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Anti fascist who loves history & tries to keep the bad history from repeating itself. he/him/his

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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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SlimPickins @slimpickins73.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
An Israeli advertising agency has been serving millions of online adverts that allow “zero-click” spyware to be used against targets, researchers at a Canadian university have said. The infections happen without a user’s knowledge, and in a matter of seconds, according to Citizen Lab.
theguardian.com
Online ads weaponised to deliver ‘zero-click’ spyware, researchers say
Discover-Tech’s Controlium software lets clients mass-profile internet users then covertly hack targets, say researchers at University of Toronto
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SlimPickins @slimpickins73.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Space nazi elon musk cut off starlink access to Ukrainian troops because Ukraine took out russia bot farms, the ones faking ameriKan accounts on his cesspool called twitter. This pissed musk off. He likes those fake ameriKan accounts driving his profits while helping the fascists stay in power.
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Ukrainian presidential advisor Serhiy Beskrestnov confirms Elon Musk's Space X crippled Ukrainian capabilities last night. In other words, the US deliberately sabotaged European defence operations mid-mission. Every country in the world should move away from buying American hardware ASAP.
"I can confirm that tonight SpaceX has implemented a speed limit on Starlink terminals while in motion.

The limit currently applies to the StarShield “military package” and is set at 100 mph.

Our defense forces were not given notice of this limit, and this has resulted in the disruption of a number of missions.

It is clear that this action cannot be a coincidence and is related to the current political situation."
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SlimPickins @slimpickins73.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Women with autoimmune conditions are up to 74% more likely than men to be told their symptoms are psychological or psychosomatic, and face much longer waits for a diagnosis and treatment, a study suggests www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
theguardian.com
Women ‘more likely to be told autoimmune conditions are psychological’
Cambridge University study suggests stark gender divide in misdiagnosis, with women also waiting longer for treatment
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Shiver ASMR 🖤 @shivermetingles.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
New #ASMR Video! youtu.be/gFEgxS-FuKE
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12/10/2026
Walmart is the largest private employer in America, yet 16,055 of its employees were on Medicaid in just 6 states, and 15,515 were receiving food stamps in 9 states. Mostly red states. And those aren’t even national totals. #RepublicanAffordabilityCrisis
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SlimPickins @slimpickins73.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Hackers have forced the temperature of many French supermarket fridges up to 50C overnight, in an “unprecedented” cyber-attack affecting several hundred stores across the country, with fires and food losses reported.. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
theguardian.com
Hackers force French supermarket fridges to heat up to 50C in ‘unprecedented’ cyber-attack
Hundreds of Intermarché shops and Coopérative U outlets in France hit, with fears Dutch chains also affected
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I keep reading that there have been no public executions in the United States for decades. Not true.
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SlimPickins @slimpickins73.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
trump and putin are officially going steady www.internazionale.it/ultime-notiz...
internazionale.it
Neither Putin nor Trump wanted to hang up first, Kremlin aide says after ‘very friendly’ call
Oct 10 (Reuters) - A conversation on Friday between President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump was “very substantive and friendly” and neither leader wanted t… Leggi
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SlimPickins @slimpickins73.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
All those russian tankers are fair game for the brave Ukrainians who, unlike russian lickspital USA, are willing to fight for democracy.
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SlimPickins @slimpickins73.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Musk should be getting the Medal of Science fiction for pretending to be smart.
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SlimPickins @slimpickins73.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Nearly All of the Record 12,000 Books Banned This Year Were in Texas and Florida. As has been true in the past, the majority of banned books deal with issues such as race and racism, LGBTQ+ people and identity, people of color, and sexuality. www.them.us/news/book-ba...
them.us
Nearly All of the Record 12,000 Books Banned This Year Were in Texas and Florida
The two states accounted for 95% of books banned by public schools in the 2025-2026 school year.
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SlimPickins @slimpickins73.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Electric shock gloves that ICE is preparing to utilize on detainees and demonstrators inflicted pain so severe during a military trial that participants immediately halted resistance out of fear of further exposure, a previously undisclosed Army report reveals www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
the-independent.com
Shock gloves purchased by ICE cause ‘intense pain’ and fear, Army study found
‘Everyone should be alarmed that ICE is preparing to deploy a tool designed to inflict, at best, intense pain, without showing that it is safe for the people who will be subjected to it’
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SlimPickins @slimpickins73.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Nearly 1,000 armed guards have descended on the United States Postal Service, deploying to at least 55 facilities across the country ahead of Election Day. Predominantly confined to “deep blue states or swing states. newrepublic.com/post/216331/...
newrepublic.com
USPS Hires Shady Armed Security Service Weeks Before Midterms
Almost 1,000 armed security officers have been sent to at least 55 post office facilities.
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SlimPickins @slimpickins73.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The world’s largest penguin colony on Zavodovski, the northernmost of the South Sandwich Islands in Antarctica, has declined by two-thirds since 2011, most likely because of the climate crisis, a study has revealed. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
World’s largest penguin colony suffers ‘enormous population crash’
Chinstrap penguins on Zavodovski Island in Antarctica down by two-thirds since 2011, probably due to climate crisis
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SlimPickins @slimpickins73.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
When is the right time to compare US politics to the Nazi era? This expert on Christian nationalism says: now Robert P Jones argues that declining white Christian influence has fuelled an alliance with Trump, and warns it is reshaping US democracy www.theguardian.com/books/2026/o...
theguardian.com
When is the right time to compare US politics to the Nazi era? This expert on Christian nationalism says: now
Robert P Jones argues that declining white Christian influence has fuelled an alliance with Trump, and warns it is reshaping US democracy
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SlimPickins @slimpickins73.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
USPS spokesperson told 404 Media that the agency “is conducting a limited pilot to assess whether vehicle-mounted cameras can help identify roadway conditions and support community safety.” Suuuure it is: gizmodo.com/usps-is-putt...
gizmodo.com
USPS Is Putting Dashcams in Mail Trucks to Keep an Eye on 'Community Safety'
The number of roving surveillance machines is growing by the day.
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SlimPickins @slimpickins73.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In 1934, American oligarchs planned a 'Wall Street Putsch' to stop Roosevelt’s New Deal. What would today’s capitalists do if their power was under threat? www.currentaffairs.org/news/lessons...
currentaffairs.org
Lessons from the Business Plot
In 1934, American oligarchs planned a 'Wall Street Putsch' to stop Roosevelt’s New Deal. What would today’s capitalists do if their power was under threat?
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Brooke from Let’s Not Date @letsnotdate.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Novel reading is the ruin of modern women. 😔
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Brooke from Let’s Not Date @letsnotdate.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
There are only 45 days until this next election, so please talk to your local party about ways you can get involved too. Get in your ✨resisting fascists era.✨ Speaking of which, shirt by @circusat1600
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SlimPickins @slimpickins73.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The number of people aged 100 or older in Japan surpassed a record 100,000 this year, the latest government figures show, underscoring the country’s rapidly aging and declining population. apnews.com/article/japa...
apnews.com
Centenarians living in Japan exceed 100,000 for the first time
The number of people aged 100 or older in Japan has surpassed a record 100,000 this year. The latest figures from Japan's government underscore the country’s rapid aging and population decrease.
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SlimPickins @slimpickins73.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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SlimPickins @slimpickins73.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Do not use the space nazi elon musk's vote safe site, it just gathers all your personal info, avoid it like like the plague. electionlawblog.org/2026/the-hid...
electionlawblog.org
"The hidden dangers of Musk’s votesafe.org" #ELB
Popular Information: With the midterm elections approaching, it’s a good idea to make sure you are registered. Each state has a tool to do so, and the federal government has set up a page that directs...
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SlimPickins @slimpickins73.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Space nazi and twitter owner Elon Musk wasn't happy with destroying the US, he wants to take down the EU one country at a time www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
theguardian.com
Germany’s far-right AfD thanks Elon Musk as France warns state election win a ‘serious moment’
Lead candidate in Saxony-Anhalt welcomes further ‘strong’ cooperation with Musk as French minister says ‘we cannot forget our history’
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SlimPickins @slimpickins73.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Just a reminder of why fascist republicans want to keep millions of Americans from voting, It's the only way they can stay in power as they know they have nothing to offer US but lies and fear youtu.be/8GBAsFwPglw
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Paul Weyrich - "I don't want everybody to vote" (Goo Goo)
YouTube video by peoplefor
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SlimPickins @slimpickins73.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Attacking socialists didn't work, labeling us communists didn't work so now fascist republicans are attacking vegans www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
Why is 'vegan' suddenly being used as a slur? | Emma Beddington
US republicans are tarnishing their plant-eating opponents at every opportunity. Yet vegans are perfectly suited to hold power – let me count the ways, writes Emma Beddington
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SlimPickins @slimpickins73.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
‘It’s therapy by stealth’: the adult fans helping Lego build its billions in sales A growing number of people are rediscovering their love of plastic bricks in later life and boosting the Danish company’s bottom line www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
theguardian.com
‘It’s therapy by stealth’: the adult fans helping Lego build its billions in sales
A growing number of people are rediscovering their love of plastic bricks in later life and boosting the Danish company’s bottom line
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SlimPickins @slimpickins73.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The Trump administration is shuttering ⁠two of the three US Department of Agriculture research projects studying cyclospora after the foodborne parasite has ⁠sickened tens of thousands of Americans during the summer www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
USDA reportedly shelves cyclospora research amid relocations and fund cuts
Trump officials shuttering three projects on foodborne parasite, two defunded by Congress, Politico reports
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SlimPickins @slimpickins73.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Trump, no one wants you around them, anywhere near them, you stink, you are a disgusting human being, GO AWAY!
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SlimPickins @slimpickins73.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I think the experiment of letting a spoiled petulant toddler run the country has run its course.
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SlimPickins @slimpickins73.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
If you live in a red state check your registration because this is going on in all of those states: More than 1.2 million Texans are on the state’s Voter Suspense list ahead of the fall’s midterm elections —many don't even know their voter registration is suspended. www.sacurrent.com/news/texas-n...
sacurrent.com
More than 1.2 million Texans' voter registrations are suspended
Some voters dropped from Texas voting rolls may not be aware until they show up to cast a ballot. More than 1.2 million Texans are on the state's Voter
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SlimPickins @slimpickins73.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Steve Drove the Entire Las Vegas Boulevard Sidetrack Adventures youtu.be/FmmOMdLnLBg
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I Drove the Entire Las Vegas Boulevard
YouTube video by Sidetrack Adventures
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SlimPickins @slimpickins73.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
R.I.P. Tim Curry, my favorite IT.
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SlimPickins @slimpickins73.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Oh Oh, time to start stocking up on TP, again: Wiped out: The US imported $328m worth of toilet paper from Canada in 2024, according to the World Bank, making it by far the largest exporter of the product to the US. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Wiped out: US faces surging toilet paper prices amid trade war with Canada
Paper products among hardest-hit sectors after trade negotiations broke down, with 25-50% tariffs estimated
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SlimPickins @slimpickins73.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A pro-Israel messaging website badged with the name of a thinktank that does not exist has published more than half a million words in nine days, built on a commercial platform that promises to optimize content so that AI chatbots will cite it. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
theguardian.com
Fake US thinktank set up and funded by Israel sought to game AI for propaganda
In effort to prime chatbots to make pro-Israel arguments the site published 124 reports, over 560,000 words in nine days, Guardian analysis shows
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SlimPickins @slimpickins73.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A team of scientists and Aboriginal rangers have uncovered a submerged landscape beneath Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, mapping rivers, lakes, estuaries, and beaches in great detail. The hidden coastal plain was where First Nations people once lived gizmodo.com/scientists-u...
gizmodo.com
Scientists Uncover Prehistoric Landscape Hidden Beneath the Great Barrier Reef
The submerged landscape was once home to First Nations people thousands of years ago.
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SlimPickins @slimpickins73.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." Benjamin Franklin
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SlimPickins @slimpickins73.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
A new report from the Center for American Progress highlights 15 election subversion tactics being used or threatened by the fascist trump regime to interfere with the election process so it can entrench power and escape accountability. www.americanprogress.org/press/releas...
americanprogress.org
RELEASE: How the Trump Administration Is Interfering in the Midterm Elections To Entrench the Imperial Presidency
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SlimPickins @slimpickins73.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Bear VS Yellowjackets youtu.be/49gtBAGka0Y
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Bear Digs Up Yellowjacket Wasp Nest Gets Attacked and Stung!
YouTube video by Wilson Forest Lands
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SlimPickins @slimpickins73.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The US hit the landmark 40 trillion dollar debt level this week, most of it was used for the filthy rich tax cuts, you are paying 3 billion in interest each day so those economic royalists can buy more castles www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
theguardian.com
Mark Zuckerberg buys 440-acre Strancally castle estate in Ireland
Meta chief executive paid roughly €20m for gothic-style mansion built in 1830 and its surroundings
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SlimPickins @slimpickins73.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Soldiers at a Georgia combat engineer unit can get official time off to play the new “Grand Theft Auto” game when it drops this fall — if, and only if, they sign up for more years of service. taskandpurpose.com/news/army-re...
taskandpurpose.com
Army unit offers soldiers time off to play new 'Grand Theft Auto' if they reenlist
In an unorthodox retention offer, an Army battalion in Georgia is giving soldiers who re-up time off to play GTA 6 as soon as it comes out.
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Brooke from Let’s Not Date @letsnotdate.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Make America Learn History Again 😏 In 1952 Charlotta Bass became the first Black woman to run for Vice President, bringing issues onto the ballot that America preferred to ignore.
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SlimPickins @slimpickins73.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
“These forests offer critical habitat for wildlife, provide clean, fresh air and water for millions and contain vast swathes of the last remaining old-growth forests in the country,” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Trump administration to rescind rule protecting old-growth forests
Almost 45m acres of national forests could be potentially opened to road construction, drilling and logging
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SlimPickins @slimpickins73.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The application fee is only $35 US for those skilled enough to satisfy government red tape.
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SlimPickins @slimpickins73.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
"CA now allows citizenship for those who can prove they're descended from a Canadian ancestor, even if that ancestor left the country several generations back." I've already done the Canadian & US census research showing I qualify under the new law. Prob need an attorney to do it right, 1- $3K
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SlimPickins @slimpickins73.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Applications from people around the world seeking Canadian citizenship certificates have been rising rapidly in recent months, fuelled by thousands of applications from the United States, CBC News has learned. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
cbc.ca
Demand for Canadian Citizenship Certificates soaring, fuelled by Americans | CBC News
Applications from people around the world seeking Canadian citizenship certificates have been rising rapidly, fuelled by thousands from the United States, CBC News has learned. So many people have app...
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SlimPickins @slimpickins73.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
It's true crime Sunday: A time when we had real journalists in the USA that actually cared about what they did. The Alabama hand in the trunk incident. youtu.be/vOOQm5_MdWw
youtu.be
The Hand In The Trunk Incident (1979)
YouTube video by The Raven's Eye
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SlimPickins @slimpickins73.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Secondhand booksellers in the UK and Ireland are reporting a flurry of bulk orders from mystery buyers, amid speculation AI companies are acquiring the tomes for their data. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
theguardian.com
Secondhand booksellers in UK and Ireland suspect AI firms behind ‘strange’ bulk orders
Development comes after Anthropic was found to have spent millions on books to scan for ‘data acquisition’
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SlimPickins @slimpickins73.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
While digging a ditch an 18 yr old Belgian student finds gold hoard, which includes gold coins, nuggets and numbered bullion bars, stashed in a bag in a bricked-in cellar wall beneath a grand villa originally built in the late 19th century. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
theguardian.com
Belgian student strikes gold worth €9m while digging a new sewer
Kobe, 18, who made discovery on site of former brewery in Sint-Gillis-Dendermonde, at first thought trove was €1 coins
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