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Caspar David Friedrich @casparfriedrich.bsky.social · 1h

Winter Light https://www.wikiart.org/en/caspar-david-friedrich/not-detected-3

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 9h

This is enough carbon-free energy to power maybe two thirds of Vegas btw

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 9h

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

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Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 1d

"We took the freedom of speech away," says the president

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Rules Don't Work @rulesdontwork.bsky.social · 1h

Thankfully they did manage to get out on a later flight

But it looks like the jaws of the fascist state beginning to close

Sarah Szalavitz💡 @dearsarah.bsky.social · 1d

Rutgers Professor @mark-bray.bsky.social, who studies & writes about Antifascism,Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

By the time he & his family reached the gate, their tickets were cancelled.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n... flagrantly & appallingly lawless. Hope he & his family are ok.

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 22h

More than eight months after President Trump cut U.S. foreign assistance to Africa, health officials are reporting a rise in deadly infections brought on by a shortage of medical supplies, including a new Ebola outbreak in the Congo that has already killed several dozen people.

U.S. aid cuts are being felt across Africa. Here’s where.

How the abrupt withdrawal of U.S. aid has affected disease preparedness and response in Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Somalia and Tanzania.

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Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 1d

“A study, published on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed that last season’s 2024–2025 mRNA COVID vaccines reduced people’s risk of emergency department visits by 29%, their risk of hospitalizations by 39% & their risk of death by 64%”

Benefits were seen even if 0 risk factors

Soren Larsen (SEGL) @sorenlarsen.bsky.social · 1d

Annual COVID Vaccines Protect People against Severe Disease, Even with Prior Immunity

"The new research also “calls into question the idea that younger individuals and those without risk factors don’t need the vaccine,” Viswanathan says."

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1h

Do they have a prize for blowing up boats in the Caribbean and then bragging that people who made their livelihood fishing there for generations are now afraid to go out on the water?

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Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 1h

After a few days of tinkering, I've found that about 80% of what I was using OpenAI and Anthropic platforms for can be done on my own computer, unconnected to the Internet, using free models. (My computer is a 4-year-old M1 MacBook Pro with 32GB RAM.)

Sorry if this crashes the economy.

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Rules Don't Work @rulesdontwork.bsky.social · 1h

Very sane

Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 1h

Conservative tech lord Thiel said tighter financial regulations “were a sign that a singular world government has begun to emerge that could be taken over by an Antichrist figure who could then use it to exert control over people.” Via WashPost

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

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Andrew Kohan @akohan.bsky.social · 18h

Francis to J. Darth Vance when they met:

darth vader is holding a light saber with the words if you strike me down below him

ALT: darth vader is holding a light saber with the words if you strike me down below him

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Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 23h

Pope Leo is spitting.

www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

Leo questioned a world where the wealth of the elite grows
"exponentially" while many "millions of people die of hunger or survive in conditions unfit for human beings." He also criticized "ideologies that defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation,"
with false promises "that a free-market economy will automatically solve the problem of poverty."

Leo described a "new tyranny," which shuns any kind of oversight and where the economy is structured "in such a way that sacrifices are demanded of the masses in order to serve the needs of the powerful." The poor, he wrote, are only allowed "drops that trickle down."

The pope openly challenged "prosperity theology" and called Christians to the practice of giving charity. "It will not solve the problem of world poverty, yet it must still be carried out, with intelligence, diligence and social responsibility," he wrote.

Popular movements that challenge "the empire of money," invite people to take on the cause to combat poverty alongside the poor, instead of on their behalf, and "make history," the pope said. It our duty, Leo said, to "make their voices heard, albeit in different ways, in order to point out and denounce such structural issues, even at the cost of appearing foolish or naïve."

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Feral T. Robot, Oil Swamp Utility Bot #7629 @feralrobots.bsky.social · 1h

Francis seems to have been pretty effective at reshaping the College of Cardinals given this is who they chose to succeed him.

Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 23h

Pope Leo is spitting.

www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 1h

Seems right.

jbshakerman.bsky.social @jbshakerman.bsky.social · 7h

As I understand it law is now made when Trump issues a diktat (executive order) that the Roberts Six affirm in a judicial diktat (emergency docket).

This frees up Congress for more important things, like fundraising and making constipated faces in front of TV news cameras.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1h

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Drow Paweł Włodkowic 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dov.bsky.social · 1h

Other nations don't get to snap their fingers and disappear Trump, that is the job of the Americans (which is why it was really disgusting to see how some of them commented in response)

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 19h

1. Anti-trans outrage is losing its bite.

Last week, Elon Musk led a mass boycott campaign to get trans characters removed from shows on the platform.

Major conservatives joined in.

Now, we have the result: the boycott was a fizzle, and Netflix stock is up.

Subscribe to support my journalism.

Netflix Stock Up As Elon Musk's Anti-Trans Boycott Fails To Materialize

Last week, conservatives tried to cancel Netflix to force the carrier to remove transgender characters.

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Drow Paweł Włodkowic 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dov.bsky.social · 1h

hey that's AWESOME. HI UKRAINIAN IN PHONE THIS IS DOV AND I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR MY CONTINUED LIBERTY

NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 1h

Orbán has accused Ukraine of meddling in Hungary’s politics, claiming Ukrainian intelligence infiltrated the Tisza party and is providing tech support to allies aiming to gain power. “We once said, ‘The Russians are in the pantry.’ Now we must say, ‘The Ukrainians are in your smartphone.’

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Antton Rouget @anttonrouget.bsky.social · 18h

Depuis des années, les dirigeants du RN répètent à qui veut l’entendre qu’ils ont pris leur distance avec Frédéric Chatillon, ancien patron du GUD.

Une photo récupérée par @mediapart.fr le montre en train de dîner mercredi soir avec le vice-président du parti David Rachline et un néonazi.👇

Le dîner privé de David Rachline avec Frédéric Chatillon et un militant néonazi

Le maire de Fréjus et vice-président du RN s’est affiché au restaurant aux côtés de deux anciens patrons du GUD. Le premier est une figure historique de l’extrême droite radicale avec laquelle Marine…

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 1h

Germany’s Rheinmetall is sending Leopard 1–mounted Skyranger 35 air defense systems to Ukraine

The contract was funded by an EU country using frozen Russian assets.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/10/g...

Germany’s Rheinmetall to supply Skyranger 35 anti-air systems on Leopard 1 tanks to Ukraine in EU-funded deal

The short-range air defense turrets will be financed by an EU country using proceeds from frozen Russian assets.

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Joe is Me @yeahjeetsyeah.bsky.social · 17h

I'll say this again for the millionth time.

He never took a cognitive exam. He took a dementia screener that is administered to all senior citizens admitted to a hospital to determine if they are able to make their own medical decisions.

My mother has aced it 25 times.

I wouldn't voter for her.

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Rules Don't Work @rulesdontwork.bsky.social · 1h

Et c'était déjà le cas en 2002 au fond

Jean-noël Lafargue @jean-no.bsky.social · 1h

(enfin on rigole, mais quand les 31 habitants du paisible village de Itsasheim-wattesheim-satchecheim votent RN, épouvantés par les images des banlieues d'île-de-France ou des blacblocs des manifs parisiennes que leur servent les chaînes de désinfo en continu, on est au même niveau de propagande)

Jean-noël Lafargue @jean-no.bsky.social · 2h

Scènes d'horreur anarchiste antifasciste à Portland...

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Jean-noël Lafargue @jean-no.bsky.social · 1h

(enfin on rigole, mais quand les 31 habitants du paisible village de Itsasheim-wattesheim-satchecheim votent RN, épouvantés par les images des banlieues d'île-de-France ou des blacblocs des manifs parisiennes que leur servent les chaînes de désinfo en continu, on est au même niveau de propagande)

Jean-noël Lafargue @jean-no.bsky.social · 2h

Scènes d'horreur anarchiste antifasciste à Portland...

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 16h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · Aug 2

The guy Trump picked to lead the office that’s now investigating Jack Smith:

— said Niki Haley is ineligible to be president
— has neo-Nazi ties
— was Andrew Tate’s lawyer
— 2x Claremont fellow
— wrote for Gateway Pundit
— called for Pence to be hanged
— called for secession after 2020 election

Paul Ingrassia (lawyer) - Wikipedia

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 2h

Lol US vs UK libel law.

Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 2h

Judge Jeannette Vargas said the lyrics in Lamar’s Not Like Us, which refers to Drake as a “certified paedophile”, were a matter of opinion, which could not be “actionable defamation”.

on.ft.com/4ojA6pH Judge throws out rapper Drake’s lawsuit against Kendrick Lamar ‘diss’ track

Judge throws out rapper Drake’s lawsuit against Kendrick Lamar ‘diss’ track

[FREE TO READ] Jeannette Vargas’s judgment says ‘Not Like Us’, which calls the Canadian singer a paedophile, was a statement of opinion

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Pete Birkinshaw @binaryape.bsky.social · 2h

There's widespread fraud. I could go on, but the identity management tech community has been pulling pained "ouch" faces at Aadhaar since it was announced.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aadhaar

Aadhaar - Wikipedia

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