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#IPCC assessments depend on governments:

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Nathan Newman @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 18/10/2026

BTW CBS's Crawford deleted her tweet, apologizing apparently to CBS for violating its rules, not apologizing to El-Sayed for being intellectually dishonest and racist. That she continues to be their top Supreme Court reporter tells you how seriously to take any legal analysis by Ellison's CBS.

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Saraarrgh Clarke @damselindystopia.northsky.social · 07/06/2026

Young men need more positive female role models.

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 18/10/2026

#OtD 18 Oct 1948 Israeli Air Force began bombing the Palestinian village of Bayt Jibrin during Operation Yoav. By the time Yoav concluded, in just a few days, it had caused the number of refugees living in the Gaza Strip to increase from 100k to 230k stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1143...

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Jake @jake.sooscreek.productions · 18/10/2026

Every single one of these companies is a defense contractor. And I can say very confidently that at least Microsoft is actively working with DoD to develop offensive capabilities for LLM products

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Estelle Platini @estelle.eurosky.social · 18/10/2026

“For much of modern medicine, privileged access to knowledge reinforced the physician’s expertise and authority. That basis of authority is receding.”

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

“we could use this surge to acknowledge that paper counts are meaningless, and, as a field, abandon the current incentive system and return our focus to the substance of research...we should start by asking ourselves: what is biology research for?”

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no brain, only alison @alisonborealis.bsky.social · 18/10/2026

AS ALWAYS, conservatives are pointing fingers, blaming and fearmongering about EXACTLY THE THINGS THEY WANT TO DO. (just in the other direction) This is an incredibly important exchange and you need to listen to all of it.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Gunther Anders on the bomb in 1956

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Estelle Platini @estelle.eurosky.social · 18/10/2026

"If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution." apocryph summary of an excerpt of "Living My Life" (1931, New York), written by Emma Goldman

Emma Goldman in 1886, smiling, monochrome

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Estelle Platini @estelle.eurosky.social · 18/10/2026

Empathy discomforts white supremacy. The whole thread is excellent:

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Estelle Platini @estelle.eurosky.social · 18/10/2026

Humanities expose "students to a variety of ways of experiencing the world. In doing so, the students are liberated from the narrow view inculcated by their existing environment." Read an important thread:

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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Prosecutors are generally guaranteed to screw up important cases especially when the issue isn't "who" is guilty but how much and why.

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Estelle Platini @estelle.eurosky.social · 18/10/2026

People calling you naïve can indeed be militants for brutalization. But they can also be self-defeating persons, in which case we may convince them ✨ (Which Swarbrick and AOC do.)

"The world we live in is false in the sense that institutions lie about the truth of their objective role and functions. Hence, telling the truth about these institutions and questioning them are one and the same thing."

"Non-intervention and non-#commitment objectively amount to ways of not changing the world and therefore of committing oneself to its preservation."
~ Geoffroy de #Lagasnerie in the Nouveau Magazine littéraire, "Il faut assumer le chaos dans lequel nous vivons", 5 October 2018 after the publication of "Penser dans un monde mauvais" (PUF, 2017)

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Follow the Money EU @ftm.eu · 14/10/2026

Governments have spent billions fighting money laundering. But are their efforts working? Emma du Chatinier and Roel Janssen spoke to British investigative journalist and author @oliverbullough.bsky.social about why the failing system and the consequences. 🎧 Full episode: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...

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Estelle Platini @estelle.eurosky.social · 18/10/2026

(Hasbara continued) Via @longtimeleftie.bsky.social: Brad Parscale's firm is registered under the US Foreign Agents Registration Act. Its statement for the six months ending 31 March 2026 reports $15,000,000 received from Havas Media Germany GmbH. The filing says in its own words what the work was:

$15Mto Brad Parscale's firm, for Israel's US campaignOfficial filing

Clock Tower X LLC of Medina, Ohio, whose owner the filing names as Bradley Parscale, is registered under the US Foreign Agents Registration Act as registrant 7649. Its supplemental statement for the six months ending 31 March 2026 reports $15,000,000 received and $13,061,802.50 spent. The filing says in its own words what the work was:

"Registrant has provide strategic communications, planning, and media services in support of Havas' engagement by the State of Israel to develop and execute a nationwide media campaign in the United States to combat antisemitism. Registrant has created websites, including regular blog and content updates; social media, including videos; and other content debunking misinformation about the state of Israel. Registrant's efforts have been exclusively conducted via online media."

Clock Tower X LLC, answer to Item 12, transcribed as filed

The money arrived from Havas Media Germany GmbH in six payments.

extract from https://whofundedgenocide.com/manufacturedconsensus/#proof-15m

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Estelle Platini @estelle.eurosky.social · 18/10/2026

Amichai Chikli is the Diaspora Affairs minister in israel. He has explained #hasbara: Antisemitism does not much interest the average European or US, whereas fear of “radical Islam” interests them “very, very much”, and Israel therefore needs “to take advantage of that”.

middleeasteye.net

Islamophobia has become Israel's Trojan Horse to win over westerners

Netanyahu and his ministers now work to turn European fear of Muslims into political capital

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Estelle Platini @estelle.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026

I have "assembly housing" (my loose translation from "Baugruppe").

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Dean Buckley @deanbuckley.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

in the 1840s and 1850s, xenophobic US "nativists" (Protestants) claimed Catholic immigrants were invading the US as part of a papist plot to subvert democracy. they said we were savages planning to seize power by outbreeding and outvoting them so we could impose our backwards religion on everyone

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Estelle Platini @estelle.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026

Banner of a French protester saying: We are the descendants of the Algerians that you did not drown on October 17, 1961. Neither forget nor forgive!

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kirin @koboldstyle.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Schumer has always nakedly served the Israeli government as much as ours, and Omar is not considered a friend to them.

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Estelle Platini @estelle.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026

"2. your sovereignty is not better and more important than the sovereignty of others." You know that countries that are not party to the Rome Statute include China, India, Russia, and the USA. The separation is structural: it does not change with who govern those countries. See Operation Condor or:

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Estelle Platini @estelle.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026

Thank you for your burst. For my own health I like to separate concerns: "1. friends don't bully" That's toxic relationship and we (all former allies) know that we must organize mitigation and consider escape.

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Estelle Platini @estelle.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026

Read a thread about police violence against children:

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Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

'New permission structure: A social and psychological threshold was crossed. Once enough people who saw Israeli actions as genocide began publicly criticizing Israel, others who privately held similar views felt emboldened to speak out, having previously assumed they were in minority; the dam broke'

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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 16/10/2026

Impunity provided by all parties across the West, by the way. Never forget that Shireen Abu Akleh was assassinated by an Israeli soldier and the USG, under the Biden administration, buried the report which concluded that it was purposeful and deferred to Israel when it exonerated itself.

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Donovan Schaefer @feelingtheory.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Very happy to say that as of today--the centennial of Foucault's birth!--the full subtitled documentary is available on the Centre Michel Foucault website! The documentary can be streamed for free at this link. Some highlights on this thread from last week centremichelfoucault.com/item/michel-...

centremichelfoucault.com

Michel Foucault: Historien de la vérité

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Estelle Platini @estelle.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026

"Places of dialogue aren't just about information transfer. They also build cultures and deepen the urgency and conviction around ideas. They're a powerful tool when used with a clear-eyed sense of what they're for and what they're not."

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Estelle Platini @estelle.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026

'The authors note how much the French model stands out compared to what is going on elsewhere in Europe. Not only do the French police seem indifferent to reducing tension during demonstrations, but more importantly […] they embrace an "implicit doctrine": "the principle of escalation".'

booksandideas.net

The elusive doctrine

About: Sebastian Roché et François Rabaté, La police contre la rue, Grasset

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Estelle Platini @estelle.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026

Tremendous disruption methods can be learnt from other social groups: 🧶

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Estelle Platini @estelle.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026

"Saying a version of "I don't know" and then outlining the steps you would take *to* know is a nearly-universal requirement for passing your qualifying exams as a PhD student." — Mike Wiser, evolutionary biologist, teaching-track associate professor (knowledge transmitter)

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Estelle Platini @estelle.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026

It's a pain. Sorry. When I start over I may build only half of what had disappeared. I try to find it refreshing 🤨

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Estelle Platini @estelle.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026

… "The discomfort of not quite knowing what you think yet, of having to follow the argument into territory that makes you uncertain, is the academic work." Read Pat Thomson: patthomson.net/2026/03/08/g...

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Estelle Platini @estelle.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026

"Imperfection is not a failure but a method. […] Putting down what you know, what you suspect, and what you are not yet sure about often turns out to be the fastest route to clarity. The act of spelling out what you mean, imperfect as it is, creates the conditions for the next step." …

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Estelle Platini @estelle.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026

"The purpose of education, finally, is to create in a person the ability to look at the world for himself, to make his own decisions, to say to himself this is black or this is white, to decide for himself whether there is a God in heaven or not."

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"A Talk to Teachers" James Baldwin, 1963

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Eilís 'pidge' Ní Fhlannagáin @dirtycitybird.trann.ie · 16/10/2026

I keep reminding myself of a quote by General Sherman and I'm going to misuse it here, but I think the sentiment still holds. “It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation.”

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Estelle Platini @estelle.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026

"The freedom expressed by the combination of fossil fuels and anti-vaccination points to the desire for a sovereign body and property that is not accountable to, nor dependent upon, others." Cara Daggett (2022) in "Petro-masculinity and the politics of climate refusal" autonomy.work/portfolio/pe...

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Phil McDuff @mcduff.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

The left has been saying this for decades and getting called stupid children by, like, the New Statesman in particular. Going to be super interesting to see if this tide shift is going to come with anyone saying "we were wrong, it turns out."

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

It was hard to miss that half the press had *the time of their fucking lives* mobbing, rioting and putting the boot into the Woke black trendies and bluehaired pansexuals, giving way to deep, bitter resentment that this guy killing himself spoiled their fun. Sneaky and unfair, made them look bad.

Dr Dean BurnettO @drdeanburnett.... • 37m
The whole Arday scandal and the reaction to it makes perfect sense when you assume that, for those responsible, the death of a young black person of some modest prominence and influence was a good outcome, they're glad it happened, and would like to do it again.
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God, these people are such fucking pricks. He's dead. This is dancing on a grave.
Academics launch rival inquiry into Jason Arday's appointment
The Committee for Academic Freedom will examine the late professor's record to see whether his employment at Cambridge met expected standards
• NEW
Georgia Lambert, Education Correspondent
Thursday October 15 2026, 7.35pm, The

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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

"The technology, developed by Israeli company Discover-Tech, turns the system that processes trillions of online advertising transactions every day into a covert surveillance tool, enabling users to identify targets and hack their devices."

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Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

I’m going to be honest with you - I don’t think fighting about the numbers makes any difference. It doesn’t matter. Those indicators are not aligning with people’s perceptions and so are not influencing people’s behaviors. They are therefore *bad indicators* even if they are accurate measures.

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Matt Crosslin @grandeped.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Two things are intertwined here: there is no such thing as “reliable” Ai detection no matter how much some wants there to be, and Ai is a tool for oppression of specific groups. Ignoring both of those things and acting like Ai can be used to detect itself will lead to more oppression.

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

So there’s an immigration raid on a Black Muslim Somali congresswoman from Minneapolis and everyone runs to non Black commentators to explain it? You think the Lincoln Project and Aaron Parnas are what you need to listen to?!?

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

I want to be clear: it is not too late to end rape in college. And the authors are right that changing the context students interact in would help. But the changes needed aren’t about the furniture—they’re about patriarchy.

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