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Piero Castellano 🇪🇺

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Photojournalist, biker, reader, writer: street photography, heritage, rights and struggle for them. Food&wine and their history. Italy, Mediterranean, Europe. 🧿 https://linktr.ee/PieroCastellano

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Piero Castellano 🇪🇺 @pierocastellano.com · Nov 18

Wow, good morning skywalkers! Thanks and welcome to everyone, this is the number of people who followed me on X when I left...
I hope I won't disappoint you, I will follow up later with a proper and updated introduction.

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Piero Castellano 🇪🇺 @pierocastellano.com · 2h

If you want to see people's real face, just look at their children.

Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 18h

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Amber Speaks Up @amberspeaks.bsky.social · 12h

🚨 BREAKING
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has sent a formal demand letter to Speaker Mike Johnson, ordering him to swear in Adelita Grijalva immediately. More ⬇️

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 9h

They'll rebound in about a week or two.

This is the present and future of the GOP.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘It’s revolting’: More Young Republican chat members out of jobs as condemnation intensifies

POLITICO report on private Telegram chat filled with racist slurs and tropes ignites debate from New York to Washington.

www.politico.com

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 9h

Old enough to remember when scenes like this would have been unthinkable in America. (It was 9 months ago)

PritzkerPosting @pritzkerposting.bsky.social · 10h

Chicago: Zero Regard for Safety, ICE Escalation in Chicago Leaves Baby in Harm’s Way

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 13h

Look, we can lose our minds in a depressing way or a fun way

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 7h

Well, so much for that ceasefire and peace deal and...
www.cbsnews.com/news/netanya...

Netanyahu says Hamas must disarm or "all hell breaks loose"

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told "CBS Mornings" co-host Tony Dokoupil that conditions outlined in the 20-point plan "are very clear."

www.cbsnews.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 16h

Pretending to the world that you are the president of peace while waging war at home is diabolical.

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Piero Castellano 🇪🇺 @pierocastellano.com · 4h

This is one of the most exciting developments I can think of.
Imagine have a whole library from a list city, and if only you try to open a book, it dissolves into dust. Not anymore!
#Archaeology
#AncientBluesky
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www.newscientist.com/article/2498...

We’re finally reading the secrets of Herculaneum’s lost library

A whole library’s worth of papyri owned by Julius Caesar’s father-in-law were turned to charcoal by the eruption of Vesuvius. Nearly 2000 years later, we can at last read these lost treasures

www.newscientist.com

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Piero Castellano 🇪🇺 @pierocastellano.com · 5h

Meanwhile it's nearly impossible for a common Turkish citizen to get a study or tourism visa to Italy. But health comes first...

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 1d

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s anti-tobacco crusade has a new target: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

Erdogan wants Meloni to stop smoking, but Macron thinks it’s a lost cause

The Italian prime minister joked that if she cut out tobacco she might kill someone.

www.politico.eu

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Dog Desk Animal Action @dogdeskaction.bsky.social · 1d

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THREAD: Remembering Hakan Tosun

We are deeply saddened by the death of Hakan Tosun journalist & documentary filmmaker, found brutally beaten on a roadside in Istanbul.

He was missing for days before being discovered with severe injuries. He died in hospital.

Read On 🧵⬇️

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Avishay BSG (Ben-Sasson-Gordis) @avishaybsg.bsky.social · 6h

A militarization of the domestic space of the state

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 6h

NEW: Southeast Chicago, Tuesday October 14, 2025.

Welcome to Donald Trump’s America. If there isn’t a domestic warzone, manufacture one.

Fascism.

📸 Credit to local Chicago freelance photographer Matthew Kaplan for all these images.

A masked armed agent points a pepper gun at protestors. Photo credit to Matthew Kaplan

A fed Pokice officer wearing a gas masks is surrounded by smoke and it’ll about to throw a tear gas cannister. Photo credit to Matthew Kaplan

Around 20 masked armed agents are seen with guns drawn, surrounded by smoke, about to advance on local residents. Photo credit to Matthew Kaplan

A local resident is seen being knelt on and cuffed in the background as two armed Police with automatic weapons are seen standing in the foreground. Photo credit to Matthew Kaplan

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d

Someday this could be you or someone you love

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d

Just rounding people up. A US citizen who says he had his birth certificate with him (!) was still thrown in the back of a truck and detained.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d

What if the unidentified masked men with guns don't accept the validity of your papers?

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Dave Shackson @djshackson.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, political violence against an elected representative is unacceptable but Nigel Farage accusing others of dangerous political rhetoric is like Pol Pot accusing someone of unacceptable levels of mass murder.

Farage criticises ‘disgraceful’ rhetoric after alleged attack on Reform council leader

George Finch, 19, says he was called a ‘racist’ and ‘fascist’ during incident in Warwickshire on Friday

www.theguardian.com

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Keith Fitzgerald @keithfitzgerald.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine if the Nazis had nuclear weapons, a trillion-dollar annual military budget, artificial intelligence, and social media.

Is there any scarier thought than that?

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Emily Hunt @emily.space · 1d

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Benjamin Pope @benjaminpope.bsky.social · 1d

Thrilled to have two years' of work out, in a pair of papers led by @gradientrider.bsky.social and @maxecharles.bsky.social.

We've built a data-driven calibration of the James Webb Interferometer to near its fundamental limits for high-res imaging - explainer at @aunz.theconversation.com!

How we sharpened the James Webb telescope’s vision from a million kilometres away

The only Australian hardware on board the legendary telescope is starting to fulfil its duties.

theconversation.com

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 1d

Russia’s National Automobile Union is pushing the federal govt to impose price caps on gasoline, days after Putin waived a ceiling on subsidies to wholesalers. Lots of market manipulations afoot as Russia twists and bends amid an ongoing fuel shortage.

Внести заправку: в России предложили установить потолок цен на АЗС

Для чего это понадобилось и как хотят рассчитывать допустимый максимум стоимости топлива

iz.ru

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d

Reporters must promise not to publish unauthorised material to obtain press credentials.

US news outlets say they will not agree to Pentagon reporting restrictions

Reporters must promise not to publish unauthorised material to obtain press credentials.

bit.ly

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Joel @joelivoryjohnson.com · 2d

Link, for those interested.

youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ?...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

youtu.be

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Piero Castellano 🇪🇺 @pierocastellano.com · 2d

“The Netherlands shows vigilance and prevents Russian ships from sabotaging undersea infrastructure,” a Ministry of Defense spokesperson said.

nltimes.nl/2025/10/11/d...

The Russian submarine, the Novorossiysk, submarine, suffering from a fuel leak, was forced to remain on the surface.

The vessel had been operating in the Mediterranean and was heading to a Northern or Baltic Sea port for repairs, as Russia cannot access ports in the Black Sea or Syria.

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 3d

Pretty much

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Kamala Harris: "Here in Chicago I'm told the helicopters that were descending on an American city were Black Hawks. Do you know what Black Hawks were designed to do? War. So I think everyone can draw their conclusions just based on the facts."

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 2d

more of this. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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