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279732.bsky.social @279732.bsky.social · 40m

Oh I've got you beat by... so many. Not proud. Sorry, all you patient profs!

279732.bsky.social @279732.bsky.social · 1h

Too bad it's such a horrible city for walking. Oh wait...

279732.bsky.social @279732.bsky.social · 13h

Did you mean to use "conservative" just there with respect to the Nazis? They weren't, in any way I understand the term. Parts of the old-line military and aristocracy, sure.

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279732.bsky.social @279732.bsky.social · 13h

I recall Trump himself (2016 maybe) saying this isn't the conservative party it's the Republican party. Now much of it is the Trump party in all but name.

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279732.bsky.social @279732.bsky.social · 15h

It's been remarked that much of social media can contribute to this mentality. That serves some quarters very well, and must of us poorly.

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WIRED @wired.com · 17h

As the Trump administration has carried out a nonstop effort to undermine the midterm elections this year, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appears to have looked into whether it could use a Palantir-supported tool to track people it believes have voted illegally.

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ICE Emails Discuss Using Palantir-Supported Tool to Investigate Voter Fraud

Documents obtained by Democracy Forward show that ICE looked into feeding voter roll data into the ELITE tool, normally used to identify targets for deportation.

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279732.bsky.social @279732.bsky.social · 18h

Bread and circuses, the circuses being increasingly important because the price of bread has gone up substantially.

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279732.bsky.social @279732.bsky.social · 18h

But surely one can't make a connexion between this and a generalised, A to Zed lack of rigour?

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Hanna Liubakova @hannaliubakova.bsky.social · 22h

#Ukraine Appalled by the Russian strike on a bus stop in Kramatorsk. 33 civilians dead, people just trying to get somewhere on an ordinary day. Russia must be stopped. Ukraine needs more air defense, now. This happened right after 22 people were killed in Pryluky yesterday.

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Joyce Karam @joycekaram.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

NEW: #China caught in middle between Egypt and Ethiopia • Escalation over Nile, Tigray, Red Sea • China tilt toward Cairo on water rights • Massive web of interests w both • Expert: China likely to hit pause • No serious power mediating. More: www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...

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Why renewed Egypt-Ethiopia tensions are a problem for China

For Beijing, the renewed Egypt-Ethiopia standoff is a zero-sum bind that threatens vital strategic interests on both sides of the Nile.

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279732.bsky.social @279732.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Clearly there's no time Toulouse.

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279732.bsky.social @279732.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Congratulations to you! There are still some good things happening in the world.

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279732.bsky.social @279732.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Saw the fantastic first part on Mubi. Always good to be reminded that there are a few Russians trying to fight the good fight, as has been true forever.

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279732.bsky.social @279732.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is why I've stopped buying food. Now I've got those supermarkets just where I want them!

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Joyce Karam @joycekaram.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Why sending Syrian fighters to Yemen is ill-fated idea • Destabilizes a fragile Syria • Strengthens Hezbollah remnants • They don’t know Yemen terrain: Just ask Egyptians & Sudanese • Prolongs war, fuels sectarian divide beyond Yemen while potentially empowering Houthis

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279732.bsky.social @279732.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I hope she can get some justice. Horrible.

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Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Anna Politkovskaya was murdered 20 years ago today. If you have any interest in Russia but haven't read her work, today is a good day to start. This is the opening of her book Putin's Russia:

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279732.bsky.social @279732.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

One of the funniest, deeply angry songs I know.

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279732.bsky.social @279732.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I think "Susan Collins thinks your kids should eat road salt" will just barely fit on a bumper sticker, and I want one.

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Joyce Karam @joycekaram.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

UPDATE: #Yemen war • Houthis deny military losses • Yemen military says advancing in Red Sea offensive, push toward Taiz •At least 2 Saudi airports hit.✈️ continue • Syria’s Sharaa meets MBS • Turkey may deploy inside Saudi • > 184,000 displaced www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...

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Syria’s Sharaa in Riyadh as Saudi airports come under Houthi attacks: What to know

Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa held talks with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a visit to Riyadh as the Houthis escalated their attacks on Saudi Arabia and warned international airlin...

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279732.bsky.social @279732.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"You don't know me but I'm your father..."

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279732.bsky.social @279732.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I think Oliver Stone had his hero call the Johnson administration fascism amid the fever dream that was "JFK."

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Trump says 'Let them take out Los Angeles.' Recall this map: The *entire states* with population smaller than LA County. Among them they have 80+ US Senators. LA is about 1/3 of Calif's population, which has 2.

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279732.bsky.social @279732.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Please give a shout-out to Aralsk-7, the existence of which as a no-longer-island made me less interested in visiting the area of the former Aral Sea when I lived in the region. All in all, catching measles in PA doesn't seem like such a bad option.

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Julia Coronado @jc-econ.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I asked Chat GPT why the buildout of AI requires facism, and it gets it…

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Guy Berger @econberger.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

From the GOAT, George Washington

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Hanna Liubakova @hannaliubakova.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#Belarus Our media report that psychiatrist Ihar Pasnou, 58, has died in a penal colony in Navapolack. Pasnou spent years confronting the regime, including speaking out about Lukashenka's handling of Covid. In prison, he was reportedly subjected to punishment cells, cold, and other forms of abuse.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 03/10/2026

⚡️5 Russian missiles and drones exploded on Moldova's territory in overnight attack against Ukraine, Sandu says. "Moscow is putting lives at risk across Europe and must be stopped," Moldovan President Maia Sandu said on Oct. 3.

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5 Russian missiles and drones exploded on Moldova's territory in overnight attack against Ukraine, Sandu says

"Moscow is putting lives at risk across Europe and must be stopped," Moldovan President Maia Sandu said on Oct. 3.

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Paula Erizanu @paulaerizanu.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Five drones exploded in Moldova this morning, damaging crops and private property, during Russia’s massive attacks of Odesa. Since 2022, around 85 drones crossed Moldovan airspace www.zdg.md/stiri/cinci-...

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Cinci drone au căzut și au explodat în patru raioane

Cinci drone au survolat spațiul aerian al R. Moldova în această dimineață, între 7:45 și 8:00, anunță Sistemul național integrat de monitorizare. Fragmente ale aparatelor au fost găsite în patru raioa...

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279732.bsky.social @279732.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

No contest, and there's no Teddy Roosevelt (faults and all) in sight.

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Cʜʀɪs Sᴛᴇɪɴ @chrisstein.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Richard Hell Tropicana LA 1977 Happy birthday Richard

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Hanna Liubakova @hannaliubakova.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#Belarus Honoured to receive the @amnesty.org International Chair 2026 from Amnesty International Belgium and Ghent University - the first Belarusian to receive it. I spoke about how dictatorships are born: one small compromise, one accepted restriction at a time.

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279732.bsky.social @279732.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is well put. I am a very fortunate person in family, friends, circumstance and health, and haven't made too much trouble for myself over the years. All luck runs out eventually, but one mustn't miss the feeling while it's there.

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279732.bsky.social @279732.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This must be why they weren't invited to the upcoming NATO Working Group meeting: just too darn prepared! Seriously, thanks for pointing out this piece which I've just read through. I've followed these countries' journey since before they regained independence, and Russia's constant instigating.

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279732.bsky.social @279732.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I guarantee he will see it before I do, though I love the director.

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279732.bsky.social @279732.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I recall Secretary Mnuchin making a "reassuring" statement about bank liquidity during the first Trump administration that had quite the opposite effect.

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279732.bsky.social @279732.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

What better way to honor these three geniuses than to name the endeavor after them? "Project Mungkey" it is!

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Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Huge announcement from the campaign finance world, nerds. For the first time, you can find federal and state campaign finance data in one place. @opensecrets.org is the only place anyone can explore how money influences elections up and down the ballot. 😍🤓🗳️🇺🇸 www.opensecrets.org/state-profil...

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279732.bsky.social @279732.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I have no way to gauge this as an older dude with no TV. I'm aware that right-wing media can hammer and hammer on something until it's the issue of the day, and that many on the left are inept at responding or redirecting. But whether Piker is particularly good raw material for this... no idea.

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279732.bsky.social @279732.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Looking forward to seeing this old gent with PiL soon, just as I was pumped to see him with the Sex Pistols long, long ago. Anger is an energy.

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András Tóth-Czifra @minczifra.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

New on Substack: an update on budgeting as the federal budget bill is discussed, a couple of interesting nationalization cases from the regions, and some comments on an assortment of regional developments that didn't make it into BMB. minczifra.substack.com/p/on-budgeti...

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On budgeting, nationalizations and others

Thoughts about political developments in Russia in September

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279732.bsky.social @279732.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

You must be doing something right! No surprise there.

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279732.bsky.social @279732.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Also I live in Philadelphia, and had family here in 1776 too. Every idiot knows it's freer now than it was then.

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279732.bsky.social @279732.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Thanks for voting against the stock-trading bill that had the voter ID poison pill attached. Much appreciated.

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279732.bsky.social @279732.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is human nature. A Cuban friend calls it "la revolución de los callos," where people suddenly sympathize with the opposition once they get their own corns stepped on. It's pretty clear huge numbers of people are pretty oblivious to what goes on, even if their votes helped make it a reality.

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279732.bsky.social @279732.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Tractable, it's always been tractable for me.

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