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H/t poet Matthew Arnold's "darkling plain"
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🚨 Zelensky: Russia is preparing military operations against Europe
Time to act.
1. Arm Ukraine to Win - Ukraine wants to purchase weapons from the US
2. Bankrupt Russian Economy - already in dire straits.
3. Negotiate Peace with a defeated Russia.
igorsushko.substack.com/p/preventing...
The United States Should Make Putin Beg for Negotiations
The path is obvious once we finally dismiss Putin's nuclear blackmail and overcome our irrational fear of Russia's collapse
igorsushko.substack.com
June 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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A boat trip on the Bridgewater Canal, Stretford, 1900s (Trafford Council archive).
November 15, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Pondering how to state that calling Jeffrey Epstein a pedophile is not a summative way to describe or condemn his conduct, his criminality, and harm he has done.
November 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Japan will suffer 'crushing defeat' if it tries to intervene over Taiwan, China military says reut.rs/4qVGtlb
Japan will suffer 'crushing defeat' if it tries to intervene over Taiwan, China military says
Japan will suffer a "crushing defeat" by the Chinese military if it tries to use force to intervene over Taiwan, China's defence ministry said on Friday, ramping up the rhetoric over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remarks about the island.
reut.rs
November 14, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Former UVA President Jim Ryan has just released a 12-page memo of his own account of his forced resignation last summer. Here’s just a bit in which Paul Manning, a member of the Board, was told by DOJ that unless Ryan departed they would “bleed UVA white.”
November 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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"A London judge ruled Friday that global mining company BHP Group is liable in Brazil’s worst environmental disaster when a dam collapse a decade ago unleashed tons of toxic waste into a major river, killing 19 people and devastating villages downstream."
@apnews.com
apnews.com/article/braz...
London judge finds global mining company BHP Group liable in Brazil’s worst environmental disaster
A London judge has ruled that BHP Group is liable for Brazil’s worst environmental disaster. The disaster occurred when a dam collapsed 10 years ago and released toxic waste into a major river.
apnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I could link my twitter brdlngplane, but should not presume that genpub, nor even I soon, would want to read much there. I'll over time research there as terms come to me.
November 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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BlueSky is a bad site used by good people. That describes most social media sites. But BlueSky is egregiously unethical. Any of you can be disappeared for baseless reasons. I've been on social media for 17 years and never been suspended. BlueSky is the first place to do so – over Johnny Cash lyrics.
November 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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I am also grateful to the people who sent me screenshots of the posts BlueSky administrators wrote about me. They never contacted me with this information. They blocked me from the site, making it impossible to know what they had said, correct it, and defend myself from their false allegations.
November 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike.

Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.

Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
November 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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[The Texas Tribune]The number of whooping cough cases in Texas is the highest it’s been in 11 years - The Texas Tribune The state has recorded more than 3,500 cases of whooping cough so far this year, 10 times the number in 2023.
November 13, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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President #Zelenskyy visited Zaporizhzhia, focusing on security, troop tasks, and stabilizing Rivnopilya.

He discussed air defense, logistics, and infrastructure, and met soldiers of the 17th Army Corps, thanking and awarding them for defending the region and city.
November 13, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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I always enjoy hearing Sikorski speak, but I’ve long believed Moldova will be next, Poland is certainly on the menu though. I was told that repeatedly during my captivity, and I’ve no doubt the threat is real. Russia absolutely hates Poland 🇵🇱
November 13, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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Just went over to X bc someone sent a link…why are people still posting over there?? It looks horrible. Like a basement full of teenage boys
November 12, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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Donald J. Trump criticizing a reporter at a July 8, 2025, Cabinet meeting referencing for asking a question about Jeffrey Epstein:

"Are people still talking about ... this creep?"

Yes, Donnie, we still are, you creep.
November 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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BREAKING: Bombshell emails show Trump's connection to Jeffrey Epstein, Republicans reject efforts to redirect $40 billion from Argentina to protect healthcare subsidies, and much more.

This is a BOMBSHELL. Read it here. I have the emails: open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
BREAKING: Bombshell Emails Released Showing Trump's Close Connection to Epstein
Bombshell emails show Trump's connection to Jeffrey Epstein, Republicans reject efforts to redirect $40 billion from Argentina to protect healthcare subsidies, and much more.
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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“When I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on Day One"
November 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
anon- playfully suggested that he is clinically on _ the autism spectrum _; I have not seen his chart. His online energy level, for long stretches, has been stupendous.
November 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Do it. Journalism needs you.
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You have an unerring instinct for the jugular of the wealthy & powerful? Build a team with me and we’ll get after it!

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November 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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The sheer number of people Trump pardoned — 1,500+ — and the magnitude of violence many (most?) of them committed means it is statistically likely that a fair number will be revidivists, potentially for more egregious crimes. The pardons should be a top story EVERY DAY
Welcome to “justice” in Donald Trump’s America.
November 12, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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Yes, the @BBCNews is reporting truthfully about the Convict in Chief of the United States of America....
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
New Epstein emails that mention Trump released by House Democrats - live updates
President Trump has previously said allegations about him relating to Epstein, a convicted sex offender who died in 2019, are a
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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I could be wrong, but so far 60 feels pretty much the same as 59.
November 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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The “Russia hoax” is now their template. Every past investigation becomes a “deep-state plot,” so no future one can be trusted. This is how authoritarian movements rewrite history to protect power instead of truth.
November 12, 2025 at 12:33 PM
A little, loose experiment in the A.I. milieu.

Not thoughtlessly forking over first person pronouns in queries.
November 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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November 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM