Ray HV - my own views

#NEA HeatHero. Hon MA #OU. #fuelpoverty eco-realist. 🇬🇧 Bit Romany #IsleofWight LibDem

[Ray HV - my own views @RayHVail]

I joined Twitter in 2009. Reluctantly I will be closing my account soon. Please follow me on #threads. Harringtonvail. X has become a dangerous and decisive platform spreading hatred and prejudice. It goes against my values. Please leave…

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@dailystar How’s the crocodile, hope it’s ok…

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@PamAyres Pot nicked from restaurant?

[Jake Broe @RealJakeBroe]

If you want to know the truth about Elon Musk, British journalist Ian Hislop nails him.

I refuse to entertain anyone's delusions about Elon Musk that he cares about or is working to help anyone other than himself.

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@NoContextBrits Croydon

[Amnesty International @amnesty]

Cecilia Sala reunited with her loved ones after weeks in prison in Iran 💛

Countless people in Iran remain arbitrarily detained and at risk of execution or prolonged unjust imprisonment. All those arbitrarily detained in Iran's prisons must be immediately released.

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@frankbrunoboxer Well said Frank…

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@LBC To be fair Trump was probably confusing Greendale, Milwaukee with Greenland….

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Can I have one too?

[LBC @LBC]

Liz Truss sends cease and desist letter to Keir Starmer over 'defamatory' claim she 'crashed the economy' https://t.co/fI9usXaUR7

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@Classicbritcom #Pawnbrokers #goldenballs

[Elica Le Bon الیکا‌ ل بن @elicalebon]

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala has been arrested by the Islamic regime and is being held in solitary confinement.

“Cecilia Sala, 29, a war correspondent and reporter . . . was detained on 19 December, the ministry said, but her arrest was only made public on Friday.
She was in the country on a regular journalist visa and had published several reports on the shifting landscape in Iran after the fall of the Assad regime in Syria.”

For those who don’t know, the Islamic Republic is one of the most repressive states in the world for free speech, journalism, and press, and journalists who travel to Iran can only cover the situation in Iran in a specific light that is favorable to the regime (similar to North Korea).

Those who have reported/recorded differently after being granted permits have in the past been chased to the airports and had their tapes confiscated or erased.

That’s the best case scenario, otherwise, as with Cecilia Sala, journalism results in arrest, solitary confinement, and lengthy prison sentences that involve torture and maltreatment. A reminder that the two journalists who broke the story on the killing of Mahsa Jhina Amini—Niloufar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi—were sentenced to 7 years imprisonment.

Thank you in advance for speaking up against this criminal regime, the only known way to hold them accountable.

#FreeCeciliaSala

[James Holland @James1940]

Definitely go and see this amazing exhibition, people. @WeHaveWaysPod @ww2wtg @almurray @TheDDayStory

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I just contributed to a local charity #Babybox that supports vulnerable families on the #IsleofWight. It's tough for many right now. If you can, please consider donating or sharing to help children …https://t.co/rKdYlt9g3G

[Katharine Horgan @katharinehorgan]

London please help. I’m praying for a miracle, I’ve just got into the office and noticed my mums locket (in all these photos) that I wear every day has fallen off my neck on my walk in. My mum died when I was seven and her jewellery is most of what I have of her. I’m devastated

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@DeborahMeaden Russia occupied half of Europe after WW2 and oppressed those peoples…

[🐟 Graeme Newman 🐟 @graemen2508]

America's new first lady...

Elonia Musk-Trump

Don't RT whatever you do... Elon hates it!

#FirstLadyElonia

[Malala Yousafzai @Malala]

Exactly 12 years ago today, a Taliban gunman pointed his gun at my head and shot me for daring to speak up for girls’ right to go to school.

I want to thank every person for your solidarity and support, from praying for my recovery to helping me in my work for girls’ access to education, both in my home country of Pakistan and around the world.

Most years, I spend October 9th like any other day, with gratitude for having lived another year. But today, I am in New York to address the American Society of International Law (ASIL), a prestigious group of legal experts who have chosen to honour @MalalaFund and its work alongside Afghan activists fighting to protect the right to education for girls in Afghanistan. These women worked tirelessly before the fall of Kabul in 2021, and fearlessly since, to keep girls learning under the most impossible circumstances. It is humbling to stand alongside them and gratifying to see them receive the recognition they deserve.

The Taliban continue to point literal and metaphoric weapons at girls and women in Afghanistan every day, from public beatings to ruthless edicts that ban them from learning, working and living freely. The brutality of the Taliban’s oppressive system against women is so extreme that Afghan activists and human rights defenders are calling it gender apartheid.

Right now, Afghan women and girls need more than words of sympathy. I call on governments and influential institutions to leverage their power, and through international law, hold the Taliban accountable. I especially call on Muslim leaders and institutions to play a leading role in challenging the Taliban’s misuse of religion and culture.

Just as people stood with me and my friends more than a decade ago, I hope people will stand in solidarity with Afghan girls and women now.

❤️ @Hmosadiq @zarqayaftali @deemahiram @metra_mehran @RahelaHSidiqi @SHalaimzai

[Brendan May @bmay]

What’s astounding is that this speech could (and should) be given today, 84 years later. Shows how little we learn, but also that today’s challenges are far from new. Amazing. Chaplin was so extraordinarily gifted.

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@Mike_Batt At the crack of dawn?

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@PamAyres That’s because DHL is short for Destroying Human Luggage…I feel a poem coming on…