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Charlotte Nekman

@toften2920.bsky.social

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Danish/Scottish. Living in Copenhagen, Denmark. Historian. 40 years+ in advertising, sales, marketing, and fundraising. B.A. (Marketing) 1982 M.A. (History/Cross-Cultural Studies) 2020. Volunteer refugees.

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Charlotte Nekman @toften2920.bsky.social · 11h

Release the Epstein material

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother

In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...

www.theguardian.com

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 2d

Good to see.

New York Times, CNN, the Atlantic, the Guardian, Washington Post, Reuters, the Associated Press, NPR, HuffPost.

All not signing the 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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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 3d

🚨 Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago answers this question brilliantly. 1/2

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5d

Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th”

👉👉 nokings.org

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Charlotte Nekman @toften2920.bsky.social · 4d

Trump and the seven deadly sins:

pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony, and sloth

Full house.

Charlotte Nekman @toften2920.bsky.social · 4d

What goes up, must come down...

www.independent.co.uk/space/elon-m...

Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites are falling to Earth at an alarming rate

An average of one to two Starlink satellites are deorbiting each day in 2025

www.independent.co.uk

Charlotte Nekman @toften2920.bsky.social · 6d

Let's have a Liz Truss vs a lettuce competition: trump vs orange

www.nbcnews.com/news/world/l...

Lettuce declared winner after it outlived Liz Truss' premiership

The British prime minister's decision to resign provided an unlikely victory for the leafy vegetable, which had been pitted against her by a tabloid paper.

www.nbcnews.com

Charlotte Nekman @toften2920.bsky.social · 6d

Tahnk you. Very useful patent information. I need it more often than you would expect.

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Charlotte Nekman @toften2920.bsky.social · 6d

Really, Sharon. Is that considerate of you?
I could eat the entire plate, yummy.

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Charlotte Nekman @toften2920.bsky.social · 6d

The roll is on the wrong way round! :)

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Charlotte Nekman @toften2920.bsky.social · 6d

Phew! What a relief!

edition.cnn.com/2025/10/10/w...

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Venezuela’s María Corina Machado for keeping ‘the flame of democracy burning’ | CNN

María Corina Machado, a Venezuelan opposition leader driven into hiding since a disputed election last year, has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for keeping “the flame of democracy burning ami...

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 8d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 12d

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

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Thomas Denk @thomasdenk.bsky.social · Sep 6

🖤Drea🩷🌊🌎 @kydem99.bsky.social · Jun 9

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 12d

Why would a president weaken the nation’s defenses unless he wants them breached? This isn’t incompetence. It’s exposure by design. And the logic is airtight. Trump just fired America’s top national security prosecutors. This isn’t “politics.” It’s sabotage. 👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com

The Exposed Nation: Why Trump May Be Setting America Up for Attack...On Purpose

The Purge Nobody Should Shrug Off

open.substack.com

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Charlotte Nekman @toften2920.bsky.social · 12d

Lovely. And heavy, I expect

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cc @cazar.bsky.social · 14d

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Jane Fonda Relaunches McCarthy-Era Committee For The First Amendment With Support Of 550 Celebrities Including Barbra Streisand, Pedro Pascal, Ben Stiller & Billy Crystal

Jane Fonda's new iteration of the Committee has the support of more than 550 boldface including Barbra Streisand, Aaron Sorkin and Pedro Pascal.

deadline.com

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Charlotte Nekman @toften2920.bsky.social · 15d

Denmark - 0

Charlotte Nekman @toften2920.bsky.social · 16d

He has turned out to be such a disappointment

Charlotte Nekman @toften2920.bsky.social · 16d

Nooo, that would be such a shame

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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 18d

You know what treason looks like? A convicted criminal using the White House to send troops as his personal army to peaceful American cities that he hates in order to instill fear and create chaos.

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Charlotte Nekman @toften2920.bsky.social · 18d

What a toothless post.
You are not terribly good at this, Mr. Jeffries, are you?

Charlotte Nekman @toften2920.bsky.social · 18d

Pure, unadulterated evil
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Charlotte Nekman @toften2920.bsky.social · 18d

Poor turtle - it must be totally dizzy by now. I think it would have prefered less hands on instructions ...