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Rebecca Shadwick

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Optimist; collectivist; feminist; gardener & knitter. Believes in a better future. All views are my own.

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 17h
Times Higher Education, Sponsored by Orbán’s Hungary, Failed to Report James Orr Allegations The publication signed a partnership with Viktor Orbán's government and has since published no coverage of the allegations around a Cambridge academic and former Reform UK policy chief whose foundation…
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Times Higher Education, Sponsored by Orbán’s Hungary, Failed to Report James Orr Allegations
The publication signed a partnership with Viktor Orbán's government and has since published no coverage of the allegations around a Cambridge academic and former Reform UK policy chief whose foundation receives Hungary-linked funding
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 16h
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Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 16h
Women Against The Far Right & Oxfordshire Stand Up To Racism (OSUTR) will hold a vigil on 3 October to counter a planned demonstration of the Oxfordshire Patriots. The groups condemn what they say is a far right group hijacking suffering of victims of child sexual exploitation in the name of racism.
image from previous vigil large pink sign 'Oxford Women against the far right refugees are welcome here' (Roger Close)
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 16h
Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service are collecting children's bikes to support local school bike libraries, on 10 October from 10am-12pm at the Slade Park Fire Station Donated bikes will go to bike libraries at St Francis, St Ebbe's and St Frideswide Primary schools.
Poster for event, details in post, they want bikes with 14" frame size and above.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 16h
Violence against women in South Africa is national shame, president says reut.rs/4rE0ZHz
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Violence against women in South Africa is national shame, president says
Violence against women in South Africa is a national shame, President Cyril Ramaphosa said, after another woman's ​corpse was found dumped over the weekend.
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Human Rights Index 💙 @humanrightsindex.bsky.social · 15h
Every time capitalism takes over something once considered a state responsibility, the same promise returns: cheaper, faster, better. Look at Britain’s railways. Now we’re applying the same logic to warfare, handing weapons to companies chasing profit. What could go wrong?
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 17h
NEW: ‘It’s an implicit threat’. Lord Tom Watson of Palantir writes to one of its biggest critics -Labour MP @labourlewis.bsky.social - to tell him the surveillance firm is watching him. www.thenerve.news/p/clive-lewi...
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They’re saying: we’re watching you’: MP Clive Lewis reveals Tom Watson has warned him over criticising Palantir
In a letter to his former Labour colleague, the peer, who joined Peter Thiel’s AI company this month, writes: ‘You have made the case against the company more or less continuously’. By Carole Cadwalla...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17/09/2026
🚨NEWS: U.N.-backed investigators say they found “reasonable grounds” to believe the U.S. committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran, including one on a school in Minab. apnews.com/article/un-h...
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
James Orr. Peter Thiel. Race science. Tech authoritarianism. We've spent years tracing the networks behind Britain’s ‘Dark Enlightenment’. Help us launch an urgent new investigative project to follow the money and map how it operates. #LightUpTheDark subscribe.bylinetimes.com/lightuptheda...
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#LightUpTheDark – Byline Times
Dark Enlightenment: The US Far-Right War on British Institutions Help Byline Times Fund aN URGENT New INVESTIGATIVE SERIES #LightUpTheDark What is the Dark Enlightenment? The extraordinary anti-DEI me...
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MSI Reproductive Choices @msichoices.org · 17/09/2026
"Ectopic pregnancy deaths have nearly doubled. It's worse in states with abortion bans." - ProPublica Abortion bans are deadly. As a global reproductive healthcare charity, we've seen this around the world 💔 www.propublica.org/article/ectopic-…
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, raises questions about the role of abortion bans.
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Rebecca Shadwick @rshadwick.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“The contrast with the comparatively limited attention afforded to controversies involving James Orr is profound,” Richard Sudan of The Voice told Byline Times. Orr and his cronies are toxic and the lack of media attn to them is terrifying - and yes in stark contrast to the hounding of Arday.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 17/09/2026
A bill is quietly moving through Congress that would broaden DHS' power to surveil anyone shopping in a strip mall or picking up groceries. Retailers shouldn't be deputized to help ICE.
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How the retail crime bill could bolster ICE
Concerns are mounting that organized retail crime-fighting legislation, which passed the U.S. House and is now before the Senate, could drag retailers into mass deportations that have little to do wit...
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Israeli forces and settlers in the occupied West Bank have killed four Palestinians over the past 24 hours, bringing the number killed this year to 100. The latest killings come amid an escalation in Israeli violence targeting Palestinians and their property across the occupied territory.
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Surprising this story isn't getting more coverage...
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Protestors confuse Pakistan cricket team for migrants after gathering at hotel
Misinformation caused groups of people to gather at The Marriott Hotel
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Reform UK Conference Ban List Michael Crick Anna Isaac - Guardian Peter Geoghegan - Democracy for Sale Ethan Shone - Open Democracy Isabella Link - Politics UK Ed Campbell - The Nerve Imran Mulla - Middle Eastern Eye Will Hayward - Guardian There’s a reported 50 journalists banned.
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Abbey @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This is what living next door to a 30 megawatt data center sounds like.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 02/09/2026
The Department of Health and Human Services cited articles that were entirely made up. trib.al/myhNnO4
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Judge Tells RFK Jr. to Stop Using Fake AI Studies on Teen Pregnancy
The Department of Health and Human Services cited articles that were entirely made up.
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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Team at @opendemocracy.net also banned
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Today’s hot news is that a man who isn’t an MP and another man who isn’t an MP, called a press conference to discuss an unworkable plan that had already been announced over a year ago.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Another banger from @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Rep. Max Miller has a history of withholding his daughter's blue bunny
And we have the screenshots of emails and texts to prove it.
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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 06/08/2026
Read the new #Hatewatch investigation: bit.ly/4g3zx0K We've found that anti-LGBTQ org Frontline Policy Action funneled $100,000+ from The Concord Fund — part of a network of “dark money” nonprofits — to a Georgia political action committee to support the election of their preferred judge.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
🟡 From This Month’s Magazine Reform UK and Big Tech Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel’s ‘Political Pipeline’ Recruitment Project at the World-Renowned University Revealed By Byline Times raising The academic institution has nothing to say in response to a six-month investigation by Byline Times…
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Reform UK and Big Tech Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel’s ‘Political Pipeline’ Recruitment Project at the World-Renowned University Revealed
The academic institution has nothing to say in response to a six-month investigation by Byline Times raising serious concerns about the safeguarding of students and hard-right and foreign influence at Cambridge University. Why? The post Reform UK and Big Tech Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel’s ‘Political Pipeline’ Recruitment Project at the World-Renowned University Revealed appeared first on Byline Times .
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Decolonize Myself @decolonizemyself.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Despite Indigenous women and girls comprising about 5% of the total population of women and girls in Canada, from 2009 to 2022, 20% of all gender-related homicide victims were Indigenous, new information shows.
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One-fifth of all gender-related homicide victims in Canada were Indigenous StatsCan says 57% of those had at least one prior contact with police as a victim of a violent crime — almost double of no...
Despite Indigenous women and girls comprising about 5% of the total population of women and girls in Canada, from 2009 to 2022, 20% of all gender-related homicide victims were Indigenous, new informat...
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Just sitting on the pavement and clapping is now terrorism. Not saying anything, not holding or displaying any signs, just sitting on the pavement & clapping. Andy Burnham can stop this. But he isn't. Reporting by Steven Methven for @novaramedia.com
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Rebecca Shadwick @rshadwick.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Wtaf. No lawyer working in a courthouse should be assaulted for doing so, much less by police. But 'investigators concluded there were "no reasonable grounds” to support criminal charges against any of the officers involved' -?!
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Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
This is absolutely gross. It smacks of the pandemic, when the only recreation that was sanctioned included everything the super-rich made a fuss about. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘It’s alright for them’: private schools and golf courses stay green despite England’s hosepipe bans
As parks turn brown and paddling pools go unfilled, exemptions mean sports pitches can stay lush – even in school holidays
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The actor has been accused by four women of sexual misconduct dating back to when they were teenagers.
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Oscar Winner Accused of Criminal Sexual Conduct
The alleged incidents span 2002 to 2016, when the actor was in his 30s and 40s.
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Global Project Against Hate and Extremism @globalextremism.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Doug Wilson spent years on the Christian nationalist fringe. Now he is preaching in the Pentagon. The pastor, who has defended slavery, called for criminalizing same-sex relationships, and advocated repealing the 19th Amendment, is gaining powerful influence in the Trump administration. Read more:
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Moscow Rules: How Doug Wilson Preached His Way From the Palouse to the Pentagon
Doug Wilson spent decades on the Christian nationalist fringe. Now he's preaching inside the Pentagon. The pastor, who has defended slavery, called for repealing the 19th Amendment, criminalizing same...
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 29/07/2026
#Gaza: On July 25, seven airstrikes hit different areas of Gaza. Eight wounded patients were referred to our field hospital in Al Zawayda, Deir al-Balah. Across Palestine, people are under constant attack from Israeli forces. This is not a #ceasefire. www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-ag...
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
And also pouring boiling water on her, and also threatening her with a gun. (His colleague denies these charges.) www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Assault, misogyny, verbal threats: Records detail new allegations against Rep. Max Miller
Police reports and filings in a bitter custody dispute raise new questions about the conduct of an Ohio Republican as he campaigns for a third term.
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NPR @npr.org · 14/07/2026
Farmers in Senegal are welcoming fish into their rice paddies. The hope is they'll fertilize the crop, be a source of food ... and eat the snails that carry parasitic worms.
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A promising tale from Senegal of fish, rice .... and dangerous worms
Farmers in Senegal are welcoming fish into their rice paddies. The hope is they'll fertilize the crop, be a source of food ... and eat the snails that carry parasitic worms.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/07/2026
shoutout the chucklefuck pundit who insisted once that “environmental racism” was a nonsense term
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
📌 ICYMI @josiahmortimer.bsky.social EXCLUSIVE: Nigel Farage's party propose amendment to the Government's elections Bill which would mean candidates using Irish and Scottish Gaelic would face up to six months in prison
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Reform UK Plans To Jail Candidates For Using Irish, Gaelic Or Cornish On Election Leaflets
EXCLUSIVE: Nigel Farage's party propose amendment to the Government's elections Bill which would mean candidates using Irish and Scottish Gaelic would face up to six months in prison
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
"Fourteen Years in Prison for Quoting Hamas? New Law Could Criminalise Journalists" Starmer is rushing legislation through parliament that experts say threatens free speech, reports Paul Holden for Zeteo UK. Read/share/subscribe:
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Fourteen Years in Prison for Quoting Hamas? New Law Could Criminalise Journalists
Starmer is rushing legislation through parliament that experts say threatens free speech, public interest journalism and international humanitarian aid.
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APOPO @herorats.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
#Tuberculosis remains the world's leading infectious disease killer. In 2025, APOPO's #HeroRATs helped identify 3,100+ additional TB patients missed by health facilities — with support from Postcode Lottery UK This means they can get treatment and lives saved. #EndTB #APOPO #SDG3
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 17/06/2026
This is real. "More than 200 of the world's elites registered for a retreat whose agenda runs from panels on cult-building and sex to prepping for World War III. An associated app offers matchmaking." www.wired.com/story/leak-e...
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Leak Exposes Members of Peter Thiel’s Secretive ‘Dialog’ Society
More than 200 of the world's elites registered for a retreat whose agenda runs from panels on cult-building and sex to prepping for World War III. An associated app offers matchmaking.
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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The US slaughtered 120 schoolchildren on the war's first day. Is he gonna write each of their parents an enthusiastic letter telling them how much safer the world is because their children were blown up by bloodthirsty idiots? This is a genuine question for whoever runs @mark-carney.bsky.social
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PM Carney says he’s seen tentative U.S.-Iran peace deal, calls conflict ‘worth it’
After the U.S. and Iran say they’ve reached a tentative deal to end the war, Prime Minister Mark Carney is calling the conflict 'worth it.'
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Rhonda 🌊 @silverarticfox.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Can somebody explain to me why the rule is "if you can't make rent, cut out the streaming apps, lattes, and avocado toasts" but it's never "if you can't afford your workers a living wage, cut out the mega-yachts, rockets, and spaceships."
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Tesla & SpaceX have benefited from ~$40B in government subsidies. Tesla paid $0 in federal income taxes in 2025, despite $5.7B in income. SpaceX has paid little to nothing in taxes since it was founded. Now Elon is a trillionaire who has pumped over $300M into our elections. The vicious cycle.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
A lot of the “kids online safety” proponents actually are anti-LGBTQ extremists and fundamentalists who want kids to have less freedom and don’t care if that actually makes them tremendously less safe too
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Jozef Imrich @jozefimrich.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Man who hates paying taxes loves government handouts boingboing.net/2026/06/15/m...
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Man who hates paying taxes loves government handouts
CNN quotes early Tesla investor Ross Gerber saying, “There would not be Tesla and SpaceX if it weren’t for the government.” That is the whole story in one sentence.
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Solidarity RPM @solidarityrpm.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Brighton, UK 13/06/2026 #Brighton #CarnivalAgainstFascism
Woman protester holding up a sign saying "FUCK YOUR FASCISM", facing a line of police officers holding perspex shields in riot uniform. 

This took place in Brighton in the UK. It is probably in the middle of the day. There are other protesters behind the women. The scene is outside a pub.

The woman is part of a counter-protester, which is part of the Carnival Against Fascism. Members of a right-wing/anti-immigration group calling themselves the "Patriots" were in Brighton to march through the city. The counter-protesters outnumbered the Patriots, who did not manage to meet their objectives, as the counter-protesters were present in large numbers around the  roads in the area.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
🔴 SCOOP: Farage doesn't seem to want to answer questions about his money. So I went looking - and found that the Reform leader's personal company is in breach of UK company law democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-n...
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Revealed: Nigel Farage is breaking British company law
Farage’s personal company has almost £2m in cash but has not filed key documents
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
An army of racist divorced losers
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
1000s at Woolwich Crown Court right now as Judge Johnson weighs handing down “terrorist connection” sentence against 4 Palestine Actionists, despite them never being charged with or convicted of a terrorism offence. Saving Lives Is Not Terrorism. www.defendourjuries.net/savinglives
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Yearly Murmuration of Starlings in Rome are incredibly adaptable songbirds known for their mesmerizing, synchronized aerial acrobatics, exceptional vocal mimicry, and shifting, shimmering plumage
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
The Facebook page and crowdfunder for the Raise the Colours group are currently offline. Separately, their founder has been arrested and charged for murder www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/raise-t...
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Founder of Raise the Colours charged with murder
Billy Allison, one of the founders of the Raise the Colours movement, has been charged with murder and grievous bodily harm with intent.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Elon Musk is set to become a trillionaire within the next few months and a Karl Marx quote comes to mind. "One day there will be trillionaires, but you will still have nothing." Amazing powers of prediction.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 12/06/2026
Incredible news! Weeks after the new Prime Minister Péter Magyar took office, the mayor of Budapest, Mayor Gergely Karácsony, has had his charges dropped for illegally celebrating Pride month in his city. It appears changes are coming to Hungary. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Charges Dropped Against Budapest Mayor For Pride After Hungary's New PM Took Office
“Those in power did everything they could to intimidate and discourage us. They even threatened us with prison. But we did not back down.”
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