, impose sanctions and support the indictment of these war criminals?

Israel trying to deflect blame for widespread starvation in Gaza Official and ministers either deny that Palestinians are being affected by hunger or say it is not Israel’s fault

“Israel is pursuing an extensive PR effort to remove itself from blame for the starvation and killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza in the face of overwhelming evidence that it is responsible.”

Forceful and necessary pushback to Israeli propaganda by @peterbeaumont.bsky.social

On a Mission: Mahmoud Khalil Visits Capitol Hill Today, I walked through the corridors of power with the Palestinian student protest leader.

I walked around Capitol Hill with Mahmoud Khalil as he met with members of Congress.

Eyes widened. Heads turned. People continually stopped to thank & take photos with him.

A look at what it’s like for a pariah to walk through the belly of the beast that vilified him:

There is no "rules based international order" when a rogue state like Israel can commit blatant crimes against humanity, and other countries refuse to intervene to uphold international law.

Canadian Mainstream Media’s Orientalist Stance Towards Palestinians Canadian mainstream media manufactures consent to support Israel through biased language, withholding historical context, and conflating any criticism of the Israeli state with antisemitism. When the ...

"Canadian mainstream media manufactures consent to support Israel through biased language, withholding historical context, and conflating any criticism of the Israeli state with antisemitism"
institute.aljazeera.net/en/ajr/artic...

Oh to be a little coyote and shake all my problems away in a field of blooming wildflowers

Alberta government complicated Jasper fire response, report says Report says the interference disrupted the focus of incident commanders and forced them to spend time managing inquiries instead of fighting the fire

A new report reveals that the UCP government hindered wildfire response in Jasper by;
🔥Disrupting emergency command
🔥Delaying critical decisions
🔥Forcing firefighters to waste time

The province had no jurisdiction but inserted itself anyway.

Jasper deserved better leadership.

Danielle Smith talks tough about wildfire prevention, but the Jasper report exposes the truth: no clear provincial plan, no equipment readiness, no support for communities under threat.

Her government failed. And Albertans paid the price.

Report below:
jasper.municipalwebsites.ca/UploadFiles/...

JFC. 🙄

The only thing more shameless than being a caught adulterer who blames his wife's decision to divorce him on "political attacks" is being a caught adulterer who works the words "God" and "prayers" into his announcement of his wife's decision to divorce him for being a caught adulterer.

This 👇