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@staplefunk.bsky.social
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Wannabe kiwi 🇳🇿
"Bitter? No...I'm not bitter."
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steadystatevets.bsky.social
1/ Collective punishment of tens of thousands of vetted Afghan partners won’t prevent radicalization. But it will guarantee fewer allies, more enemies, and higher risks for U.S. troops the next time we deploy.

www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
Opinion | The Ambush on the National Guard
The alleged shooting by an Afghan ‘partner’ shouldn’t condemn all who assisted the U.S. and now live here.
www.wsj.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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wartranslated.bsky.social
Ukraine struck 39 energy infrastructure targets across Russia in 55 days including 12 power plants and 27 substations, with recent focus shifting to 15 objects in occupied territories including three power stations in Donetsk, Luhansk oblasts and Crimea, OSINT researchers Oko Hora reported.
November 28, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
APOLLO: “.. Data from the Census Bureau and Ramp shows that AI adoption rates are starting to flatten out across all firm sizes.”
November 28, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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chriso-wiki.bsky.social
In case anyone thinks this will only affect the US, Musk is also a public supporter of the far right in Germany and the UK, so it will have a bearing on upcoming elections in both countries.

Source: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation
Study finds that a week of political content can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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chriso-wiki.bsky.social
According to a study published this week in the journal Science:
November 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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chriso-wiki.bsky.social
Why Elon Musk purchased Twitter :
November 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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arpbot.bsky.social
JWST NIRCam image of Arp 142, also known as NGC 2936 and NGC 2937, or the Penguin and the Egg.

In this wide view, we see the Penguin and the Egg galaxies, a foreground edge-on spiral, and a large number of distant galaxies.

Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
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Arp 142, two interacting galaxies, take up less than a third of the frame. At the top is NGC 2937, nicknamed the Egg. Its center is brighter and whiter. There are six diffraction spikes atop its gauzy blue layers. At the center is NGC 2936, nicknamed the Penguin. In this view it is resting on its back, facing up. Its beak-like region points toward and above the Egg. Where the eye would be is a small, opaque yellow spiral. The Penguin’s distorted arms and thin red dust lanes from the bird’s beak, back, and tail. The tail is wide and layered, like a beta fish’s tail. A semi-transparent blue hue traces the Penguin and extends from the galaxy, creating an upside-down U over top of both galaxies. At bottom center-right is another galaxy seen from the side, pointing at an angle. It is largely light blue. Its length appears approximately as long as the Egg’s height. There are several foreground stars with large, bright blue diffraction spikes. The wide black background is filled with tiny, extremely distant galaxies.
November 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
Except that’s what everyone on the right was doing before we learned it was the Trump admin that granted him asylum - and most are still doing it. If only Republicans would blame the shooters more often instead of trying to use deranged acts by individuals for political gain.
November 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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atrupar.com
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 4:29 AM
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atrupar.com
Trump calls Tim Walz “seriously retarded”
migrant earning $30,000 with a green card will get roughly $50,000 in yearly benefits for their family. The real migrant population is much higher. This refugee burden is the leading cause of social dysfunction in America, something that did not exist after World War II (Failed schools, high crime, urban decay, overcrowded hospitals, housing shortages, and large deficits, etc.). As an example, hundreds of thousands of refugees from Somalia are completely taking over the once great State of Minnesota. Somalian gangs are roving the streets looking for “prey” as our wonderful people stay locked in their apartments and houses hoping against hope that they will be left alone. The seriously retarded Governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, does nothing, either through fear, incompetence, or both, while the worst “Congressman/woman” in our Country, Ilhan Omar, always wrapped in her swaddling hijab, and who probably came into the U.S.A. illegally in that you are not allowed to marry your brother, does nothing but hatefully complain about our Country, its Constitution, and how “badly” she is treated, when her place of origin is a decadent, backward, and crime ridden nation…
November 28, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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reuters.com
President Trump said his administration will work to permanently pause migration from all ‘Third World Countries’ to allow the US system to fully recover reut.rs/3KskKAI
Trump says US will permanently pause migration from 'Third World Countries'
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said his administration will work to permanently pause migration from all "Third World Countries" to allow the U.S. system to fully recover.
reut.rs
November 28, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
Chris "Law Dork" Geidner & @chrisgeidner X.com Wednesday Addams Thanksgiving speech image Homeland Security # @DHSgov•10h This Thanksgiving, there is no room at the table for invaders. x.com/axios/status/1... 11:37 PM • 11/27/25 • 2.4K Views
November 28, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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darrylayo.bsky.social
Jesus died for nothing.
+ anxious_opposition • 13h How is it that I'm atheist, they're Christian, yet I'm the one trying to convince you to feed the poor like Jesus told you to? 6.5K Q 367 G388 →12 husbandmanministry 11h Could you please show me from the Bible where Jesus teaches on that? I have been reading the Bible for 40+ years and don't recall it.
November 28, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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wartranslated.bsky.social
Russia lost human spaceflight capability for the first time since 1961 after Baikonur launch pad damage, with Soyuz MS-28 missions postponed indefinitely, Roscosmos confirms.
November 28, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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brilliantmaps.bsky.social
Share Of Households Participating in SNAP (Food Stamps) By U.S. Congressional House District

Ranked from high to low: brilliantmaps.com/snap-food...
November 28, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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darthputinkgb.bsky.social
The Belgium PM is too stupid/corrupt to know that an objective of the "peace deal" is to derail efforts to use Russian frozen assets.
November 28, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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noelreports.com
🇪🇺🇧🇪 The EU is questioning Belgium over opaque use of taxes generated from frozen Russian assets, demanding clarity on whether those funds are reaching Ukraine, as promised. Diplomats worry Belgium may be keeping the money for itself, rather than forwarding all proceeds to Kyiv.
November 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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wartranslated.bsky.social
Russians have begun destroying anti-drone corridors along logistics routes.
November 28, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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astrobin.com
AstroBin's Image of the Day: "LDN1622" by 盘尼西林Peniciliao

www.astrobin.com/z7expt/

#astrophotography
LDN1622
November 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong authorities say death toll in apartment complex blaze rises to 128 after more bodies found.

@apnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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bigstape.bsky.social
The Integral Sign Galaxy UGC 3697, about 159 million light years away. UGC 3714 and PGC 20412 are below it, and UGC 3701 above.
#astrophotography #seestar #ugc3697
A small edge-on galaxy, but the ends are curled up in opposite directions.
November 28, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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darthputinkgb.bsky.social
At Roskosmos space facility our rocket suffered a rapid, unscheduled disassembly that was part of the plan
November 28, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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darthputinkgb.bsky.social
OTD in 1943 at the Tehran conference USSR reaffirmed Iranian independence and promised to remove troops as per treaty the of 1942 once war was over.

Can you guess what happened once war was over?
November 28, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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broadwaybabyto.bsky.social
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.

This is the power of vaccines.

The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.

Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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warinthefuture.bsky.social
"President Putin of Russia on Thursday defended President Trump’s special envoy against accusations of pro-Kremlin bias, calling him “an intelligent man” who is properly representing the position of his country and leader." For sure, Vlad.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/w...
Putin Defends Witkoff Against Accusations of Pro-Russia Bias
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:40 PM