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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 5h

🚨 NEWS: Colombian President Gustavo Petro accuses U.S. government officials of murder and violating Colombia’s sovereignty and says the Trump-ordered strike of a boat in the Caribbean killed a fisherman named Alejandro Carranza.

Screenshot of a post on X from Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s verified account. The post reads: “US government officials have committed a murder and violated our sovereignty in territorial waters. Fisherman Alejandro Carranza had no ties to the drug trade and his daily activity was fishing. The Colombian boat was adrift and had its distress signal up due to an engine failure. We await explanations from the US government.”

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 2h

This remarkable bronze cobra with eyes inlaid with glass paste likely originated from a workshop in Alexandria.
The cobra motif is prevalent in Egyptian iconography, symbolizing royal authority and safeguarding against the Pharaoh's enemies.
The Greek author Plutarch indicates that...🧵1/2

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Wouter @wvanparys.bsky.social · 3h

Bonne route!

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Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 4h

24 years of satellite data reveal a dynamic, cyclic pattern of ice shelf damage across Antarctica.

Damage, linked to flow acceleration, strain, and thinning, shows strong sensitivity to climate warming, suggesting current models may underestimate future retreat.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Damage development on Antarctic ice shelves sensitive to climate warming - Nature Climate Change

Damages such as crevasses or cracks can be early indicators of ice shelf weakening. Here, the authors quantify changes in damage structures in Antarctic ice sheets, which show sensitivity to warming

www.nature.com

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Chris Sprigman @cjsprigman.bsky.social · 12h

I hope each and every one of the fascists who rule this country read this and choke.

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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 13h

What obviously links Trump II's justification for murdering people off the coast of Venezuela and its characterizations of No Kings is that it is willing to lie.

But its claims are so over the top that it's clear to everyone (Dems and MAGA alike, as well as the press) that the govt is lying.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 13h

I’ve seen just one counter-protester at No Kings San Diego. He’s got a Trump 2024 flag and this guy has been following him around for probably an hour playing Benny Hill and circus music.

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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 19h

Historians are gonna have such a weird time talking about this moment in history

Two people wearing inflatable hippo costumes with a sign “Hippos for Democracy”

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Ines @niske.bsky.social · 15h

Vertel aan alle oudere mensen hoe oplichters te werk gaan. En dat je altijd, wat het verhaal ook is, even naar je kinderen moet bellen om te dubbelchecken. Ook als ze zeggen dat dat niet kan/mag/geen tijd voor is. Een tante van ons werd opgelicht met een verhaal waarvan (1)

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 15h

#NoKings Cincinnati

Timothy Snyder standing with Cookie Monster, next to an American flag

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OrangeSage @orangesage.bsky.social · 16h

#NoKings Miami!

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Frans Fierens @fransfie.bsky.social · 16h

Een marathon onder de twee uur lopen? Dan moet je meer eten
www.demorgen.be/sport/een-ma...
*dan moet je (oa)
- uit Oost-Afrika komen
- in staat zijn 250 km/w te lopen (incl hoge intensieve trainingen)
- max 60 kg wegen
-minstens een VO2 max van 80 hebben
(slim koolhydraten eten kan ook helpen 😉)

Een marathon onder de twee uur lopen? Dan moet je meer eten

Nieuwe inzichten in de voedingsleer helpen duursporters aan betere prestaties. Brengt de zogeheten koolhydratenrevolutie de magische barrière van twee uur op de marathon dichterbij?

www.demorgen.be

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Lieven Vandelanotte @lieven.bsky.social · 16h

Maison Hannon in Brussels

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 16h

#NoKings Cincinnati

Rally sign reads “I am Aunt Tifa. Heard you were looking for me!”

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Maarten Schenk @mschenk.bsky.social · 20h

The White House Bluesky account @whitehouse-47.bsky.social is currrently followed by fewer than 5000 accounts. Over 65.000 accounts have blocked it.

Source: ClearSky: clearsky.app/whitehouse-4...

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Agata Tumiłowicz-Mazur @agatumilowicz.bsky.social · 20h

Today, Lower Silesia celebrates 15 years as a voivodeship and, as they put it, 80 years of ‘postwar Lower Silesia.’ Whatever the occasion, just wanted to relaunch my posting with this photo from around 8 years ago. That’s exactly when my research started — and so did my layered love for the region.

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 22h

the US government has arrived on bluesky

4 panel comic

Panel 1: A group of people just having a lovely time. Everyone is laughing

Panel 2: An absolute Federal Agent appears in the middle of the group laughing like an obnoxious robot

Panel 3: The group quickly disperses, leaving the gross creepy agent by himself

Panel 4: The agent touches his ear and says “arrest their moms”

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András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 21h

The past was shite

The Ineffable Horror of Joe Muggs @joemuggs.bsky.social · Jan 11

Thinking about starting a Gen X "Shit Old Days" group. For reasons unknown, been having flashbacks to 80s comprehensive school, and honestly I think most people have memory-holed just how racist, homophobic, misogynist and violent everything was. Also: DOGSHIT EVERWHERE (cc @tudoracid.bsky.social)

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Olivier Simard-Casanova @o.simardcasanova.net · 1d

Un élément important sur la bonne manière de lutter contre l’extrême-droite

Reprendre ses idées ou même les critiquer lui profite électoralement

C’est pour ça que je refuse de débattre avec l’extrême-droite ou d’aller sur ses thèmes : c’est déjà lui donner une première victoire

Julia Partheymüller @schnizzl.bsky.social · 1d

German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds

Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers

www.theguardian.com

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Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 23h

The outcome of the Dutch elections may be influenced by the fact that for some reason the most frequent political commentator on talk shows this campaign has been a mustachioed old right-wing football analyst www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · 23h

Asking the eternal question, I guess.

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Sam @samuelhlowe.bsky.social · 2d

- I can’t believe I was hacked.

- What was your password?

- The year the Mongol Empire, with the help of the Southern Song dynasty, completed its conquest of the Jin dynasty after the final Jin stronghold of Caizhou fell.

- And when was that?

- 1234

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

SWANSON: If you look at data, the US is losing manufacturing jobs, spending on factory construction is down big, manufacturing is still shrinking as share of the economy. S&P Global estimates that tariffs will cost businesses upwards of $1.2t in 2025 ...

PETER NAVARRO: The economics are wrong

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Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 1d

“The offensive has come at an enormous cost: our meta-estimate suggests over 100,000 Russian soldiers have died in the war this year.” The quiescence of Russian society in the face of the meaningless slaughter of their men is horrifying.

Russia's latest big Ukraine offensive gains next to nothing, again

Hundreds of thousands of Vladimir Putin's troops are losing their lives for barely any land

economist.com

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Melanie Richter-Montpetit @mellimo.bsky.social · 1d

German study shows how far right sets agenda thanks to mainstream parties reshaping their communications to respond to what are initially fringe issues, boosting the spread of these ideas and signalling to voters that these ideas and stances were legitimate

shorturl.at/OFfig

German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds

Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers

www.theguardian.com

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