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Francesc
@rhinomni.bsky.social
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Catalan Dutchman/Dutch Catalan (delete whichever you think is most inappropriate) in Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain..
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rhinomni.bsky.social
Trump is compromised with every single autocratic strong man in the world.
They have -effectively- bought him and with him the presidency.
And he doesn’t even try to hide it.

I am speechless because of the unspeakable levels of corruption of that vile, misogynistic, paedophile mobster.
Trump Family’s Business Ties to Saudi Arabia Raise Ethics Worries
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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spiegel.de
Donald Trump: Militärische Drohkulisse vor Venezuela: Schiffe, Kampfflugzeuge und der größte Flugzeugträger der Welt: Donald Trump zieht vor der Küste Venezuelas eine schlagkräftige Streitmacht zusammen. Machthaber Maduro reagiert mit Friedensappellen. Und einem Song.
Donald Trump: Militärische Drohkulisse vor Venezuela
Schiffe, Kampfflugzeuge und der größte Flugzeugträger der Welt: Donald Trump zieht vor der Küste Venezuelas eine schlagkräftige Streitmacht zusammen. Machthaber Maduro reagiert mit Friedensappellen. Und einem Song.
www.spiegel.de
November 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
rhinomni.bsky.social
Trump es una vergüenza indiscutible como ser humano. Una criatura absolutamente vil.

👇👇
November 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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karenattiah.bsky.social
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.

www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
rhinomni.bsky.social
🤣🤣
November 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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younityuk.bsky.social
🌱 Spain’s community energy revolution is spreading!

From Taradell to Galicia, cooperatives are providing cheap, clean electricity to homes, including low-income families, while promoting local ownership and fighting fuel poverty.

We love to see a community-led energy transition 🤩
‘We’re proud to be pioneers’: inside Spain’s community energy revolution
From Taradell to Galicia, cooperatives are supplying cheap, clean electricity to homes and helping tackle fuel poverty
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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kyivindependent.com
⚡️Poland in 'pre-war' period amid increased Russian sabotage efforts, top Polish general says.
Poland in 'pre-war' period amid increased Russian sabotage efforts, top Polish general says
Russia has begun preparing for war with Poland as Moscow continues to escale its cyberattack and acts of sabotage on Polish soil, the Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces Wieslaw Kuku...
kyivindependent.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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hofrench.bsky.social
This piece makes it sound totally normal that the police gets to decide whether or not to "work with" Mamdani as mayor, and it continues, as nearly all the paper's coverage, to wield normative terms like "moderate" and left" in a prejudicial way. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/n...
The N.Y.P.D. Prepares for Mayor Mamdani and a New Era in Public Safety
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
rhinomni.bsky.social
From today, the 17th of November, women in the EU work “for free” until the end of the year compared to their male colleagues.
Yes, it’s later than the early Nov day around 10 years ago, but it’s shameful that women still earn so much less than men for the same job.
November 17, 2025 at 7:52 AM
rhinomni.bsky.social
So, at what point did Trump’s team decide that enough of the files had been shredded to be able to publish them?

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump tells Republicans to vote to release Epstein files, in a reversal of his previous stance
The US president has said he backs US lawmakers efforts to release the files, ahead of an expected House vote this week
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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martinmckee.bsky.social
🧵1/ Europe is experiencing a hybrid war. Russia is targeting not only military and commercial infrastructure and security systems but our health systems. In our new paper in the European Journal of Public Health, @charlottemar.bsky.social & I spell out the implications
@eupha.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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aaronparnas.bsky.social
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.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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schroedinger99.bsky.social
This looks very promising!
sailorrooscout.bsky.social Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 2d
Chemists discovered a powerful hidden antibiotic that’s 100 times stronger than existing ones and effective against deadly superbugs.

The study has been published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. YES, it is PEER-REVIEWED.
• pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

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Summary A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It shows no signs of resistance so far, offering hope in the fight against drug-resistant infections and paving the way for new approaches to antibiotic discovery. Abstract The methylenomycins are highly functionalized cyclopentanone antibiotics produced by Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2). A biosynthetic pathway to the methylenomycins has been proposed based on sequence analysis of the proteins encoded by the methylenomycin biosynthetic gene cluster and the incorporation of labeled precursors. However, the roles played by putative biosynthetic enzymes remain experimentally uninvestigated. Here, the biosynthetic functions of enzymes encoded by mmyD, mmyO, mmyF, and mmyE were investigated by creating in-frame deletions in each gene and investigating the effect on methylenomycin production. No methylenomycin-related metabolites were produced by the mmyD mutant, consistent with the proposed role of MmyD in an early biosynthetic step. The production of methylenomycin A, but not methylenomycin C, was abolished in the mmyF and mmy mutants, consistent with the corresponding enzymes catalyzing the epoxidation of methylenomycin C, as previously proposed. Expression of mmyF and mmyo in a S. coelicolor M145 derivative engineered to express mmr, which confers methylenomycin resistance, enabled the resulting strain to convert methylenomycin C to methylenomycin A, confirming this hypothesis. A novel metabolite (premethylenomycin C), which readily cyclizes to form the corresponding butanolide (premethylenomycin C lactone), accumulated in the mmyE mutant, indicating the corresponding enzyme is involved in introducing the exomethylene group into methylenomycin C. Remarkably, both premethylenomycin C and its lactone precursor were one to two orders of magnitude more active against various Gram-positive bacteria, including antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus faecium isolates, than methylenomycins A and C, providing a promising starting point for the development of novel antibiotics to combat antimicrobial resistance. Graphical Abstract
November 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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bettyblueaesztia.bsky.social
Hoy el río está
de fiesta.

Dos niños cantan su rumor junto
a la alberca.
De sus gargantas
hace siglos que brotaron las aguas.

En sus orillas se abrazan los juncos
y el caminante peregrino de ausencias entona una marcha triunfal

que se afila en el aire hasta hacerse silbido.

🖌️W.DREWES
1940
November 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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pauleric70.bsky.social
🇳🇴 Meanwhile over Norway

Unbelievably incredible Auroras
November 16, 2025 at 4:01 AM
rhinomni.bsky.social
God acts in mysterious ways…
November 16, 2025 at 7:32 AM
rhinomni.bsky.social
on.ft.com/3WXklZW A life less ordinary in the mountains of Andalucía
A life less ordinary in the mountains of Andalucía
Four decades after he left the UK for a new life in Las Alpujarras, Chris Stewart has no intention of going home. Come in autumn, he says, for a glimpse of the area’s true magic
on.ft.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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rosamundi.bsky.social
I see the Americans have decided to declare war on Italy.
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 3d
Tiramisù doesn’t require baking, feeds a crowd and actually needs to be prepared in advance, making it a great contender for a Thanksgiving dessert. Cranberry, pumpkin and apple give this creamy no-bake classic a fall makeover with festive flavors.
These Tiramisù Are the Best Make-Ahead Thanksgiving Desserts
Cranberry, pumpkin and apple give the creamy no-bake classic a fall makeover with festive flavors.
nyti.ms
November 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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thefarce.org
We basically need individual news outlets/reporters dedicated to covering each of Trump's most heinous crimes. Greg taking on this murder spree in the Caribbean is a fine example of this, and he's doing so else much, too.
gregsargent.bsky.social Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3d
Trump's illegal murders in the Caribbean just got worse. An internal DOJ memo on the bombings says the victims are waging war on the US, but per NYT, it extensively cites the WH's *own claims* to this effect as evidence!

It gets even darker than that. 1/

(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
Trump Boat Bombings Take Dark, Unnerving Turn with Leaked Memo Stunner
A new Trump administration memo argues that those carrying out the boat attacks can’t be prosecuted. Why? Because the administration says so!
newrepublic.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:46 PM
rhinomni.bsky.social
Depends on how the Epstein saga continues and how much of a distraction Trump needs.

And, after shutting down the government to try and stop publication, extrajudicially obliterating fishing boats, starting a war is just the next thing.

After that: nuclear bomb on Nigeria?
washingtonpost.com The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 4d
Breaking news: High-level discussions over whether to attack Venezuela — and how — have been underway for days.

It remains unclear if President Trump has decided to pursue such an escalation.
Trump weighs Venezuela strikes as U.S. forces prepare for attack order
High-level discussions, underway for days, have explored a variety of potential military options, people familiar with the matter said.
wapo.st
November 15, 2025 at 5:20 AM
rhinomni.bsky.social
Its all so desperate.
Anything to make it all go away.
Trump Administration Live Updates: Bondi Assigns Prosecutor to Look Into Epstein’s Ties to Prominent Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
rhinomni.bsky.social
El “cancelado” Rubiales está siendo apedreado con huevos por su propio tío…

Cómo caen los poderosos…

youtu.be/OiatQDTm-so?...
Lanzan huevos a Luis Rubiales durante la presentación de su libro en Madrid
YouTube video by La Vanguardia
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
rhinomni.bsky.social
I guess that when she playing with her granddaddy, she must have got used to *his* rules, where balls miraculously re-appear in very favourable spots after first having disappeared in the deep rough because of some wayward drive…

www.bbc.com/sport/golf/a...
Kai Trump: US President's granddaughter last after first round on LPGA debut
A
www.bbc.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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sanho.bsky.social
Ukrainians strike strategic Russian industries that drive their war effort while Russians attack Ukrainian civilian targets to inflict terror.
meanwhileua.bsky.social Meanwhile in Ukraine @meanwhileua.bsky.social · 4d
In just three weeks, Ukraine has done what Western capitals still haven’t: disrupted Russia’s oil exports by degrading terminal operations in Crimea, Tuapse, and Novorossiysk. Reported fires, shutdowns, and repairs have slowed the southern export corridor—👇
November 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
rhinomni.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Epstein Returns at the Worst Time for Trump
The president is desperate to make the questions go away, but there is no sign they will.
www.theatlantic.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:19 AM