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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 4d

🇲🇦 VIDEO: 'Clear demands': young Moroccans sustain week of protests

Youth-led protests demanding reforms to public healthcare and education take place in Morocco's capital Rabat for a seventh day in a row.

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 5d

www.newsweek.com/map-shows-wh...

Map Shows Where Gen Z Protests Are Erupting Worldwide

Gen Z protesters are challenging governments worldwide, reshaping political activism on issues such as corruption and inequality.

www.newsweek.com

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 5d

There are "GenZ" protests in Kenya, Bangladesh, Nepal and now Morocco.

These deliberately leaderless youth movements share the same message: Stop stealing our future! Start respecting our human rights!

Authoritarianism is on the rise, but it seems, so are the youth!

apnews.com/article/moro...

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 5d

Believers in the free press have begun a 24/7 vigil as Madonna-like tears start flowing miraculously down the cheeks of a statue at the Walter Cronkite Memorial in St. Joseph Missouri.

Image of a bust Walter Cronkite at the Walker Cronkite Memorial in St. Joseph, Missouri

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 5d

Believers in the free press have begun a 24/7 vigil as Madonna-like tears start flowing miraculously down the cheeks of a statue at the Walter Cronkite Memorial in St. Joseph Missouri.

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 5d

Does anyone know of grants for travel & accommodations for people from the Global South to be able to attend policy forums?

Working with some folks on a great opportunity to host a panel, but it's unfunded and my colleagues are current and former displaced people. Any help is appreciated.

keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 5d

There's the People's World Cup and then there's FIFA's World Cup.

I wonder how the sponsors feels about the emerging backlash, presumably coming from the very customers they want to reach with their sponsor dollars... Coca-Cola, Adidas, Hyundai, Visa, how you feeling?

Henry Bushnell @henrybushnell.bsky.social · 6d

Ticket prices for the USMNT's World Cup opener in LA:

– Category 1: $2,735
– Category 2: $1,940
– Category 3: $1,120

Prices for the 2026 World Cup final:

– Category 1: $6,730
– Category 2: $4,210
– Category 3: $2,790

More prices and info here @theathletic.com:

World Cup ticket prices revealed as lucky few win right to buy first

Breaking down the earliest information as the first batch of fans gained the chance to buy tickets for next summer

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 6d

Excellent news.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7es...

keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 7d

Love this. We need to act in community to FEEL and know we are not alone.

To do it with joy watching Trinity Rodman and Gift Monday tearing it up on the field seems like the a really good way to remind yourself that you are part of much larger community who believes in human dignity and rule of law

Washington Spirit @washingtonspirit.com · 7d

Different roots. Same home. ONE SPIRIT 💛

The first 200 federal employees can claim a voucher for a free ticket on a first-come, first-served basis.

After that, a limited number of $10 tickets for federal employees will be available so you can bring your friends & family!

🎟️ bit.ly/46vSPrX

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 8d

Today we are launching: Narrative Infrastructure for Narrative Power: A Framework for Community-Led Change

What role can you play in building and sustaining a narrative ecosystem that can outmatch authoritarianism and circumvent the corporate media that is fueling its rise?

Email to get your copy👇

Lina Srivastava @linasrivastava.bsky.social · 8d

Today is the 4th anniversary of the @cftchange.bsky.social . To celebrate, we are launching our framework, "Narrative Infrastructure for Narrative Power."

A brief introduction to the "Narrative Infrastructure for Narrative Power" framework from the Center for Transformational Change, to support those dedicated to building the systems behind narrative change and narrative power.

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 8d

Today we are launching: Narrative Infrastructure for Narrative Power: A Framework for Community-Led Change

What role you can play in building and sustaining a narrative ecosystem that can outmatch authoritarianism and circumvent the corporate media that is fueling its rise?

Email to get your copy👇

Lina Srivastava @linasrivastava.bsky.social · 8d

Today is the 4th anniversary of the @cftchange.bsky.social . To celebrate, we are launching our framework, "Narrative Infrastructure for Narrative Power."

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 8d

"The roving patrols and impromptu interrogations have been a striking departure from the understanding that the Constitution allows citizens to remain silent and places limits on who officers can question, hold and detain."

Shorter: It's unconstitutional
constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay...

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 9d

if we're doing Band of Outsiders, the logo would be a pretty badass crest

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 9d

If not for EU health regulations, the crest would include an image of Anna Karina looking you dead in the eye while smoking a cigarette.

Actress Anna Karina smokes a cigarette as she makes eye contact with the camera.

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 10d

"Whoever forbids Antifa, wants fascism! Make Antifa Great Again!" - Bayern Munich fans on Friday, right behind the goal, so guaranteed to be in the broadcast worldwide.

"Whoever forbids Antifa, wants fascism! Make Antifa Great Again!" - Banner held by Bayern Munich fans on Friday, right behind the goal, so guaranteed to be in the broadcast worldwide.

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 10d

Whoever forbids Antifa, wants fascism!

Bayern Munich fans yesterday, positioned so their message would be broadcast on every channel carrying the game around the world.

More of this, please.

rubidus @rubidus.bsky.social · 11d

Südkurve München.

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FANGORIA @fangoria.bsky.social · 12d

He may play a CREEP but Mark Duplass is a stand-up guy, as Duplass Brothers Productions is teaming up with the Transgender Film Center to launch the Found Footage Fund for trans filmmakers.

CREEP’s Mark Duplass Launches Found Footage Fund For Trans Filmmakers

He may play a CREEP but Mark Duplass is a stand-up guy, as Duplass Brothers Productions is teaming up with the Transgender Film Center to launch the Found Footage Fund for trans filmmakers.

dlvr.it

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 12d

This is the disgusting cruelty we are able to witness. The cruelty they hide in the detention centers is even more vile than this assault that was captured on camera.

All of it under the color of law.

www.justice.gov/crt/deprivat...

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 13d

I hope he’s ok soon

keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 14d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QAu... Interesting to hear from M23 in western media. The claims don't appear to be new, but the PR offensive in the US is. Good report from @larrymadowoo.bsky.social I hope he does more on the conflict

CNN visits Goma after rebels took eastern DRC city

YouTube video by CNN

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 14d

Rat Czar joins the rats in fleeing a sinking ship

THE CITY @thecity.nyc · 14d

NEW: The city’s first-ever “rat czar” quietly scurried away from her post last week with the war on rats still raging, sources told THE CITY.

www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/23/r...

Mayor Adams’ ‘Rat Czar’ Quietly Exits City Hall’s Rodent Offensive

Hoopla greeted the 2023 appointment of the city’s first director of rodent mitigation, but Kathleen Corradi departed with a whimper.

www.thecity.nyc

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 15d

Duh. a baby is what you get when you add water to baby powder.

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 15d

Visca Barça i visca Bonmatí, Vicky, and Lamine!

Announcement of Vicky Lopez as the 2025 Kopa Trophy winner

Lamine Yamal named Kopa Trophy Winner, 2025

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James Downie @jamescdownie.bsky.social · 16d

In 1983, 90% of U.S. media was owned by 50 companies. By 2012, that number was 6. Today, it's just 5.

Decades of media consolidation made it "a lot easier for authoritarian government to exercise control," consumer advocate Gigi Sohn says.

Much more in my new piece: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

At the same time, mergers among media companies exploded in frequency. Disney purchased ABC and ESPN. Westinghouse merged with Viacom, combining CBS with UPN, MTV and Nickelodeon. Comcast merged with NBCUniversal (MSNBC’s parent company). In 1983, 90% of American media was owned by 50 media companies. By 2012, that number was 6. Today, after the Paramount-Viacom merger in 2019, that number is just 5. Consolidation in the technology sector means that most of the major digital media platforms are also in the hands of a few major corporations, from Youtube (owned by Google) to Twitch (Amazon) to X (Elon Musk).

“When the government has allowed for decades of consolidation of media and technology companies,” says Gigi Sohn, former nominee to the FCC during the Biden administration, “it becomes a lot easier for authoritarian government to exercise control because there are just fewer entities to pressure.”

This consolidation is only getting worse. Earlier this year, Paramount, the owner of CBS, was purchased by Skydance Media, whose founder and CEO David Ellison is the son of pro-Trump billionaire Larry Ellison. Now, CNBC reports, the younger Ellison is planning a bid for one of the other four remaining media titans, Warner Brothers Discovery, which owns CNN and HBO Max. And the Wall Street Journal, citing “people familiar with the matter,” reports that the elder Ellison, through his company Oracle, would be a lead investor in a consortium that will receive an 80% share in TikTok’s new U.S. business.

If these moves come to fruition, pro-Trump (or at least Trump-friendly) billionaires will control TikTok, X, Facebook, CBS, CNN, Fox News, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post.

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Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 18d

There are over 200 different development donors. It is not realistic or fair to expect every developing country to sign separate bilateral agreements with each donor for every area of development www.statnews.com/2025/09/18/t...

Trump administration's new global health aid strategy focuses on bilateral deals with countries

The State Department announced it will refocus its foreign health assistance strategy around multiyear bilateral deals with recipient countries, making aid dependent on negotiations that officials say...

www.statnews.com

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