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ishmael @ishmael.bsky.social · 14h

Leaked U.S. docs show that Arab states have been quietly expanding security cooperation with Israel during its war on Gaza.

The effort includes Israel, Qatar, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. (Kuwait and Oman also participated.)

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

U.S. files reveal Israeli-Arab military cooperation, even as Gaza war raged

Documents from U.S. Central Command show a series of meetings over the past three years between Israeli and Arab military officials to coordinate on regional threats.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

Update: Bari Weiss’s first pitch at CBS — a roundtable with Antony Blinken, Mike Pompeo, and Hillary Clinton that ended up being a virtual interview with Clinton & Condoleezza Rice — has about 150 viewers on YouTube.

Added with the 24/7 CBS stream, it’s just over 1200 viewers.

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ishmael @ishmael.bsky.social · 1d

I love reading the news

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Man convicted of 38 paedophile offences revealed as police informer who spied on UK activists

Trial of Nick Gratwick, 68, who schemed to rape children as young as six, exposes previous role among green protesters A man who schemed to rape children as young as six was revealed at his trial to have been a police informer who spied on environmental activists. Nick Gratwick, 68, was found guilty on Friday of 38 “abhorrent” paedophile offences, including plans over the last two years to pay to rape or sexually assault children in the UK and abroad. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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ishmael @ishmael.bsky.social · 1d

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize

Leader of country’s opposition receives award after intense public and private campaign by Donald Trump

www.theguardian.com

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ishmael @ishmael.bsky.social · 2d

Whatever the motivation, the Biden people spent 1.5 years claiming they had no meaningful influence over Israel when it was always clear things would end when the U.S. called time.

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ishmael @ishmael.bsky.social · 2d

Wow, so it turns out the U.S. has enormous leverage over Israel and can get its way if a president applies some pressure. We were reliably told by Biden administration officials that such a thing was simply impossible!

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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ishmael @ishmael.bsky.social · 4d

Lmao the crazy gotcha question is basically "how will you convince people to vote for you?"

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 4d

Someone who used to work with Katie Porter sent me this clip from a train wreck interview with her and said “now imagine what she’s like when there aren’t cameras around.”

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ishmael @ishmael.bsky.social · 5d

new levels of work-life balance unlocked

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ishmael @ishmael.bsky.social · 6d

obscene to say anything other than baseball

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 6d

The sport that is 'America's sport,' according to US adults:
Football 53%
Baseball 27%
Basketball 8%
Soccer 3%
Auto racing 3%
Hockey 1%
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/02/05/by-a-wide-margin-americans-say-football-not-baseball-is-americas-sport/

Chart showing more than half of Americans (53%) say America’s sport is football – about twice the share who say it’s baseball (27%). Much smaller shares choose one of the other four sports we asked about: basketball (8%), soccer (3%), auto racing (3%) or hockey (1%). We also included the option for Americans to write in another sport. The most common answers volunteered were golf, boxing, rodeo and ice skating.

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Jens von Bergmann @jensvb.bsky.social · 9d

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Encyclopaedia Britannica @britannica.com · 11d

(solemnly) You've had mail.

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ishmael @ishmael.bsky.social · 12d

balcony solar is one of the coolest things I've heard about in a while and I'm glad more places are getting on board

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 12d

Good news! Small solar-panel kits that can be assembled as easily as an Ikea bookcase and plugged into a regular residential outlet could be coming soon to New Hampshire and Vermont.

From our friends at @canarymedia.com:

New Hampshire and Vermont could be next to introduce "balcony solar"

Cheap, plug-in systems that reduce people's bills without red tape are piquing bipartisan interest.

www.motherjones.com

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ishmael @ishmael.bsky.social · 12d

Ezra Klein getting pretty much universally criticized in the YouTube comments of his discussion with Ta-Nehisi Coates.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uaeo...

screenshot of several YouTube comments on the video "Ta-Nehisi Coates and Ezra Klein Hash Out Their Charlie Kirk Disagreement"

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ishmael @ishmael.bsky.social · 13d

"Of Eric Adams, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa, Curtis Sliwa is the one that I would trust the most."

Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 13d

Exclusive: Zohran Mamdani reacts to Eric Adams dropping out of the New York mayoral race. "I think it's very much the same race," he says, criticizing attempts by President Trump and other outsiders to affect the election.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/9/28/zohran_mamdani_eric_adams_nyc_mayoral

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ishmael @ishmael.bsky.social · 14d

sorry I haven't texted back, I've been busy watching this guy sleep for 20 hours a day

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ishmael @ishmael.bsky.social · 15d

woke is back baby

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 15d

BREAKING: Nexstar joins Sinclair in bringing Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show back to its local ABC affiliates, ending boycotts.

Sinclair brings Jimmy Kimmel's show back to its ABC-affiliated stations, ending blackout

Sinclair Broadcast Group has decided to bring Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show back to its ABC affiliate stations.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 15d

Number go up, number go up, no think about number number always good number always up number up number up number up

Nvidia's Al Deals Might Be
'Circular! They're Also Smart Business.

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ishmael @ishmael.bsky.social · 22d

doesn't Silicon Valley basically run on H-1B visas??

Reuters @reuters.com · 22d

Trump mulls adding new $100,000 fee for H-1B Visas, Bloomberg News reports reut.rs/3Kf9OG6

Trump mulls adding new $100,000 fee for H-1B Visas, Bloomberg News reports

U.S. President Donald Trump is planning to introduce a new $100,000 fee for H-1B visas as part of his latest immigration crackdown, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing a White House official familiar with the matter.

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ishmael @ishmael.bsky.social · 23d

Cuomo's advisers reluctantly telling him he's picked up a celebrity endorsement.

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 24d

Woody Allen says he’s voting for Andrew Cuomo.

Bari Weiss interview screenshot with woody Allen where he says he’s going to vote for Andrew cuomo

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ishmael @ishmael.bsky.social · 23d

We live in the stupidest timeline

Macrons to submit scientific evidence to US court to prove Brigitte was not born a man

French president and wife allege rightwing influencer Candace Owens is using defamatory attacks against them to boost media profile

www.theguardian.com

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 25d

Breaking News: Prosecutors say the suspect in Charlie Kirk's fatal shooting sent texts in which he admitted shooting Kirk and said, “I had enough of his hatred.”