Dr Maria A. Deiana

Today and every day, we call for an immediate ceasefire, an end to the siege on Gaza, and unrestricted access to humanitarian aid. We also call for a complete arms embargo on the Israeli government. Any action short of it only serves to enable the Israeli military to continue the genocide.

In Israel, Ellison’s Oracle partners with Rafael Systems whose weapons are being used in the Gaza genocide & implicated in the deaths of British aid workers.

But that’s just the start…
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Tony Blair’s Institute has taken nearly half a billion $ from tech billionaire Larry Ellison.

His company Oracle is deeply embedded in Israeli govt & military.

Larry Ellison is a personal friend of Netanyahu.
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'WHAT WILL JESUS SAY?' TONY BLAIR, BIG TECH AND THE ISRAEL CONNECTION As Trump announces the former British PM as his choice to help govern Gaza, Carole Cadwalladr investigates the opaque workings of Blair's institute, its funding from friends of Israel – including bill...

REVEALED: Donald Trump has picked Tony Blair for central role in Gaza ‘peace plan’…

…but in our inaugural investigation for @thenerve_news, we reveal extensive previously unreported links to Israeli defence, media & tech. 🧵
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www.thenerve.news/p/tony-blair...

HH and JG clearly got lots of coaching on attacking CC. It was frustrating watching them deflect awkward questions by attacking CC instead of answering. We didn't get proper responses from JG about the "military objectives of Israel" or about the money he owes to a former tenant #aras25 #Speirgorm

Result of poll

Well isn’t that just fantastic to see - keep campaigning, keep up the pressure #connollyforpresident #aras2025 #aras25 #speirgorm

Woman and man sitting on the train

People holding the Palestinian flags during the national demonstration in Dublin

Activists holding “freedom and justice for Palestine” banner at the beginning of national demonstration in Dublin

Heading home after the national demonstration in Dublin #FreePalestine #EndTheGenocide

Broadcaster and scríbhneoir Manchán Magan dies aged 55 The writer, broadcaster and documentary maker Manchán Magan has died at the age of 55, his family has confirmed.

Such heartbreaking news for lovers of the Irish language and landscape. I’m so glad to have met him during his Gaelic Tamagotchi tour. The word I was given to protect is “cáfall”, which means an easy-going dude. #speirgorm www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...

#GMB reports on Israel intercepting & boarding boats from the Global Sumud Flotilla

These boats were in intl waters & what Israel is doing is piracy & kidnapping.

The report also notes that around 30 boats haven't been intercepted yet and are still sailing towards Gaza.

The Sicilian Flotilla (1000 Madeleins) continuing towards Gaza undeterred by what the heinous IDF did during the night ✊️💚🇵🇸

Artists are losing work, wages, and hope as bosses and clients embrace AI Visual artists, illustrators and graphic designers share their stories about how AI is being used to lower wages, degrade work and even replace it altogether, in this installment of AI Killed My Job.

Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.

These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.

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What an unsurprising decision by corporations that desperately need to make money with AI. If every other company with a chatbot isn't already doing this, then expect them to be following Meta's lead soon. The chatbot is not your friend; it's a corporate listening device. www.ft.com/content/22f7...

#BREAKING
From Naples to Milan, Rome to Florence, Livorno, Genoa, Perugia —
Italy rises in protest tonight against Israel’s attack on the Global Sumud Flotilla!

Italy's largest union, with over 5.5 million workers, has called a general strike for Friday in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla.

And smaller Italian unions have said they will join CGIL's general strike.

#freepalestine #globalsumudflotilla #Milan #italy

I’m rarely proud of my country ✊

Mahmood demands migrants earn right to settlement in UK New tests will include learning English to a high standard, paying National Insurance and not claiming benefits.

Current politicians of colour advancing #colonial policies echo a long history of local elites under #empire aligning with oppressors of their own people to secure their own #privilege.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Basically prove that you are worthy of life.

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The free press fights back... Introducing the Nerve. From the wreckage of my old newspaper, comes a new all-women, journalist-owned, independent publication. Join us!

Right. A bit more about what we’re up to.

Would love feedback, do stick a comment at the end. And do please consider signing up to find out more www.thenerve.news

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Super excited for this to be out!

As with everything from Team GB -not sure they have really thought this one through 🤦‍♂️

From Auschwitz, to Bosnia, to Gaza: The price of silence Genocide thrives when the world averts its eyes, and history is repeating before us.

From Auschwitz, to Bosnia, to Gaza: The price of silence. “There are no curtains to hide behind. The victims are on our screens, in our homes, pleading for us to act. And the choice to act, or not to act, lies with us all.” www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

Former Irish President & ex-UN Human Rights commissioner: "Trump is complicit in Genocide".

Matt Frei: "Trump is complicit in Genocide, says Mary Robinson?"

Mary Robinson: "Yes".

#spéirgorm

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“[How] can artistic practices enable us to visualize the legacies of conflict and visions for peace beyond established conventions?”

Maria-Adriana Deiana & Heidi Riely (@hidrx2.bsky.social) explore this in a new article in @millennjournal.bsky.social. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Trans people have been warning about this kind of thing for over a decade. Look through the comments. Cisgender people are beginning to shit themselves now they think the far right is beginning to effect *them*.

The reporting on Charlie Kirk’s killer in the UK & US highlights again how fundamentally ill equipped mainstream media is to report on political violence in the digital age.

They do not know anything about online far right meme culture & it’s starting to do real harm. #r4today

'Nearly a quarter of a million women and girls in Gaza are starving, many of them dying, in one of the worst hunger crises in modern history. Over half a million more are facing extreme hunger and acute malnutrition.'
www.unwomen.org/en/articles/...

Join us for our new workshop on Raise Your Voice Against Misogyny! Monday, 29th Sep, 7-9pm online RSVP: https://forms.gle/pS92p6oNkWjTNN5f7 Misogyny is a form of prejudice and discrimination characterized by contempt, hatred, or ingrained distrust toward women. It manifests in cultural attitudes, institutional practices, and individual behaviours that devalue, objectify, or marginalize women and girls. In this session, we explore what misogyny is, as well as exploring toxic masculinity and more positive forms of masculinity. Participants also get to practice identifying the misogynistic idea or belief behind certain practices, and we explore together what we can do to challenge misogyny in society.

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I cited actual Kirk quotes where he calls Black women less intelligent, demonizes me for being Muslim, & dehumanizes LGBTQ people—& his supporters are upset at me for “speaking evil of the dead.”

If quoting him is “speaking evil” maybe ask yourself why you followed someone who believed evil things.