Laure
@laureanne.bsky.social
Hiker, digital expert. Support artists, research & journalism providing insights. Id as Lesbiana; my progressive (not far-left) feminist godmothers taught me principles & tolerance over ideology & dogma.
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2025 George Herbert Walker, Jr. Lecture with Peter Pomerantsev
YouTube video by Yale MacMillan Center
www.youtube.com
While watching this academic lecture by @peterpomerantsev.bsky.social, I thought; why, are so few seeking ways to undermine far-right populist #propaganda? It floods info channels globally, sweeps up followers in myths & distortions while the opposition...reacts to it. Instead of disrupting it?
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TOP NEWS TODAY 👀
🇳🇱 Ukraine and the Netherlands will jointly produce drones
💥Critical facilities of the Russian Railways were blown up in Novosibirsk and Bryansk
🇮🇹 Italy approved new military aid package.
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🇳🇱 Ukraine and the Netherlands will jointly produce drones
💥Critical facilities of the Russian Railways were blown up in Novosibirsk and Bryansk
🇮🇹 Italy approved new military aid package.
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December 1, 2025 at 9:30 PM
TOP NEWS TODAY 👀
🇳🇱 Ukraine and the Netherlands will jointly produce drones
💥Critical facilities of the Russian Railways were blown up in Novosibirsk and Bryansk
🇮🇹 Italy approved new military aid package.
SUPPORT ME 💙💛
☕️ buymeacoffee.com/MAKS22
✅ PayPal: [email protected]
☑️ patreon.com/Maks24
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🇳🇱 Ukraine and the Netherlands will jointly produce drones
💥Critical facilities of the Russian Railways were blown up in Novosibirsk and Bryansk
🇮🇹 Italy approved new military aid package.
SUPPORT ME 💙💛
☕️ buymeacoffee.com/MAKS22
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☑️ patreon.com/Maks24
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Good take from Bulwark 's @timmiller.bsky.social @thebulwark.com on James Carville 's “Economic Rage” article.
➡️ it's a good article, #Democrats should effin listen.
also good to note a lot (a lot) of fake "progressive" social accounts scream "woke" politics to help paint Democrats as extreme.
➡️ it's a good article, #Democrats should effin listen.
also good to note a lot (a lot) of fake "progressive" social accounts scream "woke" politics to help paint Democrats as extreme.
James Carville Explains What Could Finally Unite Democrats
YouTube video by The Bulwark
www.youtube.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Good take from Bulwark 's @timmiller.bsky.social @thebulwark.com on James Carville 's “Economic Rage” article.
➡️ it's a good article, #Democrats should effin listen.
also good to note a lot (a lot) of fake "progressive" social accounts scream "woke" politics to help paint Democrats as extreme.
➡️ it's a good article, #Democrats should effin listen.
also good to note a lot (a lot) of fake "progressive" social accounts scream "woke" politics to help paint Democrats as extreme.
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We are here to remind you that democracy is a tool that should deliver REAL improvements in people's lives. Stacey Abrams explains why 90 million Americans didn't vote in 2024 and what it takes to show them democracy matters.
LISTEN HERE: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/rec...
LISTEN HERE: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/rec...
Reclaim Democracy’s Power: Stacey Abrams — Future Hindsight
We discuss reclaiming the narrative of democracy with Stacey Abrams. Democracy is a tool to deliver on our values in the realm of justice, dignity, fairness, and freedom.
www.futurehindsight.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
We are here to remind you that democracy is a tool that should deliver REAL improvements in people's lives. Stacey Abrams explains why 90 million Americans didn't vote in 2024 and what it takes to show them democracy matters.
LISTEN HERE: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/rec...
LISTEN HERE: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/rec...
and Stephen Miller does not care about human rights & dignity...
December 1, 2025 at 1:01 AM
and Stephen Miller does not care about human rights & dignity...
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I want to stress here for journalists covering Kennedy and his goons that this war on public health is driven by big money.
The wellness industry is a massive, massive grift.
The wellness industry is a massive, massive grift.
Mr. Kennedy said it’s an individual choice as to whether or not to vaccinate.
Then he and his minions started taking that choice away by making FDA approval of some vaccines impossible.
Then he and his minions started taking that choice away by making FDA approval of some vaccines impossible.
November 29, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I want to stress here for journalists covering Kennedy and his goons that this war on public health is driven by big money.
The wellness industry is a massive, massive grift.
The wellness industry is a massive, massive grift.
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I see zero signs Putin has shifted his position. Hard to imagine we’re close to a deal, as I told @news.dw.com. Full interview here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Xyr...
November 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I see zero signs Putin has shifted his position. Hard to imagine we’re close to a deal, as I told @news.dw.com. Full interview here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Xyr...
Every day for nearly 4 years, Russia’s terrorism has continued. Hundreds of cities & towns reduced to rubble. Millions of refugees. A million+ casualties on Russia’s side.
Putin failed to turn #Russia into more than an #oil #gas oligarchy state, so he turned to bloody imperialism.
#Ukraine #Putin
Putin failed to turn #Russia into more than an #oil #gas oligarchy state, so he turned to bloody imperialism.
#Ukraine #Putin
🕯️ Today, while defending the skies over Ukraine, "Akira" and "Promin" died.
They were part of the volunteer aerial reconnaissance, fire control and strike BPAK "Barracuda".
They were part of the volunteer aerial reconnaissance, fire control and strike BPAK "Barracuda".
November 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
killing more tourism, great
International visitors will pay $100 extra to visit some of the most popular parks. Annual passes will cost $170 more for nonresidents. And fee-free days will now be for U.S. residents only.
Trump administration will charge foreign visitors more to see national parks
The new “America-first pricing” model will add a $100 surcharge at 11 popular parks.
www.oregonlive.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
killing more tourism, great
in our streets
ICE’s spending on weaponry is up more than 600 percent over last year, dwarfing not only its spending during the Biden administration but also during Trump’s first term.
ICE’s spending on weaponry has soared more than 600 percent this year
The $71.5 million spent so far has paid mostly for guns, armor, and chemical munitions.
www.motherjones.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
in our streets
⬇️ file under, yes
“.. This is X in 2025: Potentially fake accounts crying at other potentially fake accounts that they aren’t real, all while refusing to acknowledge that they themselves aren’t who they say they are — a Russian nesting doll of bullshit.”
@cwarzel.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
@cwarzel.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
November 25, 2025 at 2:47 AM
⬇️ file under, yes
ignoring that Ukraine winning = defeat for China?
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM
ignoring that Ukraine winning = defeat for China?
This bronze plan comes with a $6.5k deductible. After that, ppl still have to pay 40% of the cost of all their health care other than preventive up to the $10.6k cap. These costs would put health care out of reach—especially for ppl w/low incomes, who get reduced cost sharing with a silver plan.
November 24, 2025 at 10:37 PM
re-evaluate?!? omg, the thumbs are so far on the scales on many platforms in one way or another that this is a profoundly naive statement. not to mention how they can be thoroughly manipulated by 3rd parties for every reason under the sun.
#x #twitter
#x #twitter
X now reveals the locations of user accounts, pulling back the curtain on the scale and scope of manipulation and “coordinated inauthentic behaviour” on the platform. At the least, I hope it helps us reevaluate platforms as “neutral” infrastructure.
www.businessinsider.com/x-shows-loca...
www.businessinsider.com/x-shows-loca...
X erupts after the platform reveals the locations where accounts are based
X, formerly Twitter, launched a feature that shows accounts' locations, in an effort to promote transparency.
www.businessinsider.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:32 PM
A bit of background from @thebulwark.com @samsteindc.bsky.social on the Russian "plan" for "peace" (aka occupation) for Ukraine. It's basically the same points Putin has been proposing since January...
scoop by: Erin Banco, @reuters.com
#Ukraine
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8AO...
scoop by: Erin Banco, @reuters.com
#Ukraine
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8AO...
Confusion Erupts Over Leaked Peace Plan
YouTube video by The Bulwark
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:13 AM
A bit of background from @thebulwark.com @samsteindc.bsky.social on the Russian "plan" for "peace" (aka occupation) for Ukraine. It's basically the same points Putin has been proposing since January...
scoop by: Erin Banco, @reuters.com
#Ukraine
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8AO...
scoop by: Erin Banco, @reuters.com
#Ukraine
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8AO...
no! really!?!
people are so digitally illiterate, it's honestly scary.
people are so digitally illiterate, it's honestly scary.
Many Top MAGA Trolls Aren’t Even in the U.S. trib.al/lxfsyEA
Many Top MAGA Trolls Aren’t Even in the U.S.
Elon Musk’s new X feature has been very revealing.
trib.al
November 23, 2025 at 11:19 PM
no! really!?!
people are so digitally illiterate, it's honestly scary.
people are so digitally illiterate, it's honestly scary.
unless some media savvy people or orgs make it interesting? speak to young folks, seniors etc???
This chart (which applies even more to social media than it did to TV) lives in my head rent free.
Social media enveloping traditional media means everything and everyone is now competing in the entertainment market. Boring stuff like policy that affects millions of lives doesn’t stand a chance.
Social media enveloping traditional media means everything and everyone is now competing in the entertainment market. Boring stuff like policy that affects millions of lives doesn’t stand a chance.
November 23, 2025 at 10:42 PM
unless some media savvy people or orgs make it interesting? speak to young folks, seniors etc???
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WaPo: Since 2000 political giving by the wealthiest 100 Americans (all billionaires) increased 140 times.
Sn excellent piece on how billionaires took over our politics, addressing a problem that’s now off limits on the paper’s editorial pages.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
Sn excellent piece on how billionaires took over our politics, addressing a problem that’s now off limits on the paper’s editorial pages.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
How billionaires took over American politics
The current concentration of wealth is unlike anything in history. So is billionaires’ involvement in politics.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
WaPo: Since 2000 political giving by the wealthiest 100 Americans (all billionaires) increased 140 times.
Sn excellent piece on how billionaires took over our politics, addressing a problem that’s now off limits on the paper’s editorial pages.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
Sn excellent piece on how billionaires took over our politics, addressing a problem that’s now off limits on the paper’s editorial pages.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
"European officials will demand that no limits are placed on Ukraine’s military capability and that the US offers clear security guarantees as part of the peace agreement, according to people briefed on the plan.
#Ukraine
#Ukraine
Ukraine's western allies say “additional work” need on US-Russia peace plan and demand EU and Nato are given a say over its contents - as 14 leaders try to slow down rush to force Kyiv to agree
from Johannesburg with @annasophiegross.bsky.social & @christopherjm.ft.com
on.ft.com/48trGqm
from Johannesburg with @annasophiegross.bsky.social & @christopherjm.ft.com
on.ft.com/48trGqm
Kyiv’s allies insist more work is needed on US-Russian peace plan
[FREE TO READ] EU and Nato leaders warn they must be given a voice on the most pivotal moment in the war
on.ft.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
"European officials will demand that no limits are placed on Ukraine’s military capability and that the US offers clear security guarantees as part of the peace agreement, according to people briefed on the plan.
#Ukraine
#Ukraine
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It’s not a “peace proposal”. It’s an aggressor’s charter, with the US facilitating the demands of the invader.
It’s very surprising that some people are still calling the Trump peace plan the Witkoff plan. Nothing could be further from the truth. The White House has come out and claimed the plan for its own and said it wants it implemented. www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/p...
Trump’s 28-point peace proposal for Ukraine would require land concessions and military reduction | CNN Politics
A new Trump administration plan for the end of the war in Ukraine would see Kyiv cede territory to Russia, US “de facto” recognition of Crimea and other Ukrainian territory forcibly seized by the Krem...
www.cnn.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
It’s not a “peace proposal”. It’s an aggressor’s charter, with the US facilitating the demands of the invader.
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Things that make you go "Hmmm..."
After nearly 12 years of grinding war, the Kremlin and the White House are in a sudden rush to force Ukraine to surrender, just as Ukraine's domestically produced "long-range" weapons systems start to come online. www.uawire.org/later-will-b...
After nearly 12 years of grinding war, the Kremlin and the White House are in a sudden rush to force Ukraine to surrender, just as Ukraine's domestically produced "long-range" weapons systems start to come online. www.uawire.org/later-will-b...
‘Later will be too late’: Kremlin urges Ukraine to swiftly accept ‘peace plan’
The Kremlin is calling on Kyiv to urgently make a “responsible” decision on a peaceful settlement to the war in Ukraine, warning that delaying talks is “dangerous.” Moscow also claims further…
www.uawire.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Things that make you go "Hmmm..."
After nearly 12 years of grinding war, the Kremlin and the White House are in a sudden rush to force Ukraine to surrender, just as Ukraine's domestically produced "long-range" weapons systems start to come online. www.uawire.org/later-will-b...
After nearly 12 years of grinding war, the Kremlin and the White House are in a sudden rush to force Ukraine to surrender, just as Ukraine's domestically produced "long-range" weapons systems start to come online. www.uawire.org/later-will-b...
"France’s pres, Emmanuel #Macron, Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich #Merz and Britain’s Keir #Starmer spoke to #Zelenskyy ...in a show of solidarity. They reaffirmed their support for #Kyiv and said any agreement to end the conflict had to be genuinely fair & take into account #Ukraine 's...red lines.
My piece from Kyiv on the impossible choice now facing Ukraine: accept Donald Trump's Moscow-drafted "peace plan" or lose the US as a major ally
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Zelenskyy says Ukraine has impossible choice as Trump pushes plan to end war
US president demands that Kyiv accepts plan that would mean giving up territory to Russia
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:52 PM
"France’s pres, Emmanuel #Macron, Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich #Merz and Britain’s Keir #Starmer spoke to #Zelenskyy ...in a show of solidarity. They reaffirmed their support for #Kyiv and said any agreement to end the conflict had to be genuinely fair & take into account #Ukraine 's...red lines.
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I think the American public has the right to see the secret protocols of the Witkoff-Dmitriev pact. What business deals have been agreed?
November 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I think the American public has the right to see the secret protocols of the Witkoff-Dmitriev pact. What business deals have been agreed?
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“If you asked me for the one single number that best summarizes how people feel about the economy, it would be the unemployment rate… when you hear from regular folks that they are finding things tough out there, this higher unemployment rate… speaks to that story.”
November 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
“If you asked me for the one single number that best summarizes how people feel about the economy, it would be the unemployment rate… when you hear from regular folks that they are finding things tough out there, this higher unemployment rate… speaks to that story.”
I asked grok who was the better role model for humanity, Jesus Christ or Elon Musk. GUESS WHAT.
November 20, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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🇺🇦🇺🇳 Ukrainians representative at UN Security Council:
▪️ There will never be any recognition, formal or otherwise, of Ukrainian territory temporarily occupied by Russia as Russian. Our land is not for sale.
▪️Ukraine will not accept any limits on its right to self-defense or on the size of AFU.
▪️ There will never be any recognition, formal or otherwise, of Ukrainian territory temporarily occupied by Russia as Russian. Our land is not for sale.
▪️Ukraine will not accept any limits on its right to self-defense or on the size of AFU.
November 20, 2025 at 10:53 PM
🇺🇦🇺🇳 Ukrainians representative at UN Security Council:
▪️ There will never be any recognition, formal or otherwise, of Ukrainian territory temporarily occupied by Russia as Russian. Our land is not for sale.
▪️Ukraine will not accept any limits on its right to self-defense or on the size of AFU.
▪️ There will never be any recognition, formal or otherwise, of Ukrainian territory temporarily occupied by Russia as Russian. Our land is not for sale.
▪️Ukraine will not accept any limits on its right to self-defense or on the size of AFU.