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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 1h

#Berlin makes losses in the millions on its ... residential parking permits. Because the price of about €10 per year is lower than the costs to the administration (which is about €42). www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/koste...

Kosten für Verwaltung sind viel höher als Einnahmen: Berlin macht Millionenverlust mit Anwohnerparkausweisen

Bei jedem neu ausgestellten Anwohnerparkausweis zahlt das Land drauf – und zwar immer mehr. Auch, weil der Preis seit 2008 nicht erhöht wurde. Bringt das angekündigte Parkkonzept der CDU bald die Wend...

www.tagesspiegel.de

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Gillian🇺🇦🇬🇧🇩🇪 @gilliancarrin.bsky.social · 6m

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Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 2h

In a court filing Monday, attorney Patrick Fitzgerald accused the DOJ of withholding information involving its charges, citing that Comey and his legal team can't be trusted with it.

DOJ accused of hiding evidence against James Comey

www.rawstory.com/james-comey-...

DOJ accused of hiding evidence against James Comey

Ex-FBI Director James Comey was narrowly indicted by a grand jury this month, but according to his lawyer the Justice Department is refusing to reveal its evidence against him. In a court filing Monda...

www.rawstory.com

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Conn MacEvilly @conmachiavel.bsky.social · 18m

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(Debbie)🐕🐈🐘🐼☕️🎶⚖️🌊 @felicianmitzi.bsky.social · 19m

Thanks Annette

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Adoptable Dogs @adoptabledogs.bsky.social · 10h

Opie 🐶
Adult male German Shepherd Dog mix
Adoptable from Last Chance Ranch Animal Rescue (Quakertown, PA)

https://www.petfinder.com/dog/opie-78741625/pa/quakertown/last-chance-ranch-animal-rescue-pa105/

Opie is a Adult German Shepherd Dog mix described as: Adult Only Home Preferred and Single Dog Home

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Adoptable Dogs @adoptabledogs.bsky.social · 9h

Otto 🐕
Baby male Boxer
Adoptable from RUFF Rescuers United for Furbabies (Parrish, AL)

https://www.petfinder.com/dog/otto-78742098/al/parrish/ruff-rescuers-united-for-furbabies-al406/

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Hans 🍀🌳🌻💚 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 @merkhans.bsky.social · 1h

👇 Putin's AfD. Feinde Deutschlands.

DocGaby @docgaby.bsky.social · 6h

„Die AfD war immer eine Gefahr für die nationale Sicherheit, weil große Teile ihrer Mitglieder unterwürfig gegenüber Feinden unserer Demokratie – insbesondere Wladimir Putin – agierten“, sagte der Vorsitzende des Geheimdienste-Kontrollgremiums im Bundestag, Marc Henrichmann

Geheimdienst klärt Bundestag über Russland-Gefahr auf – und entlarvt Putins „Methodenmix“

Die Spionage- und Sabotageaktivitäten Russlands gegen Deutschland nehmen nach Einschätzung von Experten zu. Die Sorge vor Putins Einfluss wächst.

www.fr.de

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Michael Love @elkmovie.bsky.social · 1h

I continue to think that while "LLMs aren't actually that world-changing" is a risk people have at least started paying attention to, "good-enough LLMs are going to be cheap and ubiquitous and those $1B data centers are going to become a liability rather than a moat" is an equally serious problem

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 1h

Andrej Karpathy unveils nanochat, a full-stack training and inference implementation of an LLM in a single, dependency-minimal codebase (Andrej Karpathy/@karpathy)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · 7h

Look at what we can do if we want to.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Nexperia: Dutch government takes control of China-owned chip firm

The move, which is aimed to protect supplies of technology, could raise tensions between the EU and China.

www.bbc.com

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 5h

🚨The absence of media coverage of this natural disaster in Alaska, the lost/missing people, and the destruction of the aftermath is up to us to share. Please help if you can - even if it is just spreading awareness. There is no FEMA going to help them. 1/2

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 3h

Like in several other run-offs held over the last couple of weeks, the #AfD candidate 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 by a wide margin. That gets underreported, because it's less newsworthy. Have a look at the URL of this article, whose text was edited when the result was in. It's quite telling.

(final AfD post for today)

Far-right AfD party fails to secure first German city mayor post in run-off

The election in Frankfurt an der Oder was between independent candidate Axel Strasser and AfD contender Wilko Moller.

www.aljazeera.com

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 4h

Old CBS would’ve probably spelled the guy’s name right, too.

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 4h

CBS News would never put a thinly sourced 'story' by a rookie blogger like this on it's air. Until now. The Free Press isn't a journalism outlet, it's bloggers aren't reporters. This piece is more NYPost than Tiffany Network but I guess that's the goal.

www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...

Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming the NYC mayor, The Free Press reports

The Free Press spoke to several New York City Police Department officers who are worried about Zohran Mamdani becoming mayor. Olivia Reingold joins CBS News with more.

www.cbsnews.com

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🌴Jeff🌴 @counseloroh.bsky.social · Mar 6

The bumblebee bat is the world’s tiniest mammal.

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Kirsty Collins @kirstysamantha.bsky.social · 20h

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Sorrowscopes @sorrowscopes.bsky.social · 1d

Pisces: No matter what your sports watch says, what you just did in front of the computer doesn’t count as exercise.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 20h

Children deserve to feel safe at home & in school. This new bill I signed:

➡️ Bars childcare facilities & state preschools from collecting immigration info
➡️ Protects parents’ legal rights & kids’ security if separated
➡️ Ensures schools have safety plans in times of crisis

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Jemima Kelly @jemima.bsky.social · 20h

For this week's column I wrote about the way that the countercultural intellectual energy of the right - and lack thereof on the left - is drawing in young people, esp men, who would once have been drawn to radical leftist thinkers

on.ft.com/3L72ug5

The fashion for the young: turn to the radical right

The intellectual energy of new rightwing movements is drawing in young people

on.ft.com

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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 20h

SMILE! Why not?

When the world's gone mad...make fun of lunatics.

Thank you so much, Governor Newsom & Happy Birthday!

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Gillian🇺🇦🇬🇧🇩🇪 @gilliancarrin.bsky.social · 20h

I woke up and there it was - right next to me!

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 1d

A reason why we got here is that the media stopped reporting facts and replaced reporting with making everything a reality tv show where contestants fight one another. It turned lying from a liability into an advantage since it would no longer be punished

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 6d

This is a lie.

There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.

But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 23h

🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2

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Gillian🇺🇦🇬🇧🇩🇪 @gilliancarrin.bsky.social · 20h

This.

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 1d

Conservation of Hagia Sophia mosaics, Istanbul, 1931-1964. Study of Light, 1948

archive.org/details/tete...

light streaming in from the openings on the dome of a huge mosque

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 22h

So Kilmer Abrego-Garcia will not challenge a deportation to Costa Rica, who has agreed to for him residency, but DHS won’t agree to send him there because it’s not cruel enough.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

For weeks, Mr. Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who is married to a U.S. citizen, has made clear that he would not challenge his deportation if he were sent to Costa Rica, which has promised him legal residency and guaranteed that he would not be sent back to El Salvador.

But the Trump administration has refused to deport him to Costa Rica, and in an earlier hearing this week, Judge Xinis pressed the administration to consider the option or clarify why it was unacceptable.

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