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Michael Deibert

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Author and journalist. Writing at michaeldeibert.substack.com. Enemy to autocrats. Friend to all cats. Piti piti, zwazo fe nich-li

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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 17h
The luxury Esencia project in Puerto Rico, developed by Three Rules Capital, doesn't even have the necessary permits or a steady water supply for its spree of environmental vandalism but is already seeking buyers for its apartments and properties periodismoinvestigativo.com/2026/09/agua...
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El agua en el área donde se propone Esencia no da para lo que requiere el proyecto de lujo
Cualquiera de las alternativas presentadas por el desarrollador para la extracción de agua para el proyecto amenazaría la seguridad hídrica y los recursos naturales de la zona suroeste, coinciden agen...
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 12h
5,000 more families that can be ashamed of their brothers, sons, fathers and husbands: ICE Plans 5,000 New Hires to Help With Deportation Drive www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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ICE Plans 5,000 New Hires to Help With Deportation Drive
A similar surge last year resulted in undervetted officers initially being let in and then removed as the agency skipped basic checks for new recruits.
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 15h
Excuse my undiplomatic language, but given the repeated unwillingness of OAS and CARICOM countries fulfill their commitments to militarily support the hemisphere's second-oldest independent nation in its moment of greatest need, who gives a shit what they think? lenouvelliste.com/article/2724...
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Les membres de l’OEA soutiennent le renouvellement du mandat et le déploiement intégral de la FRG
Les États membres de l’OEA, à l’unanimité, ont approuvé une déclaration de soutien au renouvellement du mandat et au déploiement intégral de la force de répression des gangs, a appris Le Nouvelliste.
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 16h
An Afghan journalist vanished in Islamabad. Police won’t investigate. zantimes.com/2026/09/29/a...
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An Afghan journalist vanished in Islamabad. Police won't investigate.
This narrative was told to Zan Times via phone:  I am Hosina Hashimi, the wife of Qasim Hashimi, a journalist and film activist who has been missing in Pakistan for the past three months. I now live i...
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 16h
This is ethno-supremacist madness: About 150 Israeli Settlers Rioted in West Bank, Blocking IDF Effort to Allow Palestinians Back Home www.haaretz.com/west-bank/20...
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150 settlers rioted in West Bank, blocking IDF effort to let Palestinians home
Settlers set fire to structures and vehicles, threw stones and wounded three Israeli officers. Three were arrested. A senior security source told Haaretz the IDF 'failed big time' when it only sent 12...
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 16h
It would be really great for the health of the nation and the world if someday a presidential election in Brazil did not involve someone named Lula or Bolsonaro in it.
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 17h
The luxury Esencia project in Puerto Rico, developed by Three Rules Capital, doesn't even have the necessary permits or a steady water supply for its spree of environmental vandalism but is already seeking buyers for its apartments and properties periodismoinvestigativo.com/2026/09/agua...
periodismoinvestigativo.com
El agua en el área donde se propone Esencia no da para lo que requiere el proyecto de lujo
Cualquiera de las alternativas presentadas por el desarrollador para la extracción de agua para el proyecto amenazaría la seguridad hídrica y los recursos naturales de la zona suroeste, coinciden agen...
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 17h
Haiti's Kokorat San Ras gang again attacks the community of Gros-Morne, killing at least 10 people lenouvelliste.com/article/2724...
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Nouvelle attaque meurtrière du gang « Kokorat san ras » à Gros-Morne
La commune de Gros-Morne est une nouvelle fois plongée dans le deuil.
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 18h
Türkiye’s crackdown on LGBTI groups and activists is part of an escalating rights crisis www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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Türkiye’s crackdown on LGBTI groups and activists is part of an escalating rights crisis
On 13 September, I woke in southwest Türkiye to news of a large-scale operation targeting LGBTI organizations and human rights defenders across the country. Since then, police have arrested at least 1...
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 18h
In Morocco, one year after the "Gen Z" movement, hundreds remain detained and a pall of repression hangs over the country www.lemonde.fr/afrique/arti...
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Au Maroc, un an après le mouvement de la « gen Z », des centaines de détenus et une chape de plomb
Au total, près de 5 700 personnes ont été arrêtées pendant et après les manifestations de la jeunesse entre septembre et octobre 2025, dont 650 sont toujours en prison. Associations et avocats dénonce...
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 18h
Amid blackouts, an economic crisis and the barring of María Corina Machado from returning to the country, protests begin bubbling up in Venezuela in the face of what is now a US-backed iteration of chavismo elpais.com/america/2026...
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Los apagones, la crisis económica y el bloqueo a María Corina Machado reactivan la protesta social en Venezuela
La calle alza la voz poco a poco contra el chavismo en medio de la transición tutelada por Estados Unidos
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The number of female political prisoners subject to enforced disappearance in Nicaragua has risen to 15, among them two minors confidencial.digital/noticias/inc...
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Incrementan a 15 las mujeres presas políticas en desaparición forzada
Régimen tiene dos mujeres menores de edad presas. La mitad de 68 presos políticos de Nicaragua están desaparecidos, denuncian
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ethiopia: Indiscriminate Airstrike in Tigray; Investigate Attack Wounding 13 Civilians as Possible War Crime www.hrw.org/news/2026/09...
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Ethiopia: Indiscriminate Airstrike in Tigray
An apparent Ethiopian government airstrike on a residential compound in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region on August 20, 2026, should be investigated as a possible war crime, Human Rights Watch said to...
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Gold-rich Nicaragua hands Chinese miners rights to a tenth of its land www.ft.com/content/4526...
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Gold-rich Nicaragua hands Chinese miners rights to a tenth of its land
Dozens of mining concessions deepen Beijing’s strategic foothold as it tussles with US for influence in Central America
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
RFK Jr. should be remembered as one of the great criminals of this atrocious administration: ‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...
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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Telecoms networks disrupted in Tigray as Ethiopia's military cites major losses by rebels www.reuters.com/world/africa...
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Telecoms networks disrupted in Tigray as Ethiopia's military cites major losses by rebels
Internet and phone networks were disrupted in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray on Friday, as Ethiopia's military said it had inflicted major losses on Tigrayan forces in ​the most serious escal...
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
First, the Taliban shut down their real lives, Now, Afghan women’s virtual lives are also under threat rukhshana.com/en/first-the...
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First, the Taliban shut down their real lives, Now, Afghan women’s virtual lives are also under threat - Rukhshana Media
she thinks reported her to the authorities, but she references a word often used to justify the control of women.
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Police continue to make advances against gangs in Haiti's Gressier metropole.ht/avancees-sig...
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Avancées significatives de la Police à Gressier  - METROPOLE
Les opérations du jeudi 24 septembre 2026 des forces de l’ordre à Gressier ont permis de réaliser des avancées significatives et des résultats probants, affirme l’ex député Antonio Vericain. D’habitud...
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Mexican farmers protest Claudia Sheinbaum visit to Acapulco over wave of disappearances www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/est...
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Protestas de campesinos y por desaparecidos en informe de Sheinbaum en Acapulco
Un hombre que interrumpió el discurso de la presidenta para clamar ayuda por la desaparición de su madre, de 58 años, fue echado del evento
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Faustin-Archange Touadéra's ruling coalition appears to be fracturing in the Central African Republic www.jeuneafrique.com/1846560/poli...
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En Centrafrique, la guerre des prérogatives autour de Faustin-Archange Touadéra
Finances publiques, grands travaux, sécurité, diplomatie… À Bangui, les rivalités entre les conseillers présidentiels et les ministres se multiplient. Une guerre d’influence qui entrave l’action publi...
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
With the tragic renewal of hostilities in Ethiopia, I was looking through old screenshots of Tweets on the conflict, & came upon this one from Oslo New University College Vice Rector Kjetil Tronvoll threatening to kill me for writing about the Ethiopian govt's crimes against humanity in Tigray. 🙃🤡
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“A Recurring Pattern”: Civilians Paying the Price in Mali’s Drone Campaign www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/09...
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“A Recurring Pattern”: Civilians Paying the Price in Mali’s Drone Campaign - bellingcat
Evidence collected by Bellingcat and Jeune Afrique contradicts Mali's claim that drone strikes are precise and only target terrorists.
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Again, remember this terror is being funded by the United Arab Emirates: Sudan's RSF steps up deadly drone attacks on frontline cities www.reuters.com/world/africa...
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Sudan's RSF steps up deadly drone attacks on frontline cities
Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have intensified deadly drone attacks in government-held towns in the frontline state of North Kordofan, disrupting normal life and causing a deep sense ​of i...
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
As someone who teaches in the Florida university system, I can say that the kids want to learn. They are being failed by the system and the state government: Most Florida universities fell in national rankings, per U.S. News & World Report floridaphoenix.com/2026/09/22/m...
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Most Florida universities fell in national rankings, per U.S. News & World Report • Florida Phoenix
Of the eight Florida universities recognized nationally, five dropped in the U.S. News & World Report’s annual national rankings. Two universities climbed and one stayed steady.  Florida’s two top-25 ...
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I wonder how many Americans are aware that their military is engaged in active operations in Ecuador as we speak? www.eluniverso.com/noticias/seg...
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Tropas estadounidenses y Policía Nacional ejecutan allanamientos en Samborondón y desarticulan presunta red vinculada al CJNG
Los integrantes de esta organización se dedicaban a la contaminación de contenedores con droga proveniente de Colombia, según el ministro del Interior.
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Wilber Garcés, the Venezuelan immigrant shot by lawless, terrorist ICE agents, remains detained with a bullet in his back and denied proper medical care elpais.com/us/migracion...
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La vida de Wilber Garcés antes de recibir un disparo del ICE: un apasionado del deporte y padre de un niño con discapacidad
Desde Venezuela, la familia ruega que le extraigan la bala que todavía tiene incrustada en la espalda y que amenaza con dejarlo sin movilidad en uno de sus brazos
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I was in Colombia's Santa Marta about a year ago. An interesting, historic place, & visiting the Quinta de San Pedro Alejandrino, the hacienda where Simón Bolívar died in December 1830 at the age of 47, was deeply moving. It is sad to see it convulsed by such violence. elpais.com/america-colo...
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Santa Marta, de centro turístico a prueba del poder paramilitar: “Esto es como tener casa por cárcel”
Aunque las amenazas a quienes abran el comercio terminan este viernes, en el barrio Once de Noviembre se vive miedo luego de que el presidente lo señalara como centro de operaciones de las Autodefensa...
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The story of the relationship between Kwame Nkrumah and John F. Kennedy was, for me, one of the great and quite moving revelations of Howard's latest book.
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It's about time my alma mater got some good news. I actually mentioned "Invisible Man" this week to the journalism class I teach as one of the 20 best American novels ever written: Ralph Ellison Trust Donates Rights to Bard College www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/a...
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Ralph Ellison Trust Donates Rights to Bard College
The liberal arts college announced a center dedicated to the “Invisible Man” author, who taught classes there.
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Unlike Netanyahu, Mamdani doesn't have the blood of tens of thousands of innocent people on his hands. The Israeli Prime Minister should end his days in a cell in The Hague like Milošević and Karadžić.
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
She came in legally from Cuba, requested asylum and married a citizen. She’s been detained for 10 months. www.texastribune.org/2026/09/22/t...
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Detained migrants: Five Texans’ stories about ICE crackdown
Some detained Texans were pursuing pathways to stay here legally. None had criminal convictions.
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Swiss refinery with links to tech giants like Apple and Nvidia processed much of 90 tonnes of Venezuelan gold extracted amid the environmental and human rights catastrophe in southern Venezuela armando.info/el-oro-de-gu...
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El oro de Guayana llegó incluso a Silicon Valley con sello suizo
Un esquema comercial utilizó documentación engañosa para mover unas 90 toneladas de oro venezolano, valoradas en 3.000 millones de dólares, contribuyendo a perpetuar la catástrofe ambiental y de derec...
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Way to look like a coward and to surely lose, Dave: David Jolly says debates ‘further toxicity.’ Other Democrats disagree www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
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David Jolly says debates ‘further toxicity.’ Other Democrats disagree
He told reporters in Miami that “platforming debates in this environment, I believe, would just further the division.”
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"It is also unfortunate that [Haiti's] election is taking place alongside a constitutional reform process whose content remains unknown. You can't change the rules of the championship once the matches have already started." lenouvelliste.com/article/2722...
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De la difficulté d’organiser les élections haïtiennes de 2026
Le Nouvelliste a enfin pu avoir accès à la liste des personnalités qui ont fait acte de candidature à la présidence pour les prochaines élections.
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Nine presidential candidates registered so far for scheduled Haiti presidential elections incl former president Jocelerme Privert, former PM Claude Joseph, former president of Chamber of Deputies Gary Bodeau & Delmas mayor Wilson Jeudy lenouvelliste.com/article/2722...
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Neuf candidats à la présidence inscrits au 23 septembre
Le Nouvelliste a obtenu ce mercredi 23 septembre la liste des candidats à la présidence inscrits sur la plateforme en ligne du Conseil Électoral Provisoire (CEP).
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Given its endless policy of agression, terrorism, looting and mass murder in DR Congo, no country should have diplomatic ties with Rwanda. But maybe Belgium looks into its own history and sees something familiar there. www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20...
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Belgium and Rwanda restore diplomatic ties after 18-month rupture
Belgium and Rwanda have restored diplomatic relations, 18 months after Kigali severed ties with Brussels over opposing positions on the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If Abdul El-Sayed is now leading Mike Rogers by five percentage points in Michigan, that's good news for the Dems. If Susan Collins is leading Troy Jackson, that says something about the repeat gullibility of the voters of Maine. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
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Democrats Show Strength in Michigan Senate Race but Trail in Maine, Polls Find
The party’s nominees lead in Michigan and New Hampshire but the Republican incumbent is ahead in Maine, according to New York Times/Siena polls of the three battlegrounds.
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
They can now reminisce openly together about their joy at having collectively murdered David Vallenilla, Génesis Carmona, Renée Good and Alex Pretti.
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Jean-Luc Mélenchon has always been an entitled, pro-dictator, pro-Kremlin, anti-semitic crackpot, so this should come as no surprise: French far-left presidential candidate Melenchon blames Ukraine's deep strikes for war escalation kyivindependent.com/french-far-l...
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French far-left presidential candidate Melenchon blames Ukraine's deep strikes for war escalation
"Who can imagine that a country would allow its own capital to be attacked and provide no response to such a situation?" France's far-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon asked rhetorically, in what appeare...
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
How disgraceful: 87 year-old woman evicted from Madrid apartment where she has lived for seven decades after investment fund buys building and more than triples the rent elpais.com/espana/madri...
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Maricarmen, de 87 años, es desahuciada de su casa y se irá temporalmente con unos familiares
La vecina del retiro ha rechazado la plaza de emergencia gratuita en una residencia que le ofrecía el Ayuntamiento de Madrid
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“John Coltrane learned his craft in Philadelphia. He played countless gigs there, and he became a saxophonist like no other in that town, where he bought his first home...Everything he was able to do, he did in the city of Philadelphia." www.inquirer.com/entertainmen...
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Philadelphia, where John Coltrane learned his craft, is celebrating the jazz giant’s centenary this weekc
“Everything he was able to do, he did in the city of Philadelphia," said his son. A city-wide series of concerts and events in honor of the saxophonist is scheduled through the year.
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Juan L Rodriguez @jlrodriguez10.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This picture says everything you need to know about the Bolivarian revolution.
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Tragic doesn't even begin to describe it: Tigrayan leaders say new war with Ethiopian government has begun, as fighting erupts www.reuters.com/world/africa...
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Tigrayan leaders say new war with Ethiopian government has begun, as fighting erupts
Forces from the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray launched a major ​offensive against the federal government on Wednesday, a senior Ethiopian official said, shattering a four-year-old peace deal and...
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
With the arrival of autumn, I can share this list of autumn music I created a couple of years ago that features Vashti Bunyan, Nick Drake, Skip James and more. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/autumn-songs
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Autumn Songs
Despite being a man whose natural habitat is the tropics, autumn has always been my favourite season.
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
One year after the "Gen Z" movement, few young people in Morocco express interest or faith in upcoming legislative elections www.lemonde.fr/afrique/arti...
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Au Maroc, un an après le mouvement de la « gen Z », la jeunesse reste la grande absente des élections législatives
S’estimant ignorés par les formations politiques et les institutions, les moins de 30 ans sont peu nombreux à se porter candidat et vont probablement exprimer leur défiance par une abstention massive ...
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Colombia's Santa Marta rocked by violence as government squares off against Autodefensas Conquistadoras de la Sierra Nevada (ACSN) paramilitary group elpais.com/america-colo...
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Buses quemados, comercios cerrados y soldados en las calles: De la Espriella viaja a una Santa Marta en crisis
El presidente anuncia la militarización de uno de los mayores destinos turísticos de Colombia
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
They can now reminisce openly together about their joy at having collectively murdered David Vallenilla, Génesis Carmona, Renée Good and Alex Pretti.
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
As per María Corina Machado’s Senior Advisor, David Smolansky, over the last 24 hours, she has attempted to enter Venezuela by air and sea three times but has been denied entry each time.
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Life is change, but it is also composed of the stories of our experiences that help shape the path toward the future. That is what is preserved on paper, and a digital content server cannot always leave the same legacy." wapa.tv/noticias/loc...
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Una mirada a las páginas del pasado: recordamos la importancia de la palabra escrita
Ante la decisión de la gerencia de GFR Media de mover sus periódicos a lo digital, recordamos cómo la prensa escrita es récord del quehacer diario para convertirse en referente
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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This photo was taken by Bernard Diederich on election day in Haiti on 22 September 1957. As François Duvalier orders his supporters to go to downtown Port-au-Prince to stop vote buying by supporters of rival Louis Déjoie, his suit jacket flies open to reveal a pistol stuck in his belt.
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