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Daily Rotation @dailyrotation.bsky.social · 2h

The United Nations Human Rights Council found, many gay and lesbian Iranians who are not trans are “pressured into undergoing gender reassignment surgery without their free consent.”

GFarquart @gfarquart.bsky.social · 7h

Whoda thunk it?

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/w...

Iran Lures Transgender Foreigners for Surgery but Forces Operations on Locals

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Wincenty "Vince" Pawlowski @vpski.bsky.social · 7h

And China continues to build new solar megaprojects
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/b...

Why China Built 162 Square Miles of Solar Panels on the World’s Highest Plateau

www.nytimes.com

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Patrick McCann @pjmccann3.bsky.social · 9h

The stupid. It burns… like the climate.

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Trump administration cancels largest solar project in United States

The Bureau of Land Management has officially cancelled the Esmeralda 7 solar project, a Nevada-based project that would stand among the world’s largest solar power plants, large enough to power nearly...

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Ruth and Tilly @ruthparslow.bsky.social · 7h

The Saturday Paper’s editorial on that person whose name I have trouble reading
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/21790/...

The one-man super scheme

Of all the things Scott Morrison does not understand, and the list is long and often embarrassing, somewhat in the shape of his prime ministership, China would rate very close to the top.

www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au

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Craig Reynolds @craigreynolds.bsky.social · 7h

“The administration’s ‘perceptions are not reliable’ …In a blistering opinion, a federal judge accused the Trump administration of misrepresenting the facts… in Chicago in an attempt to legally justify the deployment of National Guard troops to the nation’s third largest city…”

Free link:

Blocking Chicago Guard Deployment, Judge Questions Government’s Veracity

www.nytimes.com

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christophergk.bsky.social @christophergk.bsky.social · 7h

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

CRIME is not the point! Nothing to do with it at all.

A Very, Very Expensive Way to Reduce Crime

The Trump administration’s National Guard deployments are highly inefficient.

www.theatlantic.com

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DEI or Bust @joebob7.bsky.social · 7h

Justice!

Free article, no paywall.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Librarian Fired in Books Dispute to Receive $700,000 Settlement

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Telibarb 🐾 @telibarb.bsky.social · 7h

“Why are we giving subsidies for people who are relatively well off? There is no need to mess about with heat pumps. There’s five million in food poverty & we give £1000s to people for something that’s not an essential. It’s a very middle class subsidy.”

www.thetimes.com/article/88b2...

Heat pump subsidies a ‘massive waste of money’, Labour donor warns

Ed Miliband’s proposals to give households with the green technology £150 off their energy bills are denounced by Dale Vince as ‘very middle class’

www.thetimes.com

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Chris The Boatman @romanyboatman.bsky.social · 7h

A #giftlink #giftarticle 🎁 Why the Green Cheese Turned White www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/s...

Why the Green Cheese Turned White

www.nytimes.com

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Ralf Ekrowski @ralfekrowski.bsky.social · 7h

Trump brokered peace in Gaza — and unleashed retribution at home.
You can make peace to end wars.
Or to consolidate power.
It’s too early to tell which one this is.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

The Trump Split Screen: A Peacemaker Abroad, a Retribution Campaign at Home

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Elisabeth Bik - Perpetrator 5, a fraudulent microbiologist @elisabethbik.bsky.social · 7h

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials
“Disease detectives,” high-ranking scientists, the entire Washington office and the staff of a weekly public health journal were among those who learned late Friday that they would lose their jobs.
#GiftLink

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

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Daily Rotation @dailyrotation.bsky.social · 2h

"The mass abduction of Ukrainian children has been one of the ghastlier aspects of the war, which has raged for more than three years. Ukraine has said it identified the names of thousands of children — more than 19,000 by one estimate — who were taken into Russia or Russian-controlled territory."

Pamela Cooper @pcoop1960.bsky.social · 6h

Melania Trump Says She Has Been Working With Putin to Reunite Missing Ukrainian Children www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u... Something positive 🙏

Melania Trump Says She Has Been Working With Putin to Reunite Missing Ukrainian Children

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Daily Rotation @dailyrotation.bsky.social · 2h

Not sure about this. Why'd he kidnap them to begin with?

Pamela Cooper @pcoop1960.bsky.social · 6h

Melania Trump Says She Has Been Working With Putin to Reunite Missing Ukrainian Children www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u... Something positive 🙏

Melania Trump Says She Has Been Working With Putin to Reunite Missing Ukrainian Children

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leahrutchick.bsky.social @leahrutchick.bsky.social · 6h

Pretty amazing story, and wonderful example of Van Gogh's early work (gift article, no paywall)

Stolen Van Gogh Painting Is Returned in Ikea Bag (Published 2023)

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Michelle Ye Hee Lee @myhlee.bsky.social · 6h

North Korea unveiled a new intercontinental ballistic missile and honored soldiers who fought in Russia at a huge military parade celebrating the 80th anniversary of the ruling party, an event that hosted top Chinese and Russian guests in a show of solidarity against the West.
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North Korea flaunts nuclear arsenal at military parade in challenge to West

Kim Jong Un showed off new weapons systems at a parade in Pyongyang, with Chinese and Russian guests of honor, in their latest display of solidarity.

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Opinion Today @opiniontoday.bsky.social · 6h

Democrats Think They’re Winning the Shutdown Fight: It's Republicans who are showing signs of strain, questioning their leaders’ tactics and, in one case, calling on them to essentially meet Democrats’ demands.
(@russellberman.bsky.social & @jonlemire.bsky.social)
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Why Democrats Think They’re Winning the Shutdown Fight

They’ve clearly succeeded in elevating the issue of health care.

www.theatlantic.com

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Tomek O. @smiergahttu.bsky.social · 6h

Not only red! Take a look at freshly updated color palette of the Corded Ware Culture, inc. possible sourcing and processing tools for jarosite from S Poland:
doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...

Share link (active till 30 Nov):
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#archaeology #pigment #neolithic #eneolithic

An aerial view of an archaeological excavation site showing human skeletal remains surrounded by artifacts and stones, with a close-up inset highlighting lithic artifacts and a lump of yellow pigment.

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The Mothership @mothership2024.bsky.social · 6h

Those who want to rule forever start by trying to silence the women. #resist

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/w...

As Democratic Institutions Erode, Women See a Loss of Rights

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Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 6h

Good morning and welcome to your FT Weekend highlights in threaded gift link form. Each is free x300 and then it's gone but if you miss out you can pop out and buy a paper! It lasts all week! Enjoy!

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JTMLX @jtmlx.bsky.social · 6h

#GIFT_COLUMN

THE CONSTITUTION DOES NOT BELONG TO CORRUPT PSYCHOPATH TRUMP OR TO THE SIX-REPUBLICAN MAJORITY ON THE SUPREME COURT

The majority have supported Psychopath Trump's lawless and authoritarian actions, often without ANY explanation

By Prof. Kate Andrias

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

Opinion | The Constitution Doesn’t Belong to Trump or the Supreme Court

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Ralf Ekrowski @ralfekrowski.bsky.social · 6h

The Gaza ceasefire was negotiated by envoys — not by Trump himself.
Yet his unpredictability gave the talks their edge.
The question is whether exhaustion and image politics can sustain peace — or if this is just a cinematic pause before the next act.
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...