Lyn Bender
@lynestel.bsky.social
Retiring Psychologist. Are we at the bargaining stage of grief and denial? tweets @Lynestel
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🚨 The video shown to senators showed:
The 2 men who SURVIVED a US airstrike on a suspected drug smuggling boat in the Caribbean CLUNG to the WRECKAGE for an HOUR before they were KILLED in a SECOND attack.
📍 www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
The 2 men who SURVIVED a US airstrike on a suspected drug smuggling boat in the Caribbean CLUNG to the WRECKAGE for an HOUR before they were KILLED in a SECOND attack.
📍 www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
Suspected smuggling boat struck twice by military was reportedly moving drugs to South American country, not US –as it happened
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www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:51 AM
🚨 The video shown to senators showed:
The 2 men who SURVIVED a US airstrike on a suspected drug smuggling boat in the Caribbean CLUNG to the WRECKAGE for an HOUR before they were KILLED in a SECOND attack.
📍 www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
The 2 men who SURVIVED a US airstrike on a suspected drug smuggling boat in the Caribbean CLUNG to the WRECKAGE for an HOUR before they were KILLED in a SECOND attack.
📍 www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
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If the captain of any of those small boats are capable of reaching the U.S., we should me him/her Secretary of the Navy. Also, more Americans die annually from alcohol than drug overdoses so what the heck are we doing!?! All sound & fury signifying bullshit.
December 6, 2025 at 3:21 AM
If the captain of any of those small boats are capable of reaching the U.S., we should me him/her Secretary of the Navy. Also, more Americans die annually from alcohol than drug overdoses so what the heck are we doing!?! All sound & fury signifying bullshit.
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The distance between any port in Venezuela and the closest mainland US port is between 1,500-2,000 nautical miles. The fishing boats being blown up could never reach the US without refueling in the middle of the ocean. We’re not at war. This is nothing but premeditated cold blooded murder.
December 6, 2025 at 3:33 AM
The distance between any port in Venezuela and the closest mainland US port is between 1,500-2,000 nautical miles. The fishing boats being blown up could never reach the US without refueling in the middle of the ocean. We’re not at war. This is nothing but premeditated cold blooded murder.
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Mockler: One of the administration's primary arguments was that these boats were an imminent threat to the United States.
Lambert: They are
Mockler: They were not heading to the United States
Lambert: They are
Mockler: They were not heading to the United States
December 6, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Mockler: One of the administration's primary arguments was that these boats were an imminent threat to the United States.
Lambert: They are
Mockler: They were not heading to the United States
Lambert: They are
Mockler: They were not heading to the United States
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Pickling, soup making, sourdough, quilting, rock collecting…
As I’ve gotten older I’ve learned to ask myself “why? what is the purpose of this? what is the cost?”
Particularly when I find myself watching multiple videos on how to make mulberry leaf tofu
As I’ve gotten older I’ve learned to ask myself “why? what is the purpose of this? what is the cost?”
Particularly when I find myself watching multiple videos on how to make mulberry leaf tofu
December 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Pickling, soup making, sourdough, quilting, rock collecting…
As I’ve gotten older I’ve learned to ask myself “why? what is the purpose of this? what is the cost?”
Particularly when I find myself watching multiple videos on how to make mulberry leaf tofu
As I’ve gotten older I’ve learned to ask myself “why? what is the purpose of this? what is the cost?”
Particularly when I find myself watching multiple videos on how to make mulberry leaf tofu
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What I’ve learned about myself over the last decade is I need an obsession to keep myself interested in living. The best ones are those which limit the mess I can make and are achievable from a corner of the couch
December 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
What I’ve learned about myself over the last decade is I need an obsession to keep myself interested in living. The best ones are those which limit the mess I can make and are achievable from a corner of the couch
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They cannot be given authority to forcibly remove anyone from their vehicle this way. Think about how bad actors would abuse this power.
December 6, 2025 at 1:15 AM
They cannot be given authority to forcibly remove anyone from their vehicle this way. Think about how bad actors would abuse this power.
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Is he mixing amphetamine and ketamine?
December 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Is he mixing amphetamine and ketamine?
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
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My tribute to my dad, who passed away last month in the UK.
He was a proud Indian immigrant *and* a proud British citizen.
His life story is one long rebuttal to the nativists, bigots and xenophobes.
He was a proud Indian immigrant *and* a proud British citizen.
His life story is one long rebuttal to the nativists, bigots and xenophobes.
Mehdi Pays Tribute To His Late Father
YouTube video by Zeteo
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December 4, 2025 at 10:51 PM
My tribute to my dad, who passed away last month in the UK.
He was a proud Indian immigrant *and* a proud British citizen.
His life story is one long rebuttal to the nativists, bigots and xenophobes.
He was a proud Indian immigrant *and* a proud British citizen.
His life story is one long rebuttal to the nativists, bigots and xenophobes.
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When policy and business judgement is treated as corruption, reform stalls. Indonesia must protect accountability without criminalising good-faith decisions, writes @dikurniawanarif.
#Indonesia #Governance #Corruption
#Indonesia #Governance #Corruption
Corruption prosecutions are choking Indonesia’s reform ambition
High-profile prosecutions of Indonesia’s technocrats are reshaping incentives across government and business. When good-faith decisions are treated as crimes, reform, investment and innovation all suffer.
johnmenadue.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:01 PM
When policy and business judgement is treated as corruption, reform stalls. Indonesia must protect accountability without criminalising good-faith decisions, writes @dikurniawanarif.
#Indonesia #Governance #Corruption
#Indonesia #Governance #Corruption
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Most of us know that if we stay up all night maniacally posting online, possibly under the influence of stimulants, we'll might just doze off next day.
How you can do that with this odious man loudly blathering right next to you is, however, a mystery to modern science.
youtu.be/m_odLnavZCs?...
How you can do that with this odious man loudly blathering right next to you is, however, a mystery to modern science.
youtu.be/m_odLnavZCs?...
Did President Trump fall asleep during his Cabinet meeting?
YouTube video by WAAY 31 News
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Most of us know that if we stay up all night maniacally posting online, possibly under the influence of stimulants, we'll might just doze off next day.
How you can do that with this odious man loudly blathering right next to you is, however, a mystery to modern science.
youtu.be/m_odLnavZCs?...
How you can do that with this odious man loudly blathering right next to you is, however, a mystery to modern science.
youtu.be/m_odLnavZCs?...
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PRO TIP: If you're going to lash out at reporters for questioning your stamina, don't fall asleep mid-rant.
December 4, 2025 at 2:01 AM
PRO TIP: If you're going to lash out at reporters for questioning your stamina, don't fall asleep mid-rant.
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Around the world, governments are quietly deleting, manipulating, or withholding public data at an unprecedented scale, which is a direct threat to democratic accountability 360info.org/governments-...
Governments are hiding data, threatening democracy. Here’s how it affects you - 360
From being custodians of public knowledge, governments are turning to architects of manufactured ignorance. Amid disappearing evidence, citizens are struggling to hold power to account Around the w...
360info.org
December 3, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Around the world, governments are quietly deleting, manipulating, or withholding public data at an unprecedented scale, which is a direct threat to democratic accountability 360info.org/governments-...
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The polls show a clear and accelerating decline in support for Donald Trump, with inflation and economic policy doing real political damage, writes Bob McMullan. #Trump #USPolitics #Polling #Inflation #Midterms
Charting Trump's decline
New polling reveals a clear and sustained decline in public approval of Trump and his policies that is already reshaping US electoral prospects, with significant implications for Congress and beyond.
johnmenadue.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The polls show a clear and accelerating decline in support for Donald Trump, with inflation and economic policy doing real political damage, writes Bob McMullan. #Trump #USPolitics #Polling #Inflation #Midterms
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Channelling Pratchett, this should actually be "QUIET, PIGGY."
November 30, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Channelling Pratchett, this should actually be "QUIET, PIGGY."
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"Conservative groups, funded by fossil fuel magnates, spend $1B/yr interfering with public understanding of what is happening to our world. Few investments rival the return they've gotten from evangelicals."
An oldie but goodie makes the link between fossil fuels, climate denial, and U.S. religion.
An oldie but goodie makes the link between fossil fuels, climate denial, and U.S. religion.
How Fossil Fuel Money Made Climate Change Denial the Word of God
Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.
www.splinter.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:59 AM
"Conservative groups, funded by fossil fuel magnates, spend $1B/yr interfering with public understanding of what is happening to our world. Few investments rival the return they've gotten from evangelicals."
An oldie but goodie makes the link between fossil fuels, climate denial, and U.S. religion.
An oldie but goodie makes the link between fossil fuels, climate denial, and U.S. religion.
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Excellent news
People power too
People power too
“The biggest annual drop in Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions outside the COVID-19 pandemic has been driven by record output from renewable energy that is squeezing more coal and gas out of the power grid.”
#auspol
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
#auspol
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Australia records biggest annual drop in emissions outside pandemic
Record output from renewable energy means emissions from coal plants are down as Australia’s greenhouse output has fallen for the first time in years.
www.smh.com.au
November 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Excellent news
People power too
People power too
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Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered Jair Bolsonaro, former president, to begin serving his 27 year sentence at the Federal Police headquarters—
I find myself simultaneously envious & hopeful the #Trump regime will find a similar moment of accountability
I find myself simultaneously envious & hopeful the #Trump regime will find a similar moment of accountability
November 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered Jair Bolsonaro, former president, to begin serving his 27 year sentence at the Federal Police headquarters—
I find myself simultaneously envious & hopeful the #Trump regime will find a similar moment of accountability
I find myself simultaneously envious & hopeful the #Trump regime will find a similar moment of accountability
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Where do you even begin?
November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Where do you even begin?
