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Danyel Smith @danyelsmith.bsky.social · 2h

Heartbreaking: Neo-soul legends Angie Stone and D’Angelo both passed away in 2025, just 7 months apart. Stone died in March at 63. D’Angelo died today at 51. They shared a son together. An entire generation’s soundtrack, gone. Rest in power to both 🕊️💔

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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 2h

R.I.P. ICON D’Angelo 🙏🏾🕊️

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New York Magazine @nymag.com · 58m

Iconic R&B and neo-soul artist D’Angelo has died of pancreatic cancer at age 51, his family said Tuesday.

D’Angelo Has Reportedly Died at 51

Iconic R&B and neo-soul artist D’Angelo has died of pancreatic cancer at age 51, his family said Tuesday.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 56m

Can fictitious fears soothe our real ones?

Mourning Through Horror Movies

For almost as long as I can remember, I’ve found that fictitious fears can help to soothe the real ones.

www.newyorker.com

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Queerazon.com @queerazon.bsky.social · 12h

On this day in queer history: Oct 14, 1977

During a live TV appearance in Iowa, anti-gay activist Anita Bryant was hit with a pie in protest of her “Save Our Children” campaign. A sweet moment of queer resistance.

#QueerHistory #LGBTQHistory #QueerResistance #AnitaBryant

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Evan Romero @pilgerschloss.bsky.social · 5h

The Alliance for Audited Media reports that The Washington Post’s average paid daily circulation has dropped below 100,000 for the first time in 55 years. 97,000 is what you’d expect to see from a mid-size regional paper and not from a globally recognized newsroom. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

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Jennie Coughlin @jenniecoughlin.bsky.social · 6h

His father’s reply changed his perspective. “I was an Indian in Uganda. I was a Muslim in India. And I was all of these things in New York City,” Mahmood Mamdani explained to his son. And “to be a minority is also to see the truth of the place amidst the promise of it.”

Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani

www.nytimes.com

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 5h

Human rights advocates and healthcare workers are still calling for the release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Gaza's Kamal Adwan Hospital, who has been detained under harsh conditions by Israel for nearly a year.

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Wie Rechte reden @wierechtereden.bsky.social · 10h

Wie der Mord an Charlie Kirk missbraucht wird: "Die Stilisierung zum Märtyrer dient als theologische Legitimation für autoritäre Vergeltungsfantasien, die sich gegen die politische Opposition richten – gegen alle, die nicht Teil von Maga sind." So werde aus einem politischen Kampf ein heiliger.

Annika Brockschmidt @ardenthistorian.bsky.social · 10h

Ich habe für @republik.ch über Kirk geschrieben, die posthume Verzerrung seines politischen Projekts und seine entstehende Hagiographie. Mit Einordnungen von @bildoperationen.bsky.social zur Bildsprache von KI-produziertem Märtyrer-Content, @antheabutler.bsky.social und @bradleyonishi.bsky.social.

Charlie Kirk: Der «Märtyrer», der die Rache befeuert

In den USA wird der christliche Nationalismus zu einem Kampfmittel gegen die Opposition.

www.republik.ch

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Le Monde @lemonde.fr · 10h

Au Burkina Faso, deux journalistes et trois magistrats « enlevés » ou « portés disparus »

La junte du capitaine Ibrahim Traoré est régulièrement accusée de réprimer des personnalités considérées comme hostiles, certaines étant mobilisées de force pour combattre les djihadistes.

www.lemonde.fr

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tante @tante.cc · 10h

Polizisten dreschen mal wieder auf Abgeordnete der Linkspartei ein. Um als Parlamentarier sicher vor der Polizei zu sein, muss man wohl bei der AfD mitlaufen...

Parlamentarische Demo-Beobachtung: Polizisten schlagen Linken-Politiker*innen

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queer.de @queerde.bsky.social · 10h

Mit seiner meisterlichen Neuinterpretation von Albert Camus' gleichnamigen Literaturklassiker gelingt dem queeren Filmemacher François Ozon ein virtuoses Werk von zeitloser Relevanz

Trailer-Premiere: "Der Fremde" von François Ozon

Mit seiner meisterlichen Neuinterpretation von Albert Camus' gleichnamigen Literaturklassiker gelingt dem queeren Filmemacher François Ozon ein virtuoses Werk von zeitloser Relevanz. (14.10.2025, Video des Tages)

www.queer.de

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Evan Romero @pilgerschloss.bsky.social · 8h

Stimmt, das hattest du schon erwähnt.

Evan Romero @pilgerschloss.bsky.social · 9h

Bist du überhaupt bei den Filmtagen?

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Evan Romero @pilgerschloss.bsky.social · 9h

eine Ehre 🙌🏽

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The New Statesman @handle.invalid · 10h

The director of the Committee to Protect Journalists on Israel, censorship and how the UK needs to defend press freedom

Jodie Ginsberg on journalism after Gaza

Jodie Ginsberg on journalism after Gaza

The director of the Committee to Protect Journalists on Israel, censorship and how the UK needs to defend press freedom

www.newstatesman.com

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Evan Romero @pilgerschloss.bsky.social · 9h

«Muchos prisioneros, en particular los de la Franja de Gaza, presentaban claros signos de tortura física y psicológica, y se documentaron casos de abuso hasta los últimos momentos de su liberación», denunció este lunes la Comisión de Asuntos de los Detenidos y Exdetenidos y el Club de Prisioneros.

EFE Noticias @efe.com · 10h

Pálidos y delgados, los detenidos de Gaza vuelven a su hogar gracias al canje de rehenes.

Por Ahmad Awad

efe.com/mundo/2025-1...

Pálidos y delgados, los detenidos de Gaza vuelven a su hogar gracias al canje de rehenes - EFE

Cuando los primeros autobuses de la Cruz Roja se abren paso lentamente entre la multitud a las puertas del Hospital Nasser de Jan Yunis, en el sur de Gaza, esta se abalanza sobre ellos.

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Evan Romero @pilgerschloss.bsky.social · 9h

“La inmensa mayoría (1.718, según las asociaciones de prisioneros) son, sin embargo, personas a las que Israel detuvo durante su operación militar en Gaza bajo el sistema de «detención administrativa»: sin presentar cargos, sin juicio y por periodos prorrogables de manera indefinida.”

EFE Noticias @efe.com · 10h

Pálidos y delgados, los detenidos de Gaza vuelven a su hogar gracias al canje de rehenes.

Por Ahmad Awad

efe.com/mundo/2025-1...

Pálidos y delgados, los detenidos de Gaza vuelven a su hogar gracias al canje de rehenes - EFE

Cuando los primeros autobuses de la Cruz Roja se abren paso lentamente entre la multitud a las puertas del Hospital Nasser de Jan Yunis, en el sur de Gaza, esta se abalanza sobre ellos.

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 10h

‘Why did the belief in British exceptionalism persist? Some of it could be put down to delusions of grandeur. There was a feeling that Europe needed us more than we needed them.’

David Runciman on the road to Brexit: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

David Runciman · Down the Rabbit Hole: Britain’s Europe Problem

From Macmillan to Wilson to Heath to Thatcher to Major to Blair to Cameron, a succession of prime ministers persuaded...

www.lrb.co.uk

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Evan Romero @pilgerschloss.bsky.social · 9h

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NPR @npr.org · 9h

Filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan and novelist Nicholas Sparks describe their collaboration to simultaneously craft the new novel and upcoming film Remain as a unique one that's unlikely to be replicated. n.pr/3L7mE9M

M. Night Shyamalan and Nicholas Sparks join forces on 'Remain' novel and film

Filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan and novelist Nicholas Sparks describe their collaboration to simultaneously craft the new novel and upcoming film Remain as a unique one that's unlikely to be replicated.

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New York Magazine @nymag.com · 9h

The Trump administration has sent thousands of people to places other than their countries of origin — also known as third countries. The first group deported under this policy was a group of 300 asylum seekers left stranded in Panama.

What Happened to The Migrants The U.S. Dumped In Panama?

The Trump administration has sent thousands of people to places other than their countries of origin — also known as third countries. The first group deported under this policy was a group of 300 asylum seekers left stranded in Panama.

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New York Magazine @nymag.com · 9h

Since his 2010 imprisonment, the director has been in an endless game of chicken with the Iranian regime. In his defiant new film, ‘It Was Just an Accident,’ a group of Iranians consider killing the man who tortured them in prison.

Jafar Panahi’s Cinematic Rebellions

Since his 2010 imprisonment, the director has been in an endless game of chicken with the Iranian regime. In his defiant new film, ‘It Was Just an Accident,’ a group of Iranians consider killing the man who tortured them in prison.

www.vulture.com

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Evan Romero @pilgerschloss.bsky.social · 18h

seemingly everywhere, commentators’ insistence on “fighting, but peacefully” for what will eventually become a struggle for survival, baffles me…

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