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@strandschaf.bsky.social
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he/him; proud of my kids; Guardian reading, tofu eating wokeratus; LGBTQIA+ supporter; #fcknazis, #fckafd, #fcktrump; ✊ ÖPN✌️; regenerative AI vegan; no DMs w/o interaction; 🌍 🇪🇺 🇩🇪 🇺🇦

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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 5h
For those who are interested in the orchestrated rise of the Christian Taliban, this article contains a short overview to start with the Texas part. As usual, this has nothing to do with being Christians or following any of the tenents of the Bible.
theguardian.com
Ken Paxton’s Christian identity politics obscure a history of scandal | Sidney Blumenthal | The Guardian
The Texas Senate candidate rose to power as a culture warrior. His record is a marriage of hypocrisy and cynicism
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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 9h
Fight between the pilots? Furrys, definitely furrys. Never let a tiger and a lion pilot together in the cockpit!
theguardian.com
Israel-bound passenger plane makes emergency landing in Saudi Arabia | Israel | The Guardian
Israeli media say incident, which raised fears of possible hijacking, stemmed from feud between plane’s two pilots
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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 21h
"morally binding" “I’m seeing tremendous self-policing,” What an idiotic tosser!
politico.com
Trump says tech execs signed ‘morally binding’ constitution - POLITICO
The president floated forming a 10-person committee that he said would play a role in overseeing the artificial intelligence industry.
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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 21h
I'm not exactly sure, but I think this is an "einstweilige Verfügung", an order which is granted to prevent an unrepairable damage if the later ruling goes against the party. Having to keep a deportee in the gulag apparently isn't repairable, while deporting them into peril of life is. Scunbags! 🤬
theguardian.com
Supreme court allows Trump to temporarily resume deporting people to third countries – live | Trump administration | The Guardian
More than 25,000 people have been deported to 29 countries under ⁠the policy implemented last year, according to a tally by human rights groups
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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 22h
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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 23h
How dare you call me an antisemite, just because I'm an antisemite!
theguardian.com
National Rally’s Jordan Bardella rails at ‘war’ on party after antisemitism claims | France | The Guardian
President of Marine Le Pen’s far-right party faces calls to resign over comments he allegedly wrote as a teenager
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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🤣🤣🤣 That's because it's still AI and not the new and improved SI!
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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I heard that they can't replace them, and they have only 36 Tu-95MS and 13Tu-160 left. What a pity! Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦✊
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Carmen Harris🇿🇦 @carmenharris.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
RIP Artificial Intelligence.💀😂
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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
You know what we need right now? Another re-heated civil war! Tossers. If the court has no jurisdiction over the Parades Commission, how about passing a law that makes it so? I know, easy said, but WTF!
theguardian.com
Drumcree standoff shows Northern Ireland’s troubled past still threatens its peace | Northern Ireland | The Guardian
Governments will be hoping row over the contentious Orange Order march down Garvaghy Road can be defused
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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
That's a wonderful sculpture! (And Rizzo was a ticking racist. I saw a pretty good, old documentary about him)
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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
About grabbing people like a nurse, living for 30 years in the US, and just getting her OK by an immigration judge and sending her to a civil war country. She landed where she can't speak any of the languages, and most people, including officials, don't speak English. Cruelty is the program! 🤮 /2
theguardian.com
Banished: the secret Trump deals sending migrants across the world - podcast | US immigration | The Guardian
Investigations correspondent Louisa Loveluck reports on the Trump administration’s secret deportation deals, sending thousands of migrants to ‘third countries’ across the world
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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The stupidity of the Clown in Chief knows no bounds. What's next? Selling drone parts to Iran while threatening to annihilate them?
theguardian.com
Trump asked Xi Jinping if China would like to buy US weapons, American ambassador says | China | The Guardian
David Perdue’s remarks come after a Taiwanese minister spoke of the ‘severe’ military threat posed by Beijing to the self-ruled island
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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
51 km² gain, massive losses for the Russians, a ruse, and a Soviet tank converted into a drone (is that a 'drank' or a 'tane'?). The operation Vivaldi was a huge success; I hope for Four Seasons of this!
kyivindependent.com
Ukraine's Operation Vivaldi liberates 3 more settlements, inflicts 2,000 Russian losses, 3rd Army Corps announces
The villages of Ridkodub, Nove, and Katerynivka were liberated amid newly-reported territorial gains of 51 square kilometers.
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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I *love* that meme!
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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's a fucking disgrace! We're not talking about a few computers smuggled into the country like in the Soviet times. They are building 3,000 to 4,000 drones a month. Let's hope that some Ukrainian drones find their way to this factory, and handcuffs those delivering the components. Слава Україні! 🇺🇦✊
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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🤣 This is blatantly absurd, but he's also as dense as Eric Trump.
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Iris 🇪🇺🇳🇱🇺🇦 @irisnotsiri.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I'm Dutch and russia is my enemy. As a country which has been committing war crimes by way of policy for many years now russia should not have a place in the UN, much less the Security Council. Sign the petition today! c.org/9t27XkgZDS
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Sign the Petition
War crimes. Expel Russia from the United Nations (U​.​N.) now!
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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
😁😂🤣 The Harpy does good work; he is completely delusional and divorced from reality.
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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Normally, one would say that the scattered replication of air defense in private hands costs more and will eat up more of the limited resources. On the other hand, the corruption and incompetence of the Russian army is legendary...
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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I guess Susan Collins is only "mildly concerned" about losing the election. I'm absolutely baffled how much the US citizens accept from their elected officials. If the Dems hadn't shot themselves into both feet and hands in holding up Plattner they had a better chance.
theguardian.com
‘It’s just getting worse’: anger in Maine over Trump’s trade war with close neighbor Canada | Maine | The Guardian
President’s tariffs have hurt fishers, loggers and others in a state with deep bonds to Canada – will Mainers show their displeasure in the midterms?
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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Fucking barbarism! Amnesty's call to action: www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploa…
truthout.org
Tennessee Is Days Away From Executing a Sexual Assault Victim | Truthout
Christa Pike’s lethal injection is booked for September 30. She may be the first woman Tennessee executes in 200 years.
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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🤣 The company "Appel", who sells fish in tins, made a 145-year anniversary tin. The names of the "apps" are in German, but I think you can derive their meaning.
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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🤣 This is really bad. 🤣
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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
If guns are more important for you than children, you should sit in prison, not in Congress.
theguardian.com
Nazi jokes and ‘cum trophies’: meet the Texas gunfluencer who could soon represent Uvalde | US midterm elections 2026 | The Guardian
Brandon Herrera, a YouTuber known for making outrageous pro-gun statements, is the frontrunner to represent a district devastated by mass shootings
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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I'm not spending much time watching TV, but when I discovered that series, I was hooked. The creator has gone, but they made a last chapter, 10 times 7.
theguardian.com
The makers of the 7 Up series set out to prove a point about class. What they achieved is far more profound | Jonathan Freedland | The Guardian
The epic documentary series reveals much about the shifting social attitudes of the last 60 years – and much more about the quiet mystery of human life, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
There's no need to replace dangerous chemicals when you can just pay criminals to drive the waste to another country. They should drop it in the gardens of those transporting it and, more importantly, pay for it. Sadly, karma is a very lazy bitch.
theguardian.com
‘We don’t have time for more promises’: the Croatian town that took on an illegal waste dump | Waste | The Guardian
After years of illegal mass flytipping in Gospić, fed-up residents decided to take matters into their own hands
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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The great Marina Hyde is leaving The Guardian after 25 years. And there is an interview by Nosheen Iqbal. One nice part is her characterisation of Fararse as mentally weak and how he would go to pieces as a leader. He'll love that! 😂
theguardian.com
Marina Hyde on Trump's home improvements, tech bros and Taylor Swift – video | Donald Trump | The Guardian
The Guardian’s award-winning columnist talks to Nosheen Iqbal about Donald Trump's ballroom, going for a drink with Nigel Farage, Taylor Swift’s wedding, and why she's feeling relaxed about the AI apocalypse
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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Of *course* they are playing with him. It seems they have tons of cards... Even if Israel would agree to stop attacking Hezbollah, they would ask for a massive price from the US.
theguardian.com
Trump faces tough choices as Iran dangles deal to reopen Hormuz before US midterms | US-Israel war on Iran | The Guardian
Iran’s seven-day timetable would restart nuclear talks, but will the US be willing to deliver on terms that include reining in Israel in Lebanon?
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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It would be a laughing matter if there weren't such dire consequences. Trump's administration removes 760,000 people from Obamacare due to suspected fraud by brokers. Biden decertified 200 such brokers, The Clown recertified them. Always the pardon for the fellow fraudsters but never their victims.
theguardian.com
Removal of 760,000 people from ACA marketplace could undermine US health system | Trump administration | The Guardian
Trump administration move weakens federal insurance programs – and some poor people will likely forego healthcare
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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The old authoritarian playbook: if you don't like the results, eliminate the reporting.
theguardian.com
Trump administration guts data collection on US education as math and reading scores plummet | US education | The Guardian
National Center for Education Statistics, which collects critical data to guide policy on learning, was decimated after Doge canceled crucial contracts
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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
😂 The rats are leaving the non-existent battleships.
rickmckeeink.substack.com
Guilt By Association
Trump’s atrocious poll numbers terrify Republicans
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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Xi answered The Clown in a very polite and flowery language that he should 🦆himself with a rusty model of a triumphal arc.
theguardian.com
Trump told Xi Jinping that China helping Iran is ‘unacceptable’, official says – live
Xi is expected to depart DC after touring the nation’s vault of records, where the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights are held
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DAPPER DON DHARSHI @dapperdondharshi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A marine biologist films this octopus changing colors while dreaming and it’s spectacular
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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Brilliant! 😂
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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🤣🤣🤣 The journalists ask, "когда в Москву", "when to Moscow?" He answers at the very end, "на ракете".
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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
😁😂🤣
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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
From The Guardian: "Bats originated in Europe, rewriting mammals’ family tree, study reveals." That is some funny looking bat there, but we know that vampires come from Europe, so no big surprise.
Photo of a gloved hand holding a hammer-headed fruit bat. It is blueish-purple and has enormous eyes.

From the linked article in the post. Photograph: Sarah Olson/Wildlife Conservation Society CanadaBat hanging from a tree. The head is replaced by Stephen Miller
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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
For the first time and contrary to the obligation no election supervisors from the OSCE are invited to the Midterms. You don't want them around when you plan to falsify the elections.
zdfheute.de
US-Zwischenwahlen in den USA: OSZE-Beobachter nicht eingeladen
Zu den US-Zwischenwahlen sind erstmals keine Wahlbeaobachter der OSZE eingeladen. Die Organisation kritisiert die Entscheidung.
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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Your helpful consumer tip at strandschaf
First and eighth page of the instruction leaflet from an Ikea Billy sideboard. The text 'billy' was replaced by 'bully', one of the fingers pointing to a board points upwards and now shows a middle finger. On the last page is an image with the sideboard fastened at the wall and besides it the crossed-out unfastened sideboard falling unto a stick figure. Now the first image is crossed out, and the second isn't.
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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
What absolute scum! He already has a conviction for knife crime and spent two year in prison for a drug-related attempted kidnapping. He aligns perfectly with the other protesters.
theguardian.com
Far-right activist Daniel Thomas slashes dinghy in Channel with blade while rescue worker onboard | The far right | The Guardian
Thomas called followers to protest against arrival of asylum seekers in Gosport, but Border Force instead transported them to Dover
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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
That is a stunning amount of de-trumpification. From a campaign website filled with references to an endorsement by Trump and support for his agenda to some hidden references and not even mentioning him in his victory speech from the primaries.
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I think @darrigomelanie.bsky.social said everything that needs to be said.
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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Finally someone listens to him! All allies, Israel and North Korea, that is, don't have economic relations with Iran.
theguardian.com
Trump calls on allies to enforce ‘complete economic isolation of Iran’ in UN speech
US president threatens to ‘annihilate’ Tehran and dismisses threat from AI as a ‘hoax’ in bellicose address
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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It's not only the tourism going down, but instead of the brain drain from the past, where scientist were lured by massive incentives to the US, there is now a reversal: more Americans moving to Germany than the other way around.
reuters.com
Fewer Germans moving to US since Trump's inauguration, official data shows | Reuters
The number of people moving from Germany to the United States dropped sharply in 2025 following the start of President Donald Trump's second term, official data showed on Monday.
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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Yes, we started a war and lost it; we raided Venezuela, kept the regime intact and just robbed the oil, we plainly murdered people in the Caribbean, and look how I destroyed the US. Who gives a fuck about that, Clown? This is the UN. Also, which allies? Israel and North Korea?
theguardian.com
Trump defends actions in Iran and Venezuela in UN General Assembly address amid rising tensions with allies – live | Donald Trump | The Guardian
Trump threatens to ‘annihilate’ Iran and ‘drive them into Hell’ if there isn’t a deal, while also underscoring US policy on Cuba, Mexico, Greenland and AI
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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
President Trump is following in the footsteps of great American presidents like Theodore Roosevelt by following his motto: "Scream loudly and throw with tacos." Did I remember that correctly? /2
theguardian.com
Houthis move to seize strategic terrain after Trump calls off airstrikes at last minute | Houthis | The Guardian
US president reportedly changed his mind over Saudi Arabia’s pleas for assistance as bombs were being loaded
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