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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 10m

"'Do Something B*tch': Damning Video Shows CBP Agent Shooting Protester. The Department of Homeland Security initially said the agent had shot the woman five times in self-defense." newrepublic.com/post/201444/...

“Do Something B*tch”: Damning Video Shows CBP Agent Shooting Protester

The Department of Homeland Security initially said the agent had shot the woman five times in self-defense.

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Bartelds @bartelds.bsky.social · 11m

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Dr Dave Hitchcock @davehitchcock.bsky.social · 22h

I had thought there was enough residual dignity, and enough emphasis on maintaining the reputation of one's institution, left in the office of Vice Chancellor for a UK university that VCs would not stoop to such behaviour. How naïve that was.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 23h

UK universities offered to monitor students’ social media for arms firms, emails show

Loughborough, Heriot-Watt and Glasgow corresponded with companies concerned about campus protests Universities in the UK reassured arms companies they would monitor students’ chat groups and social media accounts after firms raised concerns about campus protests, according to internal emails. One university said it would conduct “active monitoring of social media” for any evidence of plans to demonstrate against Rolls-Royce at a careers fair. Continue reading...

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 6h

Brian Krassenstein

People are now following ICE vehicles in Chicago, honking their horns and yelling out to make sure that immigrants are warned about their impending arrival.😎

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 52m

Video from inside a negotiating room in Egypt shows Qatari, Turkish and Egyptian officials along with Hamas representatives, ahead of the announcement of an initial deal for a Gaza ceasefire.

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Cambridge for Europe @cambsforeurope.bsky.social · 52m

"This Hungarian regime is a psychiatric case"

Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai, who was today awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, is a fierce critic of the Orban regime in Hungary, and in particular its "neutral" attitude towards Ukraine.

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László Krasznahorkai on hope, apocalypse, and his new short story

Hari Kunzru interviews the Hungarian novelist László Krasznahorkai.

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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 1h

🤬 The Russian commander who gave the order to shoot three civilians in Kupyansk has been identified

This is Andrey Syrotyuk, commander of the 121st Regiment of the 68th Motorized Rifle Division of the 6th Combined Arms Army of the Russian Federation.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 18h

Pritzker: “This is a convicted felon…who is threatening to jail me. This guy is unhinged. He's insecure. He's a wannabe dictator. And there's one thing I really want to say to Donald Trump: If you come for my people, you come through me. So come and get me.”

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 1h

László Krasznahorkai has won the Nobel prize in literature.

In our archive, from 2014:

‘My name is Róbert Valzer and I like walking, not that I have anything to do with the famous Robert Walser, nor do I think it strange that walking should be my favourite hobby.’

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László Krasznahorkai, translated by George Szirtes · Story: ‘There Goes Valzer’

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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 58m

Rostov region right now 🔥

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 17h

If you are a federal worker, there are several credit unions and other financial institutions that are offering zero interest loans during the government shutdown.

Please go to my website for more information: www.sanders.senate.gov/resources-fo...

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Bartelds @bartelds.bsky.social · 59m

Home thoughts of abroad: Ohthere’s Voyage in its Anglo-Saxon context

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Francesca Tinti @francescatinti.bsky.social · 1h

A new Early Medieval Europe virtual issue on Travel and Mobility in the Early Middle Ages, featuring five brilliant articles published over the past 20 years by Andy Merrills, Paul Dutton, Frank Riess, Ben Allport and Rebecca Thomas: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...

Beyond migrations: travel and mobility in the early Middle Ages: Early Medieval Europe

Early Medieval Europe is an interdisciplinary medieval studies journal covering European history from the fall of the Roman Empire up until the 11th century.

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 1h

🏅 The Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to Laszlo Krasznahorkai, considered by many as Hungary's most important living author whose works explore themes of postmodern dystopia and melancholy.

📸 Adrian Dennis

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Bartelds @bartelds.bsky.social · 1h

László Krasznahorkai

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The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org

The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...

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The Independent @the-independent.com · 1h

BREAKING | Hungarian author wins Nobel Prize in literature for 2025

László Krasznahorkai: Hungarian author wins Nobel Prize in literature for 2025

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voermanswjm.bsky.social @voermanswjm.bsky.social · 1h

Zelfs nog ruzie binnen de overgebleven 'stomp'. Hoe besta je het? Een demissionair kabinet is geen #campagnevehikel. Onenigheid in demissionair kabinet over soepelere stikstofregels nos.nl/artikel/2585... via @NOS

Onenigheid in demissionair kabinet over soepelere stikstofregels

BBB wil nog voor de verkiezingen een ondergrens voor stikstof presenteren. De VVD wil eerst zeker weten of die standhoudt bij de rechter.

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Bartelds @bartelds.bsky.social · 1h

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Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 @emmalbriant.bsky.social · 1h

They really are just using big words to confuse him now.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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The Moscow Times @themoscowtimes.com · 2h

Anna Paulina Luna, a staunch supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump and vocal critic of American financial and military aid to Ukraine, did not specify the format, date or location of the meeting.

Florida Lawmaker to Meet With Putin Envoy Dmitriev This Month - The Moscow Times

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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 1h

❗️The moment a kamikaze drone struck an oil depot(?) in the town of 🇷🇺Matveyev-Kurgan in the Rostov Region

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 1h

🤩🤩🤩 Matveyev-Kurgan

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Bartelds @bartelds.bsky.social · 1h

Ha, mooi!

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Hans Laroes @hanslaroes.bsky.social · 1h

-Waarom post je zoveel dezer dagen?

Omdat ik zaterdag een tijdje in de Taalstraat van Frits Spits mag wonen…

(Dit wordt wellicht een Droste cacaoblik-post)

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