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Karen Melchior @karmel80.bsky.social · 5h

If ever you consider learning Danish... youtube.com/shorts/qVA2W...

How the Nordic countries say Dragon 🐉 #denmark #sweden #norway #iceland #finland

YouTube video by Kelly Louise Killjoy

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Le Monde @lemonde.fr · 6h

Nobel de la paix décerné à l’opposante Maria Corina Machado : le Venezuela ferme son ambassade en Norvège

Cette annonce survient trois jours après l’attribution à Oslo du prix Nobel de la paix à celle qui a fait de la chute du pouvoir d’Hugo Chavez (prédécesseur du président Nicolas Maduro) au Venezuela la cause de sa vie.

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Karen Melchior @karmel80.bsky.social · 7h

Trust the dogs... "Buster, the dog who signaled in the days after Vanek went missing, had shown interest in that exact area." coloradosun.com/2025/10/13/m...

Vail Rescue Group uses new mapping technology to solve 19-year-old cold case of missing hiker on Mount of the Holy Cross

Michelle Vanek disappeared on Mount of the Holy Cross in 2005. Vail Rescue Group found clues that led to answers 19 years later

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Betcy Jose @betcy.bsky.social · 7h

Do we need to come up with a US-hurtling-towards-authoritarianism version of the #NotATarget hashtag used to call attention to the IHL protections afforded to healthcare workers in armed conflict?

Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 8h

ICE agents blocked an ambulance that was trying to take an injured protester to hospital.

"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio

When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"

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Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 9h

Updated this piece to reflect that this guy now says he has $5 million from venture capital funds to start the “The Anti-Fraud Company” which will allow Shieh to scale up his model of AI-aided harassment and apply it to the federal government.
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How to become a right-wing star? Harass people

A Brown student used crummy AI to label university staff as worthless; now he has a Times profile and is testifying to Congress

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ActionAid EU @actionaideu.bsky.social · 8h

📢 END TRADE DEALS WITH ILLEGAL OCCUPATION

European governments cannot continue to speak of human rights while offering trading advantages to Israel. The EU–Israel trade agreement must be reviewed immediately. No state should profit while crimes against humanity, annexation, and genocide are (1/3)

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Annika Brockschmidt @ardenthistorian.bsky.social · 8h

JD Vance still follows Bronze Age Pervert to this day on „X“.

David Austin Walsh @davidaustinwalsh.bsky.social · 7d

Assigned BAP's doctoral thesis for class today to open up discussion about eugenics, gender, and sexuality and it's even worse than I remember it being.

My personal favorite part is when he admits his views are the same as the Nazis' but he resents the guilt-by-association.

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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 8h

It's easy to despair about what looks like a new era of McCarthyism. But, as @katrinanation.bsky.social and @nicholsuprising.bsky.social write, history shows us that the forces of repression can be defeated. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

We Defeated McCarthyism Before. We Can Do It Again.

It’s easy to feel despair about what looks like a new age of government censorship. But being around for 160 years gives you perspective.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 8h

When platforms are forced to block “anything that might harm kids,” the result is overreach. A real rights-respecting solution to keeping people safe online is one that's built on user control, privacy, and smart design, not censorship. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Blocking Access to Harmful Content Will Not Protect Children Online,

The UK is having a moment. In late July, new rules took effect that require all online services available in the UK to assess whether they host content considered harmful to children, and if so,

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d

New — Video shared with me shows ICE officers in DC detaining a man on Friday.

Bystander filming asks man for his name. ICE agent lies and says he’s not allowed to speak to him “by law” and another says “We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close…If he gets any closer, put him in cuffs.”

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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 10h

At the briefing, Kallas announced that the EU is allocating €10 million for the special tribunal on Russia’s aggression and another €6 million to help abducted children.

"This means that the victims of these crimes will receive all the necessary support and care." - Kaja Kallas.

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Karen Melchior @karmel80.bsky.social · 11h

“'big tech' providers trying to get all the power, but shifting all responsibilities to European commercial customers. If Microsoft does not fundamentally change the setup of their products, European commercial customers will not be able to comply with their obligations." noyb.eu/en/noyb-win-...

noyb win: Microsoft 365 Education tracks school children

Favorable decision by the Austrian DSB: Microsoft Education 365 may not track school kids and Microsoft is ordered to provide full access to kids' data.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 13h

Here are the details about the hostages released by Hamas in exchange for almost 2,000 Palestinian detainees and prisoners, under the terms of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire reut.rs/46OxoCv

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Karen Melchior @karmel80.bsky.social · 12h

Men altså de er jo vant til at glemme partitilhørsforhold når de bringer debatindlæg, så hvorfor ikke også når det gælder kilder

Michael Hammel 🚲 @michammel.bsky.social · 13h

Hvad lærer de på journalistskolen?
“Vi har brugt enormt meget energi på at tjekke alt muligt i den her sag. Men vi havde simpelthen ikke tænkt, at der også skulle laves baggrundstjek på kilder,” siger Michael Lund, chef for gravergruppen på Berlingske”

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Ekspertkilde i sag om mink-sms'er stiller op for Liberal Alliance

Ups, fristes man til at skrive.Da Berlingske og B.T. i sidste uge bragte historien om, at flere eksperter vurderede, at myndighederne ikke havde gjort alt, hvad de kunne for at genskabe de slettede sm...

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 13h

Presidential chief Yermak confirms Ukraine's delegation, led by PM Yuliia Svyrydenko and NSDC Secretary Rustem Umerov, is heading to Washington. The agenda includes strengthening air defense and strike capabilities, boosting energy resilience ahead of winter, and pushing for new sanctions.

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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 13h

Today at 🇪🇺3:30pm 🇬🇧2:30pm 🇺🇸9:30am:

I'll ask @julienhoez.eu about the chaotic political situation in France and its implications for the EU.

Submit your questions now!

LIVE SOON: What the hell is happening in France? Q&A with Dave and Julien

Starting Oct 13 at 9:30 AM EDT

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Karen Melchior @karmel80.bsky.social · 1d

Youth are unhappy, must be the screens cannot be that we cut away all their activities www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Britain's youth clubs have been quietly decimated. What's most revealing is that few seem to care | John Harris

These vital spaces have been the first targets of cuts in a nation that favours age over youth – despite being the remedy for blights such as social division, polarisation and loneliness, says Guardia...

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Karen Melchior @karmel80.bsky.social · 1d

From the book House of Glass by Hadley Freeman

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 1d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 1d

Unprecedented grift & corruption, happening daily right in front of us

Daniel A Collier, PhD @dcollier74.bsky.social · 2d

Man what a lucky guess.........

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The Economist @economist.com · 1d

The Ethiopian government bars journalists from visiting Western Tigray. Aid workers are rarely granted access. Its only airport has been shut down.

The only way to glean what is happening is by speaking to people who have recently fled

The forgotten horror of Western Tigray

Three years after the end of Ethiopia’s civil war, abuses in the region continue

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 1d

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Karen Melchior @karmel80.bsky.social · 1d

Risotto (med riskoger), Skagen food måltider,

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Dagmar Fischer @dagmarfischer.bsky.social · 2d

Die Deutsche Meteorologische Gesellschaft & die Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft haben jetzt einen gemeinsamen Klima-Aufruf veröffentlicht, der es in sich hat.

Die beiden Organisationen vertreten zusammen rund 55.000 Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler
www.fr.de/panorama/fac...

Fachleute fordern: Deutschland soll Küstenregionen an Nord- und Ostsee aufgeben

Nord- und Ostsee sind beliebte Urlaubsziele. Geht es nach der Forderung zweier Forschungsgesellschaften sollen zahlreiche Gebiete jedoch aufgegeben werden.

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Karen Melchior @karmel80.bsky.social · 1d

Father of one of the hostages who remain alive “It could have come much earlier.”

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Who are the 20 hostages believed alive and expected to be freed from Gaza?

Ceasefire deal could end more than 700 days of captivity after hostages were taken during attacks of 7 October 2023

www.theguardian.com

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