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Henning Dekant 📎 @quaxquax.bsky.social · 10m

Finally a good use case for LLM AI summarization.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 2h

NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.

The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else

Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1h

Trump has a very simple worldview: the Presidency is not a public office, it is his property. He can use it to satisfy his personal or partisan whims, or to enrich himself.

So here, he threatens to reorganize an international competition, cohosted by Mexico and Canada, to settle a vendetta.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Trump on moving World Cup games from Boston: "We could take them away. Your mayor is not good."

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 8h

Direct confirmation that DHS’s version of the facts was not fully true. They were correct about the knife, wrong about the gun, and jury still out on the prior criminal history.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 8h

There had been reports that the boy had a gun on him, but Mayor DeMaria and the police chief said there was not a gun found on him.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 6h

Remember when Stephen Miller claimed the Chicago apartment raid was on a building “filled with Tren de Aragua terrorists”?

Well, DHS has now dropped the number of alleged TdA members arrested in the building from 2 to 1.

Just one "verified" Tren de Aragua member and one U.S. citizen with an active warrant were among the 37, DHS said, without saying how it had verified that gang affiliation. Others taken that day, the agency said, were "illegal aliens."

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Phil Rocco @philiprocco.bsky.social · 6h

Really excellent and important work here

State Court Report @statecourtreport.org · 8h

NEW: Victims of excessive force, retaliatory investigations, unlawful property destruction, and other abuses of power by federal actors have scant options re: compensatory damages. But @uwlawdemocracy.bsky.social's Harrison Stark argues that states can offer meaningful relief for these violations.

Resuscitating State Damages Remedies Against Federal Officials

There are forceful legal arguments that individuals can use state civil rights statutes to sue federal employees who violate the U.S. Constitution.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 5h

Far too many institutions are bending the knee to Trump and preemptively giving in to his demands. It’s encouraging to see these airports refuse to entertain this administration’s lawlessness. Kudos to them — hopefully their courage inspires others to follow suit. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US airports refuse to air Kristi Noem video blaming Democrats for shutdown

Airports in Phoenix, Las Vegas, Seattle and elsewhere cite laws barring partisan political content at TSA checkpoints

www.theguardian.com

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 6h

💥 Since the start of the full-scale war, Russia has lost between 4,000 and 9,000 battle tanks and 20,000 armored vehicles, according to RBC-Ukraine, citing a high-ranking NATO official.

❗️Currently, according to his estimates, Russia produces around 1,600 new tanks per year.

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 6h

🇨🇿🇺🇦🚁 “Metal Bird”: A mural was unveiled in Kyiv as a symbol of gratitude to Czech citizens who raised funds for a Black Hawk helicopter for GUR.

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 5h

🇬🇧🇺🇦 British government reports that over 85,000 drones have been delivered to Ukraine in six months, according to a press release issued ahead of Ramstein.

This year, London invested almost $800 million in drone production for Ukraine, including "tens of thousands" of FPV drones.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h

It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

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Henning Dekant 📎 @quaxquax.bsky.social · 6h

Back then it was due to market manipulations. The recent rise looks much more sustainable. Silver is not only a safe haven asset but also required to make solar cells.

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Forbes @forbes.com · 1d

Silver prices surpassed a decades-old record as investors sought out safer assets, but economists warned of hidden risks.

Silver Selling At Record High—But Here’s Why Analysts Say Gold Is Safer

Silver prices surpassed a decades-old record as investors sought out safer assets, but economists warned of hidden risks.

www.forbes.com

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Henning Dekant 📎 @quaxquax.bsky.social · 7h

This idiot went to his grave thinking that he reached Asia.

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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 1d

My favorite aspect of the Columbus legend is him getting rejected by the Portuguese gets spun as them not recognizing the genius of his idea. No - he went into a roomful of expert navigators and made basic math mistakes, they thought he was a moron, and they wouldn't fund his idea on that basis.

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Kayla B @queenofthesouth.bsky.social · 10h

People have jobs they need to go to, bills that need to be paid, kids that need to be cared for etc. none of that can be put on hold when you’re detaining people for days or even weeks just for being Brown. ICE is ruining lives

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 17h

China has significantly helped Russia gain an edge in fiber-optic drone tech. Beijing sharply increased exports of key components like fiber optics and lithium batteries for FPV drone production. While claiming neutrality, China allowed a surge in parts that now fuel Russia’s domestic drone assembly

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 8h

That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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Don @wormeguy.bsky.social · 1d

If measles hits Alaska we will most likely see it first in the home school community before public schools.

It won't take long to get into our public schools because the Interior (including Fairbanks) has a very low rate of vaccination for Kindergartners (ages 5-6) of 57%.

This is a tinderbox.

Vaccination rates by community in Alaska for childhood and kindergarten series

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 8h

If men with guns and masks tried to pull me out of my car, I'd fight back. Courts should reject any claims by the government that this is aggression by the person being detained, resisting arrest, or that they're a flight risk.

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Chief Joe @chiefjoer.bsky.social · 8h

'I have a good relationship with Jim Jones, all those people drinking cyanide? Not a good look for him.'

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Henning Dekant 📎 @quaxquax.bsky.social · 7h

If all this dirt on him was already known in 2016 what took so long?
euromaidanpress.com/2016/07/25/t...

The criminal mayor of Odesa - Euromaidan Press

Gennadiy Trukhanov, mayor of Ukraine's largest port city, has no fears for his position despite his criminal present and past

euromaidanpress.com

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 8h

‼️ There is no sign of Russia’s interest in a real ceasefire at the moment. Putin will use any opportunity to undermine the positions of Ukraine and its partners as the talks progress, said senior NATO official, — RBC-Ukraine.

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 10h

🇪🇺🇺🇦 Military support to Ukraine from European countries decreased by 57% compared to Jan-June 2025, even taking into account their contributions to the NATO PURL initiative, - Kiel Institute

Average monthly volume of military aid during this period was 43% below the level of the first half of 2025.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 9h

I dont think this story is getting enough attention. China has put rigid controls on the supply of rare earth metals to the USA, but after a little tantrum, Trump has been left pretending its no big deal. He has already weakened the US so much, he has few options. finance.yahoo.com/news/china-f...

China Flexes Superpower Status Using Rare Earths in Global Supply Chain Grab

The rules announced last week require overseas companies to obtain Chinese government approval before exporting products containing even trace amounts of certain rare earths that originated in China. ...

finance.yahoo.com

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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.bsky.social · 9h

"From 2019 to 2021, Syria’s authoritarian government carried out a secret operation to move tens of thousands of bodies from the exposed Qutayfah mass grave to a hidden site in the desert east of Damascus."
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Exclusive: Assad government secretly moved mass grave to cover up killings, Reuters investigation finds

From 2019 to 2021, Syria’s authoritarian government carried out a secret operation to move tens of thousands of bodies from the exposed Qutayfah mass grave to a hidden site in the desert east of Damascus. The goal of the clandestine reburial was to hide evidence of atrocities as Bashar Assad tried to regain international standing.

www.reuters.com

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