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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 10h

Go to stopelectionrigging.com & donate or volunteer today!

Republicans in TX erased 5 Democratic Congressional districts stripping representation from minority communities.

Then MI did it.

UT, NC, FL, LA, KS & IN+ are going to do it too.

If Prop 50 doesn't pass, our 2 party system will die! 🧵

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 6h

A costly Russian electronic warfare system was destroyed by a Ukrainian FPV drone worth just $500. The strike occurred approximately 30 km from the border, inside Russia’s Belgorod region.

Cyka.

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 6h

🇺🇸🇺🇦 Trump and Zelensky discussed the potential transfer of Tomahawk long-range missiles to Ukraine, according to White House sources cited by Axios. No final decision has been confirmed. The call lasted about 30 minutes, with Zelensky calling it “very positive and productive.”

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11h

Imagine that

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Josy B @josyb.bsky.social · 4h

Agencies prepare to bring aid to starving people in Gaza as ceasefire seems to hold

Unicef says ‘humanitarian crisis continues’ and expects to scale up aid on Sunday

During the war Israel shut down entry and exit routes, largely blocking off food and medicine, causing famine in large parts of Gaza

Agencies prepare to bring aid to starving people in Gaza as ceasefire appears to hold

Unicef says ‘humanitarian crisis continues’ and expects to scale up aid deliveries on Sunday

www.theguardian.com

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Collapse faster! @maketotalcollapse.bsky.social · 7h

I'm genuinely impressed by him every time I see him in the media. I like him to start with, but he always seems to exceed expectations.

BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 7h

The Headline smear, what Polanski actually said.

Mr Polanski, 42, said he too would 'consider shoplifting' if he also had no other option to earn money or obtain food.

Zack Polanski said people who steal because they do not have much money should be shown compassion

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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 9h

come on, it's *much* more convenient, which is why it's popular. the trouble is it offers convenience without having (or seemingly having) to pay much for that consumer benefit, with workers paying the price

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 10h

As long as costs spiral upwards to the extent that eating out becomes unaffordable for a family in London then this kind of delivery-based food economy can become the only option for parents when they don't have the time or energy to cook every day

David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social · 15h

Reading @londoncentric.media and reflecting on how everything wrong with Britain can be seen through Deliveroo:
- much of the economy is fraudulent
- people don’t go outside
- workers are underpaid and insecure
- the immigration system is broken
- society is being eroded by Big Tech

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greyboy56.bsky.social @greyboy56.bsky.social · 16h

Everyone with a brain knows that Brexit is the underlying cause for lots of the problems facing the UK but while we still have politicians blaming everything on immigration and people who believe that the immigrants come here to eat swans then we will be shafted for many years to come

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d

STEPHANOPOULOS: The Democratic proposal is designed to prevent millions of Americans from losing their health insurance, losing Medicaid coverage, or paying higher healthcare premiums. Why are you against that?

MIKE JOHNSON: That's an absurd statement

STEPHANOPOULOS: It's a factual statement

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Margarete Rosalind Weidenhammer @margareterosali.bsky.social · 6h

t.me/liveukraine_...
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#Russian forces dropped an aerial bomb on a church in #Kostiantynivka — several people killed and injured.
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A Russian FAB-250 aerial bomb struck the grounds of the St. Job of Pochaiv Church, where local residents had gathered.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 8d

The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session.

Want to know why?

Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.

Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.

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Ferdinand F. Zebua @ferdizebua.bsky.social · 6h

And for the record I learned this from the most recent episode of the Pivot Podcast.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv0I...

The AI Spending Boom is Propping Up Wall Street — and Trump | Pivot

YouTube video by Pivot with Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway

www.youtube.com

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Ferdinand F. Zebua @ferdizebua.bsky.social · 6h

Today I learned that Elon Musk had just lost (in a court decision on Oct. 8th) the lawsuit brought forth by former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, along with several other former Twitter C-suite executives, over wrongful termination and unpaid severance obligations.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Musk settles former Twitter executives' suit over severance

Elon Musk has agreed to settle a $128m lawsuit brought by four former top executives over unpaid severance.

www.bbc.com

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Rusudan Djakeli @rusudandjakeli.bsky.social · 7h

Day 318 of uninterrupted protests in Georgia. Rustaveli Avenue is blocked. ✅🇬🇪🇪🇺

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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 8h

A Nobel story just popped up on one of my memories feed things. Still makes me laugh.

"They're like, 'Sir, there's something in your bag.'
I said, 'Yes, I think it's this box.' They said, 'What's in the box?' I said, 'a large gold medal, as one does.
So they opened it up and they said, 'What's it made out of?' I said, 'gold.'
And they're like, 'Uhhhh. Who gave this to you?'
"The King of Sweden.'
"Why did he give this to you?'
Because I helped discover the expansion rate of the universe was accelerating.'

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Margarete Rosalind Weidenhammer @margareterosali.bsky.social · 6h

t.me/United24medi...
President #Zelenskyy has imposed new sanctions against #Russia, synchronized with Japan.

The list includes individuals and companies that profit from the Russian military machine and supply weapons, critical components, and equipment.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 6h

US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff tries to praise Netanyahu, but the Israelis gathered are constantly and consistently booing him

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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 6h

Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna was killed in Russian captivity after months of torture and silence.

Investigators have now identified the Russian officials responsible for her death.

🧵 1/7 ⬇️

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Laura Phillips @lauraphillips.bsky.social · 6h

00.05 then #BBCIplayer Luciano Pavarotti’s sang some of opera’s most demanding roles – Manrico in Il trovatore, Rodolfo in La bohème+Cavaradossi in Tosca.
In this fascinating introspective,filmed in Modena, Pesaro+Verona, Pavarotti talks about his life performs arias by Verdi, Puccini+Leoncavallo.

BBC Two - Pavarotti: King of the High Cs

Luciano Pavarotti talks about his life and sings arias by Verdi, Puccini and Leoncavallo.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 7h

What a tangled web 🇷🇺 oligarchs weave attempting to slither out of sanctions & regain superyachts

“Why would a UAE company owned by an Indonesian citizen pay millions of dollars to American lawyers to help sanctioned executives of a Russian arms conglomerate”

kyivindependent.com/investigatio...

Investigation: Top Russian defense industry boss tries to lift sanctions, spills own secrets instead

Key findings: * Two years ago, lawyers representing an offshore company went to court to unblock a superyacht that had been detained in a Spanish port due to its links to Sergei Chemezov, an associa...

kyivindependent.com

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 6h

Peace requires more than treaties, writes Jacob Ecclestone.

It demands recognition that every life in the region – Arab and Jewish alike – has equal worth.

Warnings from history: Lessons unheeded in the search for peace

As peace talks begin, three historic warnings about Zionism and statehood remind us how fragile peace remains

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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Katelyn Jetelina @kkjetelina.bsky.social · Aug 28

CDC employees standing up and walking out in light of the mass shootings, firings, and *waves hands in the air* everything else.

#USAnotRFK

Lets gooooo

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 22h

“While the president’s authority to grant clemency for federal crimes is virtually unfettered, the power to impose vengeance via prison assignments isn’t clear.”

Actually, the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. It’s in the Bill of Rights. It’s pretty clear.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 22h

“I’ve got no problem with gruel.” Under orders from Trump, officials seek to make the life sentences of 37 convicted killers more like a living hell. The men were spared the death penalty by Biden.

Biden Spared 37 Killers From Execution. Trump Ordered Up a Lifetime of Torment.

Even America’s harshest federal prison, where inmates spend 23 hours a day in solitary confinement, was too good, one official said. “I’ve got no problem with gruel.”

on.wsj.com

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 9h

It's wild that we've reached a point where the President openly admits to firing people for political reasons, and his OMB director tweets about it like it's a victory. This is page one of the authoritarian playbook, happening in plain sight.

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