Mean Bean Machine 🤍🇦🇫🇵🇸🇸🇩
@floppergostic.bsky.social
Linguaphile from the US who also cares about current events. Learning Polish, also dabbling in Persian, Thai, Arabic, French, BCMS, Greek, Slovak, and other languages here and there.
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Sudan: El Fasher under Siege | Documentary
YouTube video by Doctors Without Borders / MSF-USA
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December 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Countless people will imminently lose access to critical medical care, water, and lifesaving support if Israel revokes MSF’s access to work in Gaza.
https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/msfs-vital-humanitarian-assistance-risk-amid-israels-new-ingo-registration-rules-gaza
https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/msfs-vital-humanitarian-assistance-risk-amid-israels-new-ingo-registration-rules-gaza
December 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Countless people will imminently lose access to critical medical care, water, and lifesaving support if Israel revokes MSF’s access to work in Gaza.
https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/msfs-vital-humanitarian-assistance-risk-amid-israels-new-ingo-registration-rules-gaza
https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/msfs-vital-humanitarian-assistance-risk-amid-israels-new-ingo-registration-rules-gaza
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Missouri is already projected to lose $500 million this year by cutting the capital gains tax. We are set to another lose 2/3rds of our state revenue by cutting the income tax.
I honestly don’t know what will become of the state, but I think it’s going to be very bad.
Republicans can’t govern.
I honestly don’t know what will become of the state, but I think it’s going to be very bad.
Republicans can’t govern.
December 22, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Missouri is already projected to lose $500 million this year by cutting the capital gains tax. We are set to another lose 2/3rds of our state revenue by cutting the income tax.
I honestly don’t know what will become of the state, but I think it’s going to be very bad.
Republicans can’t govern.
I honestly don’t know what will become of the state, but I think it’s going to be very bad.
Republicans can’t govern.
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You can very clearly see why someone whose job it is to protect war criminals would need this pulled from the airwaves: It’s visible proof the Trump administration is operating concentration camps.
I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:
WATCH: Segment CBS News Pulled From "60 Minutes"
YouTube video by Phil Lewis
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM
You can very clearly see why someone whose job it is to protect war criminals would need this pulled from the airwaves: It’s visible proof the Trump administration is operating concentration camps.
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Beautil #mosses from Zalasewo, Wielkopolska (western Poland). Featured here: Dicranum sp. with Polytrichum juniperinum, P. piliferum, Dicranoweisia cirrata with Ceratodon purpureus and Hypnum cupressiforme, and Campylopus introflexus (?).
#mchy #bryology #mossfriends
#mchy #bryology #mossfriends
December 21, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Beautil #mosses from Zalasewo, Wielkopolska (western Poland). Featured here: Dicranum sp. with Polytrichum juniperinum, P. piliferum, Dicranoweisia cirrata with Ceratodon purpureus and Hypnum cupressiforme, and Campylopus introflexus (?).
#mchy #bryology #mossfriends
#mchy #bryology #mossfriends
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It’s not just Gaza.
Netanyahu’s extremist government is supporting the violent annexation of Palestinian land in the West Bank. This is illegal and immoral, and decades of American silence have enabled it.
NO MORE MILITARY AID FOR NETANYAHU.
Netanyahu’s extremist government is supporting the violent annexation of Palestinian land in the West Bank. This is illegal and immoral, and decades of American silence have enabled it.
NO MORE MILITARY AID FOR NETANYAHU.
Land Grab: Inside Israel’s Escalating Campaign for Control of the West Bank
Israeli seizure of Palestinian lands in the West Bank, often brutally, has accelerated, raising doubts about the prospects of a peaceful solution to the conflict.
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
It’s not just Gaza.
Netanyahu’s extremist government is supporting the violent annexation of Palestinian land in the West Bank. This is illegal and immoral, and decades of American silence have enabled it.
NO MORE MILITARY AID FOR NETANYAHU.
Netanyahu’s extremist government is supporting the violent annexation of Palestinian land in the West Bank. This is illegal and immoral, and decades of American silence have enabled it.
NO MORE MILITARY AID FOR NETANYAHU.
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2/ The Danish head of its CDC is like: are you fucking crazy? We are a small country with universal healthcare. You shouldn't do what we do. We should do what you used to do.
December 21, 2025 at 2:57 AM
2/ The Danish head of its CDC is like: are you fucking crazy? We are a small country with universal healthcare. You shouldn't do what we do. We should do what you used to do.
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Measles cases are rapidly rising across Central, South, and West Darfur, Sudan. Our teams are treating patients, and know that “countless lives could be saved” if an urgent measles vaccination campaign is launched:
Measles cases surge in Darfur | MSF
Our teams in Central, South, and West Darfur are seeing measles cases rise in the absence of an urgent and effective vaccination campaign.
www.msf.org
December 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Measles cases are rapidly rising across Central, South, and West Darfur, Sudan. Our teams are treating patients, and know that “countless lives could be saved” if an urgent measles vaccination campaign is launched:
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Khader has a medical condition which requires a special formula for his nutrition. Living in Gaza, he has now gone two years without this formula, causing his medical condition to worsen.
Khader’s mother describes what it’s like to wait for his medical evacuation:
Khader’s mother describes what it’s like to wait for his medical evacuation:
December 19, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Khader has a medical condition which requires a special formula for his nutrition. Living in Gaza, he has now gone two years without this formula, causing his medical condition to worsen.
Khader’s mother describes what it’s like to wait for his medical evacuation:
Khader’s mother describes what it’s like to wait for his medical evacuation:
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The city of El Fasher quickly became one of the most violent flashpoints in the raging war in Sudan.
We spoke with people from the city who are now living in Chad, to hear what El Fasher was like before the war, and what forced them to flee:
We spoke with people from the city who are now living in Chad, to hear what El Fasher was like before the war, and what forced them to flee:
El Fasher under siege | MSF
Four people from El Fasher, Sudan, share their testimony about the destruction of their city.
www.msf.org
December 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The city of El Fasher quickly became one of the most violent flashpoints in the raging war in Sudan.
We spoke with people from the city who are now living in Chad, to hear what El Fasher was like before the war, and what forced them to flee:
We spoke with people from the city who are now living in Chad, to hear what El Fasher was like before the war, and what forced them to flee:
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Wolverine Peak's windblown
But still beautiful! ⛰️
But still beautiful! ⛰️
December 19, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Wolverine Peak's windblown
But still beautiful! ⛰️
But still beautiful! ⛰️
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HUGE NEWS from the new Epstein files:
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Epstein Files Include 1996 Child Porn Complaint That F.B.I. Ignored
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
HUGE NEWS from the new Epstein files:
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
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“Deep in the recesses of said purse is a bent and folded copy of the prayer of St. Francis of Assisi:
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace:
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope.”
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace:
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope.”
I met Melissa Hortman in October of 2024. She was smart and kind. I heard about her murder in a LA hotel room and it dropped me to my knees. So I went to Minnesota and talked to her kids, parents, and friends. This is not true crime, this is Melissa in real life. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
Melissa Hortman died in a shocking act of political violence. This is her story
www.rollingstone.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:31 AM
“Deep in the recesses of said purse is a bent and folded copy of the prayer of St. Francis of Assisi:
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace:
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope.”
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace:
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope.”
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December 19, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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Today I received FOUR death notifications for people in ICE custody. That's 30 deaths since Trump took office. It's appalling & unacceptable.
ICE is required—by law—to ensure detainees are safe & their basic needs are met. It's clear this isn't the case. We NEED answers.
ICE is required—by law—to ensure detainees are safe & their basic needs are met. It's clear this isn't the case. We NEED answers.
December 18, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Today I received FOUR death notifications for people in ICE custody. That's 30 deaths since Trump took office. It's appalling & unacceptable.
ICE is required—by law—to ensure detainees are safe & their basic needs are met. It's clear this isn't the case. We NEED answers.
ICE is required—by law—to ensure detainees are safe & their basic needs are met. It's clear this isn't the case. We NEED answers.
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Trump: “One year ago, our country was dead!”
The Economist, one year ago:
The Economist, one year ago:
December 18, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Trump: “One year ago, our country was dead!”
The Economist, one year ago:
The Economist, one year ago:
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First it was "we have to blow up dozens of people on boats because of fetnanyl." But obviously it wasn't fentanyl being trafficked so then: narco terrorists are shipping cocaine! But then Wiles tells a reporter it's all about regime change and today it's bc US oil companies got kicked out in 2007?
December 18, 2025 at 1:42 AM
First it was "we have to blow up dozens of people on boats because of fetnanyl." But obviously it wasn't fentanyl being trafficked so then: narco terrorists are shipping cocaine! But then Wiles tells a reporter it's all about regime change and today it's bc US oil companies got kicked out in 2007?
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The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."
December 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."
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In today's Guardian : My special report with Ashley Kirk and the Visuals team- we followed one Palestinian family across 2 years of devastation to show what's left of home. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
What is ‘home’ now? A woman’s two-year search for safety in the ruins of Gaza
Nour AbuShammala has returned to her partly destroyed apartment in Gaza City. This is her story of multiple displacements, injury and devastation over the last two years
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:11 AM
In today's Guardian : My special report with Ashley Kirk and the Visuals team- we followed one Palestinian family across 2 years of devastation to show what's left of home. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
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For years we have said the Republican goal was to privatize the VA, and Project 2025 underscored that. Now, the VA is about to transfer a trillion dollars worth of VA care to the for-profit sector, and ask that it only adhere to private health care industry standards of care.
December 16, 2025 at 12:32 AM
For years we have said the Republican goal was to privatize the VA, and Project 2025 underscored that. Now, the VA is about to transfer a trillion dollars worth of VA care to the for-profit sector, and ask that it only adhere to private health care industry standards of care.
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Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
December 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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Take a minute to hear the stories of Sami and Zaher, two MSF staff members who have returned to work in Gaza City after MSF teams were forced to leave due to the Israeli offensive on the city that escalated in September.
You can watch the full documentary here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyoD...
You can watch the full documentary here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyoD...
Gaza City: Traces of the genocide
YouTube video by Doctors Without Borders / MSF-USA
www.youtube.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Take a minute to hear the stories of Sami and Zaher, two MSF staff members who have returned to work in Gaza City after MSF teams were forced to leave due to the Israeli offensive on the city that escalated in September.
You can watch the full documentary here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyoD...
You can watch the full documentary here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyoD...
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For Trump and Miller, the Abrego Garcia case was a crucial gauge of how far they could get in disappearing undesirables and placing them beyond the law entirely.
Judge Xinis' ruling is important in that context. It calls out Trump's lawless conduct throughout. 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
Judge Xinis' ruling is important in that context. It calls out Trump's lawless conduct throughout. 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
December 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
For Trump and Miller, the Abrego Garcia case was a crucial gauge of how far they could get in disappearing undesirables and placing them beyond the law entirely.
Judge Xinis' ruling is important in that context. It calls out Trump's lawless conduct throughout. 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
Judge Xinis' ruling is important in that context. It calls out Trump's lawless conduct throughout. 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2043...