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Marion Fust Sæternes

@mariontooquiet.bsky.social

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swede, immigrant in namsos norway. green party, feminist, architect, 65% introvert, anti-fatalism. 🌻 *@320,62ppm

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Marion Fust Sæternes @mariontooquiet.bsky.social · Jul 2

❗ 160+ NGOs call for immediate action to end the deadly Israeli distribution scheme (including the GHF) in Gaza, revert to the existing UN-led coordination mechanisms, and lift the Israeli government’s blockade on aid and commercial supplies.

#NOW
#Gaza

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[EMBARGOED] Joint Statement - GAZA: Starvation or Gunfire - This is Not a Humanitarian Response

EMBARGOED UNTIL 30 June 2025 at 6:00PM EST (New York) / 1 July at 1:00AM (Palestine)–GAZA: Starvation or Gunfire - This is Not a Humanitarian Response 160+ NGOs call for immediate action to en...

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 16h

"Since the full-scale invasion began, I have witnessed a lot of destruction. It is always hard to swallow. But today Russia hit a different nerve. It hit the memory of a peaceful life of the past that we had lost," writes Kateryna Hodunova, Kyiv Independent's news editor, in this op-ed.

Russia is erasing our memories of a peaceful life

Nothing rattles you like the quiet ping of a morning message from your mother that says, "A drone fragment hit the building in your grandmother's courtyard." My grandmother Tamara and her brother Vik...

kyivindependent.com

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Marion Fust Sæternes @mariontooquiet.bsky.social · 3h

bästa berömmet av priset hittills. 🙃

The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 11h

⚡️Putin blasts Nobel Peace Prize decision, wins thanks from Trump.

Russian President Vladimir Putin praised Trump's peacekeeping efforts and said the Nobel committee's decisions to award the honor to "people who have done nothing for peace" damaged the prize's reputation.

Putin blasts Nobel Peace Prize decision, wins thanks from Trump

Putin praised Trump's peacekeeping efforts and said the Nobel committee's decisions to award the honor to "people who have done nothing for peace" damaged the prize's reputation.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 5h

⚡️ Russian attacks kill 4, injure 18 in Ukraine over past day, hit energy grid.

Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 54 out of the 78 Shahed-type attack drones and other drones launched by Russia overnight, the Air Force reported.

Russian attacks kill 4, injure 18 in Ukraine over past day, hit energy grid

Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 54 out of the 78 Shahed-type attack drones and other drones launched by Russia overnight, the Air Force reported. Twenty-one drone strikes were recorded at six locat...

kyivindependent.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 5h

Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.

Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.

Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 1d

According to the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center, the Islamic Republic has carried out at least 1,172 executions in Iran since the beginning of 2025, including 72 executions in the first 9 days of October alone.

‏#StopExecutions
‏#HumanRights

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 18h

In recognition of World Day Against the Death Penalty, ABC calls for an immediate end to Iran's arbitrary and summary use of the death penalty. Learn more about the victims of the Islamic Republic's executions in the Omid Memorial on our website.
#StopExecutions
#HumanRights

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

UK poverty crisis laid bare as 500,000 children living in families trapped in benefits debt cycle

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

UK poverty crisis as 500,000 children in homes trapped in benefit debt cycle

Exclusive: Tens of thousands of families are forced to take out loans to cover the five-week wait until their first universal credit payment – but many struggle to pay it back

www.independent.co.uk

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 4h

⚡️Trump threatens China with additional 100% tariffs amid trade tensions.

"The United States of America will impose a tariff of 100% on China, over and above any tariff that they are currently paying," Donald Trump said.

Trump threatens China with additional 100% tariffs amid trade tensions

"The United States of America will impose a tariff of 100% on China, over and above any tariff that they are currently paying," Donald Trump said.

kyivindependent.com

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 3h

⚡️Latvia orders over 800 Russian citizens to leave by mid-October.

Latvia has ordered 841 Russian citizens to leave the country by Oct. 13, citing their failure to meet legal requirements, including proof of Latvian language proficiency and passing a national security screening, Politico reported.

Latvia orders over 800 Russian citizens to leave by mid-October

Latvia has ordered 841 Russian citizens to leave the country by Oct. 13, citing their failure to meet legal requirements, including proof of Latvian language proficiency and passing a national securit...

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WatchYourRepsSC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 17h

Trump is trying to rule like a king. Sending masked agents into our cities. Targeting immigrant families. Terrorizing our communities.

But this country does not belong to kings or dictators. It belongs to us.

On October 18, we rise to say #NoKings !
social.demcast.com/s/Gx1U8OQx

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Just Jill 💖 @just-jillg.bsky.social · 18h

👀👀👀 Well, the plot continues to thicken.
Will we ever have a free and fair election again?
I just wonder who’s money actually paid for this one.
#DarkMoney
#Corruption

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18h

Why has Dominion Voting Systems been settling defamation lawsuits with Trump allies who falsely claimed the company stole the 2020 election?

Because Dominion has just been bought by a company run by a former GOP election official.

Be warned.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 1d

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:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela

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

www.theatlantic.com

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Marion Fust Sæternes @mariontooquiet.bsky.social · 21h

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Angelica Shalagina🇺🇦 @angel-shalagina.bsky.social · 22h

When there’s no water,
You start valuing every drop.
When there’s no electricity,
Every candle feels like luxury.

When there’s war -
You learn how strong you actually are.

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Alex Barron @alexrbarron.bsky.social · 5d

"Spain’s wind and solar growth has reduced the influence of expensive fossil generators on the electricity price by 75% since 2019.... As a result, Spain’s wholesale electricity price was 32% lower than the EU average in the first half of 2025." 🔌💡
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

Decoupled: how Spain cut the link between gas and power prices using renewables | Ember

Spain has some of the lowest wholesale electricity prices in Europe, largely owing to the country’s strong solar and wind growth which reduced the influence of expensive coal and gas power on the elec...

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2d

"Energy dominance," you say?

As of this year, *China is exporting more clean-energy technology than the US is exporting the dirty stuff*.

The future is green energy & China, not the US, is set to dominate it.

China Is Beating the US in the Battle for Energy Export Dominance

China’s exports of clean energy technology hit a record in August, with $20 billion shipped globally.

www.bloomberg.com

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Marion Fust Sæternes @mariontooquiet.bsky.social · 22h

På repeat i hörlurarna medan jag jobbar. ⚠️🙌🫶❗

www.youtube.com/shorts/4Iu3g...

They did the Monster Slash

YouTube video by Elle Cordova

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Marion Fust Sæternes @mariontooquiet.bsky.social · 22h

"Ge staten en aktiv roll i bostadsförsörjningen igen – genom investeringar, subventioner och planering.

Rikta stödet till de som behöver det mest, inte till de som redan äger.

Stärka allmännyttan och hyresrätten och skapa verkliga alternativ till spekulationsmarknaden"

Marion Fust Sæternes @mariontooquiet.bsky.social · 22h

👉"Vill vi tala klarspråk måste vi våga säga det: dagens bostadspolitik är klasspolitik." 👈

Marion Fust Sæternes @mariontooquiet.bsky.social · 22h

"Vill vi tala klarspråk måste vi våga säga det: dagens bostadspolitik är klasspolitik."

Kjell Rautio @kjellrautio.bsky.social · 1d

Glädjande att läsa en analys av fyra socialdemokrater, som kräver att partiet ska ta fram en aktiv och jämlikhetsinriktad bostadspolitik. Ord och inga visor. Dessutom bra konkreta förslag…👇🏼
www.aftonbladet.se/debatt/a/RzJ...

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Marion Fust Sæternes @mariontooquiet.bsky.social · 1d

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures
The Washington Post reviewed leaked audio from four off-the-record lectures the tech investor delivered in San Francisco over the last month that fused beliefs about religion and technology.

Gift article

wapo.st/4q5wR6S

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

wapo.st

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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.bsky.social · 1d

AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 1d

🇺🇦 🇷🇺 Russian drones and missiles have pummelled Ukraine's struggling energy infrastructure, cutting power to thousands across the country and killing a seven-year-old boy.
➡️ u.afp.com/Sm6Y

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Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Post this everywhere‼️
-and-

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

I knew Fox News was theater. I just didn't realize it was a repertory theater that recycles actors for different roles.

You'd think a company that had to pay $787,000,000 for deceiving its viewers would be a little more careful about blatantly continuing the practice.

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