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Nereide @drnereide.bsky.social · 14h

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Illuminated by the blazing blue star Rigel (just beyond the frame at upper left), a cosmic cloud looms ominously, as an eerie ghoul, in this interstellar scene to announce that #Halloween is here. 🎃

➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap20102...

Image Credit: Casey Good/Steve Timmons

🔭 🧪 #science

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Look up at Orion with a telescope and spot this weird, faint glow about 800 light-years away: it's IC 2118, the Witch Head Nebula. It's a little disturbing how the dust shapes a dark, stretched-out figure, lit in pale blue by Rigel (that bright star's just outside the top-left corner). Two pointy stars sit right where eyes would be, staring back, and a thin cloudy arm trails off like it's grabbing at something. Everything else is inky black with scattered star specks. Gives me chills every time: pure Halloween in space!

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Arnaud Bourgeois 🎗️#🟦 חי‎‎ @mathmos33.bsky.social · 40m

#WTF "Ce procédé, qui tend à nazifier l'ennemi – selon la logique du « tout est permis contre eux » – relève d'une volonté de stigmatisation systématique, détournant toute prudence critique au profit d'une rhétorique de l'anathème." Marc Knobel

#StandUpToJewishHate #🟦

Le Point @lepoint.fr · 5h

Désinformation et antisémitisme : comment Rima Hassan ravive le mythe du « vol d’organes » attribué à Israël
➡️ https://l.lepoint.fr/i3S

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zauberberg.bsky.social @zauberberg.bsky.social · 31m

>> The Guardian exposes how Nathan Gill, Reform’s ex-Wales leader, took kremlin-linked bribes to push pro-russia narratives in Europe.

Revealing a web of influence, espionage, and political betrayal. A scandal that goes deeper than one ‘bad apple.’
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Eugene McParland 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.bsky.social · 1h

Reform UK, the russian spy and rolls of kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill

by Ben Quinn, Luke Harding, Artem Mazhulin and Peter Walker

www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Reform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill

How did a former Mormon bishop end up pleading guilty to taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament?

www.theguardian.com

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pebblepupanna.bsky.social @pebblepupanna.bsky.social · 20m

#Ukraine makes #small #advances
#Pokrovsk
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Сили оборони України проводять контрнаступ у Покровську та мають просування на північній околиці міста — карти ISW

Сили оборони України незначно просунулися на північ від Покровська Донецької області під час контрнаступу, але російські війська продовжують проникати у місто, а також у східну частину Мирнограда. Про...

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David Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social · Sep 2

Crazy to think it will be easier to elect a friend of Israel as president of any Eastern European country than as the next congressperson from midtown Manhattan.

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pebblepupanna.bsky.social @pebblepupanna.bsky.social · 3h

#TheUnreliableExplainer #TheFingernailTectonic

Mineral Matters @mineralmatters.bsky.social · 4h

Out now - Episode 24 of The Unreliable Explainer - The Fingernail Tectonic: Or, The World’s Slowest Global Reshuffle open.substack.com/pub/theunrel...

The Fingernail Tectonic: Or, The World’s Slowest Global Reshuffle

Episode 24

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pebblepupanna.bsky.social @pebblepupanna.bsky.social · 10h

#Serbia
www.rferl.org/a/33577967.h...

After A Year Of Protests, Serbian Nationalists Seek To Hijack Student Movement

For the past year, Serbian students have been leading nationwide street protests demanding accountability after a railway station collapse that killed 16 people. But are the Serbian nationalists now taking control of the narrative?

www.rferl.org

pebblepupanna.bsky.social @pebblepupanna.bsky.social · 10h

😆😂🤣

Climatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · 11h

I'm ready for the trick-or-treaters!

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Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.social · 10h

So that was Friday October 31st 2025. Crikey. Another Halloween done, another day (more or less) here. So it goes.

(Out this month in 1997, just 28 years ago, the Hellboy Jr Halloween Special #1, with its exuberant cover by Bill Wray.)

And so to bed. Sleep well, gentle sentients of Planet Earth.

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Scott Smith @canaansdad1987.bsky.social · 12h

Just Wow. Why do I feel like racism and disrespect has increased 1000 fold. He got what he deserved though.

#USDemocracy

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Geopolitis Mionnet D @geopolitis.bsky.social · 1d

Se mettre à la place de l'autre.
Une capacité que beaucoup ont oublié.

À quoi ressemblerait Prague si la guerre y arrivait ? des activistes tchèques ont rappelé les combats en Ukraine avec des panneaux publicitaires réalistes.

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pebblepupanna.bsky.social @pebblepupanna.bsky.social · 10h

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 10h

Ukraine identified addresses where Russia is holding 300+ Ukrainian children and will share the verified list with world leaders assisting in returns, Zelenskyy announced

Ukraine’s "quiet diplomatic work" hopes to counter Moscow's denial of the deportations

euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/31/u...

Names and addresses of 300 abducted children to be on the desks of all leaders – Zelenskyy

Thousands of children have been forcibly taken by Russia since 2022 in what Kyiv and international observers classify as war crime.

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Author Krishna Prasanth Guttikonda @krishna-author.bsky.social · 10h

#booksky

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pebblepupanna.bsky.social @pebblepupanna.bsky.social · 10h

😆😂🤣 #rabbit #foot 🐰

Colton the fish squeezer🐟🪴📚🏕️🐝 @fishsqueezer.bsky.social · 10h

Does anybody need a lucky rabbit's foot?

Make sure you choose the right costume this Halloween or climate change means your pelage phenology will be mismatched and the boogeyman will find you.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN CREEPERS 🦊🌎

The remains of a snowshoe hare on the forest floor along with some small plants and mushrooms and twigs.

pebblepupanna.bsky.social @pebblepupanna.bsky.social · 10h

#RFA 🥀💔⁉️⁉️
apnews.com/article/radi...

Radio Free Asia says it is halting its news operations due to funding troubles

Radio Free Asia says it is shutting down its news operations starting on Friday. The outlet says the action is due to the government shutdown and the Trump administration's efforts to cut off governme...

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pebblepupanna.bsky.social @pebblepupanna.bsky.social · 10h

#Idaho #Groypers #violence
open.substack.com/pub/politica...

How Long Before "They Should All Be Shot" Becomes A Realty?

A post circulated on social media containing personal information, including a Social Security number of a north Idaho mom, along with 30-year-old court records from when she was a teenager.

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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 1d

😵‍💫 Putin's "justice": A pensioner in St. Petersburg was fined for wearing a "Peace to Ukraine" badge.

78-year-old Mikhail Pushnitsky was detained at Levashovskoye Cemetery, where a flower-laying ceremony was taking place for the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Political Repression.

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Vintage Obscura Radio @vintageobscura.net · 11h

L'Ectrique - Struck By Boogie Lightning (edit) [US, Spooky Electro] 1979
https://redd.it/17cl6zz
https://youtu.be/tNHYVHYwa4E

L'Ectrique - Struck By Boogie Lightning (edit) [US, Spooky Electro] 1979

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SETI Institute @setiinstitute.bsky.social · 11h

Death and decay are essential to life’s continuance. We consider what is involved in the ultimate recycling program with forensic anthropologists at the Body Farm when we meet The Decomposers on @bipisci.bsky.social. 🧪 💀

Listen here: bigpicturescience.org/episodes/the...

#podcast #halloween

This image is a still-life painting by the Dutch artist Harmen van Steenwijck, titled Vanitas Still Life with Skull, Books and Fruit.

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L’Etat C’est Moi @letatcestmoi.bsky.social · 11h

Would Mamdani do this?

www.algemeiner.com/2025/10/31/n...

NYC Mayor Adams Denounces Anti-Israel Art Exhibit, Warns of Antisemitism Spreading Across the City

New York City Mayor Eric Adams attends an “October 7: One Year Later” commemoration to mark the anniversary of the …

www.algemeiner.com

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pebblepupanna.bsky.social @pebblepupanna.bsky.social · 11h

#Ukraine
www.rferl.org/a/kyiv-consc...

A Violent Death Casts A Stark Spotlight On Ukraine's Military Manpower Problems

The death of Roman Sopin has focused heightened attention on Ukraine’s manpower problems and the violence that recruiters sometimes use against men they are seeking to bring into the military.

www.rferl.org

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 21h

⚡️ French intelligence links Holocaust memorial vandalism to alleged Russian hybrid campaign.

Three Bulgarians charged in the act have been brought to trial, while the fourth one continues to evade custody.

French intelligence links Holocaust memorial vandalism to alleged Russian hybrid campaign

Three Bulgarians charged in the act have been brought to trial, while the fourth one continues to evade custody.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 17h

When Odesa Mayor Hennadiy Trukhanov was stripped of his Ukrainian citizenship, some local residents erupted in celebration. Seen by his opponents as pro-Russian and corrupt, Trukhanov was bound to house arrest on Oct. 31.
kyivindependent.com/zelensky-tak...

Zelensky takes full control of Odesa, sending message to local governments

When Odesa Mayor Hennadiy Trukhanov was stripped of his Ukrainian citizenship, a move that immediately ended his political career, some local residents erupted in celebration. The questionable practi...

kyivindependent.com

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pebblepupanna.bsky.social @pebblepupanna.bsky.social · 16h

🇺🇦🌻🐻🌾🪶🥊💪🏼 #KyivIndependent

The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 18d

The Kyiv Independent is pleased to announce its first ever live event in New York City, where the team will share stories from the life of a newsroom in times of war.

Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Location: Ukrainian Institute of America

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SAINT JAVELIN @saintjavelin.bsky.social · 20h

Sign up to be among the first to grab your holiday gifts and avoid the annual panic shopping two days before Christmas. 🎄

www.saintjavelin.com/pages/holida...

Holiday 2025 Teaser

Saint Javelin is a way to give back to the families of the people who give their lives to protect ours.

www.saintjavelin.com

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