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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 6h

Hamas and Israel have agreed to implement the first phase of the Gaza peace plan. Qatari media says that includes the release of the 20 living hostages in one go. Sky News Arabia says it will also include an Israeli withdrawal from 70% of the Gaza Strip.

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Oliver Alexander @oalexanderdk.bsky.social · 2d

The amount of money NATO could save by ensuring a few of these get delivered directly to Alabuga is in the 9-10 figures.

🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 2d

❗️Donald Trump stated that he has practically made a decision on sending Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine.

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potatoffel @potatoffel.bsky.social · 14h

Particularly funny with the personality contrast, it's got Tom & Jerry vibes

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14h

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food.
On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch."
That, Taher says, "is a lie."

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 14h

It's almost as if a movement that began with lusty chants of "lock her up" in regard to the opposition party's candidate for President in 2016...combined with a refusal to honor the results of the election...has morphed into a cult of unaccountable, authoritarian power.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 16h

If you look at the sheer insanity of what government officials and agencies openly post on XShitter, it becomes abundantly obvious how much the press is complicit. If Dems did even a fraction of this poasting it would be saturated in news coverage.

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 17h

More propaganda with painfully normal people zip-tied at the side of the road please, this will for sure convince the American people that you're the good guys

Homeland Security @DHSgov

We're having an All Night Revival

Still frame from a video: Painfully normal people zip tied on the side of the road, sitting on a guardrail in a row

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 23h

war, war never changes.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 1d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Dead Carl @deadcarl.bsky.social · 1d

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Jorge Matías 🏳️‍⚧️ @yayo74.bsky.social · 1d

Un poco sí.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 1d

another thing Weiss does is give other very dull people a vehicle to spout bog-standard right-wing ideas and pretend they're being iconoclasts or innovative.

Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 1d

Weiss very intentionally does not describe herself as a conservative or Republican and wraps her politics in terms like "free press." That makes more useful at advancing Trumpism than explicitly right-wing figures. newrepublic.com/article/2014...

MAGA Lite: What “Bari Weiss Conservatism” Is, and Why It’s Dangerous

The new CBS executive isn’t exactly MAGA. But her polite Trumpism will still help destroy America as we know it.

newrepublic.com

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potatoffel @potatoffel.bsky.social · 1d

Wait, don't you have to beat the Heart to go into Ascension at all? Or am I misremembering the progression?

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Feb 5

just saying: it's possible that "I'm gonna dramatically constrict my state capacity while plotting dramatic imperial expansion, and expanding my set of internal enemies while alienating most of my foreign allies" is the beginning of a world-historical masterstroke. but also possible that it isn't

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potatoffel @potatoffel.bsky.social · 1d

You won't believe what's the next thing in Catalonian politics

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 1d

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

I’m a career prosecutor who took a $25,000 check from an affiliated entity of Donald Trump’s while investigating Trump University and later left my lobbying firm to become Donald Trump’s personal impeachment lawyer, White House aide, and Attorney General. So don’t you DARE question my integrity.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bondi to Blumenthal: "You lied. How dare you? I'm a career prosecutor. Don't you ever challenge my integrity. Do not question my ability to be fair and impartial."

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Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 1d

Wishing the EU good luck on their intricate mission to figure out WHO is launching the mysterious drones over their defense facilities and airports. Really challenging issue, we’re all in anticipation

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Le Gorafi @legorafi.bsky.social · 1d

Emmanuel Macron va cacher 5 tickets d’or permettant à un Français de devenir Premier ministre https://www.legorafi.fr/2025/10/07/emmanuel-macron-va-cacher-5-tickets-dor-permettant-a-un-francais-de-devenir-premier-ministre/

Emmanuel Macron va cacher 5 tickets d’or permettant à un Français de devenir Premier ministre

Toute l'information selon des sources contradictoires.

www.legorafi.fr

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 2d

there is still a way to reliably make a forensic distinction between generated video and real video, but there is an agreement to keep it secret because it can be defeated if known. unfortunately i know about it despite this not being my job.

Quantian @quantian.bsky.social · 2d

I am being charitable in assuming that Sora videos have some kind of steganography in the file that can’t be removed as easily as getting rid of the video watermark, but even failing that there’s still a company you can subpoena if they’re the only ones with the technology, which soon they won’t be.

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 1d

How does he keep getting these exclusives?!?

A fake image of Jesse Waters interviewing the same person as in all the videos in the quoted tweet, except this time with Darth Vader's helmet on and the caption "Former Jedi Speaks Out".

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Ember @ember-energy.org · 1d

NEW | Solar and wind OUTPACED global electricity demand growth in the first half of 2025, leading to a fall in fossil fuels compared to this time last year ☀️🌪️

Record solar and steady wind growth is reshaping global power as renewables OVERTAKE coal for the first time.

https://loom.ly/c-MNZSk

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 1d

Four parties within a 5 point swing of first place and five parties on 12% plus.

This would be pure chaos under first past the post.

Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 1d

Westminster Voting Intention:

RFM: 27% (-2)
LAB: 20% (-2)
CON: 17% (+1)
LDM: 17% (+2)
GRN: 12% (+1)
SNP: 4% (+1)

Via @yougov.co.uk, 5-6 Oct.
Changes w/ 28-29 Sep.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 1d

Despite appearances, this is not a @nytpitchbot.bsky.social joke, it's an actual @nytimes.com column by some Claremont hack who praises Hegseth for his "nuanced vision of the military’s purpose and its relationship to civilian society."

Opinion
Guest Essay

That Hegseth Speech Was Actually Pretty Good
Oct. 7, 2025, 5:01 a.m. ET

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Adam @adamcobb.bsky.social · 1d

Finally, a visa for me 😎

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 1d

looking up the types of residence cards you can get in France for a piece and HONKING at this part of the drop-down list, from the official government website (!!) www.service-public.gouv.fr/particuliers...

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 2d

what if I told you that taking accountability for your actions was traditionally considered a load-bearing feature of masculinity?

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 2d

“I voted for none of this."

Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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