Meloni's comments today: bsky.app/profile/drop...

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Spain and Italy are sending warships to protect unarmed citizens bringing aid to the starving people of Gaza. Israel is a terror state engaged in deliberate mass starvation and killing of civilians. We need full sanctions. Full boycott and international action to end the genocide.

"No single state should have veto power. And, if a member of the Security Council violates the UN Charter, its voting rights should be suspended." Finnish President Alexander Stubb nails it, at #UNGA80 www.presidentti.fi/en/statement...

Spain: confirmed vessel backing Sumud will be the Furor P-46, a high-seas patrol ship of the Spanish Navy. Launched in 2017, [it]...is 93 meters long and crewed by 52... sailors. PM Sánchez said the ship, departing from Cartagena, is fully equipped to aid the flotilla/conduct rescues if required.

Mediterranean. The offshore patrol ship Furor will depart from Cartagena ready to assist/rescue flotilla boats carrying aid. Spain...rallied 17 countries behind a joint warning that any attack on the flotilla will bring accountability before int'l courts. Italy has also sent a frigate to the area.

🚨🇪🇸 Breaking: Spain has dispatched a navy vessel to support the Global Sumud Flotilla heading to Gaza. Speaking from New York, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Spain “condemns the genocide” in Gaza and demanded Israel uphold international law and allow Spanish citizens to sail safely in the...

UN Special Rapporteur Albanese calls on all states with a Mediterranean port to “send navies now” to protect the Global Sumud Flotilla as it continues on with its mission to break Israel’s illegal siege on Gaza.

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The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

A ninth explosion reported near Huga.

Canada *shouldn't* be in line w the US on Palestine. If we were, we'd be isolated from 156 states that recognize 🇵🇸+ on side of fuelling & apologizing for annexation & genocide. Not thanks. Carney defends recognizing Palestine despite Trump threat www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art... #UNGA80

Last night, the Global Sumud Flotilla was attacked by 12 drones in int’l waters. Italy has deployed its navy to support the flotilla. The world must protect the flotilla as it tries to break Israel’s illegal siege on Gaza.

⚒️ BREAKING: Italian Union Threatens ‘General Strike Without Notice’ if Flotilla Blocked Italy’s Unione Sindacale di Base (USB) - the Rank-and-File Union - has announced a “permanent mobilization” in 100 squares across the country in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla...

Breaking: The Palestinian Red Crescent says the oxygen station at Al-Quds Hospital in Gaza City has shut down after Israeli forces opened fire, leaving only three days of oxygen supplies. Military vehicles are blocking the hospital’s southern gate, trapping staff and patients.

Shouldn’t the United Nations be in a country that respected the United Nations?

French President Emmanuel #Macron: "All lives are equally valuable. And the duty that we all have is to protect one another – a duty that is indivisible, just like our humanity.." "I declare that, today, France recognizes the State of Palestine."

Thousands in Naples shut down the city’s central train station.

🇮🇹BREAKING: Italy Sees Massive General Strike in Solidarity With Gaza Italy is seeing a powerful 24-hr general strike today, Sept. 22, as millions of workers across transport, education, logistics, and other sectors are expected to join protests for Gaza. The strike has... @ryangrim.bsky.social

@amnesty.org has released a report on the "global political economy” enabling genocide against Palestinians. The report names Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Elbit Systems, Hyundai and Palantir, among others.

When I turned 40 a friend told me it's important to dress your age. I'm now 63, and I still haven't figured it out.

BREAKING: The Congressional Progressive Caucus, representing about 100 lawmakers, has endorsed the Block the Bombs Act to halt U.S. weapons for Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza. It would stop transfers of JDAMs, 2,000-lb bombs, tank rounds, and 155mm shells until Israel ends human rights violations.

Three days after the UN inquiry declares "genocide" in Gaza the Carney government says they are still waiting for "all the evidence" before taking a stand. What an epic moral failure.

This is amazing... Irish President Michael D Higgins on the importance of the arts. And yes, Kneecap pops up in the video. www.facebook.com/share/v/17U3...

President Ireland:"Cultural in all its glory plays a critical role..a crucial vehicle for active citizen participation and inclusion" UNESCO Convention on Protection of Diversity of Cultural Expression 2005 still NOT adopted by Canada🇨🇦 2025 @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social

🟠 Breaking: Israel Mandates GHF Use Only Israeli Products for Gaza Aid JNS reports the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation must now source and package all food for Gaza inside Israel under new regulations. Previously, GHF bought from suppliers in both Israel and the West Bank. Israel's Prime Minister's...

Cruise ships Anthem of the Seas & Norwegian Joy are here to administer a 29 hour dose of toxic emissions — equivalent to 99,789 semi-trucks idling in Victoria — today alone. It would be against the law if my neighbor had 1 truck idling in front of my house, never mind thousands. #yyj #climatecrisis

‘We pray a visa comes before death’: Gaza’s injured children left in limbo

You know things are rough when the AAUP's advice on how to use social media is just "set all your accounts to private."

Essential resource. Also: it would help greatly if BlueSky allowed users to lock their accounts.

Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s, is stepping back from the brand due to its parent company, Unilever’s attempts to stifle the brand’s mission of social justice— particularly in regards to the brand’s support for Palestine.

Delighted to see the Pacific Northwest Coast @fairsailing.bsky.social is now part of this community @jolocktov.bsky.social

#Israel forces occupying southern #Syria have destroyed homes, forcibly displaced civilians, in absence of immediate threat. These are war crimes. @kajakallas.bsky.social: #EU should press for accountability & seek sanctions on officials responsible of violations. www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

How many commissions, committees, experts, academics & human rights groups? How many voices from the ground in Gaza? How many - all naming, decrying & condemning genocide - will it take?

Just wrapped up cross-Canada CBC radio interviews on the UN Commission of Inquiry report documenting Israel's genocide in Gaza. This time, Canada must take the report seriously and act on the recommendations. No more empty laments & regrets @mark-carney.bsky.social @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social.

Italy is set to make 4 October a national public holiday once again - for the first time in nearly half a century - in honour of Saint Francis of Assisi.

We saw the genocide coming. The risk was obvious. It played out in real time. We testified, screamed & wrote: the obligation exists to prevent genocide, not just do something after the fact. For too long, the response was a shrug. Silence. Everything must be done to end the genocide of Gaza. Now.

A UN commission of inquiry concluded that Israel has committed four of the five genocidal acts defined under the 1948 Genocide Convention, and has such called on governments worldwide to stop sending weapons to Israel. mondoweiss.net/2025/09/un-i... #Palestine #Israel

Israel is destroying everything in Gaza City in order to force its Palestinian residents out. It targeted schools, water tanks, internet access points, solar panels, and high-rise buildings. “They are shutting down every service that keeps a human alive.”

Climate advocates within the Liberal party are finding common cause and voice, on the eve of parliament's resumption. “I was not elected to parliament to either bite my tongue or not use my brain,” Will Greaves, freshman MP for Victoria, told me. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/11/a...

Progressive crits of “urbanism” can miss the specificity of Canada’s urban history. The big cities 1950-1975 built tons of apartments; that *did* help keep them affordable. Suburban flight was not the whole story. Not even close. iwouldprefernotto.substack.com/p/cities-are...

@davidhewson.com Historic centre of Rome 25 yrs ago and Rome today are very different city centres with increase in traffic. Many young Roman families can no longer afford to live in the city, commute in for work now. Plus increase in mass tourism has had a large impact according to Roman friends.

@wgreaves.bsky.social why is the Government of Canada silent about the atrocities occurring in Gaza City? The situation there is beyond desperate. Why are students who are accepted to study at CDN universities unable to secure study visas?

Invasion of Gaza City already began two weeks ago with onslaught of bombing by IOF, destroying urban infrastructure, roads, human rights groups offices, attacks on hospitals with bombs designed for military warfare not urban spaces. Unconscionable @mark-carney.bsky.social @bobbyrae48.bsky.social

Dante Alighieri, known as the father of the Italian language, died on this day in 1321.

Rome, Italy 🇮🇹

The first part of this headline 👇 is destroying hope for the second part of it. States like Canada must not only recognize Palestine but prevent its erasure by Israel. Israeli strikes kill 40 Palestinians in Gaza as UN endorses two-state solution: www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

Gaza. 23 months of genocide. More than one child killed every hour. Sit with that, hear that clock of death relentlessly ticking away the hours. 20,000 children, killed in 23 months. Ask yourself. Why have we not yet stopped this?

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