Julio Bachiller

[NADA 𓂆 @nadaa01012]

Can I ask you a favor? Don't stop talking about Palestine ،،

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Charlotte Church sang From the River to the Sea at a fundraising event for Palestinians and now all the usual people are screaming antisemitism and trying to cancel her.

RT if you stand with Charlotte Church and Palestine.

[Mohammed jawad 🇵🇸 @Mo7ammed_jawad6]

We are still alive in Gaza… 🥹🇵🇸

Despite everything, we are still trying to hold on.

If you see this photo, please don’t scroll past in silence.

Write anything — even a single dot means so much to us and reminds us that we are not alone. 🥹💔🙏

[Julio Bachiller @BachillerJulio]

The pro-Israel censors are starting to lose https://t.co/q2pMtlJChG

[Tom the whistleblower @blowingtom2]

Fuck he was good.

[💧Mary Kostakidis @MaryKostakidis]

Let me fix these headlines for you @Australian There is only one word that is correct: “GROUP”.

Zionist group withdraws vexatious legal action to silence political speech

Kostakidis, Jewish group settle discrimination case https://t.co/BMygWBhaiG

[💧Mary Kostakidis @MaryKostakidis]

Breaking: Zionists legal proceedings against me have been withdrawn after a 2 year battle.

This is a win for every Australian who values our democratic right to freedom of political expression. Zionist zealotry has had to beat a retreat from what was going to be a highly damaging trial.

I have spent 2 years doing nothing but preparing my defence in a case aimed at silencing me - a case that would have cost the average Australian their home.

I want to thank my fellow Australians who recognised the significance of what we stand to lose, stood with me and stepped up to assist me to launch my defence.

The purpose of journalism is to get to the truth - fearlessly - and to hold power to account. This is a win for press freedom, which has prevailed.

I want to thank my legal team, XD Law led by Mark Davis assisted by Jack Vaughn, and the formidable Sheryn Omeri assisted by Richard Reynolds, who took on board the full national and international dimensions that the case warranted, and my husband for his unflinching moral clarity.

Watching a people live stream their own genocide while the international community responsible for creating this mess offers the victims sympathy and the perpetrators bombs, diplomatic cover and impunity, has been disgusting. Thank you to the Jewish and Israeli people all over the world raging against this in recognition our common humanity trumps any form of tribalism.

Australia must stop disregarding the Orders of the International Court of Justice which were clear: we are obliged under international law to take meaningful action to prevent genocide in Palestine and to do all in our power to bring about an end to apartheid. Hypocrisy, double standards and a lack of courage are aiding the destruction of a framework intended to protect against the worst excesses of state power.

[Pierre Champigny 🇫🇷 ⚓️ - Un Français @P_Champigny]

Et voilà, c’est dit et bien dit.
C’est du Todd! Régalez-vous!

"L’hystérie russophobe occidentale, qui fantasme sur le désir d’expansion de la Russie en Europe, est tout simplement risible pour un historien.

"Le choc psychologique qui attend les Européens sera la prise de conscience que l’OTAN a été créée non pas pour nous protéger, mais pour nous contrôler.

"Notre russophobie n’a rien à voir avec la Russie elle-même. C’est un fantasme, une pathologie des sociétés occidentales, un besoin interne d’imaginer un monstre russe.

"Quand ils parlent de la Russie, les dirigeants de la France, de la Grande-Bretagne, de l’Allemagne ou de la Suède parlent avant tout d’eux-mêmes.

"La russophobie est, sans aucun doute, une pathologie.

"Mais surtout, la Russie est devenue un test projectif impressionnant. Son image est similaire au test psychologique de Rorschach. Le sujet dit au psychiatre ce qu’il voit dans des formes aléatoires ou symétriques.

"À ce moment-là, il projette des traits profonds et cachés de sa personnalité.

"La Russie est notre test de Rorschach"
https://t.co/XGFYQLDCJv

[Julio Bachiller @BachillerJulio]

@LiamCusack12 @MaryKostakidis I hope you are wrong about these later sanctions and that they signal the beginning of a global sanction process driven by the world's populations but fear you are right.

[Hend Amry @LibyaLiberty]

So to recap:
- Israel knew about Oct 7
- Israel lets it happen
- Israel Apache helicopters maximize destruction & death
- Israel lies about war crimes and mass rape to manufacture consent for a genocide
- Israel buries all evidence
- Israel launches an ethnic cleansing war
- Israel cuts off water, food and supplies
- Israel blocks all foreign media & international oversight
- Israel targets media and medical staff and infrastructure
- Israel launches worldwide silencing propaganda campaign
- Israel expands land grab and illegal invasion into West Bank and Lebanon
- Israel pulls U.S. into illegal invasion of Iran
- Israel confirms plans for Gaza final solution

[💧Mary Kostakidis @MaryKostakidis]

Bob Carr: “The government has sanctioned violent settlers in the West Bank. Why then are we not addressing the root cause of the crisis that is currently spiking? Namely, the turbocharging of Israeli settlement activity, all illegal under international law and pursued with one objective: to make a Palestinian state impossible..
We could have perfect diplomatic comfort about taking such a position because our ‘like-mindeds’ have all moved. Instead, we look cowardly and intimidated.”

[David Shoebridge @DavidShoebridge]

If you think Australia should sanction Israel, watch this.

[Rüya @ruyaselcuk]

Gazze Sivil Savunma Sözcüsü Mahmud Basal, katledilen 100 Filistinlinin cenazesinde dünyaya seslendi:

"Ben çocuklar, kadınlar ve mazlumlar adına konuşuyorum. Dünyaya sesleniyorum: Biz sayı değiliz! Biz insanız. İnsan. İnsan.

Yaşama hakkımız var. Bu ses herkese ulaşmalı."

#FreePalestine #Gaza #GazaGenocide

[Hunter @Hunter19387719]

@MaryKostakidis Our friends to the north have not only boycotted many of these brands, but have sent franchises bankrupt.

Every time we purchase these items, we are aiding and abetting the ZiyeOnazi.

[Orlando Curioso @Orlando71156528]

🚨🇵🇸El Dr Hussan Ebu Sufieh, es uno de los 95 médicos palestinos, qué esperan ser ejecutados por el régimen sionista en una de sus mazmorras. Hagamos viral esta información, para detener esta masacre. 😱

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

If you really want to understand where the world is at and where it's going, you probably cannot get anything more meaningful than the OECD's PISA study - a global test given every 3 years to an insane 760,000 15-year-olds across 91 countries.

No report globally, by any institution, better captures whether countries are building or squandering their future.

The latest PISA results just came out yesterday (https://t.co/FbHx266LH4) and the results are genuinely fascinating, and in some way pretty depressing.

Why depressing? Because, sadly, the numbers show that the world is getting dumber: as you can see on the first graph below 👇, since roughly 2012 scores in science, reading, and mathematics have been in continuous decline across OECD countries.

The reading score is particularly concerning: it literally cratered, dropping 28 points since 2015, the equivalent of almost 1.5 years of schooling lost according to the report.

To make matters even worse, the reading skill that's dropped the most across the board is precisely the one we most desperately need: the capacity to critically assess what you read, cross-reference sources, and tell signal from noise.

On average, sadly, 15-year-old kids globally are - more and more - incapable of slowing down and actually thinking about what they're reading.

Interestingly though, when you look into the details, this great "dumbing down" isn't across the board: it's overwhelmingly concentrated in wealthy Western countries, while many developing countries are actually getting significantly smarter.

For instance rich countries like Finland, the Netherlands, and Norway are in freefall, while countries like Cambodia, Türkiye, and the UAE are posting big gains.

To be clear, this doesn't mean that developing countries are now "smarter" than rich ones: save for one notable exception, that's still not the case. But they are catching up fast, both because rich countries are getting "dumber" and because they're themselves getting smarter.

The one exception is, as you'd expect, the "smartest" of them all, by a huge margin: China.

It is pretty much in a league of its own: just look at the ranking in the table (only kids in Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang got tested - 4 regions covering 200 million people).

China's maths results are particularly insane: according to the report, the best level in maths - level 5, where "top performers" begins - starts at 607. The AVERAGE kid in China is 612: "normal" Chinese kids are at a level that is considered elite in the rest of the world.

In fact, and that's probably the funniest number in the entire report, look at the column called "Share of low performers in science, reading and mathematics": China is only at 1.8% 😅

Which means that only 1.8% of Chinese kids are rated as low performers in all 3 subjects, almost a rounding error. Even Singapore, the second best and generally considered best-in-class in education, is at 6.8% - almost 4 times worse. My country France, is at 21.3% - almost 12 times worse 😢

All of this - incidentally - dispels the common myth that there would be some kids who are just genetically beyond redemption and simply can't be taught: China proves that with the right system, virtually every child can reach proficiency.

So what does this all say about the world and where it's going, besides the fact that, if the future belongs to those who can think, China has never been better positioned to own it?

I think the more general picture is this: there is nothing inevitable about any country's trajectory.

Finland was the world's education darling fifteen years ago - now it's in complete freefall (see the last graph 👇). Cambodia was at the bottom of every table - now it's posting the biggest gains ever recorded in the study. What changed wasn't the children: it's still Finnish kids (Finland has one of the lowest levels of immigration in the West), and it's still Cambodian kids.

It also doesn't matter much - or at least it matters less - if a country is wealthy or not. For instance in Southeast Asia, both Malaysia and Indonesia - the 2 biggest ASEAN economies after Singapore - are faring very badly, while Thailand and Vietnam, both poorer, have better educated kids whose scores are continuing to improve.

So that's the final takeaway: the kids don't change, they all have potential, always, as China's 1.8% proved.

What does change is what adults decide to do with that potential. It's both hopeful - because it means any country can choose to turn things around at any time - and also sad given the results - because it means so many countries are choosing to fail their children.

[Trita Parsi @tparsi]

WOW!

Haaretz investigation is a MUST-READ!

The Netanyahu gov received numerous warnings - incl from the UAE's ruler 10 days before Oct 7 - that Hamas was planning an attack.

The ultimate source of the warning was Hamas' own Sinwar.

Netanyahu ignored all the warnings and took no precautions. He didn't even convey it to the Israeli intelligence apparatus.

But there's more. Immediately after Oct 7, Hamas offered to release all the civilian hostages - without asking for anything in return. The Biden admin was aware of this as well. But Israel wasn't interested, leaving both Hamas and the Qatari mediators baffled.

So much bloodshed could have been avoided. So many innocent lives could have been spared. But Netanyahu appeared to have been uninterested - and Biden, of course, never put any real pressure on Israel - effectively allowing Netanyahu to determine US policy.

https://t.co/EJUwMiwEzq

[💧Mary Kostakidis @MaryKostakidis]

***** Explosive news form Haaretz:
Netanyahu was warned and kept it to himself.
Days ago he blamed the Head of Shin Bet and others, that they knew and didnt tell him.
Their own soldiers knew there was something going on because they told the Knesset they could not understand why they were told to stay away from the border where they would normally patrol, for several hours that morning.
This whole thing is an absolute disgrace. These people care nothing about the safety of Israelis or Palestinians. Wot a ****ing mess they have made of things.
Did they in fact all know? Who gave the stand down order????

[Julio Bachiller @BachillerJulio]

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[Julio Bachiller @BachillerJulio]

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