BettyKelly
@bettykelly.bsky.social
Avid reader of philosophy, current events, political and social topics, degrowth, alternatives to capitalism, socialism, anarchism and interesting fiction usually in translation or from long ago. Lover of all things Art Nouveau. Cinephile.
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Terms of the US-drafted, 28-point framework to end the war closely track Russian demands, according to news reports.
New US peace plan for Ukraine involves Kyiv ceding land, weapons: Reports
Terms of the US-drafted, 28-point framework to end the war closely track Russian demands, according to news reports.
bit.ly
November 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Terms of the US-drafted, 28-point framework to end the war closely track Russian demands, according to news reports.
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"What drives the MAGA-religious is passion, identity, and even something so transcendent that it elevates a believer’s consciousness to unshakable sublimation to the leader—there are no unforgivable transgressions, and that includes pedophilia and sexual violence."
Why evangelicals couldn't care less about Trump's Epstein scandal
They have a long history of falling for narcissists posing as Saviors.
www.motherjones.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"What drives the MAGA-religious is passion, identity, and even something so transcendent that it elevates a believer’s consciousness to unshakable sublimation to the leader—there are no unforgivable transgressions, and that includes pedophilia and sexual violence."
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Trump "encouraging" Congress to pass the discharge petition is all theater. Trump doesn't need Congress to release the Epstein Files. DOJ reports to HIM. And Pam will do as he commanded—not release the files, or at least any that are embarrassing to him.
November 17, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Trump "encouraging" Congress to pass the discharge petition is all theater. Trump doesn't need Congress to release the Epstein Files. DOJ reports to HIM. And Pam will do as he commanded—not release the files, or at least any that are embarrassing to him.
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Great news. This is what an ICE agent looks like in a mugshot. Meet Gerardo Rodriguez, 45, of Temecula, courtesy of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office. Arrested for "illegally detaining a minor at gunpoint while off duty last week." 🧵
November 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Great news. This is what an ICE agent looks like in a mugshot. Meet Gerardo Rodriguez, 45, of Temecula, courtesy of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office. Arrested for "illegally detaining a minor at gunpoint while off duty last week." 🧵
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Powerful.
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Powerful.
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Massie: "The president has been saying this is a hoax. Well, he's just now decided to investigate a hoax, if it's a hoax. And I have another concern about these investigations he's announced. If they have ongoing investigations, those documents can't be released. So this might be a big smokescreen."
November 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Massie: "The president has been saying this is a hoax. Well, he's just now decided to investigate a hoax, if it's a hoax. And I have another concern about these investigations he's announced. If they have ongoing investigations, those documents can't be released. So this might be a big smokescreen."
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Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
November 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
WTF?
Some bizarre stuff going down in the Oval these days. After spraying the Syrian president with his Trump Fragrance he then asks him how many wives he has.
November 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
WTF?
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Introducing Information Wasteland, a package about misinfo on the internet –– from AI iterations of digital blackface to a growing "alt-right pipeline" among wellness influencers –– edited by former features director @brittneymac15.bsky.social: www.teenvogue.com/information-...
November 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Introducing Information Wasteland, a package about misinfo on the internet –– from AI iterations of digital blackface to a growing "alt-right pipeline" among wellness influencers –– edited by former features director @brittneymac15.bsky.social: www.teenvogue.com/information-...
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ROLLING STONE: “Trump’s administration is marshaling vast public resources and more than $1 billion worth of taxpayer money to flatter the president”
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
November 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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A U.S.-led program killed a young missionary and her daughter in Peru after mistaking their plane for drug smugglers in 2001. Trump’s Venezuela boat strikes have made their deaths newly and urgently relevant.
Episode Six: Airborne Imperialism
A U.S.-led program killed Veronica and Charity Bowers in Peru after mistaking their plane for drug smugglers. Trump’s Venezuela boat strikes make their deaths newly and urgently relevant.
interc.pt
November 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A U.S.-led program killed a young missionary and her daughter in Peru after mistaking their plane for drug smugglers in 2001. Trump’s Venezuela boat strikes have made their deaths newly and urgently relevant.
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We discuss the state of food insecurity in the U.S. with child hunger expert Mariana Chilton.
November 12, 2025 at 2:54 PM
We discuss the state of food insecurity in the U.S. with child hunger expert Mariana Chilton.
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The 30th U.N. climate change conference begins today in the Brazilian rainforest city of Belem, located at the mouth of the Amazon River. The summit opens as a major typhoon hit the Philippines killing at least eight people and displacing more than 1.4 million others.
U.N. Climate Summit Opens in Brazil as the Phillippines is Hit by Back-to-Back to Deadly Typhoons
The 30th U.N. climate change conference begins today in the Brazilian rainforest city of Belem, located at the mouth of the Amazon River. The summit opens as a major typhoon hit the Philippines killin...
www.democracynow.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:09 AM
The 30th U.N. climate change conference begins today in the Brazilian rainforest city of Belem, located at the mouth of the Amazon River. The summit opens as a major typhoon hit the Philippines killing at least eight people and displacing more than 1.4 million others.
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Vote them OUT in 2026 !
November 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Vote them OUT in 2026 !
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In 2008, a blogger named Curtis Yarvin called for a future president to kill foreign aid programs as part of a plan to replace democracy with dictatorship.
Now 600,000 people are dead—and 14 million will die by 2030, according to the Lancet. This is the running death toll of tech fascism.
Now 600,000 people are dead—and 14 million will die by 2030, according to the Lancet. This is the running death toll of tech fascism.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
In 2008, a blogger named Curtis Yarvin called for a future president to kill foreign aid programs as part of a plan to replace democracy with dictatorship.
Now 600,000 people are dead—and 14 million will die by 2030, according to the Lancet. This is the running death toll of tech fascism.
Now 600,000 people are dead—and 14 million will die by 2030, according to the Lancet. This is the running death toll of tech fascism.
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Zohran Mamdani's biggest threat is not Donald Trump, it's the Democratic old guard | Emma Brockes
Zohran Mamdani's biggest threat is not Donald Trump, it's the Democratic old guard | Emma Brockes
The New York mayor-elect sells a political message further to the left than any American politician has dared to in recent memory, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Zohran Mamdani's biggest threat is not Donald Trump, it's the Democratic old guard | Emma Brockes
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How Mamdani built an ‘unstoppable force’ that won over New York
How Mamdani built an ‘unstoppable force’ that won over New York
The mayor-elect built the greatest field operation by any political campaign in the city’s history – by getting New Yorkers to talk to eachother. Can Democrats learn from his success?
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
How Mamdani built an ‘unstoppable force’ that won over New York
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“I shouldn’t have lost my fingers,” one detainee said of ICE guards’ failure to get him the care a doctor prescribed.
New York’s Largest ICE Prison Dogged by Allegations of Shoddy Medical Care
“It's just freak luck that no one has died in Batavia in the last two years," one advocate said of medical treatment in the ICE prison.
interc.pt
November 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
“I shouldn’t have lost my fingers,” one detainee said of ICE guards’ failure to get him the care a doctor prescribed.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Just in time for US Thanksgiving.
Migrating wild birds are spreading the virus to domesticated flocks, increasing the risk of eventually seeing a human outbreak. Scientists are troubled by the muted federal response. n.pr/4913a0E
Bird flu surges among poultry amid a scaled back federal response
Migrating wild birds are spreading the virus to domesticated flocks, increasing the risk of eventually seeing a human outbreak. Scientists are troubled by the muted federal response.
n.pr
November 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Just in time for US Thanksgiving.
The cruelty and inhumanity of the actions of Israel towards the Palestinians is a continuing horror show.
Israel blocking wells on Palestinian land with cement.
Nothing to see here, just Genocidal Ethnic Cleansers doing what Genocidal Ethnic Cleansers do
Nothing to see here, just Genocidal Ethnic Cleansers doing what Genocidal Ethnic Cleansers do
November 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The cruelty and inhumanity of the actions of Israel towards the Palestinians is a continuing horror show.
Israel threatens major attack on southern Lebanon - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-threatens-major-attack-southern-lebanon
Israel threatens major attack on southern Lebanon
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli forces have threatened a major attack on southern Lebanon, issuing an "urgent warning" for residents to stay away from Hezbollah “terrorist infrastructure”.</p>
<p>Military spokesman Avichay Adraee said in a statement that the army "will attack Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure throughout southern Lebanon to counter Hezbollah’s prohibited attempts to rebuild its activities in the area".</p>
<p>Israel has launched near-daily attacks on Lebanon since a ceasefire came into effect in November 2024.</p>
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November 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM