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swin24.bsky.social
reminds me of a friend who explained why recent years have felt so weird to so many millennials here and it’s because “we went into the pandemic young people and came out of it old”
adamserwer.bsky.social Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 8h
I spoke to a woman at the protest in minneapolis and she explained she wanted to be there in part because "i was a kid when george floyd got killed" and i nearly dropped my recorder
January 28, 2026 at 10:41 PM
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governorwalz.mn.gov
Federal agents are pulling over off duty cops based on the color of their skin.

This is not a serious operation to enforce immigration law. It’s a performative show of force and it’s gotten way out of hand.
January 20, 2026 at 11:51 PM
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atrupar.com
Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
January 20, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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disappoptimism.bsky.social
The moment you realise you can simply stop caring about popular culture is one of the most liberating things of middle age
January 20, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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leonardocarella.bsky.social
I'm perfectly aware this is by far not the worst thing he's done, but Trump's constant presence - day after day after day - in the lives and headspaces of hundreds of millions of people (billions?), in the US and outside, is so taxing. Every morning, we wake up and have to think about this asshole.
January 19, 2026 at 8:10 AM
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danielsuitor.com
This is the video.
January 7, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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bluser12.bsky.social
Update: someone dug into the wallets connected the the wallet used here and found that it was connected to an ENS domain called Stevencharles.sol

Steve Witkoff's middle name is Charles

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_W...
@Andrey_10gwei Insider who made $400,000 on Maduro's capture at Polymarket – could turn out to be someone connected to Steven Charles Witkoff (WLFI Co-Founder) The entire CT was talking yesterday about an insider who placed around $32k just a few hours before the well–known events in Venezuela, earning a total of $400,000. Insider's account: https://polymarket.com/@0x31a56e9E690c621eD21De08Cb559e9524Cdb8eD9-1766730765984?via=10gwei The market where he won the $400k: https://polymarket.com/event/maduro-out-in-2025/maduro-out-by-january-31-2026-318?via=10gwei I decided to dig into the chain in search of any clues. Found 2 wallets that were funding the @Polymarket account: - 0x9c7fca7d24162f0dd09d853e999c3f954ed0f8d1 (https://relay.link/transaction/0xcf61f94e8d17b9f94ff0c159302e87249bf1a3634dc358ec6909df87e245c739) - 2i7HJJTs8Ht25H8fSjJJSsgGp2HE3umxMrcEa1Cq6hV3 (https://relay.link/transaction/0xcda6c4e5cb560e46af2820636af86dd1b07001243c2edb4572a34e6e6f3120d9) Both accounts have no transactions other than funding from the Coinbase exchange and the subsequent deposit to Polymarket. I noticed that the second wallet (2i7HJJ) was funded from Coinbase with 252.39 SOL on January 1st at 11:53 PM UTC. I decided to check all deposits to Coinbase within a day before the insider's wallet withdrawal and found one match with 99% accuracy. BCcTrxcowNeUqhr4yPtAMy5PhhQ5eD8hsjHYmMS8FaV8 (STVLU.SOL) – from this wallet there was a deposit to Coinbase through a deposit address of 252.91 SOL on January 1st at 00:48 AM UTC, meaning approximately 23 hours before the withdrawal to the insider's wallet. I noticed that this wallet had several registered ENS domains: STVLU.SOL and StCharles.SOL And the first funder – ES6SiK66UZcsPevTgfVtKtay4o1vWUepeVvb5kfWnJXF with ENS Solhundred.sol Moving to the latter, we see transactions of $11 million with someone with ENS Stevencharles.sol (22Tqm7fBbrGb5XmT9UkcZhSPjT1Q1DMBatacpmsJGkUz) Steven Charles – or Steven Charles Witkoff(?), one of the co–founders of World Liberty Finance (WLFI), meaning a person who potentially had access to insider information. All 3 wallets (STVLU.sol, Solhundred.sol, StevenCharles.sol) – are connected by the same deposit addresses on the Coinbase exchange. From the insider account on Polymarket, the winnings of approximately $440k were withdrawn to Coinbase 18 hours ago. 14 hours ago, Fartcoin tokens worth $170k were withdrawn from Coinbase to the STVLU.sol (stcharles.sol) wallet.
January 5, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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jwestjourno.bsky.social
Days like this are a stark reminder that the UK undertook Brexit at historically the worst possible moment. Bloc politics is here to stay and fiddlearsing about with 2mm advances towards smoother customs arrangements with the EU is not the leadership Britain needs.
January 3, 2026 at 10:04 AM
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December 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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jjvincent.bsky.social
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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yasharali.bsky.social
1. BREAKING

Sharyn Alfonsi, a correspondent for 60 Minutes, sent an internal email to colleagues stating that CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss “spiked our story” about the Trump administration and the transfer of deportees to a prison in El Salvador.
News Team, These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier. and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the Ilearned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless. CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal that courtesy/opportunity. concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one. for political optics rather than legal ones. We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with We have been promoting this story on social media for days. DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government Our viewers are expecting it. When it fails to air without a silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story. credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient. corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet. If the standard for airing a story becomes "the government must agree to be interviewed," then the government effectively I care too much about this broadcast to watch it be dismantled without a…
December 22, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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seanokane.bsky.social
The Trump / Lawnmower kid meme but trump is redacted
December 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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jonawils.bsky.social
The Africa Cup of Nations starts in two weeks – and the fact it’s been shunted into this Christmas slot is a disgrace.

www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Africa Cup of Nations shunted into margins as greedy game finds no room at top table | Jonathan Wilson
So long as the Premier League invests in its players and Fifa pays it lip service, the continent’s flagship tournament will always struggle to fit in
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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postopinions.bsky.social
“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement.”

The latest from George F. Will:
Opinion | This moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans
Regarding Venezuela, Ukraine and much more, Trump and his acolytes are worse than simply incompetent.
wapo.st
December 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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bcnjake.bsky.social
I can't tell you how many of my (wonderful, driven, caring, genuinely outstanding) students are Somali. I'd take each and every one of them over a thousand of that orange pissbag. I'd take a single one of them over every last dollar he has.

My students are an inspiration. Trump's an embarrassment.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Dec 2
Trump on Minnesota's Somali community: "They contribute nothing. I don't want them in our country, I'll be honest with you."
December 2, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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rincewind.run
fucking incredible
According to the assessment, on 11 September, the day after conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination, Patel arrived in Provo, Utah, but refused to leave the FBI jet without an appropriate raid jacket. A described “highly respected” source in the report explained that agents working the Kirk investigation had to stop their work to find a medium-sized jacket for Patel. When a female agent’s jacket was delivered, Patel complained about missing Velcro patches on the sleeves and refused to disembark until Swat team members removed patches from their own uniforms and attached them to the borrowed jacket.
December 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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stephenkb.bsky.social
Think this is exactly right - political journalism that is completely abstracted from policy, which was not the norm before 2017, has become the default. Impossible to have a serious attempt to either shrink what the state does or widen the tax base (have to do at least one) on that basis.
profjanegreen.bsky.social Jane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social · Dec 1
All this budget news, claims, counter claims is confusing, but two things of consequence.

1. We're all talking about that, not any financial benefits (or losses) of the budget.

2. Yet more focus on the very weird few weeks and politics of it all. Starting to feel dangerously like a norm.
December 1, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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gsoh31.bsky.social
Fundamentally not a serious policymaking community or media. Sure, briefing was a problem. But we have problems both chronic and acute: we can and should be debating those. We won't. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cl...
Minister insists Rachel Reeves did not mislead public in Budget build-up
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been accused of over-stating the UK's financial problems in the build-up to the Budget - Darren Jones insists she did not lie.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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danielsohege.bsky.social
So how exactly are they meant to get to them? Many are placed in areas without accessible transport links. They can't afford to pay for journeys themselves because of how little support they get.
Yet again Labour choosing to pander to Reform than think of consequences.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Government to ban asylum seekers from using taxis
The ban is set to come in February and any exemptions will have to be signed off by the Home Office.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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andycraig.bsky.social
If they ever get around to building this thing, it should be bulldozed on Day 1 of a new administration. No messing around, no hemming and hawing about procedure or costs. Order heavy equipment in and start knocking it down immediately, as surely as an overthrown tyrant's statues would be torn down.
November 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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yougov.co.uk
Why do people think England flags have been raised on lampposts?

White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%

Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%

yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
November 21, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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robfordmancs.bsky.social
Hmmm - so tacking hard right on immigration led the Danish equivalent of Labour to lose the capital city for the first time in a century to a “Green-Left” party?

And all the seats on London’s borough councils are up next May? Including the progressive packed ones held by Labour for generations?
November 22, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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nosemonkey.bsky.social
Again, what is the point of the Labour party?

What is the point of a massive fucking landslide victory, only to continue the policies of the party we voted out?

FFS.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Too much bureaucracy,' Chancellor Rachel Reeves tells regulators
The chancellor wants to cut red tape to boost growth, but critics say there is no plan.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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oliviamesser.bsky.social
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.

He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.

www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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jayzedbee.bsky.social
Ultimately the vision of britain that starmer has is profoundly cynical, nasty and just not true. He thinks that abidicating his responsibility in showing that another option is maturity and doing the difficult thing, but he's literally just creating the hateful country he is so afraid of
November 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM