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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 22m

"I'm a Russian man, we're  f**ng killing you [Ukrainians] b**ches." A Russian-speaking man attacked a Ukrainian family on a Swiss train simply because he heard them speaking Ukrainian.

Ukraine's Foreign Ministry described the video as "unacceptable hate speech and ethnic hatred."⤵️

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 33m

You cannot compromise with this. You can either submit to it or defeat it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."

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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 11h

I wonder if the surprising content the Assistant might produce includes 'You could get these tickets cheaper on any of the literally hundreds of websites, ticket machines and offices that don't charge a booking fee.'

Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 12h

‘Surprising’

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Esther @elhopkins.bsky.social · 10h

No one should be catching COVID, amongst other things it causes cardiovascular damage.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 1d

The New York Times, disclosing that the CIA is authorized to overthrow Venezuelan dictator Maduro, says “the CIA’s history of covert action in Latin America and the Caribbean is mixed at best.”
That’s like saying John Dillinger’s history of visiting banks was “mixed at best.”

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Clay Harris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 💉💉💉💉💉💉💉 😷 @mudlarklives.bsky.social · 1d

I will be away, so unfortunately will miss it.

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Clay Harris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 💉💉💉💉💉💉💉 😷 @mudlarklives.bsky.social · 1d

Concert alert for SE London: RASM Choir and Plumstead Chamber Choir, "A Season to Sing" Joanna Forbes L'Estrange, Vivaldi's Gloria. All Saints, Shooter's Hill, Herbert Road SE18, 6pm, 26 October 2025 (sorry, there is no non-Facebook link to additional relevant info. They do themselves no favours.)

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Clay Harris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 💉💉💉💉💉💉💉 😷 @mudlarklives.bsky.social · 1d

David Allen Green @davidallengreen.bsky.social Trying to make sense of the nonsensical decision to drop the Chinese spying prosecutions. How the positions of neither the CPS nor the government stand up to scrutiny. davidallengreen.com/2025/10/tryi...

Trying to make sense of the nonsensical decision to drop the Chinese spying prosecutions

15th October 2025 How the positions of neither the CPS nor the government stand up to scrutiny * Usually when one reads up about a confusing-looking case the less confusing it becomes. The i…

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Clay Harris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 💉💉💉💉💉💉💉 😷 @mudlarklives.bsky.social · 1d

Peter Greene @palan57.bsky.social My Ex-Wife Makes Me Think Of #AI curmudgucation.substack.com/p/my-ex-wife...

My Ex-Wife Makes Me Think Of AI

Let me explain.

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 2d

Disgusting!

Frightened to get out of their cars’: Britain’s toxic race debates threaten overseas care workers

Staff are being advised to travel in mixed groups and carry panic alarms as incidents of intimidation spread

‘Frightened to get out of their cars’: Britain’s toxic race debates threaten overseas care workers

Staff are being advised to travel in mixed groups and carry panic alarms as incidents of intimidation spread

www.theguardian.com

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AGC @agc1985.bsky.social · 3d

I think this response by Keira Knightley is probably *more* infuriating and contemptuous than if she'd just said "I simply don't care, I did it for the money."

Keira Knightley said that she was “not aware” of demands to boycott JK Rowling prior to joining the cast of the new audiobook versions of the Harry Potter series.

Knightley was speaking to Decider to promote her new Netflix movie The Woman in Cabin 10 (in which she plays a Guardian reporter), and was asked if she knew that “some fans are calling for a Harry Potter boycott”.

Knightley said: “I was not aware of that, no. I’m very sorry. You know, I think we’re all living in a period of time right now where we’re all going to have to figure out how to live together, aren’t we? And we’ve all got very different opinions.”

She added: “I hope that we can all find respect.”

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Clay Harris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 💉💉💉💉💉💉💉 😷 @mudlarklives.bsky.social · 3d

Vanderbilt Hustler @vandyhustler.bsky.social Faculty Senate, VSG urge university not to sign Trump’s higher education compact vanderbilthustler.com/2025/10/11/f... cc @clayhensley.bsky.social @keithherrell.bsky.social @joshuaclarkdavis.bsky.social

Faculty Senate, VSG urge university not to sign Trump’s higher education compact - The Vanderbilt Hustler

Vanderbilt’s Faculty Senate met in an emergency session to discuss and vote on a resolution opposing the compact, and Vanderbilt Student Government released a joint statement with student governments ...

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Clay Harris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 💉💉💉💉💉💉💉 😷 @mudlarklives.bsky.social · 3d

Two of us on Avanti right now!

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Clay Harris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 💉💉💉💉💉💉💉 😷 @mudlarklives.bsky.social · 3d

I don't see much if any difference from current situation. Mask has to be pulled down briefly at immigration booth. Also true for EU/EEA citizens using automatic gates. Fact is: you and I are among the handful who mask at all.

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Clay Harris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 💉💉💉💉💉💉💉 😷 @mudlarklives.bsky.social · 3d

Not Welling. Although Welling might be visible, if anyone chose to look in that direction.

Clay Harris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 💉💉💉💉💉💉💉 😷 @mudlarklives.bsky.social · 3d

I don't think they did. Local lifestyle magazine dependent on goodwill? Just amateurishness. (Unless someone had a secret grudge against the cover model.)

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Clay Harris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 💉💉💉💉💉💉💉 😷 @mudlarklives.bsky.social · 3d

In the current context, that could be read in two, totally opposite ways.

Clay Harris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 💉💉💉💉💉💉💉 😷 @mudlarklives.bsky.social · 3d

Jessica Wildfire @jessicawildfire.bsky.social on media misinformation: The Grip Tightens. www.the-sentinel-intelligence.net/the-grip-tig...

The Grip Tightens

On media misinformation

www.the-sentinel-intelligence.net

Clay Harris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 💉💉💉💉💉💉💉 😷 @mudlarklives.bsky.social · 3d

You'd think that they'd understand how their template works by now, and design accordingly. Better than this magazine did.

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Clay Harris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 💉💉💉💉💉💉💉 😷 @mudlarklives.bsky.social · 4d

h/t @donnerkay.bsky.social

In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 4d

"It’s not as if there aren’t plenty of media-ready Palestinian or Palestinian-American guests to choose from, chief among them Palestinian-American Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, who has not appeared on any of the major Sunday news shows since 2019."

inthesetimes.com/article/gaza...

In 2 Years of Gaza Genocide, Sunday Shows on NBC, ABC and CNN Have Not Featured a Single Palestinian Guest

In a microcosm of the U.S. coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza, since Oct. 7, 2023, influential Sunday news shows have not seen fit to book any Palestinians.

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Clay Harris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 💉💉💉💉💉💉💉 😷 @mudlarklives.bsky.social · 5d

It is not that different in the UK, where free access to covid boosters is now severely restricted. RFK-lite. Lite, for now.

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Donna Ladd said what she said. 😘 @donnerkay.bsky.social · 5d

What the fuck

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 5d

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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Donna Ladd said what she said. 😘 @donnerkay.bsky.social · 5d

Read the whole story. It also focuses on health and conditions inside the Jena ICE facility where they sent Hector.

Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 5d

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.