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Silly Sally 💙💙💙 @caturday62.bsky.social · 15h

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 7h

Cartoon by @edwexler.bsky.social.

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ᏕᎥᎷᎧᏁ ᎶᎥᏰᏕᎧᏁ @kompani101.bsky.social · 3h

More 'special' treatment for Maxwell in her 'soft' prison.

Mystery meetings and lockdowns: Maxwell’s arrival at Texas prison unsettled inmates

Maxwell had a mysterious meeting in the prison’s chapel that prevented other inmates from getting their outdoor time, per the report

www.independent.co.uk

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ᏕᎥᎷᎧᏁ ᎶᎥᏰᏕᎧᏁ @kompani101.bsky.social · 3h

The FIFA World Cup 2026 should not be held in fascist USA with Trumps authoritarian regime. It will become a 'Nuremberg rally' for Trump and his sychophants with the teams as pawns.

World Cup 2026: Tickets, weather, format, kick-off times, qualifiers

England have secured their place at the 2026 World Cup and this is all you need to know about next summer's tournament.

www.bbc.com

ᏕᎥᎷᎧᏁ ᎶᎥᏰᏕᎧᏁ @kompani101.bsky.social · 4h

Fascist USA, an authoritarian terrorist state.

Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 5h

These strikes are illegal for about 7 reasons:
1. Not self-defense
2. No (or any) Congressional authorization
3. No evidence of criminal wrongdoing
4. Occurred in int'l waters
5. No open state of hostilities
6. Criminal groups are not terrorists legally
7. No id on people killed or group targeted

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

ᏕᎥᎷᎧᏁ ᎶᎥᏰᏕᎧᏁ @kompani101.bsky.social · 4h

Practical assistance for the Palestinians of Gaza.

Turkiye dispatches ship with 900 tonnes of food for Gaza

Under the new ceasefire, the Turkish ship, the Akdeniz, is sailing to Egypt's El-Arish port with food supplies for Gaza.

www.aljazeera.com

ᏕᎥᎷᎧᏁ ᎶᎥᏰᏕᎧᏁ @kompani101.bsky.social · 4h

🇺🇸 Young Republicans.
' They referred to Black people as monkeys and “the watermelon people” and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies and driving them to suicide and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery. '

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

ᏕᎥᎷᎧᏁ ᎶᎥᏰᏕᎧᏁ @kompani101.bsky.social · 4h

via CSotD:
The Man Who Would Be King. The Daily Cartoonist
by Mike Peterson
October 14, 2025.
(www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...)

ᏕᎥᎷᎧᏁ ᎶᎥᏰᏕᎧᏁ @kompani101.bsky.social · 4h

The New Yorker
Daily Cartoon
By Adam Douglas Thompson
October 14, 2025

ᏕᎥᎷᎧᏁ ᎶᎥᏰᏕᎧᏁ @kompani101.bsky.social · 5h

Trump being childish again.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 5h

Marco Rubio's State Department has revoked visas for six foreigners for making comments critical of Charlie Kirk. The move appears to have come on orders from Trump.

US revokes visas for 6 foreigners over Charlie Kirk-related speech

The Trump administration has revoked the visas of six foreigners deemed by U.S. officials to have made derisive comments or made light of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last m...

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Human Rights Foundation (HRF) @hrf.org · 7h

Venezuela has announced the closure of its embassy in Norway, just days after opposition leader María Corina Machado was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for her “tireless work promoting democratic rights.”

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ᏕᎥᎷᎧᏁ ᎶᎥᏰᏕᎧᏁ @kompani101.bsky.social · 5h

If you think Fascism is bad wait until AI controls your every second.

Big Tech deploys Orwellian doublespeak to mask its democratic corrosion | Peter Lewis

As AI asserts its power to shape social evolution, regulation is decried as ‘state control’ rather than the expression of our collective will

www.theguardian.com

ᏕᎥᎷᎧᏁ ᎶᎥᏰᏕᎧᏁ @kompani101.bsky.social · 5h

AI Techbros have lost touch in their blinkered obsession for AGI and are breaking everything, including us.

Computing Is Indeed a Discipline in Crisis – Communications of the ACM

cacm.acm.org

ᏕᎥᎷᎧᏁ ᎶᎥᏰᏕᎧᏁ @kompani101.bsky.social · 5h

Wednesday daybreak.

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Voronoi @voronoiapp.bsky.social · 10h

Are causes of death over or underrepresented in the media? 📰

World of Data sheds light on this mismatch between news coverage and real-life mortality: https://www.voronoiapp.com/category/How-over--and-underrepresented-are-causes-of-death-in-the-media-6880

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ᏕᎥᎷᎧᏁ ᎶᎥᏰᏕᎧᏁ @kompani101.bsky.social · 17h

Tuesday sunset.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

watching the UKs green party elect an actual unafraid leftist into leadership and see party membership double in under a month is once again endless proof that if you stand up for leftist causes and treat the electorate like adults, you’ll win people over easily

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ᏕᎥᎷᎧᏁ ᎶᎥᏰᏕᎧᏁ @kompani101.bsky.social · 20h

She can say and promise anything, her party is so far away from gaining power again.

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ᏕᎥᎷᎧᏁ ᎶᎥᏰᏕᎧᏁ @kompani101.bsky.social · 20h

' A winner of this year’s Nobel prize in economics warned today that artificial intelligence offers “amazing possibilities” but should be regulated because of its job-destroying potential. '
JOB-DESTROYING POTENTIAL!

Nobel economist warns of AI dangers

Peter Howitt says AI’s job risks mean markets alone can’t resolve its impact.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 22h

US news outlets refuse to sign new Pentagon rules to report only official information www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US news outlets refuse to sign new Pentagon rules to report only official information

Defense department policy requires outlets to vow not to obtain unauthorized files and restricts access to some areas

www.theguardian.com

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ᏕᎥᎷᎧᏁ ᎶᎥᏰᏕᎧᏁ @kompani101.bsky.social · 23h

The Japan News
Cartoon of the Day
by 川島
October 14, 2025

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ᏕᎥᎷᎧᏁ ᎶᎥᏰᏕᎧᏁ @kompani101.bsky.social · 23h

14-Oct-1066
The Battle of Hastings.
The Normans become the rulers of England.

Battle of Hastings | Summary, Facts, & Significance | Britannica

Battle of Hastings, battle on October 14, 1066, that ended in the defeat of Harold II of England by William, duke of Normandy, and established the Normans as the rulers of England. Learn more about th...

www.britannica.com

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ᏕᎥᎷᎧᏁ ᎶᎥᏰᏕᎧᏁ @kompani101.bsky.social · 1d

High Speed 2 railway infrastructure project ticks another major milestone.

HS2 celebrates final Birmingham tunnel breakthrough - Rail UK

HS2 celebrates final Birmingham tunnel breakthrough - HS2

railuk.com

ᏕᎥᎷᎧᏁ ᎶᎥᏰᏕᎧᏁ @kompani101.bsky.social · 1d

🇬🇧 Another far-right Reform Party politician had his head in the trough. This time a Russians trough. Reform are losing dodgy politicians at quite a rate.

Richard Tice failed to register lavish hospitality from former Russian finance minister's wife – HOPE not hate

IN BREACH OF PARLIAMENTARY RULES: REFORM UK’S RICHARD TICE Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice has broken parliamentary rules by failing to register lavish hospitality...

hopenothate.org.uk

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ᏕᎥᎷᎧᏁ ᎶᎥᏰᏕᎧᏁ @kompani101.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like we're being used by the Techbros as expendable guinea pigs to test their WMD dressed up as the 'AI' utopian dream. Their obscene wealth, total lack of empathy and ethics protects them from everything.

AI promises productivity, but delivers ‘workslop’ - Taipei Times

Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

www.taipeitimes.com