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Israeli bulldozers begin demolishing a number of Palestinian homes in the town of Tarqumiya, the occupied West Bank, forcibly displacing its owners.

"Chew my toenails, aren't they sweet" was the second line in my day.

A while back now I was checking something for work and was aghast to see a note saying the site was being amended in line with Trump's new guidance. A clinician I was working with said it was no longer going to be a trusted resource.

every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”

Except it was FRANCE who built the Suez Canal in a joint partnership with Egypt.
#TrumpIsAnIdiot

Jesus.

No there are 15, they've all been on ShortlandStreet and they know Taika socially.

I used to love playing spot the Kiwi in both Xena and Hercules - sometimes the American accents were great except on that one crucial vowel: Xena, warrior pruncess. If the person wasn't also on Shortie that was the best way to spot them.

Oh wow so no Marty, Harry banged up for 15 years, Chris almost back to Dr Love smoothness #shortlandstreet

So one of those new women who nearly ran over Maeve is going to be her new partner right #shortlandstreet

Julian: sexy menace. Drew: hobbling #shortlandstreet

I DO splash out on a lady coming to clean for me once a fortnight. It helps - I'm a slob but having her to pick up for helps me keep on top of things and it's so luxurious to come home to a clean house every second Friday!

4 Where's the compensation? The financial compensation? How much money are they going to give Palestinians for their land? Even Trump surely remembers that to take people's homes, you have to pay them money to do so.

Come on. Where's the money, Don?

3 Leaving aside the fact that people don't and won't all compy,I ask myself, looking round the residential red zone of Chch that's now just fields, or at the empty sockets in streets where houses used to be... that people left because they were designated no-go areas... /3

2 He envisages rebuilding Gaza as a playground for the rich, like Dubai only whiter and with totally legal booze. Maybe some Palestinians will even be allowed back, to do laundry and clean toilets and stuff. Probably not though, cos Hamas /2

You know, as a person who saw huge swathes of her hometown razed, cleared, and repurposed, I think I know a little tiny bit about disaster capitalism.

So, imagine- it will be hard! - that Trump's plans for Gaza are completely altruistic. He's just looking at it as a (failed) property developer. /1

Is that the Muriel?

Innnnteresting...

Totally distracted by memories of someone's foot being repainted multiple times for being insufficiently ideal. Ah, art history class...

He literally sounds like an 11 year old forced to write an essay.

I thought it was for Chinese propaganda originally, or maybe just data collection. It's going to be Musk's now though

Wasn't it always a propaganda tool? I don't use it so I'm out of the loop.

I bought a 1980s book of Egypt photos in a second hand shop today entirely because of this shot. Dorothy Bohm,Billboards in Aswan, 1989. I find it interesting that they're in English, but that they bothered to include the name of Hassan's instrument. #Egypt #dance

Every role is simply played by Amr Youssef no biggie

I feel sad for you. It's a horrible revelation and he was obviously skilled at hiding it.

I'm surprised Drew is still there tbh. I love him but what will they do with him now?

So, Trump 1.0 was "drain the swamp"! And Trump 2.0 is "give kickbacks to billionaires"? Am I missing why his voters thought that was good, or?

When I say I hate PUBLIC drama, that's not to say that I don't absolutely revel in OTHER PEOPLE'S public drama - celebs, influencer types etc. I adore those nasty gossip sites. I figure if you make your business public, it's the risk you take. It's not a risk I want for ME.

Welcome new FB refugees and online pals! I'm still holding off on posting too much in this space, since it lacks the level of privacy I prefer and you know I hate the public drama. Blocking won't stop people identifying IRL me, and it's protection for IRL me and my loved ones that's most important.