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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Will Fox join OAN as the only media companies surrendering to an insecure loser like Pete Hegseth?

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Leonard Sultana @lennyukdeejay.bsky.social · 1d

My favourite Monkees track. I could go obscure, for sure, but this one particularly just tickles my fancy.

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Leonard Sultana @lennyukdeejay.bsky.social · 1d

What a song. What a video!! youtu.be/pllRW9wETzw

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1d

You're living through one of the biggest technological transformations in world history and it has nothing to do with AI

Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 2d

Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.

Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.

ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 1d

No ceasefire is ever a ceasefire when you're dealing with a genocidal occupying state with the support of the world's powers.

Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: The death toll has risen to five after Israeli quadcopter drones opened fire on residents inspecting their homes in the Shujaiyya neighborhood, east of Gaza City, according to medical sources.

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you!

Arcturus SaDiablo @asadiablo.me · 1d

If Gail can make us stop and think before we reply to her bait, imagine if we applied this principle to everything else we see on the internet....

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d

g. willow today:

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 2d

Carole Cadwalladr was right and we’d be in a better world if more people had listened.

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 17d

This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty.

If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐

There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..

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The Atlantic Communications @theatlanticpr.bsky.social · 2d

The Atlantic’s journalists will not sign the Pentagon’s press policy. Statement here from editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg:

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...

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Peter Beaumont @petersbeaumont1.bsky.social · 2d

If you've never been to Gaza, you won't appreciate what the yellow line means. Basically Israel now holds most of Gaza's small but important agricultural land. Continued Israeli occupation, which I judge the likely outcome, makes Gaza even more unliveable and more dependent on outside goods.

AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 2d

Gaza Strip: Israeli army has withdrawn to the 'yellow line'

AFP Infographic with map of the Gaza Strip showing the 'yellow line' where the Israeli army has withdrawn its forces as of October 10, according to US envoy Steve Witkoff

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Leonard Sultana @lennyukdeejay.bsky.social · 1d

Had a delightful birthday meal for my brother in Wakefield this evening - drove nearby HMP on the way through, was incredibly tempted to pop to Tescos, pick up a box of Celebrations and drop it off at the door as a way of saying 'thanks'...

Leonard Sultana @lennyukdeejay.bsky.social · 2d

I endorse this sentiment, I do not necessarily subscribe to it. It's just in my nature, I've spent money on this slice of escapism so I treat it with the relevant respect.

Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 2d

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

Leonard Sultana @lennyukdeejay.bsky.social · 2d

Release the goddamn full and unredacted Epstein Files.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2d

I thought this was lovely.

"A few years ago I received a DM from Zohran Kwame Mamdani. Only recently did I discover its existence. It was a very unusual DM—especially coming from a local assemblyman who would soon be running for higher office. He had very little name recognition at the time, and could have benefited from publicity. But unlike the thousands of messages I’ve received from people with something to promote, Zohran did not ask to be featured on Humans of New York. Instead he asked if he could introduce me to taxi drivers that were struggling beneath the burden of debt. Coming from a man with political ambitions, this self-denying request was so strange as to be almost singular. I don’t endorse politicians on Humans of New York. But I’ll endorse a good man. And it was a good man who cleared 30 minutes from his schedule yesterday to swing by Grand Central and visit Dear New York’s Vanderbilt Hall Exhibition. Nearly fifty-student artists were visiting that day with their families, and I thought a surprise visit from this widely-loved future mayor would be a special memory for all of them. Before Zohran’s arrival I was convinced I’d made a terrible mistake. The exhibit was filled to capacity with adult visitors. Dear New York is self-funded so there was very little staff and security for crowd control. In the crush of people I was almost certain this special day for the kids would devolve into thirty minutes of selfie requests. But everyone rose to the occasion."

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"Hundreds of adults quickly cleared the room and stood outside the exhibit. Eleven very notable adult photographers are also featured in the show, but even they took a step back, so that these students could briefly have the stage to themselves. Each child stood by their work and Zohran was able to meet all of them, one at a time, and honor their contributions to the most-visited art show in New York City. Thanks to everyone who ceded the stage yesterday to make this moment possible. Thank you Zohran for literally sitting down on the floor so that these young artists could feel so tall. Thanks for continually centering other people in your life and work. And thank you, for being such an important part of Dear New York."

A large group of children and adults pose together indoors in front of a sign reading "DEAR." A man in a suit sits cross-legged in front, surrounded by smiling kids. The background features an ornate architectural detail.

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Leonard Sultana @lennyukdeejay.bsky.social · 2d

Personally, I think the inflatable frog suits are high level genius:

~ hides identity of wearer
~ acts as half decent protection against rubber bullets/paintball pellets
~ ability to wear some kind of gas mask protection of needed
~ you look like an idiot if you try to arrest an inflatable frog

a man in a black shirt is standing next to a green frog costume

ALT: a man in a black shirt is standing next to a green frog costume

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Leonard Sultana @lennyukdeejay.bsky.social · 2d

Personally, I think the inflatable frog suits are high level genius:

~ hides identity of wearer
~ acts as half decent protection against rubber bullets/paintball pellets
~ ability to wear some kind of gas mask protection of needed
~ you look like an idiot if you try to arrest an inflatable frog

a man in a black shirt is standing next to a green frog costume

ALT: a man in a black shirt is standing next to a green frog costume

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Leonard Sultana @lennyukdeejay.bsky.social · 2d

Y'know, I don't think I've ever seen REDS (I have a mild Jared Leto-shaped aversion to Warren Beatty, there's very few of his films I've watched) - this is not the first time this weekend it's been highlighted, going to have to check it out this week.

Alissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social · 3d

Wrote about one of my favorite Diane Keaton performances:

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Diane Keaton in ‘Reds’: A Remarkable Performance but Also a Returning Point

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 2d

Here's Diane Keaton at Warren Beatty's AFI tribute, talking about a perfect (no exaggeration) scene in Reds--taking the mystique out of filmmaking and then putting it right back in, in just two minutes. She was exquisite. www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_RS...

Diane Keaton on making REDS with Warren Beatty

YouTube video by American Film Institute

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