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Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuela to the east and northeast, Brazil to the southeast, Peru and Ecuador to the south and southwest, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Panama to the northwest. Colombia is divided into 32 departments. The Capital District of Bogotá is also the country's largest city hosting the main financial and cultural hub. Other major urban areas include Medellín, Cali, Barranquilla, Cartagena, Santa Marta, Cúcuta, Ibagué, Villavicencio and Bucaramanga. It covers an area of 1,141,748 square kilometers and has a population of around 52 million. Its rich cultural heritage—including language, religion, cuisine, and art—reflects its history as a colony, fusing cultural elements brought by immigration from Europe and the Middle East, with those brought by the African diaspora, as well as with those of the various Indigenous civilizations that predate colonization. Spanish is the official language, although Creole, English and 64 other languages are recognized regionally. .. more

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The notion that "Dept of Defense" means we don't emphasize offensive capabilities would sure be news to Curtis LeMay, or really any senior US commanders after the 1949 name change www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...
August 30, 2025 at 10:56 PM

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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
Our decision to stop off in the area around Edison, NJ for Indian dinner was extremely justified. Dosas are the best.
A picture of a dosa (a South Indian giant crepe) on a tray. Next to it is a tin of spiced potatoes. In front are three sauces, a white sauce, a green sauce, and a red sauce. There is also a small bowl of sambar. In the background is a bhel puri.
August 30, 2025 at 10:50 PM

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pgourevitch.bsky.social
That Trump and Trumpism are fascist doesn’t explain the sheer vandalism of unleashing mass murdering mayhem via RFK to replace medical/scientific institutions of immense value and prestige with medieval peasant superstitions. That is a criminal madness facilitated by but above and beyond fascism.
August 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM

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dhnexon.bsky.social
We have a decades of scholarship on how pro-democracy forces win in competitive authoritarian systems: they form a united opposition that brings together people with otherwise profound political disagreements.
August 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM

colombiadocs.bsky.social
Fixed it.
August 30, 2025 at 6:08 PM

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From Getty Images: A protester holds a sign as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers conduct a vehicle checkpoint on Georgia Ave. on August 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-...
August 30, 2025 at 5:46 PM

colombiadocs.bsky.social
Down By Law is the best Tom Waits movie, and it isn't very close.
August 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM

colombiadocs.bsky.social
Tom Waits in Down By Law?
August 30, 2025 at 12:59 PM

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lookitup.baby
Old Soviet joke for today:

A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.

After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”

“I’m looking for the obituaries.”

“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”

“Not the one I’m looking for.”
August 30, 2025 at 5:06 AM

colombiadocs.bsky.social
"The full blossom of the evening"
August 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM

colombiadocs.bsky.social
"I wish you nothing but the very best in all things."
August 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM

colombiadocs.bsky.social
That looks like Piney Branch Parkway going under 16th St NW.
August 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM

colombiadocs.bsky.social
This alone would be the undoing of a normal presidency
christopherjm.ft.com Christopher Miller @christopherjm.ft.com · Aug 29
NEW: Trump suggested in meeting with Euro leaders & Zelensky at the White House last week deploying Chinese troops as peacekeepers in postwar Ukraine, lending support to a proposal first put forward by Putin.

Scoop w @henryjfoy.ft.com Steff Chavez @jprathbone.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/dc64...
Donald Trump ‘proposed Chinese peacekeepers’ for Ukraine
US president endorsed idea first pitched by Moscow, say people briefed on situation. White House denies the comments were made
www.ft.com
August 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM

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christopherjm.ft.com
NEW: Trump suggested in meeting with Euro leaders & Zelensky at the White House last week deploying Chinese troops as peacekeepers in postwar Ukraine, lending support to a proposal first put forward by Putin.

Scoop w @henryjfoy.ft.com Steff Chavez @jprathbone.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/dc64...
Donald Trump ‘proposed Chinese peacekeepers’ for Ukraine
US president endorsed idea first pitched by Moscow, say people briefed on situation. White House denies the comments were made
www.ft.com
August 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM

colombiadocs.bsky.social
Janeese is from what I can tell just about the only local political figure who is outspoken in opposing Trump's power grab and calling out the ICE abductions that are especially intense in her ward.
August 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM

colombiadocs.bsky.social
This is bad, but it will soon become a real question whether Trump critics would want protection from a Trump-aligned Secret Service.
carlquintanilla.bsky.social Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Aug 29
* TRUMP REVOKES KAMALA HARRIS' SECRET SERVICE PROTECTION -- CNN

@reuters.com
August 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM

colombiadocs.bsky.social
Happening now: DC Ward 4 Councilmember Janeese Lewis George debates Trump paramilitary deployments with head of the DC police union on WAMU (Kojo Nnamdi).
wamu.org
WAMU | American University Radio
WAMU 88.5 is Washington’s NPR station, featuring local news on education, transportation, politics, and more as well as programs like 1A.
wamu.org
August 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM

colombiadocs.bsky.social
New York Times report on DC like it's a real place with real people and real communities challenge.
August 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM

colombiadocs.bsky.social
Something like 8 out of 10 actual DC citizens reject Trump's paramilitarization of DC police and 61 percent feel less safe now, but you wouldn't know that from reading this.
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · Aug 29
Since federal agents started policing the streets of Washington, D.C., in large numbers, crime has fallen. But a review by The New York Times suggests that the operation has been more of a sprawling dragnet of arrests for minor offenses than a targeted crime-fighting operation. nyti.ms/4fZXcyl
A person in a dark shirt and ripped jeans stands with his hands handcuffed behind his back. In the background, a police officer and a blurry figure are visible. A headline reads: "2 Weeks, 1,000 Arrests: How a Surge of Feds Changed D.C. Policing.” Photo credit: Kenny Holston/The New York Times.
August 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM

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Since federal agents started policing the streets of Washington, D.C., in large numbers, crime has fallen. But a review by The New York Times suggests that the operation has been more of a sprawling dragnet of arrests for minor offenses than a targeted crime-fighting operation. nyti.ms/4fZXcyl
A person in a dark shirt and ripped jeans stands with his hands handcuffed behind his back. In the background, a police officer and a blurry figure are visible. A headline reads: "2 Weeks, 1,000 Arrests: How a Surge of Feds Changed D.C. Policing.” Photo credit: Kenny Holston/The New York Times.
August 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM

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The crime wave continues: Two masked men abduct someone going to work at 7:20 am on 14th St NW in Columbia Heights, Washington DC, and pack him into a black Ford pickup with Texas plates.

via www.instagram.com/reel/DN8Qu1W...

#bigballsgoonshow
August 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM

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atomicanalyst.bsky.social
Today in 2007 at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, munitions crews mistakenly loaded a B-52H bomber with 6 nuclear-armed Advanced Cruise Missiles, each carrying a live W80-1 warhead with a variable yield of 5 to 150 kilotons. The plane sat on the ramp overnight without any special security guards.
A color photograph of a team of four US Air Force airmen handling a silver-colored W80-1 thermonuclear warhead inside a maintenance facility. One man has his left hand on the front of the warhead while the man next is reading something, probably a checklist. A color photograph of a B-52H bomber with 12 Advanced Cruise Missiles mounted on the wing pylons (six each under the left and right wings). Two armed sentries stand in front of the aircraft.
August 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM

colombiadocs.bsky.social
Barack Obama is still paid almost $250k per year by the American people. Would be nice if we saw anything for that.
August 29, 2025 at 12:53 PM

colombiadocs.bsky.social
Perhaps you could do something besides recommend a podcast?
barackobama.bsky.social Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · Aug 28
The erosion of basic principles like due process and the expanding use of our military on domestic soil puts the liberties of all Americans at risk, and should concern democrats and republicans alike.
August 29, 2025 at 12:47 PM

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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
* TRUMP REVOKES KAMALA HARRIS' SECRET SERVICE PROTECTION -- CNN

@reuters.com
August 29, 2025 at 11:47 AM

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iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social
ICE kidnapping a mother as her child begs the officers not to take her.
Heartbreaking 💔 😢
August 29, 2025 at 2:28 AM

colombiadocs.bsky.social
Ten years ago, Norton would have been all over this.
August 29, 2025 at 1:40 AM

colombiadocs.bsky.social
Probably The Jacksons during the Victory Tour in 1984.
gsarafan.bsky.social Greg ✨️ @gsarafan.bsky.social · Aug 28
What is your biggest concert flex?
August 29, 2025 at 12:11 AM

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wendyxu.bsky.social
beautiful
I am here to be rude, because this is a rude technology, and it deserves a rude response. Miyazaki said, "I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself." Scam Altman said we can surround the solar system with a Dyson Sphere to hold data centers. Miyazaki is right, and Altman is wrong. Miyazaki tells stories that blend the ordinary and the fantastic in ways people find deeply meaningful. Altman tells lies for money. And I'm glad they're lies. Because the makers of Al aren't damned by their failures, they're damned by their goals. They want to build a genie to grant them wishes, and their wish is that nobody ever has to make art again. They want to create a new kind of mind, so they can force it into mindless servitude. Their dream is to invent new forms of life to enslave.
August 28, 2025 at 10:19 PM

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little known fact: In 2020, Republicans lost the White House and the Senate.
The Washington post Democracy Dies in Darkness The murder of George Floyd under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer, in 2020, brought about another turn in the racial justice movement, with liberal activists chanting "Defund the police!" The idea was that the money should be reallocated to other uses, such as social services. Though most Democrats, including Joe Biden, rejected the slogan, Republicans used it as an effective weapon in that year's election, claiming it was an invitation to lawlessness.
August 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM