Ian Goldring
@goldring.bsky.social
I share and comment on things that interest and/or amuse me. Somewhat eclectic, Brussels bubble escapee, happy to live in Valencia - reasonable positivity please.
Canadian/Irish, pro love is love, human rights and so forth
Canadian/Irish, pro love is love, human rights and so forth
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⚡️Update: Death toll in mass attack on Kyiv rises to 6; Russian drone reportedly enters Romania.
During the large-scale attack, one Russian drone reportedly crossed the border into Romania, Ukraine's Air Force said.
During the large-scale attack, one Russian drone reportedly crossed the border into Romania, Ukraine's Air Force said.
Ukrainian homes burn as Russian missiles hit Kyiv — at least 6 killed, 8 injured in mass attack
Several multistory residential buildings caught fire and at least six people have been killed in what the Energy Ministry called "a massive combined attack...on infrastructure facilities."
kyivindependent.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:13 AM
⚡️Update: Death toll in mass attack on Kyiv rises to 6; Russian drone reportedly enters Romania.
During the large-scale attack, one Russian drone reportedly crossed the border into Romania, Ukraine's Air Force said.
During the large-scale attack, one Russian drone reportedly crossed the border into Romania, Ukraine's Air Force said.
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El profesorado de Religión que no da clase le cuesta a Navarra 2M€ de dinero público por curso. Esta ley fue impulsada por UPN, PP y Geroa Bai y blinda sus contratos e impide despedir a profesores elegidos por el Obispado aunque no sean necesarios. La presidenta María Chivite sigue sin derogarla.
November 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
El profesorado de Religión que no da clase le cuesta a Navarra 2M€ de dinero público por curso. Esta ley fue impulsada por UPN, PP y Geroa Bai y blinda sus contratos e impide despedir a profesores elegidos por el Obispado aunque no sean necesarios. La presidenta María Chivite sigue sin derogarla.
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There are many dynamics to Germany's industrial woes, but one of the most important is how big German manufacturing corporations ascended to become truly Europe-wide operations at the expense of their traditional German suppliers, who are often no longer competitive with rivals in other EU states
November 24, 2025 at 12:51 PM
There are many dynamics to Germany's industrial woes, but one of the most important is how big German manufacturing corporations ascended to become truly Europe-wide operations at the expense of their traditional German suppliers, who are often no longer competitive with rivals in other EU states
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The last of reggae's founding fathers. Rest in Power, Jimmy Cliff. youtu.be/ck1ZiRXmRN4?...
Jimmy Cliff - Guns of Brixton
YouTube video by ReggaeNeration
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The last of reggae's founding fathers. Rest in Power, Jimmy Cliff. youtu.be/ck1ZiRXmRN4?...
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last month I was nearly banned from FB marketplace with just one warning because a meta AI thought i was posting counterfeit sneakers, and when I tried to appeal the decision, it was impossible to speak to a human
Instagram’s former head of safety and well-being Vaishnavi Jayakumar testified the company had a “17x” strike policy for accounts that engaged in the trafficking of humans for sex.
“You could incur 16 violations and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended"
time.com/7336204/meta...
“You could incur 16 violations and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended"
time.com/7336204/meta...
7 Allegations Against Meta in Newly Unsealed Filings
Court filings allege Meta tolerated sex trafficking, hid harms to teens, and prioritized growth over user safety for years.
time.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:22 AM
last month I was nearly banned from FB marketplace with just one warning because a meta AI thought i was posting counterfeit sneakers, and when I tried to appeal the decision, it was impossible to speak to a human
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PSA!!!
This product sold on Amazon.ca can cause permanent eye injury
Amazon.ca reported that between January 2024 and November 2025, 14,744 affected units were sold in Canada. The product has been removed from the site, Health Canada said.
Lasers with the ASIN number B0CJ8RSS56
This product sold on Amazon.ca can cause permanent eye injury
Amazon.ca reported that between January 2024 and November 2025, 14,744 affected units were sold in Canada. The product has been removed from the site, Health Canada said.
Lasers with the ASIN number B0CJ8RSS56
November 23, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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NOTE: any FUTURE AGREEMENT. So, there’s no agreement. The WH readout is bs.
November 23, 2025 at 11:28 PM
NOTE: any FUTURE AGREEMENT. So, there’s no agreement. The WH readout is bs.
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what?? how dare you commit human trafficking on this platform!!! if this happens another 16 times i'm going to be very upset!
Instagram’s former head of safety and well-being Vaishnavi Jayakumar testified the company had a “17x” strike policy for accounts that engaged in the trafficking of humans for sex.
“You could incur 16 violations and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended"
time.com/7336204/meta...
“You could incur 16 violations and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended"
time.com/7336204/meta...
7 Allegations Against Meta in Newly Unsealed Filings
Court filings allege Meta tolerated sex trafficking, hid harms to teens, and prioritized growth over user safety for years.
time.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
what?? how dare you commit human trafficking on this platform!!! if this happens another 16 times i'm going to be very upset!
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NEWS: I spent the past 24 hours going through major MAGA accounts on Twitter, and a bombshell development has become clear: most of the right-wing ecosphere is being fed propaganda from foreign actors.
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
NEWS: Major MAGA Accounts on Twitter Exposed as Foreign Actors
A stunning development over the past 24 hours.
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
NEWS: I spent the past 24 hours going through major MAGA accounts on Twitter, and a bombshell development has become clear: most of the right-wing ecosphere is being fed propaganda from foreign actors.
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
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Two countries have to abandon their megacity capitals because they have too much (Jakarta) or too little (Tehran) water.
It feels like we've been fighting nature for some time - and we're starting to lose
www.iranintl.com/en/202511209...
www.theguardian.com/world/2019/a...
It feels like we've been fighting nature for some time - and we're starting to lose
www.iranintl.com/en/202511209...
www.theguardian.com/world/2019/a...
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Two countries have to abandon their megacity capitals because they have too much (Jakarta) or too little (Tehran) water.
It feels like we've been fighting nature for some time - and we're starting to lose
www.iranintl.com/en/202511209...
www.theguardian.com/world/2019/a...
It feels like we've been fighting nature for some time - and we're starting to lose
www.iranintl.com/en/202511209...
www.theguardian.com/world/2019/a...
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SITREP 🇺🇦 DAY 1569
1. Geneva talks between US, Ger, France, EU, UK, Ukraine officials today. 24h to deadline
2. Rubio says plan was Russian origin passed on to Witkoff ; White House says it's US endorsed by POTUS
3. 27 leakers out of 60 Shaheds
4. Death toll in Ternopil at 33. 6 still missing
1. Geneva talks between US, Ger, France, EU, UK, Ukraine officials today. 24h to deadline
2. Rubio says plan was Russian origin passed on to Witkoff ; White House says it's US endorsed by POTUS
3. 27 leakers out of 60 Shaheds
4. Death toll in Ternopil at 33. 6 still missing
November 23, 2025 at 9:42 AM
SITREP 🇺🇦 DAY 1569
1. Geneva talks between US, Ger, France, EU, UK, Ukraine officials today. 24h to deadline
2. Rubio says plan was Russian origin passed on to Witkoff ; White House says it's US endorsed by POTUS
3. 27 leakers out of 60 Shaheds
4. Death toll in Ternopil at 33. 6 still missing
1. Geneva talks between US, Ger, France, EU, UK, Ukraine officials today. 24h to deadline
2. Rubio says plan was Russian origin passed on to Witkoff ; White House says it's US endorsed by POTUS
3. 27 leakers out of 60 Shaheds
4. Death toll in Ternopil at 33. 6 still missing
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Eindhoven airport closed after drone sightings, defence minister says reut.rs/3Kff2Cd
Eindhoven airport closed after drone sightings, defence minister says
Air traffic at Eindhoven airport in the south of the Netherlands was suspended on Saturday evening due to multiple drone sightings, Dutch defence minister Ruben Brekelmans said in a post on X.
reut.rs
November 22, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Eindhoven airport closed after drone sightings, defence minister says reut.rs/3Kff2Cd
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For a decade, Russia has been seeking to divide Europe and America, to undermine NATO and weaken the transatlantic alliance. This peace plan, if accepted, will achieve that goal.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The Murky Plan That Ensures a Future War
Who will benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
For a decade, Russia has been seeking to divide Europe and America, to undermine NATO and weaken the transatlantic alliance. This peace plan, if accepted, will achieve that goal.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Grizzly attack on 11 kids & teachers in BC.
“one teacher jumped in front of the bear to allow the children to get away…he jabbed the bear’s eyes with his fingers and that’s how he was able to… how the bear just left him.”
“That teacher was later airlifted from the scene.”
Teachers are heroes.
“one teacher jumped in front of the bear to allow the children to get away…he jabbed the bear’s eyes with his fingers and that’s how he was able to… how the bear just left him.”
“That teacher was later airlifted from the scene.”
Teachers are heroes.
Teachers fight off grizzly bear attacking schoolchildren
A grizzly bear attacked a group of elementary schoolchildren and their teachers on a walking trail Thursday in British Columbia, injuring 11 people,
mynorthwest.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Grizzly attack on 11 kids & teachers in BC.
“one teacher jumped in front of the bear to allow the children to get away…he jabbed the bear’s eyes with his fingers and that’s how he was able to… how the bear just left him.”
“That teacher was later airlifted from the scene.”
Teachers are heroes.
“one teacher jumped in front of the bear to allow the children to get away…he jabbed the bear’s eyes with his fingers and that’s how he was able to… how the bear just left him.”
“That teacher was later airlifted from the scene.”
Teachers are heroes.
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Europeans will have to handle chaos from Trump and Vance's erratic incompetence every few months so there is no use panicking.
Better to calmly find ways in the short term of slowrolling Washington diplomatically while preparing for a post-American world
Better to calmly find ways in the short term of slowrolling Washington diplomatically while preparing for a post-American world
November 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Europeans will have to handle chaos from Trump and Vance's erratic incompetence every few months so there is no use panicking.
Better to calmly find ways in the short term of slowrolling Washington diplomatically while preparing for a post-American world
Better to calmly find ways in the short term of slowrolling Washington diplomatically while preparing for a post-American world
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Un jurista canario recomienda al fiscal general recusar al tribunal que lo condena por haber adelantado el fallo sin argumentarlo www.eldiario.es/1_c326fd?utm...
Un jurista canario recomienda al fiscal general recusar al tribunal que lo condena por haber adelantado el fallo sin argumentarlo
El abogado penalista José Manuel Rivero considera que “la anticipación del fallo antes de completar la fundamentación jurídica compromete estructuralmente la imparcialidad objetiva de los magistrados ...
www.eldiario.es
November 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Un jurista canario recomienda al fiscal general recusar al tribunal que lo condena por haber adelantado el fallo sin argumentarlo www.eldiario.es/1_c326fd?utm...
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Russia unleashed heavy artillery fire on Zaporizhzhia, striking a supermarket and an apartment building,Regional Military Administration reports.
Preliminary reports indicate high number of casualties.
Preliminary reports indicate high number of casualties.
November 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Russia unleashed heavy artillery fire on Zaporizhzhia, striking a supermarket and an apartment building,Regional Military Administration reports.
Preliminary reports indicate high number of casualties.
Preliminary reports indicate high number of casualties.
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I’m 250 paid subscribers away from a major goal. Think we can get there tonight? www.thehandbasket.co/upgrade
New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 19, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I’m 250 paid subscribers away from a major goal. Think we can get there tonight? www.thehandbasket.co/upgrade
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Israel mata a al menos 5 palestinos en un nuevo ataque en Ciudad de Gaza.
Israel mata a al menos 5 palestinos en un nuevo ataque en Ciudad de Gaza - EFE
El Ejército de Israel mató este sábado en un ataque aéreo a al menos 5 personas en Ciudad de Gaza, a pesar de la tregua en vigor.
efe.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Israel mata a al menos 5 palestinos en un nuevo ataque en Ciudad de Gaza.
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This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Shahed figures for yesterday
SITREP 🇺🇦 DAY 1568
1. Trump sets Thanksgiving date (27 November) as the ultimatum day for Ukraine's acceptance
2. Ultimatum: US threatens intel and arms cut off
3. Putin says US plan is good basis, threatens worse
4. Toll in Ternopil now at 31 dead
5. 19 leakers out of 70 Shaheds
1. Trump sets Thanksgiving date (27 November) as the ultimatum day for Ukraine's acceptance
2. Ultimatum: US threatens intel and arms cut off
3. Putin says US plan is good basis, threatens worse
4. Toll in Ternopil now at 31 dead
5. 19 leakers out of 70 Shaheds
November 22, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Shahed figures for yesterday
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Un magistrado emérito del Supremo asegura que "la imparcialidad del tribunal queda severamente cuestionada" tras la condena al fiscal general
Un magistrado emérito del Supremo asegura que "la imparcialidad del tribunal queda severamente cuestionada" tras la condena al fiscal general
Joaquín Giménez analiza en 'Hoy por Hoy' las claves de la condena a García Ortiz
dozz.es
November 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Un magistrado emérito del Supremo asegura que "la imparcialidad del tribunal queda severamente cuestionada" tras la condena al fiscal general
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vibe coding your whole company working out great
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Microsoft finally admits almost all major Windows 11 core features are broken
Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 11 Shell and every associated core feature and element are actually broken, and have been like this for many months.
www.neowin.net
November 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
vibe coding your whole company working out great
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”