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hilzoy @hilzoy.bsky.social · 9h

The war Trump is threatening is not just avoidable but stupid and illegal.

Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 12h

Republicans are taking us into another completely avoidable war. More blood for oil, this time in Venezuela.

Pentagon’s largest warship enters Latin American waters as US tensions with Venezuela rise

USS Gerald R Ford’s arrival marks the largest US military presence in the region since the invasion of Panama in 1989

www.theguardian.com

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Serrels @serrels.bsky.social · 1d

I wish more people understood on a fundamental level, how much of a bullshit beat up this whole thing is.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

The International Olympic Committee is set to ban trans and intersex women from competition. This is despite the fact that for 20 years, the IOC has allowed trans athletes to compete and only 1 has ever competed and none have ever won a medal.

www.the-independent.com/sport/olympi...

IOC set to introduce blanket ban on transgender women in female sport

The ban is reportedly expected to come into effect early next year

www.the-independent.com

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David Meyer @superglaze.bsky.social · 17h

Battle stations! youtu.be/KkbHsS83Vw4

Europe’s LEAKED privacy threat: Digital Omnibus vs the GDPR

YouTube video by Tech Gets Real

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Versha Sharma @versharma.bsky.social · 16h

Hi.

I’ve been editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue for the last 4.5 years — a dream job, one I never thought a Brown girl from small town Louisiana might hold.

I am so incredibly proud of the work we’ve done and what we accomplished. Our journalism has won major awards. (cont’d)

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 16h

As much as I find common cause with my more radical friends I (reluctantly) oppose the hardline proposals to summarily incarcerate every ICE agent. I urge everyone to consider the centrist compromise of abolishing ICE

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 18h

Veteran ICE officials @nickmiroff.bsky.social spoke with view the use of masks as an unquestionably negative development. But it’s not going away anytime soon, Miroff reports: https://theatln.tc/acMM0axK

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David Squires @davidsquires.bsky.social · 22h

Here’s this week’s cartoon for @sport.theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/football/pic...

David Squires on … Fifa’s peace prize and Donald Trump’s eligibility

Our cartoonist on how the US president’s actions in office may have put him in line for an award

www.theguardian.com

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Nick Hide @nickhide.bsky.social · 17h

I didn't know the reference, Seuss not being big in England, but that is exactly what it is, you're right seuss.fandom.com/wiki/Thneed

Thneed

A Thneed is a highly versatile object knitted from the foliage of a Truffula Tree. According to the Once-ler, it is "A-fine-something-that-all-people need." It costs $3.98 (approximately $30.67 adjust...

seuss.fandom.com

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Nick Hide @nickhide.bsky.social · 17h

it costs one hundred and fifty American dollars

The iPhone Pocket Is the Apple Accessory You Never Saw Coming

Just in time for chilly weather, it's knitwear for your iPhone.

www.cnet.com

Nick Hide @nickhide.bsky.social · 17h

no one:

literally not a soul:

Apple: here, have a wooly mankini for your iPhone

a range of woollen straps in various bright colours, with an iPhone peeking out from a kind of slit in the blue one, and hidden kind of sock-like in the orange one

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 18h

Have I sailed as close as you are legally allowed to do to have a nose at the SS Montgomery?

Of course.

Moment I knew she existed, I was out there faster than Jay Hulme when he spots a rickety ladder in a church.

Here she is:

view out over the thames estuary. A DANGER boy stands in the foreground. A little bit behind are visible a few masts above water. The last remains of the SS Montgomery who, if she explodes, will take out half the windows in Canvey Island.

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Nick Hide @nickhide.bsky.social · 18h

100% this

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 20h

This point absolutely correct and I will add that Mamdani demonstrates that an insurgency, even one with real moral clarity and anger at the status quo, can still be cheerful and inviting.

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 21h

Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.

He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 1d

This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"

China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.

China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds

World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity

www.theguardian.com

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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 1d

Bluesky suspended Sarah Kendzior today for no reason whatsoever. She just shared excerpts of her articles, which were as always incisive and not offensive at all. Hey @pfrazee.com this is super not OK. I know her- we've interacted a fair bit via chats and her work is essential.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

"Outrage and betrayal"
AOC on House Dem.

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Nick Hide @nickhide.bsky.social · 1d

having played it a little bit, it's not clear to me what VO is and isn't AI. it *seems* that it's just the player barks that facilitate trade - "I have a rubber duck" etc. That would make sense for what Embark has said about the process. I don't *think* the traders' lines are AI, but I don't know.

Nick Hide @nickhide.bsky.social · 1d

extremely well written review

Eurogamer @eurogamer.bsky.social · 1d

For Arc Raiders to ride the wave of human sociability all the way to the bank, while also being so contemptuous of the thing that makes us social animals in its own workflow demonstrates a lack of artistic integrity that I find impossible to ignore.

Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01

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Laura Martínez 🥑 @miblogestublog.bsky.social · 3d

It was bound to happen

A photo of a plate with a sign that reads “natural avocado” being translated as “natural lawyer”

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Sachin Nakrani @sachinnakrani.bsky.social · 3d

Manchester City play a game of football today. Most of us will be watching. Which makes sense. What doesn’t make sense is why so few care about City’s owner playing an active role in a genocide so gruesome it can be seen from space. By @barneyronay.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Silence over Sudan: why do Manchester City’s owners get away with so much?

Two midweek matches in England had a backdrop of war and geopolitics, but only one drew large protests

www.theguardian.com

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 3d

Mamdani sign: No one's actually leaving for Florida

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Peter Beinart @peterbeinart.bsky.social · 6d

On Israel-Palestine, Mamdani's coalition of anti-Zionists and liberal Zionists represents the future of the Democratic Party

Mamdani Created a Left-Liberal Coalition on Israel/Palestine

The surprising story of the New York mayoral campaign is not liberal Zionist opposition to Mamdani’s campaign, but their support.

jewishcurrents.org

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Cozy Eb @ebonielon.bsky.social · 4d

Y'all, the hospital where I had my surgery is running trials to see if GLP-1 medications can help people suffering from long COVID. It's open to any person with documented long COVID who lives in the US.

Please pass it on!

Home - Long COVID Treatment Trial

Be part of groundbreaking Long COVID research from Scripps Research. We endeavor to conduct a portfolio of Long COVID clinical trials.

longcovid.scripps.edu

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 3d

UPDATE: Reached out to the Rev. Hannah Kardon, a United Methodist minister who was there that day and has been active in religious demonstrations at Broadview.

“They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer … it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil.”

They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer and all the diverse faith witness that has been at Broadview
because it is powerful - it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil. But we will not stop until the evil stops.
They have stolen our neighbors, they cannot steal our love and prayers for their return.

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Gwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 5d

If anything, those of us who pushed for such a reckoning have been punished more than the actual perpetrators.

I spent over a year muzzled in SLAPP litigation for the high crime of... saying I believed a state senator's accuser.

The senator sued us activists for defamation.

Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 5d

When people talk about the excesses of MeToo, they have to lie, because the reality is that there was no massive social reckoning forcing people to believe survivors or hold perpetrators accountable. In fact, there has been a significant backsliding and new punishments in rejection of MeToo

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