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Jenny Croft @jenniferlcroft.bsky.social · 2d

I took this picture of Olga and László in London in 2018. Congrats to Krasznahorkai and his translators, including George Szirtes and @ottiliemulzet.bsky.social, and long live a Central Europe free of dictators (foreign and domestic) and full of magnificent minds like these!

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article-14.com @article-14.com · 1d

"I want my daughter to grow up knowing that women don't have to accept abandonment or violence"

Women in #Himachal are speaking out against #domesticviolence, write Mansi Rathee & Amir Bin Rafi, who spoke to 3 women who pushed back

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A Lesson For India: How Women In Himachal Are Speaking Up & Fighting Back Against Domestic Violence

In Himachal Pradesh, women are speaking out against domestic violence, according to experts. As the latest available government data reveal a surge in reporting of gender-based violence in the state, ...

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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 6h

Mark O'Connell: No, you don’t need a cortisol detox. Why are we so addicted to the new language of therapy?

People buy into a chemical understanding of human psychology when really what they’re describing is our deeply complex, irreducibly mysterious inner life

www.irishtimes.com

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 16h

When are foreign journalists going to be able to enter Gaza?

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 1d

This photo was dated 1900, but that can't be right - look at those rim brakes. I'd guess 1930s.

"Photo shows a competitor on the 1 in 5 gradient during the climb."
40th Annual Hill Climbing Championship of England
Brasted Hill, Kent
1900 (???)

Photo of a man struggling up a hill on a bicycle.

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Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg @factforce.bsky.social · 1d

María Corina Machado is awarded the Nobel Peace Price for 2025, for her courageous opposition to the Venezuelan dictatorship.

Congratulations!

#Norway #NobelPeacePrice #Venezuela

Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg @factforce.bsky.social · 1d

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Now it is 20 minutes until the Nobel Committee announces this year's winner of the Peace Prize, the world's most prestigious award.

Announcement live here;
tv.nrk.no/direkte/nrk1

Of course, it will not be Trump, because he has not contributed to peace.

#Norway #Trump #NobelPeacePrize

Direkte NRK1 - NRK TV

Direkte-TV. NRKs TV-kanaler direkte på nett

tv.nrk.no

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Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg @factforce.bsky.social · 1d

"If a foreign oligarch launched a fundraiser to undermine democracies, spread racism, (..) remove 25 percent of all aid (..) and incite civil war in #Europe, would you open your wallet? (..) Well, that's what you're doing now if you buy a #Tesla"

@eivindtraedal.bsky.social @dagsavisen.bsky.social

Hvorfor finansierer vi fascisme?

Kjøper du en ny Tesla, gir du et stort økonomisk bidrag til Elon Musks ekstreme agenda.

www.dagsavisen.no

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Nicki Stephens @nicki2910.bsky.social · 1d

apple.news/Avzpr-HRmSm6... What utter shite ! Trump enabled Netanyahu to butcher and cause irreparable suffering to thousands of innocent Palestinians. The timing was only “ after” this had been achieved. Each narcissist had their own personal agenda and their motivations were despicable.

How Trump secured a Gaza breakthrough which eluded Biden — BBC News

Trump's unique style and his relationships with key players helped but there were also factors beyond his control.

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Christa @christaelena.bsky.social · 1d

Perjantai, eli viikon viimeinen puristus, viimeiset tärkeät kohtaamiset, eli keskusteluja lasten tukemisesta.

14/20 #blueskyartchallenge on Ellen Thesleffin omakuva:

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Lt. 👻 Ripley @emilias.bsky.social · 1d

Just get the Norwegian kindergartens craft a paper mache statue and tell him it's a very Noble prize for very special people.

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 1d

24h into the ‘ceasefire’, Israel bombed a residential building in Gaza.

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Justin Salhani @justinsalhani.bsky.social · 1d

Israeli attacked a residential building in Gaza City and, according to Al Jazeera, killed and injured more than 70 civilians with most of them still under the rubble.

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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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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 2d

Make no mistake. Those who spearheaded the Gaza genocide will try to relaunch it in a more ruthless manner, at the earliest opportunity.
They will fail only if there will be an alternative vision, one of recognition, life and equality for everyone.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1d

Netanyahu's mouthpiece, Amit Segal, casually admits on Twitter that his country has been holding 1,700 people from Gaza hostage, including children.

Among other things, according to the decision:

- 250 security prisoners will be released.
- 1,700 residents of the Gaza Strip who were not involved in the events of October 7 and were arrested after the massacre will be released.
- 22 minors under the age of 18, residents of the Gaza Strip who were not involved in the events of October 7 and were arrested after the massacre, will be released.
- 360 bodies of terrorists will be returned.

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Nicki Stephens @nicki2910.bsky.social · 1d

Just in time. 🥾Eyeballs are now in need of some TLC. 😵‍💫

The sky is filled with vivid orange at sunset.

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A. Rascal @rascality.bsky.social · 2d

controversial view: structures of bigotry that systematically exclude women and people of color from positions of power

create a predatory playing field that discourages gentleness and kindness (seeing both as weakness)

in favor of the sharpest and most strategic elbows

Politico @politico.com · 2d

EXCLUSIVE: Katie Porter tears into a staffer in a newly released video, telling them: "Get out of my f--king shot."

‘Get out of my f--king shot’: Katie Porter tears into staffer in newly released video

Porter in the July 2021 video call exclusively obtained by POLITICO also vented that she was snubbed by the Biden White House, complaining she raised the president “a shit ton of money.”

www.politico.com

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Nicki Stephens @nicki2910.bsky.social · 1d

Without my crystal ball to hand who knows, but my guess should the domestic warlord be denounced as the charlatan that he is, then he will further unleash his fury on all manner of assumed enemies.

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🎃👻 SCAREd Smith 👻🎃 @jaredsmith.bsky.social · 2d

Great piece by @awaisaftab.bsky.social and Mohammed Rashed on this topic:

“Mental disorder and social deviance” in International Review of Psychiatry, 2021

www.awaisaftab.com

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 1d

The MMR vaccine is one of the most stunningly effective medical therapeutics in existence. It’s also safer than most of your everyday activities. This is simply an attempt to stop people from vaccinating.

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 1d

The acting director of the CDC called for new, separate MMR shots. That would be "remarkably complicated, time-consuming, costly, but more importantly unnecessary," @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social told me:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Alarm as CDC calls for separate MMR vaccines despite measles outbreak

Concerns that three separate shots would be more costly and time-consuming, and keep kids from being vaccinated

www.theguardian.com

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 1d

I am deeply sceptical of their methodology. But I also think they should rebrand as FuckAboutAndFindOutNow.

Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 1d

Westminster Voting Intention:

RFM: 32% (-3)
LAB: 17% (-2)
CON: 17% (+3)
GRN: 15% (+4)
LDM: 12% (=)
SNP: 3% (=)

Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 8 Oct.
Changes w/ 1 Oct.

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Nicki Stephens @nicki2910.bsky.social · 1d

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a... Do we really have to go through the charade and name all the reasons why Trump shouldn’t get within fifty ft of the Nobel Peace Prize unless they are handing them out like smarties to all sex offenders with a penchant for inflicting global hunger and suffering.

Can Trump win the Nobel Peace Prize – and who nominated him?

The U.S. president claims he has ended ‘seven wars’ - even though many of the conflicts are still taking place. Experts tell Maira Butt that while Trump is unlikely to win he should not be ruled out c...

www.independent.co.uk

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Gekko @gekko.bsky.social · 2d

GENOCIDE leaves a long tail of consequences in it's wake - not least, decades of trauma, both physical and mental

The direct fighting may stop but how much of this is going to be history repeated, of Amerika imposing a "peace" in a region it does not understand?

Real peace has not been established

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 2d

#WATCH | Kids in Gaza celebrate ceasefire announcements

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Nicki Stephens @nicki2910.bsky.social · 2d

All of those impacted by this conflict will recall the terrible loss and cascading crisis that they have endured for two years ( decades). Let this mark a meaningful chapter . The children 🥰

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 2d

What is one thing our colleagues lost, miss and cannot escape in #Gaza? Hear our staff reflect on living and working through the genocide.

Doctors Without Borders calls for an immediate ceasefire and an end to the bloodshed.

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