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Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 21h

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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Agri Ismaïl @agri.bsky.social · 20h

Honestly there is so little translated from Kurdish to English (Deep Vellum a notable exception, we see you and we love you), Henar Press is truly doing the lord’s work

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Agri Ismaïl @agri.bsky.social · 20h

This is well worth your time and money ⬇️

Henar Press @henarpress.bsky.social · 1d

We're launching our first ever fundraiser!

We have many amazing projects planned, and your support, no matter the amount, would ensure we can fully realize our vision of providing Kurdish literature with the platform it deserves.

Visit our fundraiser page: secure.givelively.org/donate/henar...

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 2d

A work of art

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 2d

"The hundreds of billions of dollars companies are investing in AI now account for an astonishing 40 per cent share of US GDP growth this year... In a way, then, America has become one big bet on AI."

America is now one big bet on AI

It’s seen as the magic fix for every threat to the US economy

www.ft.com

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Agri Ismaïl @agri.bsky.social · 2d

Wild story, that the year Bob Dylan won the nobel there was a proposal to give it to him and Cohen, but the older members of the Academy didn’t know who Leonard Cohen was (!!) www.gp.se/kultur/komme...

Kommentar: Oväntade avslöjandet: Cohen kunde delat Nobelpriset med Dylan

...men de äldre i Akademien visste inte vem Leonard Cohen var, skriver Owe Nilsson.

www.gp.se

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Agri Ismaïl @agri.bsky.social · 2d

*nudges rest of the world, points at Ireland*

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 2d

The Basic Income for the Arts scheme will be put on a permanent footing in the Budget tomorrow

Budget 2026: Basic income for artists to become permanent

The Basic Income for the Arts scheme will be put on a permanent footing in the Budget tomorrow.

www.rte.ie

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Reality Winner @reazlepuff.bsky.social · 5d

What the fuck do you mean I got a longer prison sentence than Diddy

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 5d

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in prison in case involving sex workers, violence and ‘freak-offs’.

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Agri Ismaïl @agri.bsky.social · 8d

May anyone who chooses to work for ICE live out their days shunned by society, utterly unloved and alone. May they never know a night’s rest. May each and every one of their deaths be celebrated by the people who knew them.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 8d

This passage nearly broke me.

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Henar Press @henarpress.bsky.social · 8d

COVER REVEAL — We're proud to present I AM GOING TO KILL SOMEBODY, the English debut of Firat Cewerî, one of the great modern existentialists, brilliantly translated by Jeannette Okur and with a foreword by Agri Ismaïl.

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JVG 骨 @jasonv.bsky.social · 8d

Absolute all-timer sentence in today's @nytimes.com

"some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily execute civilians" says today's New York Times, continuing their long tradition of whitewashing fascism

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Agri Ismaïl @agri.bsky.social · 8d

Produced by Boston Consulting Group for Tony Blair’s Gaza project

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Agri Ismaïl @agri.bsky.social · 8d

With Boston Consulting Group and Boston Dynamics in the mix it’s a wonder sci-fi authors haven’t started just adding ”Boston” to any generic company they want to portray as evil

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Agri Ismaïl @agri.bsky.social · 8d

Really next-level shock doctrine stuff here

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 9d

This is what Blair’s team created together with BCG

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Agri Ismaïl @agri.bsky.social · 10d

Rantade om det kontantlösa samhället på godmorgon världen

www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/ett-...

Ett samhälle utan kontanter - krönika av Agri Ismaïl - Godmorgon världen

läs hela krönikan här nedan:

www.sverigesradio.se

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 20d

Of fucking COURSE

Screenshot of text on butter-colored Semafor background:

This predates the social media wars of the late 2010s: One Trump appointee told me that a radicalizing experience was being booted out of the [italics] Gawker comments section [roman], way back in the day. But as progressive

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Tobias @toebias.bsky.social · 15d

Anna: Mindre bidrag betyder mindre mat för barnen

"På Matmissionen i Kista Galleria oroar sig både kunder och personal för regeringens sänkning av försörjningsstödet"

www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/anna...

Anna: Mindre bidrag betyder mindre mat för barnen - Ekot

På Matmissionen i Kista Galleria oroar sig både kunder och personal för regeringens förslag om att sänka försörjningsstödet. "Det är fruktansvärt att man ...

www.sverigesradio.se

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 17d

A great creator's essay from the great Michael Chabon on one of the best books I've ever read (and one of the most fun books to work on I've yet worked on).

Silver and Gold

On the 25th anniversary of *The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay*

open.substack.com

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Jeremy Millar @jeremymillar.bsky.social · 18d

‘Roads’ 2025 – Together For Palestine

YouTube video by Portishead

youtu.be

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Agri Ismaïl @agri.bsky.social · 19d

*Child watches Star Wars Episode I and sees Anakin win the pod race*

Child: What he won?
Me: his freedom
Child: Gold?
Me: No he was a slave. He won his freedom.
Child: A trophy?!
Me: No, I’m telling you. He won his freedom.
Child: …a medal???

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Agri Ismaïl @agri.bsky.social · 19d

As Eddie Izzard once said: What have you been reading? The gospel according to St. Bastard?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19d

Cardinal Timothy Dolan on Fox & Friends on Charlie Kirk: "This guy is a modern day St Paul. He was a missionary, he's an evangelist, he's a hero. He's one I think that knows what Jesus meant when he said 'the truth will set you free.'"

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Agri Ismaïl @agri.bsky.social · 20d

I gruppchatterna har vi korat Björn till hederskurd, han har stående inbjudan hem till våra mostrar och fastrar för att få väldigt mycket mat

Paulina Sokolow @paulinasokolow.bsky.social · 20d

Har ni sett honom på insta? Tiktok? Kalles-kaviar-Björn som tagit dans från Mellanöstern till sitt hjärta och till en stormförtjust följarskara på 700 000. Jag har träffat honom ❤️🍉 www.flamman.se/svensk-kosty...

Svensk kostym, kurdiskt blod

Björn Lindberg lärde sig kurdisk dans på skoj under pandemin. I dag har hans klipp från vardagsrummet i Stockholm 700 000 följare från hela världen på Tiktok och Instagram. Berömmet har gett mersmak –...

www.flamman.se

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Agri Ismaïl @agri.bsky.social · 21d

I use Reeder it is decent

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Agri Ismaïl @agri.bsky.social · 23d

Det går nog att lösa, de som håller på med magi är generellt rätt kassa på IT så behovet finns nog!

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Agri Ismaïl @agri.bsky.social · 23d

Finns ett gäng svarta magiker i Oman som nog kan göra det mesta i hämndcurse-väg.

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