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Display name redacted @mynameredacted.bsky.social · 7d

Russia states their clandestine plans in public again.

MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 7d

🤡 State Duma Deputy Andrei Lugovoy (and Alexander Litvinenko's poisoner) calls for:

▪️Infiltrating their people into US domestic affairs;
▪️Buying politicians;
▪️Setting Americans against each other, playing on contradictions;
▪️Bringing them to a shutdown not only in the economy but also in politics;

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h

CARTOON OF THE DAY

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Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 2h

Unbearably violent images from Downtown Chicago where a classical music concert was played on the Chicago River. This is too elegant and magical to be seen.

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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 1h

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Netanyahu: ‘These So-Called Genocide Experts Have Probably Never Committed A Genocide In Their Lives’

JERUSALEM—In response to an independent United Nations inquiry concluding that Israel is committing an ongoing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a defiant...

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1h

They're talking about killing leftist activists. They're talking about murdering people organizing in defense of immigrant communities, doing mutual aid work, and protesting their violence. They are talking about murdering people like me and my friends. We must do more than acknowledge it's fascism.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 2d

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Display name redacted @mynameredacted.bsky.social · 19m

Rebellion is in our blood

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ALT: a poster that says let 's go on it

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Jessica Berlin @berlinbridge.bsky.social · 1h

I remember sitting in a room listening to Scholz advisor Wolfgang Schmidt blather that Germany couldn’t possibly send Ukraine tanks because there’d be German iron crosses painted on them and then Russia would say Germany was at war with Russia.
We’ve come a long way.
We can and must go further. 🇺🇦🇩🇪💪

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 1h

🇺🇸🇺🇦🚀 President Trump spoke Saturday with President Zelensky and they discussed the possibility of Ukraine obtaining Tomahawk long-range missiles, - Axios

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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 1h

Netanyahu learned that everyone who sucks up to or relies on Trump gets screwed. In this case, it led to a good result on the ground (albeit likely short lived).

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...

Opinion | A One-Side Peace Plan Still Gives Palestinians Hope

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Militarnyi @militarnyi.com · 45m

🇩🇪🇮🇹Rheinmetall has expanded its production facility for the assembly, testing and production of warheads for HERO loitering munitions at RWM Italia plants in Musei and Domusnovas (Sardegna).

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Rheinmetall Opens New Facilities for Assembling HERO Loitering Munitions - Militarnyi

Rheinmetall has expanded its production facility for the assembly, testing and production of warheads for HERO loitering munitions at RWM Italia plants.

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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 44m

Dear God, can we please stop using the term “conservative” for something that is not.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 3h

The administration “is currently pressuring OpenAI and other AI companies to make their models more conservative-friendly.”

OpenAI is trying to clamp down on ‘bias’ in ChatGPT

GPT-5 is better at resisting liberal ‘pressure,’ the company says.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 42m

The Pentagon has to provide The New York Times information about Elon Musk’s security clearances, a federal judge ruled Wednesday—and the billionaire’s own posting habits helped decide the case. trib.al/f74QkIn

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 41m

🇬🇧🇺🇦 UK to help Ukraine develop and produce glide bombs, — British Defence Secretary.

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Iraq War Vet @corgwynmom.bsky.social · 40m

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NEWS: Donald Trump Conducts Massive Purge of Critical Employees at CDC Despite Measles Outbreaks

Trump conducts mass firings at CDC despite measles outbreaks, mass shooting in Mississippi leaves four dead, Military members forced to go to food banks and will miss a paycheck, and more

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1h

Me to @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the Comey and James and (probably imminent) Bolton prosecutions

"It doesn’t matter what your politics are. If you say he’s stupid, which he is, if you say he is wrong, which he is, if you say he’s a criminal or sleezy, which he is ... then you’re his enemy.”

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 36m

They keep arresting people for giving them dirty looks, make up accusations that they did something violent, then are forced to release them when the video footage comes out - if they weren’t shot in the meantime.

Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 16h

WGN, this woman’s employer, is now reporting she was not charged with any crimes and was released.

DHS said earlier she was arrested for assault for throwing objects at agents.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 1d

“The transformation is astonishing. [Paris] has quietly—& quickly—become one of the most bike-friendly cities in the world. What started as a series of emergency “coronapistes” or pop-up bike lanes, built during the pandemic has evolved into a permanent bike network spanning hundreds of kilometres.”

New Study Shows How Paris Pedaled Its Way to a Cycling Revolution

Cycling through central Paris meant weaving between buses and scooters—a bold choice reserved for the fearless few.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1h

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Christine @buddhaclauser.bsky.social · 11h

THE CEO OF THE PRIVATE prison group working for ICE- GEO -CEO J. David Donahue - is very excited for all the money he will be making under Donald Trumps new immigrant detention plans - he said in May of this year!

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Private Prison Company GEO Group “Excited” About Mass Deportation

Exposing the harms of the criminal legal system and elevating solutions that keep all people safe.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 14h

I want them all prosecuted. Every last one of them.

Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 15h

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 1h

We just hit 100 signatures, count yourself among the number and tell Texas to say “no deal” to Trump’s compact

bit.ly/nodealtexas

A picture of a longhorn outline with “No Deal, TX” written above it in burnt orange

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · 7h

“I don’t think the reality of what drones mean on the battlefield has really sunk in for the U.S. Army,” said Lt. Gen. Barno, a former commander in Afghanistan. “We certainly haven’t encountered the psychological impact of having a machine looking at you all the time that’s devoted to killing you”

The Army’s Race to Catch Up in a World of Deadly Drones

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 4h

Ukrainian drones have hit the Bashneft oil refinery complex in Bashkortostan, a whopping 1,400 km from the frontline.

#explodey

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@Peg33 @peg33.bsky.social · 1d

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Inside Ukraine 🇺🇦 @insideukraine.bsky.social · 18h

🤣 👀❗️Russians are blocked from traveling abroad due to the widespread rollout of electronic summonses.

Residents of Moscow and other regions have begun receiving electronic summonses. Travel restrictions apply until they appear at the military registration and enlistment office.

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