Reposted by JppIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Just caught up on the USA-Belgium game. Belgium did well, but what an ignoble end to a host nation's ambitions. Having your president fix the rules to help you, then playing without competence, or passion, or commitment. An embarrassment. 95931107
Reposted by JppCats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Spicy blend. 🫖 Photo from my collection, no documented date/info. 312737347
Reposted by JppLarry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 22/06/2026"I have accepted Keir Starmer's resignation as my chief servant and have invited Andy Burnham to lay out details for how many meals a day he'll give me" 164130492524
Reposted by Jpprayinrichmond.bsky.social @rayinrichmond.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Just the latest to be added to the list. 2102
Reposted by JppKendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 24/05/2026Just adding this for sourcing/cause it doesn't get talked about enough. They killed people who were just trying to get to safety.propublica.orgPost-Katrina, White Vigilantes Shot African-Americans With ImpunityProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. 5339114
Reposted by JppMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/05/2026🚨BREAKING: Democrats are mounting a new counteroffensive to Republican-led gerrymanders following the Supreme Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act — with New York emerging as a key battleground. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comDemocrats launch New York counteroffensive following flood of GOP gerrymandersThe effort — dubbed the “New York Democracy Project” — marks a significant shift as Democrats consider using the same aggressive redistricting tactics Republicans are now deploying across the South. 311282355
Reposted by JppJ P R @jpr93.bsky.social · 04/05/2026@karenattiah.bsky.social Just heard the word uxoricide in dialog in a Brit medical crime drama. S23E5 of ‘Silent Witness’ This episode centers on battered women. 4273
Reposted by JppJust Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 29/04/2026He can put his name on coins, notes, buildings, roads, passports all he wants… All people will remember is that his name was all over the Epstein files. 14853621347
Jpp @jpppaula.bsky.social · 27/04/2026youtu.be/cbhq0uvw5D8youtu.beMORNING BREAKING NEWS UPDATES FROM SCOTT -- 4/27/26YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane Reports 000
Reposted by JppAlex Kuria @alexkuria.bsky.social · 22/04/2026I was running errands with my youngest daughter, when I saw this car in Lavington Mall in Nairobi. It still has the Obama 08 bumper sticker, the year she was born! 111
Reposted by JppCanadian Resistance 🇨🇦🇪🇺 @cdnresistance.bsky.social · 27/04/2026From CBC News: Canadian detained by ICE for 6 months says he's an 'indefinite' prisoner, has no idea when he'll get out. 58 Canadians are being held by ICE. Avoid all nonessential travel to the United States. 106126474961
Reposted by JppAlex Kuria @alexkuria.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Classic Coffee by Nyeri Hill Farm. Arabica single origin coffee, medium roast. "Established in 1914 by the Consolata Missionaries, Nyeri Hill Farm is one of the oldest and most respected coffee farms in Kenya." 032
Reposted by JppMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Indeed. A person rushed at POTUS's security perimeter and was stopped there. A person whose plan is to do a one-man charge through POTUS's security perimeter is, ipso facto, irrational. To the extent anything can be done to prevent this, it's universal free healthcare including mental healthcare. 251547252
Reposted by JppKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 24/04/2026My latest. More thoughts on language, culture, and violence against women. We actually have a word for wife-killing. Why don't we use it?karenattiah.substack.comUxoricide: The Word You Don't Know Because You're Not Supposed ToOn the Language We Don't Have for Men Who Kill Their Wives. 35767280
Reposted by JppDrSinBin @drsinbin.bsky.social · 19/04/2026I'm not joking when I say mRNA technology is more important than "AI" and it's a tragedy we're throwing billions into one while our government is aggressively defunding the other. 116150725538
Reposted by JppTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 13/04/2026This is very true! And as the research on the issue shows and as the Hungarian example confirms, and the Polish one before that, the key to large turnout is long-term, grass-roots organizational labor that helps people understand how their single vote is a dignified part of a larger transformation. 563056871
Reposted by JppThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/04/2026THE POPE RESPONDS TO TRUMP: "Blessed are the peacemakers… I don't think the message of the gospel is meant to be abused in the way some are doing it." The guy Christian nationalists are using to impose a theocracy on 🇺🇸 is beefing with the carrier of the actual message of Jesus 762628632
Reposted by JppBarack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 13/04/2026The victory of the opposition in Hungary yesterday, like the Polish election in 2023, is a victory for democracy, not just in Europe but around the world. 657532379339
Reposted by JppDr Kate Maltby @katemaltby.bsky.social · 12/04/2026I can't quite express the joy of seeing Viktor Orbán, the man who took my grandparents' native land to the brink of dictatorship, concede power after 16 years of autocracy and corruption. This is personal. 291587125
Reposted by JppJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 12/04/2026It's not just that Orbán losing inspires hope in other competitive-autocratic countries ruled by right-wing nationalist authoritarians. It's that his loss materially changes things in those other countries, because he's been operating as a headquarters and funding source... 133141983069
Reposted by JppUrsula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 12/04/2026Hungary has chosen Europe. Europe has always chosen Hungary. A country reclaims its European path. The Union grows stronger. 454231704402
Reposted by JppMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 12/04/2026I’m incredibly obsessed with JD Vance sinking Victor Orban 2925742561
Reposted by JppJan 🌿 @shypixie76.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Good morning ☕️ Don’t forget to look up! The leaves are coming in nicely on these tree canopies in the woods, and in just a few weeks time they’ll be looking a lot different with lots more spring growth. Happy Sunday everyone 🍃 #Spring #Trees #NaturePhotography 2532
Reposted by JppSara Century @saracentury.bsky.social · 11/04/2026I want to say something actionable here because it's my way to see What I Can Do About It regardless of how ugly a situation is. So I'll say that we need to do better by people who come forward about assault, and we can. It takes work, it takes discomfort, it takes commitment, but we can do better. 023116
Reposted by JppIllia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Meanwhile in Bucha. Happy Easter! 🐣 241086107
Reposted by JppTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Yes, should be noted that when Vance joins Kushner and Witkoff he is not joining a team of negotiators but a pair of war profiteers. 622811973
Reposted by JppAndrea Joy Campbell @ajcampbellma.bsky.social · 10/04/2026A big step forward today in our fight to hold Big Tech accountable: Meta must face our lawsuit over deliberately designing Instagram to addict kids while downplaying risks their own research showed. Our kids deserve better than companies that profit from their pain. 21935193
Reposted by JppScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 09/04/2026A very “bizarre” day for the First Lady of the United States She re-inflames the Epstein crisis for the Administration Tonight’s edition of “Scott MacFarlane Reports” youtu.be/pO4f9Oog8PQ?...youtu.beMelania Trump RESPONDS to Epstein Files SCANDALYouTube video by Scott MacFarlane Reports 33503155
Reposted by JppAlan Jagolinzer @jagolinzer.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Disinformation is often a preparatory act for a harms or exploitation act. In other words, disinformation supports corruption. Academic research and independent journalism offer some of the few remaining anti-corruption guardrails. youtu.be/3fye7X6TtVwyoutu.beDisinformation supports corruptionYouTube video by Cambridge Disinformation Summit 015142
Reposted by JppIsabel Picornell Garcia @picornell.eurosky.social · 09/04/2026"five trillion. That’s roughly the number of search queries that Google processes every year, translating to tens of millions of wrong answers that the AI Overviews are providing every hour — and hundreds of thousands every minute, the analysis calculated." 411973
Reposted by JppFactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 08/04/2026New reporting reveals the Pentagon threatened Pope Leo XIV’s ambassador over the Pope's anti-war statements: "America has the military power to do whatever it wants in the world. The Catholic Church had better take its side.” 2312177
Jpp @jpppaula.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Keep Calling, Keep Posting, Keep Writing to All your officials and committees. 000
Reposted by JppSwapna Krishna @swapnakrishna.com · 05/04/2026People have asked me again and again why we are sending astronauts to he moon and why it matters. There are a lot of good answers to that question but a relevant one right now is: I have never seen this level of general public excitement and engagement with any other mission I’ve covered. 328650
Reposted by JppJohn Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Hard to believe that in what used to be one of world’s most prestigious newspapers, neither the NYT writers nor editors appear to know what the not-so-obscure acronym NATO stands for. (Hint: it’s *not* the below) BTW, a whopper like this probably would get you fired from a college paper in Ireland. 32381106
Reposted by JppPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 28/03/2026The first edition of the newly reborn Easterner student newspaper is LIVE! 521717279
Reposted by Jppwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Shamsia Hassani (born 1988), recognized as the first Afghanistan born female muralist and street artist #WomensArt 72865514
Jpp @jpppaula.bsky.social · 27/03/2026@realclaudetaylor.bsky.social The sign has been in my window for a very long time. 000
Reposted by JppAnil Kalhan @akalhan.bsky.social · 25/03/2026CHANGE OF PLANS—WE NEED YOU TO STAND AROUND AND DO NOTHING AT TERMINAL B 231658244
Reposted by JppRex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 25/03/2026The fact that Trump cast a **mail-in ballot** in the election that was just won by a Florida Democrat, an election in which he publicly backed the Republican, an election in Mar-a-Lago’s district, is what I like to call a real hoot. 32813192
Reposted by JppAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 24/03/2026MacFarlane: I think the rise of independent journalism is an unparalleled thing. They want—hopefully—what I do: speak directly, one-on-one, point-blank, conversationally, and simply explain the news. There’s no way any vertical integration can stop that. 16186701938
Reposted by JppAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 24/03/2026MacFarlane: As for the press secretary saying that I’m a veteran CBS reporter—I am not a veteran CBS reporter, I am a former CBS reporter—but I am a veteran reporter, and I’m here to break news. 278168723310
Reposted by JppSamhain Night @samhainnight.bsky.social · 17/03/2026And Ireland returned the favor by buying respirators for the Choctaw Nation when Trump abandonedthem during the worst of the Covid outbreak 425615
Reposted by JppThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Just kind feels like the people saying the war planners forgot about the Strait of Hormuz aren’t giving Putin enough credit 311414289
Reposted by JppI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 07/03/2026The South ending Reconstruction and plunging their populations into a backward looking culture and economy until it was forced to modernize by the Civil Rights movement is imo a very clean parallel. 594498942
Reposted by JppDoug Jones @dougjones.bsky.social · 11/03/2026The anniversary of #bloodysunday in Selma is about honoring the courage and power of the foot soldiers from that day in 1965, and recommitting to the fight for voting rights. On Sunday, I was honored to march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge with those brave foot soldiers… 7893158
Reposted by JppDr. Susan G (she/her) @madtownmama.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Rep Frost’s account of viewing the Epstein files is JAW DROPPING Please keep calling your congressman people about this. @hcrichardson.bsky.social is doing such important work here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=10eO...youtube.comThe Epstein Files Coverup With Representative Maxwell FrostYouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson 13635316
Reposted by JppHans Schattle @hansschattle.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Very insightful thread on how Trump and Rubio have dismantled and undermined US diplomacy at a terrible, incalculable cost to America and the world. 16322