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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Some people say we don’t build beautiful things anymore and, like, lol. Motherfuckers, we built this:
A graph from Our World In Data showing a precipitous drop in child mortality starting in the late 1800s going from an average of 48% to global rate of 27% in 1950 to the 2020 infant mortality rate of 4%, with some countries having a rate as low as 0.3%
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Ana Lesnovski @analesnovski.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Achei incrível o post do Senado no Instagram dizendo sem o menor pudor que crimes como golpe de estado e comunicação enganosa em massa terão penas mais brandas, e espionagem e sabotagem terão progressão mais rápida. Sério, vai aprovar um absurdo desse pelo menos não se gaba!
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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Absolutely bonkers footage of Ukrainian soldiers shooting down Russian drones in prop planes with shotguns. Not ai, came from an official Ukrainian account and verified by the WSJ.
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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 02/05/2026
I'm not crying, you're crying - wife asked me if I had a cable. Yes, yes I did!
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The Best Day of My Fathers's life

"Did you say you needed a six-pin-to-eight-pin FireWired for a 2006 MacBook?

Man holding up a cable out of a box of tangled cables.
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Ghoulothy @landbeforetim.myatproto.social · 01/05/2026
Bring back the ancient knowledge
Things you read on a blog might make you angry. They might upset you. Stop visiting that blog. Don't waste your time posting comments. Move on and find a new blog. There are so many fun blogs on the Internet. You'll easily find a better one.
There is always another fun new blog to read online.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
"Trump’s initial post about removing US troops from Germany came just hours after he spoke by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has long sought to reduce the number of NATO troops in Europe... "The Pentagon 'was not expecting it'... www.politico.com/news/2026/04...
politico.com
Trump’s call to reduce US troops in Germany shocks Pentagon
The Defense Department "was not expecting it," a congressional aide said.
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Weedle @weedle.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Exactly one year ago today:
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
idk i think it’s probably a best case scenario at this point that trump’s national law enforcement guy is so incompetent and intoxicated that he can’t even effectively oppress us
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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 18/04/2026
This is not a new or original observation but nearly all of the Trump guys seem not to have realized that running the country is an actual job. They do not want to do the hard, draining work of a real and important job. They *want* to be short-form video content creators with taxpayer-funded jets.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/04/2026
How did Magyar win? A long running grassroots campaign in rural and small town Hungary; a refusal to be distracted by government propaganda; a focus on economic issues and corruption; a central promise to bring back democracy and the rule of law
theatlantic.com
Illiberalism Is Not Inevitable
If Viktor Orbán can lose, then his Russian and American admirers can lose too.
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András Tóth-Czifra @minczifra.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Magyar calls on the figurehead head of state Tamás Sulyok, as well as all high justice officials and other high officials appointed by Fidesz to resign immediately or they will be removed by the new government. He also announces a constitutional reform and that Hungary is joining EPPO.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Imagine being a moderate Republican and getting outflanked on decency, morality, and basic humanity by these four nutters
Four headlines in which Marjorite Taylor Greene, Tucker Carolson, Piers Morgan, and Alex Jones condemn Trump for his genocidal threats to Iran.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 08/04/2026
Just after Israel's attack on Hezbollah in 2024, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government offered issistance to Iran, the key sponsor of Hezbollah. And now Vance is in Budapest, supporting Orban. From Catherine Belton wapo.st/41RvEFd
wapo.st
After pager attack on Hezbollah, Hungary offered help to Iran
Revelations about a 2024 call offering assistance raise questions about Hungary’s ties to Iran as the Trump administration backs Prime Minister Viktor Orban for reelection.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I like this because it articulates the conservative concept of freedom in a nutshell. You have the freedom to do x, except you don't, because I don't want you to. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 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 dollars in profits for those users.
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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 07/04/2026
In honor of Vance's visit to Hungary, where he will campaign for Viktor Orban, I am reposting my article from last year. I argued that Orban's Hungary is one of the poorest countries, and certainly the most corrupt and least free country, in the entire EU. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
theatlantic.com
America’s Future Is Hungary
MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
As time has gone on I've realized there is a still quite small but now non-trivial chance that the entire Iran War is simply an insider trading operation, creating repeated black swan moments and relying on markets continued willingness to gyrate wildly in the face of absurd and predictably ...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 24/03/2026
The US tried to pressure Ukraine to surrender. Instead, this is what is still happening, every day
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
it's incredible that as long as you do the right amount of bigotry you can just rob the country blind and enough people will not care, even though those same people will be filled with incandescent rage if someone uses food stamps to buy a 12 pack of diet coke
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Cecília Olliveira @cecillia.com.br · 26/03/2026
"O país que por muito tempo foi rota de transporte é hj um dos maiores refinadores de cocaína do planeta, com + de 500 labs. Esse novo papel é, em grande parte, resultado da incapacidade do estado de transformar em política pública diagnósticos que 4 CPIs anteriores produziram"
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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Som evidence that AIs may reduce polarization, the opposite of the effect of social media: “while different AI platforms behave in subtly different ways, all of them nudge people away from the most extreme positions and towards more moderate and expert-aligned stances.” www.ft.com/content/3880...
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Simon Kuper @simonkuper.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
French municipal elections: most important news for future of France is that Edouard Philippe is likely to survive as mayor of Le Havre, having won about 43% in the first round. Holding on to the working-class city makes him credible candidate for post-Macron centre in 2027 presidential elections
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 16/03/2026
Oscar well deserved
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 16/03/2026
No, they have not always been there for NATO
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Actually, Americans are just like you. ~20-30% of them genuinely support fascism, as in ~every 🇪🇺 country. You are just more fortunate to have political institutions & a multiparty system that prevent that 20-30% from fully capturing the center-right party, becoming 51%, & controlling the government.
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Leonardo Monasterio @lmonasterio.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Poluição é bem mais danosa do que pensávamos Mais poluição-> mais suicídi0s
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Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦 @pravda.ua · 17/02/2026
👏 Ukraine regains over 200 sq km in five days – AFP
pravda.com.ua
Ukraine regains over 200 sq km in five days – AFP
Ukraine’s defence forces regained 201 square kilometres of territory between 11 and 15 February, marking their fastest advance in more than two and a half years, according to AFP analysis of ISW data.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
New data shows #Brexit has lowered UK GDP by 6-8% over the past decade. Investment down 12-18%, employment down 3-4%. It's even worse than economists had predicted pre-referendum, because they thought there would be a bounce-back long term. "Economists were roughly right on the
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Brexit’s slow‑burn hit to the UK economy
The UK is once again debating why its economy has grown slowly since the mid‑2010s. This column examines the impact of the decision to leave the European Union in 2016. Using almost a decade of data s...
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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Carney's incredible secret sauce seems to be - say what the problem is, whose fault it is, what you will have to do about it and what it will cost.
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Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
“If Donald Trump’s capriciousness inspires deep anxiety among Europeans, they are also troubled by another uncomfortable idea: a scratchy sense that perhaps France was right after all” Europeans confront the unthinkable 😉 economist.com/europe/2026/...
economist.com
That irritating feeling that France was right
Donald Trump’s America makes Gaullism respectable again
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Scott Shapiro @scottjshapiro.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
UK: Prince Andrew arrested. South Korea: Former President Yoon sentenced for life. Brazil: Former President Bolsonaro serving a 27-year sentence. USA: President Trump demands $10 billion payout from taxpayers.
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Ouriço de Cartola 🎩 @ouricodecarto.la · 10/02/2026
"A música era muito melhor quando deixavam gente feia cantar" foi uma frase que me pegou desprevenido
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Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 04/02/2026
Only 10 cases of Guinea worm disease were recorded *globally* last year. It may become the second human disease we eradicate, after smallpox.
Semafor: Guinea worm neared global eradication, with just 10 cases reported worldwide in 2025, all of them in Chad, Ethiopia, or South Sudan. When former US President Jimmy Carter founded an eradication program in the mid-1980s, there were millions of infections in developing countries and the only human disease that had ever previously been permanently defeated was smallpox. The parasitic infection, transmitted via contaminated water, leads to three-foot worms emerging from painful leg ulcers, and causes long-term incapacitation and disability. While Carter did not, as he hoped, outlive the last Guinea worm (he died in 2024), he may have come close; the 10 cases mark a 33% decrease year-on-year.
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 02/02/2026
Autocratic backfire: when dictators construct echo chambers, overestimate their abilities, and dismiss their adversaries’ capabilities, leading to weakening or ruin. Examples: Mussolini, Putin, and now (hopefully) Trump. [nytimes.com]
nytimes.com
Opinion | History Shows Trump’s Worst Impulses May Backfire on Him
When a leader sits alone at the top of the power vertical, it is hard for him to escape blame.
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Leonardo Monasterio @lmonasterio.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 31/01/2026
Great work from the FT's John Burn-Murdoch www.ft.com/content/b474...
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
www.jta.org/2026/01/30/u...
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'Reminds me of Anne Frank': Jewish seniors are offering to hide their Haitian caregivers as Trump's TPS end looms - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The end of Temporary Protected Status has Holocaust survivors offering to hide Haitian staffers, according to the CEO of a senior-living center in Florida.
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Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Paris is not just about the past The stunning new Metro station at Villejuif-Gustave Roussy, which opened in 2025, is part of the biggest expansion of the city’s network for half a century economist.com/europe/2026/...
economist.com
The Paris Metro is getting a dazzling extension
Some new stations are architectural gems
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there
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Jan-Werner Mueller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Putin pioneered this. No opposition is legitimate. Regular, decent, “ordinary” people cannot possibly be against us because only we represent “the real people.” Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
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Rubens Valente @rubensvalente.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
hoje soubemos que o ministro Edson Fachin está analisando sugestões para instituir um código de conduta dos ministros. Quem sabe ele olha o sistema de transparência do Judiciário dos EUA. Um juiz da Suprema Corte deve declarar até as instituições bancárias onde tem dinheiro e + pub.jefs.uscourts.gov
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United States Courts | Financial Disclosures
This site contains financial disclosure reports for judicial officers, including bankruptcy, magistrate, and special trial judges.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
I have an update on Greenland.
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EU Made Simple @eumadesimple.wsocial.eu · 23/01/2026
🇪🇺 Should the EU Federalize or Dissolve? 🇮🇹❓ A recent 2026 opinion poll asked Italians what the future of the EU should be. 🔹 61% support transforming the EU into a federal union 🔹 4% want to keep the EU as it is 🔹 27% support dissolving the EU altogether 🤔 What do you think?
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
One thing authoritarian regimes do is establish impunity for government officials who break the law on their behalf
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 24/01/2026
Everyone freezing on the East Coast or in the Midwest remember: Kyiv has the same weather, except that hundreds of thousands of people don't have electricity, heating or running water
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
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Jeremy Cliffe @jeremycliffe.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Europe needs to get much more comfortable threatening Trump with serious deterrent measures, and if necessary implementing them. Tariffs, taxes & bans on US firms; selloffs of US Treasuries; expulsions of American troops; sanctions on individuals. Speak his language: strength.
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Zohran is singlehandedly killing left-NIMBYism we love to see it
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Even if Trump’s attack on Venezuela and kidnapping of Maduro somehow led to a positive impact on Venezuela’s future, it would not make these actions by the United States legal, moral or wise. Normalising and legitimising this behaviour endangers all countries - democracies and dictatorships alike.
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