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Geoff B

@geoffb7.bsky.social

Still an optimist despite the mess the world is in . Transferring over from X .

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They lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they..

07.08.2025 21:34 β€” πŸ‘ 148    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 4
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Amnesty urges Met police not to arrest protesters supporting Palestine Action Rights group warns freedom of expression could be violated, as first people are charged with showing support for banned organisation

FREEDOM OF SPEECH?

Counter-terror police irresponsibly took down our legal briefing call.

Many hundreds attended on a new link.

β€œan open meeting scheduled on Zoom had been taken down after the company received a request from the Metropolitan police.”

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

07.08.2025 19:47 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3
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Free all Lebanese, Syrian and Palestinian Prisoners: Lebanon’s Captives in Zionist Jails Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network calls upon all international solidarity movements, human rights advocates and organizers for political prisoners to advocate for the liberation of a…

"Samidoun... calls upon all international solidarity movements, human rights advocates and organizers for political prisoners to advocate for the liberation of all Arab and Palestinian prisoners in Zionist jails, including the 16 Lebanese & at least 4 Syrian..."

samidoun.net/2025/08/free...
#Israel

07.08.2025 23:51 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4

Please re-post .

08.08.2025 20:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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James J. Zogby: "We've enabled genocide.. it is on the shoulders on the United States that this has happened, but your own govt in the UK.. also have a responsibility"

08.08.2025 05:44 β€” πŸ‘ 92    πŸ” 58    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Pope Leo Calls Migrants And Refugees β€˜Messengers Of Hope’ In A World β€˜Darkened By War And Injustice’ - America's Voice Migrants and refugees are β€œmessengers of hope” and a β€œtrue divine blessing” in a world often β€œdarkened by war and injustice,” Pope Leo XIV said in his most extensive remarks on migration since his ele...

Migrants and refugees are β€œmessengers of hope” and a β€œtrue divine blessing” in a world often β€œdarkened by war and injustice,” Pope Leo said in his most extensive remarks on migration since his election to the papacy in May: americasvoice.org/blog/pope-le...

07.08.2025 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 389    πŸ” 118    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4

She’s a Nazi .

08.08.2025 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Social media accounts of Palestinians desperate for funds are being flagged as spam People in Gaza use Bluesky to crowdfund for milk and diapers – repeated deletion of their profiles has spawned a guerrilla verification squad

This article by @jmbooyah.bsky.social is really good about the struggles that people from Gaza have on this platform and how Bluesky could have made different choices.

I’ll highlight the accounts of some of the Gazans in it below ❀️

08.08.2025 19:56 β€” πŸ‘ 173    πŸ” 159    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 5
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Donate to West Cork Walk 4 Gaza, organized by Sam Simpson Communities from all over West Cork are coming together on Saturday 9th August to β€˜Walk the Length o… Sam Simpson needs your support for West Cork Walk 4 Gaza

You can donate even if you can't attend. All money goes to MAP (Medical Aid For Palestinians) gofund.me/ee83bc33

08.08.2025 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0
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He doesn’t care about average Americans. Could it be any plainer?

08.08.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2483    πŸ” 848    πŸ’¬ 164    πŸ“Œ 41
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Lawrence O’Donnell, "The White House press corp is failing before our eyes"

"Donald Trump, the only president in history to have a best friend for ten years raping children nearly every day of those ten years"

"Trump's own justice department has said that Epstein raped over a thousand victims"

08.08.2025 19:47 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Only Good Brexit is a Dead Brexit Keynote for Labour in Europe in Brexit infested North Somerset

Shock Horror !!

Labour hold a public meeting about #Brexit disaster and nobody minds.

Just one person shows up to ask why there is no speaker to talk about the benefits of Brexit. They are offered a platform but can't think of any.

Read more via

rebootbritain.substack.com/p/the-only-g...

08.08.2025 07:15 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It's murdering for its own sake

08.08.2025 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 238    πŸ” 101    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 6
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A $200 million ballroom, and now this. He doesn’t ever plan on leaving.

08.08.2025 12:29 β€” πŸ‘ 9158    πŸ” 3667    πŸ’¬ 1629    πŸ“Œ 441

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦Kostiantynivka direction: The settlement of Poltavka is currently in the red zone, the enemy controls most of the village and is trying to consolidate in the north. They have not fully occupied the settlement yet, but I think they will do so soon; very heavy fighting is going on in this area!

08.08.2025 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

and rightfully so …

08.08.2025 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I beg you, save my daughter from death
I beg you and kiss your feet. Save my beloved daughter from death
I am a poor mother who cannot afford the surgery. I am a mother grieving over her daughter who will die without being saved
Oh God, give me the cost of the surgery

chuffed.org/project/1285...

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05.08.2025 00:51 β€” πŸ‘ 235    πŸ” 559    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 14

@geoffb7.bsky.social πŸ™πŸ»Please don't pass on my message. Save my baby girl's life. The campaign is pinned on my page.

08.08.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I am from Gaza a mother of three children and pregnant with a new spirit I live every day between the sounds of bombing and the silence of hungerI try to feed them with what remains of hope and hug them when my empty stomach is unable to hug them with food. I want to help. chuffed.org/project/hadir

07.08.2025 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 54    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 10

@mommunism.bsky.social Please, can you help me publish? My family and I really need help.πŸ™πŸ™πŸ‰

23.07.2025 23:17 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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We are a poor family with🚨 no food or money, living in harsh conditions.
We need just a little to buy flour and feed our hungry children.
Kind hearts, please help us β€” even the smallest support can save us from hunger.πŸ‰πŸ™πŸ™πŸ˜­πŸ˜­
chuffed.org/project/1370...

25.07.2025 00:37 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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> "My brother was martyred while searching for a bag of flour… He went out to feed us, and returned wrapped in a shroud.
> "My brother was martyred for a piece of bread… A bag of flour cost him his life."

Why, God?
chuffed.org/project/1370...

30.07.2025 23:07 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
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Leena, Abdul, and their children need your help to survive in Gaza Leena, Abdul, and their children need your help to survive in Gaza

I am Abed, a lawyer. I lost my office and home in the bombing. My wife is sick without treatment. My children cry from hunger. I have nothing left. Please, anyone with a kind heart, help us survive. Life has become impossible.πŸ‰πŸ™
chuffed.org/project/1370...

16.07.2025 21:41 β€” πŸ‘ 92    πŸ” 115    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 16
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This is do fecking wrong on so many counts. A man who tries to undermine democracy here given a fecking freebie paid for by the UK Taxpayer. Some Taxpayers who can't afford a holiday subbing this man and his family who seem to be on a permanent holiday at that.

07.08.2025 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 121    πŸ” 74    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 7
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"We have seen more aid arrive, particularly in terms of aid drops. What difference has that made?"

James Elder from UNICEF: "Next to none.. these are distractions.. these are designed to reduce pressure from the international community"

08.08.2025 10:55 β€” πŸ‘ 300    πŸ” 152    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 4

Turns out the minister for homelessness is a rogue landlord. Why doesn't this surprise me?

07.08.2025 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 237    πŸ” 51    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 1
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Warning of NHS staffing crisis as fifth of doctors tempted to move abroad General Medical Council warns of β€˜ongoing risks to retention of doctors’ in latest report

"43 per cent of doctors surveyed said they had researched career opportunities in other countries, and 15 per cent had taken β€œhard steps” towards working outside the UK – such as applying for roles overseas or contacting recruiters": save the NHS, pay Doctors properly. share.google/0b9GQ20fSb7b...

08.08.2025 12:23 β€” πŸ‘ 257    πŸ” 85    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 6

I bet what really happened is this that Israel canceled further orders since there is nothing left to bomb

08.08.2025 13:18 β€” πŸ‘ 104    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 1

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