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In Burkina Faso, thousands participated in the National Tree Day event on June 21, 2025, aiming to plant 5 million trees in one hour as part of an ambitious campaign against desertification.

The government, led by Captain Ibrahim Traoré, was joined by international organizations, ministries, and local communities to promote a "greener, healthier and more liveable Burkina Faso."

peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/24…

#africa

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The All-New Big Tech American School


#politics #education #society #GAFAM #lobotomy

Last week, we were sent a video of Emily Brownlee, a former high school teacher and mother of four, speaking before the Kansas State Department of Education. As a parent, teacher, and an Ambassador for ScreenStrong, Emily has deep firsthand insights into the impacts of digital technology on children’s health, well-being, and education.1

In just three minutes, she captured the educational damage that is happening in classrooms as digital technology takes over the school day.


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The All-New Big Tech American School

A mother and former teacher sums up in 3 minutes what happened when schools became "Silicon Valley profit centers”
Emily Brownlee, M. Ed. (After Babel)

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VU du 25/06/2025 : Milliardaires et médias en France

Un regard impertinent et libre, orchestré par Patrick Menais et son équipe, sur le monde de l’image.

En avant-première du lundi au samedi à 17h00 sur Facebook, Twitter et YouTube.

Du lundi au samedi à 20h00 sur France 5.

facebook.com/vufrancetv
twitter.com/VuFrancetv

VU

VU. 87,287 likes · 1,418 talking about this. Un regard impertinent et libre, orchestré par Patrick Menais et son équipe, sur le monde de l'image. Tous les jours du lundi au samedi à 20h00 sur France...
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A las 17h. volvemos con un nuevo programa de #CGTenAcción en RÀDIO KLARA en el que hablaremos de la #huelga en #Correos contra el #AcuerdoMarco, nueva manifestación para exigir la #CarlosMazónDimisión, los bomberos andaluces dicen basta, 236 muertes por #accidentelaboral #TerrorismoPatronal, Martín Villa investigado por crímenes contra la humanidad, #agenda, novedades de La Distri...

Escucha #CGTenAcción269 en RÀDIO KLARA 104.4FM #València ¡Porque nuestra lucha también está en las ondas!

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Ygor

"Ecology without class war is gardening"

Saw this on a sticker in the street in France. The original quote was "l'écologie sans lutte de classes c'est du jardinage"

ETA: quote attributed to Brazilian environmentalist and trade union leader Chico Mendes (1944–1988). In Portuguese: "Ecologia sem luta de classes é jardinagem".

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Ce matin, j‘ai tondu l’herbe dans le jardin. Cette herbe que je croyais indescriptible mais dont je veux partager avec vous la description qu’en fait Victor Hugo dans l’Archipel de la Manche : « C’est l’herbe de partout… vous y trouverai des fétuques et des pâturins comme dans la première herbe venue, plus le cynodon pied-de-poule et la glycérie flottante, plus le brome mollet aux épillets en fuseau, plus le phalaris des Canaries, l’agrostide qui donne une teinture verte, l’ivraie ray-grass, le lupin jaune, la houlque, qui a de la laine sur sa tige, la flouve qui sent bon, l’amourette qui tremble, le souci pluvial, l’ail sauvage, dont la fleur est si douce et l’odeur si âcre, la fléole, le vulpin, dont l’épi semble une petite massue, le stipe, propre à faire des paniers, l’élyme utile à fixer les sables mouvants. … »
Je m’arrête là, ce n’est pas la dictée de Pivot mais je précise que la description continue, toute aussi détaillée concernant les fleurs et les insectes, aussi imagée et riche en vocabulaire. En lisant cela on s’aperçoit de l’effondrement de la connaissance qui ne concerne plus que les "zexperts". À l’époque (1883) ils n’avaient ni Google, ni Wikipédia mais ils savaient les choses. Une image vaut mille mots dit-on, mais à force d’en voir tant, on devient aveugle. Le siècle qui est le nôtre s’est enfoncé dans un gouffre d’ignorance. Il n’y a qu’à écouter les réponses d’élèves interrogés en micro-trottoir sur la manière qu’ils ont eu d’aborder les sujets de dissertation proposés pour leur dissertation de philo, pour constater le vide abyssal qui a envahi nos cervelles d’HPE « surdoués ».
À force d’images TikTok, on ne sait plus parler. L’appauvrissement du vocabulaire mène à des descriptions sommaires : ça va, ça/va pas, gentil/méchant, triste/gai, positif/négatif. Cette lecture réduite des problématiques entraîne une vision sommaire du monde d'où des grossièretés et des insultes, faute de moyen (d’expression). Résultat : on se poignarde dans la cour des écoles, on se bat en famille, on se défonce à mourir, ou l’on quitte la table des négociations parce qu’on s’y ennuie. La diplomatie ? La diplo quoi ? Toujours le même millier de mots répétés en boucle, ou larguer soudain un G9 pour rentrer chez soi en compagnie de sa bande de béotiens en bredouillant qu’on a « autre chose à faire », sous-entendu que de discuter avec des subalternes indécis et confus, des chefs de pseudo grands états, mais qu’on toise d’un regard méprisant…
Notre monde se précipite vers sa fin devant les caméras. Face à l’ignorance crasse des dictateurs, n’y a-t-il d’autre issue que d’espérer se faire promptement remplacer par une Intelligence Artificielle à qui l'on accorde tous les crédits ?
Nous vivons une ère ténébreuse qui ne s’éclaire la nuit que lorsque les missiles du dôme de fer interceptent roquettes / bombes longues portées venues de l’étranger…
Alors, j’ai replié le journal, et je suis retourné m’allonger dans l’herbe pour lire Victor l’exilé…
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🍉 Mlah Lalalah

Ok miod, t'as raison peut être même sur les deux tableaux, mais n'empêche que le billet de CharlElie est bien senti quand même ! Ah les cervelles d'HPE surdoués, sont surtout dotées des égos surdimensionnés de leurs parents, hein 😀 Notre monde ne court pas à sa perte, il s'y rend en trottinette nucléaire ! Parce que la biodiversité semble avoir aussi sacrément chuté aussi depuis d'Hugo a écrit ce texte... En pleine nature, où je suis pourtant, je dénombre à peine 3 ou 4 espèces de graminées et même pauvre nombre de variétés de fleurs sauvages guimauves, paquerettes, marguerites, l'achillée millefeuilles... après le solstice... une ou deux espèces de papillons (sylenes, tabacs d'Espagne, piérides, citrons...)

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Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani shocked the Democratic Party establishment by defeating former Governor Andrew Cuomo in a New York City Democratic mayoral primary that often focused on Mamdani's support for Palestinian rights and the BDS movement.

mondoweiss.net/2025/06/mamdani…

#Palestine #Israel #Gaza
@palestine @israel


Mamdani stuns Democratic Party establishment, declares victory in NYC mayoral primary

Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani shocked the Democratic Party establishment by defeating former Governor Andrew Cuomo in a New York City Democratic mayoral primary that often focused on Mamdani’s support for Palestinian rights and the BDS movement.
Michael Arria (Mondoweiss)

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Jewish philosophy and influence has an eternal, built-in self-destruction mechanism. They want to proudly proclaim to be the originators of progressive policies, feminism, abortion, gay marriage, transgenderism, socialism, eugenics, state and academic influence and advisor roles, social movements, finance, entertainment, social media, tech, ‘diversity’ (forced immigration), etc. while simultaneously claiming they have no influence or control over world affairs or social engineering whatsoever.

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The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the Trump administration's human trafficking practices, allowing the government to deport individuals to countries where they face torture, slavery, or death without providing any explanation or due process.

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#usa #uspol


Supreme Court Blesses Human Trafficking With No Explanation In Stunning Abandonment Of Rule Of Law

The Supreme Court just gave the Trump administration a green light to traffic humans to random countries around the world—including war zones where migrants face torture, slavery, or death. And the…
Techdirt

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Senado vota aumento no número de deputados: Brasil precisa de mais parlamentares?
https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/articles/c4gdzrj8vy2o?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Aumento no número de deputados: Brasil precisa de mais parlamentares?

Senado vota nesta quarta-feira (25/6) projeto de lei, já aprovado pela Câmara, que aumenta o número de deputados federais, de 513 para 531.
BBC News Brasil

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NPS (Death Valley)

"DEATH VALLEY, Calif. – Early morning on June 19, a truck caught fire while descending Towne Pass on California Highway 190 within Death Valley National Park...

Park Rangers were the first on scene, but the National Park Service’s fire truck is out of the park for maintenance and inspection...

In 2024, six tractor trailers and one 5th wheel RV caught on fire on CA-190 within Death Valley National Park. Most of these incidents were caused by overheated brakes while descending steep grades. Commercial trucks are not advised on CA-190 through Death Valley National Park due to steep grades. "

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#NPS #fire #DeathValley


Tractor Trailer Fire on CA-190 within Death Valley National Park - Death Valley National Park (U.S. National Park Service)

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Establishment Democrats worked overtime to oppose progressive upstart Zohran Mamdani in New York City’s mayoral primary race
— and yet, claim to be baffled over why the Democratic Party is losing support, freshly ousted Democratic activist David Hogg said in a fiery post on Monday.
“The same establishment that is spending millions to destroy Zohran will say in a few months that we need to spend millions on polling and testing to win back young people.
Open your god damn eyes — it’s free,” Hogg wrote, the day before the primary election on Tuesday.
Indeed, like most major left-leaning candidates in the U.S., Mamdani is no stranger to attacks from establishment politicians and their donors.
truthout.org/articles/david-ho…

David Hogg: Same Dems Opposing Mamdani Question Why Party’s Losing Young Voters

Democratic operatives are spending big on consultants in attempts to win back support.
Sharon Zhang (Truthout)

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“The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation and foreign commerce.”

~ James Madison
(1751-1836), Father of the Constitution for the USA, 4th US President
Federalist No. 45

Quotation by James Madison

"The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite.
LibertyQuotes

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BRICS Calls For WMD-Free Zone in Middle East sputnikglobe.com/20250625/bric…

BRICS Calls For WMD-Free Zone in Middle East

The BRICS countries have called for the creation of a zone free of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East, a joint communique published by Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
Sputnik International

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How Bird Flu Went from Devastating Poultry Farms to Infecting Dairy Herds
https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-bird-flu-went-from-devastating-poultry-farms-to-infecting-dairy-herds/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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How Bird Flu Went from Devastating Poultry Farms to Infecting Dairy Herds

The bird flu was long known to poultry farmers. Here’s why the dairy industry was caught off guard by its jump to cattle.
Meghan Bartels (Scientific American)

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[ Android Police: This new Android feature is awful and there's no way to turn it off ]
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Or you can do what I used to do in meetings...

PUT MY PHONE ON DND!

Kids these days......


This new Android feature is awful and there's no way to turn it off

The Android 16 feature Google got terribly wrong
Parth Shah (Android Police)

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“No power but Congress can declare war, but what is the value of this constitutional provision, if the President of his own authority may make such military movements as must bring on war?”

~ Daniel Webster
(1782-1852) US Senator

Quotation by Daniel Webster

"No power but Congress can declare war, but what is the value of this constitutional provision, if the President of his own authority may make such military movements as must bring on war?" ~ Daniel Webster
LibertyQuotes

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Huawei aggressively expanding, despite US threats against anyone, anywhere using their chips. It's really heart warming to see a cooperatively owned company becoming dominant in the tech sector.

youtu.be/NYLXubOBZDs

#technology #china #huawei


Huawei aggressively expanding, despite US threats against anyone, anywhere using their chips

The US Commerce Department has announced criminal penalties and fines against any person or company across the world who uses Huawei AI chips.But Huawei is n...
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Zohran Mamdani’s apparent victory late Tuesday night represented a sharp rebuke of the Democratic Party establishment

It represented, he said, the ascendance of a new Democratic coalition, one that prioritized the needs of the working class over those of the elite.
“We have won because New Yorkers have stood up for a city they can afford,” he said.
“A city where they can do more than just struggle. One where those who toil in the night can enjoy the fruits of their labor in the day.”
nytimes.com/2025/06/25/nyregio…

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@Theaitetos (Рцяэыоод) - sad news:

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#Fox #Foxes #MikaylaRaines #animals


YouTube’s Save A Fox founder Mikayla Raines dies from suicide after online harassment

Save a Fox founder and popular YouTuber Mikayla Raines has died after taking her own life due to bullying and harassment.
Virginia Glaze (Dexerto)
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Carter Braxton

@mudflap Is that reason enough to be a soft, fucking, pussy suicidal? We have all gotten bullied in multiple ways. Those moments were and still are, opportunities to overcome and win not to surrender and die. It's unforgivable, it's weak and it's superficial.

Imagine caring that much about gaining the acceptance of people, especially people one never even met, that their negative, presumable opinions or attitudes causes one to prefer suicide. That is utter vanity and there may be a special place in hell for people that vain, weak and shallow. Who will take care of her foxes now that she never really cared about them in the first place? She just cared about what favorable opinions, that others had for her.

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Jean-Pascal Zadi : interview avec l'acteur et réalisateur du film Le Grand Déplacement | GQ France


#cinéma

Oh purée ça a l'air mortel. Zadi me fait mourir de rire, il est génial.

gqmagazine.fr/article/jean-pas…


Jean-Pascal Zadi : interview avec l'acteur et réalisateur du film Le Grand Déplacement

Cinq ans après le carton Tout simplement noir, Jean-Pascal Zadi repasse derrière la caméra avec Le Grand Déplacement, une comédie perchée dans laquelle des scientifiques africains partent à la recherche d’une planète un peu plus habitable.
Adam Sanchez (GQ France)

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fascinating how every culture has its own legends - in Germany our neighbors were horrified we put ice in our drinks - they said it was bad for the stomach. To this day with few exceptions I prefer drinks room temp or hot

@wesyang
I was told by my Korean mother that I could die from an electric fan left running while asleep and only learned well into adulthood that this was an urban legend unique to Koreans

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PNG is back!

programmax.net/articles/png-is… (by Chris Blume)

A new PNG spec was just released! […]

[…] After 20 years of stagnation, PNG is back with renewed vigor!

What's new?

* Proper HDR support (future‐proof, too!)

* Finally recognizes APNGs (animations!)

* Officially supports Exif data

* General tidying up—fixing errata, clarifications, etc.

#png

PNG is back!

After 20 years, PNG is back with renewed vigor! A new PNG spec was just released.
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"Trapping AI" – Slight Update! 🌀

Activity in the "Trapping AI" project is accelerating: in just under a month, over 26 million requests have hit our tarpit URLs 🕳️. Vast volumes of meaningless content were devoured by AI crawlers — ruthless digital leeches that relentlessly scour and pillage the web, leaving no data untouched.

In the coming days, we’ll roll out a new layer of complexity — amplifying both the intensity and offensiveness of our approach. This escalation builds on fakejpeg, a tool developed by @pengfold.

🖼️ fakejpeg generates fake JPEGs on the fly. You "train" it with a collection of existing JPEGs, and once trained, it can produce an arbitrary number of things that look like real JPEGs — perfect for feeding aggressive web crawlers junk 🗑️.

Explore fakejpeg: github.com/gw1urf/fakejpeg

Learn more about "Trapping AI": algorithmic-sabotage.github.io…

See the tarpit in action: content.asrg.site/

A captured screenshot of a page generated by a tarpit (built on babble, a standalone LLM crawler-tarpit binary), deployed as part of the ongoing ‘Trapping AI’ operation — an endless stream of deterministic bollocks that traps crawlers on a single site and forces them to endlessly navigate a constantly expanding sea of pages 🌊. Each new page spawns additional layers of meaningless text and dozens of links, dragging them ever deeper into the tarpit 🕳️.

GitHub - gw1urf/fakejpeg: Generate files that are almost JPEGs with random data. Possibly useful in feeding aggressive web crawlers.

Generate files that are almost JPEGs with random data. Possibly useful in feeding aggressive web crawlers. - gw1urf/fakejpeg
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It is difficult to summon any kind of language to describe the age of Israeli barbarity and horror and remain sane. #Israel #Netanyahu #JewishHitler #warcriminal #Zionazis #Jewishterrorists #psychopaths #hasbara #OccupiedWestBank #Gaza #Palestine #genocide #Iran #CrimesAgainstHumanity #USA #warcrimes theshot.net.au/uncategorized/t…

The end of reality - The Shot

Our establishment has asked us to believe that up is down, and that might is right. That this slaughter is ok. They are lying to you.
Omar Sakr (The Shot)

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I'm curious how many agencies know the that body bags with ice in them can save lives in heatwaves?

J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open
. 2020 Jan 8;1(1):49–52. doi: 10.1002/emp2.12007

A body bag can save your life: a novel method of cold water immersion for heat stroke treatment

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/…

#heatwaves #heatstroke #heat

A body bag can save your life: a novel method of cold water immersion for heat stroke treatment - PMC

Non‐exertional heat stroke is a life‐threatening condition characterized by passive exposure to high ambient heat, a core body temperature of 40°C (104°F) or greater, and central nervous system dysfunction. Rapid cooling is imperative to minimize ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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Hey folks - for health reasons (mine, not hers!) I may need to soon re-home my amazing cat, Smalltalk! If you live in the SF Bay Area and might be interested, please ping me! She's truly a wonderful sweet creature! (She'd do best as an only pet.)

(Update 6/27: I’ve found a couple wonderful humans and am exploring options w them. Thank you all for your help!)

A small brown and white cat gazes up while laying on a rug behind an Apple Magic Keyboard. She has one white paw on the space bar. She's extremely cute.
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High-resolution mapping reveals ocean carbon sink detail


image

Ocean acidification is detrimental to coral reefs

As atmospheric carbon dioxide levels continue to rise, the ocean plays a crucial role in helping to reduce the full impact of human-driven climate change by absorbing roughly a quarter of the carbon dioxide emitted by human activity. However, this uptake is far from uniform across the global ocean. A new satellite-based product can now map the ocean carbon sink at unprecedented resolution, offering unique insights into this highly variable and complex component of Earth’s climate system.

#earth #science #space #esa #europeanspaceagency
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Publishes RSS/Atom feeds to Diaspora*
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Well! Some excellent news! Fuck you, Cuomo and all your rotten neolib Dems like you. Breath of fresh air.

commondreams.org/news/zohran-m…


Zohran Mamdani Delivers Stunning Blow to 'Billionaire-Backed Status Quo' in NYC

"The people of New York City proved that a movement powered by hope, courage, and working people can beat the money of billionaires," said one Mamdani supporter.
jake-johnson (Common Dreams)
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FIAR Light

@tomcapuder Well--this was just a primary so the next part is beating the repugniqant and/or that asshole Adams. I think he'll do OK--and yes. Once he is mayor, we know how nasty and corrupt politicos can be to preserve funding and turf....I'll be surprised if he lives to the end of the term, frankly.

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« … voiced outrage at what they see as an attack on free speech and solidarity with Palestine… »⁣⁣⁣

🔗 · youtube.com/watch?v=lhJ9oH7BqX…

#Palestine #ceasefire #FreePalestine @palestine⁣⁣

🕊️ 🇵🇸 🍉 🙏🏻 ✌️ ☮️


Protests erupt after UK bans Palestine Action movement

Following the UK government’s decision to officially ban the activist group Palestine Action, protesters rallied in cities across the country in defiance. De...
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Hi, here's my #Introduction, it seems to be the done thing. I'm a fifty-something man, my world is small. I have my #family and my #dog. I grow #vegetables, I #swim, I try to eat well, sleep well, and move well, and generally stay alive. I love #music, it's significantly helped in terms of making it through a fairly difficult life with a variety of recently diagnosed #emotional and #neurological conditions. I study #Humanities, rather sporadically with the #OpenUniversity. #Cornwall, #UnitedKingdom.. and some additional and hopefully useful tags #jazz #classical #electronica #allotment #allotmentlife #Kernow #KernowLife
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‘Bring Your Pilots Home’: Trump Warns Israel against Violating Ceasefire with Iran #Palestine palestinechronicle.com/bring-y…

'Bring Your Pilots Home': Trump Warns Israel against Violating Ceasefire with Iran  - Palestine Chronicle

US President Donald Trump warned Israel against bombing Iran, calling it a “major violation” of a ceasefire agreement.
admin (Palestine Chronicle)

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Frank van der Linde is a long-time activist for racial justice, the environment, and a free Palestine.

In 2018, he discovered that the Dutch police had listed him as a terrorist — and since then, van der Linde has endured legal battles, delays, and cover-ups. Now, he’s demanding accountability.

📄 Read the full article: statewatch.org/news/2025/june/…

A green-hued image of a "Free Palestina" placard sits above the text: Dutch police labelled pacifist activist a "terrorist"—and he's seeking justice.

Statewatch | Activist demands compensation from Europol for illegal surveillance

A Dutch political activist last week filed a legal complaint with EU police agency Europol, seeking compensation for the unlawful processing and handling of his personal data.
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For decades, Route 3254 was used by Palestinians and Bedouins to reach the #Ad-Dhariya market. But the traffic bothered the #settlers, so the Apartheid Major General Avi Bluth set up a checkpoint on the road to the market and had some of the stalls destroyed. In order to spare about 1,000 settlers from waiting in line with Palestinians at a checkpoint, a market that serves tens of thousands of people is now being shut down.

Route 3254 in the southern #WestBank had never really attracted settler interest since it was paved in the late 1990s. But in recent weeks, settlers from the South Hebron Hills, led by the toxic head of the regional council, Eliram Azoulay, have launched a new campaign: "The Ad-Dhariya Market is a Security Threat". They handed the narrative off to their loyal allies at “Israel Hayom” newspaper, and they provided with a sensational headline: "Drugs, prostitution, and even weapons: Bedouin residents storm a criminal pirate market”.

But what really bothered the settlers was spelled out clearly in the opening paragraph of the article: "Massive traffic jams have been reported in the Hebron Hills area in recent days, due to thousands of Bedouin residents arriving at a pirate market operating between Eshkolot, Tene Omarim, and Ad-Dhahiriya. The nearby Meitar checkpoint could not handle the pressure, and traffic backed up at the few surrounding checkpoints, which were never intended to accommodate such a volume of vehicles". Link to the “Israel Hayom” article is in the comments.

How did these traffic jams were created? For decades, the Ad-Dhahiriya market has served many Bedouin residents from the negev, who come there to shop. Recently, due to a consumer boycott by the Bedouin communities protesting rampant racism in Beersheba, even more people have begun shopping in the market. At the same time, following October 7th, Israel banned the entry of Palestinian workers. As a result, several dozen Palestinians, trying to make a living, set up roadside stalls along Route 3254. All of this has led to traffic congestion at certain times of day - and that is what upset the settlers from the settlement of Tene Omarim.

Now let us zoom out in order to understand what actually happened there. In the early 1980s, two isolated settlements Eshkolot and Tene Omarim - were established in the southwestern Hebron Hills. Both were built on lands that were looted from the residents of the village of Ad-Dhahiriya by declaring them as "state land". Although these two settlements are relatively small, with a combined population of around 1,700 residents today, the area that the state looted and handed over to them is above 16,000 dunams!

As part of the policy aimed at creating "Jewish continuity", Highway 3254 was paved in the 1990s in order to connect the two settlements, which lie about five kilometers apart. The road is effectively branching out Highway 325, which links the Meitar checkpoint to the settlement of Tene Omarim and was originally intended to continue on to Ad-Dhahiriya. However, the section leading to Ad-Dhahiriya was blocked by the army already in 2001 and has remained closed ever since.

And now we return to the present. The Meitar checkpoint is the checkpoint used by Bedouins that are heading to shop in Ad-Dhahiriya. Meaning, the settlers from Tene Omarim, the residents of Ad-Dhahiriya riding to the checkpoint, and the Bedouins that are coming from the Negev to shop in the market, all use the same road. Now, settlers occasionally find themselves standing in traffic - and even worse, standing in traffic with Arabs! And so, they concocted a story about drugs, prostitution, weapons, and nonsense.

At this point, Major General Avi Bluth entered the picture. On June 8, the Facebook page of the head of the Mount Hebron Regional Council reported that Bluth met with settlers who had "demanded solutions". Two days later, the council head announced that a solution had been implemented: a permanent checkpoint was installed at the junction of Highways 325 and 3254, blocking Bedouin access to the road leading to Ad-Dhahiriya. At the same time, bulldozers were sent to demolish the stalls that were built along the road. Links to the head of the Mount Hebron Regional Council posts are in the comments.

And what about the Bedouins who still want to reach Ad-Dhahiriya? For now, they can take a long detour of several dozen kilometers and approach the town from the north, via Highway 60. But who knows how long that option will remain open. Sooner or later, settlers will likely start complaining that there are too many "Arabs" on Highway 60 as well - and then that route will be closed to them also.

This is how a market that served tens of thousands of Palestinians on both sides of the Green Line - for livelihood and shopping - was destroyed. A gift to the settlers, just so they can drive without traffic jams from the settlement of Tene Omarim to the Meitar checkpoint. After all, they were promised "quality of life”.

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