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Axios @axios.com · 6h

Racist language allegedly used by leaders of Young Republican groups in leaked chats drew widespread condemnation from both sides of the political aisle and prompted the national youth organization to demand the resignations of those involved.

Young Republicans demand leaders involved in "vile" racist chat resign

"Such behavior is disgraceful, unbecoming of any Republican," the Young Republicans said.

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Libération @liberation.fr · 3h

En Espagne, l’influenceur d’extrême droite Alvise Pérez lance son parti politique et promet «le plus grand plan d’expulsion de l’histoire récente» du pays

En Espagne, l’influenceur d’extrême droite Alvise Pérez lance son parti politique

Surfant sur le rejet croissant des Espagnols pour leur classe politique et sur le sentiment anti-immigration, Alvise Pérez annonce déjà la participation de son parti aux prochaines élections générales, prévues en 2027 au plus tard.

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Derek Bryant @derekbryant.bsky.social · 2h

As famine struck Gaza, Google let Israel run YouTube ads claiming, ‘There is food’

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As famine struck Gaza, Google let Israel run YouTube ads claiming, ‘There is food’

An internal Google email said it received many complaints about Israeli government YouTube ads about food access in Gaza, but ruled they could remain online.

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Derek Bryant @derekbryant.bsky.social · 2h

How India tariffs hurt America’s China strategy

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Opinion | How India tariffs hurt America’s China strategy

New Delhi can be a counterweight to Beijing’s economic and military bellicosity.

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Derek Bryant @derekbryant.bsky.social · 2h

UK must prepare buildings for 2C rise in global temperature, government told www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK must prepare buildings for 2C rise in global temperature, government told

Climate advisers warn that current plans to protect against extreme weather are inadequate

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Derek Bryant @derekbryant.bsky.social · 2h

Gaza ceasefire live: families say bodies of three further hostages identified amid reports vital aid crossing to reopen www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Gaza ceasefire live: families say bodies of three further hostages identified amid reports vital aid crossing to reopen

Israel previously said the flow of aid would be cut by half and Rafah crossing would not open as planned due to delay in returning bodies of hostages

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Phil Burton-Cartledge @philbc3.bsky.social · 14h

"... what Holden has accomplished is a detailed, meticulous exposure of right wing perfidy. It sounds like a dossier of damnation, and one whose evidence could form the basis of civil and legal cases against the Labour Party in general, and McSweeney and his boys in particular."

Uncovering Starmer's Fraudulent Politics

I was privileged enough to score an invite to Tuesday morning's presser for Paul Holden's The Fraud , a forensic examination of the shenanig...

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 10h

From being son of a multimillionaire blood emerald mine owner in Apartheid South Africa, to being a multibillionaire who lives his entire life posting shit on Twitter, Elon Musk's life has been one long series of struggles.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 11h

Literally nothing coming from the Pentagon, DHS, or DOJ should be considered credible unless backed up by an independent source outside of government. (This, for the record, is a huge problem!)

MFordTheRiver @prynnford.bsky.social · 12h

Of all the things that didn’t happen

Screen shot of ABC article with the headline “cartels issuing bounties up to 50k for hits on ICE and CBP agents, DHS says.”

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Derek Bryant @derekbryant.bsky.social · 11h

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Mehdi Connects the Dots Between ICE and Gaza

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Minneapolis’s Mamdani? Meet the Socialist Muslim Mayoral Candidate Omar Fateh

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 20h

Juan González reports on Chicago's resistance against ICE.

Juan González on Chicago’s Grassroots Movement to Protect Immigrants from ICE

As Trump threatens to send more federal troops to Chicago, grassroots movements have mobilized to protect immigrants from ICE raids. Democracy Now!’s Juan González, who is based in Chicago, reports th...

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 20h

At least 19 Palestinian doctors are still being held in Israeli detention without charge.

Free Dr. Abu Safiya: Calls Grow for Israel to Release Imprisoned Gaza Healthcare Workers

Pressure is mounting for Israel to release many more detainees as part of the U.S.-backed Gaza ceasefire deal, including Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, who has been he...

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 21h

On Monday, as President Trump addressed the Israeli Knesset, a group of lawmakers briefly interrupted his speech, waving signs that said “Recognize Palestine.”

“Recognize Palestine”: Israeli Knesset Member Ofer Cassif on Protesting Trump, Netanyahu Speeches

As President Trump addressed the Israeli Knesset on Monday, he was briefly interrupted by two lawmakers who waved signs reading “Recognize Palestine.” The two Knesset members, Ayman Odeh and Ofer Cass...

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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 16h

Less Than The Dust (1916). #SilentFilm

Intertitle from 1916 film ‘Less Than The Dust’ which reads “M-E-A-T - - - - Cow!”

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Silent Movie GIFs @silentmoviegifs.bsky.social · 15h

Buster Keaton in Sherlock Jr. (1924)

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Marsh's Library @marshslibrary.bsky.social · 19h

We had a lovely class on 'The Grand Tour' this afternoon with the students from Lynda Mulvin's MA students from UCD. This 1567 edition of Vitruvius' 'Ten books on architecture' was one of the many volumes we looked at as we reimagined walking through 17th century Rome!

Title Page of I Dieci Libri delle Architetura, 1581 edition with commentary by Daniele Barbaro.

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 1d

lempedu, f.n: a lamprey. (LEM-peh-duh / ˈlɛm-pɛ-dʌ)
Image: Eel in Der Naturen Bloeme (I realise this may not be specifically a lamprey… feel free to share if you have a medieval lamprey pic); Flanders, c. 1350; Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KB, KA 16, f. 117r.
#OldEnglish #WOTD

Medieval manuscript illustration of a brown eel coiled up with a funny sort of grimace on its face.

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Derek Bryant @derekbryant.bsky.social · 15h

Former lord speaker faces suspension for ‘improper influence’ over speeding offence www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Former lord speaker faces suspension for ‘improper influence’ over speeding offence

Frances D’Souza wrote to Met commissioner in apparent attempt to evade sanction for exceeding 20mph speed limit

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Derek Bryant @derekbryant.bsky.social · 15h

Trump says list of ‘Democrat programs’ to be released on Friday as shutdown drags into third week – live www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

Trump says list of ‘Democrat programs’ to be released on Friday as shutdown drags into third week – live

President says programs to be cut are ‘never going to come back’ as Congress remains at an impasse on stopgap funding bill to reopen government

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Derek Bryant @derekbryant.bsky.social · 15h

Elite military unit says it has seized power in Madagascar www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Elite military unit says it has seized power in Madagascar

Announcement comes after country’s parliament impeaches president after weeks of anti-government protests

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 19h

No wraith way, no corpse lane is ever less than ghost-crowded. Yet just as roads to market or the races are thronged on certain days, as we approach Allhallowtide they become congested by spirits. From distant villages to the boneyard gates and lychgate termini a rush of spectres walk. – #CLNolan

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 23h

I am for ghosts at the glass. Ghosts of the twitching net curtain. I am for those wounds in time that discharge phantoms, leak glimpses of yesterday. If each pane is a haunted possibility, we may walk the city observed by a thousand spectral eyes. – #CJosiffe #Ghosts

A black and white photograph of an old window in an Ashcourt street. The bottom half of it is curtained with net, the top half reflects the Georgian terraced house across the street. The image reeks of phantoms and time as a sickness.

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Kate Devlin 🎃👻🍂 @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 1d

My 15yo child, unexpectedly: “Yeah, I have at least 3 LinkedIn accounts. All fake. I use them to check on my teachers’ qualifications. I keep getting job offers because I ticked something that said I used to work in middle management for Asda.”

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 22h

Frank was Antifa.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 23h

Frank Sinatra on what it means to be an American in 1945

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