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TonyMc @tonymc47.bsky.social · 3h

And today's winner of the Internet is.....

arykab1956.bsky.social @arykab1956.bsky.social · 22h

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TonyMc @tonymc47.bsky.social · 3h

I suppose it's a step up from murdering unarmed civilians

TonyMc @tonymc47.bsky.social · 3h

Like 1970s Belfast

NetworkforDemocracy @simple-truth.bsky.social · 17h

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 8h

I just felt a small, but genuine thrill when noticing we’d finally finished the awful lemon-scented hand soap in the kitchen, and it had been replaced with my favorite cherry blossom soap. It would seem that I have a favorite hand soap. Such is the rock and roll lifestyle I lead.

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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 3h

Opinion: Energy storage already ticks every box for national interest: job creation, economic security, emissions reductions, and grid resilience. But so far, it has been left off the priority list. That needs to change.

www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

The battery that can supercharge Canada's economic future

Energy storage already ticks every box for national interest: job creation, economic security, emissions reductions, and grid resilience. But so far, it has been left off the priority list. That…

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 11h

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 5h

CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.

Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.

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TonyMc @tonymc47.bsky.social · 4h

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Dona Flaca @chilangolandia.bsky.social · 7h

Reuters and the WSJ burning the midnight oil to justify the horrendous raid and detention of hundreds of South Korean workers.

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TonyMc @tonymc47.bsky.social · 4h

Dear USA,

Do you recognise the strangely familiar scene in the photo?

PBS News @pbsnews.org · 7h

An attempted coup is underway in the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar, the country’s president said on Sunday, a day after members of an elite army unit were seen joining youth-led protests against the government.
https://to.pbs.org/4q4DpCE

Madagascar's president says attempted coup is underway

Madagascar has been shaken by three weeks of the most significant unrest in years in the nation. The protests are led by a group calling itself "Gen Z Madagascar," and the United Nations says the demo...

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 7h

'The majority of immigrants contribute more than they take.'
'You sound a lot smarter than me.'

Caller Gary vows to 'rethink' his support for Reform after @natashadevon.bsky.social explains her 'lack of faith' in Farage.

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TonyMc @tonymc47.bsky.social · 4h

It's not like farmers to moan. Are you sure?

TonyMc @tonymc47.bsky.social · 4h

The creators of Veep must be weeping. Impossible to parody

Live 5 News @live5news.com · 7h

Wilson, Evette, Mace battle for top fundraising spot in governor’s race #scnews

Wilson, Evette, Mace battle for top fundraising spot in governor’s race

Newly submitted campaign finance documents show Attorney General Alan Wilson with a slight lead among the candidates for governor in campaign contributions, but a closer look at the numbers reveals that fundraising is even tighter than it appears.

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 6h

US will be ‘perplexed’ by UK decision to drop China spy case, says ex-MI6 boss on.ft.com/42F1IwV

US will be ‘perplexed’ by UK decision to drop China spy case, says ex-MI6 boss

John Sawers questions why prosecutors chose not to proceed with trial of two Britons accused of espionage

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TonyMc @tonymc47.bsky.social · 4h

Barbaric levels of 'healthcare' in the richest nation on earth.

Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 6h

For seven years, low-income Arkansans who use Medicaid have been unable to have their health care covered at either of the state’s Planned Parenthood locations. #arpx

Arkansas providers seek to fill affordability gaps in maternal health care landscape | Arkansas Advocate

As the federal budget reconciliation law cuts off federal Medicaid funding to certain organizations that provide abortions, what’s already happened in the Natural State likely will be repeated…

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Rest of World @restofworld.org · 6h

“The first thing that happened when the regime fell is that the mobile phones started working again!”

For the first time in a long time, Syria’s tech scene is feeling optimistic. Our deep dive: https://restofworld.org/2025/syria-tech-industry/

Syria’s quest to build its own Silicon Valley

Tech founders in Damascus are rebooting a war-torn country.

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TonyMc @tonymc47.bsky.social · 5h

Exceptionalism

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 8h

BBC News explain that because of Brexit, Brits will be photographed and have their fingerprints taken when going into the EU, as the UK now is a third country

BBC News forget to explain that the UK helped create these rules when we were part of the EU because we wanted stronger border control

TonyMc @tonymc47.bsky.social · 5h

Exceptionality

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 8h

BBC News explain that because of Brexit, Brits will be photographed and have their fingerprints taken when going into the EU, as the UK now is a third country

BBC News forget to explain that the UK helped create these rules when we were part of the EU because we wanted stronger border control

TonyMc @tonymc47.bsky.social · 5h

Ooh snap🤌

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TonyMc @tonymc47.bsky.social · 5h

Succinctly put Madam

Caldburn @caldburn.bsky.social · 1d

👇mood all day, every day.

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Revolution Underground @americanprodigy.bsky.social · 5h

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TonyMc @tonymc47.bsky.social · 5h

History you've never heard of.

Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 12h

⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️

🧵 Many of you never knew of a prison riot that took place in Vietnam. It involved incarcerated U.S. soldiers, most of whom were Black.

Pull up a seat and bring a drink.(cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 5h

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

apnews.com/article/pope...

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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TonyMc @tonymc47.bsky.social · 5h

Hoping for bribe or favour?