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Ben Kritz @benkritz.bsky.social · 1d

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👍👍 Indonesia

Israel says it’s appealing Indonesia’s decision to deny visas to its athletes for a world championship in Jakarta from October 19 to 25. Jakarta says the mov...

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Ben Kritz @benkritz.bsky.social · 1d

Dickface also needs to learn the proper use of the phrase "it begs the question"

Ben Kritz @benkritz.bsky.social · 1d

Broken clock is right twice a day. These 2 still suck.

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The Manila Times @themanilatimes.bsky.social · 1d

BEIJING, China — China said on Tuesday it was ready to 'fight to the end' in a trade war with the United States after President Donald Trump said he would impose an additional 100 percent tariff on the world's second-largest economy.

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Ben Kritz @benkritz.bsky.social · 1d

I don't think you can schedule a revolution.

Ben Kritz @benkritz.bsky.social · 1d

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Break up the DPWH

SEN. Sherwin Gatchalian created a minor stir at the end of last week, when he was reported to have suggested “abolishing” the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), during a press conference ...

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Ben Kritz @benkritz.bsky.social · 2d

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No such thing as an ‘independent journalist’

IN the past couple of weeks, I have heard the term “independent journalist” more often than seems normal, mostly from those who are attempti...

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 3d

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

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Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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Ben Kritz @benkritz.bsky.social · 4d

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Paul Gino @paulgino.bsky.social · 5d

For the first time in history, there’s a Nobel Peace Prize Loser.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 5d

Ha! I love this headline in TIME.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 6d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Ben Kritz @benkritz.bsky.social · 6d

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The Palestinian View

ON Thursday, October 2, I had the opportunity to sit down with H.E. Mounir Anastas, Ambassador of the State of Palestine to the Philippines,...

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Ben Kritz @benkritz.bsky.social · 6d

Yeah, and take care of Bigfoot and the Chupacabra while you're at it.

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Anonymous @youranonjd.bsky.social · 6d

I hate to rain on everyone’s parade, but Congress could absolutely vote to release or compel the Epstein documents, & this regime will still block it. There’s no question. Executive obstruction of Congress is a guarantee at this point. They’re not handing anything over. It’s not happening.

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Ben Kritz @benkritz.bsky.social · 6d

CIA = Clowns in Arlington

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 6d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 6d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 6d

African nations should focus the vast majority of their climate action on adaptation rather than mitigation as the continent’s emissions represent only a sliver of the global total, says a veteran politician.

Africa Urged to Shift Focus From Climate Fight to Adaptation

African nations should focus the vast majority of their climate action on adaptation rather than mitigation as the continent’s emissions represent only a sliver of the global total, according to a veteran politician.

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Ben Kritz @benkritz.bsky.social · 6d

Yeah in Portland in 2019. Someone pepper sprayed him, and he claimed he had a brain hemorrhage, but got out of the hospital like later the same day. This guy is a piece of shit in general.

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Ben Kritz @benkritz.bsky.social · 6d

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Ben Kritz @benkritz.bsky.social · 7d

Scrolling through here during my ride to a wake (so I'm already in a mood), the thought strikes me that the catastrophe in the US will start to end when all those who say they stand against stop being actual pussies and do something.

Ben Kritz @benkritz.bsky.social · 7d

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Adam Levine sits down to pee, but I like this song anyway.

Payphone

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Ben Kritz @benkritz.bsky.social · 7d

I oppose genocide, and I support Palestine Action. Come try me, you wankers.

Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 7d

The New World editor-in-chief Matt Kelly says a man has been arrested outside King's Cross station for holding up a cover of the magazine with a photo of a placard on the front cover stating: "I oppose Genocide. I support Palestine Action" www.thenewworld.co.uk/matt-kelly-a...

Arrested for holding up a copy of The New World. How bloody un-British

This government’s stupid criminalisation of peaceful protestors is a hole they keep on digging

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Ben Kritz @benkritz.bsky.social · 8d

Why don't you drop the pretense and change your name to AI Fanzine already.

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Pops @pops131.bsky.social · 8d

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