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Natasha

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I’m here for the news. The aim is to be informed, listen more, talk less. A PhD has taught me nothing but resilience.

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 09/10/2026
US imposes sanctions on the international criminal court (ICC), hours after former judge Navi Pillay wins Nobel peace prize - live
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US imposes sanctions on ICC, hours after former judge Pillay wins Nobel peace prize - live
The ⁠ICC’s deputy prosecutor condemned the sanctions and said they would not halt the tribunal’s work
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 09/10/2026
Breaking News: The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Navi Pillay for her efforts to ensure that war crimes and genocide are prosecuted.
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Nobel Peace Prize Live Updates: Navi Pillay, Former U.N. Human Rights Commissioner, Wins
Ms. Pillay, a South African lawyer, led an investigation that determined that Israel had committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, a finding the Israeli government rejected.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 09/10/2026
The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Navi Pillay, a South African human rights lawyer, for her efforts to promote peace and international law. ft.trib.al/5ICqX4g
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Julie K. Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
NEW: Maybe it's time to take a good look at all these deaths in the Epstein-Trump orbit. jkbjournalist.substack.com/p/dead-men-t...
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Dead men tell no Epstein-Trump tales
When witnesses, whistleblowers and accusers die, it’s time to look at whether they have anything in common. Here is a list of some of the recent deaths.
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Mayor Mamdani is actually our most centrist politician, if by that you mean, "Getting absurd and bad-faith criticism from all sides."
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Natasha @natasharose.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This perfectly explains why Pope Leo impresses me more and more and I’m not Catholic.
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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
At a really fundamental level Leo XIV is just a person with sound, well-reasoned, moral stances on the world and how life should be lived who isn't afraid to say those things in public. That kind of person simply does not make sense to business leaders and politicians for whom speech is convenience.
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Natasha @natasharose.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If the Pope was on Bluesky I’d follow him and I’m not Catholic.
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Natasha @natasharose.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
You do you 😁
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Natasha @natasharose.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is why I no longer watch TV. My favourite show is No. 67 and The Good Fight isn’t even on the list 🤨
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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 21/09/2026
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Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The UK and 11 other countries today announced their support for trade sanctions targeting illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank. All EU Member States agree that Israeli settlements in the West Bank are illegal under international law. (1/3)
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Nancy @plaintanjane.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Dolly Parton‘s version of Yusef Islam (Cat Stevens’) Peace Train with Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Dolly produced the @cbsnews.com TV special, which aired in 1996, to promote her album, Treasures. Yusuf Islam talks about why he wrote Peace Train.
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Peace Train/Isitimela Sokuthula: Dolly Parton (feat. Ladysmith Black Mambazo)
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Natasha @natasharose.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Noel is growing on me but including Nadiya is the addition I didn’t know I needed until I read it.
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Natasha @natasharose.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Creed Eminem Barbra Streisand
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Natasha @natasharose.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I watched that movie and I know how it ends.
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Natasha @natasharose.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Just watched The Odyssey and John Leguizamo elevates every movie he’s in. It’s time to give him an award for his charisma. If for no other reason than his deadpan quip at the end. Making me laugh and cry deserves an Oscar.
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Ben Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
These declarations are made out in the open, now with automatic translation. Western politicians and commentators who pretend not to notice these grotesque declarations by *the national security minister of a state which their countries arm and fund* are complicit in them.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 17/06/2026
Donald Trump may have relished his cage fight on the White House lawn—but the world is turning against him, and his movement is breaking apart, Peter Wehner argues:
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The Apotheosis of Donald Trump
On the president’s 80th birthday, it became clear that he has entered his decline.
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auntyr.bsky.social @auntyr.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
A world-class education is now completely free — MIT has opened its entire vault of more than 2,500 courses to the public online. source: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (2026). About Us: MIT OpenCourseWare. MIT Open Learning. 😊
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 25/05/2026
Pope Leo XIV called for robust regulation of artificial intelligence and for its developers to work for the common good rather than profit, issuing a sweeping manifesto on safeguarding humankind as the technology impacts everything from work to war.
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Pope calls for robust regulation of AI in manifesto that ponders the future of humanity
Pope Leo XIV has called for robust regulation of artificial intelligence and for its developers to work for the common good rather than profit.
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
In the UK, US, and Canada the demonization of international students has been going on for a while: Liberals in Canada, Labour in the UK nor the Democrats seem to care or want to pretend to care. I mean, they can't be arsed to protect higher education in general, let alone international students.
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
daaaamn london
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
For those of you who didn't know - you do now! #BookSky
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 27/04/2026
What word is your spelling nemesis? This is a safe space.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The DOJ violates the Epstein Files Transparency Act on the daily. So I'm suing Todd Blanche. As a journalist, I cannot report accurately on the Epstein Files if I cannot even read them. I am represented by @brendanballou.bsky.social & we seek to hold the DOJ accountable for its noncompliance.
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Natasha @natasharose.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
I’m South African and while I can’t identify everything on the plate, and if that’s French toast it may be slightly +, but even so breakfast looks absolutely fantastic.
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Natasha @natasharose.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I’m not Catholic but even I find the use of “Leo” without the honorific utterly disrespectful. And to add insult to injury deadnaming Pope Leo makes the disrespect appear deliberate.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Viktor Orban will be freelancing for the NYT Opinion page
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Those US-Iran negotiations in a nutshell: Iran sent 4 PhDs to Islamabad. The US sent a real estate developer, a son-in-law, a lawyer and a general.
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Adil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Pope Leo:
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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
This ceasefire agreement appears to involve neither ceasing fire or an agreement.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
“A group of new accounts on the prediction market Polymarket made highly specific, well-timed bets on whether the U.S. and Iran would reach a ceasefire on April 7, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits for these new customers”
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Newly created Polymarket accounts bet big on US-Iran ceasefire in hours before Trump's announcement
A group of new accounts on the prediction market Polymarket made highly specific, well-timed bets on whether the U.S. and Iran would reach a ceasefire on April 7, resulting in hundreds of thousands of...
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Governor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 09/04/2026
While you're paying billions more at the gas pump, Trump's allies are cashing in.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
cc: @nytimes.com
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 08/04/2026
BREAKING: Trump uses Pakistan as his get out of jail free card to claim victory with ceasefire Mark It: In 2 weeks Trump will repeat this same ugly stunt Enough! Impeach him. Prosecute him. Convict him. Remove him. Charge him. Arrest him. Sentence him. End his dictatorship once and for all. Period
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halcorley.bsky.social @halcorley.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Imagine the swift calls for impeachment if any other president in our history spoke thus. The cacophonous outrage would be deafening. The slack he's cut - by media and far too many citizens - is a distinctly American obscenity in 2026.
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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Strange situation where we await a statement from Iran to check whether there's any truth to what US president is saying.
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Natasha @natasharose.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Someone should quote the Bible to him. Something like: Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven (Matthew 7:21).
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Natasha @natasharose.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven" (Matthew 7:21).
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Please please read this from the archbishop of Chicago www.archchicago.org/statement/-/...
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Statement of Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, “A Call to Conscience” - Statements - Archdiocese of Chicago - AoC Portal
As more than 1,000 Iranian men, women and children lay dead after days of bombardment from U.S. and Israeli missiles, the official White House X account on Thursday evening posted a video of scenes fr...
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Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Tonight in Tehran
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Natasha @natasharose.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
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Pierre de Vos @pierredevos.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
What motivates Trump? The answer is simple: racism. You might also say ego and raw self-interest, but the two are connected. Racism is a kind of chauvinism, a belief in one’s inherent superiority, based on nothing other than a meaningless accident of birth. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/o...
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Opinion | This Is Just Who Trump Is
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Natasha @natasharose.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Magnificent book. I enjoyed it infinitely more than Love in The Time of Cholera.
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Natasha @natasharose.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
I agree! I’m replying from my iPhone 6.
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
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