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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 10d

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 10d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Anna Pivovarchuk @annapivovarchuk.bsky.social · 13d

Jane Goodall, the most extraordinary human, is gone. I so hope we don’t let her down, going forward, but I fear we will.

Jane's interview - FRANCE - #HUMAN

YouTube video by HUMAN the movie

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Anna Pivovarchuk @annapivovarchuk.bsky.social · 14d

Well, at least irony is still alive and kicking. #AI

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Anna Pivovarchuk @annapivovarchuk.bsky.social · 14d

"Sanity is a valuable possession; I hoard it the way people once hoarded money. I save it, so I will have enough, for when the time comes." — Margaret Atwood, "The Handmaid's Tale" (1985)

Anna Pivovarchuk @annapivovarchuk.bsky.social · 27d

Well, Trump did promise to cut drug prices...

Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 28d

The Trump-Miller administration's single-minded focus on migration is starting to impact the availability of drugs in the US, according to this detail from a very good investigation @wsj.com published today.

www.wsj.com/world/americ...

Oseguera caught another break from the Trump administration. The president’s campaign to deport immigrants in the U.S. illegally has taken federal agents away from drug-traffic interdiction. In Arizona, two Customs and Border Protection checkpoints along a main fentanyl-smuggling corridor from Mexico have been left unstaffed. Officers stationed there were sent to process detained migrants. A senior administration official said the U.S. border is more secure than it has ever been.

Colombia is producing records amounts of cocaine, and the volume of the drug arriving in the U.S. is driving down prices, the people familiar with cartel operations said.

Cocaine prices have fallen by nearly half to around $60 to $75 a gram compared with five years ago, said Morgan Godvin, a researcher with the community organization Drug Checking Los Angeles. “The price of pure cocaine has plummeted,” Godvin said.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Sep 13

New, from me:
It was a terrible week, one that inspired some truly awful takes. The worst was the effort by Bari Weiss and The Free Press to smear universities as "the biggest culprits" to blame American political violence, with faculty training "jihadis."
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-worst-...

The worst takes from a bad week

The Free Press, about to take over CBS News, blames universities for American political violence

donmoynihan.substack.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Sep 12

“.. I can’t remember anyone ever telling me we can’t say anything critical about a civilian like this. He was not in our chain of command or anything,” the officer said.

@nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

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Anna Pivovarchuk @annapivovarchuk.bsky.social · Sep 12

As the world unravels, somewhere out there, far beyond the remainder of common sense and meagreness of knowledge, a Guardian columnist decides to boil his wooden spoons and tell us all about it.

I boiled my wooden spoons – and what emerged from them will haunt me for ever | Adrian Chiles

A sleepless night of doomscrolling led me to dunk my cherished kitchen utensils in bubbling water. The murky results were horrifying, writes Adrian Chiles

www.theguardian.com

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · Sep 10

I wrote about what I think is a genuinely revealing document of elite depravity and impunity. It is shocking and sickening. But it's also a crucial moment. We're about to see what happens when conspiracy theorists actually get what they asked for but it turns out not to be what they want.

You Really Need to See Epstein’s Birthday Book for Yourself

This time, the conspiracy theorists were right.

www.theatlantic.com

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Anna Pivovarchuk @annapivovarchuk.bsky.social · Sep 3

According to Vienna Museum, the gifts were “simply set aside” most of the time, to the sound of a collective eye roll, presumably.

Anna Pivovarchuk @annapivovarchuk.bsky.social · Sep 3

... these so-called ladies’ donations often came in the form of the latest inventions. What woman does not dream of having a miniature dynamo, an anchor windlass or gas pipes embossed with the portrait of the city’s misogynistic, antisemitic mayor attached to her ballgown?

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Anna Pivovarchuk @annapivovarchuk.bsky.social · Sep 3

In 19th-century Vienna, it was customary for women to receive a gift upon entering a ballroom. So far, so good, right? Well, because this was the age of industry and progress, and this was Austria, not Italy with its flowers and perfumed soaps...

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · Aug 28

This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself.

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Washington, DC under military occupation in last August 2025, with banners proclaiming the absolute power of the primus inter pares

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Anna Pivovarchuk @annapivovarchuk.bsky.social · Aug 26

“…the chatbot told the Guardian.”

Can AIs suffer? Big tech and users grapple with one of most unsettling questions of our times

As first AI-led rights advocacy group is founded, industry is divided on whether models are, or can be, sentient

www.theguardian.com

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · Aug 21

BREAKING: The Trump administration says it's reviewing all 55 million people with U.S. visas for potential deportable violations.

Trump administration reviewing all 55M people with US visas for potential deportable violations

The Trump administration says it’s reviewing all the more than 55 million people with U.S. visas for potential deportable violations.

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Anna Pivovarchuk @annapivovarchuk.bsky.social · Aug 21

Amazing, this thing

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Aug 21

Some incredibly good news:

One year ago this week, The Onion returned to print.

In that one year, we’ve grown to the 13th largest print newspaper in the United States, just ahead of the Boston Globe, and growing fast.

In short, it’s working.

So… thank you. Thank you for helping save this thing.

Exclusive | The Onion Brought Back Its Print Edition. The Gamble Is Paying Off.

Publications turn to the old-style products to appeal to nostalgic readers and stand out in a crowded digital-media landscape.

www.wsj.com

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Anna Pivovarchuk @annapivovarchuk.bsky.social · Aug 21

Really interesting and relevant piece, Eric! I’m intrigued by the Nazi doctors statistic — do you have any thoughts as to why so disproportionately many joined the party?

Anna Pivovarchuk @annapivovarchuk.bsky.social · Aug 20

What a riveting discussion with @philippesands.bsky.social providing thoughtful insight into the origins of modern international law, its contradictions and limitations, and, most importantly, the deep human tragedy behind the terminology we so often cling to as accusation or defense.

When Is It Genocide?

Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 13/08/2025 · 1h 43m

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Anna Pivovarchuk @annapivovarchuk.bsky.social · Jul 7

"Evidence suggests that strangulation is now the second most common cause of stroke in women under 40. ... The samples from the women who’d been strangled showed elevated levels of S100B, a marker of brain damage." This isn't really fun and games, is it.

‘There is no safe way to do it’: the rapid rise and horrifying risks of choking during sex

Now thought to be the second most common cause of stroke in women under 40, it can also lead to difficulty swallowing, incontinence, seizures, memory problems, depression, anxiety and miscarriage. How...

www.theguardian.com

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Anna Pivovarchuk @annapivovarchuk.bsky.social · Jul 6

A sobering refresher from @andreapitzer.bsky.social for those who think history only rhymes.

Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · Jul 5

"The Nazis... imagined their targets would self-deport. Once the myth of self-deportation collapsed, they turned to more punitive measures. On Tuesday, Noem similarly noted the Everglades camp was meant to frighten immigrants into self-deporting. 'If you don’t,' she said, 'you may end up here.'"

Opinion | Don’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp.

This facility’s purpose fits the classic model, and its existence points to serious dangers ahead for the country.

www.msnbc.com

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Matthew Garrahan @mattgarrahan.bsky.social · Jul 6

NEW: Tony Blair's staff took part in a BCG project for the redevelopment of Gaza along the lines of the 'Trump Riviera' plan www.ft.com/content/0b1b...

Tony Blair’s staff took part in ‘Gaza Riviera’ project with BCG

Former UK prime minister’s institute participated in meetings on plan to turn shattered enclave into trading hub

www.ft.com

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Anna Pivovarchuk @annapivovarchuk.bsky.social · Jun 27

A much-needed essay @chaykak.bsky.social looking at the way using AI affects our thinking. Given what autocorrect has done to people's spelling, he's spot on in raising the alarm about the very average, extremely mundane reality of AI-aided creativity heading our way.

A.I. Is Homogenizing Our Thoughts

Recent studies suggest that tools such as ChatGPT make our brains less active and our writing less original.

www.newyorker.com

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Anna Pivovarchuk @annapivovarchuk.bsky.social · Jun 9

If “Animal Farm” is being made into a “family comedy”, can’t wait for them to tackle “1984” — maybe a musical?

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · Jun 7

Andy Serkis has directed an animated Animal Farm adaptation with Seth Rogen as Napoleon and I think they really nailed the tone of the original book www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLt5...

Exclusive First Look | ANIMAL FARM

YouTube video by Aniventure

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Ezra Klein @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social · Jun 5

Last week, @rhodesben.bsky.social and I did a Munk Debates against Kevin Roberts and Kellyanne Conway on whether Trump is leading America into a new golden age.

We won. This is from my closing statement.

There’s nothing golden about a movement that bathes in gratuitous cruelty.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · May 28

I have been sick for a week and I just read about "something going around" in a subreddit, which I guess is how I get my information now that the CDC is officially spending the next four years determining when and how microscopes became gay.

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