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スコット @y2skot.bsky.social · 2h

His soft-shoe tap-dance of an explanation was hollow. Not once did he confront the ethical accountability and responsibility.

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Maryam Aldossari @maryamaldossari.bsky.social · 3h

What an absolute disgrace. 284 people excluded this year, countless imprisoned for tweets, others trapped under travel bans. Women are still being sent to ‘care homes’ for disobedience — and this clown dares lecture us about progress in Saudi Arabia? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I have been criticised for being part of the Riyadh comedy festival. This is why I did it | Omid Djalili

The headlines focus on money, but the gigs were great and I think there are different ways to achieve progress. Art, especially comedy, can be part of that, says stand-up comedian, Omid Djalili.

www.theguardian.com

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スコット @y2skot.bsky.social · 2h

I don’t think he understands that the committee has already made their selection and he ain’t it.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 6h

He so badly wants to influence the Nobel Peace Prize announcement on Friday. It’s so obvious. It’s literally all he cares about.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 8h

Breaking news: Israel and Hamas agreed to a deal to end the two-year war in Gaza, President Trump said.

The two sides agreed to halt the fighting, then exchange hostages and prisoners, after which Israeli forces would withdraw, a Hamas official said.

Trump announces ceasefire deal to begin ending the war in Gaza

President’s announcement says agreement includes Hamas releasing hostages and the withdrawal of Israeli troops.

www.washingtonpost.com

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 2h

AFP’s John Macdougall photographs the yearly Festival of Lights in Berlin

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Ian Hunter @bluejayhunter.com · 5h

"Start spreading the news, bitches!"

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 19h

“When streets became calmer & safer, more people felt comfortable trying a bike commute for the first time. Families began pedaling to the park…Local businesses saw new life…And cycling stopped feeling like a niche activity—it became part of everyday Parisian life.”

Via @momentummag.bsky.social

New Study Shows How Paris Pedaled Its Way to a Cycling Revolution

Cycling through central Paris meant weaving between buses and scooters—a bold choice reserved for the fearless few.

momentummag.com

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Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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スコット @y2skot.bsky.social · 5h

“Toute nation a le gouvernement qu'elle mérite.”

— Joseph de Maistre, 1811

(Every nation gets the government it deserves.)

Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 5h

Every word he says here is a lie. Every single word. But way too many people don’t care that he lies as he breathes. That’s a really bad thing that people don’t care. A people who do not care about being lied to like this deserve the tyranny they live under.

スコット @y2skot.bsky.social · 5h

“Toute nation a le gouvernement qu'elle mérite.”

— Joseph de Maistre, 1811

(Every nation gets the government it deserves.)

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 26d

Ask Republicans if it would be OK for the Mexican military to blow up a US fishing boat because they believed it was smuggling deadly guns into Mexico and offered zero evidence. “It’s a ‘river of iron’ that has slaughtered hundreds of thousands!”
Would that be acceptable to them? If not, WHY not?

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 26d

Awful: Sen Tim Kaine reached out to numerous GOP Senators to ask them to join his letter laying out basic questions for Trump about drug boat bombing, Senate staffer tells me. Zero Rs agreed.

On the pod we discuss this & deeper legal issues w/ @sranderson.bsky.social
newrepublic.com/article/2003...

Trump Drug Boat Bombing Takes Darker Turn as Damning New Info Emerges

As Trump’s decision to kill 11 drug smugglers in the Caribbean Sea suddenly starts looking even worse, a legal expert explains how brazenly Trump is stretching the law—and why it’s so unnerving.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 26d

Here’s the statement I gave this morning at a coalition press briefing about Trump’s illegal attack on the Venezuelan boat and his normalization of summary execution. He wants to be the vengeful god of the Old Testament who can smite his enemies at will. Thanks to Amnesty International for hosting.

My press statement on Trump’s killing of 11 people on the boat from Venezuela

YouTube video by SKT DCA

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スコット @y2skot.bsky.social · 5h

Definitely. Several times. I’ve also saved writers when I was an editor. Every writer needs an editor. If you say you don’t, your text will underscore your delusions.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 9h

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 9h

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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autistic violinist 🇨🇦 @violinautie.bsky.social · 5h

If you need a bit of Canadian pride and hope - this is what our fully-funded government orchestra program of 9-15yos sounds like! These kids and their families have never paid a dime for their instruments, training, childcare, or travel.

THIS is what community means to me 🇨🇦

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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 7h

American citizen, read this. www.koin.com/news/portlan...

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Cinephilia & Beyond @cinephiliabeyond.org · 9h

What’s going on with Kevin Costner?

www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

How Kevin Costner Lost Hollywood

On-set brawls. Courtroom battles. Epic bombs. Why the world's most bankable cowboy is suddenly shooting blanks.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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スコット @y2skot.bsky.social · 9h

Berkeley Square (London and near where Bertie Wooster lived)
Bofinger (Parisian brasserie)

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 12h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 10h

Jack collaborated with neo-Nazi twins to make a documentary. He was a fan of white supremacist Richard Spencer. He has tweeted 1488, the alphanumeric code for Heil Hitler. He wrote an unreadable anti-antifa book. Last year he wrote a book abt the left called “Unhumans.” That he’s now speaking here…

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 11h

From Donald Trump's Roundtable on Antifa just now —
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
— special guest Jack Posobiec

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100 years ago news @100yearsagonews.bsky.social · 9h

Oct. 8, 1925: Paul Van Hoeydonck, a Belgian sculptor whose 1971 work “Fallen Astronaut,” a tribute to those who died in the exploration of space, was the first artwork placed on the moon, is born in Antwerp.

Van Hoeydonck in 1971 with “Fallen Astronaut” (died May 2025)

“Fallen Astronaut” and a memorial tablet left by the crew of Apollo 15 in 1971

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 9h

Patients with COVID had a higher risk of developing double vision (diplopia) and cranial nerve VI palsy than those with influenza.

mRNA vaccination cut the risk of posterior eye complications—like retinal swelling, optic neuritis, and vitreous bleeding—by over 30%.

Source: archive.md/sKZJj

COVID Linked to Eye Issues, But Vaccine Offers Protection

Edited by Shrabasti Bhattacharya

October 08, 2025

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 10h

Our authoritarianism is run on clichés borrowed from the Eastern Europe of twenty years ago. Paid protestors, disloyal cities, evil Soros, vast conspiracies — it was all tiresome then and there, and now it’s pathetic.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Trump: "They're, like, insurrectionists, they're terrible people. But you really wonder why. Why are they doing it? What are they gaining? Other than they're obviously paid. They're paid a lot of money."

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 11h

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 11h

Dolly Parton has been a good person all her life. She does so many kind things for people. Compare that to someone like JK Rowling who wakes up every day and decides to be an absolute asshole.

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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 11h

It's obvious his aides, led by Miller, are feeding him this BS. It's elder abuse on some level. But he's also the President FFS

Media needs to stop pretending this isn't a massive scandal

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Trump on Portland: "It's like the movies you see for the kids, I guess not only the kids, adults also, where you have these bombed out cities and these bombed out people. It's like, worse than that."

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Reuters @reuters.com · 10h

Film aims to show how King Charles' once-mocked views on nature became mainstream reut.rs/3Wuk7ZO

Film aims to show how King Charles' once-mocked views on nature became mainstream

Britain's King Charles has said he was considered "rather dotty" for voicing concern about damage to the environment in the past. An upcoming documentary film aims to chart the spread of views once seen as eccentric, and bring them to new audiences.

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