birgitta jonsdottir
@birgittaj
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Never seen anything as tragically beautiful. Sitting in silence trying to phantom all those children killed. Their eyes, their smiles, their laughter and their love. Can’t stop crying. I hope this video will be seen by millions. If it doesn’t move to action, nothing will.
🇵🇸Dr. Khalil is a brilliant orthopaedic Gaza surgeon turns the blood samples of unknown child killed in Gaza called “991” into a powerful paint to immortalize the memory of the child.
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I was in Catalonia to observe the voting for yes or no in October. I witnessed the violence by the Spanish police against grandmothers and grandfathers who were peacefully waiting to vote. I stand...
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Signal has been my favorite communication app for a long time. Make life simple, delete facebook products from your life. Take the bandaid off :)
Facebook-owned Whatsapp being down is a reminder that you and your friends should probably be using a more private, non-profit alternative like
@Signalapp
anyway (or another open-source app of your choice).
It's just as free, and takes like 30 seconds to switch.
#facebookdown
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At the support rally for Ukraine outside Russian embassy in Reykjavík Iceland.
#SlavaUkraini
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Nothing can justify the brutality of the Spanish gov against Catalans trying to vote. I call for global condemnation
#CatalanReferendum
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This world would be seriously boring if there wouldn't have been Stan Lee and his incredible imagination and creativity and talent. I can't think of anyone who has mainstreamed the impossible as he did. So long and thank you. Rest in creativity :)
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Pirate Party in Iceland given the mandate to form a coalition government of five parties today. Historical...
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This is how journalism should be.
Dr Monica Gandhi has been infamously anti-precautionary & anti-mitigation & wrong time and again. She now wants to end more mitigations—all while
#Omicron
deaths highs, &
#BA2
rising. So
@mehdirhasan
checks her record—& asks if she’d stop making forecasts:
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Final numbers are in
@PiratePartyIS
now has 10 members of parliament and 14.5% of the vote!
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Dear USA friends; nothing is ever given to you. You have to take your rights and unions are a pretty solid way to do it. All other countries who you might compare yourselves to: have for ex paid sick leave and paid 5 weeks of summer holidays. Why not U?
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This is not a nordic horror film. These are the noises of magma burrowing a mighty tunnel under the township of
#Grindavik
,
#Iceland
. Mandatory evacuation is almost done. Everything is happening very fast. Send the people from Grindavik some 💗
Wow!! Impressive video of one of the recent earthquakes in
#Iceland
....
The noise 👀😱
Via:
@mondoterremoti
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I’ve just canceled my
@Spotify
account. Bye 👋 Spotify. I am amazed you chose a shitty disinformation podcast instead of Heart of Gold. It was of course never about the music. Thanks Neil Young for taking a stand.
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Most of you know that me & Assange have not really seen eye to an eye for a long time for a variety of issues. But I feel it's unacceptable to keep him for years in a high security prison while fighting extradition on charges that are a real danger to all journalists.
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@MattyPayne7
@benphillips76
@amylawrence71
I saw the biggest wave of support ever towards refugees in Iceland during the Syrian refugee crisis. So sick of this whataboutism from the Russia propaganda playbook.
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Dear International Media. I am very thankful for the megaphone you are giving me access to a few days before the...
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Antonio is 82 years old. He was brutally beaten by police national from Spain in Barcelona. All he wants is to vote.
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@RexChapman
This woman represents the embodiment of evil if there ever was one. Her sick ideologies dehumanized every shred of decency and robbed her of all empathy. Truly difficult to comprehend.
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Protect the water- for the next seven generations. Please drop what you're doing & go to Standing Rock NOW. Water is life.
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Amazing that
@TwitterSafety
has done nothing to stop Andy - he is constantly spewing dangerous disinfo & hatred on this platform that has life threatening consequences. Stay strong
@chadloder
your work to uncloak fascist is admirable.
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People around the world are waiting patiently to give Chelsea Manning a hug. Want
@POTUS
to
#FreeChelseaNOW
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I got COVID. It’s rather horrible. Wish I had been smart & used my mask at all times. It’s kind of impossible when traveling because you have to take it down if you want to go through security & board a plane or drink water on a long train ride. No more travel until this is over.
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The lava has entered
#Grindavik
and has put the first house in its path on fire. My thoughts are with the residents of Grindavik.
#iceland
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Polls suggest Iceland's Pirate party may form next government :)
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Dear all who follow; I have left party politics for now. I really needed to get out of the bubble of parliament & put my ear to the ground again. Be on the edge of the unknown & throw myself into the abyss; find the muse :)
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If you vote for Iceland - we promise to keep the cute volcanic eruption right next to the airport going until
#Eurovision
2022 Iceland new 12 and of course 12 points <3
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Exclusive: Just got back home after an inspirational brainstorm with Edward Snowden & Lessig In Moscow.
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@volcaholic1
The home for the elderly is being torn apart. The people living there were the first to be evacuated. It’s right on the rift
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Thank you
@POTUS
- I have no words but deep gratitude. Dear
@xychelsea
I can't wait to meet you in person. <3 <3 <3
BREAKING: Pres Obama is commuting Chelsea Manning's remaining prison sentence. She'll be released in May.
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Finally got a confirmation that our father who vanished 33 years ago did indeed die, what is left of his remains can finally be buried & a sense of peace achieved. All because of a deputy police officer went that extra mile to get DNA & analytics. RIP dear Captain Jon Olafsson.
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It’s beyond sad to watch the hubris of one man being able to do so much damage and alienate people who risked everything for the cause. Wikileaks is now far closer to alt right groups then digital rights groups, by choice of its overlord.
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Mass protests work. Unity works. Just don't give up.
Romania PM: Govt will withdraw anti-corruption rollback after mass protests.
The people matter.
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Blowing the whistle on warcrimes is NOT a crime. Dear
@POTUS
please show Chelsea Manning mercy. She has already served her time.
Awesome: Thank you all so much for your love and support. You make anything possible!
@POTUS
#timeserved
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I've been critical of Assange and many of his actions for years, but I will defend freedom of expression no matter who speaks. It's deplorable to gag his expression as condition for shelter.
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Rofl, not fit to serve, if you don’t know how to manage your inbox and wants to remove basic human right to make your life easier.
Everyone on the panel is pro-free speech apart from Diane Abbot. Shocker.
Her reason?
"I get mean emails."
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Today is my last day as a parliamentarian. So thankful for the trust and the support in the role as a poetician....
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@volcaholic1
Thank you. As someone from there I can confirm it is very thorough and has all the main points.
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Dear you, if you are planning to come to Iceland, wait for a few years. We are sort of sold out. Way too many guests and the host, well, super greedy. Already here: don't buy water, never ever, buy water. Its the same as you'll find in all tabs.
#plasticfree
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A poetician never becomes the power and treats leadership not as governing power but distributes it to the people.
The Bernie Sanders of Iceland is a pirate, a poet and possibly the country’s next leader
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Official: New elections in Iceland set 28th of October. I will not run this time around. Time to go out of the bubble & share my findings.
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People around the world are waiting patiently to give Chelsea Manning a hug. Want
@POTUS
to
#FreeChelseaNOW
? Post your
#HugsForChelsea
now!
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Volcanic eruption just started in
#Iceland
. This is the view of it from my balcony. No one is in danger. It’s significantly larger than the previous eruptions at Reykjanes peninsula in the last few years.
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If you vote for Iceland - we promise to keep the cute volcanic eruption right next to the airport going until
#Eurovision
2022 Iceland nr 12 and of course 12 points <3
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Reminder: a commutation can't be reversed by a future president. Chelsea Manning will walk out of prison a free woman on May 17th, 2017. <3
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Lost a heartbeat when I heard this today. Deep grief and a longing to do more to stop this horror that is coming in thick and fast upon so many creatures on our beautiful earth.
The recent heatwave in the Western U.S. and Canada killed hundreds of millions of marine animals, scientists say. Dead mussels and clams coated rocks in the Pacific Northwest, shells gaping open as if they’d been boiled. Sea stars baked to death.
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The Pirate party in Iceland is doing innovative democracy:)
#horizontalism
#circleofpower
.
This kind of thinking should not appeal only to Pirates or Anons but anyone that care for our democracy -
#IntelGroup
|
#PiratesForIceland
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#GazaUnderAttak
#Eurovision
thank you
#Hatari
for raising the Palestinian flag in Israel finals. Watch the documentary a song called hate to gain context of Eurovision politics. Ignoring war crimes is political not apolitical.
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Finally; state rape not legal by infiltration of cops into activist groups. Kate defended herself against the state in the court and won. I am so thankful and proud of her for never giving up. <3
An environmental activist duped into a 2-year relationship with an undercover policeman has won her case against the Met police
Why do police &
#77thBrigade
spend millions of £ infiltrating & spying on political activists rather than fighting real crime?
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@paulocoelho
I have loved your books and your openness in sharing your work. This tweet is something you might consider deleting and perhaps craft another one with an apology to the Ukrainians that are living with the true horror of war inflicted by Putin and with support from many Russians.
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Looking forward to be on
@democracynow
again.
@POTUS
please pardon the whistleblower
@xychelsea
Chelsea Manning
TODAY:
@birgittaj
of Iceland's
@PiratePartyIS
discusses party gains in Sunday's national elections. Watch 8-9AM ET:
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Yes yes yes. There is still some justice in this world. Thank you everyone who has stood by her through all her ordeals.
#ChelseaManning
<3
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✊️✊️✊️please support the world’s most important library since the library of Alexandria.
Today’s lower court decision in Hachette v. Internet Archive is a blow to all libraries & the communities we serve.
But it’s not over—we will keep fighting for the traditional right of libraries to own, lend, and preserve books. Learn more & take action👇
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It would be so awesome if he would win. If I had the right to vote for him: I would.
I’m grateful to have emerged from our CA-12 jungle primary as Pelosi’s first general election challenger from within the Democratic Party in her 30 year career—which I have every intention of ending on behalf of We the
#PeopleVsPelosi
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Today is the day we will find out if it will be possible to make history in
#Iceland
with 5 party governmental coalition with 3 new parties.
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<3 & gratitude to all the courageous
#whistleblowers
in our world, who have risked everything in order to expose us to the truth.
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Hey
@realDonaldTrump
. Any comments on your supporter who inflicted terror in Canada in a mosque. Is he a terrorist or just plain trumpist?
Five days ago, a terrorist -- a Trump-supporting white nationalist -- murdered 6 in a Quebec City mosque.
The White House had no comment.
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Iceland votes: Info about LIVE stream tonight with first results & press conferance tomorrow...
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George Orwell: “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear."
#CharlieHebdo
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This man is such a source of inspiration. If you need such a thing, I urge you to follow Harry and his work.
I was in A&E for a blood blister on leg yesterday very painful but what broke my heart was a dad's reaction to his 43 year old son's severe depression which was "why would he climb down that rabbit hole." I tried to tell him depression is no more son's fault than my bloodblister.
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Someone just became a granny :) So unreal. Feels such a short time ago the new mother was in my belly. <3 <3 <3
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For those of you, who want to understand why I left the party system, the Pirate Party & why I believe change will not come via the political party structure nor within parliaments unless we implement radical inclusive change on the entire framework.
The Creator: Iceland’s Birgitta Jónsdóttir On Poetry, Politics, And The Future
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Today whistleblower Chelsea Manning will be released from prison after 7 years. She exposed this: Collateral Murder:
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First Pirate Party law was passed in the parliament today :) Blasphemy Law Abolished in Iceland! | Siðmennt
http://t.co/zfDv2d1xUC
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I agree with
@Snowden
Images of Ecuador's ambassador inviting the UK's secret police into the embassy to drag a publisher of--like it or not--award-winning journalism out of the building are going to end up in the history books. Assange's critics may cheer, but this is a dark moment for press freedom.
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For my fellow Icelanders who will be protesting today outside my workplace the parliament! You will be victorious!
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Tremendous honour to be trusted to be on the Committee of Human Rights of Parliamentarians
@IPUparliament
. I feel humbled.
#IPU136
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There are so many peoples in our world that have endured endless suffering by powerful next door nations. To name a few I have researched and fought for that I will stand with and never forget: Tibet, Palestine, Rojava, Catalonia. You are not alone.
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BREAKING: New York Times reports bulk of Chelsea Manning's sentence commuted. She will be released on May 17....
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Maybe The Times are A Changing. Only two days before elections & we just might :)
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Massive protest happening in Iceland tomorrow.
#Iceland
’s PM has a secret offshore company, with his wife. Extraordinary video of him walking out of TV interview
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All my <3 & support to
@xychelsea
- she is one hell of a woman, smart, beautiful, compassionate & courageous :)
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How incredibly weak. Nothing can justify the violence by the Spanish police yesterday. You could at least acknowledge that and condemn it.
Just spoke to
@MarianoRajoy
. Sharing his constitutional arguments, I appealed for finding ways to avoid further escalation and use of force.
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“No one is actually dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away” ~
#TerryPratchett
- RIP you amazing creator of worlds & words
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'We don't care. Democracy doesn’t revolve around getting loads of money from the government. We funded our...
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I am currently in the ministry of culture, it's a polling station. It was under attack by police this morning but voting is happening NOW.
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Now, we build something different, dare to try something new, before it's too late. Transition calls for a third way, learning from history.
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Watching USA fast track back into the Middle Ages is deeply depressing & frightening. Stay safe all my brave friends & family in the USA <3
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If you have not seen
@sense8
- you must. Not like anything you will ever find again on TV.
Death doesn't let you say goodbye. 2 hour finale episode in the works. Tell your cluster.
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Finally. Keep being brave
@shahmiruk
- I am so happy there are people like u in our world. <3
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Hey
@POTUS
- how about clearing the good name of Reality Winner? She deserves her pardon. Justice should be equal or you don’t really have a democracy. But of course you know that.
your reminder that Reality Winner swiped one document and was arrested immediately and spent four years in prison. one document. four years. she didn't get to pick her own rent-a-judge and she wasn't allowed to fly around the country and hold hate rallies
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My favorite version of Pink Floyd: this is a really amazing production of this song.
👀 Whoa. Pink Floyd is back with a new song and it's about Ukraine! The group also sampled BoomBox's Andriy Khlyvnyuk singing Oh, the Red Viburnum in the Meadow on St. Sofia Square in Kyiv.
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@catespice
I am sorry you have to endure this abuse - I lost my father via suicide a long time ago and some of the vile gossip somehow never leaves. It is nothing compared to what you are going through but I just wanted to send you some love and compassion <3
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The Paris agreement was never worth its weight in non binding paper. It excluded key factors such as air travel, sea travel and agriculture. Time for citizens to take action for the future of everything: Join the
@ExtinctionR
if you feel the urgency to act.
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Amazing to listen to
#Snowden
live. His views about peoples social responsibility to work on their democracy is like spoken from my heart.
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Huge thank you to the two brave women who have been up in the nests of two whale killing ships since 5 this morning in an attempt to stop the torture authorized by the Iceland government.
"My name is Anahita Babaei and I am part of the growing group of people here in Iceland that is against whaling"
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He risked everything to expose illegal mass surveillance. It's time to
#PardonSnowden
+ bring him home!
@IDLTweets
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Retweet this until it breaks. Then retweet it again. Sound the alarm to stop
#TPP
@idltweets
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“I have very little respect for laws” - interview with Pirate Party founder Birgitta Jónsdóttir (
@holyrooddaily
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Once upon a time, Iceland declared independence from Denmark. It was a crime, but they were occupied, so we did it anyway. Strength & support to fellow human beings fighting for civil liberties, human rights: in Kurdistan, Catalonia, Hong Kong, Tibet & beyond.
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I know so many activists who have had a burnout. This year it was my turn. But I am coming back. Social media & data noise detox a must.
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The death of Jo Cox & how it happened should & must be a wake up call. Nationalism is an epidemic of apathy.
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