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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I wrote about the zionism at the end of Schindler's List and how American liberal Zionists see support for Israel as core to support for liberalism and America. and yes, that's all bad. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/schindlers...
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Schindler’s Zionism
Jews have become a fetish of American liberalism. That’s not good.
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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
why would open-weight AI be dystopian
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Henry Foy @henryjfoy.ft.com · 19/07/2026
EU approaching “peak sanctions” as France, Germany, Greece & others demand measures against Russia be cut to protect their companies “Around the table, the moral imperative is functioning less and less” said one diplomat w @alicemhancock.bsky.social & @chriscook.news as.ft.com/r/b8082481-c...
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EU faces crumbling support for new Russia sanctions
National capitals refuse to support measures that could hurt big companies
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 17/07/2026
Wrote a post about JK Rowling threatening to sue Amnesty International for expressing their opinion of an org she founded.
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Jess Miers 🦝 @jmiers230.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
TIL malls throughout the country are increasingly restricting minors. Some even require mandatory ID checks for anyone who looks young. So teens can't go to the mall, they can't be online...where exactly do we expect them to go? www.youthrights.org/issues/age-d...
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Malls Banning Teens: Parental Escort & Chaperoning Policies
How many Malls Ban Unaccompanied Minors? Malls with Youth Curfews. Malls with Parental guidance policies, Youth Escort policies, Parental Chaperoning policies.
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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
you are the Labour Party. raise fucking taxes on the rich and upper middle class. it's the one thing *people* expect from a labour government
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
A) This a properly brilliant piece of investigative journalism by BBC & @hopenot.bsky.social Huge kudos to all involved for doing the job the UK police & CPS failed to do: naming the alleged spymaster & clearly showing Kremlin’s role. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Russia was behind arson attacks targeting PM, BBC reveals
Evidence shows Russians directing the plot and stoking tensions with fake far-right and Muslim groups.
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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Listened to an NPR story this morning about mass child starvation in Senegal without a single mention of Elon Musk, the guy who gleefully created the conditions for the mass starvation
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 09/06/2026
"There was never an agreement to give the US sovereignty over the internet. We are still inside UK borders when we use the internet. The infrastructure is here. The revenue is made here. The internet is eminently governable."
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A teen social media ban is an admission of total and utter failure to govern online spaces
The UK government is currently calling for steps that fall short of a teen social media ban. Here's why it shouldn't take the next step.
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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
As @gregpak.net pointed out, this man is one of the most destructive in this admin with worldwide & longterm ramifications. I also want people to stop acting like he's just "stupid" or doing things for no reason. His reason is eugenics & wellness grifts.
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
so, I think a couple things are true. 1. there are various things called "AI" that have some reasonable uses. 2. the unrelenting hype around AI is a tool of oligarchs determined to destroy labor and democracy, and it should be mocked.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 10/05/2026
At this point, solving climate change is cheaper than not solving it -- not only on some grand 50 year time horizon, but tomorrow, today, immediately. Soving climate change *is* affordability. Maybe Dems should tell voters about that.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The fifth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
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🇵🇸Martin “Doomsday” Pfeiffer🖖🏳️‍🌈 @nuclearanthro.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
IT’S THE SAME FUCKING MAXIMALIST SHIT. These aren’t negotiations, they’re demand sessions. And Trump continues warcrimes threats. “US officials to travel to Pakistan for talks as Trump warns US will ‘knock out’ every power plant if Iran doesn’t accept deal” www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Trump says 'whole country is getting blown up' if Iran does not accept deal Donald Trump told Fox News on Sunday that this was Iran's "last chance" to agree to a peace deal.
"If Iran does not sign this deal, the whole country is getting blown up," Trump said. The US president then reiterated his earlier point on Truth Social that the US would target bridges and power plants specifically if Iran does not sign this agreement.
The deal entails reopening the strait of Hormuz and making sure Iranians do not have enriched uranium.
Trump also made clear that he would not be
"making the same mistake" that Barack Obama did with the 2015 agreement his administration made to limit Iran's nuclear capabilities. In exchange for the lifting of some sanctions, Obama had conceded that Iran could contiune enriching its uranium for 15 years, but only at the level of purity required for a civilian nuclear programme. The agreement also included limiting Iran's stockpile of uranium to 300kg.
Trump withdrew from the agreement in 2018, calling the deal "one of the worst and most one-sided transactions" the US had ever entered into".
Since then, Iran has grown its stockpile to 400.9kg of uranium enriched to 60%
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Putin on the Ritz
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Savchenko Volodymyr @savchenkoua.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
🇺🇸❗️🇪🇺🇺🇦 J.D. Vance: "We told Europe, 'If you want to buy weapons for Ukraine, go ahead.' But the United States is no longer buying weapons or sending them there. We've simply gotten out of that business. And that's a very good thing."
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
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Jesse Gamble @jessegamble.com · 11/04/2026
I have lost the mines that were in the Strait and which you were probably hoping would go away Forgive me there were many so hidden and so deep
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
SoH transits from Lloyd’s List:
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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Impossible to disagree with a single word that Ben Rhodes (Obama era NSC official) is saying here:
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Shaun Pinner @shaunpinner.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Maybe the EU 🇪🇺 should send a delegation to work with the Democrats in the US. Absurd? Of course. So why is JD Vance doing exactly that in Hungary with Viktor Orbán? This isn’t diplomacy, but it is political interference. My article for LLB👇 londonlovesbusiness.com/jd-vance-in-...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/04/2026
Trump is committing war crimes in Iran and is threatening more and worse ones. His entire war strategy at this point is war crimes. A functional Congress would be far down the road of impeachment and removal.
Our Military, the greatest and most powerful (by far!) anywhere in the World, hasn’t even started destroying what’s left in Iran. Bridges next, then Electric Power Plants! New Regime leadership knows what has to be done, and has to be done, FAST! President DONALD J.TRUMP
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Ankit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
A deliberate, symbolic strike on civilian infrastructure with no case for military utility. As clear cut as LOAC violations come.
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Spooky Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
In April, the health part of universal credit to be halved (or frozen for new claimants) unless their condition is terminal or severe & lifelong. Multiple sclerosis, learning disabilities, bipolar, Parkinson’s, ME may not meet new eligibility criteria. More cruelty towards people with disabilities.
theguardian.com
‘A cruel penalty’: disabled people face lower benefit payments if conditions not deemed lifelong
Forthcoming rules mean debilitating conditions may not meet strict ‘severe and lifelong’ criteria, say charities
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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
To be clear with how I feel about it. Anyone in the military who directs or carries out strikes on desalination plants should be in prison when this is over.
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
My latest for @dissentmag.bsky.social:
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The Epstein Class - Dissent Magazine
The real scandal of the Epstein saga is not that a billionaire cabal runs the world. It’s that there is a billionaire class.
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
this is a great piece about what epstein was doing (raping large numbers of children) and what he was not doing (most of what Qanon claims.)
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Sonia L @sonial77.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
This list of so-called "safe" countries includes those which are very dangerous to queer people e.g. Nigeria and Ghana. Home Office routinely disbelieves the identity of queer people in the asylum system, rendering the "safeguard" referred to in the article useless www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2185...
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Labour civil war looms as Mahmood dusts off Blair-era deportation laws
Shabana Mahmood is deporting thousands of foreign criminals before they can use human rights laws to block removal in one of the biggest crackdowns in years.
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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
pluralistic.net/2026/03/17/t... the main essay is strong on the problems of crude genealogical critiques of tech. And not just tech! So many good things - social democracy, feminism e.g. - have all sorts of shitty historical connections which should not be ignored, but aren't bloodguilt either
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Pluralistic: William Gibson vs Margaret Thatcher (17 Mar 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
❗️EU calls US lifting of sanctions on Russian oil “very alarming” This decision has consequences for European security, European Council President António Costa stated.
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ACLU of Idaho @acluidaho.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
BREAKING: An Idaho House Committee passed HB 822. This dangerous and unconstitutional bill would require trusted adults, such as teachers and counselors, to monitor children for signs that they are not conforming to gender stereotypes. Learn more about the bill: buff.ly/7kw0CXu
A dramatic image with bold text about Idaho House Committee's passage of a social transition ban, set against a grayscale domed ceiling background.

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BREAKING
Idaho House Committee Passes Extreme Social Transition Ban
HB 822 is alarming government overreach that would allow Idaho politicians to decide how youth dress and act.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 06/03/2026
Two people confirmed that Moscow had provided Tehran with intelligence on the location of US military assets in the region, including planes and warships. ft.trib.al/cZbGDEU
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Palesfenian 🇮🇪❤️🇺🇦🇵🇸🇪🇺 @iamamnot.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Iran pink, Iraq red, Afghanistan green
Map if the the above mentioned three countries imposed over the the US.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 06/03/2026
Had some more thoughts on the latest between Anthropic and the Defense Department. The story is less about the specifics, and more about the way Anthropic now feels it needs to act to grovel before the Trump admin.
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Lawrence Moss @lawrence-moss.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Extraordinary joint statement by 29 independent UN human rights experts: “We cannot pick and choose when international law applies. Unlawful military intervention is not a solution to the nuclear issue, countering alleged terrorism, or the human rights situation in Iran www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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Iran: UN experts call for de-escalation and accountability
GENEVA – UN human rights experts* today condemned the unlawful military attacks launched by the United States of America and Israel against Iran.“Unprovoked attacks by the US and Israel — launched ami...
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 03/03/2026
⚡️IPC bars Ukrainian team from wearing uniform featuring map of Ukraine at the Winter Paralympics. The International Paralympic Committee barred Ukraine’s Paralympic team from wearing their ceremonial uniform for the upcoming Winter Games, saying the design featuring a map of Ukraine was political.
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IPC bars Ukrainian team from wearing uniform with map of Ukraine at Winter Paralympics
The International Paralympic Committee barred Ukraine’s Paralympic team from wearing their ceremonial uniform for the upcoming Winter Games, saying the design featuring a map of Ukraine was political,...
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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
the war is unpopular but it's also illegal but it also doesn't serve any purpose but it also undermines diplomacy but it also is set to produce the opposite outcome as intended but it also already has hundreds dead and threatens more but it also will not make anything better for anyone but it also
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/02/2026
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres: “Military action carries the risk of igniting a chain of events that no one can control in the most volatile region of the world"
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 28/02/2026
Trump has no strategy to help the Iranian people build a legitimate state—in fact, he’s dismantling tools that could have helped promote civic engagement and build a united opposition in Iran, @anneapplebaum.bsky.social argues. theatln.tc/k99IcIzV
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The Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
My thoughts open.substack.com/pub/musgrave...
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An Unpopular, Doomed, Bloody War
People will die and nothing will be accomplished
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/02/2026
Welp
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The Onion @theonion.com · 28/02/2026
Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started
Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started
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CNN @cnn.com · 16/02/2026
The Israeli government has advanced the registration of territory in the occupied West Bank as state land in a move that Palestinians have decried as “de facto annexation.” cnn.it/46bUqmd
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/02/2026
AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 13/02/2026
As a direct result of the obscene actions of Russell Vought and Elon Musk in destroying USAID, we can expect “at least 9.4 million additional deaths by 2030, if the current funding trend continues. About 2.5 million of those deaths are projected to be children under the age of 5.”
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One year on from dismantling of USAID, study projects that global aid cuts could lead to 9.4 million deaths by 2030 | CNN
It’s been one year since the Trump administration dismantled the US Agency for International Development (USAID), with aid cuts leading to the closure of HIV clinics in South Africa, the termination o...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/02/2026
Trump: "So I put on a 30% tariff, which is very low. I got an emergency call from I believe the prime minister of Switzerland. She was very aggressive ... I didn't really like the way she talked to us, so instead of giving her a reduction, I raised it to 39%."
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