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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 18h

🔴Conservatives Accused of ‘Trumpian’ Tactics After Barring Second Byline Times Journalist From Conference

Award-winning investigative journalist David Hencke has attended Conservative party conference since 1987 but is now hundreds of pounds out of pocket after being blocked from attending

Conservatives Accused of ‘Trumpian’ Tactics After Barring Second Byline Times Journalist From Conference

Veteran award-winning investigative journalist David Hencke has attended Conservative party conference since 1987 but is now hundreds of pounds out of pocket after being blocked from attending

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Mathias Jahn 🇪🇺 @sould.bsky.social · 1d

The trolls are running the asylum...
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The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers

WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 3d

I understand this. Please tell me you do, too.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 3d

Narrator: This is fascism.

The image is an X post by Mike Nellis (@MikeNellis
) from 19 hours ago, stating: "So let me get this straight: a Blackhawk helicopter and dozens of masked, armed federal agents roll up on a Chicago apartment building, cuff everyone—including kids—and then run checks for warrants and immigration status? What the hell is going on in this country? How is that not fascism?" The post includes a verified badge.

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Ross Macfarlane @rossmacfarlane.bsky.social · 2d

Surging Chinese exports of EVs, batteries, solar panels, and other clean tech products highlights growing divide between "electro-states" and "petro-states" (no extra credit for guessing where US falls). @axios.com

Axios Future of Energy

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."

( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

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Özden Terli @terliwetter.bsky.social · 3d

Fakten über die globale Erhitzung kann jeder wissen - das Wissen ist überall für alle zugänglich.

Meinungen von Klimaleugnern muss man glauben. Sie sind eine Sekte, ohne Sachverstand.

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Katharina Rosch @katkatneugetier.bsky.social · 4d

Was Hofreiter da übersetzt, sollte dem letzten Menschen in Deutschland klar machen, wohin der Kurs der USA geht. Wir können uns auf die USA seit Anfang des Jahres nicht mehr verlassen. Weder beim Handel, noch gar bei dem Schutz, den sie Jahrzehnte lang als größter Partner in der NATO gewährte

Waldläuferin 🌻 @waldlaeuferin.bsky.social · 4d

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Bijan Moini @bijanmoini.de · 5d

Ich kann irgendwie verstehen, wenn Unternehmen vor existenziellen Drohungen klein beigeben.

Aber Apple ist einer der reichsten und mächtigsten Konzerne der Welt, er kann sich wehren. Und weniger gegen Trumps Jagd auf Menschen kann er nicht tun, als diese App im Store zu lassen, solange es nur geht.

Reuters @reuters.com · 6d

Apple removes ICE tracking apps after pressure by Trump administration reut.rs/4mIfztt

Apple removes ICE tracking apps after pressure by Trump administration

Apple said on Thursday that it had removed ICEBlock, the most popular ICE-tracking app, and other similar apps from its App Store after it was contacted by President Donald Trump's administration.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 6d

so the US government just forced a tech company to delete an app it doesn’t like, which is totally normal stuff

www.404media.co/iceblock-own...

ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...

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Mathias Jahn 🇪🇺 @sould.bsky.social · 5d

Apple once saw itself on the good side of the Force („Here‘s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels…“). Now it’s bootlicking shit like every other american tech company. What‘s the difference to chinese products then?

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raeuberhose / Karolin Schwarz @karolinschwarz.de · 5d

Das hier mutmaßlich www.turi2.de/aktuell/repo...

Reporterfabrik startet Gesprächsformat "High Noon" mit Cordt Schnibben. | turi2

Showdown mit Schnibben: Die Reporterfabrik will Filterblasen in der Debattenkultur durchstechen und startet das Debatten-Format "High Noon". Im Erstling treffen sich Melanie Amann, Ex-"Spiegel"-Vize, ...

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Rolf Eustergerling 🏳️‍🌈 ᴴᵒʳˢᵗ ᴹᵉᵘᵉʳ @euro42.bsky.social · 6d

Merz, Söder, sagt mal, ist euch das nicht peinlich, dass euch ein "Mädchen"(!) erklären muss, was wirklich Sache ist.
Da wackelt das Patriarchat aber gewaltig. Wegen eurer verbohrten Inkompetenz.
Macht mal so weiter...

youtube.com/shorts/esIz2...

Söder-Man und Merz kämpfen heldenhaft gegen das Verbrenner-Aus. #klartextmitlilly #politik

YouTube video by Klartext_mit_Lilly

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Juliane @jululette.bsky.social · 7d

Nicht nur Kritik an Chatkontrolle sondern auch KI-Agenten:

„Whittaker warnte…auch vor dem Einsatz von sogenannten KI-Agenten… "Diese KI-Agenten verlangen enorme Zugriffsmöglichkeiten und nahezu unbegrenzte Berechtigungen. Dabei erhalten sie Zugang zu wichtigen Anwendungen und Diensten..."

Claudia Zettel @claudiazettel.bsky.social · 7d

Signal droht sich wegen der Chatkontrolle aus Europa zurückzuziehen.

Wise words von der Signal-Chefin:

"Es ist bedauerlich, dass Politiker weiterhin einer Art magischem Denken verfallen, das davon ausgeht, dass man eine Hintertür schaffen kann, auf die nur die Guten Zugriff haben."

Chefin der Signal-App droht mit Rückzug aus Europa

Signal gilt als einer der sichersten Messenger. Die App könnte aber in Europa vom Markt verschwinden, falls sich die Chatkontrolle in der EU durchsetzt.

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Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier @smittermeier.bsky.social · 8d

Once more, with feeling:
1. AI is a scam
2. The bubble will burst and soon
3. When it does it will tank the global economy

Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 9d

Newsletter: This is The Case Against Generative AI, a comprehensive analysis of a financial collapse built on myths I’ll dispel, the markets’ unhealthy obsession with NVIDIA's growth, and the fact that there is not enough money in the world to fund OpenAI.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...

The Case Against Generative AI

Soundtrack: Queens of the Stone Age - First It Giveth Before we go any further: This is, for the third time this year, the longest newsletter I've ever written, weighing in somewhere around 18,500 wo...

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 8d

Lawrence: One of the examples you've put out is in Speaker Mike Johnson's Louisiana district, a 60 year old couple earning 82,000 a year. Their health care premiums will rise by almost $20,000 by 300% because of what their congressman is doing.

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Martin Dicker 🇪🇺🇦🇹 @martindicker.bsky.social · 8d

Hern Lindner gewidmet !
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DocGaby @docgaby.bsky.social · 8d

Warum rettet Trump Argentinien?
Hier geht es um Ideologie und Trump-Treue, nicht um die Interessen Amerikas.

Paul Krugman

Why Is Trump Bailing Out Argentina?

This is about ideology and Trumpian fealty, not America’s interests

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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 8d

Most interesting part of the speech—a familiar MAGA tirade—was the audience reaction. Didn’t hear a single person applaud. Generals and admirals sat silently during this political lecture from a former National Guard captain. The right reaction.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Hegseth: "A few months ago I was at the White House when President Trump announced his liberation day for America's trade policy. It was a landmark day. Well, today is another liberation day. The liberation of America's warriors ... you kill people and break things for a living."

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Republicans R Evil 👿 @republicansrevil.bsky.social · 8d

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Trump, speaking to military leaders, on Democrats: "They're bad. A lot of bad people."

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 9d

We are no longer at a “tipping point” or “an inflection point.” We are no longer “sliding” toward autocracy. Donald Trump no longer “aspires” to be an autocrat. Last week, Trump went full-bore authoritarian. The United States currently is not a functional democracy. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

The U.S. is not a Functional Democracy

Last week, Trump went full authoritarian

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 10d

Today in life under competitive authoritarianism

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 10d

Trump is building a personalist regime where every university must bend the knee or lose funding and every business must bend the knee or face tariffs, H-1B fees, and regulatory blackmail. You can't cover each domain in isolation; they are all the same story.

Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 10d

Awarding scientific grants based on scientific merit? That pales in comparison to my strategy, giving grants based on political loyalty

www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

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Hart @hart-frentz.bsky.social · 9d

Gestapo Methoden in USA
#trumpfascist
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Feds march into downtown Chicago; top border agent says people are arrested based on ‘how they look’

Immigration agents wearing tactical gear and carrying long guns made arrests in downtown Chicago and the River North neighborhood Sunday. “This is not making anybody safer — it’s a show of intimidatio...

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Der Volksverpetzer @volksverpetzer.de · 12d

Hans-Georg Maaßen ist selbst seiner rechtsradikalen Splitterpartei zu rechts, man fordert seinen Rauswurf. Der Mann war einmal Chef des Verfassungsschutzes & soll auch die AfD beraten haben, wie sie nicht überwacht wird. Es gab nie einen Untersuchungsausschuss, was er angerichtet haben könnte.

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DennisKBerlin @denniskberlin.bsky.social · 13d

Die Bundesministerin für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.

Wir werden von Kaspern regiert.

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