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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 2h

This is 🤌🤌 chef's kiss beautiful.

The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 17h

"The shadow justice secretary has railed against the lack of integration in parts of Britain. But it’s the ‘flag-bothering patriots’ who don’t want to mix", writes @sarfrazmanzoor.bsky.social.

Read their full piece now: https://bit.ly/4mWSYtp

Yes, Robert Jenrick, we have an integration problem: raci...

The shadow justice secretary has railed against the lack of integration in parts of Britain. But it’s the ‘flag-bothering patriots’ who don’t want to mix

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Kvetch & Release 🎣 @kvetchrelease.bsky.social · 2h

Asking homeowners for entry permission would kill the burglary industry.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Jan Fichtner @janfichtner.bsky.social · 2h

A fossil fuel dominated economic power will lose in the 21st century.

Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 2h

The White House is offering “concierge, white glove service” to oil, coal & other fossil fuel companies that are seeking to gain fast approval for their projects, according to an energy official, while simultaneously slowing down or blocking solar and wind. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi... 🔌💡

White House offers ‘concierge’ service to fossil fuel firms, official says

Brittany Kelm, a senior policy adviser for the National Energy Dominance Council, detailed in a podcast how the council works to advance fossil fuel projects.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 10h

WSJ: President Trump believed his Truth Social post demanding prosecutions of James Comey and other political foes was a private message to his attorney general, and "and was surprised to learn it was public."

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 1d

Jaguar with gunshot wounds rescued from river in Brazil.

A wounded jaguar, reportedly injured by gunfire, is rescued by Brazilian military police and members of SEPET — the Animal Protection Secretariat for the Amazonas, in the waters of Rio Negro, Brazil

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Jukka Rintamäki @jugistoteles.bsky.social · 1d

Ja tosiaan olen tässä jo puolisolle varovasti ehdotellut maastamuuttoa, jos velkajarru saadaan juntattua kehiin, koska Lindtmanin SDP:n johdolla sitä tullaan noudattamaan. Siinä on sen verran monta leikkausvuotta edessä, että itse kunkin työpaikat tulevat vaarantumaan.

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Jukka Rintamäki @jugistoteles.bsky.social · 1d

Velkapelko on tähän maahan syvästi institutionalisoitunut. Valtionvelka on ns. liberaalille väestön osalle sama kuin maahanmuutto persuille: sen varjolla aivan kaikki menee läpi.

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Jukka Rintamäki @jugistoteles.bsky.social · 1d

Procrastination 101

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Jukka Rintamäki @jugistoteles.bsky.social · 2d

My daily struggle.

Antoine Vernet @antoinevernet.bsky.social · 2d

Hard to pick between 3 tasks I don't want to do.

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Antoine Vernet @antoinevernet.bsky.social · 2d

Today's act of defiance: eating a madeleine from the wrong end

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 2d

Chris Van Hollen: "We want to re-open the government without giving Donald Trump a blank check to continue his lawless activities."
Who says bluesky isn't influential.
www.npr.org/2025/10/06/n...

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 4d

How about this suggestion for Dem framing:

GOP: Give us a continuing resolution to keep the government open

Dems: We're not going to give this lawless president a blank check (and specify conditions)

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 3d

Italian journalist abducted from the flotilla describes how Israeli prison guards unleashed dogs into cells, poured bleach on mattresses, and overcrowded cells
such that it was impossible to lie down.

x.com/paolomossett...

That night the guards were even more violent. The consul had just left, having gathered more deportation signatures, when special forces burst in. They stormed the cells, pointed rifles at us with laser sights, and called roll. In some cells, they unleashed dogs. In one, they found the word “Palestine” spelled out using scraps of pepper and water. To erase it, they poured bleach on the floor — prisoners slept on mattresses soaked with it.

That night, as punishment, they overcrowded the cells: from ten people to fifteen, leaving no space to lie down. We turned the mattresses sideways so we could all rest our heads. In my cell were Maso Notarianni and a Lombardy Democratic Party councilor, Paolo Romano.

I had the feeling I was in a truly barbaric place, and hoped this barbarity would soon end.

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Tuomas Pernu @tuomaspernu.bsky.social · 3d

"It’s not just you. The internet is getting worse, fast. The services we rely on, that we once loved? They’re all turning into piles of shit, all at once."

Yes. It's time to get back to Real Life.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 4d

Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?

Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and what we can do about it

www.theguardian.com

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 3d

This has to be the last straw. If FIFA won’t act, and we know they won’t, UEFA must step in.

NOW.

The headquarters of the Palestinian Football Association — which flies the FIFA flag as a full member — has just been tear gassed by Israeli occupation forces.

A national football institution, treated like a military target.
@FIFAcom, where are you?

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 4d

Like… it's kind of right there, no?

"AI" generated image of woman with dark hair sitting in a chair in front of posters with random shapes and symbols meant to look like images and text on movie posters, all superimposed with a post from k.w.bogen reading
"AI actresses can't negotiate. They can't say they'd prefer their bodies not be shown certgain ways. They can't refuse degrading scenes. They can't express distress about disturbing content. They can't ask the creators :why would you do that to me? Why put any woman through watching that? If AI film winds up being the path, we're about to see an entirely new generation (and more brutal depiction) of media misogyny."

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Ari Koski @arikoski.bsky.social · 4d

"According to my estimate, around 100 percent of all credible Finnish researchers and environmental organizations agree that the Orpo government is pursuing policies that are destructive to both climate and nature."

voima.fi/blogit/keski...

Americans, Do Not Mistake Finland for a Climate Utopia – Our Government Is Clearing Our Forests and Backing Down on Climate Action

In an interview with The New York Times, our Prime Minister Petteri Orpo praised Finland’s climate policy. Finnish journalist Kukka-Maria Ahokas corrects his claims in this column.

voima.fi

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Jukka Rintamäki @jugistoteles.bsky.social · 5d

Kagi. It's like 10e per month but I've been very happy with it so far! You can try it for free for 100 searches I think.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 6d

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

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Neal Hockley @nealhockley.bsky.social · 6d

The perils of thinking the private sector will supply public goods. Yes, it might happen if the incentives are there (which means meaningful govt created climate markets), but otherwise this is just wishful thinking. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

BrewDog sells Scottish ‘rewilding’ estate it bought only five years ago

Latest disposal by ‘punk’ beer company follows £37m loss and closure of 10 pubs

www.theguardian.com

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Jukka Rintamäki @jugistoteles.bsky.social · 6d

Onko mediassa ikinä omakoti-/rivariasumista dissaavia juttuja?

Ja aika paljon näille keskustassa tai sen lähellä sijaitseville kerrostaloalueille tuntuisi näin mutulla tunkua olevan 😄

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Jukka Rintamäki @jugistoteles.bsky.social · 6d

Kammosin aikanaan ala-asteen lopussa omakotitaloon muuttoa kerrostalosta, ja se paljastui juuri niin valjuksi kuin olin kuvitellutkin. Kerrostaloasuminen 4Life.

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Janne M. Korhonen @jmkorhonen.fi · 6d

It is really hard to overstate how deeply divided #Finland was after the brutal 1918 Civil War and White terror that followed.

I’m certain that largely liberal “social justice warriors” who afterwards pressed through legislation to reduce inequalities and improve social services saved Finland.

Jouni Envall @jounienvall.bsky.social · 6d

Agree. In the Winter War people from all backgrounds fought the common enemy in shared trenches. Only two decades earlier they had been literally shooting at each other.

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Jocelyn Leitzinger @jocelynl.bsky.social · 6d

Everyone needs to be watching what's happening here in Chicago:

* About 300 fed agents invaded a 5 story apartment complex across from an elementary school

* Snipers rappelled down from Black Hawk helicopters

* Nearly all residents were removed - some children were dragged naked from their homes

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 6d

FYI

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · Feb 7

One rule newcomers to Bluesky may not know is that if someone posts something along the lines of “I like pancakes” and you reply something like “so why do you hate waffles???” you are required to go sit in the sin bin for one (1) month before posting again. Thanks in advance for your cooperation

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