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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 2d

Nobel Peace Prizes have often been awarded to people who fight autocracy. Maria Corina Machado fits right into that tradition

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Why María Machado Deserved the Nobel Peace Prize

The Venezuelan opposition leader shows why participation matters.

www.theatlantic.com

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Luca @lucazanzi.bsky.social · 2d

You're kinda right, as the prancing horse was borrowed (with permission) from Francesco Baracca's emblem!

rossoautomobili.com/blogs/magazi...

Francesco Baracca: The Surprising Origin of Ferrari’s Prancing Horse (WWI Fighter)

Francesco Baracca was a highly awarded Italian aerial fighter and his legacy still is alive after all these years thanks to the Ferrari Prancing Horse.

rossoautomobili.com

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Kevin St. Alder @kevinstalder.bsky.social · 2d

Statement from the Nobel Peace Prize Committee 👏 🙏

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Luca @lucazanzi.bsky.social · 2d

(and it may bear noting: she's far from being a "lefty" or "progressive")

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Luca @lucazanzi.bsky.social · 2d

As a Venezuelan, this is beautiful.

It has felt for years as though the world had forgotten my country and given up.

Maduro has outright stolen elections, and the world pretty much shrugged.

Maria Corina Machado has been the one constant fighter who has never given up in over 20 years.

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Luca @lucazanzi.bsky.social · 2d

HOLY FUCKING SHIT! NO ME LO PUEDO CREER!

www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

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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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 3d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Luca @lucazanzi.bsky.social · 2d

Bit messed up to be mentioning death without a trigger warning, huh?

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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 2d

That England has had its three worst harvests on record inside the past five years really should be being treated as a much bigger cause for concern than is currently the case. www.businessgreen.com/news/4520171...

'This is what farming with climate change looks like': England endures second worst harvest on record

New analysis confirms three of the five worst harvests on record have occurred in the past five years on the back of extreme heat, drought, and rainfall

www.businessgreen.com

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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 4d

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 4d

Calling English a 'rip-off degree' is one of the most blatant exhibitions of personal barbarism I've ever seen. You've demonstrated nothing but the poverty of your own mind.

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Luca @lucazanzi.bsky.social · 5d

New deterrence strategy should be:

"Stay in France; food sucks in Britain"

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Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 9d

People who get upset about the singular they don’t understand that that was the *compromise* option. Back in my day the most popular non-binary pronoun was ze/hir/hirs, which would have taken a lot more work to adjust to than a pronoun already used in situations where someone’s gender is unknown!

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 9d

On Yom Kippur many Jewish people in Britain have their phones off to mark the holy day.

As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time.

At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.

To everyone in Britain's Jewish Community: you are not alone.

We will not let hate or those who spread it win.

We stand with you.

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Luca @lucazanzi.bsky.social · 11d

Oh, juicy.

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Luca @lucazanzi.bsky.social · 11d

This is so unexpected and good that it feels impossible?

Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 11d

Some good news.

London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.

The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.

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Luca @lucazanzi.bsky.social · 15d

Errrrrrrr what? 👀

Luca @lucazanzi.bsky.social · 16d

(and I will not take comments like "but the UK can't run an IT project as well as Italy")

Luca @lucazanzi.bsky.social · 16d

.. I can see why a unified "digital ID" that ties them all together would be really useful.

I can also see why it could be abused and could be dangerous, but other countries seem to manage it without issue (Italy has SPID, for example)

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Luca @lucazanzi.bsky.social · 16d

re #DIGITALID

Currently in the UK I have:

Passport to enter/exit
Driver license for "everyday ID" (I don't drive)
NHS number for health
Government Gateway ID for tax
NI Number for pension

and not one of these things speaks to another to say "this is the same guy"

So yeah...

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 16d

There is a lot of "how dare they tell me to get an ID card" on this site from people who were lucky enough to never face daily struggles where for others proof of ID can become an existential question.

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Luca @lucazanzi.bsky.social · 16d

The UK manages to live in a weird space where your identity can either be proven by

either 3 pieces of mail and a debit card, none of which have a photo of you, plus the birth certificate of your entire family, or

"I assure you my name is John Smith and I am an upstanding citizen"

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divine beastmode @gunstreet.bsky.social · 16d

the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.

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Luca @lucazanzi.bsky.social · 16d

To me it was mind-blowing to find out that the Zach Cregger who directed this acclaimed "Weapons" film was one of The Whitest Kids U Know.

I haven't watched "Weapons" yet

I did watch "Barbarian" last night and - woaaaah - he's good.

Don't know how, but he got good at this directing thing.

Luca @lucazanzi.bsky.social · 17d

Not to kink shame, but all these c*nts are bottoms posing as doms.

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