Wendy Russell

A centered logo featuring a golden eagle with outstretched wings. On the eagle’s chest is a shield in the colors of the Palestinian flag (black, white, green, and red). Beneath the eagle, Arabic text reads “فلسطين.” Below the emblem, there is black Arabic calligraphy that translates to “Government Media Office,” with the same phrase written in English underneath.

The Government Media Office in Gaza reported that the Israeli occupation has committed 282 violations since the beginning of the ceasefire agreement, resulting in the killing of 242 Palestinians and the injury of 620 others.

Read my statement on IDF soldiers platformed at Canadian universities here: www.heathermcpherson.ca/statement_on...

Pushing, yelling from Conservative leadership ‘sealed the deal’ on defection: d’Entremont | CBC News Nova Scotia MP Chris d’Entremont says pushing and yelling from Conservative Party leadership ‘sealed the deal’ on his choice to cross the floor to the Liberals earlier this week.

More evidence of the continuing debasement of Canadian politics by increasingly unserious right wing politicians. Conservatives at every level of government in Canada are just absurd. Canadians deserve so much better. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.

“…a teenager who believes art, style and a good mystery belong to ordinary life. One photo turned him into a symbol. Meeting him confirms he is, reassuringly, real.” What a delight.

apnews.com/article/louv... man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo

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Co-signed.

‘Heroic actions are a natural tendency’: why bystander apathy is a myth Modern research shows the public work together selflessly in an emergency, motivated by a strong impulse to help

‘Heroic actions are a natural tendency’: why bystander apathy is a myth www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Gaza’s water turns deadly as Israel’s genocide leaves toxic aftermath As the homes of Gaza’s families lie in ruins, its farmlands and water supply now pose lethal risks.

As the homes of Gaza’s families lie in ruins, its farmlands and water supply now pose lethal risks.

Incredible, first-of-their-kind images show an orca being born in Norway — and the rest of its pod forming a protective circle Scientists with the Norwegian Orca Survey and Orca Channel have documented, for the first time and in astounding detail, the birth of an orca and the newborn's first hour.

www.livescience.com/animals/orca...

YouTube video by Middle East Eye 'The anti-Mamdani Zionist plot': explained by Simone Zimmerman and Katie Halper | MEE Live

Excellent analysis of, first, how completely the bigoted politics of fear were repudiated in the Mamdani campaign and election. And second how easily the Democrats could squander this moment by failing to stand for everyone in NYC against the next wave of those politics. youtube.com/watch?v=uxtY...

“Comically out of touch” is the phrase for the times.

Republicans thought they had a permanent hold over young men. They didn't.

Spanberger wins men 18-29 by 14%, Sherrill by 10%, and Mamdani by a stunning 40%.

This media shop, whew, they have stepped ⬆️!

Fascism is back. Hoods and all...

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC Today is only the beginning.

No matter the outcome, the most interesting interviews that will happen in coming months will be with this campaign’s media shop. Pitch perfect. youtube.com/watch?v=1jRI...

H-2A visas for white South African workers have surged 1,300% since 2011 | Arkansas Advocate Every year, hundreds of thousands of foreign workers come to the U.S. to fill temporary agricultural labor shortages through the H-2A program — a system first introduced in 1986 to address shortages i...

H-2A visas for white South African workers have surged 1,300% since 2011 arkansasadvocate.com/2025/06/12/h...

Yes, defend SNAP, but making econometric arguments about it saving other costs or increasing productivity is losing the plot.

As Elaine Brown said, "Because we are so used to the capitalist construct, it doesn’t occur to us that we have a human right to eat; because if you don’t eat you will die."

Michel de Cryptadamus (@cryptadamus) guess who’s been buying up argentina’s beef producers (hint: it’s Howard Lutnick’s stablecoin company Tether who bought Adecoagro outright a few months ago)

Trump’s Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick’s company, Tether, bought up beef producers in Argentina

substack.com/@cryptadamus...

11Alive news headline: "Woman sits in car for 14 hours to get food during New Birth Baptist church food giveaway More than 2,000 people waited in their cars in line Saturday morning in order to receive food."

Here in Atlanta yesterday, more than 2,000 people waited in their cars—one woman for 14 hours—for a box of food. The giveaway ended early; there wasn't enough to go around.

Multiply this scene by countless others across the country, and you get a sense of how crushing the desperation is right now.

They Went on a Hunger Strike for a Gaza Ceasefire. What's Next? "Every day that we don't get to a ceasefire is another day when Palestinian men and women and children will be killed."

and fwiw I first interviewed Mamdani two years ago at this point, when he went on hunger strike outside the White House for a ceasefire in Gaza

'This is not a game,' Carney says as he signals he's ready to fight election over federal budget | CBC News Prime Minister Mark Carney signalled at the close of the APEC summit that he'd be prepared to fight an election over the upcoming federal budget — remarks that set the stage for a parliamentary showdo...

#Carney is ready to take up a principled fight to defend his agenda of austerity, militarism, attacks on immigrants, law and order, environmental degradation and an assault on Indigenous rights. How noble of him!
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

They Want You Relying On Artificial Intelligence So That You Will Lose Your Natural Intelligence Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):

They Want You Relying On Artificial Intelligence So That You Will Lose Your Natural Intelligence

They want you to require easily controllable software to form your understanding of the world, and to express that understanding to others.

www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/they-want-...

The Washington Post with a story about how remaking an institution to appeal to the pro-Trump right doesn't help the bottom line.

“There’s also loads of rapid responders with vests and whistles patrolling making sure families can enjoy the holiday in peace.” Power to the people.

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US will limit number of refugees to 7,500 and give priority to white South Africans Low number represents a dramatic drop after US previously allowed in hundreds of thousands of people fleeing war and persecution

WHITES ONLY! Trump will restrict the number of refugees allowed in the US next year to just 7,500 – and those will mostly go to white South Africans.

So, you can’t use race to help Black people after centuries of discrimination, but you can use it to help white people who have never been oppressed.

Look Out for These 8 Big Ag Greenwashing Terms at COP30 Food and farming companies will claim agriculture is the solution to the climate crisis at the Brazil summit — even though the sector drives a third of global warming.

Now, with #COP30 just two weeks away, this is helpful!

Almost enough for a bingo card.

www.desmog.com/2025/10/26/b...

Alternative federal budget 2026: Agriculture - CCPA What the Canadian government should do on agriculture. Because true independence needs a new economic model.

“…develop a non-market farmland acquisition program in the peri-urban areas of every province to ensure Class 1 and 2 farmland is available for food production at rental/lease rates aligned with the land’s food production value”

YES PLEASE 🙏

www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...