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Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 18h

Incredible vision on Alfred Nobel’s part to use the money he earned inventing dynamite to create the world’s greatest trolling opportunity

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2d

Myanmar’s military junta bombed a Buddhist festival this week, killing at least two dozen people and injuring dozens more, according to a witness and the country’s civilian government in exile. A manned paraglider with a motor dropped a bomb on the festival, they said.

Myanmar Military Paraglider Bombs Buddhist Festival, Killing Dozens

The junta targeted a festival in the Sagaing region where people were also protesting army rule, according to witnesses and the civilian government in exile.

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Colin Sydes aka Lord SydesJokes #FBPE #FBR #Resist #Resistance @sydesjokes.bsky.social · 2d

Trump's farmer bailout raises fears about trade war winners and losers

Plans to spend billions of dollars supporting farmers have frustrated many other kinds of businesses that have also been hurt by tariffs.

www.bbc.com

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Izzyhell - Trans Gremlin @isabellesogay.bsky.social · 6d

There have been a lot of posts about how the Bluesky team has no comms discipline, but I’ve seen multiple high level team members say something inflammatory recently and when they get deserved pushback on it, they reply with a musing that the fundamental nature of online communication is flawed

hailey @hailey.at · 6d

i think something that has become extremely clear is that the way we communicate with and about each other online has gone way off the deep end. the degree to which folks claim moral superiority yet talk about others with absolute disdain and disregard is not a good indicator of where we are going.

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Hourly Foxes @foxes.hourly.media · 6d

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Laurens Dassen @laurensdassen.voltnederland.org · 6d

De champagne zal opengaan in Moskou. Na Orbán en Fico, volgt nu miljardair Babis. Allen vrienden van Wilders.

Tijd dat een nieuwe generatie opstaat voor een progressieve en Europese toekomst. Volt blijft voor die toekomst knokken—ook in Tsjechië.

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Populistische oppositieleider Babis wint Tsjechische parlementsverkiezingen

De winst van Babis' ANO-partij zal leiden tot een koerswijziging. Babis wil onder meer belastingen verlagen, klimaatplannen van tafel vegen en minder militaire steun voor Oekraïne.

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America Is Divided @petrep.bsky.social · 10d

#TrumpTrainWreck
A groundbreaking microscope at Harvard Medical School could lead to breakthroughs in cancer detection. But the scientist who unlocked its full potential has been in an immigration detention center for 2 months.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them

Without scientist Kseniia Petrova’s expertise, no one can fully unlock the data’s potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.

www.nbcnews.com

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 7d

@isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social traveled to Portland and spent time at the demonstration that Donald Trump wants to crush. What he found is an atmosphere that is more like a carnival than combat. https://theatln.tc/mNL5JGAe

📸: Mathieu Lewis-Rolland / Getty

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Olof van der Gaag @olofvandergaag.bsky.social · 8d

Elektrische kilometers rijden veel goedkoper dan benzinekilometers. Maar hoeveel dan, in jouw situatie? Deze LaadTankVergelijker geeft inzicht, topinitiatief @evrijders.nl

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Epicurean @politicals.bsky.social · 8d

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Hendrik-Jan @slowpokedj.bsky.social · 8d

Lijkt me super om momenteel al onze gevoelige informatie te laten scannen door de extremistische Trump laven van Microsoft.
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Laat me raden, die slappe zak hooi Heinen.
#Microsoft #Belasting

nos.nl/l/2584877

Belastingdienst verplaatst mail naar Microsoft, ondanks zorgen over meekijken VS

Volgens de fiscus is er geen andere optie, ondanks de mogelijkheid dat de VS meekijkt of zelfs manipuleert.

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 8d

Don’t dedicate your life to frying people’s brains with hacking human weakness for compulsive behaviors.

www.slowboring.com/p/capitalism...

Capitalism needs honor and ethics

Don’t dedicate your life to scams, slop, and the exploitation of compulsion.

www.slowboring.com

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Hidde Bouwmeester @hiddebouwmeester.nl · 8d

Toch opmerkelijk dat deze vraag vanuit het bedrijfsleven moet komen. www.politico.eu/article/ryai...

Ryanair boss says drones disrupting EU airports should be shot down

The outspoken Ryanair boss has no faith in EU leaders to manage the threat, says Ursula von der Leyen should quit.

www.politico.eu

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Der @KleineMaulwurf @kleinemaulwurf.bsky.social · 13d

I once followed this @catsofyore.bsky.social's starter pack.
Best decision I've ever made.
Because since then, I sometimes get awesome cat content between all that doom'n'gloom.
I encourage you all to do the same.

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Rob the D @robsterlobster1.bsky.social · 19d

Dépends. If you want to export goods it’s a good thing ostensibly . But for everything else it’s bad news. The more interest rates get lowered the weaker will be the dollar. The less attractive the US will be for foreign investors

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 20d

Remember when we were kids and civics class drilled into us that the Constitution was the supreme law of the land? Turns out, that’s true, but only until someone with enough money, power, or political convenience decides it’s not.

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Rop Gonggrijp @rop.gonggri.jp · 20d

Well there goes the notion that the Brits somehow understand this moment in history.

Britain jumps into bed with Palantir in £1.5B defense pact

: Arrangement follows big tech tie-ins claiming to offer £31B investment

www.theregister.com

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Peter de Bode @peterdebode.bsky.social · 21d

Ik kan me vergissen in de volgtijdelijkheid van eea maar volgens mij had het IDF geen "provocatief" optreden in Paradiso nodig om genocide te plegen, over "uitlokken" gesproken. Aan de andere kant zie ik ze er best toe in staat er nog een paar scheppen bovenop te doen want "antisemitisme".

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Peter de Bode @peterdebode.bsky.social · 21d

Dat "midden" van Kalshoven is onderdeel van het probleem, niet van de oplossing. Omdat ze ALLES wat moet gebeuren tegenhouden. Maar wat NIET moet gebeuren, dat steunen ze wel: onzin over Antifa, boerkaverbod, 130 op de snelweg, afbraak wetenschap. sabotage rechterlijke macht enz.

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Peter de Bode @peterdebode.bsky.social · 21d

Kees Kraaijeveld, zijn compaan bij De Slechte Argumentenfabriek, had laatst ook weer zoń totaal wereldvreemd meta-onzinstuk. Onder welke tegel wonen deze mensen ?

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Epicurean @politicals.bsky.social · 23d

Inductieladen op alle parkeerplaatsen en bidirectionele laad-technologie die door door burgers uitgebaat kan worden waar ze hun overtollige stroom op piekmomenten zélf kunnen verkopen aan rijdende batterij buffers.. 😃

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Martin Sandbu @martinsandbu.ft.com · 23d

The feline ability to stretch the space-time continuum - usually to take up more space on beds and less space in cardboard boxes than should be possible under conventional laws of physics - is well-known to human servants of cats.

Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 23d

We have a standard double sized bed and Bixby Snyder can take up all of it. He’s not even that big for a Maine Coon cat at a mere 9.5kg, but well over a metre long when he stretches out. Also this is one of his most refined and elegant poses. Please admire his surprisingly ginger tummy

An enormous silver tabby cat with a super fluffy peachy tummy at full stretch over a double bed. He is nearly as wide as it is.

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Peter de Bode @peterdebode.bsky.social · 24d

"Andere meningen"

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TBogg @tbogg.bsky.social · 25d

This is the guy who did the actual firing of Karen Attiah at the Washington Post via email. And next to his picture are comments made by Charlie Kirk about Black Americans and Black women in general.

He chose a side.

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Peter de Bode @peterdebode.bsky.social · 24d

Het is ook niet voor niks dat er zelden dieper op in wordt gegaan waar dat andere denken dan uit zou bestaan.

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Peter de Bode @peterdebode.bsky.social · 24d

Ik deed een rondje bruggen waarbij de Erasmus richting Noord afgesloten bleek want "politie-actie". Altijd verbazingwekkend dat het personeelsgebrek dan ineens opgelost lijkt: 3 brandweerwagens, 2 ambulances en een complete politievloot, plus varend materieel en de Havendienst. Maar voor wat ?

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