Rupert Francis not Fukuyama
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Rupert Francis not Fukuyama
@rupertnotholmes.bsky.social
Writer. Former child.
“If the past can teach us anything, it’s a reminder to not let hate go unchecked.” - Adrien Brody, #Oscars Best Actor
March 3, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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Community is the antidote to despair.

Happy to host! 🌹
Building the multiracial working class today in the Bronx with @aoc.bsky.social at our DSA 101.
January 26, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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Israeli troops fired on people trying to return home to southern Lebanon and delayed a return home for northern Gaza residents. Israel blamed Hezbollah and Hamas.
Live briefing: IDF opens fire in Lebanon and Gaza as ceasefires falter
Israeli troops fired on people trying to return home to southern Lebanon and delayed a return home for northern Gaza residents. Israel blamed Hezbollah and Hamas.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 26, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Since wala pa yata sa BlueSky ang @dahas.project, repost muna from its Threads account.

www.threads.net/@dahas.proje...
DahasPH (@dahas.project) on Threads
On 1-7 January 2025, 8 died in Marcos's drug war. Cebu, the top hotspot for reported drug-related killings in 2024, is starting 2025 with 4 killings. There is also another double murder case in Sarang...
www.threads.net
January 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Agree. Govt met its targets, but it's at the higher end of the 2024 target. Not very good and worse, the people felt the pinch. So felt that self-rated poverty is highest in 21 years.
January 12, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Photo can't get any clearer than that. Haha.

One of the first things I learned in UP Diliman, i.e. my publication design and layout class, is that everything has to make sense. Months after, here I was, doing the thing that made the most sense at that time.
January 10, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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Legazpi City — An unmanned underwater drone believed to be from China was found by three fishermen in Masbate on Dec. 30, 2024, Police Brig. General Andre Dizon told The Manila Times on Thursday.

READ: tmt.news/2029208
January 2, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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A real photo and perfect metaphor heading into 2025.
January 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Ubusin niyo na please at for sure may kapitbahay na magbibigay niyan mamaya. Chaz.
December 30, 2024 at 11:55 PM
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Actually, this is good, nah, make it GREAT news.

Duts & Sara are both lawyers, after all. Whether they’re good or not is an entirely different matter.
Duterte to join Sara’s legal team vs impeachment
Former president Rodrigo Duterte will help in defending his daughter the Vice President in the legal storm she is expected to face next year, including three impeachment complaints.
www.philstar.com
December 26, 2024 at 11:19 PM
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“Haha can you believe McDonalds is doing a Squid Game promo” easily yes because capital subsumes all critiques of itself and no popular TV show or piece of art will ever threaten or unsettle it
December 26, 2024 at 4:10 PM
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1. Is his MCLE updated?
2. How familiar is he with the new laws? When he was president he didn’t even seem familiar with the human rights provisions of the 1987 Constitution. In law school he studied the 1973 Constitution.
Looking forward to finding out what his inputs will be.
December 26, 2024 at 1:56 AM
Pagkain after Christmas:

Breakfast: leftover ham, leftover macaroni salad.

Lunch: leftover ham, leftover macaroni salad.

Merienda: leftover ham, leftover macaroni salad.

Dinner: leftover ham, leftover macaroni salad.

Repeat till fade.
December 26, 2024 at 5:10 AM
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Love it when bookshops or libraries arrange their books appropriately...
December 23, 2024 at 4:23 PM
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Happy Festivus everyone. Always amazed this crazy episode birthed a real celebration that seems to be enjoyed by so many around the world. So may your feats be strong and your grievances few. Enjoy.
December 23, 2024 at 4:42 PM
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IDK who needs to hear this, but you're allowed to like one part of a band's discography and not the other. You don't have to know the whole history of a band to be a fan. You can just simply LIKE the music. You don't need to know names of every album or song or band member. You can just LIKE music.
December 24, 2024 at 1:44 PM
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#TodayInHistory in 1895, National Artist Victorio Edades was born in Dagupan, Pangasinan, #PH. Hailed as the “Father of Modern Philippine Painting,” he pioneered the modernist art movement in the Philippines, challenging the dominance of academic realism. #EduSky

www.facebook.com/share/18LryP...
December 23, 2024 at 2:03 AM
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It also makes it harder for them to ban books.
December 22, 2024 at 11:58 PM
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New working paper! Last for 2024! 🥳📝
December 20, 2024 at 12:48 AM
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The investigation showed that the family members were actually Chinese citizens, based on various documents.

“The NBI was able to sufficiently establish that they are Chinese citizens based on forensic examination of the fingerprints as appearing in the various documents.”
Alice Guo, family slapped with falsification, anti-dummy law raps
MANILA, Philippines -- The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Tuesday filed cases for falsification and violations of the Anti-Dummy Law against dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice
globalnation.inquirer.net
December 17, 2024 at 8:47 AM
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Here's my summary of the shady reallocations in the 2025 budget. Pork projects were inserted in the DPWH budget, crowding out important funds for social protection, education, and health. Foreign-funded projects were also relegated to unprogrammed funds. All this in the run-up to the 2025 polls. #PH
December 17, 2024 at 1:15 PM
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TW: child sexual abuse

A grassroots effort by survivors has exposed the depth of the scandal — documenting allegations against more than 900 abusers in 30 countries... The FBI has also launched an investigation into the group, sometimes called the “Two by Twos.”
Takeaways from AP's reporting on a child sex abuse crisis inside a secretive Christian sect
For decades, a little-known Christian sect has dealt with its abusive ministers and spiritual elders mostly in secret, shunning legal action and urging victims to simply forgive the predators in their...
apnews.com
December 17, 2024 at 1:52 AM
4Ps, a conditional, evidence-based social protection program, was slashed from Php 114-B to Php 64-B. In favor of "assistance" laced with patronage. Blood-curdling.
What kind of national budget is this?

At least Php214.8B was slashed from major departments like DA, DepEd, DOH, DOLE, DSWD, DOTr, and CHED.

At least Php97.6B was slashed from the national gov't subsidies to GOCCs

Php40.5B was slashed from Special Purpose Funds.
December 16, 2024 at 5:02 PM
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“no matter how ruthlessly”
December 10, 2024 at 12:23 AM