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Diane Langford

@queer-red.bsky.social

Writer, activist, great-grandmother, LGBTQ+ elder.

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You cannot talk like this about any other minority in America.

And if it was any other president’s adviser who said something like this about any other minority, it’d be the instant end of their presidency.

02.03.2026 07:54 β€” πŸ‘ 23815    πŸ” 5932    πŸ’¬ 1726    πŸ“Œ 632
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"We called London a war zone and moved to Dubai by mistake"

03.03.2026 08:16 β€” πŸ‘ 6317    πŸ” 1514    πŸ’¬ 88    πŸ“Œ 41

It took just one phone call from Donald Trump for Starmer to jump into yet another Middle East illegal war, failing to learn the lessons of the tragedies of Iraq, Libya and Syria.

01.03.2026 21:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2646    πŸ” 785    πŸ’¬ 116    πŸ“Œ 47

A reminder that fascist Mussolini invaded Abyssinia partly to divert from domestic economic troubles at home.

01.03.2026 22:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2251    πŸ” 476    πŸ’¬ 69    πŸ“Œ 13
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β€˜Natty or not?’: how steroids got big The long read: Once upon a time, it was only hardcore bodybuilders who pumped themselves up with testosterone. Today it is no longer niche. But how dangerous is it?

"On the day I visited, men were waiting outside two GP surgery rooms to get blood tests done, with the promise of a consultation to discuss the results two weeks later."

Everyone - gym rats, recreation drugs users - gets blood tests from their GP. Everyone, except trans people.

02.03.2026 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 126    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Those three downed jets run around $90 million each.

It cost $20 million a year to operate the food kitchens serving 816,000 people in Sudan.

02.03.2026 12:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2902    πŸ” 961    πŸ’¬ 49    πŸ“Œ 29

Woman jailed for wearing β€˜Allah is a lesbian’ T-shirt faces arm amputation
https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/03/02/ibtissame-lachgar-t-shirt-jail-lesbian/?utm_content=1772467251&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

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Palantir Sues Swiss Magazine For Accurately Reporting That The Swiss Government Didn’t Want Palantir If you run a company whose entire value proposition is the ability to see patterns, predict outcomes, and connect dots that others miss, you’d think someone in the building might have flagged…

"using Palantir’s software would increase dependence on a U.S. provider. It also poses the risk of losing data sovereignty and thereby national sovereignty.

"Above all, however, the army’s staff experts say it remains unclear who has access to data shared with Palantir."

02.03.2026 08:31 β€” πŸ‘ 572    πŸ” 280    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 8

Starting a war so you could invoke emergency war powers

02.03.2026 12:26 β€” πŸ‘ 4693    πŸ” 1282    πŸ’¬ 229    πŸ“Œ 48

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."

-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

01.03.2026 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 21057    πŸ” 7110    πŸ’¬ 423    πŸ“Œ 271

The UK's permission for the US to use its bases in attacking Iran amounts to complicity in the crime of aggression. It drags us into what could be an endless war, without democratic or even parliamentary consent.

02.03.2026 11:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1607    πŸ” 425    πŸ’¬ 82    πŸ“Œ 28
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U.S. military reportedly used a laser to shoot down Customs and Border Protection drone, sparking new air closure The Pentagon, CBP and the FAA said in a statement that the military mitigated "a seemingly threatening unmanned aerial s

People in this country cannot afford health care. They cannot afford rent or to own a home. They cannot afford groceries. The social safety net is being cut out from underneath them.

Meanwhile the Department of Defense is shooting down drones used by Border Patrol.

27.02.2026 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2488    πŸ” 755    πŸ’¬ 133    πŸ“Œ 32
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Dozens of Palestinian journalists beaten, starved or raped, report alleges Israeli prison service and IDF reject allegations after research by Committee to Protect Journalists

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

19.02.2026 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If Murray is right this is very very bad.

16.02.2026 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Credit cards cancelled, Google accounts closed: ICC judges on life under Trump sanctions Kimberly Prost and Luz del Carmen IbÑñez Carranza vow US reprisals will not affect work of international criminal court

Fascist attack on international judiciary must be resisted!
www.theguardian.com/law/2026/feb...

18.02.2026 14:41 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Palestine Solidarity And Immigrant Rights Resistance ⎹ The Intercept On February 10, 2026, Intercept columnist Natasha Lennard moderated a discussion on Palestine solidarity, immigrant rights resistance, and the crackdown against the two interconnected movements with…

You can now watch our discussion on the intersections of Palestine solidarity and immigrant rights.

17.02.2026 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Keir Starmer has a unique talent – to alienate absolutely everyone | Nesrine Malik Who is his constituency now? Not the left or the right – and not the centre any more. That’s why there’s been a nosedive in the polls, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

Keir Starmer has a unique talent – to alienate absolutely everyone | Nesrine Malik www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

16.02.2026 15:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Postpone The Celebrations - Craig Murray On the face of it the English High Court ruling that the Palestine Action proscription is unlawful makes the decision that the proscription remains in place pending appeal utterly illogical. But what ...

www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/202...

16.02.2026 09:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Roar Wildlife News Trump official warns Labour over trophy hunting ban Crackdown on importing dead wildlife risks β€˜unintended consequences’, US interior secretary claims A senior Trump administration official has hit....

trump's spawn, cruelty made flesh
www.facebook.com/100069735060...

15.02.2026 12:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Jewish Judge Ruling? The Telegraph Sidelines Palestinian Rights in Favor of Identity Politics By highlighting Dame Victoria Sharp’s heritage, The Telegraph distracts from a landmark rebuke of government overreach

Jewish Judge Ruling? The Telegraph Sidelines Palestinian Rights in Favor of Identity Politics rimanajjar.medium.com/jewish-judge...

14.02.2026 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

DHS took confidential immigrant tax data from the IRS in order to carry out Trump's cruel deportation agenda β€” and target immigrants at their jobs.

But I thought immigrants were "lazy freeloaders" who mooch off the system and don't pay taxes?

Hello?

12.02.2026 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1684    πŸ” 520    πŸ’¬ 56    πŸ“Œ 16
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Zack Polanski pressures Wes Streeting over Palantir after Mandelson texts released ZACK Polanski has piled fresh pressure on Wes Streeting over Palantir’s NHS contracts after the Health Secretary’s newly-released text messages…

A Β£240m defence contract without tender.

Their fingerprints all over our health care data.

A meeting in the USA but without any minutes.

Everything around Palantir stinks.

www.thenational.scot/news/2584192...

10.02.2026 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1813    πŸ” 715    πŸ’¬ 74    πŸ“Œ 47
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Use of Irish airport for US deportation flights to Israel called β€˜reprehensible’ Irish politicians condemn use of Shannon airport by private jet en route to Israel, owned by Trump donor Gil Dezer

Use of Irish airport for US deportation flights to Israel called β€˜reprehensible’ | Ireland | The Guardian share.google/cC2IURUoYYAM...

07.02.2026 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Palestine Action trial lawyers say jury-tampering claims β€˜dangerous’ and β€˜misleading’ Calls for a retrial have pointed to posters put up around the court highlighting the right of jurors to acquit on conscience, but lawyers say this is an established principle

Palestine Action trial lawyers say jury-tampering claims β€˜dangerous’ and β€˜misleading’

06.02.2026 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Penguin’s Dilemma: Marwan Barghouti’s Forthcoming Unbroken as a Stress Test for the Cold War… Writing under repression does not automatically become dissident writing, and we cannot assume in advance that Unbroken will meet the …

Penguin’s Dilemma: Marwan Barghouti’s Forthcoming Unbroken as a Stress Test for the Cold War… rimanajjar.medium.com/penguins-dil...

06.02.2026 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Revealed: Private jet owned by Trump friend used by ICE to deport Palestinians to West Bank Exclusive: Luxury aircraft owned by property tycoon close to US president’s family has twice flown Palestinian men from Arizona to Tel Aviv

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

06.02.2026 11:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pro-gun groups quickly rallied for Alex Pretti. Why didn’t they do the same for a Black gun owner? Philando Castile, a lawful gun owner, was shot and killed by a police officer in 2016 – gun rights groups were largely silent

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

04.02.2026 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Palestine Action protesters not guilty of defence firm burglary The group are cleared of aggravated burglary over the alleged raid at an Elbit Systems warehouse.

BBC News - Palestine Action protesters cleared of Elbit burglary
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

04.02.2026 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜A violation of our history’: Palestinian uproar over Israel’s plan to seize historic West Bank site Residents of Sebastia say heritage project is pretext for massive land grab and expansion of Jewish settlements

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

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