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Kathy Love

@kathylove.bsky.social

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Commercial lawyer, lifelong engagement with the European project. Newnham, Gray’s Inn, College of Europe. Now, Dutch citizen. Appreciative European. Lifelong choral singer. Mum of three. Now studying legal aspects of the Gascon wine trade 1152-1453

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Kathy Love @kathylove.bsky.social · 28d

This is actually exquisite.

Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 28d

Robert Redford playing a gentle incarnation of death, coming for a frightened old woman in The Twilight Zone episode "Nothing in the Dark" (1962). An extraordinary performance then, terribly bittersweet today

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 10h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 17h

If you’re a man in the room and a public official says this about your female colleague, you don’t continue as if nothing happened.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."

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TeeDixie 📎 @teedixie.bsky.social · 15h

Wow, Google has withdrawn its support from factchecking organisation @fullfact.org

It’s been one of the largest funders but now has cut its financial support.

I’m pretty sure this is so misinformation can run rife.

You can support them by donation

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Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · 1d

EU Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi faces allegations of involvement in espionage by Hungary against the European Union.

ALBERTO ALEMANNO (@alemanno.bsky.social) explains why the Várhelyi Affair is a test of institutional self-defence – and how the EU can respond.

verfassungsblog.de/varhelyi-com...

Quote: “The Várhelyi affair poses a question the Union has never had to answer so starkly: What happens when a member state treats the institutions it helped create not as a common project, but as hostile territory to be infiltrated and undermined?”

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Kathy Love @kathylove.bsky.social · 16h

A good thought to hold onto, as you say.

Kathy Love @kathylove.bsky.social · 16h

And clumsy. Saying a language ‘finds itself in the right place at the right time’ just sounds weird. A language doesn’t ’find itself’ anywhere, ever. It’s not conscious.

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AnnieForTruth @anniefortruth1.bsky.social · 23h

There hasn’t been a word about it…..

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 1d

US news outlets refuse to sign new Pentagon rules to report only official information www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US news outlets refuse to sign new Pentagon rules to report only official information

Defense department policy requires outlets to vow not to obtain unauthorized files and restricts access to some areas

www.theguardian.com

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 1d

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Le Monde @lemonde.fr · 23h

EN DIRECT, Gaza : l’ONU et la Croix-Rouge demandent l’ouverture de tous les points de passage de l’enclave, comme le prévoit l’accord de paix

Un porte-parole du Bureau de la coordination des affaires humanitaires des Nations unies (OCHA) a appelé à une montée en puissance de l’aide pour Gaza, soulignant que cela ne dépendait pas des humanitaires car ils disposent de « 190 000 tonnes prêtes à être envoyées », notamment en Jordanie et en Egypte.

www.lemonde.fr

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El Fredo🖕✊🇫🇷🇪🇺🇺🇦🇬🇪🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈 @elfredo.bsky.social · 1d

Those fucking idiots used a stock photo of the Slava-class Moskva, sunk by Ukrainian Neptune missiles in 2022.

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

Why the hell does Trump’s Department of War keep using RUSSIAN military images? This is by no mean the first time this has happened.

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Ostfee 🧚‍♀️🐝 🍩 @lurch.bsky.social · 1d

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Kathy Love @kathylove.bsky.social · 1d

There really is something very unhealthy about his obsessions. But it won’t in the least affect your reputation as the most comprehensive and most consistently high-quality of all Brexit commentators.

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Kathy Love @kathylove.bsky.social · 1d

I know you’re not the only target, Chris, but what a weird way for someone to spend his time, making nasty accusations which, in your case at least, are quite obviously absurd as you are certainly not an ‘anti-Irish racist’. Sorry it’s happening to you—-unpleasant and pointless.

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HYPE @hyperium.bsky.social · 1d

Dus dit. Het was absurd en levensgevaarlijk. Belagen of uitschelden zo als ik her en der lees, is een understatement. Er stond een ploegje op de stoep en het publiek zat ook in de "vuurlinie". Timmermans heeft aangifte gedaan en ik verwacht dat politie en OM er iets aan gaan doen. Hoe kan dit ?

IJsbrand van Veelen @ijsbrand.bsky.social · 1d

Ze staat op plek 24 van de kieslijst van @groenlinks-pvda.bsky.social en zat gisteren naast @franstimmermans.groenlinkspvda.nl toen hij in een Amsterdams café werd bedreigd door een groepje extreemrechtse mannen. Dit schreef @fatihyaabdi.bsky.social op Instagram over die gebeurtenis:

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Kathy Love @kathylove.bsky.social · 1d

This os a clear analysis, well worth reading

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

"There is, however, one big difference between Trump’s trade policy and China’s. Namely, the Chinese appear to know what they’re doing."

How Trump Is Making China Great

Why we’re going to lose the trade war, and much more besides

paulkrugman.substack.com

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Kathy Love @kathylove.bsky.social · 1d

He is decidedly peculiar. I cannot imagine what would motivate someone to spend so much time and attention on a campaign that is so obviously and perversely misconceived.

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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 1d

The veneration of Books As Objects misses the point entirely. If you're reading a book, turn the corners down, break the spine, spill soup on it. It's your book, go nuts. A pristine, unread book is a tragedy in a way that a beloved, much-read book that looks like the dog's been at it could never be.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1d

400 Americans have more wealth than all 70m in the UK.

The richest 0.1% of the UK have more money than poorest 50% of UK.

Do you see how it works, do you understand how ridiculously rich the richest have become.

The richest 0.1% are 42x richer than in 1970, you got 12%.

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michaeledward @michaeledward.bsky.social · 2d

Chief Dan George 1978

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Civil.ge @civil.ge · 1d

Georgian Dream announced a new wave of crackdowns on ongoing protests and opposition groups, including criminal sentences for protest-related offences and harsh restrictions on persons "associated" with political parties it is seeking to ban:

Ruling Party Announces Further Crackdown on Protests, Opposition - Civil Georgia

The ruling Georgian Dream party announced on October 13 a new wave of crackdowns on ongoing protests

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 2d

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a cancer vaccine that has shown STUNNING results, PREVENTING up to 88% of MULTIPLE aggressive cancers by harnessing dual-pathway nanoparticles that train the immune system to recognize and destroy tumor cells. In some cases, it COMPLETELY prevented metastasis.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 2d

"Conversion therapy" is a polite name for something that isn’t conversion and isn’t therapy. It’s abuse.

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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 2d

Worth taking a moment to read this

www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

Michael Harding: From November on I surrender... We are both entangled in this winter

I take my winters lightly, on the inside. I look out at the world and feel that the falling leaves are beautiful. How well they die

www.irishtimes.com

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Kathy Love @kathylove.bsky.social · 2d

Lovely. Thanks for posting.