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Deeply troubling.
I'm disgusted by the hate-motivated assault against a Sikh man on a Barrie Transit bus, where his turban was forcibly removed and beer was poured on him.
A turban is a sacred symbol of faith. Targeting it is a blatant attack on someone's dignity and religious freedom.
Thank you to @BarriePolice for their swift action in making arrests.
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During the #groundstop in the #USA , some are out to help.
If anyone is stuck at the Asheville (AVL) or Greenville SC (GSP) airport because of the ground stop and just want to get home, please comment on this post.
I will come get you and take you home.
If you live anywhere within a couple hours of the Upstate or WNC, I’ll come get you and drive you home.
No charge, no catch.
Even if you’re a little farther out, comment anyway. Maybe someone in your area might see this and help.
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The things that didn't age well 🙄 #airplanes
#USA all flights suspended.
BREAKING: The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has suspended all flight departures nationwide until further notice.
It says the flights are being grounded for extraordinary reasons and as a safety precaution.
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The human rights situation in Afghanistan and the Taliban “is gradually and step by step getting worse, not only for girls and women, ... but also for the whole community,” reports a UN special rapporteur. trib.al/kdULOdd
Well, no surprises here. Not a peep. #WashingtonDC #shooting
JUST IN: The D.C. Logan Circle shooter has been identified as emergency physician Dr. Matt Lambert.
Not Black
Not Muslim
Not an undocumented Immigrant
Funny how MAGA is silent
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Washington, DC shooting took place about 1.6km (one mile) from the White House during rush hour, prompting a massive law enforcement response in the US capital.
Read here aje.news/rn9hvi
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These women should be our role models, no one even talks about them in mainstream media. #Pakistan
She earned her PhD in string theory at 26. Then she wrote a novel about physics.
Dr. Tasneem Zehra Husain. Born in Lahore. Theoretical physicist. Writer. Educator.
BSc in mathematics and physics from Kinnaird College, Lahore. A master's in physics from Quaid-i-Azam University. A PhD in theoretical physics from Stockholm University in 2003, with Ansar Fayyazuddin as her advisor.
Pakistan's first female string theorist, and as the first Pakistani woman to earn a PhD in string theory. She has said she was fascinated by the idea that all the diversity of matter and forces in the universe could arise from the vibrations of tiny strings.
After PhD she did a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University. She came home to help set up the School of Science and Engineering at LUMS, SBASSE, and was a founding faculty member. She has also taught mathematics and physics at her alma mater, Kinnaird College.
She represented Pakistan at the Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany. She led the Pakistan team to the World Year of Physics launch conference in Paris. She helped train Pakistan's team for the International Physics Olympiad.
November 2014. Her first novel, Only the Longest Threads, was published. It retells the great breakthroughs of physics, from classical mechanics to string theory, through fictional witnesses to those moments. One of its settings is Lahore. Kirkus Reviews called it a fictional approach that captures both the substance of the theory and the passion of its practitioners.
She has been a regular columnist for 3 Quarks Daily and has spoken at the Boston Book Festival, the Cambridge Science Festival and How The Light Gets In.
She is President of the Pakistan section of the International Board on Books for Young People, a Fellow at the Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Engagement at Dartmouth, a visitor at Imperial College London's Abdus Salam Centre for Theoretical Physics, and an Ambassador for the Island of Knowledge in Tuscany.
She studies the universe's smallest strings. She tells its biggest stories.
Tasneem Zehra Husain
Pakistan Zindabad 🇵🇰
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Situationer: Changes in geographical boundaries!
nation.com.pk/11-Nov-2026/ch…
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The 11 Democrats who didn’t vote on Hegseth’s impeachment:
The 11 House Democrats who didn’t vote in the effort to kill the Hegseth impeachment resolution (which succeeded 210-204) were:
Brownley
Correa
Hollen
Hosford
Jackson (IL)
Pelosi
Pettersen
Stansbury
Stevens
Strickland
Wilson (FL)
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Jake Tappers' tweet contains errors.
Vote was 211-204 (Roll Call 317), not 210-204.
Absent Dems: Brownley, Correa, Gillen (NY; not Hollen), Horsford (NV; not Hosford), Jackson (IL), Pelosi, Pettersen, Stansbury, Stevens, Strickland, Wilson (FL).
Sources:
clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026317
nytimes.com/live/2026/11/1…
politico.com/news/2026/11/1…
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The New York Times has published a total of zero [0] articles, reports and videos on the hellish flooding conditions in Gaza.
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ربیعہ کے قتل کی کچھ وضاحتیں۔ یہ فیصلہ کرنے سے پہلے کہ یہ حادثہ تھا یا قتل ہمیں پولیس کی تفتیش، پوسٹ مارٹم اور فرانزک رپورٹ اور عدالت میں پیش کیے چالان کا انتظار کرنا چاہیے۔ بہن یا بھائ کوئ بھی ایف آئ آر واپس نہی لے سکتا۔ اس کے قتل کا کوئ گواہ نہی سوائے ان کے خاوند کے جس نے گولی ماری۔ باقی گواہیاں حالاتی circumstantial ہیں۔ مقتول کے بہن بھائ یہ نہی بتا سکتے کہ یہ حادثہ تھا یا قتل۔ کیونکہ وہ قتل کے بعد پہنچے۔ یہ تعین پولیس کرے گی اور پھر عدالت میں چالان پیش کرے گی۔ یہ کہنا غلط ہو گا کہ ان میں ناچاقی نہی تھی۔ کیونکہ میں اور میری ٹیم اس بات کی گواہ ہے جو پولیس کو زبانی دی جا چکی ہے۔ وہ گھریلو تشدد کا شکار تھیں۔ چند مہینے پہلے بھی وہ خلع لینا چاہتی تھیں اور کئ ہفتے اک سہیلی کے گھر جا کر رہیں۔ ان کے اور بھی ازدواجی مسائل تھے جو میں صرف متعلقہ اداروں کو پیش گروں گا۔ مگر ان کے خاندان نے ان کو خاوند کے ساتھ رہنے پر مجبور کیا۔ ربیعہ کو انصاف ملنا چاہیے۔
ربیعہ احسن نہیں رہی۔۔۔ یہ ایک جملہ لکھنےکےلیےبہت مشکل سے حوصلہ اکٹھاکیا،ربیعہ احسن کےبیہمانہ قتل نے تمام جاننے والوں کوہلاکےرکھ دیاکوئی بھی اس سانحےپریقین کرنےکوتیار نہیں،ربیعہ بہت خوبصورت انسان،اچھی بیٹی، بہت اچھی ماں، بہت پیاری بہن،ہمدرد دوست وغمگسار نہایت پروفیشنل کولیگ تھیں بہت سی عورتوں کارول ماڈل تھیں،اس سب کے باوجود میڈیاپرخبریں چل رہی ہیں ربیعہ کی شوہرکیساتھ کوئی ناچاقی نہیں تھی یہ بات غلط ہےان میں بہت زیادہ ناچاقی تھی میں ذاتی طورپرجانتاہوں وہ domestic violence, domestic abuse کاشکارتھیں اسی وجہ سےکچھ عرصہ قبل گھرچھوڑکر چلی گئیں تھیں شوہرسےطلاق لیناچاہتی تھیں مگرانکےخاندان نے ان کاساتھ نہیں دیااورہمارے معاشرہ جوہمیشہ بیوی کوگزارہ کرنےبرداشت کرنےدرگزرکرنےپرمجبورکرتا اس نےانھیں واپس آنے پرمجبور کیااوراب وہ یہ رشتےنبھاتےگزارہ کرتےمنوں مٹی کےنیچے جاسوئی مگر کیاباقی تشددکاشکارہونےوالی عورتوں کی طرح ربیعہ کی کہانی چنددن خبروں کی زینت رہنےکےبعد معدوم ہوجائےگی؟
@AmirMateen2 @AbsaKomal @asmashirazi @MonaAlamm @NasimZehra @Shaistayousuff @sarwatvalim @Shiffa_ZY @alinashigri #RabiyaAhsan
Seems like it is the family again, not following up on the case with a history of pushing her into staying with the husband. Sick of our society #RabiaAhsan
Trust me I am in touch and understand how rotten the system is. Have given police info I have and would like to wait if they incorporate that into investigation. Rabia’s biggest issue in life was that her family always backed out and never supported her case in the name of morality and family honour. Again, FIR is in the name of her family who have a history of forcing her to live in an abusive relationship. Problem is not police at this stage but the family that is trying to cover up fair investigation. This is all I can say at this stage. But this does not mean we are not following it up. She was so vibrant and so full of life. She didn’t deserve to die like this and so early.
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Anyone with a sane mind would agree this man needs therapy, what I find shocking is that @MaryamNSharif follows this account. It does not make any sense. This person is a creep and a women hater of the highest order. @GovtofPunjabPK
You cant end a marriage now e days because you will lose all your wealth and if not you will go to jail...we males are badly stuck between big mouthed foolish creature called women who are the biggest reason of stress for a males...stop educating women and we will be fine
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Just saw the news about Rabia on my timeline and I still can’t process it. She once came to Aaj Tv's office as a young student, full of sharp, curious questions that stayed with me. Years later she grew into such a fine, dedicated anchor, working alongside seniors like @Amirmateen and @KlasraRauf, proving her mettle with quiet, relentless hard work. Rest in peace Rabia.
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NOW: "No Schumer No Jeffries" Signs as Thousands Join March for Our Democracy in Times Square After Midterm Elections
The Naked Cowboy had one comment - "VETO"
Video by @yyeeaahhhboiii2 | Licensing @FreedomNTV [email protected]
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Pakistani-Americans secured state legislative victories across five US states, with Democratic candidates winning in Pennsylvania, Nevada, Connecticut, Texas and Georgia, according to preliminary election figures.
The winners included Meriam Sabih and Hanadi Nadeem, alongside several Pakistani-origin lawmakers who retained their seats. Republican candidate Imtiaz Mohammad lost his contest in Florida.
In Pennsylvania, Sabih defeated Republican incumbent Milou Mackenzie in State House District 131. She received 16,374 votes, or 51.1%, against Mackenzie’s 15,650 votes, or 48.9%. The race was called with 97% of expected votes counted. Democratic incumbent Tarik Khan was also declared the winner in Pennsylvania’s House District 194.
In Nevada, incumbent Hanadi Nadeem retained Assembly District 34, which includes part of Las Vegas. She secured 12,977 votes, or 62.6%, defeating Republican Brandon Davis, who received 7,753 votes. Nadeem was born in Riyadh and raised in Islamabad.
Connecticut recorded victories for Democrats Maryam Khan and Saud Anwar. Khan won State Senate District 2 with 12,855 votes, or 78.9%, defeating Republican Tim Knotts. Anwar retained Senate District 3 with 20,543 votes, or 66.5%, against Republican Eliott Hughes.
In Texas, Democratic incumbents Suleman Lalani and Salman Bhojani won re-election in House Districts 76 and 92 respectively. Lalani received 44,221 votes, or 66.2%, defeating Linda Howell. Bhojani secured 30,501 votes, or 66.9%, against JP Woodruff.
In Georgia, Democrat Farooq Mughal defeated Republican incumbent Sandy Donatucci in House District 105. Mughal received 15,248 votes, or 60.8%, compared with Donatucci’s 9,851 votes, with all 10 precincts reporting.
In Florida, Mohammad lost House District 103 to Democratic incumbent Robin Bartleman, who secured 47,287 votes, or 69.3%, against his 20,917 votes, or 30.7%.
The victories strengthened Pakistani-American representation across state legislatures, bringing together newly elected candidates and returning lawmakers. The figures remained preliminary, with results subject to formal certification by state authorities following the completion of election procedures.
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Jeffries and Schumer bear responsibility for the astonishing passivity of Congressional Democrats in the last two years. They could have organized local and state resistance efforts to rescue programs killed by DOGE and Trump, to keep scientific research alive, to organize universities, law firms, media, and corporations to resist Trump's intimidation. They could have held press conferences and posted videos every single day to call out Trump's corruption and present an alternative vision for the country. Chris Murphy did it, others did it.
But not the leaders.
We will have no presidential candidate for 18 months. The task of presenting a vision that will lead America back from the darkness will fall to these two men. I wish I felt more confident they are up to the task.
nytimes.com/2026/11/04/us/po…
Chilling.
In Pakistan a 14 year old girl kills her pet cat. In Stockholm a 15 year old stabs an elderly man. In Oregon, USA a 16 year old opens fire in an elementary school killing 3 people...all these cases are linked to a shadowy group called the 764 network dawn.com/news/2041504
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It must be scraped now, high time #Pakistan
End dangerous manual sewer cleaning in Pakistan - Sign the Petition! c.org/fxYnVWdrrj via @Change
