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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 5h
Will AI Push the Global South Further Behind? The Probability Is High passblue.com/2026/09/30/w...
Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic addresses the UN Security Council by video call
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 21h
Grynspan’s Canvassing During UNGA81 Paid Off in 4th Security Council Poll passblue.com/2026/09/29/g...
Jérôme Bonnafont, French ambassador to the UN
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 21h
Grynspan’s Canvassing During UNGA81 Paid Off in 4th Security Council Poll passblue.com/2026/09/29/g...
Jérôme Bonnafont, French ambassador to the UN
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
[UNGA81] Niger Thanks Algeria, Sweden Loves Women, China on Gaza & Cuba passblue.com/2026/09/26/u...
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Sweden is back: positivity for women
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
[UNGA81] The Sec-Gen Race Heats Up During High-Level Week passblue.com/2026/09/27/u...
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
[UNGA81] The Sec-Gen Race Heats Up During High-Level Week passblue.com/2026/09/27/u...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026
Amazing detail in this @wsj article about Kimberly Guilfoyle, US ambassador to Greece: she told a Greek minister, in a conversation about the collapse of the Romanian government,“We can do that to any country we want. We can do that here." www.wsj.com/articles/kim...
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The Mystery Man Shadowing Kimberly Guilfoyle as She Pushes Deals Across Europe
Christos Marafatsos works as an energy lobbyist while also closely advising the U.S. ambassador to Greece.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 27/09/2026
The Trump administration has deported tens of thousands of immigrants to so-called "third countries" that they have no connections to. "This is extraordinary rendition all over again, in broad daylight," says Tutu Alicante, a human rights lawyer from Equatorial Guinea.
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“Extraordinary Rendition All Over Again”: U.S. Deportees Sent to Equatorial Guinea Beaten, Imprisoned
Two men deported from the United States to Equatorial Guinea were arrested by local police forces and transferred to a prison earlier this month, in apparent retaliation for speaking out about conditi...
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
So much of what we are confronting today is best understood by the actions undertaken by white communities in response to integration orders. White supremacy is a form of democratic nihilism. Every institution, norm, and value of democracy will be sacrificed for it. calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...
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Sep. 27, 1958 | White Little Rock Voters Choose to Close Public Schools Rather Than Integrate
Learn more about our history of racial injustice
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Sweden is back: positivity for women
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
[UNGA81] Niger Thanks Algeria, Sweden Loves Women, China on Gaza & Cuba passblue.com/2026/09/26/u...
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The youngest person his pager attack killed was 9-year-old Fatima Abdullah, who had just started 4th grade. The pager was on a table when it went off and she picked it up to take to her dad. It exploded in her face and reports said it covered the room in her blood. She wanted to learn English.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 25/09/2026
After four years in opposition, Sweden’s former PM Magdalena Andersson is about to retake power. She aims to use it to fortify Europe’s place in an unstable world. 🔗 www.politico.eu/article/magd...
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 27/09/2026
Imagine hearing these screams, breaking this window, and going home at night believing what you are doing is right and good.
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
[UNGA81] Iran: Ready for Talks & Ready for War, Macron’s Finale, Japan’s New Boss, Guterres’s Swan Song & More passblue.com/2026/09/23/u...
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
[UNGA81] Walkout on Netanyahu, Palestine’s Struggle, Venezuela Elections?, Nigeria & Courage, AI Guardrails passblue.com/2026/09/24/u...
Benjamin Netanyahu
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The World Is Your Runway: Fashion at UNGA81 passblue.com/2026/09/25/t...
Afghan journalist Nazira Karim
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
[UNGA81] Pakistan & Peace; South Africa & Inequalities; Melania Trump; Fashion Runway passblue.com/2026/09/25/u...
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litho @lith5.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
i don't like living in the cartoon villian country
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Sid Srivatsan @sidsrivatsan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I’m at the UN this week covering #UNGA81 for @passblue.bsky.social! Iran FM Seyed Araghchi is holding a press conference at 4pm that I’ll be attending and live posting about in this thread. Here is a link to the broadcast: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1s...
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Security Council Media Stakeout: Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, H.E. Mr Seyed Abbas Araghchi
Security Council Media Stakeout: Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, H.E. Mr Seyed Abbas Araghchi
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
[UNGA81] Pakistan & Peace; South Africa & Inequalities; Melania Trump; Fashion Runway passblue.com/2026/09/25/u...
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The World Is Your Runway: Fashion at UNGA81 passblue.com/2026/09/25/t...
Afghan journalist Nazira Karim
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
[UNGA81] Walkout on Netanyahu, Palestine’s Struggle, Venezuela Elections?, Nigeria & Courage, AI Guardrails passblue.com/2026/09/24/u...
Benjamin Netanyahu
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
[UNGA81] Iran: Ready for Talks & Ready for War, Macron’s Finale, Japan’s New Boss, Guterres’s Swan Song & More passblue.com/2026/09/23/u...
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
DT's sked today at UNGA: Speech to United Nations General Assembly Signs trilat agreement with Denmark/Greenland Bilats with UK PM, Japanese PM, Ukrainian Pres Meeting with GCC World leaders party Separate pull-aside with Delcy Rodriguez of VZ
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
DT's sked today at UNGA: Speech to United Nations General Assembly Signs trilat agreement with Denmark/Greenland Bilats with UK PM, Japanese PM, Ukrainian Pres Meeting with GCC World leaders party Separate pull-aside with Delcy Rodriguez of VZ
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Notes from the Faultline @faultlinenotes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
➡️ Read ‘Candidates to Lead the UN Are Falling Into a ”Reform Trap,” OSF Official Says’ in @passblue.bsky.social: passblue.com/2026/09/20/c...
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Candidates to Lead the UN Are Falling Into a 'Reform Trap,' OSF Official Says - PassBlue
Candidates to Lead the UN Are Falling Into a 'Reform Trap,' OSF Official Says - PassBlue
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Candidates to Lead the UN Are Falling Into a ‘Reform Trap,’ OSF Official Says passblue.com/2026/09/20/c...
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Candidates to Lead the UN Are Falling Into a ‘Reform Trap,’ OSF Official Says passblue.com/2026/09/20/c...
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Comfort Ero @comfortero.crisisgroup.org · 20/09/2026
Good 3 heads defend necessity of multilateralism: “As we contend with a world order that is transforming fast, we call on other international leaders to join us in choosing co-operation over fragmentation by, law over power and shared responsibility over division.” giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Multilateralism is not idealism, it is a necessity
We need to strengthen our system of co-operation, not replace it
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Bloomberg reports that officials directly involved in an internal Pentagon investigation found that Peter Thiel’s Palantir Maven Smart System played a significant role in the February 28 U.S. strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab, Iran.
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
[Podcast] UN General Assembly: Reform, Rivalries and Trump’s Shadow passblue.com/2026/09/17/p...
Donald Trump, President of the United States, addressing the UN General Assembly
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Third Straw Poll for UN Secretary-General Race Shows No Consensus passblue.com/2026/09/18/t...
Chinese Ambassador Fu Cong and Russian Ambassador Vasily Nebenzya
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Third Straw Poll for UN Secretary-General Race Shows No Consensus passblue.com/2026/09/18/t...
Chinese Ambassador Fu Cong and Russian Ambassador Vasily Nebenzya
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
[Podcast] UN General Assembly: Reform, Rivalries and Trump’s Shadow passblue.com/2026/09/17/p...
Donald Trump, President of the United States, addressing the UN General Assembly
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
US Pays $827 Million in Mandatory UN Dues but Still Owes about $4.2 Billion passblue.com/2026/09/15/u...
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Punishment for Peacekeepers Raping Haitian Children Was Dismissal passblue.com/2026/09/16/t...
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Punishment for Peacekeepers Raping Haitian Children Was Dismissal passblue.com/2026/09/16/t...
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ICAN (International Civil Society Action Network) @whatthewomensay.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “For reasons I can’t articulate, I kept coming back to the speeches given by female world leaders (there were approximately 24). I believed that these speeches, both alone & all together, had a unique power.” Dan Becker, @passblue.bsky.social. passblue.com/2026/09/12/a...
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An 'Extended Opera': Women's Voices in the UN General Assembly Debate - PassBlue
Our new audio podcast “An 'Extended Opera': Women's Voices in the UN General Assembly Debate,” features excerpts from five speeches by world leaders who spoke at last year’s (UNGA80) UN General Assemb...
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Working Across Political Divides: Pakistan’s Strategy in the UN Security Council passblue.com/2026/09/15/w...
Asim Iftikhar Ahmad
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
US Pays $827 Million in Mandatory UN Dues but Still Owes about $4.2 Billion passblue.com/2026/09/15/u...
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Working Across Political Divides: Pakistan’s Strategy in the UN Security Council passblue.com/2026/09/15/w...
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
What the UN Secretary-General Nominees Reveal About Climate Change passblue.com/2026/09/14/w...
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Richard Gowan @richardgowan1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“I really, really doubt that the General Assembly would reject a [Secretary-General] candidate approved by the Security Council – unless he or she was a certified axe murderer. And even then, it might be a close call.” Me @ipsnews.net. www.globalissues.org/news/2026/09...
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Will the General Assembly Continue to be Subservient to the P-5 Refusing to Challenge the Nominee for UN Chief?
UNITED NATIONS, September 15 (IPS) - As the race for the election of a new Secretary-General (UNSG) gathers momentum, the spotlight is on the 193-member General Assembly, the highest policy making bo...
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
What the UN Secretary-General Nominees Reveal About Climate Change passblue.com/2026/09/14/w...
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
An ‘Extended Opera’: Women’s Voices in the UN General Assembly Debate passblue.com/2026/09/12/a...
Mia Amor Mottley
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 13/09/2026
My two favorite photos of Trump's trip to Ireland, where he seems not to have gotten his ass kissed like he expected.
Trump sitting with Irish President Catherine Connolly looking beaten down and haggard. She is smiling winsomelyTrump leaving his meeting with Irish President Catherine Connolly, looking even more beaten down. He's wearing the face he wore after meeting privately with Putin in Helsinki. Putin smiled broadly after that meeting. Connolly is smiling too.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
13 September 1930 | German Jewish boy, Gerhard Friedländer, was born in Berlin. In December 1938, his family emigrated to the Netherlands. In February 1944 he was deported to Auschwitz from Westerbork. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Turkish authorities raided LGBTQ+ organizations, activists, venues, and homes across 15 provinces, "close to 50 LGBTQ+ rights defenders, association executives and members, former officials, and acitivists detained or were undergoing detention" turkeyunfolding.com/turkey-launc...
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Turkey launches sweeping LGBTQ+ crackdown under 'My Family Is Safe' operations - Turkey Unfolding
Turkish authorities raided LGBTQ+ organizations, activists, venues, and homes across 15 provinces under "My Family Is Safe" operations
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