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TitchAshen @titchashen.bsky.social · May 8

Two Stalks who picked the wrong perch, needed a rescue.

UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · May 8

❤️‍🔥 Rescuers in a village in the Chernihiv region successfully freed two storks trapped in an abandoned water tower.

The birds, unable to escape on their own, were safely released and have since returned to flight.

📷: SESU

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TitchAshen @titchashen.bsky.social · May 8

By the sounds of it the Pope will be no fav of Vance or Trump. A new strong voice against the worse of thier policies, cannot hurt.

murderedbybluesky.bsky.social @murderedbybluesky.bsky.social · May 8

Correct Title: MAGA-Cult melts down after new Pope calls them out for being entitled snowflakes asshats.

Republicans interpret the constitution like how the interpret the bible. Twist definitions to ignore certain parts unless it's convenient.

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

MAGA Melts Down Over New Pope's Anti-Trump, Pro-Immigrant Social Media

Donald Trump's supporters are not liking the social media of Robert Prevost, Pope Leo XIV, which includes several posts critical of the president.

www.rollingstone.com

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · May 8

Trump isn’t gonna like this.

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TitchAshen @titchashen.bsky.social · May 8

All about about the failed 50 year old Soviet Venusian probe, that is soon to return. It even has an Australian connection.

youtu.be/SSceyYTppRo?...

Here's All We Know About the Soviet Venus Probe Entering Earth Soon

YouTube video by Anton Petrov

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TitchAshen @titchashen.bsky.social · May 8

Those Seagulls will have to find a new gig as well. Their celebrity days are over.

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TitchAshen @titchashen.bsky.social · May 8

Two Stalks who picked the wrong perch, needed a rescue.

UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · May 8

❤️‍🔥 Rescuers in a village in the Chernihiv region successfully freed two storks trapped in an abandoned water tower.

The birds, unable to escape on their own, were safely released and have since returned to flight.

📷: SESU

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TitchAshen @titchashen.bsky.social · May 8

Something about those seagulls in the 24/7 live coverage just suits these times. A new Pontiff and the world say farewell to some avian celebrities.

TitchAshen @titchashen.bsky.social · May 8

Seems they made a decision. Tomorrow we get to find a lot about some name most of us i guess have never heard before. For a man with a elected to a position, that i do not envy in 2025.

Reuters @reuters.com · May 8

BREAKING: White smoke appeared from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, signaling that the 133 Roman Catholic cardinals meeting in a secret conclave have elected a new pope reut.rs/3ELycgq

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TitchAshen @titchashen.bsky.social · May 8

How the kremlin weaponized the history of WW2.

History always varies from different perspectives, our own nations role of romanticised and other things that need remembering forgotten. But The kremlin following Stalin's tradition takes it next level.

youtu.be/tC07KEtwwHM?...

The Myth of Victory: How the Great Patriotic War Became a Weapon of Russian Propaganda

YouTube video by UATV English

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TitchAshen @titchashen.bsky.social · May 8

“Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy what has been invented or made by the forces of good.”

― J.R.R. Tolkien

That says well what we fight when we fight tyranny in this age. They are those who can only raise themselves by bringing others down.

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TitchAshen @titchashen.bsky.social · May 8

the news was a bit more delayed and remote those days. I can barely remember the legacy of the Three Popes in One Year, on these things, From in 1978 when the Pope they chose only reigned 33 days.

A thing fiction authors have used for great inspiration and stuff since.

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TitchAshen @titchashen.bsky.social · May 8

putlers party is not one to attend, Xi must not have got the memo. Even with the danger of russian air defence, it just aint a cool thing to turn up too.

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TitchAshen @titchashen.bsky.social · May 8

Saw those 'celebrities' yesterday, the two most watched seagulls on the planet, they must be.

TitchAshen @titchashen.bsky.social · May 8

true, in PR bible, any publicity is good publicity these days. So as you say maybe less than a week, enough to keep the audience with the 'tense wait' but not too much they get bored.

Atm the 24/7 live feed is just a few very watched seagulls and a chimney. Which is 'amusing live' coverage.

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TitchAshen @titchashen.bsky.social · May 8

yep think in modern times a few days is the most they take.

The Vatican and Catholic Church many have different views on for good reasons, but it's ritual and history is fascinating as our first ancient 'mega corporation'. This now is like a time capsule to all that.

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TitchAshen @titchashen.bsky.social · May 8

No decision day one. Thought i read the longest conclave was three days, but it was three years.

Im guessing that occasion perhaps they were not locked in for the whole time. Maybe now, that is why they are.

www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Conclave live: black smoke emerges from chimney as cardinals fail to agree on new pope

Signal from Sistine Chapel chimney shows deliberations will continue over new leader of the Catholic church

www.theguardian.com

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Margarete Rosalind Weidenhammer @margareterosali.bsky.social · May 7

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

#Putin doesn’t want peace—he wants control: over #Ukraine, #Belarus, and #Europe ’s borders. Peace on his terms means submission.

I spoke with @ABCaustralia
about the threats from Russia and Lukashenka's regime—and the urgent need for a real, lasting peace.

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"Putin doesn't need peace": a warning from Belarus - ABC listen

The leader of Belarus' opposition in exile says Russian President Vladimir Putin wants only capitulation from Ukraine.

www.abc.net.au

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TitchAshen @titchashen.bsky.social · May 8

Can certain say the pokies did not improve Sydney.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · May 8

Does Britain need 24-hour slot machines? There must be better things to do at 3am | Adrian Chiles

Gambling arcades that never close are spreading across the country. I’m not against having a flutter, but seriously, in the middle of the night?

www.theguardian.com

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TitchAshen @titchashen.bsky.social · May 8

Just a thought. WWII was a of the industrial age and fought mainly with tanks and guns and all that.

In this information age those machines sure still play a part as we so tragic so often. But now in this war against tyranny that is the tip of the iceberg. Information is now the prime battlefield,

TitchAshen @titchashen.bsky.social · May 8

yep, that word, or maybe blackmail was going to use, but im just scared of lawyers. Now why they were announced and delayed makes sense.

This time until they occur, is when the dirty deals are done. Im guessing the same is going on many places.

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TitchAshen @titchashen.bsky.social · May 8

Tariffs are just being used as 'leverage' for these business interests. Thailand atm is considering allowing Casinos in thier land, for the same reasons, do it or cop the high tariffs. Same game just here for a different business interest.

Not the best way to conduct trade and diplomacy imho.

💙 MaryH 💙 @maryh58.bsky.social · May 8

www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

US pushes nations facing tariffs to approve Musk's Starlink, Washington Post reports

The United States has pushed some nations facing tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump to approve Elon Musk's Starlink, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing State Department cables.

www.reuters.com

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TitchAshen @titchashen.bsky.social · May 8

A direct answer from that mob is rare. Especially one about putin or russia. Perhaps the mood is changing.

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TitchAshen @titchashen.bsky.social · May 8

80 years since Victory in Europe day.

The end of a terrible war in that part of the world and abroad, yet the Peace really only came for the us in the West. Others fell under another tyranny, as Stalin most certainly was.

The legacy of that half peace, still troubles us to this day.

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Jack Blackburn @hackblackburn.bsky.social · May 8

80 years ago today, it was the morning after the night before and the people of Britain and Europe were waking up to Victory in Europe day.

Here is our coverage of that day in real time

www.thetimes.com/article/ac4b... #veday80

VE Day as it happened: how the European war ended in real time

Eighty years ago today, Winston Churchill declared the peace and Britain rejoiced. Now we tell the story of the day in a 2025 liveblog format

www.thetimes.com

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TitchAshen @titchashen.bsky.social · May 7

In Kherson, emergency services rescued a man from under the rubble: they worked despite difficult conditions and the threat of re-fire. (double tap attack)

Seen many similar photos before, but this time they lived.

Photos and word from ДСНС України (State Emergency Service of Ukraine)

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