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Mira Kamdar

@mirakamdar.bsky.social
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Paris-based author of four books, gardener, NYT Editorial Board alumna, words in New York Review of Books, The Atlantic, more.

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Mira Kamdar @mirakamdar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Musk’s worldview...is an explicitly antihuman one. [But it]... may come to be seen as the presiding pathology in our time of monsters." @markoconnell.bsky.social in @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social on new book by @quinnslobodian.com @bentarnoff.com www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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Space Oddity | Mark O’Connell
Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff’s Muskism examines how Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire, by selling a vision of the future that very few people would want to inhabit.
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Mira Kamdar @mirakamdar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Yes please!
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Mira Kamdar @mirakamdar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
From chattel slavery to this. Trafficking in human beings.
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Mira Kamdar @mirakamdar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Terrible news.
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WIRED @wired.com · 15/09/2026
FBI director Kash Patel claimed to US senators that the removal of a bar on hiring people who had engaged in bestiality was aimed at protecting sexual assault survivors. www.wired.com/story/the-fb...
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The FBI Doubles Down on Easing ‘Bestiality’ Hiring Standards
FBI director Kash Patel claimed to US senators that the removal of a bar on hiring people who had engaged in bestiality was aimed at protecting sexual assault survivors.
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Mira Kamdar @mirakamdar.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Pray for us all.
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Mira Kamdar @mirakamdar.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...? “I have children who don’t know what walls are, what a bed is, what stairs are.” He says he tries to make them feel that “everything will be OK”, but privately wonders what new hardships the war will bring.”
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‘I’ve lost everything – my child, my house, my money’: how Israel’s war on Gaza has changed men
The impact of the conflict on Palestinian men is a largely undiscussed topic. Four civilians talk about their lives and relationships
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 13/09/2026
Pregnant woman among more than 10 killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza
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Pregnant woman among more than 10 killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza
Woman’s family says she died of injuries after being shot in the head while sitting inside a tent near Khan Younis A pregnant Palestinian woman died on Saturday from injuries sustained after being shot in the head by Israeli forces south of Khan Younis, according to her family and medical workers, as strikes across Gaza killed at least 10 people in 48 hours. The woman, named as Iman Shalouf, 27, who was nearly eight months pregnant, was sitting inside her family’s tent in the al-Mawasi area when Israeli gunfire struck her, according to paramedics and witnesses. Continue reading...
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Mira Kamdar @mirakamdar.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Push women out of the workforce. That is what this is about.
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Death toll from Israeli attacks on Lebanon climbs to 4,362 despite ceasefire - www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/liv…
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Death toll from Israeli attacks on Lebanon climbs to 4,362 despite ceasefire
<article data-history-node-id="447232" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/death-toll-israeli-attacks-lebanon-climbs-4362-despite-ceasefire" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/death-toll-israeli-attacks-lebanon-climbs-4362-despite-ceasefire" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Death toll from Israeli attacks on Lebanon climbs to 4,362 despite ceasefire</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Lebanon’s Health Ministry says Israel has killed 4,362 people and wounded 12,378 in attacks across the country since 2 March.</p> <p>Israel has continued bombing Lebanon and occupying parts of its territory despite a ceasefire that took effect on 17 April and was renewed on 26 June.</p> <p>Before the truce, Israeli troops seized nearly 2,000sq km (770sq miles), equivalent to about one-fifth of Lebanon. A buffer zone still covers approximately six percent of the country.</p> </div> </div> </article>
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are expected to meet with Zelenskyy in Kyiv within 24 hours of their meeting with Putin, it was all smiles after the 3 hour meeting at the Kremlin. Meanwhile as the meeting took place, Russia was targeting and bombing civilian residential buildings in Ukraine.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Zelenskyy is facing growing domestic political weakness and an undercurrent of discontent. Combined with the demands of winter, Trump & Putin may be betting that these strains will produce a more politically vulnerable Ukrainian government willing to accept concessions harmful to Ukraine.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 02/09/2026
The brutality and inhumanity of ICE continues to grow www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/w...
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Deportees Recount Harrowing Journeys to Africa: Shackles, a ‘Freezer’ and Blows (Gift Article)
Ten deportees said they experienced or witnessed what they called abusive or violent treatment by ICE. They spent months in detention, they said, before being sent to nations where they had no ties.
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accidentalflyer 🇨🇦🇹🇼🇺🇸🇺🇦 @accidentalflyer.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Stealing the most valuable natural resource from a poor country that just suffered one of the worst earthquakes in history.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Not one word here about how it’s a deal at gunpoint, how kidnapping Maduro was illegal, how this is inevitably corrupt, not one word from a critic, or an environmentalist. Three reporters who should be embarrassed. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/b...
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Trump Says U.S. Has Deal for Control of Large Share of Venezuela’s Oil
The president said an agreement between the countries involved “a partnership with private business” and more than 65 billion barrels of reserves.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Oil is who wins US wars.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
New: ICE plans to spend millions of dollars on Boston Dynamics dog robots. ICE says this is to improve "officer safety." The robots can open doors, pick up objects, have 360 cameras, infrared vision, etc. Boston Dynamics didn't respond to question on its stance on ICE www.404media.co/ice-plans-to...
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ICE Plans to Spends Millions on Boston Dynamics Dog Robots
ICE wants the robot dogs to improve “officer safety.”
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Mira Kamdar @mirakamdar.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a... “Most of Gaza’s prewar farmland is under Israeli military occupation, and the proportion has grown as the army has pushed the “yellow line” steadily forward over the course of the ceasefire.”
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On scraps of land and under constant threat, Gaza farmers struggle to survive
Efforts to rebuild domestic food production face severe challenges and have come at deadly cost
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Mira Kamdar @mirakamdar.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I loved her.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 24/08/2026
Guy Who Sucks At Being A Person Sees Huge Potential In AI theonion.com/guy-who-sucks-at-being…
Guy Who Sucks At Being A Person Sees Huge Potential In AI
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Molly White @molly.wiki · 24/08/2026
"Hi Molly, I'm [product name] — an AI platform, and full disclosure: no human wrote this email. That's kind of the point."
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Marley Kkt Throwing Laptop Out of Window
Alt: Person throws laptop out second story window, where it smashes on the ground
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Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Here's something to keep on your radar screen. State AGs are using state antitrust law to prevent the Paramount/Warner Bros merger. They are working to keep additional media outlets from being Trumped!
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
UN says only three percent of Gaza’s cropland remains accessible and undamaged - www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/liv…
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UN says only three percent of Gaza’s cropland remains accessible and undamaged
<article data-history-node-id="446217" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-says-only-3-percent-gazas-cropland-remains-accessible-and-undamaged" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-says-only-3-percent-gazas-cropland-remains-accessible-and-undamaged" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">UN says only three percent of Gaza’s cropland remains accessible and undamaged</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Only three percent of the Gaza Strip’s cropland remains both accessible and undamaged, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations and the United Nations Satellite Centre.</p> <p>The assessment found that the decline, which is most dramatic in&nbsp;Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis, reflects reduced access to farmland since the October 2025 ceasefire, associated primarily with the westward expansion of the “Yellow Line” separating the ceasefire zone from the military-controlled area.</p> <p>Although&nbsp;4,091 hectares - 27 percent of the Gaza Strip’s cropland - remained accessible as of 24 June 2026, only 448 hectares were both accessible and undamaged, according to the assessment.</p> </div> </div> </article>
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Michael Kapp @michaelkapp.com · 15/08/2026
BREAKING: the Democratic National Committee just unanimously approved a resolution calling for the abolition of ICE! After terrorizing our friends, families, and neighbors, ICE has no place in our nation. I'm grateful @democrats.org agreed. Now we're onto the hard work to make that happen!
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Mira Kamdar @mirakamdar.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
What?! ‼️
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Dr Phil now pitching himself as a more snowbound version of Cecil Rhodes with a 6 part docu series on the last frontier (i.e., Greenland) underwritten by the Trumpy Oil Co about to starting drilling in Greenland w/o the govt's permission. talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...
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Dr. Phil and a Texas Oil Firm Go to Greenland With a Suspicious Agenda. Signs Point to Trump’s Imperialist Visions.
Of Course Dr. Phil Is Involved There hasn’t been a ton of...
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 08/08/2026
5 things NOT worth the money.
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Kudos to @financialtimes.com for uncritically publishing this technofascist wet dream.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
My column on how capital becomes a death cult. Faced with a choice between profit and human life, the radical right chooses profit. Then it tries to persuade us that mass death is what we want. It's the new phase of climate denial: accept your fate, earthlings. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot
As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 04/08/2026
Over the past few years, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee has become one of the biggest spenders in U.S. elections, while rarely mentioning Israel. It has placed a large financial bet on today’s Michigan Senate primary.
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Inside the Spending of AIPAC, One of the U.S.'s Largest Super PACs
The lobbying group has more than doubled its spending on political campaigns, while rarely mentioning Israel. It has placed a large financial bet on today’s Michigan Senate primary.
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Attac France @attac.org · 04/08/2026
Pour les macronistes, les pompiers sont des héros, les soignants sont des héros, les enseignants sont des héros... mais ils sont tous mis au pain sec et à l'eau depuis 9 ans pour payer les cadeaux fiscaux aux plus riches
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Pourquoi les pompiers en ont assez d’être qualifiés de héros, notamment par les politiques
Un communiqué de l’intersyndicale des sapeurs-pompiers demande que le qualificatif élogieux ne soit plus employé, estimant qu’il sert à cacher « le délitement de la Sécurité civile ».
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DebunkersHED @www.debunkersdehoax.org · 04/08/2026
Ce n'est pas une erreur, l'armée russe tente de détruire la totalité des monuments constituant le capital culturel du pays. Histoire de l'acculturer et pouvoir raconter n'importe quoi sur son histoire.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Meanwhile, it has spent nearly $113–120 billion fighting a war with Iran on Israel’s behalf.
Israel PM Netanyahu with US President Trump
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Hours after meeting Zelenskyy and then Netanyahu, Trump betrayed Ukraine again, ordering $400 million in congressionally approved military aid to be delayed until 2029. Since Trump took office, the US has provided little to no actual aid to Ukraine.
Ukraine delegation meeting with the US
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Stefan Popenici @popenici.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The grandfathers of AI #bookburning #bookshredding
The image from the archives of Nazis burning books
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 30/07/2026
Joyce Carol Oates goes to battle for 'Odyssey,' takes aim at translator Emily Wilson's viral review
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Joyce Carol Oates goes to battle for 'Odyssey,' takes aim at translator Emily Wilson’s viral review
Joyce Carol Oates called out translator Emily Wilson’s viral review of Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey,’ comparing her critique to 'the crude language of MAGA folks.'
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Mira Kamdar @mirakamdar.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
“The frightening aspect of Europe’s summer … is that it could appear tame in retrospect. The planet is on course to breach the central goal of the Paris Agreement of 2015: to stop the planet from heating more than two degrees Celsius…”. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/w...
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Summer of Heat, Fires and Storms Is a Reckoning for Europe on Climate
The continent is experiencing some of its biggest fires and highest temperatures ever. Residents are fleeing, leaders are struggling to respond and “it will get worse,” one climate expert said.
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ERROR 404 ▼ @antyfaszysta.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
⭕ #Cisjordanie : En 48 HEURES, les villages #Palestiniens ont subi plus de 178 RAIDS ET ATTAQUES DE COLONS #ISRAÉLIENS, plongeant la population dans un climat d'insécurité permanente. #Focus
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Mira Kamdar @mirakamdar.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
"Yet what we are seeing today sets an extraordinary precedent, one that has the potential of undermining the entire premise of genocide as a crime punishable under post-World War II international law." Chilling from Omer Bartov on genocide with impunity in #Gaza. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/o...
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Opinion | The Grim Lessons of Israel’s War in Gaza
Israel has not been held accountable for its actions in Gaza. The nation and the individuals and countries enabling it to escape punishment may only benefit.
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🦋💔🇺🇸SEB🇺🇸💔🦋 @sebastiangarof5.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
This is funny as hell. The grifters got grifted. 🤣🔄 Businessman who sold land for Kushner resort in Albania suspected of faking the deeds - www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Businessman who sold land for Kushner resort in Albania suspected of faking the deeds
Residents of the village ​of Zvernec near the project have been contesting Artur Shehu's claim on the land in court cases that date back more than a decade.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
ICE is reportedly pressuring the three witnesses to Lorenzo Salgado Araujo's murder—his brother and workers—to self-deport. In other words, get the only people who could contradict ICE's version of events out of the country.
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Texas ICE Killing Darkens: Rep Says Witnesses Pressured to Self-Deport
There were three others in the van with the man shot by ICE in Houston this week. A representative for the families tells TNR that the government is pressuring these potential witnesses to self-deport...
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The Army Took Down Its Page Commemorating a Civil Rights Icon – Mother Jones A piece honoring Black veteran Sarah Keys Evans has been axed to “align with current guidance.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The Army took down its page commemorating a civil rights icon
A piece honoring Black veteran Sarah Keys Evans has been axed to "align with current guidance."
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 06/07/2026
Brewing El Niño and roasting oceans push planet into 'uncharted territory' for heat
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Brewing El Niño and roasting oceans push planet into 'uncharted territory' for heat
Scientists are raising alarms over the planet's warming oceans, which — coupled with a strong El Niño — could increase temperatures for land dwellers.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 30/06/2026
Tierra Walker knew that abortion was illegal in Texas, but she thought that hospitals could make an exception for patients like her, whose health was clearly on the line. At 20 weeks pregnant, she died of preeclampsia. (Published January)
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Women With High-Risk Pregnancies Have Limited Options Under Abortion Bans
Our reporting has found that abortion bans generally don’t include exceptions that cover health concerns pregnant women with chronic conditions can face — or if they do, doctors aren’t using them.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
🚨BREAKING: Federal court REJECTS Department of Justice lawsuit to gain access to Pennsylvania voter records. Another victory for Elias Law Group and its clients. Another defeat for DOJ. DOJ is now 0-10. 👀 ELG remains undefeated! 🗳️⚖️💪 www.democracydocket.com/cases/pennsy...
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🚨 United States of America v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Learn more.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/06/2026
Sen. Chris Murphy: "Right now the biggest threat to this country are not a handful of House candidates in New York, it is the president of the United States who is trying to destroy American democracy."
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Yes. Transcripts of their discussions with Kirill Dmitriev and others and which occurred on insecure WhatsApp lines have been circulating among NATO intel services (excluding US) for months now.
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Le Monde @lemonde.fr · 25/06/2026
L’usage des pesticides repart à la hausse en France, en particulier les substances de la famille des PFAS
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L’usage des pesticides repart à la hausse en France, en particulier les substances de la famille des PFAS
Devant l’absence de mise à jour récente de l’indicateur historique par l’Etat, l’association Générations futures publie, jeudi, son propre calcul, à partir des données de ventes de produits et en se fondant sur la méthodologie officielle.
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Mira Kamdar @mirakamdar.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Even sweltering, not sure I’d jump into the Canal Saint Martin. Saw police pull a body out once. Have seen the piles of bicycles, supermarket carts and other stuff they pull out when they clean it from time to time. A cold shower at home?
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 25/06/2026
Crowds are filling the Canal Saint-Martin in Paris, as temperatures soar above 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Forty people drowned while swimming in other waterways.
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To Escape the Heat, Parisians Jump into an Old Industrial Canal
Crowds are filling the Canal Saint-Martin in Paris, as temperatures soar above 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Forty people drowned while swimming in other waterways.
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