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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 2h

Thought that quote from Kingdom of Fear, published in 2003, felt relevant today. Here's the context

Hunter S. Thompson Kingdom of Fear quote on fascism and dumbness

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14h

Roses are red,
Trump is cursed
New MAGA motto is:

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18h

“Stabilizing Argentina is ‘America First’.”

🇦🇷 🇺🇸

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 14h

Democrats. They are HANDING YOU GIFTS.

The Attorney General just had a guy we know took Russian money speak to the country. There's a direct link from Russia to Benny. You cannot fuck this up.

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MrMRF8 @mrmrf8.bsky.social · 17h

Think they’d be reacting completely different if was a Bible, but legally, that it was an inanimate object played a role.

MrMRF8 @mrmrf8.bsky.social · 17h

Free speech too?

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...

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MrMRF8 @mrmrf8.bsky.social · 20h

No. We won’t be doing that.

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 20h

President Trump suggested on Thursday the NATO alliance should weigh throwing Spain out of its membership ranks over a dispute about the Western European nation's lagging military spending.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 20h

this is absolutely my favorite protest innovation of 2025

"my opponents are violent antifa extremist terrorists"

"your opponents are dressed as giant inflatable frogs"

solid fuck you to the pepe crowd too

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 20h

Protect the Portland frog at all costs 💪

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 1d

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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.

Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...

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UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation

Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 21h

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

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MrMRF8 @mrmrf8.bsky.social · 21h

Trump’s got to send them now to prove he isn’t bluffing.

Putin remains a master strategist.

WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 21h

Putin insists Trump is “bluffing” about sending Tomahawks to Ukraine — and calls beefing up Russia’s air defenses his response to this “blackmail.”

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MrMRF8 @mrmrf8.bsky.social · 21h

a cartoon of a man with blue ribbons around his chest that say fell for it again award

ALT: a cartoon of a man with blue ribbons around his chest that say fell for it again award

media.tenor.com

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Heather Stewart @guardianheather.bsky.social · 21h

This is so dark (and more great reporting on this grim industry from @byrobdavies.bsky.social

Rob Davies @byrobdavies.bsky.social · 21h

Exc: High street slot machine shops pay bonuses linked to how much gamblers lose.

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

High street slot machine shops pay staff bonuses linked to how much gamblers lose

Exclusive: MPs and campaigners condemn ‘appalling’ reward scheme for Merkur venue managers

www.theguardian.com

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MrMRF8 @mrmrf8.bsky.social · 23h

Getting ready to go into hiding when they crash the world economy from the AI bubble bursting.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Tech billionaires seem to be doom prepping. Should we be worried?

The debate is ramping up about what happens if - or when - computer intelligence overtakes humans

www.bbc.co.uk

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 1d

dude seems really preoccupied by the Antichrist emerging from random things he doesn't like, which of course is very normal

Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 1d

Conservative tech lord Thiel said tighter financial regulations “were a sign that a singular world government has begun to emerge that could be taken over by an Antichrist figure who could then use it to exert control over people.” Via WashPost

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.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 1d

⚡️The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Maria Corina Machado.

The Nobel Peace Prize committee awarded it for "her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela."

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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 1d

“She is receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela, and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy,” the committee stated in their announcement.

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MrMRF8 @mrmrf8.bsky.social · 1d

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Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

LIVE: Winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize is announced
www.youtube.com/live/Q3bkzLZ...

LIVE: Winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize is announced

YouTube video by Reuters

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Coates is Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 1d

Ah, happy 88th anniversary of the day Oswald Mosley tried to sell fascism to Liverpudlians – and someone concussed him with a brick

A man in a suit stands at a microphone which has been mounted on the roof of a van. There are loudspeakers at his feet, and a building behind him. He has an arm raised, and is flinching as projectiles are hurled at him, because he's a fucking Nazi

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 1d

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MrMRF8 @mrmrf8.bsky.social · 1d

Why not press Farage & get him to defend his policies as not being fascist?

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

Nigel Farage accuses teachers of "poisoning our kids" on race issues.

Here's a reminder of what teachers and fellow pupils at Farage's own school remember of his own views on that subject.

www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...

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MrMRF8 @mrmrf8.bsky.social · 1d

a man with a mullet is walking down a street in front of a building with the word the on it .

ALT: a man with a mullet is walking down a street in front of a building with the word the on it .

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 1d

You can follow these brutal running battles on the below livestream of Portland ICE facility
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_uc...

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MrMRF8 @mrmrf8.bsky.social · 1d

Sh*te like this is going to get him it.

If the Palestinians & Ukrainians were to nominate him…

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 1d

Meanwhile, Netanyahu..