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Iván Darias Alfonso @ivandariasa.bsky.social · 6m

El dramaturgo se pregunta a lo Bugs Bunny: ¿qué esperaban en una ópera, un final feliz?

EL PAÍS @elpais.com · 13h

“Se lo podrían haber dado directamente a Trump o incluso a Hitler. El año que viene que lo compartan Putin y Zelenski. Si ya total…". Pablo Iglesias critica el premio Nobel a María Corina Machado social.elpais.com/upwas4

Pablo Iglesias critica el premio Nobel a María Corina Machado: “Se lo podrían haber dado a Hitler”

Tanto Podemos como Izquierda Unida han manifestado su disconformidad con la decisión del jurado

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2h

‘We’re fighting for you!’ Podcaster Ben Meiselas on taking on the Maga media – and winning the ratings battle

His channel, MeidasTouch, puts out 15 videos a day exposing Republican failings – and it is getting bigger audiences than Joe Rogan’s. Is this the champion the American left has been waiting for?

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Maruja Torres @marujatorres.bsky.social · 10h

Esto👇🏼

Javier Espinosa @javierespinosa.bsky.social · 15h

Israel excluye a prisioneros de Fatah como Marwan Barghouti y liberará a miembros de Hamas acusados de asesinatos y enviar a hombres bomba. Irónico. Bashar Al Assad liberó a todos los miembros de Al Qaeda y dejó presos a los opositores políticos. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Israel replaces Fatah prisoners on Gaza deal release list with convicted Hamas killers

Though the List Was Already Approved by Ministers, a Cabinet Vote Passed to Replace the Fatah Members, Most of Whom Were Not Involved With Fatal Attacks, With Convicted Terrorists

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 16h

Ten percent of Gazans have been killed or wounded — mostly women, children, & the elderly.

The U.S. has sent $22 billion taxpayer dollars to facilitate Netanyahu's slaughter.

This ceasefire must hold, the hostages must be freed, aid must flow and this horrific war must end.

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Revista 5W @revista5w.bsky.social · 19h

👥 Cada vez hay más voces que hablan de una gran alianza fuera o incluso contra Occidente, con China como punta de lanza. Pero el orden internacional es tan complejo y contradictorio que no permite esbozar esa caricatura.

HILO 👇

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The Economist @economist.com · 17h

Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, is a huge fan of video games. Now he’s turning his kingdom into a gaming superpower, Tom Wainwright tells “The Intelligence”

Dune raider: Saudi is a video-game superpower

Also on the daily podcast: the politics of Finnish icebreakers and the NBA returns to China

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 18h

“Oh my god… I have no words.”

Listen to the emotional moment this year’s laureate Maria Corina ( finds out she has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Kristian Berg Harpviken, Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, shared the news.

NobelPrize #NobelPeacePrize

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Oliver Das Gupta @oliverdasgupta.bsky.social · 21h

Der #Friedensnobelpreis geht an Maria Corina Machado. Die Politikerin aus Venezuela 🇻🇪 wird ausgezeichnet für das Engagement für den friedlichen Übergang von der Diktatur zur Demokratie. Der sozialistische Machthaber #Maduro ließ sie noch Anfang 2025 zwischenzeitlich festnehmen.

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Nicholas Thompson @nxthompson.bsky.social · 17h

“At this moment, when citizens in many of the world’s most successful liberal democracies are giving up, Venezuelans fight violence with nonviolence and oppose corruption through bravery.”

Congratulations to Maria Machado on her Nobel Peace Prize. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Why María Machado Deserved the Nobel Peace Prize

The Venezuelan opposition leader shows why participation matters.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 20h

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:
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The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela

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

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 17h

I wrote about Latvia’s state-sanctioned endorsement of a modern pagan religion - and what that may mean for Europe’s religious future drfrancisyoung.com/2025/10/10/p...

Pagan dawn: Europe’s first pagan state religion in 638 years?

Members of the Dievturi religion at the Latvian Saeima, 9 October 2025 © Dievturi Sadraudze On Thursday the Latvian Saeima (parliament) passed a rather unusual law that, predictably, has escaped no…

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 1d

Krasznahorkai has said of his work: ‘You will never go wrong anticipating doom in my books, any more than you’ll go wrong in anticipating doom in ordinary life.’

In 2012, we recorded a 94-minute conversation with Colm Tóibín for our Bookshop podcast:

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László Krasznahorkai in conversation with Colm Tóibín | London Review Bookshop

Our first Literary Friendships event brought together Colm Tóibín with his friend László Krasznahorkai. Described by the Guardian as a ‘visionary writer’,…

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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom @ecpmf.bsky.social · 23h

“We started fighting SLAPPs when they were not yet a thing in Europe, so thank you for not giving up.” – @fluturakusari.bsky.social to Fredrik Gertten.

Yesterday in Prague, our Senior Legal Advisor joined a panel after Big Boys Gone Bananas! on the impact of legal threats against journalists.

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Iván Darias Alfonso @ivandariasa.bsky.social · 20h

Maria Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize! This will upset the far-left and the far-right equally.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

Welp, here it is: maybe the funniest thing we've ever done, in its entirety.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says * Why is Donald Trump so obsessed with winning the peace prize? With hours to go until the announcement of this year’s Nobel peace prize, Norwegian politicians were steeling themselves for potential repercussions to US-Norway relations if it is not awarded to Donald Trump. The Norwegian Nobel Committee pointedly said on Thursday that it had reached a decision about who would be named 2025 peace prize laureate on Monday, several days before Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire under the US president’s Gaza plan. Continue reading...

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Havana Times @havanatimes.bsky.social · 1d

Rapper Fernando Almenares, known as ‘Nando OBDC’, is another victim of the repression denounced in a September report.
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Cuban Faces 6 Years in Prison for Stating “We Want Change” - Havana Times

Rapper Fernando Almenares, known as ‘Nando OBDC’, is another victim of the repression denounced in a September report.

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 1d

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 1d

Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport www.economist.com/internationa...

Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport

Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 1d

Couldn’t be happier that the Nobel has gone to Laszlo Krasznahorkai. Back in 2012 I tried to astroturf a movement claiming him as the Next Big Thjng but it didn’t take off because he’s too difficult www.theguardian.com/books/2012/j...

Why is New York's literary crowd suddenly in thrall to Hungarian fiction? | Hari Kunzru

Hari Kunzru: The highly educated aspiring writers of New York are looking beyond the English-speaking world for their reading fixes. It must be a sign of the times

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Forbes @forbes.com · 2d

Taylor Swift has released more than two dozen variants of “The Life Of A Showgirl.”

Taylor Swift Just Broke An Album Sales Record Adele Held For A Decade

Taylor Swift has released more than two dozen variants of “The Life Of A Showgirl.”

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𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚙𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚎✩ @allmylovesteph.bsky.social · 2d

X is a propaganda machine.

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 2d

Stephen Miller froze after mentioning “plenary authority.”

… but what is plenary authority?

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EL PAÍS @elpais.com · 2d

En enero de 2024, a Lola, una paciente de cáncer, le dieron una cita en el Hospital Virgen del Rocío para ser operada tres meses después. Le dijeron que tenía suerte, porque a otras mujeres con diagnóstico dudoso ni siquiera les habían avisado social.elpais.com/obgmi4

Cronología de la crisis de las mamografías: la Junta de Andalucía reacciona año y medio después de conocer los primeros casos

El “plan de choque” presentado por la Junta de Andalucía es recibido con escepticismo por las mujeres afectadas de cáncer de mama y los sindicatos

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