martin_fff
@martinfff.bsky.social
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[I'm not trying to argue, I just sound that way online] | will arbitrarily block users who utilize AI, AI imagery | A Better World Is Possible | pronoun is Comrade
[I'm not trying to argue, I just sound that way online] | will arbitrarily block users who utilize AI, AI imagery | A Better World Is Possible | pronoun is Comrade
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European countries that spent decades sheltering under America’s nuclear umbrella are now openly discussing a new form of protective alliance against Russia built around French and possibly British atomic weapons.
Trump’s Greenland gambit pushes Europe to look to its own nuclear arsenals
European nations wanting “insurance” against Russia are looking to France and Britain to share their nuclear deterrents.
www.politico.eu
February 9, 2026 at 9:14 AM
European countries that spent decades sheltering under America’s nuclear umbrella are now openly discussing a new form of protective alliance against Russia built around French and possibly British atomic weapons.
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Keep seeing the misinformation that this was Liam on here--has been reported that it was not
A Reddit user identifies the boy who took a Grammy from Bad Bunny in the halftime show as five-year-old model Lincoln Fox and says that he was meant to represent Bad Bunny as a child www.instagram.com/the_lincfox/... www.reddit.com/user/BabySea...
February 9, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Keep seeing the misinformation that this was Liam on here--has been reported that it was not
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Just a few weeks ago, the administration cancelled all remaining department of energy grid resilience projects in Puerto Rico. All of them. www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...
The end of DOE’s grid work in Puerto Rico
The Trump administration has canceled all eight of the remaining awards devoted to distributed energy on the island.
www.latitudemedia.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Just a few weeks ago, the administration cancelled all remaining department of energy grid resilience projects in Puerto Rico. All of them. www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...
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A couple fascinating things I learned reporting this:
1. Much of the plant life on the field was people in costume.
2. The finale required 9,852 theatrical pyrotechnics.
3. That was a real couple that got married during the Lady Gaga number.
So many more details here in the piece. Go read!
1. Much of the plant life on the field was people in costume.
2. The finale required 9,852 theatrical pyrotechnics.
3. That was a real couple that got married during the Lady Gaga number.
So many more details here in the piece. Go read!
That Super Bowl halftime show was beyond incredible, and fun. Here’s the story of how it came together, complete with beautiful photos from @d-jacks.bsky.social.
www.wired.com/story/bad-bu...
www.wired.com/story/bad-bu...
Inside Bad Bunny’s Historic Super Bowl Halftime Show
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance required 9,852 theatrical pyrotechnics, nearly 400 costumed extras, and a lot of ingenuity. And yes, that was a real couple featured in the wedding.
www.wired.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:05 AM
A couple fascinating things I learned reporting this:
1. Much of the plant life on the field was people in costume.
2. The finale required 9,852 theatrical pyrotechnics.
3. That was a real couple that got married during the Lady Gaga number.
So many more details here in the piece. Go read!
1. Much of the plant life on the field was people in costume.
2. The finale required 9,852 theatrical pyrotechnics.
3. That was a real couple that got married during the Lady Gaga number.
So many more details here in the piece. Go read!
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404 Media just had an ad during the #SuperBowl! We Googled "smallest TV markets in the United States" and bought an ad for $2,550 that only ran in Ottumwa, Iowa, population 25,000. That still counts
www.404media.co/watch-404-me...
www.404media.co/watch-404-me...
Watch 404 Media’s Super Bowl Ad
WE BOUGHT A SUPER BOWL AD.
www.404media.co
February 9, 2026 at 2:48 AM
404 Media just had an ad during the #SuperBowl! We Googled "smallest TV markets in the United States" and bought an ad for $2,550 that only ran in Ottumwa, Iowa, population 25,000. That still counts
www.404media.co/watch-404-me...
www.404media.co/watch-404-me...
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Them: you better not be back on ur bushshit
Me, rollin in:
Me, rollin in:
February 9, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Them: you better not be back on ur bushshit
Me, rollin in:
Me, rollin in:
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stay safe, wolf
There’s a wolf in LA for the first time in 100 years. A collared gray wolf entered the mountains of north Los Angeles County yesterday. Known as “BEY03F” she traveled hundreds of miles from her pack in Plumas County crossing highways, mountains, creeks and valleys.
www.latimes.com/environment/...
www.latimes.com/environment/...
A wolf has come to Los Angeles County for the first time in more than a century
Around 6 a.m. Saturday, the 3-year-old female arrived in the mountains north of Santa Clarita, as tracked by a GPS collar.
www.latimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:50 AM
stay safe, wolf
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In the middle of a moral panic about sex trafficking so intense that I can't advertise a book about medieval history online and no one can access prom anymore, Labour's best and brightest are desperate to get on TV and let you know actually it is fine if rich people do it to poor girls.
"People like me, people like Pat that come onto programs like this are going to be supportive of people that we have worked closely with"
Asked about Pat McFadden defending Morgan McSweeney keeping his job yesterday, Baroness Jacqui Smith accidentally says the quiet bit out loud
Asked about Pat McFadden defending Morgan McSweeney keeping his job yesterday, Baroness Jacqui Smith accidentally says the quiet bit out loud
February 9, 2026 at 8:49 AM
In the middle of a moral panic about sex trafficking so intense that I can't advertise a book about medieval history online and no one can access prom anymore, Labour's best and brightest are desperate to get on TV and let you know actually it is fine if rich people do it to poor girls.
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the racist halftime alternative show had fewer than a dogwhistle number of a views and you’re LAUGHING?
Yikes: the alternative TPUSA “All-American” Halftime Show had fewer than 14,000 views.
February 9, 2026 at 7:02 AM
the racist halftime alternative show had fewer than a dogwhistle number of a views and you’re LAUGHING?
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In other news, Reform’s candidate in the upcoming by-election has called for childless women to be taxed more.
🗳️ How young women would vote in #GE2029:
🟢 Grn: 44% (+21)
🔴 Lab: 21% (-21)
🟠 Lib: 19% (+3)
🔵 Con: 8% (+2)
➡️ Ref: 5% (-1)
Via @YouGov, 14 Dec - 9 Jan
(+/- vs GE2024)
🟢 Grn: 44% (+21)
🔴 Lab: 21% (-21)
🟠 Lib: 19% (+3)
🔵 Con: 8% (+2)
➡️ Ref: 5% (-1)
Via @YouGov, 14 Dec - 9 Jan
(+/- vs GE2024)
February 9, 2026 at 7:53 AM
In other news, Reform’s candidate in the upcoming by-election has called for childless women to be taxed more.
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I mean even the photo looks a scene from a movie where all the baddies come together to plan their next diabolical deed.
February 9, 2026 at 7:47 AM
I mean even the photo looks a scene from a movie where all the baddies come together to plan their next diabolical deed.
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Global economy must move past GDP to avoid planetary disaster, warns UN chief
Global economy must move past GDP to avoid planetary disaster, warns UN chief
Exclusive: António Guterres says world’s accounting systems should place true value on the environment
The global economy must be radically transformed to stop it rewarding pollution and waste, UN secretary general António Guterres has warned.
Speaking to the Guardian after the UN hosted a meeting of leading global economists, Guterres said humanity’s future required the urgent overhaul of the world’s “existing accounting systems” he said were driving the planet to the brink of disaster. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Global economy must move past GDP to avoid planetary disaster, warns UN chief
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Recent @copernicusland.bsky.social Sentinel-2 imagery in False Colour now showing the degraged agricultural land in #Syria near Quneitra where Israel has been spraying herbicide. Images via @obretix.bsky.social
February 8, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Recent @copernicusland.bsky.social Sentinel-2 imagery in False Colour now showing the degraged agricultural land in #Syria near Quneitra where Israel has been spraying herbicide. Images via @obretix.bsky.social
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sHe wAS rIghT abouT eVeRythinG
February 9, 2026 at 6:12 AM
sHe wAS rIghT abouT eVeRythinG
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"I always believed oligarchs would defend democracy."
How is she even more senile than Biden?
How is she even more senile than Biden?
February 9, 2026 at 8:30 AM
"I always believed oligarchs would defend democracy."
How is she even more senile than Biden?
How is she even more senile than Biden?
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When are they going to learn that if you exclude people with these skills, house building for example won't happen?
As importantly it will scare others from going to work there
It's going to be an economic disaster for the USA
Now remind me what happened post-Brexit vote in the UK?
As importantly it will scare others from going to work there
It's going to be an economic disaster for the USA
Now remind me what happened post-Brexit vote in the UK?
ICE HELL
Irishman 🇮🇪 lived in 🇺🇸 for 20 yrs. Built own plastering business in Boston. Valid work permit. Married to 🇺🇸 citizen. No convictions “not even a parking ticket”. Green card application underway since April 2025. Would normally be granted.
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
Irishman 🇮🇪 lived in 🇺🇸 for 20 yrs. Built own plastering business in Boston. Valid work permit. Married to 🇺🇸 citizen. No convictions “not even a parking ticket”. Green card application underway since April 2025. Would normally be granted.
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:57 AM
When are they going to learn that if you exclude people with these skills, house building for example won't happen?
As importantly it will scare others from going to work there
It's going to be an economic disaster for the USA
Now remind me what happened post-Brexit vote in the UK?
As importantly it will scare others from going to work there
It's going to be an economic disaster for the USA
Now remind me what happened post-Brexit vote in the UK?
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Italia 1958, a futuristic car with Sputnik knockoff used by the Italian Communist Party during General Elections
February 8, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Italia 1958, a futuristic car with Sputnik knockoff used by the Italian Communist Party during General Elections
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‼️ @acvpuls.bsky.social/CNE "accuse #Amazon de manquer à ses obligations légales en ne communiquant pas clairement sur l’impact en Belgique (..). Face au silence du groupe après l’annonce de 16.000 suppressions d’emplois (dans le 🌍), le syndicat annonce son intention de saisir l’inspection sociale"‼️
February 6, 2026 at 5:07 AM
‼️ @acvpuls.bsky.social/CNE "accuse #Amazon de manquer à ses obligations légales en ne communiquant pas clairement sur l’impact en Belgique (..). Face au silence du groupe après l’annonce de 16.000 suppressions d’emplois (dans le 🌍), le syndicat annonce son intention de saisir l’inspection sociale"‼️
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"One person, as they appear to be placed in handcuffs, says: 'I was here delivering pizza for the protesters. I had no idea that this was happening. I moved to the side of the curb when they started rushing everyone and now they’re arresting me.'"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Minneapolis protesters arrested during one-month anniversary of Renee Good’s death
Several demonstrators taken into custody Saturday after marking killing of Minnesota woman by immigration officer
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:07 AM
"One person, as they appear to be placed in handcuffs, says: 'I was here delivering pizza for the protesters. I had no idea that this was happening. I moved to the side of the curb when they started rushing everyone and now they’re arresting me.'"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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All the Briefcases regard McSweeney as a genius bc he told them all what they wanted to hear: purge the left that they hate & impose reactionary & racist policies that they all love
Ed Balls "People say McSweeney was the man who transformed Labs prospects from disaster to victory"
@hackneyabbott.bsky.social "This idea that McSweeney was an election genius ignores the figures.. in '24 the Lab vote was more or less the same as '19. What happened was the Tory vote split"
@hackneyabbott.bsky.social "This idea that McSweeney was an election genius ignores the figures.. in '24 the Lab vote was more or less the same as '19. What happened was the Tory vote split"
February 9, 2026 at 8:10 AM
All the Briefcases regard McSweeney as a genius bc he told them all what they wanted to hear: purge the left that they hate & impose reactionary & racist policies that they all love
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VC, founder, dumbass
February 8, 2026 at 9:37 PM
VC, founder, dumbass
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And this is why #ZackPolanski & the #GreenParty are soaring in the polls.
He speaks for us all. He genuinely cares.
#Labour are running scared. #Farage is too 🐔 to debate Zack.
The establishment parties don't care - they're NOT on our side.
#WealthTax #WindfallTax #TaxTheRich #VoteGreen
He speaks for us all. He genuinely cares.
#Labour are running scared. #Farage is too 🐔 to debate Zack.
The establishment parties don't care - they're NOT on our side.
#WealthTax #WindfallTax #TaxTheRich #VoteGreen
Listen to @zackpolanski.bsky.social
If he can speak up on behalf of you and me and make a rational case for a #WealthTax on the obscenely rich why the f*ck can’t Labour?
Because they’re owned — locked stock and well scraped barrel — by those same elites that resent chipping in.
#VoteGreen
If he can speak up on behalf of you and me and make a rational case for a #WealthTax on the obscenely rich why the f*ck can’t Labour?
Because they’re owned — locked stock and well scraped barrel — by those same elites that resent chipping in.
#VoteGreen
February 9, 2026 at 6:19 AM
And this is why #ZackPolanski & the #GreenParty are soaring in the polls.
He speaks for us all. He genuinely cares.
#Labour are running scared. #Farage is too 🐔 to debate Zack.
The establishment parties don't care - they're NOT on our side.
#WealthTax #WindfallTax #TaxTheRich #VoteGreen
He speaks for us all. He genuinely cares.
#Labour are running scared. #Farage is too 🐔 to debate Zack.
The establishment parties don't care - they're NOT on our side.
#WealthTax #WindfallTax #TaxTheRich #VoteGreen
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Economic growth is still heating the planet. Is there any way out?
Economic growth is still heating the planet. Is there any way out?
Rising GDP continues to mean more carbon emissions and wider damage to the planet. Can the two be decoupled?
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Economic growth is still heating the planet. Is there any way out?