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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 7h

There’s also a bong incident that unlocked memories of being shot in the head by the Taliban

Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 7h

Who didn’t take her calls? She mentions Biden. Johnson. Macron. Trudeau.

She notes that female politicians did. Erna Solberg, then Norwegian prime minister,Hillary Clinton and Lolwah Al-Khater, assistant foreign minister of Qatar at the time, stepped in to help evacuate her Afghan partners.

‘To the men who ran the world, I was just a photo op’: Malala Yousafzai on growing up, getting cynical – and how getting high nearly broke her

Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 7h

Yousafzai emailed politicians, begging for assistance in evacuating her Afghan partners before the Taliban took over.

“Not one of them picked up the phone, or replied to my messages. To the men who ran the world, I was just a photo op.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

The global icon of women’s education is ready to tell the full story of her turbulent recent life, from arguing with her parents to being ghosted by the statesmen who were once desperate to be seen wi...

Strikes on Venezuelan Boats Prompt Rare U.N. Meeting on the United States

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 1d

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Albert Báez was Mexican American physicist who co-invented the X-ray reflection microscope for examining living cells. He was also the father of Pauline, Mimi and Joan Baez, all of whom became musicians and activists. /1

Left to right, Pauline, Mimi and Joan Báez.

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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 13h

The UN Security Council convened a rare meeting on the US military strikes on Venezuelan boats in the Caribbean, and the risks these actions posed to regional stability 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/w...

Air traffic controllers who duck unpaid work during the shutdown could be fired, Duffy warns

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The Denver Post @denverpost.com · 14h

Even though the U.S. has a stark shortage of air traffic controllers, ones who call in sick instead of working without a paycheck during the federal government shutdown risk being fired, the U.S. transportation secretary warned.

Airports across the country have dealt with delays this week at times because of controllers not showing up for work.

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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 15h

A “very significant” unpublished story by Jack Kerouac described as “a lost chapter of the On the Road saga” has been discovered after languishing in the files of an assassinated Mafia crime boss for at least 40 years www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

‘Very significant’ Jack Kerouac story discovered after mafia boss auction

Exclusive: Two-page 1957 manuscript signed by author linked to his classic of beat literature On the Road

Top Justice Dept. Officials Weren’t Told in Advance of James Indictment

Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 15h

Those in the dark included Pam Bondi www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Trump Says U.S. Will Impose 100% Tariffs on Chinese Goods

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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 19h

Here we go:

Trump announces 100% tariffs on Chinese goods 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Macron reappoints Lecornu as French PM after days of turmoil

Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 21h

Stocks plummet

Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 21h

Interesting move: Macron has asked Sébastien Lecornu to return as French prime minister only four days after he stood down from the post, sparking a week of high drama and political turmoil. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Sébastien Lecornu resigned on Monday after 26 days in the job and he said two days later his "mission is over".

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Nobel peace prize officials investigate surge in bets for winner

Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 21h

Norwegian officials are investigating suspicious online betting for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner — Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado — that suggests a rare leak from the secretive committee that hands out the prize

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Bets for Maria Corina Machado spiked on Polymarket gambling site hours before she was awarded prize

Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire: What's Next for Gaza Aid, Hostages, and More (Gift Article)

Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 22h

A step-by-step look at what’s next for the hostages, Israel’s military and the delivery of aid. 🎁 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

A step-by-step look at what’s next in Gaza for the hostages, Israel’s military and the delivery of aid.

Under Trump, E.P.A. Explored if Abortion Pills Could Be Detected in Wastewater

Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 23h

Trying to detect abortion pills in wastewater is a practice long sought by the anti-abortion movement.

Senior officials at the EPA directed a team of scientists over the summer to assess whether the government could develop methods to do it. 🎁

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Trump Administration Live Updates: Federal Layoffs ‘Have Begun,’ White House Says

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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1d

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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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 1d

Federal Layoffs ‘Have Begun,’ White House Says 🎁 www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

MIT rejects Trump administration deal for priority federal funding

Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 1d

This is something

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 1d

BBC: Huge blast at Tennessee explosives plant leaves several dead or missing

Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 1d

MIT rejects Trump administration deal for priority federal funding, the first to publicly turn down the offer after nine schools were pushed to agree to adopt conservative priorities and policies in exchange for funding perks www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

MIT is one of the nine schools that were asked to agree to adopt conservative priorities and policies in exchange for funding perks.

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Scoop: Janet Mills to launch Senate bid Tuesday, per internal document

Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 1d

Melania Trump says at the White House that she has an 'open channel' with Putin, the Russian president, on returning Ukrainian children taken during the war, and that some have been reunited with their families | Reuters

Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 1d

AP, Axios: Democratic Gov. Janet Mills of Maine to announce she's challenging GOP Senator Susan Collins in 2026

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Mills' entrance into the race is also likely to set off a divisive primary contest.

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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 1d

Billionaire Peter Thiel has been giving private lectures that say critics of technology are “legionnaires of the Antichrist” and warn that government oversight of Silicon Valley will lead to an apocalyptic future, according to leaked audio 🎁 wapo.st/4q5wR6S

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.

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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 1d

María Corina Machado is the latest female democracy campaigner to be honored with the Nobel Peace Prize in recent years:

Narges Mohammadi of Iran

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar

Tawakkol Karman of Yemen

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee of Liberia 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/w...

Machado’s Peace Prize Is Latest Nobel for Female Democracy Campaigners