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Ilana Hairston

@piliana.bsky.social

Sleep scientist, college professor, socialist and outraged by injustice

59 Followers  |  61 Following  |  101 Posts  |  Joined: 12.09.2024  |  2.0791

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Massacre in el-Fasher: What’s happening in Sudan right now? Rights groups say the RSF paramilitary group committed mass atrocities as it seized the besieged city in North Darfur.

Rights groups say the RSF paramilitary group committed mass atrocities as it seized the besieged city in North Darfur.

29.10.2025 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 80    πŸ” 53    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 5
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Was DC’s β€˜No Kings’ protest a β€˜hate rally’? @premthakker.bsky.social brings you inside the US capital’s huge, historic mobilization β€” and speaks to Mehdi Hasan, Bill Nye, Chris Murphy, Al Green, and the protesters.
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social

Watch and read more: zeteo.com/p/no-king-tr...

19.10.2025 02:38 β€” πŸ‘ 572    πŸ” 102    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 5
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"Χ™Χ©Χ¨ΧΧœ האחרΧͺ" ΧžΧ¦Χ™Χ’Χ” ΧΧ•ΧœΧ™ ΧžΧ¦Χ€Χ•ΧŸ, אך לא Χ—Χ©Χ‘Χ•ΧŸ Χ Χ€Χ© Χ•Χ©Χ™Χ Χ•Χ™ | Χ“Χ’Χ” Χ”Χ‘Χ™Χ˜Χ•Χ™ "Χ’Χ¨ΧžΧ Χ™Χ” האחרΧͺ" Χ Χ›Χ Χ‘ ΧœΧ©Χ™Χ— Χ”Χ¦Χ™Χ‘Χ•Χ¨Χ™ Χ‘Χ™Χ©Χ¨ΧΧœ בראשיΧͺ Χ©Χ Χ•Χͺ ה–50, Χ‘ΧͺΧ§Χ•Χ€Χͺ הדיונים גל Χ”Χ‘Χ›ΧžΧ™ Χ”Χ©Χ™ΧœΧ•ΧžΧ™Χ, אך ΧžΧ§Χ•Χ¨Χ• ΧžΧ•Χ§Χ“Χ Χ‘Χ”Χ¨Χ‘Χ”: Χ’Χ™ΧͺΧ•ΧŸ קטן Χ‘Χ‘Χ¨ΧœΧ™ΧŸ של Χ©Χ Χ•Χͺ ה–20 נשא שם Χ–Χ”

Χ§Χ™Χ‘ΧœΧͺ Χ‘ΧžΧͺΧ Χ” Χ›ΧͺΧ‘Χ” מאΧͺΧ¨ הארΧ₯.
"Χ™Χ©Χ¨ΧΧœ האחרΧͺ" ΧžΧ¦Χ™Χ’Χ” ΧΧ•ΧœΧ™ ΧžΧ¦Χ€Χ•ΧŸ, אך לא Χ—Χ©Χ‘Χ•ΧŸ Χ Χ€Χ© Χ•Χ©Χ™Χ Χ•Χ™ | Χ“Χ’Χ”

www.haaretz.co.il/opinions/202...

Χ—Χ•Χ‘Χ” ΧœΧ§Χ¨Χ•Χ!

12.10.2025 03:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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She Was Denied an Abortion After Roe Fell. This Is a Year in Her Family’s Life. Tennessee law prohibits women from having abortions in nearly all circumstances. But once the babies are here, the state provides little help. We followed one family as they struggled to make it.

Due to Tennessee’s abortion ban, Mayron Hollis was forced to continue a pregnancy that threatened her life. An emergency delivery left her without a uterus and her baby with medical issues.

This was their first year in a post-Roe state (pub. Feb. 2024):

12.10.2025 01:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1053    πŸ” 490    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 37
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PAY ATTENTION: ICE is filing fake 911 calls in Chicago, weaponizing emergency services to provoke local police.

Ordinary citizens would be charged with a felony. ICE calls it strategy.

06.10.2025 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 4908    πŸ” 2677    πŸ’¬ 235    πŸ“Œ 224
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Amy King (@poemz) Dr. Jane Goodall recorded this interview in March 2025, with the understanding that it would be released only after her death. #drjanegoodall

RIP Jane Goodall, what a light
substack.com/@poemz/note/...

08.10.2025 06:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Beyond being a nut job, RFK Jr is also incredibly incompetent. Obviously, for an administration who's recruitment criteria are fealty, being White and/or a bully, competence isn't an issue. But still...

04.10.2025 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So diverse in skin tone (I saw the token Black girl) and in opinions.

30.09.2025 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bet it was one of the DOGE dudes

30.09.2025 19:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

FYI: in Israel, which despite its current psychotic status still has a better health system than in the US, #COVID vaccines are only recommended for people at risk (i.e., have a chronic illness, are 65+, are pregnant).
JFK Jr is mad as the Mad Hatter, but on the COVID vaccine he's not wrong.

09.09.2025 09:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@nicollewallace.bsky.social the ad for Deadline Whitehouse - you think "we should have faith it will all be ok" needs to be taken down. It's White privilege BS. Be ok for who? Immigrants deported to Rwanda? Black & Brown poor who were barely survived before and now don't have SNAP? #detached

01.09.2025 05:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What does this even mean?!?!?
Trump is clearly bumbling around, and may fail, but ending the war will entail taking into account Russia's demands.

19.08.2025 14:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

200 million for home improvements in the White House and 60 million to feed millions in Gaza.
But the world doesn't thank Trump enough.

02.08.2025 11:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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American Victims of Hamas and Hezbollah Attacks Sue U.N. Agency

Unf**king believable. The UN agencies should sue this people right back for defamation.
Pretty sure the evidence favours the UN agancies

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/w...

02.08.2025 11:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for interviewing Omer Bartov on the genocide in Gaza. You’re the last brave anchor on mainstream media, definitely on MSNBC

21.07.2025 04:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

@velshimsnbc.bsky.social Thank you for not spending the whole show on Epstein files, and focusing things that actually affect people's lives, like prices of meds and the potential firing of the Powell πŸ™πŸΌ

20.07.2025 05:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Annoying that EVERYTHING is behind a paywall. Can't pay for ALL the publications where I occasionally read/watch an item. Many publications provide 5-10 monthly items.
I would have loved to read and share this item with the few Left activists in Israel. We need such critique.

20.07.2025 03:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yet another whole show about the Epstein files, while Republicans gut funding for PBS, cut more from healthcare. The only people who care about Epstein are the media and some MAGA lunatics to whom you never pay attention to. Why now?! This bull* will end with a whimper just like Russiagate

18.07.2025 04:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Or a third option that Trump once again trolled the MSM and Dems getting you’all to babble endlessly about the Epstein nothingburger instead of Texas FEMA debacle, the big ugly bill, and abuse of immigrants in internment camps @krystalball.bsky.social

16.07.2025 04:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Israel enforcing Gaza evacuations with grenade-firing drones Israeli soldiers tell +972 they deliberately target Palestinian civilians with drone strikes so others will β€˜learn’ not to return.

How genocide works
@velshimsnbc.bsky.social @dropsitenews.com @ayman.msnbc.com

www.972mag.com/drones-grena...

13.07.2025 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Who's their presidential candidate?

11.07.2025 19:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

500 million?! That's stump-change. It's like 2 days of Israel's expense in Gaza.

11.07.2025 19:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A completely avoidable problem

09.07.2025 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Israeli soldiers in prayer getting ready to go kill more Palestinians, or returning from a kill.
Think of this next time people talk of Muslim jihadis.
@zeteo.com @krystalball.bsky.social @mehdirhasan.bsky.social

08.07.2025 07:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Lethal Risk of Seeking Food in Gaza

Finally, they noticed the carnage in Gaza at the @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/w...

26.06.2025 21:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Musk’s businesses have received 38 billion in government loans and contracts over 10 years.
#nationalizeMusk

11.06.2025 05:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This Trump-Musk fued is a distraction. It's amazing how MSM keeps falling into these "look, a bird!" trap. Focus on the actual dismantling of democracy the administration is doing, or even just focus on the corruption exposed by this soap opera drama #doYourJob

06.06.2025 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This Trump-Musk fued is a distraction. It's amazing how MSM keeps falling into these "look, a bird!" trap. Focus on the actual dismantling of democracy the administration is doing, or even just focus on the corruption exposed by this soap opera drama #doYourJob

06.06.2025 19:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#FIFA and the #Olympics committee have to immediately declare that they are moving the 2026 World Cup and 2028 Olympic Games to locations other than USA

05.06.2025 08:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

To be clear: a minimum of 18k children have killed by Israel, thousands are facing imminent death from starvation and preventable diseases. There tens of thousand of psychologically and physically traumatised parents and children. And all underwritten by the US tax payer.

21.05.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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