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🇨🇭🇪🇺I work at the intersection of finance + tech, NOT a friend of - Silicon Valley technocrats - The rightwing fringenut circus (no matter in which country) - The antivaxx, flat earth, freedumb, etc movements 🌳🍀🌽🚜⛰️🥾🚵🎸🎶 #decel #degrowth #green #INTJ

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Forbes @forbes.com · 08/02/2026
Morgan McSweeney, Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, said Mandelson has “damaged our party, our country and trust in politics itself.”
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U.K. Prime Minister’s Chief Of Staff Resigns Amid Backlash Over Promoting Epstein-Connected Peter Mandelson
Morgan McSweeney, Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, said Mandelson has “damaged our party, our country and trust in politics itself.”
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Gyruum @gyruum.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Questo applauso alle Olimpiadi per la squadra Ucraina significa soltanto una cosa, che la Russia ha fallito. Il suo obiettivo era quello di divorare e distruggere il nostro popolo, la nostra identità e la nostra nazione, ma noi siamo ancora qui, sempre liberi e mai sconfitti. 💙
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Giulio Betti @giuliofirenze.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Nei prossimi giorni l'anomalia positiva che vedete andrà intensificandosi con scarti anche superiori ai +20 °C. Però l'occhio guarda il ditino blu e il freddo eccezionale tra la Florida e Cuba. La Luna lasciamola agli esperti "che rompono i coglioni" con la storia del cambiamento climatico.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
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Almost three years ago, my editor called me early one November morning. A wildfire had sparked near a town called Paradise, he said. Could I go? (1/13)
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I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated.
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Waking up without power, heat, or running water. (Again.) 

But the work here in Kyiv continues. Warming up in the car, writing in pencil — pen ink freezes — by headlamp.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
NOT 👇 SURPRISED.......
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Audalin @audalin.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Tens of thousands of Iranians killed with live weapons. The wounded shot in hospitals, doctors arrested. Detained Iranians being executed in silence to this day. This crime against humanity is real and dire, it needs to be admitted and talked about. #Iran #FreeIran #IranMassacre #IRGCterrorists
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NicocoCreates🎃👻🦇 @nicococreates.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
I've shared this before but sharing again since a lot of y'all are going through it lately 🫂
De-catastrophizing 

What is my anxious thought? 
What evidence do I have for this thought? 
What evidence do I have against this thought? 
What is the likelihood of this happening? 
Best possible outcome? 
Worst possible outcome? 
How would I cope if the worst outcome happens? 
Would it matter in a week? 
Would it matter in a month? 
Would it matter in a year? 
After examining the evidence how has my thought changed?
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🦋 kris🌻⋆⋆⋆ @eviebauer727.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
We’re going to see more and more of this. They’re going to start canceling live events because our country SUCKS. … Brian May Rules Out Queen Shows in US: “America Is a Dangerous Place at the Moment” "It's very sad because I feel like Queen grew up in America" consequence.net/2026/01/bria...
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Brian May Rules Out Queen Shows in US: "America Is a Dangerous Place at the Moment"
Queen guitarist Brian May doesn't see his legendary band playing any US shows in the near future, declaring that "America is a dangerous place at the moment."
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche admits that the DOJ excluded all images showing “death, physical abuse, or injury” from yesterday’s Epstein files release. WHAT ELSE ARE THEY HIDING???
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wpaul-6854.bsky.social @wpaul-6854.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Just discovered that I am a #INTJ in the Myers-Briggs #personality test. I’ve been reading up some more, quite interesting, and useful too ☺️
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il Post @ilpost.it · 31/01/2026
La presidente del Venezuela ha annunciato un’amnistia generale per i prigionieri politici
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La presidente del Venezuela ha annunciato un’amnistia generale per i prigionieri politici
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Wayne B. Smith @waynesbrain.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
If Joseph Goebbels and a rectal polyp had a kid.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
This isn’t about convicting Don Lemon. It’s unlikely that will happen. It’s about intimidating journalists & making them censure themselves out of fear of consequences. It’s about eroding the free press because the administration can’t afford the criticism.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/01/2026
No arrests of the ICE thugs who murdered Alex Pretti, Renee Good, or Keith Porter. No arrests of anyone in the Epstein Files. But they arrested Don Lemon because of his journalism.
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Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Repression cannot go unanswered. EU Foreign Ministers just took the decisive step of designating Iran’s Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organisation. Any regime that kills thousands of its own people is working toward its own demise.
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Jorj, Interim DEITY🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦💪🏽 @just-jorj.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
A democracy is only as strong as the people who defend it.
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Patrick Andrus 🩷💜💙🇵🇸 @sitchuationallefty.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
For goodness sake, the people of Palestine are largely semites. Get a grip people. The biggest antisemite in the world is benjamin Netanyahu. He's eradicated 700,000 semites off the face of the earth with the backing of Biden and Trump.
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wpaul-6854.bsky.social @wpaul-6854.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
To all my friends and contacts, everywhere. You probably are among those who get “the look” when you speak out openly about what’s going on in USA. Things are definitely NOT normal, (IMHO they will propagate to our countries too). Here’s a read for these crazy times: www.vox.com/future-perfe...
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Your friends are still acting like everything is normal in America. What do you do?
All Americans live in a “dual state.” Here’s what that means — and how to help others see it.
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Fabio Sabatini @fabiosabatini.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Gli sciami di intelligenze artificiali hanno aperto una nuova frontiera della guerra cognitiva contro le democrazie liberali. Mentre nel dibattito pubblico europeo l’idea stessa di guerra cognitiva viene semplicemente rimossa, queste tecnologie deformano in modo permanente l'ecosistema informativo.
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L’IA al servizio della guerra cognitiva
Gli sciami di intelligenze artificiali stanno rimodellando l'ecosistema informativo per minare le democrazie liberali
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wpaul-6854.bsky.social @wpaul-6854.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Dal 2023 sostengo l’ipotesi che vi sia interesse a sviluppare LLM “sovrani” particolarmente biased a favore di certe correnti politiche. Questi gpt risponderanno “…sì, fece soprattutto cose buone…” “… la narrazione sull’Olocausto é inventata…” etc. Occhio open.substack.com/pub/fabiosab...
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L’IA al servizio della guerra cognitiva
Gli sciami di intelligenze artificiali stanno rimodellando l'ecosistema informativo per minare le democrazie liberali
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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wpaul-6854.bsky.social @wpaul-6854.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
These numbers speak volumes about our “values” in these stupidly turbulent times. While I definitely like Khaby (as many do here in Italy) I’d rather see those numbers connected with someone who invents something useful for humanity without engaging the military sector.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
They want you to believe the people with phones and whistles are the “terrorists”. That Alex Pretti being beaten and left with a broken rib a week before his death proves he was an “agitator”. They want you to accept masked murderous thugs with guns as the “good guys”. Don’t accept it.
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wpaul-6854.bsky.social @wpaul-6854.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
#gold #xau going exponential like some f*cking crypto scam. At pixel time, +2.47% in CHF. Stupidly stupid or alarmingly alarming? #UsDollarIsFucked Also “It’s the economy, stupid!”
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wpaul-6854.bsky.social @wpaul-6854.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
#boicottare #google. Emerge che i loro super pagati colletti bianchi, molti dei quali immigrati, avrebbero chiesto all’azienda di essere “tutelati” dalle incursioni ICE. 🤮🤮 Vergognoso almeno quanto le immagini che mostravano persone di colore in fila ai centri di reclutamento ICE.
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wpaul-6854.bsky.social @wpaul-6854.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
ICE in Italia, ne parla anche Forbes…
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Robin Wigglesworth @robinwigglesworth.ft.com · 27/01/2026
Chuffed to have been on NPR to discuss whether Europe can weaponise its massive pile of Treasuries, credit and stocks. Thanks for the invite @darianwoods.bsky.social! www.npr.org/2026/01/27/n...
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Can Europe sell America? : The Indicator from Planet Money
“Sell America.” There’s new talk of how Europe could turn the economic screws on the U.S. after President Trump’s play for Greenland. Selling U.S. Treasury bonds is one way. Another is a legal tool. I...
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Thomas [DARK MODE], DO @tom.medsky.social · 27/01/2026
Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Begging you not to let Wael’s Tarabishi’s story get lost amidst all the horrors. He was a 30 year old disabled man. His dad was his full time caregiver. ICE took his dad away. Wael said it would kill him. He said the fear was “real & immediate”. He died last week. ICE killed Wael.
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Family of Arlington man detained by ICE calls for release to attend son's funeral
Maher Tarabishi, a Jordanian national, was detained by ICE in October. His 30-year-old-son, Wael, died over the weekend from complications related to a rare genetic disorder. Family of Arlington man d...
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wpaul-6854.bsky.social @wpaul-6854.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Every now and then we need something to soothe our soul AND make us cry at the same time. This is my remedy for these kind of moments - a jewel if beauty and sanity in these brutal, merciless and insane times: youtu.be/IQvzX0Z3HE4
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Jacob Collier - Little Blue | @MahoganySessions
YouTube video by Jacob Collier
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 25/01/2026
Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds playing CSNY’s “Ohio” with a little “Killing in the Name Of” thrown in.
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WomenRiseUp2026 @womenriseup2026.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
#Epstein #EpsteinFiles
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25/01/2026
Alex Pretti was an American hero. He saved lives. He protected people. He cared deeply about his community, unlike the murderous thugs who killed him. The very last thing he did was try to help a woman who had been pepper-sprayed and violently shoved to the ground by ICE. 1/
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
If you’re able, please support this verified GoFundMe for Alex Pretti’s family. And if you’re not in a position to donate, sharing it far and wide matters just as much. It’s at $300K and counting.
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Donate to Alex Pretti is an American Hero, organized by Keith Edwards
On January 24, 2026, Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a Minneapolis resident and American citizen wa… Keith Edwards needs your support for Alex Pretti is an American Hero
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wpaul-6854.bsky.social @wpaul-6854.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Alex Pretti mentre recita alcune parole di commiato per un veterano di guerra in sua cura, in un video postato dal figlio. Si ascoltino bene le parole, si guardi bene quest’uomo che ha deciso di dedicare tutto se stesso per Servire gli altri per finire giustiziato dal regime USA.
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Chris @topquark59.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
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wpaul-6854.bsky.social @wpaul-6854.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Questa é la persona giustiziata oggi a Minneapolis dagli sgherri del presidente americano. Quello che, secondo la Melona e i fascitazzi, meriterebbe il Nobel alla pace. É una tragedia senza fondo, temo il ritorno delle squadre fasciste, e nel contempo spero in una nuova Norimberga a breve
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
In October, ICE grabbed Maher Tarabishi. He was a 24/7 caregiver for his disabled son Wael. At the time of Maher’s detention, disability advocates warned that taking away Wael’s caregiver put his life at risk. Wael died on Friday at age 30. ICE caused his death. They didn’t get to say goodbye.
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Disabled son of ICE detainee dies after 30 days of hospitalization
It had been months since Wael Tarabishi seen his father. The family is calling on ICE to release Maher Tarabishi so he may attend his son's funeral.
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wpaul-6854.bsky.social @wpaul-6854.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
#question to the #hivemind re #excel for #business. I want to transform my 35 years’ experience in excel in a #microsoft #certification to be able to teach how to structure, analyse + query data with formulas. Is this still a valid business case, now that #copilot is integrated in spreadsheets?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Resistance to this regime can take many forms. Kudos to these volunteers who are stepping up to help their community in Minnesota. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
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Volunteers in Minnesota Deliver Groceries So Immigrants Can Hide at Home
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/01/2026
Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."
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wpaul-6854.bsky.social @wpaul-6854.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Trump and his regime have re-nazified our times…
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Some perspective: The S&P opened down -1.3% on Trump's Greenland saber-rattling. That's $750 billion of wealth destroyed -- roughly equal to estimates of the value of Greenland. And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
To: European leaders From: Robert Reich It is impossible to appease a tyrant. Some thoughts... robertreich.substack.com/p/memo-to-…
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wpaul-6854.bsky.social @wpaul-6854.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
#Carney was a welcome diversion from the spiteful rambling of the dementia-addled orange one. Will someone please post the full transcript of @mark-carney.bsky.social Davos speech? Thank you, merci!
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wpaul-6854.bsky.social @wpaul-6854.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
#Carney #WEF transcript, please!! Youtube keeps fragmenting the vid with advertisements 😡
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Jane A. @jane-in-progress.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Every goddamn word of this ⬇️ "Economic inequality is at the heart of all humanity’s major problems, but the wealthiest refuse to confront a system that benefits them." www.theguardian.com/global/2026/...
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In Davos, the rich talk about ‘global threats’. Here’s why they’re silent about the biggest of them all | Ingrid Robeyns
Economic inequality is at the heart of all humanity’s major problems, but the wealthiest refuse to confront a system that benefits them, says economist and historian Ingrid Robeyns
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wpaul-6854.bsky.social @wpaul-6854.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Need WSJ article in the link, can anyone help? www.wsj.com/tech/ai/why-...?
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Why the Tech World Thinks the American Dream Is Dying
Silicon Valley fears this is the last chance to amass generational wealth before AI makes money worthless.
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wpaul-6854.bsky.social @wpaul-6854.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
#genAI A senior bank professional today told us, smiling, “oh yes, we see what you guys are working at. We have a similar tool, I can only tell you we’ve halved XYZ team… in a couple of years we’ll deal exclusively with chatbots!” For capitalism AI is the last Klondike run, & it will milk it dry
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ʕᵔᴥᵔʔ Milla Lorelei Mélomane 💙 ʕᵔᴥᵔʔ @britpoptarts.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
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