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Israel’s new separation wall will sever Jordan Valley from rest of West Bank The army is issuing evacuation orders and seizing land to prepare a massive barrier — part of a wider project to annex the Palestinian 'breadbasket.'

Israel’s new separation wall will sever Jordan Valley from rest of West Bank

The Israeli army is issuing evacuation orders and seizing land to prepare a massive barrier — part of a wider project to annex the Palestinian ‘breadbasket.’

@mekomit.bsky.social

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I'm writing a book. Every working day begins with me rewriting what I wrote the day before, and the day before that. If your reaction to that is "AI could save you that trouble," I know you're not a writer. Computer programs can't sleep on it, can't dream an idea, can't suddenly realize something.

Page 15 of the GOP’s Save America Act wld force all 50 states to submit their voter rolls to the DHS’s centralized voter purge program (called “SAVE”), which they know has had error rates as high as 14% & links to an SSA database that they know was compromised by DOGE. #NoOnSave 1/

See new posts Conversation Mosab Abu Toha @MosabAbuToha On Sunday in Gaza, 67 members of the Abu Nasser family were finally recovered from beneath the rubble of their home. For 474 days, their bodies lay trapped under the remains of a five-story building destroyed in the terrorist Israeli strike of October 29, 2024, an attack that killed more than 200 people in a single day. Notes: 1- There were no Red Cross teams or emergency vehicles present to assist in the recovery. 2- Only one excavator was available to dig through the massive destruction left behind. The process was slow, painful, and carried out largely by local civil defense workers and grieving relatives. 3- More than 40% of those recovered were children. 4- Despite the scale of the tragedy and the extraordinary delay in recovering the victims, no major Western mainstream media outlets reported on the recovery. For the families in Gaza, this was not breaking news; it was the continuation of a loss that never ended.

For the families in Gaza, this was not breaking news; it was the continuation of a loss that never ended. (One photo shows a survivor weeping as she holds clothes retrieved from beneath the rubble. Another hold a sheet of paper that has names of victims to be recovered.) More photos in the comments.

“More than 40% of those recovered were children.”

I can't convey with words how utterly revolting is to find your own work regurgitated by genAI.

Left: Owl Witch, watercolour, 2021.
Right: ..whatever that is

Full page, Examiner 14.02.2026 on Ireland's support for US deportation flights.

Valentine's Day edition of the Irish Examiner @irishexaminer.bsky.social has a full page feature on Ireland fuelling ICE deportation flights.
By @colinivan.bsky.social with due credit to @gbrockell.bsky.social

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I made a filterlist for uBlock Origin to remove Generative AI features on websites. Includes blocks for
* Google AI Summaries
* YouTube Ask button & chat summaries
* GitHub Copilot
* Facebook AI chat
* X's Grok buttons
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* Booru AI images
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YOU ARE NOW ENTERING FREE MINNEAPOLIS painted on a wall in the style of the Free Derry Corner.

This rules. I love how delighted they all look!

Happy Zalentine’s Day!

Someone should ask Mícheál Martin if he thinks the sporting boycott of apartheid South Africa was a mistake

On Nov. 16, a mental health counselor recorded in Kamilla’s medical records that her mother reported the girl had lost her appetite after being “served food that contained worms.” A week later, the couple said, children were told to gather in the gym for what they believed would be a Thanksgiving celebration. Excitement spread as families saw tables set with turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, they said. The children waited expectantly. But when a parent asked when the celebration would begin, Oksana said, staff told them the holiday meal was for employees, not detainees. The children, she said, watched despondently as the feast was packed away.

On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.

The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.

But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.

75 Irish citizens served in IDF during Gaza genocide Micheál Martin won't answer questions about them.

The Ditch can reveal that 75 Irish citizens have served in the Israel Defense Forces during its genocide in Gaza.

Opposition asked government about Irish nationals serving with Israeli forces – while they committed war crimes – two years ago.

www.ontheditch.com/seventy-five...

Micheál Martin: "There is no official boycott of Israel, just to make that point, from an Irish perspective"

YEAH DON'T WE KNOW IT MICHEÁL

NOT NOW, RADIOACTIVE HYBRID TERROR PIGS.

These dumb racist Americans who love to whinge about the erasure of Irish culture know NOTHING about Irish culture or who actually tried to erase it. And who says Scotch these days unless they’re ordering a whiskey?

They might drop him off at Shannon on their way to Cairo.

For anyone reading them, I finished writing Max And Chaffy book six last night. Pleased to report it’s the most outlandish one yet 🫡

Literal nazi shit.

Why is the Irish government allowing an organisation effectively holding at least one Irish citizen hostage to use Shannon Airport?

Video shows a person on a motorbike being attacked in central Gaza as the Israeli military continues to violate the ceasefire.

Israeli forces have killed nearly 600 Palestinians in Gaza since the ceasefire was agreed last October.

Facebook post by Greg Hughes, Highland Radio, Co. Donegal: Despite a written request from Donegal Airport, the Department of Transport has confirmed it is to execute a new contract for the Donegal-Dublin PSO route with Emerald Airlines. Donegal Airport requested a delay so it could conclude legal advice on the issue on the grounds that the proposed contract introduces unprecedented changes in the material terms of the PSO. Local officials claim the Department of Transport refused to discuss a new contract for months. Despite several attempts to get answers during the bidding process, the Department reportedly told them they couldn't talk until the final deal was signed. Officials say the Department has known since October 2025 that the new proposal included major changes to the current contract. These specific changes include: The aircraft was no longer going to overnight in Donegal Airport, which was the case for the preceding 21 years and which gave a confidence to time-critical users of the certainty of departure on the morning flight. The midday flights would no longer be provided, replaced instead by a 6 30am flight arriving from Dublin and an 8 30pm flight leaving Donegal.

Hmmm. Closed door deal? "Despite several attempts to get answers during the bidding process, the Department reportedly told them they couldn't talk until the final deal was signed." @greghughesireland.bsky.social
#Ireland #SpéirGhorm #Donegal
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Another v respectable person praising the lifting of the passenger cap on Dublin airport - says it will broaden the Irish people's mind.

That has 57 likes, 3 repost, 9 replies, 5k views.

How do you classify this reductionist, patronising nonsense.

#SpéirGhorm

National Cancer Institute studying ivermectin’s ‘ability to kill cancer cells,’ alarming career scientists The National Cancer Institute is studying ivermectin as a potential cancer treatment, according to its top official, alarming career scientists.

A year ago, we were on the cusp of turning many cancers into chronic rather than terminal diseases through immunotherapy and mRNA vaccines. Today, we're working through the curative qualities of a magical horse paste instead.

Ilia Malinin looks like he’s not even trying. so rare to see anyone this good at their sport, it’s really special

I could have done that if my parents were both Olympic skaters, my grandpa was a trainer and I wasn't clumsy. - me, watching Olympics Quad God Ilia Malinin

Ilia Malinin had the swishyness of a sad eyed Russian twink

Figure skater Ilia Malinin

This is Link’s brother… Rink

NYC officials plan to reraise pride flag at Manhattan’s Stonewall monument after Trump administration removed it

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/0...

Protest set at NYC’s Stonewall after Trump administration removes Pride flag from national LGBTQ+ monument The Trump administration says the move is about policy. Critics call it erasure at the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement.

Protesters gather at the Stonewall National Monument in NYC after the Trump administration removed the LGBTQ+ Pride flag from the site. Queer advocates say the move is part of a broader effort to narrow how queer history is told on federal land.