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Liberal Old Fart @oldliberalfart.bsky.social · 15h
All this death and destruction, for what? An aging dictator has a fit? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/w...
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Ukraine’s Exposure Grows as Satellite Use Is Restricted and Russia Escalates (Gift Article)
A huge attack cut power to 600,000 people in Kyiv, and a Pentagon-funded satellite internet program appeared to be curbed without warning.
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 11h
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/15/o...
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Opinion | Trump’s Democracy-for-Diesel Deal Shames Us All
The president’s arrangement to import Russian diesel fuel is one more example of how he has sold out American democracy.
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 20h
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/w...
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Why So Many People Still Are Not Screened for Lung Cancer
Regular scans could catch lung cancers like Pope Leo XIV’s sooner, but many people at risk don’t qualify for screening. Doctors want to change that.
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/o...
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Opinion | America Is in Decline, and Trump Is Leading the Fall
The old world order is fraying. Who gets to shape the next one?
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/o...
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Opinion | America Is in Decline, and Trump Is Leading the Fall
The old world order is fraying. Who gets to shape the next one?
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/w...
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Burnham Pledges to Back Zelensky as Trump’s Ukraine Support Wavers
President Volodymyr Zelensky, who met with Britain’s prime minister, has said Ukraine received no warning of Russian attacks, but President Trump has said Washington is still “sharing intel.”
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/w...
nytimes.com
Ukraine’s Exposure Grows as Satellite Use Is Restricted and Russia Escalates
A huge attack cut power to 600,000 people in Kyiv, and a Pentagon-funded satellite internet program appeared to be curbed without warning.
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/w...
nytimes.com
Ukraine’s Exposure Grows as Satellite Use Is Restricted and Russia Escalates (Gift Article)
A huge attack cut power to 600,000 people in Kyiv, and a Pentagon-funded satellite internet program appeared to be curbed without warning.
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/m...
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She’s Been to Gaza. She Met With the Iranians. Now She Has a Warning.
As the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Mirjana Spoljaric goes to both sides of conflicts. She’s worried that our warring world is spiraling out of control.
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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How Trump Became Mob Boss of the United States
Donald Trump is the most corrupt president in United States history. He's been preparing to use the government for self-enrichment his entire life.
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/s...
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Will We Ever Understand Dementia?
Since the days of Dr. Alzheimer himself, there has been a dream that severe senility might have an explanation — and a cure. The search for both has never been more urgent.
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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He Wanted to Modernize the Military. Pete Hegseth Forced Him Out
Dan Driscoll speaks for the first time since resigning as Secretary of the Army amid Pete Hegseth's purge of military leaders from the Pentagon.
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/w...
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Rubio Urges Europe to Awaken From ‘Slumber’ and Uphold Western Dominance
In Greece, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Western nations must embrace an earlier ethos of exploration and conquest as part of their civilization, to remain ‘at the head of the world.’
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/w...
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Fears of a Plague Outbreak in Russia: What to Know
Russian authorities aren’t saying much about the death of a woman who worked in a lab studying plague. But experts say any risk of contagion would be limited.
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/o...
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Opinion | Pete Hegseth’s ‘Vast Overcorrection’
A Special Forces veteran joins the columnist David French to assess Pete Hegseth’s leadership.
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/o...
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Opinion | A Spy’s Guide to Fighting A.I. Propaganda
In the age of AI disinformation, we all need to use the tools of counterespionage to find the truth.
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/s...
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Radio Waves Coming From an Alien Planet May Be a Cosmic First
Beta Pictoris b appears to have an aurora caused by a powerful magnetic field. If confirmed, it would be the first such field known outside our solar system.
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Crazy stuff , a cosmic race..,
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/w...
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Superpowers Race to Put Nuclear Reactors on the Moon
The United States wants a reactor on the moon by 2030. A Russian-Chinese alliance is working on one for 2036. Some leading scientists say the danger is great.
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/w...
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Why Were 4 Pilots Aboard FlyDubai Flight 1073?
After the co-pilot stabbed the captain, two pilots who were seated in the cabin intervened alongside passengers and safely landed the Boeing 737 in Saudi Arabia.
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/i...
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How The New York Times Is Reporting on the Cornell Rape Investigation
Times editors explore the thinking behind our coverage of the explosive allegations that have roiled a campus and the country.
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/o...
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Opinion | Bill Gates’s Blunt Warning on A.I.
As A.I. capabilities accelerate, the technologist is shocked by the “complete lack of engagement” with the question of how to manage its risks.
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/o...
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Opinion | Our Power Grid Is Vulnerable. This Is How to Protect It.
The Trump administration should build a stronger alliance with clean energy companies in spite of its culture war with them.
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/o...
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Opinion | The U.N. Is Terrible. We Need the U.N.
Trump’s attack on global institutions leaves us helpless before a growing array of challenges.
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u... The best open-source systems come from China, many experts contend, developers across the globe will build atop Chinese technologies. This is already starting to happen, even in Silicon Valley.
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Where Is the U.S. Beating China on A.I., and Where Is It Lagging?
As Xi Jinping visits President Trump in Washington, his country lags behind the United States on A.I. development in key areas — but Beijing has advantages elsewhere.
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/u...
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Trump Once Vowed to ‘Own’ Greenland. He Settled for Something Much Less.
President Trump signed a Greenland security deal that falls well short of his demands to turn the island into a U.S. territory.
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/u...
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Trump Once Vowed to ‘Own’ Greenland. He Settled for Something Much Less.
President Trump signed a Greenland security deal that falls well short of his demands to turn the island into a U.S. territory.
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/o...
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Opinion | There Is Something We Have to Do Right Now About A.I.
Letting A.I. patrol its own frontier is like asking Jesse James to patrol the Wild West.
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
www.wired.com/story/mathem...
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Mathematicians Hate AI. They Can’t Quit It
Powerful AI models have created an existential risk to the field, but researchers can’t stop relying on them because they’re too useful.
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/o...
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Opinion | This Is the Thinking Behind Trump’s Puzzling Foreign Policy
What is “civilizationism”?
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Trying to figure out a mindless mind
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/o...
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Opinion | This Is the Thinking Behind Trump’s Puzzling Foreign Policy
What is “civilizationism”?
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...
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How President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center (Gift Article)
Internal emails and documents demonstrate the political capture of the institution, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection.
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Wonder what will happen in Greenland
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Okinawa and Thule US military bases | DIIS share.google/weqDLk5g5po0...
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Okinawa and Thule US military bases
To dialogue or not to dialogue
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Okinawa and Thule US military bases | DIIS share.google/OoxYa2gpfoh2...
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To dialogue or not to dialogue
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Okinawa and Thule US military bases | DIIS share.google/weqDLk5g5po0...
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To dialogue or not to dialogue
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...
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Trump Says His D.C. Arch Would Be a ‘Military Complex’ Housing Drones and Snipers
The president’s announcement on Sunday echoed his justification for the White House ballroom: that the project was necessary for national security.
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
www.wired.com/story/mathem...
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Mathematicians Hate AI. They Can’t Quit It
Powerful AI models have created an existential risk to the field, but researchers can’t stop relying on them because they’re too useful.
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/u...
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U.S. and Denmark Reach Security Deal on Greenland, Trump Says
The full contours of the deal were unclear, but Denmark and Greenland both indicated they expected an agreement to be signed soon.
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The AI ‘Slowdown’ Is an Antitrust Mess | WIRED share.google/41oywkvcih5z...
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Why Russia Holds Elections, and How the Kremlin Gets the Results It Wants
Russian elections like the parliamentary vote that begins today are hardly free. But they are critical to the government as a source of legitimacy.
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/w...
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Comedians Beyond Borders
A new generation of cross-cultural comics is taking regional humor global.
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Slowly getting it
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/w...
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Why Russia Holds Elections, and How the Kremlin Gets the Results It Wants
Russian elections like the parliamentary vote that begins today are hardly free. But they are critical to the government as a source of legitimacy.
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/w...
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Carney Calls for E.U.-Canada Pact Amid ‘Ferocious Storm’
Prime Minister Mark Carney told European lawmakers that an alliance would help to secure sovereignty and independence for his country. The moves come amid a historic low for U.S. ties with Canada.
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/w...
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How Healthy Are Sardines?
The little fish are swimming in nutrients.
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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kwesth.bsky.social @kwesth.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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