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Meya @yomet.bsky.social · 2h

Excerpt from Virginia Giuffre’s book

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...

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Motorhead @bradmunchen.bsky.social · 1d

Musk has broken so many laws that his car company may be shut down in the next 12 months due to mounting legal liabilities.

And it's starting in Australia, which is intriguing.

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Tesla's Hardware 3 Problem is Deadly

Using generous assumptions, Tesla could owe around $42 billion while it only has $37 billion in cash on hand.

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Mary Geddry @magixarc.bsky.social · 1d

If you think weekend protests are enough, think again. #NSPM-7 + spyware = a playbook to chill dissent. Read the plan to push back: legal, strategic, and nonviolent. #uspolitics #authoritarianism #dissent #surveillancestate
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...

They Have a Blueprint. We Need One Too.

A practical plan to defend dissent: transparency, litigation, and the long game of politics.

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Meya @yomet.bsky.social · 20h

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

US drops out of world's most powerful passport top 10 list for the first time

The US passport has fallen to 12th place, a five-spot decline from its previous ranking, tying with Malaysia.

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Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social · 2d

While Israelis are celebrating wildly the release of their hostages, Palestinian families are terrorised that, if they dare celebrate the release of their own, hell will be visited upon them. This is not Peace breaking out. This is Apartheid at its worst! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘Locked up for 24 years’: release of Palestinian prisoners and detainees sparks joy and sorrow

Nearly 2,000 people, including about 1,700 seized from Gaza and held without charge, set free from Israeli jails

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 2d

Across the country, airports are refusing to air a video from the Homeland Security chief blaming Democrats for the shutdown. trib.al/tw3Hd3X

Airports Are Pushing Back Against Kristi Noem’s Shutdown Propaganda

Across the country, airports are refusing to air a video from the Homeland Security chief blaming Democrats for the shutdown.

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 2d

The right-wing campaign group that helped topple Roe v Wade in the US is now working to roll back abortion laws in the UK, with the help of Nigel Farage.

Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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Meya @yomet.bsky.social · 2d

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

'Outrageous conflict of interest': Crypto is making the Trumps hundreds of millions of dollars

Donald Trump's wealth has skyrocketed since his return to the White House nine months ago, leading to accusations that he is profiting from the presidency.

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 4d

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Meya @yomet.bsky.social · 3d

It was always all about Trump lining his pockets. Follow the money, gifts and gold.

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Meya @yomet.bsky.social · 3d

It devastates US leadership and expertise, threatening the health of your citizens and any future cures for cancer etc and threatens efforts across the rest of the world. They will step up though. America under Trump is now trawling the dark ages.

Meya @yomet.bsky.social · 3d

Not interested. I will choose to curate my own ideas and thoughts and not rely on AI unreliable biased summaries. I want to search science and humanities research myself, draw my own conclusions. You are dead to me.

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Ali Haydor @alihaydor.bsky.social · 3d

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 4d

“There is nothing an authoritarian fears more than peaceful, organized people power. Our organizing, rooted in our First Amendment constitutional rights, threatens this regime’s grip on power…Our answer is courage, solidarity, and nonviolent resistance. That’s our strength—and that’s how we’ll win.”

Trump & Miller are smearing Indivisible to silence dissent. It won’t work.

A quick response to some batshit reporting on America's authoritarian regime

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 4d

Trump's approval rating is now -16%. If you're dissatisfied, you're not alone.
https://www.economist.com/interactive/trump-approval-tracker

Donald Trump’s approval rating

Follow our presidential approval rating poll tracker to see how favourably Americans view Mr Trump

www.economist.com

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 4d

They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world.

I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.

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Dragon Moll Z 🎃 @dopestatistics.bsky.social · 4d

I think it should be clear at this point that like the US federal government has collapsed.

There are no branches. There are no rules.

There is just one man and his truth social posts.

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The Shovel @theshovel.bsky.social · 5d

Trump said he planned to take over control of the Scandinavian nation, describing his actions as “a beautiful, very peaceful liberation mission”.

theshovel.com.au/2025/10/11/t...

Trump Storms Norway Capital, in Attempt To Prove He Deserved Nobel Peace Prize — The Shovel

“Nobody’s done peace like I’ve done peace. Some say I’ve done too much peace"

theshovel.com.au

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Meya @yomet.bsky.social · 5d

Quite unbelievable

www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth...

Hegseth announces Qatar will build air force facility at U.S. base in Idaho

The move is a sign of increasingly close ties between the U.S. and Qatar.

www.cbsnews.com

Meya @yomet.bsky.social · 5d

The good anti fascist people of the US need to know much of the world has your back ( including the Norwegian Nobel prize committee). You also need to know the Gaza peace plan was written by Qatar…. They did expect a return for that jet. The orange man’s greed makes him manipulable.

Meya @yomet.bsky.social · 5d

How wonderful! A woman and for her work against dictatorships and towards democracy. And a Venezuelan!

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24Hours Ukraine @24hoursukraine.bsky.social · 5d

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.

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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 5d

Trump's 20 point peace plan was written by the Qatari Government.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 6d

Everything Trump is doing now is a preamble for his regime's real goal: to invoke the Insurrection Act.

I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but you need to be aware of this imminent danger. Let me explain what’s going on.

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