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LeftonMain @leftonmainst.bsky.social · 7h

GOP Blocks Warren Bill to Stop Trump’s “Brazen” $20B Argentina Bailout

“For Trump, the leader of Argentina is more important than American families struggling with rising costs,” said Warren.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 7h

Speaker of the Russian Parliament Volodin called former U.S. President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz "mold."

"And there will be fewer people like Biden in the world, fewer like Macron or Scholz, because they are mold.

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Kraut @derparrot.bsky.social · 7h

I am old enough to remember the winters of 2005, 2008 and 2009. In each of these winters, Russia cut the gas supply to Ukraine, Belarus, and other states, causing people to freeze in their homes. Russia did this as a means of political blackmail.

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AkLuvr @akchikky.bsky.social · 7h

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 7h

RFK Jr. keeps repeating this ridiculous, ignorant bullshit.

Trust in expertise is literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.

I wrote a whole-ass thread about it last time around; maybe worth revisiting.

bsky.app/profile/carl...

Barbara Sobel @barbarasobel.bsky.social · 15h

RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.

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Julie J @j1j2.bsky.social · 7h

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NotQuietMode_M.D. @notquietmodemd.bsky.social · 7h

Early member of Antifa buried w/ his aircraft as his shipmates bid him farewell. Loyce Edward Deen of OK was naval aerial gunner on TBF Avenger Torpedo Boat, USS Essex. Killed during Manila Bay raid 1944, he gave his life at 23 so WE could live free😢
Honor him, protest to protect freedom🫡
#NoKings

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Goofrider @goofrider.bsky.social · 7h

That's an incredible headline

open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...

The Portland Chicken Has a Degree in Game Theory

Humor, Prep for No Kings, and Resistance Actions as “Coordination Games”

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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 8h

The episode also tore into a new MAGA-friendly tech billionaire.

‘South Park’s’ Vance Catches Trump in Oval Office Sex Act

The episode also tore into a new MAGA-friendly tech billionaire.

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 8h

🇺🇦 Ukrainians, determined and resolute, are well placed to rebuild

Despite the huge problem landmines and unexploded ordnance pose, Ukraine – with our help – has plans to thrive when Russia’s war ends

By Natalie Bennett

@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social

Ukrainians, determined and resolute, are well placed to rebuild

Despite the huge problem landmines and unexploded ordnance pose, Ukraine – with our help – has plans to thrive when Russia’s war ends

yorkshirebylines.co.uk

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@citizen1 @citizen2.bsky.social · 7h

Don’t fall for the hype and, certainly, invest very carefully.

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SNAFU @redrams84.bsky.social · 8h

So, what will the world’s largest population be doing for work? When do the (ex)terminations begin?

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10h

While Trump plays trade war like he’s holding all the cards, our executives are coming back from China terrified.

They’re walking through “dark factories” where robots run the show so efficiently the lights don’t even need to be on.

One exec saw a plant pumping out phones with zero human workers.

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@citizen1 @citizen2.bsky.social · 7h

I thought the story might be about Pokémon, …? WTF?

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 7h

Airlines are facing cancellations and disruption as the US government shutdown enters its third full week on.ft.com/4n5QYik

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DakotaVAdams @toxicmicroceleb.bsky.social · 7h

If we can get RW news to start sarcastically referring to us as 'Patriots' and MAGA as 'Loyalists' we have won.

First Wordle Problems @fwordleproblems.bsky.social · 14h

Yeah, time to reclaim that shit from the Tea Party dorks of fifteen years ago. We're all talking about "liberty" and "tyranny" and whatnot again too! It's ours now.

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mysterysox @fishcatcher.bsky.social · 9h

Can't wait until we have to bail out Smaug...

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@citizen1 @citizen2.bsky.social · 9h

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@citizen1 @citizen2.bsky.social · 9h

At this point, I support all things supporting “Mount Doom”. 🌋

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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 10h

My super modern regulatory plan is that any entity named for a thing from Tolkien has to publicly explain why Tolkien wouldn’t immediately throw it into Mount Doom

Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 22h

Tolkein continues to resonate. The new bank being set up by Palmer Luckey and backed by Peter Thiel is named Erebor after the “lonely mountain” in The Hobbit. This was also an interesting line in this rpt on the new bank by @tabbykinder.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/202d...

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@citizen1 @citizen2.bsky.social · 9h

Apparently, we are all living in an alternate reality.

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 10h

‘Of course it’s a bubble’: AI start-up valuations soar in investor frenzy on.ft.com/478J02h

‘Of course it’s a bubble’: AI start-up valuations soar in investor frenzy

Unprecedented funding leads 10 groups including OpenAI and Elon Musk’s xAI to gain almost $1tn in value in past year

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@citizen1 @citizen2.bsky.social · 9h

😑 Just another day.

@citizen1 @citizen2.bsky.social · 9h

Perhaps every generation before us would agree.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11h

News Analysis: Unwilling to fight for the historic independence of their institutions, the three most powerful law enforcement officials in the U.S. watched on Wednesday as President Trump continued his pursuit of controlling law enforcement.

Oval Office Becomes a Diorama of Power Dynamics as Trump Goes After Rivals

Top officials, unwilling to fight for the historical independence of their institutions, watched on Wednesday as President Trump continued his pursuit of controlling law enforcement.

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@citizen1 @citizen2.bsky.social · 10h

“Unwilling to fight for the historic independence of their institutions, the three most powerful law enforcement officials in the U.S. watched on Wednesday as President Trump continued his pursuit of controlling law enforcement.”

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11h

News Analysis: Unwilling to fight for the historic independence of their institutions, the three most powerful law enforcement officials in the U.S. watched on Wednesday as President Trump continued his pursuit of controlling law enforcement.

Oval Office Becomes a Diorama of Power Dynamics as Trump Goes After Rivals

Top officials, unwilling to fight for the historical independence of their institutions, watched on Wednesday as President Trump continued his pursuit of controlling law enforcement.

nyti.ms

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