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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1h

"The case is proceeding."

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa says the US-backed agreement to end Israel's war on Gaza will have no bearing on his country’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/xhyzpq

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 5h

Free speech is when Republicans can say what they want and when you can say what they want. bsky.app/profile/noup...

Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 5h

I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?

Is it...requesting content moderation?

Today following outreach from @thejusticedept, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target @ICEgov agents in Chicago.
The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.

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Dr. Amanda Baby, Divaa DiVoice Devotee @xminust.bsky.social · 3h

Damn. He was so young! www.bbc.com/news/article...

R&B singer D’Angelo dead at 51

The singer, who was also an acclaimed songwriter, was known for helping create the genre of neo-soul.

www.bbc.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3h

a real water is wet scenario here

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3h

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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Dr. Amanda Baby, Divaa DiVoice Devotee @xminust.bsky.social · 3h

lol must feel realllllllllllly bad to have Trump turn your back on you after everything you've done in service to him and the Heritage Foundation. www.bbc.com/news/article...

US Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones appeal in Sandy Hook shooting case

The right-wing conspiracy theorist has not yet paid any of the more than $1b in damages he owes Sandy Hook families.

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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 3h

So like, is the manosphere just one giant slimepool of lead psychosis?

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 4h

nearly all the plant-based products we tested had elevated lead levels: vegan powders had 9x as much lead as dairy and 2x as much as beef

though dairy-based powders had the lowest levels, half were still too contaminated for safe daily use

you may be asking: how could this be? well...

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Dr. Amanda Baby, Divaa DiVoice Devotee @xminust.bsky.social · 3h

This is important info for anyone that uses protein powders. The one I use is on here (thankfully in the "better choices" section). I had no idea lead was an issue in protein powders.

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 4h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 5h

I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?

Is it...requesting content moderation?

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Dr. Amanda Baby, Divaa DiVoice Devotee @xminust.bsky.social · 3h

Who is she alleging that these apps have killed, exactly? lol

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Dr. Amanda Baby, Divaa DiVoice Devotee @xminust.bsky.social · 14h

It just started raining and already the sirens. I feel like the hype around this rain made me more scared than when a literal tornado passed directly next to our apartment building.

Dr. Amanda Baby, Divaa DiVoice Devotee @xminust.bsky.social · 14h

I love a dessert but I cannot abide a cake pop or an icebox cake.

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 1d

Elon Musk is a white nationalist. Anyone who needs more data points to reach this conclusion is beyond help or persuasion.

If you buy, rent, service, or supercharge a Tesla you are supporting the most powerful white nationalist on earth. Period.

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1d

Musk is funding the legal battle of UK Far Right activist Tommy Robinson - real name Stephen Yaxley Lennon - as he faces charges brought by counterterrorism police.

Tommy Robinson claims Elon Musk is funding his legal battle — The Times and The Sunday Times

Tommy Robinson has claimed Elon Musk was paying his legal costs as he went on trial for refusing to comply with a request made by counterterrorism police as he tried to leave Britain last year. Robins...

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Dr. Amanda Baby, Divaa DiVoice Devotee @xminust.bsky.social · 14h

You know the "violent radical left" rhetoric is bullshit simply because this walking cyst is still around.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 18h

Warming waters cause corals to “bleach” when these organisms expel symbiotic algae that provide nutrients, oxygen & vibrant colors.

The latest global bleaching event - researchers estimate >84% of the planet's coral ecosystems have been affected since Jan 2023 - has made it clear the crisis is now.

nature

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Coral die-off marks Earth's first climate
'tipping point', scientists say

A surge in global temperatures has caused widespread bleaching and death of warm-water corals around the world.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 15h

Immigrant advocates have been thrown to the ground, pepper-sprayed, and tailed in their cars by officers in an apparent attempt to intimidate them, @caitlindickerson.bsky.social reports. One tells her: “It's never been this bad.”

‘It’s Never Been This Bad’

Immigrant advocates face escalating consequences and threats from the president.

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Dr. Amanda Baby, Divaa DiVoice Devotee @xminust.bsky.social · 15h

Democrat leaders of "blue cities" are doing nothing to stop ICE's brutality. They should be removed from office. Do not let them pretend to be against these illegal and immoral operations when they refuse to do even the bare minimum to oppose them. www.koin.com/news/portlan...

VIDEO: ICE detains, threatens Oregon man despite U.S. citizenship

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — An Oregon man and U.S. citizen is seeking damages after he said he was stopped and detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement without cause. Frank Miranda said he was d…

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 22h

Was waiting to see how Olivia Reingold (who Oliver's piece destroyed almost as much as Bari Weiss) would respond, and you can see the tweet below which also shows she either did not watch his piece, or just didn't understand it, since he actually addresses this point directly.

Olivia Reingold quote tweeting Variety.

The Variety tweet is about John Oliver's piece on Bari Weiss leading CBS News, saying:

John Oliver slams Bari Weiss' takeover of CBS News:

"I wouldn’t want anyone who led a pure opinion outlet, not even one that I happened to agree with, to suddenly be running CBS News. But it is especially alarming to have someone doing it who has spent years putting out work that, in my opinion, is at best irresponsible and at worst deeply misleading."

Reingold then quotes it saying:

Why does this sound like John Oliver commenting on……John Oliver

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elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 1d

everything i’ve read about how this latest ceasefire came about suggests that if you want to credit anyone it should be the qataris for bribing the president enough that he determined he wanted to keep them happy and then using that carrot to demand a change after bibi (insanely) bombed them

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Drow Paweł Włodkowic 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dov.bsky.social · 1d

I find this stuff (the museum director's take, not op's, obviously) so goddamn annoying. Were Lithuanians supposed to keep Lenin statues up? Were Iranians meant to not topple statues of the Shah?

historianmemory.bsky.social @historianmemory.bsky.social · 1d

'I don’t think it’s ever a good idea to deny history. I think it’s always really important to face your own history honestly ...'

Toppling statues is an act of protest. It's about contesting a collective memory. NEVER about denying history.
observer.co.uk/culture/inte...

Nicholas Cullinan: ‘I don’t think it’s ever a good idea t...

The British Museum director on toppling statues, the Parthenon marbles and hosting London’s new star-studded answer to the Met Gala

observer.co.uk

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Jacquie @jmteo.bsky.social · 16h

The degree to which the media has completely dropped inflation as a newsworthy story with Trump in office is super black pilling

Jacob 🏳️‍🌈🇹🇭🐧🌻 @seagulljaap.bsky.social · 17h

Republican delusion! At the Disco. This was the price for ribeye at Costco this week. I gasped. I'm sure people are really happy about prices like this lol

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 1d

never say never, i guess, but neither ellison nor weiss have the kind of experience that should give anyone strong confidence that they’ll be able to even maintain CBS’ current viewership levels, let alone improve them. both have basically only ever run niche projects.

Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 1d

I think the counter argument to “Ellison and Weiss will turn CBS News into an unstoppable propaganda machine” is Bezos’s WaPo which lost basically all the talent and also is in a subscription death spiral

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 18h

As expected, the first 9 compacts were a trial run.

They have now come for all of us.

And each of us, and all of us, should say no.

Scoop via @liamknox.bsky.social at Bloomberg:

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump Offers All Colleges Preferential Funding Plan Rejected by MIT

The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact — initially rejected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — that would grant preferential federal funding in re...

www.bloomberg.com

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TransLash Media @translash.org · 20h

We honor the legacy of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a fierce protector of our collective freedom. Our hearts are with her loved ones and all who carry her vision forward.

"We will honor Miss Major forever." - @imarajones.bsky.social

An illustration of Miss Major surrounded by candles with blue background and a famous quote of hers written in gold. The quote reads“I don’t need their permission to exist; I exist in spite of them. I want you to train and teach and love on and create families within my community and gender non-conforming people, so that we can understand that we have a culture, we have a history, we have a reason to be here. We have a purpose. We’re entitled to be loved, and seek happiness, and share that with the people that we care about.” -Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

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brent is Saw Gerrera-pilled @therealbrent.bsky.social · 17h

It really is quite sad what happened to Twitter.

It was such a fun place with so many memorable moments on there.

And now that’s all gone because of one loser billionaire. Story of the 21st century, I suppose.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 17h

This is a wild graphic lol my word

Don Lemon @donlemonofficial.bsky.social · 3d

I'm LIVE on Twitch: twitch.tv/donlemon

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