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Nicolas Tenzer @nicolastenzer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
No forgiveness. On October 7, 2023, Hamas and other Palestinian groups cold-bloodedly murdered 1,200 people simply because they were Jewish. Recognizing this pogrom as a terrorist act driven by genocidal intent is our first duty—any further discussion must be based on this shared recognition.
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𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐲 𝐉.𝐒. 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐚 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 ¬1𝜄 = 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗂𝗈𝗍𝖺 @ajsdecepida.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Trump’s Arctic research chair promoted Damen Shipyards while his consultancy stood to be paid if Damen won a federal icebreaker contract. Commissioners aren’t federal employees and needn’t file conflict disclosures — private profit placed beside public influence. ↴ www.propublica.org/article/thom...
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How a MAGA Influencer With Ties to Russia Became Trump’s Arctic Adviser
As head of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission, Thomas Dans has backed a takeover of Greenland and other items on President Donald Trump’s list. But it’s not always clear where the administration’s ag...
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Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The fact that the russian attack team used Italian tourist visas to bomb a German airport, as well as the discovery of russian plans for further attacks on the defence industry in Denmark and elsewhere, makes an urgent ban on Schengen visas for all russians necessary.
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EU to deny Russian citizens travel permits as it emerges sabotage team used Italian tourist visas
German authorities tracked the sabotage team who used Italian tourism visas to enter Europe.
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keesvanwoerkom.bsky.social @keesvanwoerkom.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
In what way is this Christianity?
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
i love when they recover some 3000 year old clay tablet and its something totally relatable like “i hope this tablet finds you well but the group project is a disaster…”
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keesvanwoerkom.bsky.social @keesvanwoerkom.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Sickening
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keesvanwoerkom.bsky.social @keesvanwoerkom.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Hmmm seems like that would guarantee a Labour defeat at the next election - I doubt Burnham will be any better than Starmer
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keesvanwoerkom.bsky.social @keesvanwoerkom.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
With corruption scandals around the Spanish PM - hummmm, I have my doubts Sanchez has the answer. The problem with a rampant far right is not confined to Britain alas even though they are so obviously charlatans of the worst kind
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 30/05/2026
"I don't want an American military unit to lose in the next era of war. This is why supporting and embracing Ukraine is an imperative for NATO's dominance," writes Issac Olvera, a former U.S. Marine Corps officer, in this op-ed.
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American military unit would lose to Ukrainian one – former US Marine who fought in Ukraine
I spent 14 years in the U.S. military. My period of service, 2003-2017, covered its most active era in recent memory. Facing enemies in Iraq and Afghanistan, working with allies in the Pacific and in ...
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keesvanwoerkom.bsky.social @keesvanwoerkom.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
It is unlikely to happen - so what’s next
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Frenemy of the People @frenemyofthepeople.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
If racism is no longer a problem, then why are all the states rushing to redistrict after the Supreme Court ruling all in The South? And all the people pushing to redistrict all White? 🤔🤔🤔
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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Utterly vile set of quotes, which even this example can't quite show the extent of. And this is someone who makes 'soft animal toys' for a living...
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keesvanwoerkom.bsky.social @keesvanwoerkom.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Egad - this is getting into Turkmenistan levels of personality cult
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keesvanwoerkom.bsky.social @keesvanwoerkom.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Speaking as an antiquarian and used bookseller - the cover is an intrinsic part of the book - and adds a lot of information and value to the book and period charm as you can often tell at a glance what time the book is from just from changing styles
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Terrific piece by @henrymance.ft.com on the thinking and the finances behind the British right's turn to explicit religiosity:
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Is Britain ready for US-style religious politics?
Fuelled by new funding and transatlantic links, Christian groups are playing an increasingly prominent role on the UK right
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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
My latest on Russia’s Matryoshka operation and the bots that are spreading fake stories about Ukraine to inflame tensions to help keep Russia’s puppet Orbán in power. These bots were just focused on Epstein conspiracies and local German elections, and now have shifted to Hungary.
olgalautman.substack.com
Russia Uses Bot Network to Stoke Hungary–Ukraine Tensions Ahead of Hungary’s Election
As Hungary moves toward parliamentary elections scheduled for April 12, 2026, a vote that could present one of the most serious challenges in more than a decade to Russia’s puppet Viktor Orbán, Moscow...
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MS NOW @ms.now · 14/03/2026
MS NOW EXCLUSIVE: Iran is receiving ‘military cooperation’ from Russia and China, foreign minister says www.ms.now/news/iran-wa...
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Iran is receiving ‘military cooperation’ from Russia and China, foreign minister says
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says his country will continue blocking the Strait of Hormuz, which has caused oil prices to soar.
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Nicky Schwenzer @nickyschwenzer.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
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keesvanwoerkom.bsky.social @keesvanwoerkom.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Hmmmm that would put it on a hill - big change in the Low Countries
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
A key political “mastermind” behind the rise of Orban in Hungary and Netanyahu in Israel is Arthur Finkelstein, an American political consultant who got his start with Goldwater, moved on to Reagan and beyond. truestoryaward.org/story/230
Finkelstein is the common thread running through the recent history of the Republican Party, from Ayn Rand to Richard Nixon and on to Donald Trump.
He became acquainted with Rand, the mother of the conservative movement, when he was in college. Later he helped the legendary Barry Goldwater who revitalized the Republican Party from the right in the 1960s. Finkelstein survived the Watergate scandal, was involved in Reagan's election win in 1980, worked for George Bush Sr. and also for a businessman named Donald Trump. He foretold Trump's political career. Trump's campaign team was studded with "Arthur's kids": Larry Weitzner, Tony Fabrizio and his old friend Roger Stone. Also Richard Grenell, the U.S. ambassador in Berlin, had a connection to Finkelstein, just like David B. Cornstein, U.S. ambassador to Hungary.
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keesvanwoerkom.bsky.social @keesvanwoerkom.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
I had heard of these - never expected to see one - that must have been a labour of love for the binder
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Suzanne Karr Schmidt @drkarrschmidt.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Puzzle Binding! Tricky! These are almost as rare as hen's teeth, and we just... Had One??? And, it includes HOW Many Books? (Five from Germany c. 1601 and a blank one at last count...) #Vexierbuch #DosADos @newberrylibrary.bsky.social (Case C 823 .966)
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Andrew Chakhoyan 🇺🇦 @andrewchak.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
You’re asking the wrong question @economist.com, focusing on personalities instead of what russia is This isn’t “vladimir putin’s tyranny.” It is THE tyranny You cannot separate moscow from the prison of nations it governs A state spanning 11 time zones is incompatible with the absence of tyranny
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
This us a brilliant bit of activism
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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Kevin M. Kruse: “There's a lot here that's laughably dumb… ‘Scotts’ is a nice screwup, but the idea that the Irish were somehow a welcome part of the American origin story is hysterical… I want to dig into the suggestion that a diverse nation is somehow inherently a weak nation…”
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keesvanwoerkom.bsky.social @keesvanwoerkom.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Interesting
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
no foreign foe has ever dreamed of being able to sack and pillaging this country the way Trump admin and its congressional and scotus enablers do every day.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 13/02/2026
Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes! "Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
academic.oup.com
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
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keesvanwoerkom.bsky.social @keesvanwoerkom.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
That’s what I was hoping for
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keesvanwoerkom.bsky.social @keesvanwoerkom.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
I have two passports but I wonder how easy it is going to be travelling by ferry or plane when you can only book with one passport (in my case Dutch/British). Guess I will see.
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24Hours Ukraine @24hoursukraine.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
You can disqualify the athlete, but it won’t change the truth about Russia’s war. Russia has ki//ed many Ukrainian athletes. -EPPGroup
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Rœ @rocam54.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Why isn’t every politician, leader, prosecutor, and news channels focused on this. The President is accused with significant proof of killing and raping minors.
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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
There is no sum or restitution that cane make up for what the US did to this kid. But we should try and find one and make sure it never happens again.
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keesvanwoerkom.bsky.social @keesvanwoerkom.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
He is not the right man for the job - neither is Wes Streeting and I have my doubts about Angela Rayner surviving a long time given the misogyny of much of the media - Burnham seems interesting
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keesvanwoerkom.bsky.social @keesvanwoerkom.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Nonsense - he is a decent man who is very much out of his depth. He would make an excellent minister but he is not prime ministerial material - he needs to go, but that criticism is bullshit
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Elon Musk will sit for a deposition regarding DOGE’s gutting of USAID. Multiple reports estimate that his dismantling of the foreign aid agency directly contributed to thousands of deaths around the world. And that’s just one piece of damage DOGE left behind. Watch.
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The DOGE Damage Elon is Leaving Behind
Musk has stepped out of the limelight, but DOGE is still gutting countless government programs and services that million
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
Just a quick update from the Twin Cities. (Please forgive the unsolicited message). THINGS ARE NOT BETTER IN MINNEAPOLIS. The media is mostly moving on, Trump is focused on other stuff, BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED ON THE GROUND. More than 2,000 DHS thugs continue to roam the streets, abducting people 24/7, assaulting legal observers with impunity, and routinely denying 1st, 4th, and 5th amendment rights. Drones and helicopters are overhead every day. Hundreds and hundreds of terrified families have not left their homes since mid-December ... relying on the community to bring them food and help with rent and other necessities. (Those people are NOT violent drug cartel sex offending murderers, as DHS would tell you. Most are legal residents or citizens.)  If anything, things have just become more stressful and intractable (think trench warfare as a suitable metaphor): The resistance is better organized and numerous, but DHS has become more clever and better at disguise... and the county sheriff's office is increasingly supporting them . Do not let anyone tell you that Homans (the new person in charge of the occupation) is making anything better. Do not let anyone tell you that 700 ICE agents leaving the city has made much of a difference; the remaining force (again, ~2,000) is still larger than the entire city's police force (which is legally unable to do anything). Please call your congressional reps ... especially if there is any chance the administration might listen to them.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
democracydocket.com
Federal judge rules DOJ can ‘no longer’ be trusted in voter roll crusade
The judge pointed to a letter from Bondi to Minnesota that tied federal immigration enforcement to demands for voter data as the smoking gun.
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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
And never forget. These are asylum seekers. This is what the USA is doing to the most vulnerable people on the planet who we promised to protect.
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Shaun Pinner @shaunpinner.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
The hypocrisy of Russia despising the West while relying on Western companies and technology shows just how demoralized and stripped bare the so-called “second most powerful army in the world” really is.
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Ariana Gic @arianagic.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Anti-Canadian and anti-EU propaganda in the US is having its intended effect, even among Democrats. Regarding us as "unfriendly" or "enemy" makes it easy to attack and wage war against us. Hard to kill and occupy people you don't hate, but not hard to kill the "enemy".
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keesvanwoerkom.bsky.social @keesvanwoerkom.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Stealing the elections
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Naida46 @naida46.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
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keesvanwoerkom.bsky.social @keesvanwoerkom.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Entirely predictable alas - this is the central goal for the presidential militia - steal the election
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
An explosive complaint filed by a whistleblower against Tulsi Gabbard and another unnamed govt office in May is being stonewalled and still has not been shared with Congress as required despite efforts by the whistleblower’s attorney. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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Chatham House @chathamhouse.org · 02/02/2026
With power reasserting itself as the organizing principle in international affairs – and interdependence increasingly weaponized – Charles de Gaulle's worldview appears vindicated.
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EU leaders echo de Gaulle, saying Europe must depend on no-one. But where should autonomy begin?
Leaders agree on the need to reduce dependencies in defence, technology, energy and trade. But what are the priorities? And can they overcome their fragmented politics?
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Centre for European Reform @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Desondanks is er nu geen serieuze rivaal voor de macht van de dollar, zegt hoofdeconoom @sandertordoir.bsky.social van het @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social, telefonisch. Niet zolang beleggers vastzitten aan die Amerikaanse obligaties. buff.ly/g3mH5lm buff.ly/g3mH5lm
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‘Gezamenlijk lenen’ is bezig aan een stille opmars, of Nederland dat wil of niet. In Luxemburg zien ze: Europese autonomie begint met gezamenlijke schulden
EU-financiering: Dat de wispelturigheid van Donald Trump soms ook iets positiefs voor Europa teweeg kan brengen, blijkt aan de rand van Luxemburg-Stad. Daar verkoopt het Europese noodfonds ESM…
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
"Four hours after his arrest, he was taken to a hospital emergency room in Edina with swelling and bruising around his right eye and bleeding. A CT scan revealed at least eight skull fractures and life-threatening hemorrhages in at least five areas of his brain..." apnews.com/article/immi...
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ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital
Nurses in Minneapolis doubted federal immigration officers' claims about a Mexican immigrant's severe injuries.
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