Billy Pickett
@billypickett.bsky.social
I write about global politics for @gzeromedia.com/ @eurasiagroup.net and post too many pictures of my dog
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Billy Pickett
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· Jan 30
A Greenland temperature check (still cold, but the tea is hot)
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen admitted on Tuesday that she was “happy” with a new poll revealing that 85% of Greenlanders opposed becoming part of the United States.
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A new poll shows that only 8% of Greenlanders would accept new American passports over their current Danish ones (do you blame them right now?)
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This news cycle is so exhausting that I’m like “Trump is taking a free plane from Qatar? Who cares!”
May 12, 2025 at 9:16 PM
This news cycle is so exhausting that I’m like “Trump is taking a free plane from Qatar? Who cares!”
Ok this took me out lol
May 12, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Ok this took me out lol
coming to a streaming service near you
May 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
coming to a streaming service near you
Thinking about how day high school social studies students will have to write their AP US history essays about this…
May 2, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Thinking about how day high school social studies students will have to write their AP US history essays about this…
Don’t let all the noise drown out how this administration is impacting human rights of real people.
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HARD NUMBERS: Maryland senator visits jailed constituent in El Salvador, and more
1: On Wednesday, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) flew to El Salvador to advocate for the release of Kilmar Abgrego Garcia, a Maryland resident wrongfully deported to a brutal high-security prison there. ...
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April 17, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Don’t let all the noise drown out how this administration is impacting human rights of real people.
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Trump has a love affair with Andrew Jackson and mentioned “manifest destiny” in this year’s inaugural address
We should’ve seen his new obsession with territory coming 🤷
We should’ve seen his new obsession with territory coming 🤷
April 4, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Trump has a love affair with Andrew Jackson and mentioned “manifest destiny” in this year’s inaugural address
We should’ve seen his new obsession with territory coming 🤷
We should’ve seen his new obsession with territory coming 🤷
Pride has always been a protest. Especially now for the people of Hungary…
March 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Pride has always been a protest. Especially now for the people of Hungary…
When life gives you lemons, why not sell lemon t-shirts?
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March 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
When life gives you lemons, why not sell lemon t-shirts?
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The United States’ global reputation:
February 28, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The United States’ global reputation:
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What happens when you ask AI to create a video of gilded Trump statues & new Trump Hotels featuring an up-tempo, pro-Trump track? You get Trump's Truth Social post advertising his postwar Gaza proposal, of course.
@billypickett.bsky.social explains what to know.
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@billypickett.bsky.social explains what to know.
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Are we ready for Trump Gaza?
What happens when you ask artificial intelligence to create a video of gilded Trump statues (straight out of Turkmenistan) and new Trump Hotels (straight out of Atlantic City) featuring an up-tempo, ...
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February 26, 2025 at 8:16 PM
What happens when you ask AI to create a video of gilded Trump statues & new Trump Hotels featuring an up-tempo, pro-Trump track? You get Trump's Truth Social post advertising his postwar Gaza proposal, of course.
@billypickett.bsky.social explains what to know.
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@billypickett.bsky.social explains what to know.
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Forced displacement of an entire population is no joke. And the president of the United States is acting just like it’s another business venture….
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Are we ready for Trump Gaza?
What happens when you ask artificial intelligence to create a video of gilded Trump statues (straight out of Turkmenistan) and new Trump Hotels (straight out of Atlantic City) featuring an up-tempo, ...
www.gzeromedia.com
February 26, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Forced displacement of an entire population is no joke. And the president of the United States is acting just like it’s another business venture….
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Big news: left brooklyn today
February 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Big news: left brooklyn today
What my brain has to analyze for 40+ hours a week covering washington
February 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
What my brain has to analyze for 40+ hours a week covering washington
The most important meme I’ve ever seen
February 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The most important meme I’ve ever seen
The world set a new record in global defense spending: a whopping $2.46 trillion. The amount needed to end world hunger? Around $40 billion a year (estimated).
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February 12, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The world set a new record in global defense spending: a whopping $2.46 trillion. The amount needed to end world hunger? Around $40 billion a year (estimated).
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Nobody is happier about this than the enemies of the United States
February 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Nobody is happier about this than the enemies of the United States
Need this jacket
February 7, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Need this jacket
5 international news stories you might have missed today:
- Guatemala to take more deportees
- Google axes ban on AI for weapons
- Taliban shuts women’s radio
- Israelis like Trump’s Gaza plan
- Scientists virtually unwrap ancient scroll
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- Guatemala to take more deportees
- Google axes ban on AI for weapons
- Taliban shuts women’s radio
- Israelis like Trump’s Gaza plan
- Scientists virtually unwrap ancient scroll
Me for @gzeromedia.com: www.gzeromedia.com/news/hard-nu...
February 5, 2025 at 11:01 PM
5 international news stories you might have missed today:
- Guatemala to take more deportees
- Google axes ban on AI for weapons
- Taliban shuts women’s radio
- Israelis like Trump’s Gaza plan
- Scientists virtually unwrap ancient scroll
Me for @gzeromedia.com: www.gzeromedia.com/news/hard-nu...
- Guatemala to take more deportees
- Google axes ban on AI for weapons
- Taliban shuts women’s radio
- Israelis like Trump’s Gaza plan
- Scientists virtually unwrap ancient scroll
Me for @gzeromedia.com: www.gzeromedia.com/news/hard-nu...
Trump calling for the ethnic cleansing of Gaza…not surprising but still chilling
February 5, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Trump calling for the ethnic cleansing of Gaza…not surprising but still chilling
Reposted by Billy Pickett
A new poll shows that only 8% of Greenlanders would accept new American passports over their current Danish ones (do you blame them right now?)
My latest for @gzeromedia.com
My latest for @gzeromedia.com
A Greenland temperature check (still cold, but the tea is hot)
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen admitted on Tuesday that she was “happy” with a new poll revealing that 85% of Greenlanders opposed becoming part of the United States.
www.gzeromedia.com
January 30, 2025 at 4:25 AM
A new poll shows that only 8% of Greenlanders would accept new American passports over their current Danish ones (do you blame them right now?)
My latest for @gzeromedia.com
My latest for @gzeromedia.com
Thinking this morning about how the right rallied against “global elites” pulling the strings of the highest levels of government
Just to put the richest man in the world in charge?
Just to put the richest man in the world in charge?
February 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Thinking this morning about how the right rallied against “global elites” pulling the strings of the highest levels of government
Just to put the richest man in the world in charge?
Just to put the richest man in the world in charge?
Nicki WISHES
February 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Nicki WISHES
Why is every democrat asleep except jack schlossberg
February 1, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Why is every democrat asleep except jack schlossberg