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Pietje De Leugenaar 🍉 🌻🍁 @dressie.bsky.social · 7h

Was hij uitgenodigd voor een item rond Halloween?

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 7h

"You Don’t Argue With Extremists. You Organize Against Them"

A fascinating piece from a researcher on why debates don't always work as a method of effecting change. As a debater, I don't agree with all of it, but Zeteo is all about encouraging... debate:

You Don’t Argue With Extremists. You Organize Against Them

Studies shows debate is not the tool for political change that many believe, author and researcher Sarah Stein Lubrano argues.

zeteo.com

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 9h

China has very detailed maps of our homes.

Man Alarmed to Discover His Smart Vacuum Was Broadcasting a Secret Map of His House

One man's robot vacuum was constantly communicating with its manufacturer, sending a detailed 3D map of his house halfway across the world.

futurism.com

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Cindy 📎🇨🇦⚢🏳️‍🌈 @bilbow.bsky.social · 9h

Every. Single. Time.

Unite and conquer.

Participate.

#Pinks
#blackoutthesystem
Blackoutthesystem.com

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Pietje De Leugenaar 🍉 🌻🍁 @dressie.bsky.social · 8h

I always thought that religion made people happy, but it appears that it does not.
www.psypost.org/a-religious-...

A religious upbringing in childhood is linked to poorer mental and cognitive health in later life

The long-term health effects of a religious childhood are not uniform, a new study of older Europeans finds. On average, the experience is linked to poorer self-rated health, though the association di...

www.psypost.org

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Relmans @krisremels.bsky.social · 15h

Alles nog een beetje ok daar op de redacties jongens?

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Milieudefensie @milieudefensie.bsky.social · 13h

Wat een opkomst! Met meer dan 45.000 mensen op het Malieveld maken wij duidelijk dat de politiek niet om het klimaat heen kan. 🔥✊🏼

Woensdag komen we nóg een keer in actie. Dan stemmen we massaal voor het klimaat! 💚

📸 Foto: Fadel Dawod

#klimaatmars #denhaag #climatejustice

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Hans de Vreij @vreij.bsky.social · 22h

! Rusland heeft voor het eerst een door kernenergie aangedreven kruisraket, de 9M730 Burevestnik, getest. Dat heeft de hoogste Russische militair, generaal Gerasimov, zondag aan Poetin gemeld. Het toestel zou 15 uur in de lucht zijn geweest en legde 14.000 km af. Het bereik is onbeperkt. (Reuters)

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michaeledward @michaeledward.bsky.social · 1d

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Pietje De Leugenaar 🍉 🌻🍁 @dressie.bsky.social · 22h

Lap ik ben nog geen uur wakker en mijn bioritme is al ontregeld

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · 1d

may they face the most severe penalty possible www.euractiv.com/news/meta-an...

Meta and TikTok broke EU rules on data access for researchers | Euractiv

Meta's processes for reporting illegal content and informing users about content takedowns were also found to have breached the EU's Digital Services Act

www.euractiv.com

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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 1d

So the trade bazooka can't be used against America, but it can be used for America.

Von der Leyen hints at ‘trade bazooka’ against China's rare earth chokehold | Euractiv

“Europe cannot do things the same way anymore. We learned this lesson painfully with energy; we will not repeat it with critical materials”

www.euractiv.com

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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 2d

Sir Keir Starmer has been specifically named in a UN report for complicity in Israel's genocide.

The report states that the UK government played "a key role in military collaboration with Israel... a collective crime... with detailed knowledge and cooperation in the destruction of Gaza." 🧵

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Jorge Liboreiro @jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 2d

Smer, the party of Robert Fico, is holding talks to join the far-right Patriots for Europe party after being expelled from the Party of European Socialists.

Quite a change!