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theguardian.com
Now that Israel has admitted the Gaza death toll is accurate, don’t let apologists move the goalposts | Ben Reiff
Now that Israel has admitted the Gaza death toll is accurate, don’t let apologists move the goalposts | Ben Reiff
Having rubbished the health ministry’s figures, they are now saying what matters is the civilian-to-militant ratio. See that for what it is, says Ben Reiff, deputy editor at +972
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:26 AM
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There's objectivity, which is an essential trait in journalists, and then there is bending painfully backwards to avoid presenting the context which is blindingly obvious to anyone who has bothered to explore the subject for just a few minutes...
February 2, 2026 at 3:21 PM
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The UN: Our emblem will show all countries of the world. To be as fair as possible we will use a projection that makes areas further from the center be shown larger instead.

The Board of Peace: Our mandate is to create peace in Gaza, so our symbol is gonna be a globe view centered on New Orleans.
January 28, 2026 at 12:21 PM
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Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:18 AM
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rustbeltdave.bsky.social
A big "thank you" to whoever put Miss Piggy in the trailer for "Melania"
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Miss Piggy documentary parody trailer AI
YouTube video by Blah Blah videos
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December 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
jonhallin.bsky.social
"In my opinion the orcs are the bad guys. I am not proud that the Dark Lord I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
katie-drummond.bsky.social Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 20d
Palantir employees are pressing company leadership over its work for ICE in internal company Slacks obtained by @wired.com

"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."

Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
“In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.
www.wired.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:31 AM
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Congrats to Ilhan Omar who definitely earned 14M in the past few days

Wild to see the President of the United States posting Hirsch Stats
January 26, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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bellingcat.com
Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse was shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis, on January 24. DHS claims he died after an armed struggle, but videos of the incident appears to contradict that claim. Read our analysis here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...
Alex Pretti: Analysing Footage of Minneapolis CBP Shooting - bellingcat
Bellingcat has analysed video of the shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. The footage appears to contradict statements made by the Department of Homeland Security.
www.bellingcat.com
January 25, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:18 AM
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You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
1. I am a resident of the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am over 18 years of age. I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting. 2. On Saturday, January 24, 2026, at about 8:50 am, I was getting ready to go to work when I heard whistles outside. I knew the whistles meant that ICE agents were in the area, so I decided to check it out on my way to work. I've been involved in observing in my community because it is so important to document what ICE is doing to my neighbors. Connecting to your local community and knowing who your neighbors are is something I profoundly value. 3. I drove to Nicollet Ave. and 26th where I could hear the whistles coming from. I turned south onto Nicollet. There were already several ICE agents there and they'd set up a sort of vehicle convoy on Nicollet and 28th. There were also about 15 observers there, recording and observing ICE. 4. I saw ICE agents surrounding cars and punching car windows. I also saw them stopping vehicles further down Nicollet, so I backed up because I didn't feel safe continuing on. 5. I noticed a man sort of acting to help traffic move more smoothly. He helped me find a place to park. I got out with my whistle and my camera. I went over to him and said something like, "I'm going to film and use my whistle." 6. It seemed like most ICE activity was happening a little farther down the street from us, near 27th. Someone was being thrown to the ground. 7. I started recording. There was an agent by a car across the street. Two observers were a few feet away from the agent, blowing their whistles. One was wearing a backpack. 8. I and the man who was observing and helping direct traffic were standing in the street. There was a phone in the man's hand recording a video. 9. An agent approached and asked us to back up, so I moved slowly back onto the sidewalk. 10. The man stayed in the street, filming as the other observers I mentioned earlier were being forced backward by another ICE agent threatening them with pepper spray. The man went closer to support them as they got threatened, just with his camera out. I didn't see him reach for or hold a gun. 11. Then the ICE agent shoved one of the other observers to the ground. Then he started pepper spraying all three of them directly in the face and all over. The man with the phone put his hands above his head and the agent sprayed him again and pushed him. 12. Then the man tried to help up the woman the ICE agent had shoved to the ground. The ICE agents just kept spraying. More agents came over and grabbed the man who was still trying to help the woman get up. All three of the observers looked to have been badly affected by the pepper spray. I could feel the pepper spray in my eyes. 13. The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn't see him touch any of them-he wasn't even turned toward them. It didn't look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn't see him with a gun. They threw him to the ground. Four or five agents had him on the ground and they just started shooting him. They shot him so many times. 14.1 don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him. 15. The video I recorded of what happened accurately depicts the events leading up to the agents shooting him and several minutes afterwards. The video is attached as Exhibit 1. 16. I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground. 17. I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don't know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they're not telling the truth about what happened. I've heard that other witnesses might have been arrested and taken to the Whipple Building. 18. I am disgusted and gutted at how they are treating my neighbors and my state. I keep alternating between crying and feeling determined it is important to remember the value of documenting injustice. We show up for the people who need us to bear witness, because it can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line. He lost his life for those values. I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct. Dated and signed on Jan 24, 2026 in Hennepin County, State of Minnesota.
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
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bellingcat.com
Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...
January 24, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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chadbourn.bsky.social
The Board of Peace sign with a little map showing the only important part of it.
Sign showing a globe centred on US
January 22, 2026 at 11:12 AM
jonhallin.bsky.social
Challenge: Speak for two minutes without contradicting yourself.

trump: Nobody can contradict themselves as much as I can!
thebulwark.com The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 26d
Trump: "We need Greenland for strategic national security and international security. This enormous, unsecured island is actually part of North America on the northern frontier of the Western hemisphere. That's our territory."
January 21, 2026 at 5:00 PM
jonhallin.bsky.social
Shocking, who could have foreseen that they would be sloppy/illegal with how they handled this data?
January 21, 2026 at 9:43 AM
jonhallin.bsky.social
If this was a megagame, nobody would accept a council where the rules were this lopsided, and many megagames intentionally set the council rules to be lopsided...
eliothiggins.bsky.social Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 27d
I’ve been reading Trump’s "Board of Peace Charter," and despite the name, this isn’t a multilateral institution, it’s a centralised structure built entirely around the authority of one person (Trump).
www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
Full text: Charter of Trump’s Board of Peace
No mention of Gaza, which bolsters ToI's reporting that US also envisions panel helping resolve other conflicts worldwide; member countries must pay $1 billion for permanent spot
www.timesofisrael.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:26 AM
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bellingcat.com
Just hours after Renee Good was shot, one member of Customs and Border Patrol’s elite tactical team on an adjacent street fired a less-lethal weapon five times in less than five minutes, with four shots aimed at the faces of protestors. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...
Analysing One Federal Agent’s Use of Less-Lethal Launcher in Minneapolis
After the fatal shooting of Renee Good, Border Patrol agent "EZ-17" was filmed shooting less-lethal munitions at protesters five times in five minutes.
www.bellingcat.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:52 PM
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eliothiggins.bsky.social
Only Pew Research Center to go!
January 15, 2026 at 5:55 PM
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The most benign interpretation of what he says is that they are willing to let people get away with crimes if they will just do the regime's bidding.

But the most plausible interpretation is that they are using the legal system for coercion through false accusations.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jan 13
Sen. Kevin Cramer: "Maybe the point should be if you're the attorney for Jay Powell and you want to avoid an indictment, how about you go to Jeanine Pirro and say, 'I'll make a deal. I'll step down today if you drop the investigation today.' To me, that would be a win win for everybody."
January 14, 2026 at 10:52 AM
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I particularly enjoy this background image. It's from the war the Americans fought against the guy who coined that phrase.
January 12, 2026 at 5:17 PM
jonhallin.bsky.social
This is pure racketeering, trump is doing exactly the thing that he accuses Cuba of having done.
January 11, 2026 at 12:59 PM
jonhallin.bsky.social
Classic trump, threatening those he pretends to help.
January 11, 2026 at 12:49 PM
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bellingcat.com
New footage from the ICE agent's phone who shot at Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis has emerged, posted by AlphaNews on X. We've placed that footage in a synced timeline with the other currently available footage.
January 9, 2026 at 9:23 PM
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I never thought leopards would not eat MY face,' sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Not Eating People's Faces Party.
lennymartin.bsky.social Lenny Martin @lennymartin.bsky.social · Jan 9
Oh sure, yeah. You like it now it's OTHER people being not assassinated in the street, but how would you like it when it's YOU being not assassinated in the street? How about that?

Oh.

Carry on then I guess.
January 10, 2026 at 12:01 AM
jonhallin.bsky.social
Musk vs Vance? Not gonna lie, I'd pay to see that.
stefanstern.bsky.social Stefan Stern @stefanstern.bsky.social · Jan 9
A headline to sum up our times:
January 9, 2026 at 1:08 PM