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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1h

Nigel Farage is cosying up to the US anti-abortion group that challenged Roe v Wade. Women in Britain should know that | Zoe Williams

ADF, a conservative Christian lobby group that counts among its allies JD Vance, has stated that its goal is to see abortion rights curtailed in Britain, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

www.theguardian.com

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The Count @xyzzyllyzzyx.bsky.social · 13h

Not surprised that they're terrible...a tad surprised at exactly HOW terrible.

The Count @xyzzyllyzzyx.bsky.social · 13h

When they tell you who they are, believe them.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 1d

Young Republicans group chat.

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The Count @xyzzyllyzzyx.bsky.social · 23h

www.reddit.com/r/waymo/comm...

From the waymo community on Reddit: Waymo traffic jam in the parking lot leads to horn honking at each other

Explore this post and more from the waymo community

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The Count @xyzzyllyzzyx.bsky.social · 1d

"They were wearing masks, so we assumed they were criminals." - ICE on Halloween, probably.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 1d

It's day 13 of the shutdown. What's Trump doing?

Negotiating a budget deal? No.

Preventing premiums from doubling? No.

Stopping 15 million Americans from losing health care? No.

He's meeting the Pres. of Argentina to reward him with a $20 billion bailout.

America first?

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 1d

Spotify is running recruitment ads for ICE and their owner is helping to develop military AI. Maybe hit that "cancel my account" button?

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 2d

Spotify is now running recruitment ads for ICE.

It’s time to cancel your account.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Right to protest under ‘sustained attack’ across the west, report finds

Counter-terror laws being ‘weaponised’ against pro-Palestine groups in UK, US, France and Germany, says FIDH The right to protest has come under “sustained attack” across the west , according to a report highlighting the growing criminalisation of pro-Palestinian demonstrations. The study by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) pays particular attention to the UK, the US, France and Germany, where it says governments have “weaponised” counter-terrorism legislation as well as the fight against antisemitism to suppress dissent and support for Palestinian rights in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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The Count @xyzzyllyzzyx.bsky.social · 1d

And maybe I'm just being unobservant and they are actually trying and not just trying to out-racist Reform. But if so, maybe they need to do a better job of letting everyone know what they're trying, and why?

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The Count @xyzzyllyzzyx.bsky.social · 1d

It's just stupid. Labour wouldn't necessarily even have to actually "fix" the problem as much as just...try. Try something. Anything. Even just a little.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Soaring bills are the gift that keeps on giving for Reform. Shame Labour doesn’t have the guts to do anything about them | Mathew Lawrence

A cost of living crisis is not inevitable if there is the will to stop companies extracting profits from Britain’s essential services, says Mathew Lawrence of the Common Wealth thinktank

www.theguardian.com

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The Count @xyzzyllyzzyx.bsky.social · 2d

I almost have my own cellphone number memorized now...

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The Count @xyzzyllyzzyx.bsky.social · 2d

Doesn't that mean you get to load a bit sooner? And based on an earlier post, doesn't that suggest you'll have to run FASTER next time to load with your zone?

The Count @xyzzyllyzzyx.bsky.social · 2d

Internet seems to be out, I should go check...wait...I need the internet to go on the internet to check on the internet...

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 4d

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 4d

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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The Count @xyzzyllyzzyx.bsky.social · 2d

"Until I was part of the shitshow, I wasn't aware there even was a shitshow going on. I'm just too rich to be concerned about this sort of thing unless/until I personally am involved" - her, I sardonically assume.

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The Count @xyzzyllyzzyx.bsky.social · 2d

Deaf+Blind people aren't ever likely to be a boon for capitalists, but their community is too small for some corp to have been created to leech money from them (a la private schools), so the gov't seems to really want to just pretend they don't exist.

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Professor Tor Coolguy @blawson.bsky.social · 2d

developingeconomics.org/2024/10/22/t...

The Nobel Illusion: Why the Nobel Prize in Economics Needs to be Abolished

Every year the Nobel Prize is awarded to different disciplines including Economics. And each year it generates a wave of euphoria and hype. But unlike literature and natural sciences, economics is …

developingeconomics.org

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donni saphire @donni.bsky.social · 6d

It’s actually pretty bad for your mental health to know stuff

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Micah @rincewind.run · 3d

if we'd treated their obvious baldfaced lies and deflections more like this over the past eight years maybe we wouldn't be in this situation

shocking how easy it is when you actually see it done

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Jacek Debiec, MD, PhD, DPhil 🌎 🧠 @drjacekdebiec.bsky.social · 3d

In the university I worked, the office of medical ethics was replaced by the office of corporate compliance.

"The institutionalization of medical ethics, by which ethics as a practice of critically questioning the good is instead replaced by a professional morality that gives us ready-made answers"

Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 3d

New article out this month on how doctors become fascists.

50% of German physicians joined the Nazi Party––twice the proportion of any other profession. US doctors today are arguably the most conservative in the world, and we're heading along a similar path.
drive.google.com/file/d/1CAk9...