Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by Ricardas Pel

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

Reposted by Ricardas Pel

WIRED @wired.com · 1d

NEW: A professor at Rutgers University who wrote a book about “antifa” almost a decade ago is trying—and struggling—to flee the US for Europe after a weeks-long online campaign against him by far-right influencers was followed by death threats. www.wired.com/story/mark-b...

He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US

Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

www.wired.com

31 360 810

Reposted by Ricardas Pel

Christopher Miller @christopherjm.ft.com · 1d

A series of massive Russian air strikes in the past week have disabled nearly 60 per cent of Ukraine’s gas production, raising fears of winter shortages.

"We need billions of cubic meters of gas more during the heating season."

Our interviews with CEOs of Naftogaz and DTEK:
on.ft.com/439o4qs

Russia destroys 60% of Ukraine’s gas production ahead of winter

[FREE TO READ] Moscow’s intensified bombing campaign seeks to ‘break our spirit’, says head of state energy group

on.ft.com

5 40 97

Reposted by Ricardas Pel

WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 1d

Putin has effectively admitted to shooting down an Azerbaijani plane. The Russian dictator met with Azerbaijan’s President Aliyev for the first time in a year and discussed the crash of the AZAL aircraft in Kazakhstan.

8 35 230

Reposted by Ricardas Pel

Oz Katerji @ozkaterji.bsky.social · 1d

I'm as desperate to see the moral abominations in Gaza end as the rest of you, and I understand why there is so much anticipation that this might finally be a ceasefire, but given how this has played out over 2 years, some caution and skepticism should probably be advised.

8 27 190

Reposted by Ricardas Pel

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Bondi: "Bondi: "Just like we did with cartels, we are going to take the same approach, President Trump, with antifa -- destroy the entire organization from top to bottom. We are going to take them apart."

490 250 820

Reposted by Ricardas Pel

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

If you come for my people, you come through me.

900 6.1K 26K

Reposted by Ricardas Pel

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2d

Altman claims the company didn’t anticipate people not wanting their deepfakes to say “offensive things or things that they find deeply problematic,” which sounds like a lie but is also indicative of how they recklessly release tech into the world.

OpenAI wasn’t expecting Sora’s copyright drama

It felt “more different to images than people expected.”

www.theverge.com

41 150 620

Reposted by Ricardas Pel

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

Gov. Pritzker after Trump calls for him to be jailed: “I will not back down… what else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?”

130 1.1K 3.2K

Reposted by Ricardas Pel

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2d

Trump just threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act if governors/judges act *lawfully* within the constitutional system in ways that displease him.

Miller's statements reveal their real position: Trump's power to invent pretexts for emergency actions is limitless.

newrepublic.com/article/2014...

8 210 740

Reposted by Ricardas Pel

Ramsha Jahangir @ramshajahangir.bsky.social · 3d

Last week, a Dutch court ordered Meta to give Facebook & Instagram users the right to set a chronological feed by default - one of the first EU cases applying the DSA in civil proceedings.

To unpack what this means, I spoke with @bitsoffreedom.bsky.social:

www.techpolicy.press/what-a-dutch...

What a Dutch Court Ruling Against Meta Signals for Private DSA Enforcement | TechPolicy.Press

Tech Policy Press spoke with Rejo Zenger, Policy and Advocacy Lead at Bits of Freedom, to better understand the significance of the ruling.

www.techpolicy.press

8 48 130

Ricardas Pel @ricpeldito.bsky.social · 2d

Fighting for the resources would be even better!

Reposted by Ricardas Pel

NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 3d

One of Russia’s main supply routes from China has been shut down. From today, the border with Kazakhstan is fully stopped.. over 5,000 trucks are stuck, inspections are ongoing, and goods are being confiscated. Drones, EW gear, batteries, components, nothing is getting through.

100 580 2.2K

Reposted by Ricardas Pel

Julia Davis @juliadavisnews.bsky.social · 3d

Meanwhile in Russia: First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee Alexey Zhuravlyov argued that the best way Russia can retaliate against America for sending Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine would be to bomb Rzeszów airbase in Poland.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGCp...

Alexey Zhuravlyov suggests bombing Poland if the US sends Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine

YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor

www.youtube.com

18 97 240

Reposted by Ricardas Pel

Winter @wpoliticss.bsky.social · 3d

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek just took back control of the national guard.

She is sending the Oregon national Guard back home and is directing the California national guard to leave the State.

15 370 1.2K

Reposted by Ricardas Pel

James Miller (Millermena) @jamesmiller.bsky.social · 3d

When the fascists tell you they're fascists WHILE THEY'RE DOING FASCIST SHIT maybe we should believe them

Paul Blumenthal @paulblumenthal.bsky.social · 3d

Stephen Miller short circuits after saying Trump has "plenary authority" over sending troops into U.S. cities www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Stephen Miller Says Trump Has ‘Plenary Authority,’ Like A King

www.huffpost.com

1 7

Reposted by Ricardas Pel

NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 3d

At Putin’s meeting with Russia's top military gang, FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov was present, an unusual move explained by the discussion of sensitive intelligence on Transnistria. Also seated nearby was Black Sea Fleet commander Admiral Sergey Pinchuk.

9 36 230

Reposted by Ricardas Pel

Iikka Korhonen @iikkakorhonen.bsky.social · 3d

[Belgium] has spent three years saying Euroclear is Belgian and so are the benefits,” said one senior EU diplomat involved in talks on the matter. “Now, when it wants to share the risks, it claims Euroclear is European.”
🇧🇪🇪🇺🇺🇸
on.ft.com/4nGTIEj

EU pressure builds on Belgium to allow use of Russia’s frozen assets

Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever insists other capitals should cover financial and legal risks of €140bn loan

on.ft.com

1 28 85

Reposted by Ricardas Pel

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Durbin: "What's happening in Illinois is outrageous. To think they're going to federalize the Texas National Guard and send them into my state is not only necessary, it's almost criminal."

390 1.2K 4.4K

Reposted by Ricardas Pel

Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 3d

Any wonder why they wear masks?

👣COCA👣 🇺🇦 @nortygirl.bsky.social · 4d

Chicago October 2025.......

9 81 200

Reposted by Ricardas Pel

Stanimir Dobrev @delfoo.bsky.social · 4d

The leader of the Duma party A Just Russia has officially said that the gasoline shortage is being caused by Ukranian drone attacks on refineries. I think he's the highest ranking Russian official to say that bluntly so far.

dzen.ru/a/aOTaUqNCZn...

«Ребята, вы чего спите?»: Миронов призвал усилить охрану НПЗ из-за дефицита бензина

Статья автора «RTVI САМОЕ ВАЖНОЕ» в Дзене ✍: В России наблюдается дефицит бензина из-за атак беспилотников, заявил журналистам лидер «Справедливой России — За правду» Сергей Миронов, передает...

dzen.ru

2 12 72

Reposted by Ricardas Pel

Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 4d

Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda hits out at AI-generated videos of her dead father: ‘stop doing this to him’ www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda hits out at AI-generated videos of her dead father: ‘stop doing this to him’

Film-maker tells the public to stop sending her videos, saying: ‘You’re not making art, you’re making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings’

www.theguardian.com

5 60 300

Reposted by Ricardas Pel

Mark Galeotti @markgaleotti.bsky.social · 4d

7 October – Putin’s 73rd birthday. I won’t wish him many happy returns, but let’s just spend a moment pondering the dilemmas that will likely face him in the coming year 1/

7 38 150

Reposted by Ricardas Pel

Joel Wertheimer @wertwhile.bsky.social · 4d

This is the problem with Sora! It's very bad! bsky.app/profile/drew...

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 4d

The Sora AI disinfo nightmare is here

For more like this:
tiktok.com/@drewharwell
instagram.com/bydrewharwell

3 7

Reposted by Ricardas Pel

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 4d

🚨THIS IS A BIG DEAL. Chicago journalists are suing the Trump administration for using excessive force against reporters & protestors in violation of the 1A.
The press here is doing astounding work documenting how ICE is out of control. The violence they face in doing so is obscene.

The protests at the Broadview ICE facility and the federal government’s violent
attempts to silence the protesters became a story of great interest to the local Chicago media and
was also covered in the national press. Much of the coverage described the federal officers’
abusive tactics. Defendants sought and are seeking to quash this coverage by attacking and
intimidating members of the Press on the ground there.
85. Federal immigration officers at the Broadview ICE facility have repeatedly and
intentionally singled out persons whom they know to be members of the Press for violence,
assault, and intimidation. These assaults are not incidental or unintentional. They are undertaken
by design to intimidate journalists on scene and to frustrate and suppress coverage of the federal
officers’ actions toward protesters and immigration detainees

11 430 1.1K