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When are world leaders going to stop treating trump as sane, rational, humane, or capable of negotiating or honouring any deal - peace or trade? Appeasement is not working.
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Just because America put a moron in charge doesn’t mean we have to. #NoToFarage #VoteGreen
January 29, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Just because America put a moron in charge doesn’t mean we have to. #NoToFarage #VoteGreen
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The parents of Alex Pretti have retained a former federal prosecutor who helped Minnesota's attorney general convict the police officer who kneeled on George Floyd's neck of murder. https://to.pbs.org/3ZA2HfU
Family of Alex Pretti retains lawyers who helped prosecute the George Floyd case
The parents of Alex Pretti have retained a former federal prosecutor who helped Minnesota’s attorney general convict the police officer who kneeled on George Floyd’s neck of murder.
www.pbs.org
January 29, 2026 at 12:44 AM
The parents of Alex Pretti have retained a former federal prosecutor who helped Minnesota's attorney general convict the police officer who kneeled on George Floyd's neck of murder. https://to.pbs.org/3ZA2HfU
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None of these projects resemble anything most people would recognize as a campus. These are industrial facilities designed to house computation at scale. They consume immense quantities of electricity and water. They employ very few people on a permanent basis.
Data Centers Are Not “Campuses”
Big Tech has been appropriating this term for years. But with AI, it’s especially inappropriate.
newrepublic.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:49 PM
None of these projects resemble anything most people would recognize as a campus. These are industrial facilities designed to house computation at scale. They consume immense quantities of electricity and water. They employ very few people on a permanent basis.
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Maher Tarabishi was detained in October during a scheduled check-in at an ICE facility.
He was the primary caretaker of his son, who died last week.
The family is seeking Maher's release so he can attend his son's funeral.
ICE reportedly denied the request.
Unimaginable cruelty.
He was the primary caretaker of his son, who died last week.
The family is seeking Maher's release so he can attend his son's funeral.
ICE reportedly denied the request.
Unimaginable cruelty.
ICE Denies Detainee's Request to Attend His Son's Funeral, Attorney Says
Maher Tarabishi was the primary caretaker of his son, Wael Tarabishi, 30, who died on Friday, Jan. 23, from complication
people.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Maher Tarabishi was detained in October during a scheduled check-in at an ICE facility.
He was the primary caretaker of his son, who died last week.
The family is seeking Maher's release so he can attend his son's funeral.
ICE reportedly denied the request.
Unimaginable cruelty.
He was the primary caretaker of his son, who died last week.
The family is seeking Maher's release so he can attend his son's funeral.
ICE reportedly denied the request.
Unimaginable cruelty.
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VOTE LABOUR IN GORTON AND DENTON
The Green Party has claimed figures from a projection show “only the Greens can stop Reform” in Gorton and Denton.
This is misleading. The model cited suggests Reform and the Greens will increase vote share the most, but currently projects a Labour win.
This is misleading. The model cited suggests Reform and the Greens will increase vote share the most, but currently projects a Labour win.
Green Party by-election bar chart claim is misleading – Full Fact
An image shared by the party and its leader Zack Polanski claims figures from a projection show “only the Greens can stop Reform” in Gorton and Denton, even though the model suggests Labour will win.
fullfact.org
January 28, 2026 at 10:01 PM
VOTE LABOUR IN GORTON AND DENTON
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An ICE agent attempted to enter the Ecuadorian Consulate in Minneapolis, threatening the staff member who prevented him from entering.
Hello? ICE is so out of control that its agents think they can break international law.
Congress needs to rein them in yesterday.
Hello? ICE is so out of control that its agents think they can break international law.
Congress needs to rein them in yesterday.
January 28, 2026 at 8:45 PM
An ICE agent attempted to enter the Ecuadorian Consulate in Minneapolis, threatening the staff member who prevented him from entering.
Hello? ICE is so out of control that its agents think they can break international law.
Congress needs to rein them in yesterday.
Hello? ICE is so out of control that its agents think they can break international law.
Congress needs to rein them in yesterday.
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„Russian forces are increasingly using Starlink satellite systems to extend the range of BM-35 strike drones to conduct mid-range strikes against the Ukrainian rear.“
Institute for the Study of War
Institute for the Study of War
January 27, 2026 at 10:16 PM
„Russian forces are increasingly using Starlink satellite systems to extend the range of BM-35 strike drones to conduct mid-range strikes against the Ukrainian rear.“
Institute for the Study of War
Institute for the Study of War
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A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot.
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 7:09 PM
A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot.
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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We need to talk about the rise of "smol bean fascism" where you have all the guns and the immunity but the really scary people are the ones with whistles and phone cameras and they're giving you generational trauma and ptsd by filming you killing people for no reason
January 28, 2026 at 9:25 PM
We need to talk about the rise of "smol bean fascism" where you have all the guns and the immunity but the really scary people are the ones with whistles and phone cameras and they're giving you generational trauma and ptsd by filming you killing people for no reason
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Across six top large language models, xAI’s Grok performed the worst at identifying and countering antisemitic content, according to a study published Wednesday by the Anti-Defamation League.
Read more from @miasato.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/news/868925/...
Read more from @miasato.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/news/868925/...
January 28, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Across six top large language models, xAI’s Grok performed the worst at identifying and countering antisemitic content, according to a study published Wednesday by the Anti-Defamation League.
Read more from @miasato.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/news/868925/...
Read more from @miasato.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/news/868925/...
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So basically Albert Speer’s defense at Nuremberg.
January 28, 2026 at 3:00 AM
So basically Albert Speer’s defense at Nuremberg.
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He's now wearing one glove to hide his rotting hand.
January 27, 2026 at 10:40 PM
He's now wearing one glove to hide his rotting hand.
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Hi Suella Braverman, when are you going to call a by-election now you’ve defected?
Your new leader Nigel Farage calls those that don’t “dishonourable members”.
Your new leader Nigel Farage calls those that don’t “dishonourable members”.
January 27, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Hi Suella Braverman, when are you going to call a by-election now you’ve defected?
Your new leader Nigel Farage calls those that don’t “dishonourable members”.
Your new leader Nigel Farage calls those that don’t “dishonourable members”.
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Goodwin was born in St Albans in Hertfordshire.
Farage needs a geography lesson.
Farage needs a geography lesson.
January 28, 2026 at 7:37 AM
Goodwin was born in St Albans in Hertfordshire.
Farage needs a geography lesson.
Farage needs a geography lesson.
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It's an old joke, but if you phone up your local cinema to find what time they're showing Melania - The Movie they'll ask what time can you make it.
Not a single seat for any of the 14 showings has been sold at Vue in Castleford - I checked.
Not a single seat for any of the 14 showings has been sold at Vue in Castleford - I checked.
January 28, 2026 at 7:00 AM
It's an old joke, but if you phone up your local cinema to find what time they're showing Melania - The Movie they'll ask what time can you make it.
Not a single seat for any of the 14 showings has been sold at Vue in Castleford - I checked.
Not a single seat for any of the 14 showings has been sold at Vue in Castleford - I checked.
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“No progress at all was made in reducing overall levels of relative hardship”
Misery caused by Tory austerity and failures of governance; prioritising ruinous ideology over social investment.
Reform wants voters to be angry, but plans more of exactly the same.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Misery caused by Tory austerity and failures of governance; prioritising ruinous ideology over social investment.
Reform wants voters to be angry, but plans more of exactly the same.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on deepening poverty in the UK: a catastrophic Tory legacy has cut millions adrift | Editorial
Editorial: A new Joseph Rowntree report underlines the corrosive impact of years of anti-welfare rhetoric. A reframing of the debate is urgently needed
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:38 AM
“No progress at all was made in reducing overall levels of relative hardship”
Misery caused by Tory austerity and failures of governance; prioritising ruinous ideology over social investment.
Reform wants voters to be angry, but plans more of exactly the same.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Misery caused by Tory austerity and failures of governance; prioritising ruinous ideology over social investment.
Reform wants voters to be angry, but plans more of exactly the same.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
January 27, 2026 at 9:30 PM
After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
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January 26, 2026 at 8:09 PM
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Naming someone is not doxxing. They aren’t undercover. They aren’t intelligence agents overseas. This is outrageous - we are supposed to be a free Republic and these people want an authoritarian police state. Lawsuits should be filed & ranking Dems in Congress should act.
January 26, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Naming someone is not doxxing. They aren’t undercover. They aren’t intelligence agents overseas. This is outrageous - we are supposed to be a free Republic and these people want an authoritarian police state. Lawsuits should be filed & ranking Dems in Congress should act.
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Sticking it to the elites, are we? Nigel Farage attended Davos on billionaire’s pass
Sticking it to the elites, are we? Nigel Farage attended Davos on billionaire's pass
Nothing says 'standing up to the billionaires' quite like accepting a pass to Davos from a billionaire. Good work, Nigel Farage.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Sticking it to the elites, are we? Nigel Farage attended Davos on billionaire’s pass
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Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.
January 25, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.
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All 10 shots were fired AFTER they removed the gun from Pretti’s waist. Every single shot was fired after he was disarmed.
January 25, 2026 at 6:18 PM
All 10 shots were fired AFTER they removed the gun from Pretti’s waist. Every single shot was fired after he was disarmed.