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Michael Rass @mikerass.bsky.social · 7h

Diane Keaton, Oscar-winning star of ‘Annie Hall’ and ‘The Godfather,’ dies at 79

Reports: Diane Keaton, Oscar-winning star of ‘Annie Hall’ and ‘The Godfather,’ dies at 79

Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning star known for films like “Annie Hall” and “The Godfather,” has died at 79.

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Michael Rass @mikerass.bsky.social · 12h

“The perpetual fear that undocumented immigrants have dealt with their entire lives is now spread across the whole immigration system”: The impact of the Trump regime’s hunting down LEGAL immigrants and refugees www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The quiet toll of Trump’s legal immigration crackdown: ‘I’m trying to stay afloat’

Immigration lawyer Kim Xavier says stricter enforcement and delays are leaving even legal immigrants in limbo and fear

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Michael Rass @mikerass.bsky.social · 14h

Climate crisis: the number of wild bee species at risk of extinction in Europe has doubled in ten years www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Number of wild bee species at risk of extinction in Europe doubles in 10 years

Number of endangered butterfly species also surging amid habitat destruction and global heating, finds study

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Michael Rass @mikerass.bsky.social · 16h

US citizen Frank Miranda was mistreated and detained by Trumpist immigrant hunters for hours in Portland, OR before his eventual release, his lawyer says

US citizen detained and held at ICE building in Portland for hours before release, lawyer says

A lawyer in Portland, Oregon, says he is representing a U.S. citizen who was detained and held at the city's U.S.

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Michael Rass @mikerass.bsky.social · 18h

Good start for the Trump “peace” deal: Netanyahu rejects releasing Marwan Barghouti, the most popular Palestinian leader

Israel rejects freeing from prison the most popular Palestinian leader

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Michael Rass @mikerass.bsky.social · 1d

Encore une fois: French President Macron asked just resigned Sebastian Lecornu to try once again to form a government

France's Macron asks newly resigned Sebastian Lecornu to try again to form a government

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday reappointed Sebastien Lecornu as prime minister, just days after his resignation, to try again to form a government in a bid to end the country’s political…

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Michael Rass @mikerass.bsky.social · 1d

Wall Street drops to its worst day since April after felon Trump threatened more crazy tariffs

Wall Street drops to its worst day since April after Trump's threats of tariffs shatter its calm

A monthslong calm on Wall Street shattered, and U.S. stocks tumbled after President Donald Trump threatened to crank tariffs higher on China.

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Michael Rass @mikerass.bsky.social · 1d

Mens et manus: MIT becomes first school to reject the humiliating "compact" with the Trump regime www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/10/b...

MIT becomes first school to reject proposed ‘compact’ with Trump administration - The Boston Globe

MIT president Sally Kornbluth said the university’s practices already “meet or exceed” the federal government’s list of demands.

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Michael Rass @mikerass.bsky.social · 1d

Climate crisis: Tropical Storm Priscilla to drench Southwest US, raising deadly flash flood risk

What to know: Tropical Storm Priscilla to drench Southwest US, raising deadly flash flood risk

Flash flooding is a growing risk in the southwestern U.S. through this weekend. The reason is a tropical storm headed inland from the Pacific Ocean.

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Michael Rass @mikerass.bsky.social · 1d

Tech billionaires seem to be preparing for the climate breakdown and societal collapse. We should be worried, too, but hey, don't look up! www.bbc.com/news/article...

Tech billionaires seem to be doom prepping. Should we be worried?

The debate is ramping up about what happens if - or when - computer intelligence overtakes humans

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

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Michael Rass @mikerass.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump regime has begun its threatened massive purge of federal workers to consolidate its power grab
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Firings of federal workers begin as White House seeks to pressure Democrats in government shutdown

The White House budget office says that mass firings of federal workers have started in an attempt to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers as the government shutdown continues.

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Michael Rass @mikerass.bsky.social · 1d

Trumpist immigrant and refugee hunters are using military hardware and tactics on civilians www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US immigration enforcement using military hardware and tactics on civilians

Agencies like Ice are way ahead of Donald Trump, who wants the military to treat cities like ‘training grounds’

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Michael Rass @mikerass.bsky.social · 1d

Climate refugees: A humanitarian visa should be created to allow people across the Pacific threatened by the climate crisis to migrate more easily, particularly to New Zealand, experts say www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘Humanitarian’ visa must be created for Pacific Islanders displaced by climate crisis, experts say

Calls for reform to allow people across the Pacific threatened by climate crisis to more easily migrate, particularly to New Zealand

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Michael Rass @mikerass.bsky.social · 1d

Gen Z faces “job-pocalypse” as global firms prioritize AI over new hires www.theguardian.com/money/2025/o...

Gen Z faces ‘job-pocalypse’ as global firms prioritise AI over new hires, report says

British Standards Institution study across seven countries found quarter of bosses believe entry-level tasks could be automated to reduce costs

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Michael Rass @mikerass.bsky.social · 1d

The US Senate has unanimously endorsed a repeal of the 2002 Iraq resolution which enabled President George W. Bush’s illegal invasion of the country in March 2003