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Trump urged Zelenskyy to make concessions to Russia in tense meeting
Trump urged Zelenskyy to make concessions to Russia in tense meeting
Trump also mused about giving security guarantees to both Kyiv and Moscow, comments that the Ukrainian delegation found confusing, sources said.
www.japantimes.co.jp
Government investigators are gathering data to confirm what exactly cracked the windshield of a 737 Max aircraft at above 30,000 feet. www.wired.com/story/myster...
Mystery Object From ‘Space’ Strikes United Airlines Flight Over Utah
Government investigators are gathering data to confirm what exactly cracked the windshield of a 737 Max aircraft at above 30,000 feet.
www.wired.com
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I never wash our bread knife – and I won’t let the internet shame me into changing my ways | Emma Beddington
I never wash our bread knife – and I won’t let the internet shame me into changing my ways | Emma Beddington
Apparently the mostly British habit of not cleaning your bread knife after use is ‘gross’ and unhygienic. If that’s true, then call me disgusting, writes Emma Beddington
www.theguardian.com
This is the end goal of all my BookPosting, if by writing goodreads reviews or posting bookhauls I get one more person to read a good history book it's all worth it
Thanks for the recommendation, reading right now.
The Department of Homeland Security just spent over $170M in taxpayer funds to buy Kristi Noem two luxury Gulfstream jets.
Meanwhile, Trump's shutdown is threatening the paychecks and SNAP benefits of millions of Americans.
"New Golden Age" for who?
Meanwhile, Trump's shutdown is threatening the paychecks and SNAP benefits of millions of Americans.
"New Golden Age" for who?
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Why EVs lose value faster than gas cars and why that could be changing
Why EVs lose value faster than gas cars and why that could be changing
EV’s are cheaper to operate than a gas car, but they lose value fast, which adds costs. Here's why, and why it might change.
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“Professing love for Hitler is more than anti-Semitic—it’s antihuman,” George Packer argues. The Young Republicans’ texts “degrade all of us”:
The Depth of MAGA’s Moral Collapse
How we got to “I love Hitler.”
bit.ly
Witkoff is an embarrassment to our nation and humanity
🥴🤡Trump envoy Witkoff pressed the Ukrainian delegation on handing over Donetsk region to Russia during a meeting on Friday, - WP.
He used the Kremlin's key argument that the region is predominantly Russian-speaking.
He used the Kremlin's key argument that the region is predominantly Russian-speaking.
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Tariffs have rapidly increased the price of coffee—a drink with almost no nutritional value and lots of functional substitutes. Yet coffee may also be the one thing Americans can’t live without, @elcush.bsky.social writes: https://theatln.tc/8Yv660RN
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Batteries account for about one-third of the price of an EV and largely determine its driving range and durability, fueling fierce competition for innovation.
EV battery race heats up among Japanese automakers
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This story is extraordinary even by 2025 standards. Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, made a deal with Bukele and agreed to renege on informant agreements in a years-long DOJ investigation into MS-13, totally undercutting credibility of such agreements.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal
To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.
www.washingtonpost.com
People who attended the "No Kings" protests against Donald Trump may be targeted for government surveillance, civil libertarians said.
As 'No Kings' protests decry Trump, surveillance worries emerge
The Trump administration has declined to share details about how officials typically monitor demonstrators.
www.japantimes.co.jp
Creaking walls. Broken elevators. Missing chunks of concrete. One of the most expensive condo towers in the world has new problems, and many could be connected to its cracking white facade. An investigation w/ @dionnesearcey.bsky.social + Urvashi Uberoy
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/n...
A Tower on Billionaires’ Row Is Full of Cracks. Who’s to Blame?
www.nytimes.com
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Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’
Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...
www.volkskrant.nl
Vice President JD Vance used a speech at a military base in California on Saturday to attack Democrats over the government shutdown, as people in cities across the U.S. gathered to protest the Trump administration.
Vance Flexes Marines’ Might as Mass Protests Against Trump’s Agenda Take Place
Vice President JD Vance’s trip to a military base in California illustrated rising tensions between the federal government and Democratic leaders.
nyti.ms
Children are dying because Trump gutted USAID and cut lifesaving foreign aid — even though it took up less than 1% of the U.S. budget.
Meanwhile, he's preparing to dole out $40 billion to prop up Argentina's failing economy, all to help out his authoritarian pal.
Priorities.
Meanwhile, he's preparing to dole out $40 billion to prop up Argentina's failing economy, all to help out his authoritarian pal.
Priorities.
