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RichardJR @electricbluesfan.bsky.social · 7d

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😔 THE WEST IS LOST 😔

A new essay argues the West's foundational belief in perpetual progress is collapsing. It is being replaced by a pervasive, multi-faceted experience of loss that is reshaping our politics and our future.

By sociologist Andreas Reckwitz for the NYT
#Philosophy #Politics

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

Is it just me, or does it seem the press is actually and completely terrified to report about Donald Trump's physical and mental health the way it would have if anyone else were president?

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Deborah Leão 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸 @deborahleao.bsky.social · 1d

Hugo Motta destituiu o relator da reforma da Lei dos Planos de Saúde porque era muito "pró-consumidor", e trocou por um aliado seu. É essa reforma que pode melhorar a situação dos usuários, ou caminhar rumo ao sistema dos EUA:

www.jota.info/opiniao-e-an...

Câmara caminha para desmontar e desregular saúde suplementar no Brasil

Troca de relator evidencia manobra política para avançar projeto que reduz direitos dos consumidores e sobrecarrega o SUS

www.jota.info

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 1d

In this area of unsettled politics, I am continually shocked at who I find myself aligned with. But this Cato Institute take down of the authoritarian “compact” is good.

Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 1d

New from me at Cato: I go through the numerous and massive First Amendment and academic-freedom violations of Trump's proffered "compact" with universities and then talk about the mechanism by which it would be enforced, by way of what I describe as a "retroactive push-button guillotine."

Universities Must Defend Their Independence by Rejecting Trump's "Compact"

The Trump administration has proffered a “compact” to universities that would require them to surrender their independence and academic freedom. How many First Amendment violations can we identify in ...

www.cato.org

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 1d

This is a perilous moment for democracy in the United States, but I couldn’t be prouder of the Knight Institute’s work right now, and I don’t take for granted that we have the freedom and resources to do it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This free speech group at Columbia is taking on Trump when the university won’t – and winning

The Knight Institute is defending free speech at a school now synonymous with compromising on it

www.theguardian.com

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baresocial.bsky.social @baresocial.bsky.social · 2d

Depois dessa terá a manifestação dos vendedores de bebidas falsificadas que falsificam bebidas que já estavam falsificadas com etanol falsificado

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Ricardo Coimbra @coimbraricardo.bsky.social · 2d

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 2d

in fact it is more exciting

Is being a Guardian reporter as exciting as the movies make out?

Keira Knightley cuts a more glamorous figure than most Guardian staff in her new film The Woman in Cabin 10, while Tennant is a dead ringer for star reporter Nick Davies. But how convincing are they?

www.theguardian.com

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Caio Almendra @caioalmendra.bsky.social · 2d

Fun fact: Maria Colina Machado SUPPORTS Donald Trump sinking fishing boats off their coast.

John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 2d

I like how they gave the Nobel Prize to someone fighting for democracy in Venezuela, instead of someone sinking fishing boats off their coast.

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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 2d

All my comics have happy endings!

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela

Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.

www.theatlantic.com

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 2d

They didn’t just NOT give Trump the Nobel Peace Prize, they wrote a citation that reads like an anti-Trump rallying cry.

(He’s gonna extra-tariff Norway now, isn’t he?)

Reuters @reuters.com · 2d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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baresocial.bsky.social @baresocial.bsky.social · 2d

Lula não pode indicar uma mulher pois precisa reiterar os atuais mecanismos de poder

baresocial.bsky.social @baresocial.bsky.social · 2d

Não precisa ser juíza nem formada em Direito, basta ter notório saber do direito constitucional

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Deborah Leão 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸 @deborahleao.bsky.social · 2d

"Lula deveria indicar uma mulher negra" - identitário, tem que ter outros critérios

mas de alguma forma um sujeito ser um nome forte "porque é evangélico" não é identitário, não, imagina

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baresocial.bsky.social @baresocial.bsky.social · 2d

Jornalismo de assessoria de imprensa de “fontes no Congresso” (centrão)

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Alquimista Tamarindo @mulhertamarindo.bsky.social · 2d

Petistas se preparando pra passar semanas falando que não é a hora de indicar mulher pro stf

a group of people are sitting around a table with a red and white checkered table cloth .

Alt: Um grupo de pessoas levantando correndo da mesa

media.tenor.com

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 3d

If this stuff would end up on the news it would absolutely motivate voters. Plenty of people who don't give a shit about politics would absolutely give af about this.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 4d

Updated the Blackademics starter pack again (!) to include Vincent Brown, Imani Perry, the Harare Review of Books and others. Stay tuned for more developments coming soon....

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

Good lord.

@apnews.com

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 3d

Here’s an angle for a journalist looking for a fresh take on the White House “Antifa” roundtable — most of the people who participated are employed by or have a direct financial connection to Turning Point USA. I think that’s pretty telling, no?

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 3d

Incredibly alarming—after the whole ridiculous antifa roundtable at the White House, as Mark was moving with his family to Europe after threats…

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 3d

New — I was fortunate to speak in front of students and faculty at Grinnell College in Iowa tonight about the business of independent journalism, the current state of media under Trump 2.0, and billionaire control.

I published my full speech because I thought it might resonate beyond campus:

Truth, morality and independence in journalism under the second Trump regime

My full remarks to students and faculty at Grennell College.

www.thehandbasket.co

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baresocial.bsky.social @baresocial.bsky.social · 6d

Tudo depende do impacto e recursos disponíveis pra cada um, se a imagem for vista dezenas de milhares de vezes, pra uma finalidade social, e a pessoa não tinha como contratar, é diferente da pessoa que faz uma imagem pessoal pra 200 pessoas verem nos stories.

Mas não deixa de ser um mal exemplo

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Alquimista Tamarindo @mulhertamarindo.bsky.social · 7d

Infinitamente pior q discutir política ou religião, a normalização da dependência do alcool é o verdadeiro assunto tabu
Não adianta
Qualquer pessoa q questione que talvez as pessoas q não conseguem ficar sem beber por uns dias tenham um problema vai ser taxada de fiscal e moralista

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