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jazzyrussell.bsky.social
One by one, Europeans mentioned in the Epstein files who still hold political office are beginning to resign or are being forced out of office.

Meanwhile, ruled by an administration almost entirely made up of Epstein associates, the US carries on as if nothing really happened.
February 3, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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glennsummers.bsky.social
New fuck/marry/kill list just dropped
February 4, 2026 at 6:05 AM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
Why isn't this a major news story?
Churchwarden linked to foreign-born billionaire is behind £200k Reform gift The man whose firm made the donations will not discuss where the money came from, nor his ties to wealthy Farage allies who may not hold citizenship Gabriel Pogrund, Whitehall Editor Saturday January 31 2026, 8.00pm, The Sunday Times Share A churchwarden from Potters Bar who works for the family of a highly secretive, Kazakhstan-born billionaire can be revealed as the man behind £200,000 of donations to Reform UK., John Richard Simpson is a 59-year-old
February 2, 2026 at 7:53 AM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds
January 30, 2026 at 11:58 PM
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bettybarcode.com
If the president cannot be sued while in office, then the president should not be able to file suit while in office. Fair is fair.
January 30, 2026 at 1:01 AM
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knibbs.bsky.social
X is hiring a creative writing specialist at $40 an hour to make Grok better at writing and a true LOL at the qualifications
January 30, 2026 at 8:14 PM
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drewharwell.com
No one writes like @adamserwer.bsky.social

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone. In Minnesota, all of the ideological cornerstones of MAGA have been proved false at once. Minnesotans, not the armed thugs of ICE and the Border Patrol, are brave. Minnesotans have shown that their community is socially cohesive—because of its diversity and not in spite of it. Minnesotans have found and loved one another in a world atomized by social media, where empty men have tried to fill their lonely soul with lies about their own inherent superiority. Minnesotans have preserved everything worthwhile about “Western civilization,” while armed brutes try to tear it down by force.
January 27, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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kristenradtke.bsky.social
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
www.theverge.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
The Atlantic has just published the best thing I’ve read so far about the state of life in Minneapolis under federal occupation. Archived copy here. https://archive.is/2026.01.26-040554/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/minneapolis-uprising/685755/
January 26, 2026 at 4:52 AM
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smoothdunk2.bsky.social
[AI bubble bursts] billionaire tech bro: the stupid consumer did not understand it
3 panel comic Panel 1: Orange Guy standing at a stall with a sign that says “Shit Sandwich, £500” Pink Guy walks up to the stall, Orange Guy gestures excitedly at the sign. Panel 2: Pink Guy continues walking past the Shit Sandwich stall. The Orange Guy looks dejected Panel 3: Orange Guy says “Wow. That guy can’t read”
January 22, 2026 at 2:42 AM
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sivav.bsky.social
This could have been the lead story from every news organization in the country if any of them cared that the president is deeply racist.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28d
Trump: "Somalia -- they turned out to be higher IQ than we thought. I always say, 'These are low IQ people.' How did they go into Minnesota and steal all that money?"
January 21, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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anneapplebaum.bsky.social
There is no strategy
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 20, 2026 at 6:41 AM
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eliothiggins.bsky.social
Trying populist politics when you aren't popular is not a winning strategy -
Kemi Badenoch writes to Tory MPs to say party remains firmly on the right despite defections www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Kemi Badenoch writes to Tory MPs to say party remains firmly on the right despite defections
Tory leader says Conservatives are ‘THE party of the right’ and warns against those seeking to undermine from within
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
i wish i could still buy things at the prices i used to complain about
January 19, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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idgnicholson.bsky.social
There's nothing British Faithfuls hate more than someone talking loudly at breakfast or making a scene. #TheTraitors
January 14, 2026 at 9:42 PM
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ryanjreilly.com
Five years ago, this great moment was captured on video:
January 7, 2026 at 5:17 AM
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davidgilbert.bsky.social
From repurposed footage filmed years ago in different parts of the world, to AI images and videos of Maduro's arrest, social media platforms like X, Instagram and TikTok were flooded with disinformation within minutes of America's assault on #Venezuela

www.wired.com/story/disinf...
Disinformation Floods Social Media After Nicolás Maduro's Capture
From seemingly AI-generated videos to the recirculation of old footage, TikTok, Instagram, and X did little to stop the onslaught of misleading posts in the wake of the US invasion of Venezuela.
www.wired.com
January 3, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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queerash.bsky.social
I do think the key for things like Home Alone, Muppet Christmas Carol, etc. is that the actors fully commit to the bit

I feel like similar films made now lean too heavily into doing it ironically
December 22, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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tomfreeman.bsky.social
I've always felt uneasy about contactless payment. Really not keen about muggers being told they can benefit even more than before from stealing my card. (Yes there's talk of setting lower individual limits, but the muggers won't know in advance if I've done that) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
£100 contactless card limit to be lifted from March
Card providers can decide whether to offer unlimited payments on contactless cards.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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direthoughts.com
harpers.org/archive/2026...
If a Tree Falls, by Rosa Lyster
The trial of the Sycamore Gap killers
harpers.org
December 19, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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bencollins.bsky.social
This is true. It is the best email I got this year.
I work as an elder and hospice caregiver, which I am oddly passionate about. I can love on them shamelessly and no one complains about my codependence. It's a win-win situation. Many of my caregiving colleagues complain about the repetitive questions and, sometimes reactions, of the elderly, especially when those patients happen to read the newspaper, especially with the current downward spiral of our country — as if these people haven't lived through enough horror... I love my dementia peeps, but sometimes wonder if there's a Guinness Book World Record for how many times an hour a dementia patient can repeat the same question — it's got to be in the hundreds. At least with small children, they ask different questions. Dementia patients will get stuck on one short question and ask it until you can interrupt their train(carousel) of thought and successfully redirect their attention. That carousel is pretty manic sometimes. A couple days ago, I picked up my mail from the post office and drove over to the nursing home to take (let's call her "Miss Daisy") Miss Daisy out for a drive. Before we took off on our road trip, to the end of The Road and back, in our landlocked little town (Juneau, Alaska), I set my copy of The Onion down in front of her. Over our two-hour excursion, tiny Miss Daisy read that front page at least a dozen times and each time she would snicker, giggle, and guffaw, then put it down on the dash board and, a minute later, discover it anew. I think it was the best afternoon of my life. We don't often hear them laugh and when they do, it's the sweetest thing you've ever heard. ... Thank you, thank you, thank you, for the really important work all of you do. You make the world a better place.
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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michelawrong.bsky.social
www.cnn.com/2025/11/21/a...
‘Oh my God, this is our Tanzania’: CNN investigation shows police shooting protesters, signs of mass graves | CNN
In the chaotic aftermath of Tanzania’s disputed presidential election last month, police and gun-wielding men on patrol shot at groups of protesters, many of whom appeared unarmed or were holding only...
www.cnn.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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eliothiggins.bsky.social
All the rape, torture, and murder will be brushed under the carpet, a great lesson for any future war criminals.
November 21, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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jim.londoncentric.media
It’s the exclusive everyone wanted, the story that will win next year’s Pulitzer…

I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
London's giant AI artwork to be torn down
The bizarre story of why a much-talked-about creation is being torn down. Plus: Docklands Light Railway extension, giant laser stalks the night sky, and more tales of Android phone theft rejection.
www.londoncentric.media
November 20, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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eliothiggins.bsky.social
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
November 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM