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5nark Twain @5narktwain.bsky.social · 29m

#NoKingsDay #NoKings #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue
Be There Saturday
10.18.25
Locations link at end of video
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Debbie Tann MBE @debbietann.bsky.social · 3h

We need to address the real underlying causes of biodiversity decline, which are disconnection from and domination over nature, increasing concentration of power and wealth, prioritisation of short-term, individual, and material gains.

journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

Transformative change to address biodiversity loss is urgent and possible

Transformative change for a just and sustainable world often appears overwhelming. This Perspective highlights the key messages from the IPBES Transformative Change Assessment and how everyone can be ...

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Hart @hart-frentz.bsky.social · Aug 14

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Peer Steinbrück, die Grünen stellen sich gerade als die Kraft da die durchweg richtig gelegen hat, sie war immer Putin kritisch sie war gegen Nord Stream 2 und sie hat die richtigen Antworten Energie und umweltpolitisch darauf gehabt

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 27m

Last Sunday, @demiforillinois.bsky.social, @raygunsite.com and I hosted a No Kings protest sign-making party with the best problem:

So many people showed up, we ran out of table space.

This is what community care looks like.

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Anton Rainer @antonrainer.bsky.social · 7d

Einwandfreie Logik beim Görlitzer Anti-CSD-Protest. 👍🏻 (via @derstandard.at)

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Nico Lange @nicolange.bsky.social · 8h

Die 10 wichtigsten Punkte aus der öffentlichen Anhörung der Nachrichtendienste BND, BfV und MAD: 🧵

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Charles Waldorf @waldorfcharles.bsky.social · 5h

Klasse.

DennisKBerlin @denniskberlin.bsky.social · 7h

Das ist der beste Kommentar, den ich je zur deutschen Auto Industrie gehört habe.

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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 5h

“For right-wing populists, the cost of living crisis is the gift that keeps on giving, allowing them to blame the experience of declining living standards on migrants and perceived ‘outsiders’.”

Our Director @mathewlawrence.bsky.social in @theguardian.com 🔗👇

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Soaring bills are the gift that keeps on giving for Reform. Shame Labour doesn’t have the guts to do anything about them | Mathew Lawrence

A cost of living crisis is not inevitable if there is the will to stop companies extracting profits from Britain’s essential services, says Mathew Lawrence of the Common Wealth thinktank

www.theguardian.com

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 4h

"a quarter of the typical energy bill in 2024 was profit. That is equivalent to every household paying £416 a year so other people can grow rich."

Excellent piece by Mathew Lawrence of the @Cmmonwealth thinktank

How the government keeps you poorer

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Soaring bills are the gift that keeps on giving for Reform. Shame Labour doesn’t have the guts to do anything about them | Mathew Lawrence

A cost of living crisis is not inevitable if there is the will to stop companies extracting profits from Britain’s essential services, says Mathew Lawrence of the Common Wealth thinktank

www.theguardian.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 4h

The Spectator (owned by GBNews owner Paul Marshall - estimated wealth of £800 million) doesn’t like taxing wealth fairly.

I wonder how they got to this editorial decision?

Let’s tax wealth fairly, fund front line services & make hope normal again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

Polanski is talking nonsense about wealth taxes.

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Ralf Wiegand 🦋 @rtwsz.bsky.social · 6h

Ok, das ist strange. Habe gerade spaßeshalber die Anmelderoutine von X durchlaufen, wo ich ja schon seit Jahren raus bin. Und das ist die Begrüßung. Noch Fragen?

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 4h

5/ But here's the even darker kicker.

The House Republicans aren't even in town. Speaker Johnson told them to stay away from DC. They haven't been here in nearly a month. Refusing to show up for work. An unprecedented, unplanned 4 week recess.

And why?

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 4h

4/ Ok, so then the obvious next step is to negotiate a compromise. That's how we've always avoided shutdowns. And Republicans need to convene those talks, bc they're in charge.

But here's the kicker - Trump is telling them to BOYCOTT NEGOTIATING. And they are following orders.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 4h

3/ The Senate keeps voting on 2 bills to reopen.

1. The GOP bill - it raises premiums on 22m Americans and lets Trump keep acting illegally.

2. The Dem bill - it stops the premium increases and checks Trump's illegality.

Each time, neither bill gets the necessary 60 votes.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 4h

2/ Democrats aren't going to vote for a budget that throws millions off health care and funds Trump's growing totalitarianism. At least I'm not.

Why work so hard to get to the Senate if you don't use your power to fight for what you believe in? Especially at a time like this.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 4h

Senate is back in session today.

1/ So a quick 🧵on where things are at on the shutdown.

You get a lot of propaganda and spin thrown at you, so I want to give you the real, behind-the-scenes tea.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 19h

Musk is funding the legal battle of UK Far Right activist Tommy Robinson - real name Stephen Yaxley Lennon - as he faces charges brought by counterterrorism police.

Tommy Robinson claims Elon Musk is funding his legal battle — The Times and The Sunday Times

Tommy Robinson has claimed Elon Musk was paying his legal costs as he went on trial for refusing to comply with a request made by counterterrorism police as he tried to leave Britain last year. Robins...

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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 3d

There it is: $20 billion for Argentina at the same time they’re taking markets away from our farmers.

But no $ for health insurance for Americans?

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NDR @ndr.de · 4h

Immun gegen HIV: Forscher identifizieren hochwirksamen Antikörper

Der Antikörper ist in der Lage, mehr als 98 Prozent von 300 Virusvarianten zu neutralisieren. Das könnte der Anfang einer neuen Therapie sein.[mehr]

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Ramin Nasibov @nasibov.me · 1d

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Reca @recarecaps.bsky.social · 4h

📌deutsche Auto Industrie - Kall

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DennisKBerlin @denniskberlin.bsky.social · 7h

Das ist der beste Kommentar, den ich je zur deutschen Auto Industrie gehört habe.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 22h

Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans feels that Europe must do more to counter Russia's threat — and he has a few ideas how to do it.

Dutch Defense Minister Brekelmans on European 'drone wall,' using Russian frozen assets 'in a creative way,' and what to do with China

Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans feels that Europe must do more to counter Russia's threat — and he has a few ideas how to do it. "(Vladimir Putin) knows he is creating unrest, that's positive...

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Christina Clemm @clemm.bsky.social · 5h

„Zu Lebzeiten sei Kirk mächtig gewesen, sagt die Religionswissenschaftlerin Anthea Butler von der Universität Pennsylvania – «aber nach seinem Tod wird er für die Anhänger von Maga, die glauben, dass er für ihre Sache geopfert wurde, unbesiegbar sein.»“
Danke @ardenthistorian.bsky.social

Annika Brockschmidt @ardenthistorian.bsky.social · 7h

Ich habe für @republik.ch über Kirk geschrieben, die posthume Verzerrung seines politischen Projekts und seine entstehende Hagiographie. Mit Einordnungen von @bildoperationen.bsky.social zur Bildsprache von KI-produziertem Märtyrer-Content, @antheabutler.bsky.social und @bradleyonishi.bsky.social.

Charlie Kirk: Der «Märtyrer», der die Rache befeuert

In den USA wird der christliche Nationalismus zu einem Kampfmittel gegen die Opposition.

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Reca @recarecaps.bsky.social · 5h

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Betreff schlechter Erfahrungen mit Weiterbildungen vom Jobcenter wolltest Du Erfahrungsberichte... 👇

Psychonaut @olliwaack.bsky.social · 1d

Es geht euch eigentlich nix an, aber wegen der völlig irren Debatte um das Bürgergeld möchte ich etwas anekdotische Evidenz beitragen.
Mit 52 wurde ich 2015 im letzten Job gekündigt, weil eine Krankmeldung zwei Tage zu spät ausgestellt war. Das ist jetzt zehn Jahre her. In den zehn Jahren wurde ich