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NerdyCanuck🇨🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦 @mushroomfiend.bsky.social · Sep 16

"Picasso's Guernica (1937) was painted in response to the bombing of the Basque town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. It remains one of the most powerful anti-war statements ever created".

From May 16, 2012
by Thomas Ponniah

Picasso's Guernica as symbol of the peace movement

Seventy-five years ago Nazi warplanes -- aligned with Franco's Nationalists -- bombed and destroyed the Basque town of Guernica. In response, the Spanish Republican government asked Pablo Picasso to c...

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 20h

Maria Lvova-Belova — Russia’s Commissioner for Children’s Rights, wanted by the International Criminal Court for the abduction of Ukrainian children — has revealed new details about kidnapping a boy from Mariupol whom she later claimed to have adopted.

Without shame, Russia’s children’s commissioner casually discusses kidnapping a Ukrainian child

Maria Lvova-Belova openly said around 20,000 Ukrainian children have been taken by Russia,

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NerdyCanuck🇨🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦 @mushroomfiend.bsky.social · 4h

There's video of a giant penis getting arrested. 😂

NerdyCanuck🇨🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦 @mushroomfiend.bsky.social · 4h

That's an interesting point because the biological and psychological impacts of nanoparticles and chronic diseases are interconnected.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 20h

I’m disgusted by the photos of Ttump’s demolition at the East Wing, but I’m even more sickened by the renderings of his mar-a-lago ballroom dwarfing our White House. Once we’re rid of this despicable man, that ballroom must also be removed.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 5h

George Ryan, aged 23, can be seen at the base of Nelson's column on one of the plinths. He's the "African sailor" and had been pressed into service in Deptford in 1803.

So the RN was no bastion of liberal values. But history is far more interesting than those dullard nationalists will ever know.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 14h

The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 12h

christ almighty what is this guy doing

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NerdyCanuck🇨🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦 @mushroomfiend.bsky.social · 1d

Karoline Leavitt is a circus clown put on display and meant to destroy the USA. These are clowns that never loved America.

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 1d

American institutions don't crumble. But they can be destroyed.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 1d

Two days ago, he took a shit on the American people. Today, he began demolishing the People’s House. That’s all he does. He shits on people, and he destroys things. Bcuz he’s a horrible person. I blame him a lot for the death & destruction he’s caused. I blame his enablers & his appeasers even more.

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NerdyCanuck🇨🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦 @mushroomfiend.bsky.social · 1d

Turns out, libertarian carnivores and MAGA ranchers have more in common than just red meat.

NerdyCanuck🇨🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦 @mushroomfiend.bsky.social · 1d

Despite nationalist rhetoric, MAGA policies protect big agribusiness, not small farmers or ranchers.

American Asado: Trump defends proposed beef imports from Argentina | Watch News Videos Online

Watch American Asado: Trump defends proposed beef imports from Argentina Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca

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NerdyCanuck🇨🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦 @mushroomfiend.bsky.social · 1d

Despite nationalist rhetoric, MAGA policies protect big agribusiness, not small farmers or ranchers.

American Asado: Trump defends proposed beef imports from Argentina | Watch News Videos Online

Watch American Asado: Trump defends proposed beef imports from Argentina Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca

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NerdyCanuck🇨🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦 @mushroomfiend.bsky.social · 1d

The “America First” approach didn't always mean “American rancher first.” It often meant “corporate profit first.”

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Making Argentina Great Again

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westofyou @bberts.bsky.social · 1d

I think Toronto should invite Bad Bunny to sing at the opening game of the series and that both anthems should be sung in Spanish

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

The Treasury Department instructed employees not to share to share photos of the demolition of parts of the White House’s East Wing

Exclusive | Treasury Tells Employees Not to Share Photos of White House Ballroom Construction

Images of the demolition of parts of the East Wing went viral on Monday, and Treasury’s headquarters next door to the White House has a front-row seat.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 1d

I will not to entertain these made up stories that DJT didn’t not tell Zelenskyy to accept Putin’s terms.

We had enough sources telling the exact same story of cursing, throwing around the maps Ukrainian delegation brought in and telling Ze that he has to give up Donbas or Putin destroys him.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 1d

And Zelenskyy confirmed this in his talks with reporters in Kyiv on Sunday.

Translated from Ukrainian, this is what Zelenskyy said:

The position of the Russians hasn't changed. They want us to withdraw from Donbas - not the entire East, but specifically Donbas, that is, completely from the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. I made it clear that Ukraine's stance in this context remains unchanged. I explained this both to President Trump and to Mr. Witkoff. We understand that Mr.
Witkoff is simply conveying what Russia means; this does not necessarily reflect his own view, at least according to him. I made it clear to him that there are some misleading impressions. The story is that the Russians claim they supposedly held a referendum among the Russian people in Donbas, and that they supposedly want to join Russia. But first there was the occupation, and only afterward did something uncontrolled and clearly illegal happen, which they called a "referendum." Moreover, I would say that these signals from the Russians are so far from reality that ten years passed between the start of the occupation and the so-called "referendum." Do you see where it doesn't add up? Mr. Witkoff points out that it was incorporated into their constitution. So I explained to Mr. Witkoff once again that if tomorrow Putin adds something else to their constitution, after the war ends in one way or another, will we need to withdraw from some territory again? And if, for example, I amend the Constitution of Ukraine to include two regions of the Russian Federation, would they then leave those territories? This is a non-functional model.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 1d

The EU is preparing to strengthen its authority to board and inspect tankers linked to Russia's so-called shadow fleet and is negotiating with some of the flag and coastal states to take measures, according to a draft proposal by the EU's diplomatic service (EEAS), seen by Kyiv Independent.

EU mulls hitting Russia where it hurts — its shadow fleet

LUXEMBOURG, Luxembourg — The EU is preparing to strengthen its authority to board and inspect tankers linked to Russia's so-called shadow fleet and is negotiating with some of the flag and coastal sta...

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NerdyCanuck🇨🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦 @mushroomfiend.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, F!

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

It looks even worse by video 😢

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 1d

The 2011 BBC show 'Romancing the stone' showed a reconstruction of what historians thought Wells Cathedral in England may have looked like before the late 14th century based on tiny fragments of paint that survived the horrific "scrape" of the Victorian era.
I made a gif:

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 1d

@historyrage.bsky.social 'Applicants for Admission to a Casual Ward', an 1874 oil painting by Luke Fildes.
The poor and destitute waiting outside a police station to be given a ticket for temporary admission to a workhouse for the night.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 1d

Trump admin is planning to furlough the vast majority of the civilian staff at a key agency that helps manage the nation’s nuclear weapons stockpile, per notice NNSA sent to lawmakers obtained by POLITICO.
National Nuclear Security Administration, under DOE, will exhaust its funding on Oct. 18

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 2d

In the latest episode of Ukraine This Week, The Kyiv Independent’s Anna Belokur reports on the reappearance of unmarked “little green men” on Estonia’s border — a chilling reminder of Russia’s hybrid warfare tactics from 2014.

Trump holds back Tomahawks | Ukraine This Week

YouTube video by Kyiv Independent

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 2d

Even if these people are drug smugglers, there are international rules for intercepting them.

But if they really ARE fishermen … holy shit.

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Chris Knox @chrisknoxphotog.bsky.social · 4d

Let's go Blue Jays!!!

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