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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2h

Abandoning Ukraine will be a stain on the United States for the rest of time

Screenshot of a statement by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reporting a Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv targeting critical energy infrastructure, including the CHPP-4 power plant. Zelenskyy says a residential building was also damaged and caught fire, warns of further Russian missile attacks, and criticizes the lack of advance warnings from Ukraine’s partners. An accompanying nighttime photo shows flames engulfing part of a multistory residential building, with debris scattered across the ground.

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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 6h

A lot of people I know shared posts about the Yandex datacenter bombing resulting in a decrease in Russian misinformation/disinformation bot activity, sometimes with charts. Let this be a reminder every one of us could be fooled by a story that we really want to be true.

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H.P. @hannelore14089.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

„Jeder Einzelne trägt die ganze Verantwortung!" Willi Graf (geb. 2.1.1918) aktives Mitglied der Widerstandsgruppe ‚weiße Rose', der trotz Folter die Namen seiner Mitstreiter nicht preisgab und 250 Tage in der Todeszelle gemartert wurde bis er am 12.Oktober 1943 enthauptet wurde.

Das Foto zeigt einen Teil seines Oberkörpers und seines Gesichts. Irgendwo stützt er den Arm auf, auf den er das Gesicht gelegt hat, er schaut direkt in die Kamera. Er trägt dunkle Kleidung, vielleicht eine Wehrmachtsuniform

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

12 October 1892 | Edith Stein was born in Wrocław. She was a German Jewish philosopher who converted to Catholicism & became a theologian & a Carmelite nun. She was murdered in #Auschwitz in August 1942. Stein was beatified in 1987 and canonized in October 1998.

Black and white portrait of Edith Stein seated with hands clasped, wearing a dark blouse and a wristwatch, looking directly at the camera.

Black and white photo of Edith Stein wearing a traditional Carmelite religious habit, featuring a solemn facial expression.

Text document about Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein). It details her life, from being a German Jew and doctor of philosophy to becoming a Carmelite nun. She worked on the works of St. John of the Cross and studied the situation of Jewish citizens in the Netherlands during World War II. Edith was eventually arrested and sent to Auschwitz, perishing there in 1942. Pope John Paul II beatified her in 1987 and canonized her in 1998. She became one of the six patron saints of Europe a year later.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

11 October 1933 | A Polish Jewish girl, Berthe Zlotnik, was born in Będzin. She emigrated to France. In August 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy with her mother Sarah, her sisters Jeanine & Yvette and her brother Jacques. All were murdered in a gas chamber.

Vintage black and white photo of a family of five members, standing in a line, looking at the camera.

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Oksii ✚ 🇺🇦 @oksii33.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I don’t understand why the whole world remembers some tragedies for decades as the most horrific crimes in history. But when Ukrainians face the same terror every single day, the world acts like it doesn’t even notice.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

10 October 1922 | A Ukrainian, Anton Sas, was born. A farmer. In #Auschwitz from 24 July 1942. No. 51496 He perished in the camp on 22 February 1943. --- Video about the history of Auschwitz: youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 09/10/2026

Lewis Mumford, Authoritarian and Democratic Technics, 1964

tendency of this system might be in doubt, for in many areas there were strong democratic reactions; but with the knitting together of a scientific ideology, itself liberated from theological restrictions or humanistic purposes, authoritarian technics found an instrument at hand that has now given it absolute command of physical energies ofcosmic dimensions. The inventors of nuclear bombs, space rockets, andcomputers are the pyramid builders of our own age: psychologically inflated by a similar myth of unqualified power, boasting through theiscience of their increasing omnipotence, if not omniscience, moved by obsessions and compulsions no less irrational than those of earlier absolute systems: particularly the notion that the system itself mustbe expanded, at whatever eventual cost to life.

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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 09/10/2026

2026 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Navi Pillay’s commitment to universal legal principles and her firm moral compass are constants in a long career.

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

#ResistanceRoots Archibald Motley was born on this day in 1891 in New Orleans. He was a visual artist, modernist painter and a giant of the Chicago Black Renaissance. His diverse body of work carries a common theme: forcing the world to view people of color with dignity, nuance and respect. /1

Archibald Motley Jr. in 1929. Motley was a trailblazing visual storyteller who revolutionized how the global Black diaspora is represented in fine art. He mastered European classical techniques to uplift Black bodies, and helped the world “hear” jazz on canvas. He refused contentment and stood for uncompromising visibility. Whether documenting the working class of Chicago’s Bronzeville, the marginalized communities of Mexico or the harrowing racial traumas of the Civil Rights Movement, Motley’s brush always fought for human empathy. He rejected abstract art — even when it cost him his financial stability — because he refused to abandon his mission to celebrate the Black body. Today, Motley is recognized not just as a regional chronicler, but as an architect of 20th-century American modernism. His work continues to influence generations of contemporary artists. Photo credit: Collection of Dr. Mara Motley and Valerie Gerrard Browne / Chicago History Museum.

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Olga Patlyuk @olgapatluyk.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I’m crying and I can’t calm down. I just saw a video of rescuers pulling a child out from under the rubble. I don’t know how the rescuers who pull children out from under the rubble manage to keep going. How much pain and horror they must see every day💔

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Olga Patlyuk @olgapatluyk.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This is Kremenchuk. A mother sits beside her son. The world watches as we diе.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

6 October 1939 | Dutch Jewish girl, Sonja Martha van Sister, was born in Amsterdam. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in September 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection with her younger sister Rosaline.

A photo of two baby girls - Sonja Martha van Sister and her younger sister Rosaline.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Eileen Blair, from South Shields, UK, was believed to have had a large influence on her husband George Orwell's writing. 'Nineteen Eighty-Four's title and idea is thought to be inspired by one of her poems - 'End of the Century, 1984' #womensart

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Book cover, Penguin Edition of Orwell's '1984' in ornage and cream with a penguin publisher's motif

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Simon Strick @unddieregel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Glückwunsch an die FAZ, das ist genau die gleiche "wahlvolkaustausch" nummer wie bei poschardt am freitag und bei sellner 2012 und bei nouvelle droite 1980. Aus eigener kraft radikalisiert!

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ihren Ambitionen, den Kampf der
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Otto Ludwig Piffl @ovodocampo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Oh wie blöd, morgen ist schlecht. Da mache ich Butter.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

5 October 1886 | A German Jewish woman, Betty Spiegel, was born in Hainsfarth. In 1940 she was incarcerated in Gurs and in September 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. --- Development of the mass murder infrastructure at Auschwitz: youtu.be/tRwZ49q-9e0

Vintage portrait of a woman wearing a dark hat and a light-colored blouse with a dark jacket, accessorized with a pearl necklace.

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#ResistanceRoots Henrietta Lacks died on this day in 1951 in Baltimore, Md. She only became well-known for what she contributed after her death. However, she deserves to be remembered as a beautiful young mother who was much more than her immortalized human cell line used in medical research. /1

Henrietta Lacks, ca. late 1940s. Lacks is the unwitting mother of modern medical research whose exploitation forced the world to reinvent medical ethics. As the source of the HeLa cell line, she unknowingly gave humanity its first “immortal” human cells, enabling medical advances that have touched millions of lives worldwide. The dark side of these medical breakthroughs is the stark reality of paternalistic, Jim Crow-era medicine, where a poor Black woman’s body could be harvested without her knowledge or informed consent. For decades, Henrietta was reduced to an anonymous laboratory code. Today, her descendants, artists and global communities have fought to ensure she is remembered as a person. Her final resting place is marked with a granite headstone honoring her not just as a medical miracle, but as a mother who loved to cook, wear bright red lipstick, and take care of her family.

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Elsa @erli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Part two of the version with ALT text. Apologies of missing it in the original!

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Elsa @erli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I can't stop thinking how wrong the tech bros have understood creativity and creators. Or even just having hobbies. - Version with ALT text! Thank you @virginiaopossum.bsky.social for the help!

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Gareth Joswig @joswig.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Heftig: Der Vorstand der AfD-Jugend, Luca Maurice Strauf, mit völkischem Revisionismus zum Tag der deutschen Einheit. Der 3. Oktober für ihn nur ein "Etappen-Sieg" vor der "großdeutschen Lösung". Mittlerweile wieder gelöscht, aber das lässt tief blicken.

Der Vorstand der AfD-Jugend postet eine geschichtsrevisionistische Karte, auf der Österreich, Teile von Polen, Ungarn, Schweiz, Italien, Frankreich, Luxemburg, Dänemark, Slowakei, Rumänien, Niederlande und Belgien als telweise deutsch gekennzeichnet werden. Schreibt dazu: "Deutsche Einheit bedeutet ein Deutschland, das das gesamte deutsche Volk in einem Staat vereint. Heute gedenken wir einem Etappen-Sieg auf dem Weg dahin."

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Otto Ludwig Piffl @ovodocampo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Königsberg traut er sich wohl nicht.

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World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Over to Monaco🇲🇨 where we have exclusive footage of bollards saving lives. #WorldBollardAssociation

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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

In Germany, over 1.5m people are suffering from Long #Covid and/or ME/CFS. This is not a small number of people and not just their imagination or anxiety.

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#ResistanceRoots Margaret Chung was born on this day in 1889 in Santa Barbara, Calif. She was a medical doctor and philanthropist who shattered racial, gender and social norms in the first half of the 20th century. Her life was defined by her unique role as a military recruiter during WWII. /1

Dr. Margaret “Mom” Chung. Chung rewrote the rules of what an Asian American woman, a physician and a civilian could achieve in 20th-century America. She broke institutional barriers in education and medicine, revolutionized healthcare access for marginalized women, and bridged the divide between Western medicine and traditional Chinatown cultures. Operating outside formal government channels, she built a massive, cross-branch network of military personnel, Hollywood icons and politicians. She served as a clandestine recruitment and vetting resource for the U.S. military. Her behind-the-scenes lobbying helped expand women’s right to serve in the U.S. armed forces. She was also a trailblazing queer icon who proved that strategic brilliance and unwavering patriotism could force even most conservative systems of her era to honor her.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

2 October 1934 | A Jewish girl, Klara Weisz, was born in Milan. A daughter of Arpad Weisz, a Hungarian Jewish football player and coach. In October 1942, she was deported to Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber with her mother and brother. Arpad perished in the camp in January 1944.

Black and white photo of a girl in a polka dot dress standing next to an adult, only the lower body of the adult is visible. They are both on a narrow pathway with a wall on one side.

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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

- 30yrs after the crime she committed, Tennessee scheduled a woman's execution - a court stopped it - the Supreme Court allowed it one hour before the execution was to start - the woman received two lethal injections - both failed - she was taken away by ambulance That's not justice, but torture.

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Tennessee Unable To Carry Out The Execution By Lethal Injection Of Christa Gail Pike, Witnesses Say

Pike had been scheduled for execution after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned an appeals court ruling that stopped the lethal injection just an hour before it was to start.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

29 September 1930 | A Belgian Jewish girl, Hilda Weinberger, was born in Antwerp. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Kazerne Dossin in Mechelen in October 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection. --- The first two gas chambers near Birkenau: youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU

Black and white portrait of a young girl in a polka-dot dress with a large collar, seated on an antique chair.

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#ResistanceRoots The fight for universal healthcare may seem like a relatively recent phenomenon, dating from President Truman’s failed proposal for a national, publicly funded health insurance system in 1945. However, the fight goes back to the 1910s, and it’s linked to anti-labor forces. /1

President Truman addresses a joint session of Congress. On Nov. 19, 1945, Truman sent a groundbreaking Special Message to Congress recommending a comprehensive national health program. His five-part strategy included constructing hospitals and health centers, expanding public health services, investing in medical research and education, providing cash benefits and disability insurance to workers, and prepaid national health insurance. The American Medical Association launched a campaign against it, condemning the plan as “socialized medicine” and comparing it to communism during the early years of the Cold War. By 1946, “conservative” Repubs controlled both houses of Congress and blocked the bill. Truman tried again with subsequent messages to Congress, but the legislative effort ultimately failed. Truman later called this defeat the most troubling disappointment of his presidency. Photo credit: Harry S. Truman Library.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

26 September 1936 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Anne Groenteman (right) was born in Amsterdam. In 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz with her mother Lena and siblings Jeanette & John. All were probably murdered together in a gas chamber. --- Gas chambers of Auschwitz: youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck

Three young children posing closely for a black and white photo. The boy on the left has styled hair and wears a sweater, the middle child has short hair and a turtleneck, and the girl on the right has a bob haircut and also wears a sweater.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026

Incredible: another Ukrainian famine is unfolding, this time in Russian-occupied Oleshky. The remaining inhabitants of what used to be a thriving small city, now down to about 6000 people, are blockaded by Russian forces and cut off from food and water. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Oleshky: Eating garden weeds to survive in Russian-occupied city cut off from food and water

The BBC has spoken to residents in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky who say they are being "constantly shelled".

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#ResistanceRoots bell hooks was born on this day in 1952 in Hopkinsville, Ky. She was an author, educator, feminist and social critic whose work transformed contemporary discussions on gender, race and class. She pioneered the concept that these systems intersect to sustain social oppression. /1

bell hooks. hooks changed how the world understands power, education and human connection. Rather than confining her revolutionary ideas to the walls of academia, she dedicated her life to building a public philosophy that made radical critique accessible. She laid the foundation for theories of intersectionality, transforming modern understanding of race, gender and class. She argued that racism, sexism and class exploitation operate together, and highlighted the overlooked struggles of Black women. Her system of “engaged pedagogy” treated education as a practice of freedom and empowerment, while her politics of affection framed love as a transformative, public practice necessary to dismantle systemic oppression and encourage the healthy emotional growth of men. She wrote without academic jargon so her ideas could reach everyday people, serving as a voice for liberation, love and community. Photo credit: UC Santa Cruz.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

25 September 1938 | Dutch Jewish girl, Frederika Borstrock, was born in Amsterdam. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Westerbork in February 1943. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection. --- Children at Auschwitz Podcast: youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

23 September 1938 | A German Jewish girl, Mirjam Helene Friedmann, was born in Berlin. The family fled to Prague in 1938. In 1941, Mirjam was deported to Litzmannstadt ghetto & in August 1944 to #Auschwitz. She was murdered in a gas chamber. --- Children at Auschwitz: youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA

A vintage black and white photo showing a smiling girl in a hooded coat and white shoes standing next to a plush teddy bear.

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

In an Uber. Driver having loud phone conversation with someone in Spanish. A little annoying, but it happens. He hangs up. Says, “Mi hermano. La Migra.” And starts weeping.

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Otto Ludwig Piffl @ovodocampo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

You can mark "La Migra" right-click or long-touch and select "Lookup": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migra

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Migra - Wikipedia

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Krsto Lazarević @krstorevic.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Die Frankfurter CDU zog kürzlich ihre Kritik am Auftritt eines Rechtsextremen, der die Judenmörder der Ustascha glorifiziert, wieder zurück, nachdem sie merkte, dass Teile der eigenen Mitglieder und Basis ihn ganz gut finden. Aber kein großes Thema. War ja nicht die Linke. taz.de/Konzert-von-...

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Salon.com @salon.com · 22/09/2026

““NAZA” asks its audience not only to withstand 77 straight minutes of horrifying information about the senseless deaths of Palestinian men, women and children, but to feel their spirit in every last syllable.”

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"NAZA" could be the tipping point in the public perception of Gaza

As Gaza support builds, the film presents testimony Israel can't easily deny.

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👻🎃Kasper von Altenbockum🎃👻 @ellebil.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Tag 2 nach der Wahl. Berlin ist nicht wiederzuerkennen. Über Dahlem liegt das dumpfe Schluchzen der Eigentümer. Im Westen stauen sich SUVs mit hastig verladenem kulturellem Kapital. Erste Augenzeugen berichten von bezahlbarem Wohnraum. Wie konnte man es nur so weit kommen lassen? Ein Lagebericht.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

22 September 1932 | Czech Jewish girl, Vera Taglicht, was born. As a refugee she went to Norway. She was deported to #Auschwitz with his brother Tibor in March 1943. Tibor was selected as able to work. He asked to stay with his sister. They were both murdered in a gas chamber.

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A vintage black-and-white portrait of a young boy giving a gentle smile and wearing a checkered shirt.

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Max Czollek @maxczollek.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Meine Güte, was ist das deutsche Bürgertum doch intellektuell und politisch verwahrlost

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