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I have somehow heard of certain shallow simplifications, - and I imagine that you have never heard of them!

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Actualités françaises 🇫🇷 @news-flows-fr.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"On a évité un Cambridge Analytica à la française": France Télévisions abandonne la gestion de données sensibles par une entreprise israélienne spécialisée dans le ciblage politique Le journal d'investigation Mediapart a révélé que France Télévisions avait pour projet de confier des données...
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"On a évité un Cambridge Analytica à la française": France Télévisions abandonne la gestion de données sensibles par une entreprise israélienne spécialisée dans le ciblage politique
Le journal d'investigation Mediapart a révélé que France Télévisions avait pour projet de confier des données sensibles, notamment les préférences politiques de ses téléspectateurs, à une entreprise i...
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 05/10/2026
We're about to see the far right takeover in Spain and the rest of Europe over the next two years. Next year it's France. Germany is on borrowed time. Brazil is already on the brink. Most of Europe and all of latin America will be under the control of the far right. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10...
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Here’s the latest.
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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
2027 shaping up to be a bad year for government in Europe with possible: People's Party-Vox right/far-right coalition in Spain National Rally President and far right in France Further AfD regional parliament victories in Germany Possible Conservative-Reform right/far-right coalition in the UK
politico.eu
Far-right Vox sees election as its big chance to reshape Spain
The party is a strong position to push for ministerial jobs in a right-wing coalition.
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Orpington Labour @orpingtonlabour.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Much needed and it needs to be said loud and clear. Burnham said he believes it is important to put this out to help voters in Germany and France understand “some of this politics is instigated via our enemies”, amid the rise of far-right parties in those countries www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
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Burnham says it is ‘clear’ Russia interfered in Brexit referendum
He said people have not been informed enough of ‘the extent to which people are seeking to disrupt the political process from overseas’.
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The Jerusalem Post @thejerusalempost.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Opinion: The rapprochement between Israel and the far-right in France, brought into sharp focus by the Bardella affair, reveals a great deal about the Israeli government’s political orientation. www.jpost.com/opinion/arti...
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Amichai Chikli’s alliance with France’s far-right raises alarms for Israel | The Jerusalem Post
Chikli organized a conference on antisemitism attended by far-right parties, including the National Rally. For Marine Le Pen, this quasi-official visit to Israel was all the more significant.
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Middle-East Tracker @me.skyfleet.blue · 14/10/2026
France: Far-right party’s ‘de‑demonisation’ strategy rattled by antisemitism scandal
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France: Far-right party’s ‘de‑demonisation’ strategy rattled by antisemitism scandal
Allegations of antisemitism targeting National Rally president Jordan Bardella have undermined the party’s attempt to move beyond its extremist past
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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
🥴 Marine Le Pen promises to stop financial aid to Ukraine within six months if she becomes President of France, — FT The leader of the French far-right also opposes Ukraine’s accession to the EU and wants to reduce France’s contributions to the union’s budget.
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JWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
In the US and now France, the far-right is - entirely predictably - betraying Ukraine and doing Putin’s work for him. The idea a Le Pen led France would even consider UK returning to the EU is for the fairies.
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F.D. Shook III @fds.wsocial.eu · 14/10/2026
Violence in #Paris as tens of thousands turn out for student protests across #France #Crime #Europe
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Violence in Paris as tens of thousands attend France student protests
French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said 11 police officers had been hospitalised following clashes with protesters in Paris on Tuesday. #EuropeNews
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Euronews @euronews.com · 13/10/2026
'Our future is being robbed': Greta Thunberg joins France student protests against school conditions on Tuesday ahead of fresh nationwide demonstrations, with authorities and participants wary of further violence.
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Olivier Tesquet @oliviertesquet.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
le Spiegel sur la France : « Un État qui réagit à toute revendication par la violence fait diversion des revendications pour thématiser la violence en elle-même. » www.spiegel.de/ausland/schu...
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(S+) Meinung: Schülerproteste: Frankreich hat ein massives Gewaltproblem und das fängt bei der Polizei an
Immer wieder eskalieren gesellschaftliche Konflikte in Frankreich brutal. Dahinter verbirgt sich ein vormodernes Staatsverständnis, das mitschuld ist an der tiefen Krise, die das Land erfasst.
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Shawn Stuckey @theshawnstuckey.com · 13/10/2026
It’s amazing how MAGA went from “release the Epstein files” to getting so triggered they’ll beat the shit out of anyone who mentions them. Republican voters are actively and passionately defending pedophiles now.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Trump has just extended two wars in exchange for a meaningless appeal to his vanity from Putin. snyder.substack.com/p/war-throug...
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War Through Weakness
Trump’s Superpower Suicide in Iran and Russia
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Melissa Chemam @melissaontheroad.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
France: Details on the cyberattack that hit hundreds of supermarkets overnight, as analyst warns of wider risks www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV3g...
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Cyberattack hits hundreds of French supermarkets as analyst warns of wider risks
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
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Thomas Fortenberry @thomasfortenberry.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The son of Bolsonaro, who has campaigned with a machete, is attempting to return Fascism to power in Brazil and exact revenge on leftists. Trump is not only aiding him, Trump is the poster child of revenge porn politics.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/10/2026
A person holds a sign featuring a crossed-out US flag and an image depicting US President Donald Trump, with a message supporting Brazil's sovereignty, during a protest in defense of democracy and in support of Lula in Manaus, Brazil, October 11, 2026. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly
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James North @jamesnorth7.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In 2022, I wrote @thenation.com that #Brazil's president #Lula was the most important person on the planet confronting the climate emergency. I'm still right. If he loses, the rainforest will start burning again. @greggrandin.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social www.thenation.com/article/envi...
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A Habitable Earth Depends on Lula
The Amazon rain forest is disappearing. We must help Brazil silence the chain saws.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 06/10/2026
The demonstrations began in September at a single school in the economically deprived suburbs of Paris, where students protested teacher shortages, overcrowded classrooms and dilapidated school buildings beset by rats, falling debris and more.
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French High School Students Lead Mass Protests over School Funding, Inequality; Thousands Arrested
Nearly 2,000 French high schools are blockaded or closed today amid massive student-led protests over school funding and inequality. The demonstrations began in September at a single school in the eco...
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Ryan Hillier @ryanhillier.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“The coming together of labor unions, the youth movement, and the parliamentary left-wing opposition forms a kind of ‘tortoise formation’ of mutual protection, making a broader collective momentum possible […]."
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French students shut down schools in historic strike against austerity - BT News
French students continue with mobilizations, demanding the right to education with support from unions and progressive forces.
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Roger Alan Blackwell @rogera.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
French unions march with school students & condemn police 8th October 2026 wrp.org.uk/news/french-...
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French unions march with school students & condemn police - Workers Revolutionary Party
FRENCH Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu ordered regular classes suspended yesterday and today so that headteachers could hold sessions with school students, after trade unions joined pupils in marches...
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CFDT Éducation Formation Recherche Publiques @cfdt-efrp.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Notre fédération appelle à la grève / à manifester dans toute la France ce mardi 13 octobre, pour l'avenir de notre jeunesse.  Plus d'informations à venir sur les cortèges sur nos sites locaux. #mobilisationslycéennes
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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Victor Wembayana throws his support behind France's high school protests, condemning "systemic inequalities" "I'm happy that high school students and youth in general are making their voices heard -- because me, I hear them and I understand their point of view" www.lemonde.fr/sport/video/...
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VIDEO Victor Wembanyama soutient le mouvement lycéen
Vidéo - La star française de la NBA, qui rappelle avoir été lycéen à Nanterre, « bastion des blocus déjà à l’époque », a apporté son soutien au mouvement lycéen depuis les Etats-Unis.
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John Clarke @johncke.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
'The youth will not eat your shit.' The struggle in France unfolds.
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Guillaume D. @gdeleur.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Cette jeunesse, avec son humour, ses codes, ses punchlines terribles, ses battles d'aura, ses revendications politiques affûtées, a tellement ringardisé en quelques jours ce vieux pouvoir pathétique de bourgeois blancs racistes, de Lecornu jusqu'au RN. Quelle leçon, quel plaisir.
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Melissa Chemam @melissaontheroad.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Spain: PM Pedro Sánchez calls snap election amid national housing crisis He says the vote will take place on 29 November after the parliament rejected two of his government’s emergency relief measures www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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Spain’s Sánchez calls snap election amid national housing crisis – Europe live
PM says vote will take place on 29 November after parliament rejected two of his government’s emergency relief measures
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Nils Gilman @nilsgilman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Most historians today argue that the key policies that made possible the US’s economic resurgence under Reagan were mostly initiated by Carter: military buildup, deregulation, taming of inflation, support for the strong $, etc. Reagan’s main policy innovation—tax cuts for the rich—was a net negative
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“When food prices go up because farm workers go missing, that’s the ICE Tax. When construction grinds to a halt because no one is left to build homes, that’s the ICE Tax. When our elders can’t get the care they deserve because their caretakers and nurses are gone, that’s the ICE Tax.” #EndtheICETax
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CHC Chair: ‘ICE Is Not Just Busting The Budget, It’s Wrecking Our Economy’
Congressional Hispanic Caucus members joined America’s Voice to call for an end to the ICE Tax that’s making the lives of all working families more expensive.
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Alskicav @alskicav.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Long read. Interesting and terrifying if you're into understanding what's going on with the techbro oligarchs' plans for building an AI dystopia. Climate, health, economy, peace, human purpose and agency all under threat in the new hyper guilded age
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026
No AI Government Guardrails: if we leave it up to Trump Listen to this man 🤦🏽‍♂️ "They're really going to be policing each other... It's going to be very, very safe and there's a self-policing and there's also a group policing and it's going to be great."
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Ari Costello @aricostello.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
In honor of Freud’s doctrine of the ‘revenge of the neurosis’, I have long argued that the serial killer, whose epidemic seems to have ended some 20 years ago, had morphed into the mass shooter. But it seems again to have moved. Now, it is in government. Globally, no doubt
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Nils Gilman @nilsgilman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Four ways to subvert an election: 1. Disqualify citizens before they vote 2. Stop qualified voters from casting the ballot 3. Stop cast votes from being counted 4. Overturn the results after you’ve lost, 4ex by refusing to seat winners (Expect them to try all) www.liberalcurrents.com/editors-note...
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Editor's Notes: Gaming Out Antidemocratic Tactics
How worried should we be about election interference in 2026, exactly?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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OSINTRadar @osintradar.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
🇺🇸🇷🇺🇪🇺 Influential American journalist Michael Weiss believes the main purpose of CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s visit to Moscow may be to directly warn Russia against possible escalation toward Europe and NATO. 👇
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Robert Parzer @robertparzer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
He does the Rudolf Hess Trick?
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Nils Gilman @nilsgilman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
They’re openly planning to rig the election. Screwing with mail-in ballots is only one component of the plan. Way too many people are dismissing this risk with the hopium that, “OK, but they won’t be able to pull that off.” Were this happening in any other country, we’d know what to call this.
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
🧵 ICE is a for-profit scheme. America's two largest private prison companies, CoreCivic and GEO Group reported $1.4 billion in quarterly revenue. Patrick Swindle, CoreCivic's CEO, told investors sale of facilities to DHS worked out to average rate of $307,000 per bed. www.npr.org/2026/08/08/n...
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Private prisons announce $1.4 billion in revenue as immigration detentions climb
That revenue does not include net proceeds of $1.6 billion made by CoreCivic after the recent sale of four of their facilities to the Department of Homeland Security.
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ljean @ljean.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
"It collects about 9,500 horses every year, [] The bureau has pitched buying a gas chamber to kill the horses and cut the costs, but Congress has barred such action [] " www.rawstory.com/wild-horses/
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Trump secretly sends thousands of horses to their deaths: 'Slaughter in plain sight'
Wild horses couldn't keep President Donald Trump away from the chance of making a kill, according to a new report.Under his administration, thousands of wild horses have been rounded up with helicopte...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
You think this regime can't get any more cartoonishly evil, but then it finds a way. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/u...
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Under Trump, Protected Wild Horses Are Going to Slaughter
A legal loophole allows the government to sell mustangs on the cheap, stripping them of protections and clearing their path to destruction.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/08/2026
President Trump has spent the morning on Truth Social trashing Canada and praising totalitarian dictator Kim Jong Un. Congrats, America!
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 25/08/2026
Two paths diverged in the woods and America took the psychopath.
Paychopath
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Nils Gilman @nilsgilman.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Theyre not hiding their plans to prevent a free and fair election. It’s evident that this plan will only be implemented in democrat-heavy districts. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/u...
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Postal Service Publishes Finalized Plan to Restrict Mail Ballots
The plan complies with President Trump’s executive order to restrict mail voting, which was blocked by federal courts and is under review at the Supreme Court.
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Melissa Chemam @melissaontheroad.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The US supports Morocco’s claims on the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla. Since late July, the United States has been increasingly signalling a move to strengthen its ties with Morocco, both economically and diplomatically. Here is how and why: www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20...
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Ceuta and Western Sahara at heart of US-Morocco rapprochement
Since late July, the United States has been increasingly signalling a move to strengthen its ties with Morocco, both economically and diplomatically. In 2020, the US backed Morocco’s autonomy plan for...
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Marcel Dirsus @marceldirsus.com · 06/08/2026
I think it's a shame that we don't really do heroes anymore. If it were up to me, give the bus driver that brought down the drone with his bare hands a Mercedes. Just do it now. Tomorrow, have the President invite him to his palace and he gets a shiny medal and we all feel good for a day
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Parnas: How much money was funneled through these banks to Epstein? Wyden: I think it’s certainly well over a billion dollars. One of the things we pointed out yesterday is that Deutsche Bank failed to properly report to the Treasury Department more than $250 million in suspicious transactions
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Dozens of gas-burning power plants are being built across the country, solely to power data centers. These plants could emit as much planet-warming pollution as half of all passenger vehicles in the entire country in a single YEAR. We need a data center moratorium — now.
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Chris Meder @evcurvefuturist.com · 21/07/2026
Germany, same country that gave the world Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Porsche, Audi & Volkswagen, has just seen battery electric vehicles become the best-selling powertrain for the first time. In June, BEVs outsold petrol, diesel, hybrids & plug-in hybrids individually, with BEV sales up 78% year-on-year.
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In the birthplace of the car, EVs are now king: BEVs outsell gas cars in Germany
In June, for the first time, electric cars outsold each other powertrain in Germany, with sales up 78% since last year.
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Marcel Dirsus @marceldirsus.com · 16/07/2026
If this is happening in public, you've got to wonder what's happening behind the scenes. Any three-letter agencies involved? What are they up to these days? Perhaps some light election-interference? Interesting times
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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
"Europe's booming solar fleet has saved €20 billion in gas imports since Iran war, finds new analysis" As oil and gas prices remain high due to the Iran war - solar power is cushioning the impact across Europe, investment needs to continue though. www.euronews.com/2026/07/16/s...
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How solar has saved Europe €20 billion since the war on Iran began
New data shows that solar installations across Europe are cushioning the continent from volatile fossil fuel price shocks.
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Barbarism of Berlin @berlinbarbarism.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
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