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Natalka @natalkakyiv.bsky.social · 1d

The US might end up begging Ukraine to use Tomahawks. 😁

Ukrainian blogger and political consultant Taras Zahorodniy provides a great explanation of why.

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Biggerthanfrogs @biggerthanfrogs.bsky.social · 10h

'“Being kicked out of the club for raising concerns around gambling lobbyists buying access to the club shows the influence vested interests have here in parliament and just how normalised this has become,” Pocock said.'

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 10h

Former Wallabies star David Pocock booted from parliamentary sports club

Exclusive: Senator accused of bringing social club into disrepute after raising concerns about its association with betting lobby Independent ACT senator David Pocock – a former Wallabies captain – been banned from attending parliament house’s social sports club after raising concern about its sponsorship by the gambling industry. The former rugby star was on Thursday night told he was no longer welcome at Australian Parliament Sports Club events, and accused of politicising the organisation. He has been removed from group chats discussing its events. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15h

The Rutgers TPUSA chapter — whose characterization of a historian there as a “outspoken, well-known antifa member” led to death threats and moving his family to Europe — think *other* people are being “blatantly defamatory.”

Not them, though. They’re doing politics the right way.

Rutgers TPUSA officers slam petition to shut down chapter, ‘Blatantly defamatory’

Alexander Di Filippo accuses Turning Point USA of inciting violence against Antifa handbook author Mark Bray.

www.foxnews.com

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Biggerthanfrogs @biggerthanfrogs.bsky.social · 15h

'Court observer Jay Willis over at Balls and Strikes called Kavanaugh’s invented picture of policing “some of the stupidest shit I have ever encountered in the U.S.”'

Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 15h

As I wrote last week: “Brett Kavanaugh beclowned himself with a concurring opinion that laid out how he imagined friendly consensual encounters with immigration officers went on America’s streets.”
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/welcome-to...

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CollinCountyDems @collincountydems.bsky.social · 16h

This is terrifying!

ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)

This is Trump’s America.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 1d

Please enjoy this executive at one of America's biggest gas companies openly admitting that expanding supply leads to increased demand for fossil fuels

He is not wrong: frantic expansion of fossil fuel supply worsens climate change. Tax it, cut subsidies, wind it down

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Will Jordan, chief legal and policy officer at EQT, a leading US gas producer, also thought that any glut would be temporary, and said US demand was also rising on the boom in power-hungry artificial intelligence data centres.

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BP’s new chair signals more asset sales and demands faster restructuring

“Supply leads demand — you put the supply on the market and demand gets created.,” he said. “Over the long term we’re very bullish.”

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Brian Manning📎 @boxdonkey17.bsky.social · May 15

Thank you to @slarrry.bsky.social for this tip. Using the Waze app to report Icy situations. She’s a great resister very active on TikTok always has great content. Give her a follow on both platforms.

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Antipoverty Centre @antipovertycentre.org · 1d

Our questions for ABC 730 following the airing of this
shoddy story:

1) Who told you this report was commissioned in response to robodebt?

2) Are you aware that DEWR was forced to respond to revelations of unlawful decisions discovered by a welfare rights activist through FOI?

3) What gave you the impression this report about "policy", when it is explicitly a review into whether or not DEWR has operated the welfare punishment system unlawfully, and how doing so led them to unlawfully cut people off Centrelink payments, which the report confirms?

4) Did you actually even read the report you just covered on the public broadcaster’s flagship news program?

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

I’m starting to think they might not have been serious about wanting to stop fentanyl smuggling and child sex trafficking

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 3d

“A federal team in El Paso that once pursued child traffickers has been disbanded.

“A task force in Kansas focused on stemming fentanyl has been redirected.

“Highway checkpoints near the border—on roads identified as major drug-trafficking routes—have gone unstaffed”

🎁
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Trump’s Immigration Push Diverts U.S. Agents From Drug, Money and Sex-Crime Cases

Federal investigators are resigning, and morale is low, as they juggle complex cases and detain migrants.

www.wsj.com

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Antipoverty Centre @antipovertycentre.org · 1d

A small sample of what is in the report: bsky.app/profile/penn...

Penny Allman-Payne @pennyallmanpayne.com · 1d

DEWR sought an assurance report on the Targeted Compliance Framework. They got it. It told them clearly that the TCF could NOT be assured. And yet the government continues to administer this unlawful system so it can suspend income support payments for bullshit reasons.

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Andrew Gardiner @ajgardineresq.bsky.social · 23h

Today's dog whistling (top) from Sussan Ley was a mite more nuanced than her infamous 2024 effort (bottom ⤵️).
I'll give her that much ...
#auspol

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Biggerthanfrogs @biggerthanfrogs.bsky.social · 22h

"[B]oth organizations are committed to transparency, but no longer feel the need for ECFA oversight. Graham also mentioned a desire to avoid “any unnecessary burdens” that come with membership in accountability groups."

Faith on View @faithonview.com · 23h

The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) and Samaritan’s Purse have formally withdrawn from the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA). The decision was announced in a letter dated July 2, 2025, from Franklin Graham, who leads both organizations.
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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 1d

Weird how that didn’t make the cut.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Seattle Indivisible @seattleindivisible.bsky.social · 1d

Antifa!

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Biggerthanfrogs @biggerthanfrogs.bsky.social · 22h

“My role in this is as a professor,” Dr. Bray, an assistant teaching professor at Rutgers, said in an interview on Wednesday, hours before his planned departure. “I’ve never been part of an antifa group, and I’m not currently."

Sarah Szalavitz💡 @dearsarah.bsky.social · 1d

Rutgers Professor @mark-bray.bsky.social, who studies & writes about Antifascism,Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

By the time he & his family reached the gate, their tickets were cancelled.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n... flagrantly & appallingly lawless. Hope he & his family are ok.

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

www.nytimes.com

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 23h

So yesterday a reporter asked Donald Trump about the writ of habeas corpus, and he had no idea what it was.

"I don't know," he said. "I'd rather leave that to Kristi."

Well, It turns out Sen. Hassan asked Kristi Noem about it in May, and this was Noem's response:

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · May 20

HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?

NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country

HASSAN: That's incorrect

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The Register @theregister.com · 23h

Hundreds of millions of business PCs are still on Windows 10 as D-Day nears

It's the end of support as we know it and users feel fine With days to go before Microsoft finally pulls the plug on Windows 10 support, there are hundreds of millions of computers that have yet to upgrade to Windows 11, despite the best efforts of hardware manufacturers and the operating system's marketers.…

dlvr.it

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Biggerthanfrogs @biggerthanfrogs.bsky.social · 23h

"Digital social policy, which understands and supports what it means to be human in an increasingly digital world, is the missing piece in the cross-government commitment to renewal for the UK."

Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 23h

Anyway, it just so happens I wrote something about the need for digital social policy the other day www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and... better support for parents and children feels like a great place to start

The digital disconnect: taking digital social policy seriously - Power to Change

In our next essay, Rachel Coldicutt explores the urgent need for a community-centred approach to technology policy in the UK. From WhatsApp-powered communit ...

www.powertochange.org.uk

Biggerthanfrogs @biggerthanfrogs.bsky.social · 23h

This government really has the human touch don't they? I imagine they'll have plans to eventually replace the "employment advisor" with AI too. You could get people back to work/off benifits without any tricky human interaction. They could be devaluing everyone much more efficiently. 😩

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Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 @emmalbriant.bsky.social · 1d

This is awful. Most importantly health care is meant to be independent - to be trusted - it's going to make people feel more paranoid about going to seek help and talking freely with their doctors and medical professionals about their circumstances.

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Specialist employment advisers will be based in GP surgeries and mental health services as part of government plans to get people back to work.

Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden speaks to #BBCBreakfast about the government’s plan to tackle long-term sickness

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Biggerthanfrogs @biggerthanfrogs.bsky.social · 23h

"Getting a COVID booster could save your life, even if you’ve had multiple prior infections and vaccinations."

Soren Larsen (SEGL) @sorenlarsen.bsky.social · 1d

Annual COVID Vaccines Protect People against Severe Disease, Even with Prior Immunity

"The new research also “calls into question the idea that younger individuals and those without risk factors don’t need the vaccine,” Viswanathan says."

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Biggerthanfrogs @biggerthanfrogs.bsky.social · 23h

"In this collaborative study, the finding of specific DNA changes causing this rare type of diabetes in 6 children, led us to clarifying the function of a little-known gene, TMEM167A, showing how it plays a key role in insulin secretion."

Kgusler @kgusler.bsky.social · 23h

New type of diabetes discovered in babies

Advanced DNA sequencing technologies and a new model of stem cell research have enabled an international team to discover a new type of diabetes in babies.

medicalxpress.com

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Biggerthanfrogs @biggerthanfrogs.bsky.social · 23h

"The Prime Minister has described AI as the “defining opportunity” of the age. With economic growth at a standstill, Labour has rested its hopes of becoming an “AI superpower” in Palantir’s hands."

Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · Apr 17

Here's Palantir's Louis Mosley, grandson of Britain's most famous fascist leader, talking about the importance of AI, if you aren't convinced yet that this is one big co-ordinated push towards the destruction of everything good in life.

www.politicshome.com/news/article...

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 23h

Apart from helping Comey's selective prosecution defense, this also means the president of the United States uses direct messages on Truth Social to communicate with cabinet officials.

I didn't know that, but we can be sure intelligence agencies all over the planet already did.

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