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Tom Hunter @onelifestand87.bsky.social · 22h

It is embarassing not to see the BBC pulling up Reform leaders claiming that Nathan Gill was just some fan who got photos taken with Farage - he was an MEP for them & their leader in Wales while taking cash from Russia to act against the UK! Literally the very basics of your job to point this out

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 16h

They have to have a backup plan to the "dangerous immigrants" narrative. They have one. They've literally created a "terrorist group" out of thin air. I mean, you can't be having free and fair elections with "enemies from within," like the "Antifa Terrorist" group running around. It's a pretext.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”

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D.Radka, #NAFO 🇨🇿🤝🇺🇦 @dradka.bsky.social · 3h

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🚨31st Brigade's reconnaissance company need two SUVs to carry out combat missions in Zaporizhzhia Oblast🇺🇦

🎯: 8000$ (first car)
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Roland Meyer @bildoperationen.bsky.social · 3h

However, the obvious glitches reveal how genAI works. Rather than simulating a world, it visualizes concepts based on patterns found in existing content: a reporter is a person with a mic & a detainee is a person with their hands cuffed behind their back. Combine the two, and you get three arms
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 9h

Her three arms/hands are the big tell in this case...

Screenshot from a TikTok video with red circles around the person's three hands and arms

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Roland Meyer @bildoperationen.bsky.social · 4h

This is both fascinating & frightening. There is a demand for images that show and confirm what people already know and believe to be true, and AI slop meets that demand—with visual content that emblematically visualizes what the headlines report. One could call it synthetic hypervisualization
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 9h

That TikTok account has a few fake videos of reporters getting detained. They make these videos because it’s a big story in the news. Real reporters are getting arrested. And so people are making AI videos to get engagement on TikTok.

dontbeonline • 1d ago
Journalist gets detained while doing her job #ForYou, #viral, #foryoupage, #tikto... more
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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 3h

Moscow region 🔥👀

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 3h

🥔 The Belarusian army has been put on the highest level of combat readiness on Lukashenko's personal instructions.

🤔 The Belarusian Defense Ministry said the units "will advance to designated areas and carry out the measures specified in the order."

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Jeremy_Shrugged🤷 @jeremy-souphead.bsky.social · 3h

Such absurd crock bullshit 🙄 requires reposting
No wonder the cabinet is full of actors 💩
#antifa

www.reddit.com/r/CringeTikT...

From the CringeTikToks community on Reddit: An Official Whitehouse Lies and Gaslighting Video

Explore this post and more from the CringeTikToks community

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 8h

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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Shaun Pinner @olddogua.bsky.social · 8h

Putin Failed Again! 🤡
The "First in history," as it was loudly declared, the Russian-Arab summit for Putin had to be canceled due to the refusal of Arab country leaders to attend the event, - Bloomberg

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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 1d

“The pattern is one that involved modeling agencies around the world serving as fronts for human trafficking…This may very well be what Trump is trying desperately to keep quiet in the DOJ’s Epstein files.”

tomorrowsaffairs.com/the-transnat...

The transnational dimension of the Epstein case—a hybrid warfare against the West

The Epstein case is not an issue about Trump and the US but rather about all the Trumps of the Western world with ties to Russia

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 4h

Well, guess what? Yesterday Putin batted his eyelashes at Trump (and Melania) and the first couple were grateful for the love and attention. People need to accept the reality that Trump will always crave Putin's affections and cares not a whit for Ukraine. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

Putin Flutters His Eyelashes and Trump Swoons (Melania Too)

A Catechism To Understand The Reality Of Trump, Russia and Ukraine

open.substack.com

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 4h

VAMPIRE complex intercepted a Russian cruise missile.It’s usually used against drones,but Ukrainian Defenders managed to intercept a missile using it,as well
VAMPIRE-portable complex that can be mounted on most cargo-carrying vehicles to launch low-cost APKWS missiles or other laser-guided munitions

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 4h

🛢 Brent fell to $62.7

That is, now the real price at which Russians can sell its oil is somewhere around $40-50 per barrel. And their budget is calculated at $70+.

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Mark Fitzpatrick @marktfitz.bsky.social · 14h

"This cosplay with armed troops flooding the streets of
American cities is a tragedy waiting to happen."

The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 1d

Trump’s plan to flood cities with troops is a lose-lose: it erodes trust in the military, undermines local authority, weakens readiness, and risks another Kent State. Using soldiers as political props degrades U.S. national security.

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Okie @okiefrommuskogee.bsky.social · 13h

Jesus H. Christ, they say these things like the internet doesn’t exist. No shame, no fear of reprisal, no expectation for tough follow up questions from the Trump owners media. I feel insane every day and I’m just a common sense middle class person who would rather not keep up with politics daily

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12h

It is very telling that behind Trump stand senior HHS officials. They literally stand behind the most obvious falsehoods, which tells you all you need to know about how much faith you should put in any statements they make about the science of public health

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12h

"Turn around or you're going to get the dog."

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 15h

This is not a border crossing.
There’s no law that any of us have to show our papers on the interior.

This is a blatant civil rights violation. How is anyone supposed to know whether this man is a real ICE agent or just pretending to be one?!

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12h

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10h

Presented without comment, the current scene outside Union Station in DC as I got off the train.

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Cheryl Martin Ede; @cheryl-martin-ede.bsky.social · 9h

In the same Oval Office meeting with reporters today (see messages below) although Trump said he stopped 8 wars & Putin called him & said Putin agrees with DT’s Mideast peace plan, NOT ONE REPORTER ASKED TRUMP: “WHAT ABOUT PEACE FOR UKRAINE?”

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Drew Jones @bingsly.bsky.social · 9h

I feel guilty that ive been more active on X since making this account. With the algo there clearly suppressing pro-ukrainian accounts though, its hard to justify staying there. Guess I need to check the pulse here, see how we're doing on this side of the internet.

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atheranews.bsky.social @atheranews.bsky.social · 9h

UK ready to use frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine war effort

The UK is "ready to progress" to using the full value of frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine's war effort, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said. In a statement, the leaders of the UK, France and Germany said the joint action…

UK ready to use frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine war effort

The UK is "ready to progress" to using the full value of frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine's war effort, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said. In a statement, the leaders of the UK, France and Germany said the joint action would "increase pressure" on Russian President Vladimir Putin and "bring Russia to the negotiation table". It added the move would be taken "in close cooperation" with the US.

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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 17h

After some biochemical sleuthing, scientists now think they have identified one of the molecular mechanisms that gives these wrinkly darlings their longevity: cen.acs.org/biological-c... #chemsky 🧪

The naked mole rat’s molecular secrets to a long life

Just 4 amino acids in an enzyme associated with DNA repair give the rodents longevity

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