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Rum Court Rules @courtrum.bsky.social · 1m

Sniffle, sniffle, .. better luck next year #TACO

María Corina Machado awarded Nobel Peace Prize

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Breaking: Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado receives Nobel Peace Prize

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 6h

He only wanted Lee Greenwood because Lawrence Welk is dead.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 6h

"I have trouble with the term 'liberal Zionism'"

Anti-Zionist Jewish Hollywood star Hannah Einbinder on the "settler colonialist ideology" and "apartheid" of Zionism, in the new Zeteo podcast 'Beyond Israelism with Simone Zimmerman'.

Full show: zeteo.com/p/beyond-isr...

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 6h

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

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Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 6h

Donald Trump is a confessed serial sexual predator, an adjudicated rapist and a convicted criminal.

Yeah this tracks.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 8h

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 6h

You know it coming.

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Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 6h

What a video compilation… “This network of antifa is just as sophisticated as MS-13, as ISIS, Hezbollah, Hamas, all of them,” Kristi Noem actually says here, without her face sliding off

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 13h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h

The Trump administration is testing the limits of its power. We’ve yet to see the edge.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Schiff: "You begin to wonder -- do they believe they have the authority by putting some groups on a list, even domestic groups, to use lethal force against them, with no trial, no due process, no nothing? The reality is we can't rule that out."

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The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell @lastword.msnbc.com · 5h

@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com: Letitia James should wear being on Trump's enemies list as a badge of honor youtu.be/bxleSo4JY0k?...

MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell with white text over his shoulder: Trump's "blatant perversion"

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benjamin @benjamino.bsky.social · 5h

Here's the thing, the whole point of 'sponsoring' these things is you don't have to directly lobby or strong-arm, the appeasement becomes tacit - see also the National Press Club quietly slurping cash from multiple weapons companies and fossil fuel climate crims

The Centre for Public Integrity’s executive director, Catherine Williams, said the club offered “an invaluable opportunity for monied interests to build relationships with members of parliament and their staff”.

“Let’s be real about it: if the access isn’t perceived to be valuable, why is it sold as a benefit of membership?” Williams said.

RWA’s chief executive Kai Cantwell said it did not use the club to lobby politicians.

“RWA’s work on regulation and harm reduction happens through the proper parliamentary and regulatory processes, not on the sporting field,” Kantwell said.

“Like other industries, we occasionally take part simply to enjoy exercise and socialising – something important for all Australians, particularly in high-pressure roles.”

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Andrew Gardiner @ajgardineresq.bsky.social · 5h

Bringing a dirty secret to the surface. ✅

Added drama of getting blackballed. ✅

Well played, David Pocock. Affiliations aside, you and David Shoebridge should team up. Like Midnight Oil: Shoebridge can be Rob Hirst and Pocock ... gawd, do I have to spell it out? ↘️
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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 5h

What? The former lawyer for Andrew Tate who also would tweet out glowing praise for Andrew Tate... is reported to have done an extremely creepy thing regarding a woman?

How surprising.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 7h

Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to lead the office investigating Jack Smith, has recently been investigated for harassing a colleague, Politico reports.

“Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him..”

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In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn't have a hotel room.
Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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Rum Court Rules @courtrum.bsky.social · 16m

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Kitagawa, Robson, and Yaghi for the development of MOFs. Thanks to their internal architecture, MOFs can store gases, capture CO₂, purify water from PFAS, and even harvest moisture from dry desert air. The award-winning MOFs can

Emanuele @emanuelegori.mastodon.uno.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Il Premio #nobel Chimica 2025 è stato assegnato a Kitagawa, Robson e Yaghi per lo sviluppo dei MOF e grazie alla loro architettura interna possono immagazzinare gas, catturare CO₂, purificare l’acqua dai PFAS e persino raccogliere umidità dall’aria secca del deserto. I #mof premiati possono […]

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Recortes.blog @recortesblog.bsky.social · 1d

Los MOF son materiales que pueden capturar CO₂, recolectar agua del aire y limpiar contaminantes.
Descúbrelo en nuestra actualización sobre el Nobel de Química 2025:
#ciencia #quimica #NobelPrize
recortes.blog/ciencia/prem...

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onedaystronger.bsky.social @onedaystronger.bsky.social · 22h

Trump says a lot of shit.

This is a MAGA ceasefire. Like MAGA not invading the capital.

You see it.

Trump tell you what you see is not real.

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Nikita @nikitakitty.bsky.social · 22h

War criminals are gonna war crime

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milominder @milominder.bsky.social · 22h

Ceasefires, Netanyahu-style.

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globalinterest @globalinteresr.bsky.social · 21h

Predictable because who in their right mind would trust Netanyahu or Trump?

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 22h

Plumes of smoke from Israeli attacks were seen rising over Gaza hours after Israel and Hamas agreed to the first phase of a ceasefire plan, brokered by Donald Trump.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 22h

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.