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Mike Benson

@mbensonster.eurosky.social
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Retired rancher, psychologist, happy to be living in Catalonia and making pipes.

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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 3h
Decoding Pro-Israel Buzzwords in a Time of Genocide www.counterpunch.org/2026/10/20/dec…
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Decoding Pro-Israel Buzzwords in a Time of Genocide
Nearly two years ago, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International released in-depth reports documenting that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza.
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 15h
Time for people to recognize what's happening in places like France and Albania are previews of either the necessary battle to come or the type of discomfort we're going to avoid and just slip into the poisonous depths of fascism.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 11h
The potential illegal voting in California identified by Trump’s DOJ is microscopic: just one alleged illegal vote for every 1.7 million cast. What’s really going on? The administration is trying to justify an extraordinary federal intervention in the state’s midterms: demdock.com/3VZh7HU
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 3h
South Korean data centre builder tumbles 30% on trading debut ft.trib.al/Cp6OmAq
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South Korean data centre builder tumbles 30% on trading debut
Elice shares sink in Seoul, adding to rising concern about AI valuations
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Feral Millennial Communists of Late Stage Capitalism @feralcommie.bsky.social · 3h
UK, US & EU workers are struggling. South American workers are struggling. Asian workers are struggling. Across the world, people work harder, pay more and get less. Meanwhile, the world's wealthiest people grow richer. Different countries. Different governments. Same fucking economic system.
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Mike Benson @mbensonster.eurosky.social · 3h
www.elnacional.cat/ca/opinio/29...
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El 29N no és la solució, l'opinió de Meritxell R. Lavall
El primer pas per aconseguir la independència d'un país és voler-la, creure-se-la i assumir que no serà un camí de roses (i si ho és, tindran moltes
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 9h
Living in Ypsilanti, Courtney is facing not one, not two, but three proposed new data center projects within just a few miles of her house. I believe there should be no new data centers until guardrails and protections have been established at the federal level.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 15h
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 20h
Release ALL the Epstein files NOW!
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 5h
Jasper Nathaniel, an independent journalist who filmed the attack, describes the significant increase in West Bank violence on the eve of the Israeli election. www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
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Behind the Settler Attack on Palestinians and a Washington Post Journalist
Jasper Nathaniel, an independent journalist who filmed the attack, describes the significant increase in West Bank violence on the eve of the Israeli election.
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Mississippi Today @mississippitoday.org · 5h
Report finds birth centers improve outcomes. Mississippi has none Despite growing evidence that midwife-led birth centers improve outcomes for mothers and infants, Mississippi remains one of… mississippitoday.org/2026/10/19/rep…
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Report finds birth centers improve outcomes. Mississippi has none
Despite growing evidence that midwife-led birth centers improve outcomes for mothers and infants, Mississippi remains one of 10 states with no centers. Mississippi is also among the states with the fewest midwives per births in the nation, according to a new report by the Commonwealth Fund, a non-profit research organization focused on healthcare issues.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 13h
We need a duty of care that works to ensure conversations like this get shut down and flagged, every time. Tech that encourages and validates violent delusions is a danger to our society and we can’t rely on voluntary measures to limit the risk.
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Sydney man allegedly discussed plans for childcare mass shooting with AI chatbot
David Lan Thackray, 29, allegedly referenced the Bondi Beach terror attack as he discussed shooting several children at a childcare centre near his home, a court has heard.
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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 4h
In 2017 I argued many cities in 2025 would generate more energy with renewables than they used A bit optimistic, yes But it's gone faster than my critiques believed, as solar & wind met almost all electricity demand growth in 2025 It's getting faster cleantechnica.com/2026/06/29/p...
My post from the other place from 2017 saying many cities in 2025 would generate more energy with renewables than they usedProgress to date - world electricity generation by sourceProjection to 2035 - world electricity generation by source
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 16/10/2026
#OtD 16 Oct 1854 Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was born in Dublin, Ireland. Moving to London, he became an advocate of libertarian socialism and an early inspiration for what would become a movement for LGBT+ rights. Commemorated here: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 17/10/2026
Ripping farmworkers from the fields tears families apart and attacks the labor that feeds America. PAXIS helps you understand your rights during ICE encounters. Know your rights. Record safely. Demand accountability: PAXIS.app Help keep PAXIS free: GoFundMe.com/PAXIS
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Western Environmental Law Center @westernlaw.org · 17h
Look at that picture and imagine wanting to clearcut it.
tongass national forest clearcut
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Dozens of masked settlers attacked Palestinian villagers and savagely beat a Washington Post photographer today. "Israeli troops arrived shortly before the attack, which seemed to embolden the settlers. Soldiers fired tear gas at Palestinians and 'did absolutely nothing about the settlers.'"
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Yayger @yayger.bsky.social · 8h
Truth. 💯!
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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 13h
Corporate forces are bankrolling One Nation's surge, and the payoff could be $219m in public funding if current support levels remain. www.deepcutnews.com/p/the-corpor...
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The corporate forces bankrolling One Nation's ‘anti-establishment’ surge
The party sells itself as anti-establishment, but its backers are the establishment – and the payoff could be $219m in public funding
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𝑺𝒌𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑺𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒔 🤔 @skepticalsenses.bsky.social · 5h
Worth the read and only covers the top surface level.....
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Michael Gerrard @michaelgerrard.bsky.social · 17/10/2026
The Senate's bipartisan permit reform bill would upend the National Environmental Policy Act and also weaken the Endangered Species Act, the Clean Water Act, and the National Historic Preservation Act. My legal analysis: scholarship.law.columbia.edu/faculty_scho...
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Mike Benson @mbensonster.eurosky.social · 5h
www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/la-...
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La cultura no es porta als ulls
L’article editorial d’ahir sobre els incidents que hi hagué dissabte a Catalunya Nord i a l’estat francès ha rebut molts comentaris, cosa que sempre agraesc, perquè ens permet de sostenir un debat int...
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
"The world's wealthiest man, a white supremacist, has the power to cause an entire nation to lose a war to a powerful invader" really seems like it should be the biggest story in the world right now. www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
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Exclusive: Musk approached Trump to slow down Starlink in Ukraine
SpaceX founder had publicly blamed president for chaos over restrictions, but sources say he initiated them
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Mike Benson @mbensonster.eurosky.social · 5h
Take Action October 20 to End the Illegal US-Israeli War on Iran www.commondreams.org/opinion/act-...
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Take Action October 20 to End the Illegal US-Israeli War on Iran | Common Dreams
The war is not just illegal, but massively unpopular with the US public, and Trump and his Republican enablers may take a deserved shellacking, in no small part because of the war, at the polls in Nov...
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Mike Benson @mbensonster.eurosky.social · 5h
As Biodiversity Summit Begins, 'Systems That Sustain Life on Earth Are Under Threat' www.commondreams.org/news/biodive...
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As Biodiversity Summit Begins, 'Systems That Sustain Life on Earth Are Under Threat' | Common Dreams
Governments can't keep "promising to protect nature while supporting its destruction through harmful subsidies and incoherent policies," said a Greenpeace campaigner as COP17 began in Yerevan. "Any mo...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 16h
Britons with savings of £16,000 are disqualified or severely restricted from receiving Universal Credit, Housing Benefit, Income Support. No means-testing for the King. Royal family may be worth £21bn? It has 21 officially categorized royal residences, alongside 13 additional properties.
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Royal financial privileges show that we are not in it together
This week, after perfunctory scrutiny, the UK parliament approved a core Sovereign Grant of £99.9m (from 2027/28) for the King, a 93% increase from the £51.8m for 2024/25 and 65% higher in real terms ...
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 15h
The forgotten protests: empty shelves and blocked roads in southern Italy, ignored by the media, reveal neglect by Meloni and EU euobserver.com/243622/the-forgotten…
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The forgotten protests: empty shelves and blocked roads in southern Italy, ignored by the media, reveal neglect by Meloni and EU
Empty shelves and too-expensive fuel stocks are the last drop in a sea of negligence faced by southern Italians every day. Life at Europe's edges has left many feeling failed by their government, whil...
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Dix Broussard @mamacocodrie.bsky.social · 19/10/2026
Vive La France 🇫🇷
Tonight we eat the rich.
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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 19/10/2026
Trickle down doesn’t work.
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 15h
Israel 'detains and deports' Scottish businesswoman on visit to Palestinian partners www.thenational.scot/news/26651200.…
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Israel 'detains and deports' Scottish businesswoman on visit to Palestinian partners
A SCOTTISH businesswoman has said she was detained by Israeli authorities and deported after being banned from entering Palestine ...
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 15h
Israeli Firm Used Online Ads to Infect Millions With ‘Zero-Click’ Spyware novaramedia.com/2026/10/19/israeli-…
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Israeli Firm Used Online Ads to Infect Millions With ‘Zero-Click’ Spyware
Israeli adtech firm Discover-Tech used online ads to operate a global spy network targeting millions of people, including Al Jazeera journalists, a new report has revealed.
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Mike Bailey @linusd.bsky.social · 18/10/2026
Zack Polanski won’t be bullied by leading gotcha questions. He keeps to the underlying issues of what is being done to Palestinians
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Comrade DiaMat @comradediamat4.bsky.social · 22h
Millions of people's devices have been infected with Israeli mercenary spyware called Candiru through zero-click digital advertisements. The case marks the first-ever zero-click mercenary spyware, confirmed publicly, delivered through targeted ads. www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli...
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Israeli spyware targeted 'hundreds of millions' through zero-click ads, researchers find
Millions of people have been affected, including Al Jazeera devices, by first-ever zero-click spyware delivered through advertisements
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 15h
The centre cannot hold morningstaronline.co.uk/article/cen…
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The centre cannot hold
PRRESIDENT Macron flies to Kuwait, as 800,000 demonstrators demand social justice in the streets of France despite teargas, police baton charges and over 2,400 arrests. Macron refuses his interior min...
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 15h
‘NAZA’ Further Exposes Media Complicity In War On Gaza thedissenter.org/naza-further-expos…
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‘NAZA’ Further Exposes Media Complicity In War On Gaza
The fact that "NAZA" is necessary viewing at this juncture is an indictment against the press in the so-called civilized and free world.
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Salut i anarquia 🦢⬛️ @salutianarquia.bsky.social · 15h
Worst bot you know just made a great point. 😭😭😭😭😂
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GJdop @gjdop.bsky.social · 23h
Guess what, there has been a 'financial takeover' giving control of a powerful algorithm to AI centres owned by #Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison, tech giants & defence contractors that #Israel has control over. #Netanyahu is rumoured to be a director of Oracle. www.doubledown.news/watch/2026/j...
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Lowkey EXPOSES Netanyahu’s TERRIFYING $14 Billion Plan to Control YOUR MIND
Operation Algorithmic Coup EXPOSED
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 19/10/2026
Gaza has revealed to us that if they can greenlight and support this atrocity in Gaza, they can do it anywhere. They can do it to any one of us whom they deem as subhuman.
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Trevor Parsons @dartmouthcommon.bsky.social · 17h
I hope this is true, but I won’t hold my breath.
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Fonsi Loaiza @fonsiloaizap.bsky.social · 15h
Esta ha sido la violencia policial de los agentes de los Mossos en la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Han agredido brutalmente a los estudiantes antifascistas catalanes que se manifestaban contra el ultraderechista Vito Quiles.
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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 15h
Alaska has a tradition of limiting big money in elections, but in 2021, a federal court struck down limits on campaign donations in the state. Voters in August approved a ballot measure to reinstate caps on donations to candidates.
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After Years of Runaway Spending, Alaskans Vote to Reinstate Cap on Campaign Donations - Bolts
The success of Measure 1 brings back campaign contribution limits after a court ruling ended them. But the reform can
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 15h
DWP reveals exact information banks have to share about benefit claimants www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-…
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DWP reveals exact information banks have to share about benefit claimants
More details have been shared on how the new powers work
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Maia Duerr @maiaduerr.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The folks at Haymarket are my publishing heroes.
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Nebraska Examiner @nebraskaexaminer.com · 15h
ICYMI: In an unsigned, 6-1 decision, the justices said challengers — the Republican National Committee and two Lancaster County voters, Jack Riggins and Pam Dingman — “failed to prove the statute is unconstitutional on its face.” From Zach Wendling buff.ly/EYE1niD
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Justices uphold law allowing certain overseas voters to cast ballots for Nebraska elections • Nebraska Examiner
A Republican-led challenge to overturn a Nebraska voting law allowing certain overseas voters to vote in Nebraska is over.
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CalMatters @calmatters.org · 15h
More than a dozen current and formerly incarcerated women spoke to KQED about a pattern of sexual abuse and retaliation that persists at the largest women’s prison in California. cal.news/4kaY1Zg 📸 Beth LaBerge
An incarcerated woman sits on the ground during an emergency response at the Central California Women's Facility prison in Chowchilla on June 30, 2026, the largest women’s correctional facility in the state. Photo by Beth LaBerge, KQED
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Learn Dirt @learndirt.bsky.social · 15h
Permaculture systems aim to create self-sustaining soil ecosystems. #regenerativegardening #organicgardening #soilhealth
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 15h
Immigrants living in the United States with humanitarian status from Ukraine and Sudan will retain their deportation protections and work authorizations for now, the Department of Homeland Security said over the weekend. wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/10/19/r...
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Ukrainians and Sudanese with temporary legal status will keep protections for now • Wisconsin Examiner
Immigrants living in the United States with humanitarian status from Ukraine and Sudan will retain deportation protections for now
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 15h
How to Sell a Genocide: The Media’s Complicity in the Destruction of Gaza www.middleeastmonitor.com/20261019-…
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How to Sell a Genocide: The Media’s Complicity in the Destruction of Gaza
The dispute over whether Israel’s assault on Gaza amounts to genocide has largely been settled. Amnesty International, a UN commission of inquiry and the International Association of Genocide Schol…
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Scandinavian News Finland 🇫🇮 @snnmedia.bsky.social · 16h
The situation in Albania has worsened, with increasingly violent exchanges between protesters and police. Authorities have resorted to using water cannons to disperse the crowds. #Albania #Protests #PoliceClashes #WaterCannons #CivilUnrest #Demonstrations #LawEnforcement #BreakingNews #snnfinland
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Parents For Future #EndFossilFuels 🪧🛢️❌ @parentsforfuture.de · 19/10/2026
Wenn fossile Brennstoffe weiterhin so verbrannt werden, steuern wir auf einen apokalyptischen Zusammenbruch der Zivilisation zu. Weil die Reichen Dinge besitzen und die Armen nicht, ist es für die Reichen legal, die Erde zu zerstören, und für die Armen illegal, sie daran zu hindern. 💚Sally Rooney💚
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