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Luke Herring
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Two daughters, two dogs, two cats, I read a lot but don't do my own research.
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BREAKING

Israel’s I24 News is reporting that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has requested a pardon from President Isaac Herzog.

Reminder: President Trump has been pushing Herzog to grant Netanyahu a pardon.
November 30, 2025 at 10:19 AM
lhjh.bsky.social
I just listened to the @ifbookspod.bsky.social podcast on this today, and wow wtf
drfarls.bsky.social Robert Farley @drfarls.bsky.social · 13h
Actually it was fucking wrong. It was egregiously wrong. It's still wrong.
foreignpolicy.com Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 13h
Amid the liberal internationalist optimism of the late 1990s, Samuel Huntington foresaw a world marked by continued conflict.
November 30, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
Would be a bit awkward given that the Trump administration has condemned millions of people with AIDS to death through their USAID cuts
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 3d
The State Department has warned employees not to use government funds to mark Dec. 1 as World AIDS Day and to “refrain from publicly promoting World AIDS Day through any communication channels.” nyti.ms/3KhPDrA
Trump Administration Will No Longer Commemorate World AIDS Day
The State Department warned employees not to use government funds for the occasion and to “refrain from publicly promoting World AIDS Day through any communication channels.”
nyti.ms
November 30, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88
A theatrical sensation since the 1960s, whose dramas included Arcadia, The Real Thing and Leopoldstadt, Stoppard also had huge success as a screenwriter
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
lhjh.bsky.social
All over the world, there are parents itching to get going on gardening tasks that require 2-stroke tools, while being fearful of incuring the wrath of their teenage children, who see a sleep in as a fundamental human right.
November 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
Bong Joon Ho took a characteristically radical approach when questioned on his thoughts around the rise of Al technology at the jury press conference of the Marrakech Film Festival on Saturday. The Korean director, who is president of the jury, gave two responses, one measured, the other deeply personal. "My official answer is, Al is good because it's the very beginning of the human race finally seriously thinking about what only humans can do. But my personal answer is, I'm going to organize a military squad, and their mission is to destroy AI," he said.
November 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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atrupar.com
“In days after Alaska, a European intel agency distributed a hard-copy report in an envelope to some of the continent’s most senior national security officials, who were shocked by the contents: Inside were details of the commercial and economic plans the Trump admin had been pursuing with Russia.”
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:44 AM
lhjh.bsky.social
Finally got around to watching #Wicked and enjoyed it way more than I thought I would.
November 29, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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RIP Toni Lamond
Not only the first woman in the world to host her own Tonight Show (sitting in for Graham Kennedy) but also the first actress in the world to play a lesbian on TV (Number 96 where she was going to sacrifice Abigail to the devil)
What a career
tvtonight.com.au/2025/11/vale...
Vale: Toni Lamond | TV Tonight
Pioneering Australian entertainer Toni Lamond, whose stage and screen career spans 8 decades, has died.
tvtonight.com.au
November 29, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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Assuming every boat Trump and Hegseth blew up contained the amount of drugs they claim, Hernandez was responsible for bringing more drugs into the US than every one of them had combined. By far. And yet, Trump murders 80+ people and counting while pardoning the narco kingpin.
November 29, 2025 at 1:41 AM
lhjh.bsky.social
Elijah Woods' house in I Love LA is to die for, but also his role in playing himself is sweet and hilarious and a little disturbing.
November 29, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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jagungal.bsky.social
I did a little bit of this, others did a lot, often working weekends/nights - satisfying to see this done!

I worked on the original version of the #EPBC Act, now gearing up to help realise this new vision for our national environment laws - an exciting time!

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Seven ways Australia’s nature laws are changing after Labor’s deal with the Greens
Legislation to reform the EPBC Act runs to hundreds of pages – here are the main changes
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
lhjh.bsky.social
Let's hope so
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
The power dynamic between Labor and mining has shifted
There has been a shift in the power dynamic between Labor and the mining industry. This week's environmental law reform is its embodiment.
www.abc.net.au
November 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.
November 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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editor: you said you wanted to pitch a fun new comic strip character? charles schultz: his name is charlie brown and he is a child with generalized anxiety order. hes depressed as shit and he sucks at sports editor: schultz: also he is bald
November 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
This rhetoric is indistinguishable from the stuff you hear coming out of white nationalists. Completely identical language.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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ecosystemunraveller.com
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
November 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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drsally.bsky.social
How beserk is this!

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sally Rooney books may be withdrawn from UK sale over Palestine Action ban, court told
Rooney has said she intended to use royalties from her work "to go on supporting Palestine Action."
www.bbc.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Australian diet set to worsen as national food policy is drawn up by profit-driven industry, experts warn

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australian diet set to worsen as national food policy is drawn up by profit-driven industry, experts warn
Many industries on new council are ‘associated with significant health harms’, one academic says
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:57 PM
lhjh.bsky.social
#strangerthings is giving Buffy S04 The Initiative vibes.
lhjh.bsky.social Luke Herring @lhjh.bsky.social · 3d
The latest season of #strangerthings begins in Nov 1987 so I've just finished high school.
November 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
lhjh.bsky.social
The latest season of #strangerthings begins in Nov 1987 so I've just finished high school.
November 27, 2025 at 9:57 AM
lhjh.bsky.social
I'm sure there's a deleted scene in Zero Dark 30 featuring a suspected terrorist and a physiotherapist.
November 27, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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i’m so happy for him
November 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
lhjh.bsky.social
Last night I dreamt I was working in a library and I opened a door and a white snake slithered in, reared, and bit me on the hand.
November 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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ketanjoshi.co
JFC. Three gigawatts of fossil-fuelled power for a new Amazon data centre

@beninskeep.bsky.social points out the new gas plant could produce 4x the harmful climate pollution as the coal plant it's replacing 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

www.utilitydive.com/news/nisourc...
A Northern Indiana Public Service Co. affiliate — called NIPSCO Generation, or GenCo — plans to build up to 3 GW of gas-fired generation and battery storage to serve planned Amazon data centers, the companies said Monday. Combined with electric transmission to be built by NIPSCO, the companies expect to spend about $7 billion. Under the arrangement, GenCo plans to build two 1.3-GW gas-fired power plants and a 400-MW, 4‐hour battery storage system to serve the data centers, according to filings at the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission. In comparison, NIPSCO expects its non-data center load in 2028 will be about 2.3 GW. The IURC on Nov. 19 reaffirmed a September decision to approve the GenCo framework, which is designed to ensure that NIPSCO’s existing customers don’t pay for infrastructure needed to serve hyperscalers like Amazon. Under the framework, GenCo will own and operate power plants for large load customers. NIPSCO, a NiSource subsidiary, expects its 15-year deal with Amazon will produce about $1 billion in savings for its ratepayers. Those savings will be reflected as a credit on customers’ electric bills, according to a Nov. 7 filing by NIPSCO and NIPSCO Generation at the IURC. Residential customers will receive roughly $7 in monthly savings, according to the utility. Also, the 2.6-GW of gas-fired generation GenCo plans to build at its coal-fired Schahfer power plant site could produce nearly four times the amount of greenhouse gas emissions that the existing Schahfer coal plant emitted in 2023, according to Inskeep.
November 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM