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💉💉💉Kumara📎Republic↙️↙️↙️ @kumararepublic.bsky.social · Apr 28

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💉💉💉Kumara📎Republic↙️↙️↙️ @kumararepublic.bsky.social · 3h

Isn't Captain America the OG antifa supersoldier?
www.reddit.com/r/comicbooks...

From the comicbooks community on Reddit: The original Antifa (Captain America #1, 1941)

Explore this post and more from the comicbooks community

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Jake @tonymagoni.bsky.social · 11d

I’m kind of surprised no one’s brought up “antifa supersoldiers” again

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Kay in the End Times 🏳️‍🌈 💗💜💙📚 @jennykaynz.bsky.social · 3h

Warning:
- people are suffering from delusions fuelled by AI tools like ChatGPT. This will get worse;
- people find it hard to distinguish between #DeepFakes or the real thing. Same w AI generated "art";
- how will we know if news is real? Or #FakeNews?
www.honest-broker.com/p/our-shared...

Our Shared Reality Will Self-Destruct in the Next 12 Months

What happens when you can't trust photos, videos, text, or the entire web?

www.honest-broker.com

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💉💉💉Kumara📎Republic↙️↙️↙️ @kumararepublic.bsky.social · 3h

Once again, how long do we give it before the 3-legged coalition's climate policy (or lack of it) collides head-on with carbon tariffs like the CBAM?

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🦋🕊️🦋GinLy47 @ginly47.bsky.social · 3h

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💉💉💉Kumara📎Republic↙️↙️↙️ @kumararepublic.bsky.social · 3h

In NZ's case, news media has basically become an issue for the Commerce Commission to probe. Hell, the 1986 Royal Commission on Broadcasting & Related Telecommunications needs to be dusted off and updated for the Info Age.
www.eastonbh.ac.nz/1997/07/the_...

The Broadcasting Reforms | Brian Easton

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Kay in the End Times 🏳️‍🌈 💗💜💙📚 @jennykaynz.bsky.social · 4h

Pope Leo XIV says journalism is a public good we should all protect. Key to news media are transparency of sources of ownership, accountability, quality + objectivity. He says, Clickbait is degrading and urges reporters: never sell out your authority + ethics! 📰📺📻
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You won’t believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists

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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 2d

The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!

Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!

YouTube video by thejuicemedia

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The Independent @the-independent.com · 1d

Trump fails in bid to win Nobel Peace Prize as Maria Corina Machado wins 2025 honour

Trump fails in bid for Nobel Peace Prize as surprise winner announced

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

The message could not be clearer.

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 1d

Breaking news: María Corina Machado has been awarded the prize for ‘keeping the flame of democracy burning amidst a growing darkness’ . The win dashes the hopes of US President Donald Trump. on.ft.com/4ocHAKY

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela.

Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado wins 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 1d

⚡️The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Maria Corina Machado.

The Nobel Peace Prize committee awarded it for "her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela."

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 1d

Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize

Leader of country’s opposition receives award after scrutiny surrounding committee and comments by Donald Trump

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Nobel peace prize 2025 live: María Corina Machado wins for work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela

US president had been conducting campaign to influence prize committee

www.theguardian.com

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

Breaking News: The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to María Corina Machado, a Venezuelan opposition leader, for her work promoting democracy.

María Corina Machado Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize: Live Updates and Video

The Norwegian Nobel Committee praised “her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela.”

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Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

BREAKING: Venezuela's Maria Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 reut.rs/42uh3Aw

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize

Leader of country’s opposition receives award after scrutiny surrounding committee and comments by Donald Trump * Nobel peace prize – latest Venezuelan opposition politician María Corina Machado has won the Nobel peace prize. The committee commended Machado as a “brave and committed champion of peace” who “keeps the flame of democracy burning during a growing darkness”. Continue reading...

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

BREAKING: For her work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela, María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize.

María Corina Machado of Venezuela wins the Nobel Peace Prize

Opposition activist María Corina Machado of Venezuela has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel committee praised her as a key figure in unifying Venezuela's political opposition.

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 1d

❤️ if you’re stoked for María Corina Machado

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize

Leader of country’s opposition receives award after intense public and private campaign by Donald Trump

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Maria Corina Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 1d

NEW: Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado awarded Nobel Peace Prize.

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 2d

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💉💉💉Kumara📎Republic↙️↙️↙️ @kumararepublic.bsky.social · 2d

Says a lot when one's idea of "free speech" is the "freedom" to say the N-word, F-word (the 6-letter one), K-word, etc.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 2d

No clearer indication of the right’s moral rot than the swift evolution from angrily denying any association with buffoonish bigots like like Posobiec and Fuentes, to “there’s no harm in having a conversation,” to openly praising and promoting them.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 2d

Not the least surprised by this. I’d hope it might finally wake up some mainstream libertarians to what Smith is really about. But it probably won’t.

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