Adela Rogers
@adelarogers.bsky.social
Brass-tacks news broad, fancy-pants society dame, backroom hobnobber, fat-cat confidante-- knocking tough-gal sense into a mucked-up man's world.
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imagine investing in public media and ensuring that media literacy (and spotting unreliable narrators) was integral in primary school education
Finland has emerged as a global leader in countering “fake news”. Here's how they've done it
Teaching when to trust
As fake news accelerates, we need to teach our children how to think critically. Finnish schools are leading the charge
newhumanist.org.uk
December 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
imagine investing in public media and ensuring that media literacy (and spotting unreliable narrators) was integral in primary school education
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The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
The US has declared rhetorical war on the EU
The calls from America this weekend to destroy the EU are revealing. They hate the union because it's the only thing that can keep European countries from being Russian or American vassals.
davekeating.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
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Imagine conquering the world’s greatest superpower without firing a single shot.
New US security strategy aligns with Russia's vision, Moscow says
The Kremlin welcomes the starkly worded document, which does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.
www.bbc.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Imagine conquering the world’s greatest superpower without firing a single shot.
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This is excellent. But when will we be able to get it? The filter I mean. Someone will try to sell you a washing-machine fish, don't fall for it.
Fish-inspired filter removes 99% of microplastics from washing machine wastewater
Wastewater from washing machines is considered a major source of microplastics—tiny plastic particles that are suspected of harming human and animal health. Researchers at the University of Bonn have ...
techxplore.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM
This is excellent. But when will we be able to get it? The filter I mean. Someone will try to sell you a washing-machine fish, don't fall for it.
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Trump’s Monster Memes at the Department of Homeland Sadism
open.substack.com/pub/jimacost...
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Trump’s Monster Memes at the Department of Homeland Sadism
A top DHS official recently claimed America “is not a nation of immigrants.”
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Trump’s Monster Memes at the Department of Homeland Sadism
open.substack.com/pub/jimacost...
open.substack.com/pub/jimacost...
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Who did this!?! 🤣🤣🤣
December 7, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Who did this!?! 🤣🤣🤣
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“…Even if they are able to clean up his mess … elect a supremely sane president next, America will NEVER again be a trusted partner. Because there are enough Americans who would vote for him … (again).
I couldn't even say anything. She was right. The damage this has done is endless…”
I couldn't even say anything. She was right. The damage this has done is endless…”
December 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
“…Even if they are able to clean up his mess … elect a supremely sane president next, America will NEVER again be a trusted partner. Because there are enough Americans who would vote for him … (again).
I couldn't even say anything. She was right. The damage this has done is endless…”
I couldn't even say anything. She was right. The damage this has done is endless…”
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
Nice that Trumpf found one country he can get along with.
December 8, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Nice that Trumpf found one country he can get along with.
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Spot on, Mr. Rather. 🎯 💯
December 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Spot on, Mr. Rather. 🎯 💯
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WOW! THANK YOU!! — GCN
December 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
WOW! THANK YOU!! — GCN
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NYT: “.. a wave of companies have begun petitioning officials” for tariff relief. “Businesses that depend on foreign materials .. argue that tariffs .. are simply raising consumer prices .. rather than encouraging more manufacturing ..”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/b...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/b...
December 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
NYT: “.. a wave of companies have begun petitioning officials” for tariff relief. “Businesses that depend on foreign materials .. argue that tariffs .. are simply raising consumer prices .. rather than encouraging more manufacturing ..”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/b...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/b...
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"This whole notion that we are trapped into wars by the commitments we make to our allies—I think the opposite of that is true. We have not had to fight for any treaty ally. It is the reliability of the commitment that is the source of stability."
Chaos Is Coming
America helped keep the (relative) peace for 80 years. Not anymore.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"This whole notion that we are trapped into wars by the commitments we make to our allies—I think the opposite of that is true. We have not had to fight for any treaty ally. It is the reliability of the commitment that is the source of stability."
Because this is what a responsible elected member of Congress does:
Mark Kelly: "They are not silencing me. I'm still speaking out. I still am going to do my job every single day regardless of whether this president wants to kill me, hang me, execute me, or shut me up. I'm not gonna shut up."
December 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Because this is what a responsible elected member of Congress does:
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Kremlin: The new US security strategy is “largely aligned” with Russia’s vision.
December 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Kremlin: The new US security strategy is “largely aligned” with Russia’s vision.
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MacKenzie Scott: *donates $50M every 10 hours°
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
December 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
MacKenzie Scott: *donates $50M every 10 hours°
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
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“The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda.
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
December 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
“The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda.
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
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What people are not talking about: Russian drones were circling a French nuclear submarine yesterday. France shot them down.
December 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
What people are not talking about: Russian drones were circling a French nuclear submarine yesterday. France shot them down.
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Still, the Ukrainian army is holding the lines. For now. But they are bending. Since November 1, Russia has captured around 505 square kilometers according to the Ukrainian analysis group DeepState - nearly twice as much as in October. Putin’s
December 6, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Still, the Ukrainian army is holding the lines. For now. But they are bending. Since November 1, Russia has captured around 505 square kilometers according to the Ukrainian analysis group DeepState - nearly twice as much as in October. Putin’s
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series along with swarms of small kamikaze drones carrying explosives. Ukraine has nothing comparable in such quantity. His verdict on Moscow’s supposed peace signals is brief and forceful: “All bluff. As long as they can push, they push.”
kaizen-blog.org/en/ukraine-a...
kaizen-blog.org/en/ukraine-a...
Ukraine on the Brink - The Story of Putin’s Winter Offensive, Trump’s Peace Plan, a Nicholas, and a Villa in Spain
Die Lage an der Front verschärft sich mit einer Geschwindigkeit, die selbst erfahrene Offiziere nervös macht. Während Donald Trumps Sondergesandter Steve Witkoff in Miami mit der ukrainischen Delegati...
kaizen-blog.org
December 6, 2025 at 6:24 PM
series along with swarms of small kamikaze drones carrying explosives. Ukraine has nothing comparable in such quantity. His verdict on Moscow’s supposed peace signals is brief and forceful: “All bluff. As long as they can push, they push.”
kaizen-blog.org/en/ukraine-a...
kaizen-blog.org/en/ukraine-a...
Fact 👇🏻
With Trump every accusation is a confession.
This is known. It’s not a question.
This is known. It’s not a question.
December 5, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Fact 👇🏻