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amandaunderwood.bsky.social @amandaunderwood.bsky.social · 15h

Being religious is one thing. Being a religious state is quite another. The soldiers are just doing what they are told to do. The people in the Heritage Foundation are not religious. They are zealots. There is a difference, and it matters.

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amandaunderwood.bsky.social @amandaunderwood.bsky.social · 15h

I once was sitting reading a book in my garden when I felt the need to look up. Three little tawny frogmouths were on the branch above my head watching me calmly.

Tawny frogmouths take patience to appreciate. They will reward you with insights into their remarkable lives | Stephanie Convery

Spotting tawnies is a bit like completing a crossword: it’s easier once you are familiar with the patterns, but you can always get stumped

www.theguardian.com

amandaunderwood.bsky.social @amandaunderwood.bsky.social · 16h

It's a team effort. The posterchild for Opus Dei in the Whitehouse is the Vice President.

amandaunderwood.bsky.social @amandaunderwood.bsky.social · 16h

perchance, performer, perforate, perfection, pert...first words that came to mind.

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amandaunderwood.bsky.social @amandaunderwood.bsky.social · 16h

explain please.

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amandaunderwood.bsky.social @amandaunderwood.bsky.social · 16h

Moldova chose to align itself with the EU.

amandaunderwood.bsky.social @amandaunderwood.bsky.social · 16h

Another nation defies the idiot savant tech brotherhood.

Denmark plans social media ban for under-15s as PM warns phones ‘stealing childhood’

Mette Frederiksen links social media use to anxiety, depression and lack of concentration

www.theguardian.com

amandaunderwood.bsky.social @amandaunderwood.bsky.social · 1d

Nicely said. Kudos.

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amandaunderwood.bsky.social @amandaunderwood.bsky.social · 1d

I can see why. Are you suggesting that NACC is unprofessional & unreliable?

amandaunderwood.bsky.social @amandaunderwood.bsky.social · 1d

🙏 This is also a time for fierce compassion. Kamma means action.

amandaunderwood.bsky.social @amandaunderwood.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, but does the law mean anything anymore in the U.S. apart from performative art?

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amandaunderwood.bsky.social @amandaunderwood.bsky.social · 1d

Wearing black doesn't make one a blackshirt. Being a blackshirt makes one a blackshirt.

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amandaunderwood.bsky.social @amandaunderwood.bsky.social · 1d

There's a reason they are grabbing random people wanting to visit the U.S. from places like Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the U.K. and throwing them into detention for weeks at a time. They don't want your people to know that they have the worst healthcare in the first world.

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amandaunderwood.bsky.social @amandaunderwood.bsky.social · 1d

idiot savant brotherhood.

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amandaunderwood.bsky.social @amandaunderwood.bsky.social · 1d

The question is, do they have the cojones to defy him.

amandaunderwood.bsky.social @amandaunderwood.bsky.social · 1d

he soooo wants that nobel peace prize.

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amandaunderwood.bsky.social @amandaunderwood.bsky.social · 1d

LET ME IN beetch! NeeeW!

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amandaunderwood.bsky.social @amandaunderwood.bsky.social · 1d

there is no good angle...

amandaunderwood.bsky.social @amandaunderwood.bsky.social · 1d

Is that why MARShmallow's go so well with really crazy mad inflamed wood? Aha!

amandaunderwood.bsky.social @amandaunderwood.bsky.social · 1d

Yes. Ditto having repelled their troops on more than one occasion helps. Still, better late than never for Europe to catch on. Their leaders just need to be willing to inform their constituency on the facts. People are more than capable of understanding the facts as long as they have them.

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amandaunderwood.bsky.social @amandaunderwood.bsky.social · 1d

Wish we had had it before the Australian Aboriginal Voice to Parliament referendum back in '23. We went from a 63% support margin to less than 33% in a matter of months. The onslaught of foreign state actor disinformation took us all by surprise.

Prebunking...Love it.

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amandaunderwood.bsky.social @amandaunderwood.bsky.social · 1d

Iran makes most of their drone craft. North Korea is providing foot soldiers. China is providing materiel and satellite intel. BRICS is becoming more effective as an alliance every day. Particularly now that Trump has alienated Modi. China is now the most significant player in the global south.

US influence eroding in South-East Asia, report warns - ABC listen

A new report from Australia's Lowy Institute says China has emerged as the most influential power in Southeast Asia — edging out the United States in the wake of the Trump administration's aid cuts, h...

www.abc.net.au

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amandaunderwood.bsky.social @amandaunderwood.bsky.social · 1d

Instrumentalized immigration is the central pillar of Russian hybrid warfare on Europe. What do you think the Wagner group was doing for all those years in Africa?
Unlike Finland, the rest of Europe has been slow on the uptake.
Agree with you on the scourge of neoliberal policies since Thatcher.

Hybrid CoE Working Paper 14: Migration instrumentalization: A taxonomy for an efficient response - Hybrid CoE - The European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats

Migration instrumentalization (MI) is a low-cost strategy for perpetrators. The EU must ask itself how it can raise the costs for its antagonists.

www.hybridcoe.fi

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amandaunderwood.bsky.social @amandaunderwood.bsky.social · 1d

‘You’re not making art, you’re making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings’

Humans are not for sale, AI brotherhood. Hands off!

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

amandaunderwood.bsky.social @amandaunderwood.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, we are most fortunate to have the electoral system we have. It allows for third parties and independents to represent the population on issues like anthropogenic global warming and corruption in order to keep the bastards honest in the major parties.