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Pavel Lokshin @lokshin.bsky.social · 1h

Systemically yes. Only a fraction ever gets refurbished

Pavel Lokshin @lokshin.bsky.social · 1h

Another blow for the Russian labor market/immigration nexus, aside from all the self-inflicted ones lol

Nikolas Gvosdev @fpriorbis.bsky.social · 1h

So Turkey making it easier for citizens of other Turkic states to work in Turkey. This is very interesting and having read Parag Khanna’s #MOVE Ankara wants to be able to draw on a Turkic human capital pool-encouraging immigrants from similar linguistic/cultural backgrounds.

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Stefan Manser-Egli @s-manser-egli.bsky.social · 6h

Happy to see our findings on the 'migration bias' — the fact that migrants face stronger social norms than society at large — on Sociale Vraagstukken, with some thoughts on the Dutch integrationist discourse. @lutzphilipp.bsky.social
www.socialevraagstukken.nl/migratiesame...

Voor immigranten gelden strengere sociale normen

Immigranten krijgen vaak niet dezelfde sociale speelruimte als burgers zonder migratieachtergrond. Sociale wetenschappers Stefan Manser-Egli en Philipp Lutz vinden dat het streven naar vrijheid en gel...

www.socialevraagstukken.nl

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Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 21h

If you visit archive.money - it goes to the Internet Archive donation page.

Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine

archive.money

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22h

POLITICO: “.. 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 lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 1d

The rapidity with which Trump forced Netanyahu to accept a ceasefire and prisoner exchange suggests that the US has had unused capacity to force Israel into concessions for a 2-state solution over the past 2 decades.

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Disco Elysium Quotes @discoelysiumbot.bsky.social · 1d

When life closes a door, it opens a window. And if the fall is too steep, use the fire exit. Run to the roof -- you always have that airship on the dock. The most important thing is to keep moving. Keep dreaming.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d

Remember we're already in a world of Kavanaugh stops based solely on ethnicity. If you are from a targeted group, this can happen to you no matter what your citizenship status is. What if you forget your wallet at home? You could end up in detention for days or worse.

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d

Do you want to live in a "papers, please" country?

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Verbrecher Verlag @verbrecherverlag.bsky.social · 2d

„Folgt dem Playbook.“
Im Deutschlandfunk wird Jörg Sundermeier vor Nora Karches zu der absurden rechten Kampagne interviewt, die gerade gegen den Kulturstaatsminister, den Deutschen Verlagspreis, mit ihn ausgezeichnete Verlage und den Verbrecher Verlag geführt wird.

Kampagne gegen den Verbrecher-Verlag - Jörg Sundermeier im Gespräch

www.deutschlandfunk.de

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Pavel Lokshin @lokshin.bsky.social · 1d

Schon beängstigend, wie da unter dem Deckmantel der „Ausgewogenheit“ die MAGA-Agenda durchgedrückt wird

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Pavel Lokshin @lokshin.bsky.social · 1d

(300 CHF a year being almost an equivalent for 10€ in Berlin, at least in central quarters where a space in a parking garage costs 500+ CHF *a month*)

Pavel Lokshin @lokshin.bsky.social · 1d

Until recently 300 CHF in Zürich. Now they’re switching to a weight-based system that will raise fees for most cars

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Pavel Lokshin @lokshin.bsky.social · 1d

In Berlin even 150€ a year would be a win. But I honestly doubt it’s realistic

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Anton Barbashin @abarbashin.bsky.social · 1d

One might imagine that, with many regime critics, expelled from Russia—amid the proclaimed "support for the regime"—the Kremlin wouldn't need to manipulate the election results much. On the contrary, it has to rig them like never before.
ridl.io/political-fi...

Political Fixers: How Russia’s Election Results Get Cooked – Riddle Russia

Ksenia Smolakova on the art of rigging outcomes—even in elections that were never free to begin with

ridl.io

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Pavel Lokshin @lokshin.bsky.social · 2d

Never?

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 2d

Here is some material Bari Weiss published regarding Covid.

So when anyone defends her in any way, what they are saying is that real world victims of medical disinformation don’t matter.

It’s all just a game to these pundits.

• Dr. Jay Bhattacharya: The Government Censored Me and Other Scientists. We Fought Back-and Won
• Dr. Jay Bhattacharya: Free Speech on Trial
• Dr. Marty Makary: Dr. Fauci's Legacy
• Drs. Tracy Hoeg and Marty Makary: U.S.
Public Health Agencies Aren't 'Following the Science,'
• Dr. Marty Makary: Officials Say, Universities' Covid Policies Defy Science and Reason,
• Drs. Vinay Prasad, Stefan Baral, Lucy McBride: Bringing Sanity to the Omicron Chaos, Talking To Three Doctors Who Have Been Islands Of Reason In A Sea Of Confusion.
• Dr. Vinay Prasad: Let Djokovic Play
• Dr. Vinay Prasad: We Have a Tripledemic.
Not of Disease, But of Fear,
• Drs. Vinay Prasad and John Mandrola: The Epidemic of #DiedSuddenly
• Dr. Vinay Prasad: How to Save Science From
Covid Politics
• Dr. Vinay Prasad: What RFK Jr. Gets Right— and What He Gets Wrong,
• Dr. Vinay Prasad: Vinay Prasad: Why Was My Talk at a Medical Conference Canceled?
• Dr. Vinay Prasad: Covid Vaccines Shouldn't Be 'Routine' for Kids.

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it's Candy Love @candylovely.bsky.social · 3d

Rev. David Black who was shot multiple times by ICE with rubber bullets speaks.

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Pavel Lokshin @lokshin.bsky.social · 2d

Mearsheimer’s mix of valid points with absolute nonsense barely gets challenged by people who bother to speak to him, not where it matters, so this guy will probably die thinking he was right all along. Chotiner should interview him again in a couple of years, if Mearsheimer is still alive then

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Pavel Lokshin @lokshin.bsky.social · 2d

Checked in on the current state of Mearsheimer by listening to a couple of recent podcast episodes: Ukraine is losing, Budapest summit 2008 triggered the war, Russia is very careful with their personnel, barely suffers casualties, Russia is building up a reserve for a big offensive, etc.

randy r. potts @thephatic.bsky.social · 21d

completely forgot that Chotiner chotinered Mearsheimer this year - shockingly, still no mea culpas from @thenation.com, @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social, et al :P
(screenshots via @boundedrationality.bsky.social)

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Pavel Lokshin @lokshin.bsky.social · 2d

Pretty hopeless to sugarcoat Netanyahu government’s intent at this point

The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 2d

A first look at tomorrow's front page of The National 📰

How genocide happened

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

Hi Sally. When Weiss published a supposed expose on the death of George Floyd, a veteran criminal justice reporter showed in deep detail that the piece was not just wrong but filled with falsehoods and misrepresentations. Weiss did not retract the piece. What do you think of that?

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 2d

This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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Open Society Foundations @open-society.bsky.social · 11d

From our origins as a philanthropy during the Cold War to confronting today’s multiple crises, our Senior Vice President Leonard Benardo explores our history, present, and future with Peter Slezkine of the Stimson Center: https://www.stimson.org/2025/leonard-benardo-reexamining-the-open-society/

Leonard Benardo: Reexamining the “Open Society” • Stimson Center

Leonard Benardo, Senior Vice President at the Open Society Foundations, joins us to discuss OSF's emergence and evolution, defining values of open societies, and heterodox thinking for turbulent times.

www.stimson.org

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 3d

Every time someone makes me read something Peter Thiel said it’s like “Scrooge McDuck is Jesus Christ and Huey, Dewey, and Louie are Gabriel, Raphael, and Uriel and Daisy is Mary Magdalene and that’s why women voting has lowered American sperm count.”

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Pavel Lokshin @lokshin.bsky.social · 3d

Piss tank mit knapper Mehrheit angenommen

ISS Piss Tracker @iss-piss-tracker.bsky.social · 5d

The piss tank on the ISS is now 51% full.

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Pavel Lokshin @lokshin.bsky.social · 3d

Aber ganz ehrlich, es ist beängstigend, in welchem Tempo es hier in der Schweiz sowohl mit öffentlichen als auch mit privaten Medien den Bach runtergeht. In zehn Jahren gibts nur noch die NZZ (vielleicht) und TeleBlocher (womöglich KI-generiert)

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