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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 14m

In 99% of cases, we wouldn't include someone's spouse or family member as part of a story, but given that this book trades in the sort of "abundance vs. scarcity" nonsense the technoratti have embraced, it's relevant to note that the author is married to a co-founder of AirBnB who works for DOGE

Drilled @drilledmedia.bsky.social · 17m

We love a story about bad oil execs more than most, but we love fact-checking even more. Brazilian model-turned-nuclear influencer Isabelle Boemeke is pushing some long-debunked conspiracy theories in her new book, which undermines her argument. By @roycerk2.bsky.social drilled.media/news/rad-fut...

Isabella Boemeke Isn’t Trying to Spread Conspiracy Theories in her New Pro-Nuclear Book, But She Is

Pro-nuclear influencer Isabelle Boemeke’s new book, Rad Future, indulges in conspiracy theories, unsourced claims, and personal attacks against the industry’s critics.

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 3h

I know I don't need to point it out to you, @abcnews @ABCaustralia, because you already know it but I'll point it anyway because I am so fucking angry ... censoring your reporting in favour of ISRAEL is a partisan political act that flies in the fucking face of IMPARTIALITY. #auspol #GazaGenocide

Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 19h

Listening to @abcnews radio news on the release of "Israeli hostages" and "Palestinian prisoners" and the "end of the war" and I'm really sick to death of this whitewashed pro-Israel biased shit that is genocide denial and dehumanizes Palestinians. #auspol #GazaHolocaust

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 19h

"During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she 'doesn’t look like' a Greeley."

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Chicago Tribune: Greeley, who was born at Illinois Masonic hospital and is adopted, carries a copy of her passport just in case she runs into federal agents.

“I am Latina and I am a service worker,” Greeley said. “I fit the description of what they’re looking for now.”

During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she “doesn’t look like” a Greeley.

“They said this isn’t real, they kept telling me I’m lying, I’m a liar,” Greeley recalled. “I told them to look in the rest of my wallet, I have my credit cards, my insurance.”

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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 13m

'Women in Syria are calling for a democratic, decentralized Syria — led by women & not shaped by external plans. Join the call!
“With the unity of women, we build a free, democratic, and decentralized #Syria.”

visit the page: kongra-star.org/eng/campaign/ '

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#Rojava

“With the unity of women, we build a free, democratic, decentralized Syria.” - Kongra Star

Global Women Campaign On this page, we will provide the details of the campaign “With the unity of women, we build a free, democratic, and decentralized Syria.”It began on October 12 with a call from ...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”

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Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · 13m

Drilled was asked to promote a new pro-nuclear book. When we found it contained a conspiracy alleging the oil industry funded environmental groups to kill the nuclear industry -- and that it didn't stack up -- it turned into an investigation.

New from me in @drilledmedia.bsky.social:

Isabella Boemeke Isn’t Trying to Spread Conspiracy Theories in her New Pro-Nuclear Book, But She Is

Pro-nuclear influencer Isabelle Boemeke’s new book, Rad Future, indulges in conspiracy theories, unsourced claims, and personal attacks against the industry’s critics.

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lacey @byelacey.bsky.social · 3h

it’s that time of year again 🍂🍃

four simplistic drawings of a fluffy white dog rolling around in red, yellow, and orange leaves while exclaiming “leaf, leaf”

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Francesco Francavilla @ffrancavilla.bsky.social · 4h

Two weeks ago we lost a giant of the movie posters world, Renato Casaro. Today we lost a modern Master of movie posters: DREW STRUZAN. I can guarantee you have at least seen 5 of his posters in your lifetime. The man has put his art on some of the most popular movie franchises (Indiana Jones, 1/4

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 4h

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Tom Quinn @tomquinn.bsky.social · 17m

Israel has massacred another nine Palestinians who were trying to return to their homes, as well as restricted aid again.

Israel's genocide in Gaza has not stopped.

Trump threatens to disarm Hamas ‘violently’ as Israel violates Gaza truce

Israeli army confirmed it opened fire saying a group of people approached soldiers before being targeted.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 14m

The Supreme Court upholds decision requiring Alex Jones to pay $1.4 billion for saying Sandy Hook was a hoax.

Good. His slanderous statements caused unnecessary trauma.

Pay up.

Then start advocating for better gun control.

It’s long past time.

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maga-crime-watch.bsky.social @maga-crime-watch.bsky.social · 15h

Corruption is often the wrongful theft of government power and resources to serve personal interests.

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Paul Dutton @pdutts68.bsky.social · 17m

Who’d have guessed genocidal colonial illegal nation israel claiming Palestine has broken the ceasefire.
They need to be shutdown forever.
Return stolen lands.
#FreePalestine

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 8h

I’m sure House Republicans will be as energized by this as they were about conversations Joe Biden had after he’d left the Obama administration.

World Leader Caught Asking Trump for a Family Favor on Hot Mic

The godfather of MAGA shared a not-so-discreet moment with his Indonesian counterpart at the Gaza summit in Egypt.

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Nigel Bell 🍉 @nigel63.bsky.social · 14m

Ooh, easily a million times cooler! 😄
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Audio by ⁠@kaitacat

YouTube video by Punkey Doodles

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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 2h

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 40m

This post is doing big numbers but it’s worth noting this is *print* subscribers, which puts a totally different context on this.

(Last year during their cancellation kerfuffle they had about 2.5 million total subscriptions. The NYTimes has ~11 million total)

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 22h

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

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Bad Boy 🔻 of Mandalore 🇵🇸🇱🇧🇾🇪🇮🇷 @dindjarinsway.bsky.social · 37m

It didn't take long for Satanyahoo to break the ceasefire...

Izrahell informed the UN it will only permit 300 not 600 aid trucks into Gaza daily, as mandated by the ceasefire.

Then z10 terrorists murdered 5 more Christian & Muslim Palestinians in Gaza City's Shujayea neighborhood...
#Z1oTerr0r1sm

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 3h

A reminder that Hamas signed an agreement with Fatah and other factions in December 2024 on the formation of a technocratic committee to govern Gaza after the war and then Hamas insisted on this provision being put into ceasefire deals in January and March 2025—only for Israel to remove it.

Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 3h

🇪🇬 New from AP:
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty told The Associated Press that a 15-member Palestinian technocratic committee has been selected to administer postwar Gaza, with all names vetted by Israel and approved by all Palestinian factions, including Hamas...

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Nigel Bell 🍉 @nigel63.bsky.social · 20m

I wonder if it's even that?
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A year ago, as disparaging as iZraeli efforts were, a Gaza-focused peace plan was brewing. However, Trump stomped on it. The suggestion is that Trump killed it because his name wasn't associated with it (very typical for Trump).

Trump really wanted the Nobel. A lot.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 3h

A little thread 🧵 to the strange "EAT CROW!" crowd, who seem to think every person left of Genghis Khan is incapable of giving credit to Trump and direct much of their triumphalism to this fictional group: Most people I know, who are critical of Trump, have given him credit for getting us here. 1/

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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 35m

The next phase of progress in healthcare will depend less on technical capacity and more on ethical stewardship and the healthcare community's ability to keep humans at the centre of design and deployment. Not replacing care AI could rediscover it. #auspol #healthcare #AI

Reclaiming care in the age of AI

Sixty years ago, the patient-doctor interaction was, at its best, about human beings connecting, engaging, listening, observing and caring.

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Nigel Bell 🍉 @nigel63.bsky.social · 31m

Well, *someone* is sorting out his post-politics revenue stream.

I wonder if there's some informal competition going on between Minns and Albanese?
(Is it a Sydney/NSW Labor thing?) 🤔

From @antounissa.bsky.social.

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Chris Minns exaggerated the scale of antisemitism in NSW – and won't apologise

The NSW premier had Australia believe antisemitic hate was running rampant. Police data has shown that to be false.

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Dr Ingrid M @ingridm.bsky.social · 14h

remember that time the minister intervened to suspend an ARC funded Future Fellow after zionists created an orchestrated a campaign against her academic freedom.

Ben Walter @benwaltez.bsky.social · 15h

I wrote to Tony Burke about the closure of Meanjin, and finally received a reply from the office of Jason Clare, who had been forwarded the message because it was an issue for higher education, rather than the arts (!).

This is a wholly embarrassing and inadequate buck pass and response.

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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 4h

Trump and Miller will probably get the blood in the streets they want eventually. We don’t know when or how it will unfold, or how the public will come to perceive it. But we do know that no matter how it unfolds or is perceived, it is already their fault. All we can do is our best.

It'll Be Trump's Fault

Donald Trump created this unstable equilibrium; no matter how it breaks down, it will be his fault.

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