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If FIFA was actually capable of embarrassment they'd have died of it years ago...
theguardian.com The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d
Growing sense of embarrassment at Fifa over Donald Trump peace prize
Growing sense of embarrassment at Fifa over Donald Trump peace prize
* Mid-level and senior officials uncomfortable with award * Fifa says it still ‘strongly’ supports the peace prize There is a growing sense of embarrassment among mid-level and senior officials within Fifa over the awarding of its peace prize to Donald Trump. The US president was handed the award at the World Cup draw in Washington DC in December with the Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, telling Trump: “We want to see hope, we want to see unity, we want to see a future. This is what we want to see from a leader and you definitely deserve the first Fifa Peace Prize.” Since then, the US has launched airstrikes across Venezuela and captured the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores, and flown them to the US, where he was put in jail. Maduro appeared in court on 5 January, pleading not guilty to drugs, weapons and “narco-terrorism” charges. Trump has also threatened to invade Greenland because he said the US needs the territory “very badly”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 1:05 PM
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radleybalko.bsky.social
The more I think about this, the angrier I get. It takes a particularly virulent strain of sociopathy to sit and let hard-working people serve you a meal knowing that you plan to arrest them and send them off for deportation once they're off of work.

Really depraved shit.
radleybalko.bsky.social Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 4d
A few days ago, Fox News was whining about ICE agents getting heckled at a Mexican restaurant in Minneapolis.

Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
ICE agents ate at a Minnesota Mexican restaurant before arresting staff
Immigration law enforcement agents reportedly followed employees out of the restaurant after they closed for the evening
www.independent.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 12:13 AM
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January 17, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
Trump is selling seized Venezuelan oil and putting the cash in a bank account in Qatar. Nothing to see here. www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
January 14, 2026 at 8:32 PM
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davidingram.bsky.social
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A screenshot of two headlines on Google Search. The first, from People.com: Scott Adams, Disgraced Dilbert Creator, Dies at 68 The second, from The New York Times: Scott Adams, Audacious Creator of the ‘Dilbert’ Comic Strip, Dies at 68
January 13, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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gregpak.net
Abolish ICE.

If you work for ICE, quit right now.
heylookitsruth.bsky.social Ruth Delgado @heylookitsruth.bsky.social · Oct 13
A mom in Houston reported her 15-year-old son with autism missing. She spent 6 days terrified, searching for him. The whole time, Houston police knew exactly where he was since they helped ICE place him in a refugee facility.

This is beyond cruel.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Missing teen with autism transferred to refugee facility by HPD
He is currently being held at an Office for Refugee Resettlement facility.
www.houstonchronicle.com
October 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
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January 13, 2026 at 10:37 PM
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keithdjohnson.bsky.social
Mike Luckovich cartoon: 3 masked ICE thugs standing over the body of Lady Liberty, one of them saying "She was brandishing a torch."
January 9, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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annabower.bsky.social
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
News Team, Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier. I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity. Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one. We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story. If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient. If the standard for airing a story becomes "the government must agree to be interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state. These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless. CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones. We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it. When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet. I care too much about this broadcast to watch it be dismantled without a fight. Sharyn
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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THREAD.

My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.

I've collected his work here...
Bridget the cat infiltrates the 'Abbey Road' cover shoot and becomes THE definitive fifth Beatle.
December 20, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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propublica.org
NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.

Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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bell.bz
We have to completely destroy the AI industry
pankraru.bsky.social Pank 🦑 @pankraru.bsky.social · Dec 15
Hell World. Hell World. Hell World.
December 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
Fact-check: true
December 14, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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missmc.bsky.social
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
jonkingh.bsky.social Jonathan Kingham @jonkingh.bsky.social · Dec 6
This is so disgusting.
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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November 28, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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This module has so far been one of the most useful to people taking JavaScript for Everyone, so we made it free so you can get an idea of how good Mat is at teaching JavaScript. Maybe it’ll convince you to get the whole course 👀

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The entire “Asynchronous JavaScript” module of JavaScript for Everyone is now free
This module has so far been one of the most useful to people taking JavaScript for Everyone, so we made it free so you can get an idea of how good Mat is at teaching JavaScript. Maybe it’ll convince...
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November 28, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”

Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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ledbydonkeys.org
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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brucel.bsky.social
Someone put this "blue plaque" on a London Tesla showroom to mark his becoming the world's first trillionaire. “World’s first trillionaire Elon Musk. Could have solved world hunger but funded fascists instead. Bellend.” www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/everyon...
Special Musk 'blue plaque' put up at Tesla's flagship London dealership after $1tn pay deal
Activists decided to put up a special 'blue plaque' for Elon Musk at Tesla flagship London dealership to honour his $1 trillion pay packet.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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ledbydonkeys.org
Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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carolecadwalla.bsky.social
NEW: Police knew a Kremlin spy ring recruited former leader of Reform Wales at least 3 years ago.

So why was Nathan Gill not charged till Feb this year?

Pls read part 2 of @thenerve.news special investigation into Nathan Gill. And please share!
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October 18, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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i NEED to know the backstory here
r/UnethicalLifeProTips u/occasionallyvertical • 12h ULPT I need a way to move 13 2000lbs pallets of margarine side to side and then down into a 6ft hole and then cover it with dirt It must be quiet and fast. I'm not opposed to renting heavy machinery but they must be quiet and able to be operated in low light conditions. For the record, I don't think there's anything unethical about this, but it was recommended I post here and I'm desperate. The margarine cannot be harmed, no melting or changing its shape of any kind. Afterwards, I will dig it up and whatever is left I will need to either dissolve in some kind of acid or burn it someway that has little clean up. Thank you. [user’s post history] r/LosAngeles 6h Any recommendations for heavy equipment rental in San Gabriel? r/UnethicalLifeProTips 6h ULPT Is there a way to remove the reversing alarm on an electric forklift? r/UnethicalLifeProTips 12h ULPT I need a way to move 13 2000lbs pallets of margarine side to side and then down into a 6ft hole and then cover it with dirt It must be quiet and fast. I'm not opposed to renting heavy machinery but they must be quiet and able to be operated in low light conditions. For the record, I don't think there's anything unethical about this, but it was recommended I... r/diet 1d What might happen to someone if they were to consume say, 3lbs of margarine every day for a month? Just have some extra margarine lying around that I'm hoping to put to good use. If not 3lbs, how much could I eat a day and still be okay? Thank you. r/NoStupidQuestions 1d Are there any chemicals that will dissolve margarine with very little cleanup? r/AskChemistry 1d Are there any chemicals that would dissolve margarine without a trace? r/NoStupidQuestions 1d Curious about the ramifications of keeping large pallets of margarine underground for extended periods of time? If I were to put a few large pallets of margarine underground (stored in cardboard boxes in plastic wraps) would it melt? Would the temperature be sufficient to maintain the solid state of margarine? I'm thinking about 6ft deep. Thank you. r/askanything 1d Looking for a method to transport a 2000lbs pallet of margarine into 6ft deep holes and cover them? Must be done in low light scenarios and quietly. Hoping to do this myself. I'm hesitant to rent heavy equipment as it may be too loud. r/ask 1d What is the easiest way to slide a 2000lbs pallet of margarine into holes an inch wider on each side and approximately 6ft down? It will need to be done in low light areas, preferably without any hired help. I'm trying to keep it as quiet and as fast as possible. Thank you r/heavyequipment 1d Looking for a machine I can rent to slide 13 pallets of margarine (~2000lbs) from side to side multiple times quietly.
October 23, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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davejorgenson.bsky.social
Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
October 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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In work and politics, it genuinely doesn’t matter what you were thinking when you actively aided and abetted in shitting on people’s work, built systems that helped fascists, ruined the education system and pretty much all of media. What matters, and what you should be judged on is what you did
October 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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October 14, 2025 at 8:21 AM