Desiree Correia
@desicorreia.bsky.social
Dutch in Bengaluru. Love languages, data, sci-fi and fantasy. Oh, and my 3 teens of course. And their father 😁.
Politically woke apparently. Pro-choice.
Politically woke apparently. Pro-choice.
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My periodic reminder that Sarah Palin (quite correctly) called for Rahm Emmanuel to be fired when he used the "R" word.
And my periodic reminder that maybe a political reporter wants to ask her what should happen when Trump uses it.
Like any reporter.
And my periodic reminder that maybe a political reporter wants to ask her what should happen when Trump uses it.
Like any reporter.
November 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
My periodic reminder that Sarah Palin (quite correctly) called for Rahm Emmanuel to be fired when he used the "R" word.
And my periodic reminder that maybe a political reporter wants to ask her what should happen when Trump uses it.
Like any reporter.
And my periodic reminder that maybe a political reporter wants to ask her what should happen when Trump uses it.
Like any reporter.
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A new mural has appeared in Ternopil, dedicated to children killed in Russia’s attack.
The artwork, showing a child shielding her toys from a Russian missile, was created by artist Andriy Yermolenko. He described it as “a cry for help to the global community.”
The artwork, showing a child shielding her toys from a Russian missile, was created by artist Andriy Yermolenko. He described it as “a cry for help to the global community.”
November 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
A new mural has appeared in Ternopil, dedicated to children killed in Russia’s attack.
The artwork, showing a child shielding her toys from a Russian missile, was created by artist Andriy Yermolenko. He described it as “a cry for help to the global community.”
The artwork, showing a child shielding her toys from a Russian missile, was created by artist Andriy Yermolenko. He described it as “a cry for help to the global community.”
OK, so this year
Ed Sheeran
Alan Walker
Previously
Nightwish
Ramstein
Iron Maiden
Ed Sheeran
Alan Walker
Previously
Nightwish
Ramstein
Iron Maiden
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Sigur Ros (epic, transcendal)
Metallica (saw them last week, and I'm still on a high)
Oasis (Liam G is even more iconic live. Wow)
Midnight Oil (I'm in their documentary, at their last ever concert)
Foo Fighters (it's Dave Grohl)
Sigur Ros (epic, transcendal)
Metallica (saw them last week, and I'm still on a high)
Oasis (Liam G is even more iconic live. Wow)
Midnight Oil (I'm in their documentary, at their last ever concert)
Foo Fighters (it's Dave Grohl)
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Also Pearl Jam (Didn't like Ten much, but live they converted me)
Thunder. (Don't like, but it was impossible NOT to see them in the 90s)
Fields of the Nephilim. (Incredible)
NIN (Unbearably hot, had to leave)
David Eugene Edwards. (Wow.)
Also Pearl Jam (Didn't like Ten much, but live they converted me)
Thunder. (Don't like, but it was impossible NOT to see them in the 90s)
Fields of the Nephilim. (Incredible)
NIN (Unbearably hot, had to leave)
David Eugene Edwards. (Wow.)
November 29, 2025 at 2:49 AM
OK, so this year
Ed Sheeran
Alan Walker
Previously
Nightwish
Ramstein
Iron Maiden
Ed Sheeran
Alan Walker
Previously
Nightwish
Ramstein
Iron Maiden
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Europe thinks the unthinkable: Retaliating against russia
by Victor Jack and Laura Kayali
Countries are looking at joint offensive cyber operations and surprise military drills as moscow steps up its campaign to destabilize NATO allies.
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
by Victor Jack and Laura Kayali
Countries are looking at joint offensive cyber operations and surprise military drills as moscow steps up its campaign to destabilize NATO allies.
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Europe thinks the unthinkable: Retaliating against Russia
Countries are looking at joint offensive cyber operations and surprise military drills as Moscow steps up its campaign to destabilize NATO allies.
www.politico.eu
November 27, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Europe thinks the unthinkable: Retaliating against russia
by Victor Jack and Laura Kayali
Countries are looking at joint offensive cyber operations and surprise military drills as moscow steps up its campaign to destabilize NATO allies.
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
by Victor Jack and Laura Kayali
Countries are looking at joint offensive cyber operations and surprise military drills as moscow steps up its campaign to destabilize NATO allies.
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
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also this @alicettimes.bsky.social col on yoof leaving Uk looks prescient given today's emigration stats - hear this more & more from parents of uni-aged kids, wondering if they'd have more prospects overseas (watch those figs if we do a proper youth mobility deal) www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Youngsters are a bigger loss than non-doms
Billionaires come and go, but driving away ambitious doctors, nurses and scientists will do real long-term damage
www.thetimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
also this @alicettimes.bsky.social col on yoof leaving Uk looks prescient given today's emigration stats - hear this more & more from parents of uni-aged kids, wondering if they'd have more prospects overseas (watch those figs if we do a proper youth mobility deal) www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
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1/ What a Russian breaking of the ceasefire will look like, step by step.
There are far better experts on this, but I was an Australian diplomat in Ukraine in 2014 so I've seen this play out up close.
So join me, brothers and sisters, as we count down to a fullscale re-invasion.
There are far better experts on this, but I was an Australian diplomat in Ukraine in 2014 so I've seen this play out up close.
So join me, brothers and sisters, as we count down to a fullscale re-invasion.
November 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
1/ What a Russian breaking of the ceasefire will look like, step by step.
There are far better experts on this, but I was an Australian diplomat in Ukraine in 2014 so I've seen this play out up close.
So join me, brothers and sisters, as we count down to a fullscale re-invasion.
There are far better experts on this, but I was an Australian diplomat in Ukraine in 2014 so I've seen this play out up close.
So join me, brothers and sisters, as we count down to a fullscale re-invasion.
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The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
![Excerpt from a BBC article: ""We usually work, 10, 11 or 12 hours a day," says a 49-year-old woman from Jiangxi unwilling to give her name. "On Sundays we work around three hours less."
She is in an alleyway, where a dozen people are huddled around a row of bulletin boards.
They are reading the job ads on the board, while examining the stitching on a pair of chinos draped over it.
This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil.
The migrant worker from Jiangxi is looking for a short-term contract - and the chinos are an option.
"We earn so little. The cost of living is now so high," she says, adding that she hopes to make enough to send back to her two children who are living with their grandparents.
"We get paid per piece," she explains. "It depends how difficult the item is. Something simple like a t-shirt is one-two yuan [less than a dollar] per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.""](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreiber7g4o5pujmzmjjzsp5dkz7blfexburuwjispfpv6dki7akjb7a@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
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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...
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
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...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
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"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..."
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM
"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..."
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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Tapping the XKCD sign again to explain that no, I won't be seeing an aurora tonight. Or at least I really hope not. That would be bad. :)
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Tapping the XKCD sign again to explain that no, I won't be seeing an aurora tonight. Or at least I really hope not. That would be bad. :)
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Please repost if you agree that the BBC is institutionally biased in favour of Nigel Farage.
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Please repost if you agree that the BBC is institutionally biased in favour of Nigel Farage.
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I can't believe I finally get to announce this:
Wolfskin, Book 3 in the Common Saga, will be coming out in March 2026. It is, I think, the best thing I've ever written.
I've been out of the public and literary consciousness for a while, so any support is appreciated.
(pre-order links below)
Wolfskin, Book 3 in the Common Saga, will be coming out in March 2026. It is, I think, the best thing I've ever written.
I've been out of the public and literary consciousness for a while, so any support is appreciated.
(pre-order links below)
November 3, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I can't believe I finally get to announce this:
Wolfskin, Book 3 in the Common Saga, will be coming out in March 2026. It is, I think, the best thing I've ever written.
I've been out of the public and literary consciousness for a while, so any support is appreciated.
(pre-order links below)
Wolfskin, Book 3 in the Common Saga, will be coming out in March 2026. It is, I think, the best thing I've ever written.
I've been out of the public and literary consciousness for a while, so any support is appreciated.
(pre-order links below)
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Watching A House of Dynamite and really enjoying it so far, but the scene in which the Deputy National Security Advisor takes a call about a likely nuclear strike while wearing AirPods amid a crowd of tourists is too much.
Might as well Signal chat a journalist about it at that point
Might as well Signal chat a journalist about it at that point
November 3, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Watching A House of Dynamite and really enjoying it so far, but the scene in which the Deputy National Security Advisor takes a call about a likely nuclear strike while wearing AirPods amid a crowd of tourists is too much.
Might as well Signal chat a journalist about it at that point
Might as well Signal chat a journalist about it at that point
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Karoline Leavitt officially announced the "Launch of a large-scale investigation to find the people behind 'No Kings.'"
I've saved her some time.
I've saved her some time.
October 29, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Karoline Leavitt officially announced the "Launch of a large-scale investigation to find the people behind 'No Kings.'"
I've saved her some time.
I've saved her some time.
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By the way, if the administrator of DOGE would like to text me, I’m on Signal at annabower.24!!
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
October 22, 2025 at 2:39 AM
By the way, if the administrator of DOGE would like to text me, I’m on Signal at annabower.24!!
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OK guys, post your best signs from today for entry into my Top 15 No Kings Sign Contest.
October 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
OK guys, post your best signs from today for entry into my Top 15 No Kings Sign Contest.
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to all the new Bluskiers:
please prepare a one pager that describes your posting style, a few personal details, and what you are personally going to do to make this web site a success in 2025. You will be asked to present your slide on the Bluesky all hands meeting coming up in 17 minutes
please prepare a one pager that describes your posting style, a few personal details, and what you are personally going to do to make this web site a success in 2025. You will be asked to present your slide on the Bluesky all hands meeting coming up in 17 minutes
October 16, 2025 at 10:57 AM
to all the new Bluskiers:
please prepare a one pager that describes your posting style, a few personal details, and what you are personally going to do to make this web site a success in 2025. You will be asked to present your slide on the Bluesky all hands meeting coming up in 17 minutes
please prepare a one pager that describes your posting style, a few personal details, and what you are personally going to do to make this web site a success in 2025. You will be asked to present your slide on the Bluesky all hands meeting coming up in 17 minutes
Clear message from the UK Labour government to the plebs: stay in your lane. www.tes.com/magazine/new...
DfE removes funding for IB Diploma in state schools
International Baccalaureate decries ‘deeply disheartening’ decision that it claims will affect 5,000 students but save little money
www.tes.com
October 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Clear message from the UK Labour government to the plebs: stay in your lane. www.tes.com/magazine/new...
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My experience, for what it’s worth.
October 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
My experience, for what it’s worth.
Communication is so important. Here's an example of how not to do it. It made the news in India 😂 timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/t...
Ford HR head admits 'We have failed in...' amid confusion over Return-to-Office emails - The Times of India
Tech News News: Ford's HR director admitted the automaker failed to properly manage return-to-office email communications, leading to compliant employees receiving te
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Communication is so important. Here's an example of how not to do it. It made the news in India 😂 timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/t...
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My husband was detained by ICE today
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
October 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
My husband was detained by ICE today
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
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BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
October 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.