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Helen Lawrence
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Love Family Democracies and freedom
Glory to Ukraine NOW
Go Oilers Go
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Why does the last decade feel like we’re going back in time and only thing that advances is the technology but it’s not making anyone smarter or wiser, on the contrary it’s vice versa?
February 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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This whole situation is so morally wrong on so many levels

And it will get worse

It will get so much worse until it gets somewhat better

The question if we survive to see that “somewhat vague better” remains
February 22, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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I don’t know how the rest of the world, the Americans specifically, will be ethically ok with living for the rest of their lives knowing that not only they didn’t manage to help Ukraine invaded by Russia survive but also EXPLOITED us in the hour of need…for generations to come…
February 22, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Dignity doesn’t have a price tag
Nor does freedom
Nor does justice
Courage
Sacrifice
Those things are priceless
No one should try to cash them in
They’ll only prove their own boundless ignorance
February 23, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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Russia wants to speak to the Manager.
June 1, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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“How to ruin your country’s long standing reputation potentially implicating everything and everyone in a matter of days”,
nonfiction thriller by Donald Trump & his admirers/minions

I wonder if the Founding Fathers knew that they had built this ship to wreck?
February 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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In spring 2022,the Russians were closer to Kyiv than running from Williamsburg Bridge to Central Park and back.Just process it.12-16 miles separated Ukraine&Europe from the totality of the Russian abyss
We were outnumbered and outgunned.Spring 2025:we’re still here
mwi.westpoint.edu/urban-warfar...
Urban Warfare Project Case Study #12: Battle of Kyiv - Modern War Institute
Liam Collins and John Spencer | 02.21.25 Authors’ note: Some details included in this case study were learned during interviews with Ukrainian soldiers and others directly involved in the Battle of Ky...
mwi.westpoint.edu
March 2, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Country
January 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Hi Bluesky! Glad to be here.
February 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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So after promising to focus on safety, they’ve gotten right down to work… on gender terminology?
February 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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Project 2025 was unpopular because of things like the plan for Trump to shut down the CFPB, which helps you get your money back if a bank cheats you.
February 11, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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The CFPB is one of the American people’s best defenses against waste, fraud, and abuse.

Demolishing it will, of course, lead to more waste, fraud, and abuse.
February 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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One of my favorite pics of little Trixie😍
February 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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As as a leader of my own organization, I think about this a lot. My team and I are currently at the Paris AI summit and I’m so proud of our work. It wouldn’t be possible without the right kind of culture.
February 8, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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Both myself and Humane Intelligence Chief or Staff @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social in this article (not coordinated!)

apnews.com/article/elon...
How the tactics Musk brought to Washington backfired at Twitter
When Elon Musk bought Twitter in 2022, he laid off thousands of employees, stopped paying rent and auctioned off coffee makers and office chairs in hopes of a big turnaround.
apnews.com
February 8, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Sadiq Khan warns western democracy at risk from ‘resurgent fascism’ ahead of Trump inauguration
Sadiq Khan warns western democracy at risk from ‘resurgent fascism’ ahead of Trump inauguration
London mayor calls for stricter laws on harmful online content and takes aim at Elon Musk * Khan: this is my three-point plan for standing up to the far right and the billionaire bullies The west must face up to a century-defining battle against a…
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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The combat losses of the enemy from February 24, 2022 to January 11, 2025
January 11, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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If asked about Ukraine, say this: people are still being killed and displaced, bombs fall daily, but the world has mostly moved on. Media now focuses more on the cost of weapons than the priceless human lives being lost
January 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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After the fall of the Assad regime, women in Syria are confronting the full horror of 13 years of civil war.
In Search of Loved Ones, Syrian Women Face Horror of Assad’s Regime
In Syria, women begin to pick up the pieces of a broken nation.
www.nytimes.com
December 28, 2024 at 5:33 AM
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Elon Musk’s tech bros have clashed with the Maga rank and file over immigration for Silicon Valley workers, exposing the fragile alliance forged to put Donald Trump in the White House www.thetimes.com/world/us-wor...
Maga’s uncivil war: Musk and Ramaswamy under fire in ‘culture war’
Vivek Ramaswamy, who will co-lead the Department of Government Efficiency, blamed American ‘culture of mediocrity’ for a lack of talented specialist workers
www.thetimes.com
December 28, 2024 at 5:34 AM
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⚡️Ukrainian drones can hit targets 2,000 km away, military intelligence claims.

"From what we can tell — it's no longer a secret — Ukrainian long-range unmanned aerial vehicles can hypothetically operate up to 2,000 kilometers," military intelligence spokesperson Andrii Yusov said.
Ukrainian drones can hit targets 2,000 km away, military intelligence claims
"From what we can tell — it's no longer a secret — Ukrainian long-range unmanned aerial vehicles can hypothetically operate up to 2,000 kilometers," military intelligence spokesperson Andrii Yusov sai...
kyivindependent.com
December 28, 2024 at 5:38 AM
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I will go to a restaurant with my parents, my aunt and little Trixie of course
December 5, 2024 at 1:24 PM
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The failure of both religion and republicanism to avoid caring for others while providing only for themselves, by spewing division, while selling themselves as a good, says everything about both.
December 11, 2024 at 10:38 PM