@lfenna.bsky.social
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This Rutger Bregman lecture series is fascinating. And also very inspiring. Available on Youtube (in Canada, anyway). Here is lecture 2: Can Ordinary People Change the World?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwj0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwj0...
Can Ordinary People Still Change the World? | The Reith Lectures 2025
YouTube video by BBC Sounds
www.youtube.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:13 AM
This Rutger Bregman lecture series is fascinating. And also very inspiring. Available on Youtube (in Canada, anyway). Here is lecture 2: Can Ordinary People Change the World?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwj0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwj0...
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I'm late to the party, but this guy, and these lectures are *SUPERB!*
They encapsulate the modern world extremely accurately
Rutger Bregman, Reith Lectures 2025
youtu.be/fUJ-qEmQGhM
They encapsulate the modern world extremely accurately
Rutger Bregman, Reith Lectures 2025
youtu.be/fUJ-qEmQGhM
Are we living through the fall of civilisation? | The Reith Lectures 2025
YouTube video by BBC Sounds
youtu.be
December 20, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I'm late to the party, but this guy, and these lectures are *SUPERB!*
They encapsulate the modern world extremely accurately
Rutger Bregman, Reith Lectures 2025
youtu.be/fUJ-qEmQGhM
They encapsulate the modern world extremely accurately
Rutger Bregman, Reith Lectures 2025
youtu.be/fUJ-qEmQGhM
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Freedom of speech is the foundation of our strong and vibrant European democracy.
We are proud of it. We will protect it.
Because the @ec.europa.eu is the guardian of our values.
We are proud of it. We will protect it.
Because the @ec.europa.eu is the guardian of our values.
We strongly condemn the U.S. decision to impose travel restrictions on five European individuals, including former Commissioner Thierry Breton.
Link to full statement: link.europa.eu/NtMX4K
Link to full statement: link.europa.eu/NtMX4K
December 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Freedom of speech is the foundation of our strong and vibrant European democracy.
We are proud of it. We will protect it.
Because the @ec.europa.eu is the guardian of our values.
We are proud of it. We will protect it.
Because the @ec.europa.eu is the guardian of our values.
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Putin is banking on our failure to act.
We cannot afford to do him that favour.
The Reparations Loan is the most clear-cut option for sustained funding for Ukraine.
My doorstep ahead of today’s #EUCO ↓
We cannot afford to do him that favour.
The Reparations Loan is the most clear-cut option for sustained funding for Ukraine.
My doorstep ahead of today’s #EUCO ↓
December 18, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Putin is banking on our failure to act.
We cannot afford to do him that favour.
The Reparations Loan is the most clear-cut option for sustained funding for Ukraine.
My doorstep ahead of today’s #EUCO ↓
We cannot afford to do him that favour.
The Reparations Loan is the most clear-cut option for sustained funding for Ukraine.
My doorstep ahead of today’s #EUCO ↓
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Hello, Elon Musk!
Just a couple of questions for you:
Just a couple of questions for you:
December 19, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Hello, Elon Musk!
Just a couple of questions for you:
Just a couple of questions for you:
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In two years, Israel has killed more than 1,000 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
Every day, settlers attack Palestinian villages. Netanyahu & his extremist allies have one goal: annexation by force. The U.S. has enabled them.
NO MORE U.S. MILITARY AID FOR ISRAEL.
Every day, settlers attack Palestinian villages. Netanyahu & his extremist allies have one goal: annexation by force. The U.S. has enabled them.
NO MORE U.S. MILITARY AID FOR ISRAEL.
November 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
In two years, Israel has killed more than 1,000 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
Every day, settlers attack Palestinian villages. Netanyahu & his extremist allies have one goal: annexation by force. The U.S. has enabled them.
NO MORE U.S. MILITARY AID FOR ISRAEL.
Every day, settlers attack Palestinian villages. Netanyahu & his extremist allies have one goal: annexation by force. The U.S. has enabled them.
NO MORE U.S. MILITARY AID FOR ISRAEL.
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I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.
October 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.
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“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”
apnews.com/article/pope...
apnews.com/article/pope...
Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.
apnews.com
October 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”
apnews.com/article/pope...
apnews.com/article/pope...
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The Pope is exactly right.
No society can survive when one man becomes a trillionaire while the vast majority struggle to just survive — trying to put food on the table, pay rent and afford health care.
We can and must do better.
No society can survive when one man becomes a trillionaire while the vast majority struggle to just survive — trying to put food on the table, pay rent and afford health care.
We can and must do better.
September 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The Pope is exactly right.
No society can survive when one man becomes a trillionaire while the vast majority struggle to just survive — trying to put food on the table, pay rent and afford health care.
We can and must do better.
No society can survive when one man becomes a trillionaire while the vast majority struggle to just survive — trying to put food on the table, pay rent and afford health care.
We can and must do better.
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Today we propose to sanction extremist ministers and violent settlers, and suspend trade concessions with Israel.
And put bilateral support to Israel on hold, without affecting our work with Israeli civil society or Yad Vashem.
link.europa.eu/nx3DrG
And put bilateral support to Israel on hold, without affecting our work with Israeli civil society or Yad Vashem.
link.europa.eu/nx3DrG
September 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Today we propose to sanction extremist ministers and violent settlers, and suspend trade concessions with Israel.
And put bilateral support to Israel on hold, without affecting our work with Israeli civil society or Yad Vashem.
link.europa.eu/nx3DrG
And put bilateral support to Israel on hold, without affecting our work with Israeli civil society or Yad Vashem.
link.europa.eu/nx3DrG
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House Democratic Leadership Statement on the Suspension of Jimmy Kimmel.
September 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
House Democratic Leadership Statement on the Suspension of Jimmy Kimmel.
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⚡️Russian attacks kill 7, injure 34 in Ukraine over past day.
Ukrainian forces downed 52 out of the 58 drones, including Shahed-type attack drones, launched by Russia overnight, the Air Force reported. Russia also launched an Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missile.
Ukrainian forces downed 52 out of the 58 drones, including Shahed-type attack drones, launched by Russia overnight, the Air Force reported. Russia also launched an Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missile.
Russian attacks kill 7, injure 34 in Ukraine over past day
Ukrainian forces downed 52 out of the 58 drones, including Shahed-type attack drones, launched by Russia overnight, the Air Force reported. Russia also launched an Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missile.
kyivindependent.com
September 14, 2025 at 8:38 AM
⚡️Russian attacks kill 7, injure 34 in Ukraine over past day.
Ukrainian forces downed 52 out of the 58 drones, including Shahed-type attack drones, launched by Russia overnight, the Air Force reported. Russia also launched an Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missile.
Ukrainian forces downed 52 out of the 58 drones, including Shahed-type attack drones, launched by Russia overnight, the Air Force reported. Russia also launched an Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missile.
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Vaccines work. Period.
September 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Vaccines work. Period.
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I have a friend who is from Gaza. She lives in Houston now but grew up in Gaza. I asked her why Gaza allows Hamas to exist and her answer was very telling. ” Hamas feeds the hungry in Gaza, Israel shoots children in the head while standing in line for food and water in Gaza”
#ProudBlue
#ProudBlue
September 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I have a friend who is from Gaza. She lives in Houston now but grew up in Gaza. I asked her why Gaza allows Hamas to exist and her answer was very telling. ” Hamas feeds the hungry in Gaza, Israel shoots children in the head while standing in line for food and water in Gaza”
#ProudBlue
#ProudBlue
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Genuinely one of the most evil things I’ve ever read, and these dudes are American citizens who went to Gaza for the chance and joy of killing
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
September 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Genuinely one of the most evil things I’ve ever read, and these dudes are American citizens who went to Gaza for the chance and joy of killing
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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![Gaza
Four-year-old Salma was shot in the neck and died in her father's arms, leaving her family only with memories and photos.
CoreFitnessBynaz2
Salma Jaber was killed by Israeli fire in December 2023 as her family was trying to escape Gaza City [Sanad/Al Jazeera]
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September 11, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Too many of you lamenting "political violence" today have been silent about Gaza.
September 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Too many of you lamenting "political violence" today have been silent about Gaza.
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Republicans are trying to redraw congressional district lines to keep their grip on Congress in the midterms and beyond.
Voters should pick their politicians, not the other way around.
Get involved with the @democraticredistricting.com as they fight back: bit.ly/3HJ1ayW
Voters should pick their politicians, not the other way around.
Get involved with the @democraticredistricting.com as they fight back: bit.ly/3HJ1ayW
August 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Republicans are trying to redraw congressional district lines to keep their grip on Congress in the midterms and beyond.
Voters should pick their politicians, not the other way around.
Get involved with the @democraticredistricting.com as they fight back: bit.ly/3HJ1ayW
Voters should pick their politicians, not the other way around.
Get involved with the @democraticredistricting.com as they fight back: bit.ly/3HJ1ayW
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For 90 years, Social Security has paid out every benefit owed to every eligible American. Now Trump is working overtime to dismantle it.
We won’t let them privatize Social Security.
Instead, we must expand benefits and its solvency by making the wealthy pay their fair share.
We won’t let them privatize Social Security.
Instead, we must expand benefits and its solvency by making the wealthy pay their fair share.
Why Is Social Security So Popular? | Sen. Bernie Sanders
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
youtu.be
August 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM
For 90 years, Social Security has paid out every benefit owed to every eligible American. Now Trump is working overtime to dismantle it.
We won’t let them privatize Social Security.
Instead, we must expand benefits and its solvency by making the wealthy pay their fair share.
We won’t let them privatize Social Security.
Instead, we must expand benefits and its solvency by making the wealthy pay their fair share.
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Trump should know by now that he's not meeting with a friend of the United States today. He is meeting with an adversary who wants America's destruction and the end of the entire western alliance.
August 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Trump should know by now that he's not meeting with a friend of the United States today. He is meeting with an adversary who wants America's destruction and the end of the entire western alliance.
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The playbook of demagogues like Trump is to protect the Oligarchs by dividing us up based on race, religion, place of birth or sexual orientation.
They want us to hate each other while they laugh all the way to the bank.
Don’t fall for it.
They want us to hate each other while they laugh all the way to the bank.
Don’t fall for it.
August 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The playbook of demagogues like Trump is to protect the Oligarchs by dividing us up based on race, religion, place of birth or sexual orientation.
They want us to hate each other while they laugh all the way to the bank.
Don’t fall for it.
They want us to hate each other while they laugh all the way to the bank.
Don’t fall for it.
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"We don’t have a king, we have a president. And the president doesn’t get to pick what’s on television, in movie theaters, on stage, on our bookshelves, or in the news..."
full letter and list of signees here: www.wgaeast.org/get-involved...
www.thewrap.com/wga-members-...
full letter and list of signees here: www.wgaeast.org/get-involved...
www.thewrap.com/wga-members-...
More Than 2,300 WGA Members Blast Trump 'Authoritarian Assault' on Free Press in Open Letter
More than 2,300 WGA members blasted what they called "escalating attacks on independent media by the Trump Administration"
www.thewrap.com
August 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
"We don’t have a king, we have a president. And the president doesn’t get to pick what’s on television, in movie theaters, on stage, on our bookshelves, or in the news..."
full letter and list of signees here: www.wgaeast.org/get-involved...
www.thewrap.com/wga-members-...
full letter and list of signees here: www.wgaeast.org/get-involved...
www.thewrap.com/wga-members-...
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In April, Trump approval among men = 48%
Now = 39%
April, Trump approval among women = 39%
Now = 35%
April, Trump approval among independents = 31%
Now = 21%
"This is really bad news for Trump, and for Republicans who depend on independents in close elections...”
www.umass.edu/news/article...
Now = 39%
April, Trump approval among women = 39%
Now = 35%
April, Trump approval among independents = 31%
Now = 21%
"This is really bad news for Trump, and for Republicans who depend on independents in close elections...”
www.umass.edu/news/article...
New National UMass Amherst Poll Finds President Trump’s Job Approval Gap Slides 6 Points Since April | UMass Amherst
The survey finds Trump’s net approval drops to -20 six months into his term, while his approval rating on immigration falls 9 points since April; additionally, 70% say he has not handled Epstein situa...
www.umass.edu
August 5, 2025 at 8:41 PM
In April, Trump approval among men = 48%
Now = 39%
April, Trump approval among women = 39%
Now = 35%
April, Trump approval among independents = 31%
Now = 21%
"This is really bad news for Trump, and for Republicans who depend on independents in close elections...”
www.umass.edu/news/article...
Now = 39%
April, Trump approval among women = 39%
Now = 35%
April, Trump approval among independents = 31%
Now = 21%
"This is really bad news for Trump, and for Republicans who depend on independents in close elections...”
www.umass.edu/news/article...