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Timmy O'Danaos @odanaos.bsky.social · 9h
How it's going: apnews.com/article/ariz...
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Sentence tossed in Arizona case where deceased victim was depicted speaking in AI-generated video
An Arizona man’s 10-year manslaughter sentence has been tossed in a case where a video generated by artificial intelligence portrayed the deceased victim addressing a judge before the punishment was i...
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Timmy O'Danaos @odanaos.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Oh nothing, just members of Germany's ruling party CDU deciding together with rising far right party AfD to forbid Holocaust memorial stones in the streets www.dw.com/en/afd-cdu-b...
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AfD, CDU ban new Holocaust 'stumbling stones' in Heidenau
Activists, politicians and representatives of Holocaust victims reacted with anger after the center-right CDU party joined forces with the AfD to ban new Stolpersteine (stumbling stones) in the easter...
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Timmy O'Danaos @odanaos.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Xavier Hernández houdt zijn lippen zo stijf op elkaar, dat ik me afvraag of hij überhaupt ooit de koning van Hispanje heeft geëerd
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Sabine Fischer @sabfis3.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Ich muss an Himmler 1943 denken. „Und dann kommen sie alle an, die braven 80 Millionen Deutschen, und jeder hat seinen anständigen Juden. Es ist ja klar, die anderen sind Schweine, aber dieser eine ist ein prima Jude.“ Strange, I wonder why.
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Lisa Westerveld 🌱 @lisawesterveld.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
7000(!) kinderen worden opgevangen in onveilige omstandigheden. Dit zorgt voor permanente schade. Het erge? Dit is het gevolg van bewust beleid, aangejaagd door extreemrechts. Kinderen zijn het slachtoffer van vreemdelingenhaat. Nederland zakt door een morele ondergrens. nos.nl/artikel/2631...
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Onderzoeksraad: 7000 kinderen in asielnoodopvang structureel verwaarloosd
De Onderzoeksraad voor Veiligheid deed twee jaar onderzoek naar de leefomstandigheden van kinderen in de sporthallen en containerwoningen waar deze vorm van opvang is gevestigd.
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Timmy O'Danaos @odanaos.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Late 18th century Americans: Give me liberty, or give me death! Late 18th century Dutch: Dead or free.
From a decoration by revolutionary-minded Dutch citizens, celebrating the 1795 alliance between the French and Dutch ("Batavian") republics
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Lisa Westerveld 🌱 @lisawesterveld.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Daar gaan we weer. 🙄 Een eigen bijdrage in de jeugdzorg staat haaks op Kinderrechten, zorgt voor meer ellende en extra bureaucratie. Tóch probeert dit Kabinet het opnieuw. www.trouw.nl/gezondheid/o...
Foto van Vak K waar Rob Jetten in het midden zit met een aantal ministers en deze tekst: 
Ook het kabinet-Jetten wil ouders laten meebetalen aan jeugdhulp. ‘Ik vind dit heel zorgwekkend’

Ouders moeten een eigen bijdrage gaan betalen voor jeugdhulp, vindt het kabinet-Jetten. De coalitie zet dit omstreden plan van het kabinet-Schoof door. Dat doet pijn bij CDA en D66, maar het is nodig, denkt de coalitie.
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Every other headline now is "Huge liar who's financially motivated to lie says"
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Lauren Starkey @laurenhstarkey.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Men will send me emails like this and then go rampaging on the streets of Dover and Portsmouth claiming they want to keep refugees out in order to “PROTECT OUR WOMEN!” Not a single one of the young male refugees I’ve worked with has ever spoken to me with such violent misogyny.
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Timmy O'Danaos @odanaos.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This shift reminds me of the francophones, who fast so much they break their fast 3 times a day.
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Timmy O'Danaos @odanaos.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
@dannybate.com I'm sure I'm not the first to notice, but just in case: it appears that on page 256 a 'd' was replaced by a 'b'. Whether because of a typo, confusion between the first and last letter of 'bird', or because the typesetter forgot that the letters are supposed to be reversed, is unclear.
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Stephanie Lamy @stephlamy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Les gens qui ont sauté a pieds joints dans cette campagne de propagande d'extrême-droite, le popcorn en main et la bave aux lèvres, devraient se faire tout petit maintenant. www.middleeasteye.net/news/was-jas...
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Was Jason Arday really a serial plagiarist? No, the evidence shows
MEE examines the complexity surrounding plagiarism allegations against the late Cambridge academic
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
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Why We’re Dismantling the ICC
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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
many (!) objections to Cofnas but — similarly to Nigel Biggar not being a historian or having any historical training — he’s not a geneticist, he’s a *philosopher*. why even pretend he has any ability to talk about the subjects in which he pretends to be an expert?
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 24/08/2026
If you’re not potty trained by now you don’t get to be in the pool with the rest of us and we’re not gonna have a civilized debate about it while the water fills up with your filth.
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Angelo de Jong @angelodejong.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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Timmy O'Danaos @odanaos.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Progress is slow when you: - pause every couple of sentences to mutter weird sounds as if you're reading How To Summon Ancient Spirits and not @dannybate.com's Why Q needs U. - stop to think about how he's wrong about Dutch Rs because there's only like 3 of them, ok 4, no wait I just thought of
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
IDF marks Palestinian detainees with numbers as it expands northern West Bank operations. “An image reminiscent of dark periods, and one that should shock everyone” MK Ahmad Tibi Jack Khoury www.haaretz.com/west-bank/20...
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IDF marks detained Palestinians with numbers as northern West Bank raids expand
After a West Bank raid the IDF said targeted Palestinians involved in planning attacks, several Palestinians were released with numbers written in marker on their face or bodies
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 17/08/2026
rare books are destroyed in the process but at least we have a technology that instructs teens how to commit suicide
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
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Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects
A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it
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Timmy O'Danaos @odanaos.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Post a meme made by you (This was in response to: twitterwebviewer.com?tweet=167974...)
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Timmy O'Danaos @odanaos.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
So. Many. Questions.
Reiterstreithammer (Cavalry war hammer) which is ALSO a Radschlosspistole (wheellock pistol)........ according to the sign
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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
FACT OF THE DAY. 2 August 1343. French woman Jeanne de Clisson decided to become a pirate to seek revenge for the execution of her husband for treason in Paris. Her crew targeted French ships in the English Channel. All crew were killed, except one, who carried her message to the King.
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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
No longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.
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AI labs buy, scan, shred millions of rare books
If you have retreated to physical books because the internet is too full of AI slop, bad news — now they’re shredding the books to feed their AI slop machines.
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Will Clement @historywill.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Have you read this brilliant article about revolutionary diaries? academic.oup.com/hwj/article/...
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The Self in the Shadow of the Guillotine: Revolution, Terror and Trauma in a Parisian Diary
Céléstin Guittard de Floriban did not leave much of a mark on history. Born in 1724 in the Champenois village of Evergnicourt, he married but remained chil
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/07/2026
WOW -- Danish reporter *goes there* with Rutte "You sit next to Trump when he talks about conquering Greenland, lashes out at allies like Spain -- things it doesn't seem like the old Mark Rutte would approve of. Does this have any affect on your self-respect when you sit there and say nothing?"
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
In a list of twenty seven grievances, immigration is seventh. Taxation without representation is seventeenth.
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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Tucked away in West Yorkshire is a hidden piece of transatlantic history perfect for the Fourth of July. The Triumphal Arch on the Parlington Estate in Aberford is Britain's only monument dedicated to American independence. Built in 1783 by the eccentric, whig-sympathising
Known as the Parlington Arch, this striking stone monument is a unique triumphal arch situated on the historic Parlington Estate near Aberford, West Yorkshire. Commissioned by Sir Thomas Gascoigne and constructed between 1781 and 1783, it was built to celebrate American victory and independence following the Revolutionary War. Commemorating this pivotal historical moment, the bold inscription across its frieze reads: "Liberty in N. America Triumphant MDCCLXXXIII" (1783). Image: John Davidson CC BY-SA 2.0
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Lisa Westerveld 🌱 @lisawesterveld.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Hoe ons zorgstelsel een miljoenenbedrijf laat wegkomen, terwijl ernstig zieke kinderen en hun families de prijs betalen. Het klinkt absurd, toch gebeurt het. Prima samenvatting van het frustrerende debat vandaag. 👇🏼 nos.nl/artikel/2621...
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Voor drie kwetsbare kinderen is er nog geen plek na sluiting zorgvilla's
Twee van de vier villa's in Nederland waar zeer kwetsbare kinderen verbleven, zijn gisteren op last van de inspectie gesloten.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Israel holds thousands of Palestinian hostages, including children. The Israeli regime starves them, beats them, tortures them, sexually abuses them, deprives them of medical treatment & murders them. But the UK mainstream media rarely (if ever) talks about these hostages.
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American Statistical Association History of Statistics @hos-asa.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
#OTD 1858 Alice Lee b (d 5 Oct 1939). Showing that "negative” studies can have major impact, her doctoral research demonstrated no correlation between skull volume & intelligence. As craniometry was used to “scientifically prove” male genius & female inferiority, the fallout was massive.
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Timmy O'Danaos @odanaos.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Reading @dannybate.com's book 'Why Q needs U' I wonder how many memes already have been inspired by it.
One of those viral memes about failed alphabet reforms, this one featuring Merovingian king Chilperic I and Italian humanist Gian Giorgio Trissino doing the epic handshake. The text on the clasped hands says "Trying to make ω happen" bc both proposed adding an omega to the latin alphabet.
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Timmy O'Danaos @odanaos.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Europa loopt ver achter in AI-race en de doemscenario's komen nu al uit - nos.nl/l/2620589 Bedoelen ze daar dit mee: Tabaksgigant laat AI 'publieksreacties' schrijven tegen strengere EU-regels: 'Dit is valsspelen' - nos.nl/l/2620686
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Tabaksgigant laat AI 'publieksreacties' schrijven tegen strengere EU-regels: 'Dit is valsspelen'
De EU werkt aan strengere regels voor vapes en e-sigaretten. Philip Morris helpt burgers daar bezwaar tegen te maken.
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Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts
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Cédric Mas @cedricmas.eurosky.social · 24/06/2026
À Gaza, Israël continue de tuer des enfants. L’ONU enquête sur ce qui s’apparente à un génocide. Et en attendant, aucune trêve pour les gazaouis. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Israel continues to commit genocide by targeting children in Gaza, UN inquiry finds
Independent report says by aiming at children Israel is undermining capacity of Palestinian people to exist
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Timmy O'Danaos @odanaos.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Het spel is nog steeds razend populair, ook al is het al
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Timmy O'Danaos @odanaos.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Ik hoop zo dat Australië tegenover Iran komt te staan. Dan zien we pas echt hoe goed hun Irankunde is!
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Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
the fact that someone is talking about IQ says more than anything they could chose to say about it
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Kate Mackenzie @katemac.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
This might be one of the funniest chart about energy scenarios I’ve seen. You can hardly see “actual” for gas
Winners and Losers
The IEA overestimated gas growth in Asia and underestimated solar

Gas
• Forecast 547 TWh
• Actual 17 TWh

Solar
• Forecast 465 TWh
• Actual 1,333 TWh

Note: Shows expected growth in Asian power generation between 2018 and 2025, based on actual 2018 generation, actual 2025 generation, and the 2018 World Energy Outlook's Current Policies Scenario estimates for 2025. Actual 2025 generation figures are from Ember.
Source: International Energy Agency, Ember, Bloomberg Opinion calculations
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Sarah Viktoria 🇬🇧🏳️‍⚧️⚧️🦗 @sarahviktoria.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
LLM based AI is just a database. A database trained in the past. If applied to our endeavour the result will be ossification at best.
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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Being against bike lanes is the number one red flag there’s deeper, darker views a person holds that we just don’t know about
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I don't know what caused this but I could get on board with the thing about bike lanes
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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
This is something I struggle with. I appreciate that men want models of how to be. But when we try to populate “positive masculinity” with traits — strong, smart, kind — they are all equally available to women. Masculinity and femininity are empty concepts, absent gender hierarchy.
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Lisa Westerveld 🌱 @lisawesterveld.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
In het debat over justitiële jeugd, hoorde ik rechtse partijen opnieuw pleiten voor meer en hardere straffen. Dat klinkt natuurlijk stoer. Maar we wéten dat juist mensen met een verstandelijke beperking worden geronseld. Daarom is preventie zoveel belangrijker! www.omroepwest.nl/misdaad/5116...
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Criminelen azen op kwetsbare mensen, nieuwe aanpak moet slachtoffers voorkomen
Een nieuw initiatief moet mensen met een verstandelijke beperking behoeden voor misbruik door criminelen. Het gaat om een onderdeel van de website Steffie.nl. Die legt in makkelijke taal uit hoe crimi...
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Timmy O'Danaos @odanaos.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Trump wanted to build American Arc de Triomphe, but he built American Père Lachaise instead.
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jenny (phire) @phirephoenix.com · 27/05/2026
Wikimedia Foundation just fired a long time lead developer of MediaWiki as well as its entire community team for unionizing. If you’re a donor, email donate@wikimedia.org to protest this move. medium.com/@jakeorlowit...
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Big Tech’s Anti-Labor Playbook Has Come for Wikipedia
TLDR: In ten days last month, the Wikimedia Foundation fired the longtime lead developer of MediaWiki and disbanded the team whose entire…
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☀️ Jon Schwarz ☀️ @schwarz.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
This is the most incredible triumph of propaganda in my lifetime. The idea that Hitler was "left" and/or a "socialist" once was correctly seen as self-evidently insane. But here we have the richest & most powerful man on earth blithely repeating it.
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
In November I broke this story about Andrew Paul Johnson, a pardoned J6er who molested children and used the promise of reparations to bribe his victims silence.
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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
The Internet is disappearing before our very eyes and it’s why we should all support that absolutely critical work of @archive.org
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Menno van den Bos @mennovdbos.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Het absurdste aan dit hele verhaal is toch wel dat dit in 2017 al is onthuld door Roemeense onderzoeksjournalisten en dat de beste man vervolgens nog acht jaar rustig kon doordoen. Pas in 2025 kwam een collega van hem het Roemeense nieuws toevallig tegen en kwam de zaak aan het rollen.
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‘Gigantische hoax’: Franse taalkundige verzint neppe prijs voor zichzelf
Een Franse professor verzon een vooraanstaande wetenschapsprijs, en reikte die vervolgens uit aan zichzelf. Justitie doet onderzoek naar mogelijke vervolging, maar de kans van slagen hiervan is nog on...
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