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lemonde.fr
Inégalités : la sidérante envolée des revenus des ultrariches
Inégalités : la sidérante envolée des revenus des ultrariches
Les 0,1 % de Français les plus aisés gagnent en moyenne 167 fois plus que le quart des foyers les plus modestes, selon l’Insee. L’écart s’est beaucoup creusé en vingt ans. Les réformes d’Emmanuel Macron ont fait baisser le taux d’imposition des plus riches.
www.lemonde.fr
November 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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karenattiah.bsky.social
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.

He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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harrylitman.bsky.social
"The judge details a cascade of basic yet grave errors by a U.S. Attorney and a Department of Justice that have veered miles off the rails."
A Federal Judge Lowers the Boom on Lindsey Halligan
And leaves the Comey prosecution on life support
harrylitman.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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ladyjenpool.bsky.social
November 18, 1985, the world met Calvin & Hobbes
First panel; Calvin's dad leaning on a car. Calvin says, " So long, Pop! I'm off to check my tiger trap" Second panel: Calvin wearing s safari hat saying, "I rigged a tuna fish sandwich yet, so I'm sure to have a tiger by now" Third panel: Calvin's dad says, "They like tuna fish, huh?" Calvin says, "Tigers will do anything for a tuna fish sandwich" Fourth panel: Hobbes hanging upside down by one ankle from a tree and eating a sandwich. He says, "We're kind of stupid that way"
November 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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espiers.bsky.social
A reasonable follow up question here would be “what the fuck is wrong with you?”
nycsouthpaw.bsky.social southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 2d
I’m not going to pretend it’s easy to say something in the moment when you witness the president do this and you’re aboard Air Force One with all the uniformed officers and secret service and fancy wood accents, but this is really an instance where you should. people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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markmcgeoghegan.bsky.social
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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brucedlittle.bsky.social
The Epstein scandal has always been a scandal about the ruling class as a whole, not one individual or political party.

Epstein trafficked not just in the bodies of the children he abused but also in social connections that could bring elites together.
Epstein’s emails are the end of America as they ruined it
If the evil banality of the world's most powerful people exposed in the Epstein emails doesn't cause a revolution, nothing will.
www.inquirer.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
if we tax them more, how will they pay for all the blood cleansing, cell rejuvenation, and transcranial magnetic stimulation they need? www.wsj.com/lifestyle/tr...
Those who can afford it sometimes rent an entire facility to have exclusive use of it. At Centner Wellness, a high-end holistic healing center in Miami that offers a host of treatments employing the latest technology, rich clients occasionally book the whole place for several days, said founder Leila Centner. One family of about 10 people did that a few months ago, she said, turning the 15,000-square-foot center into their own wellness playground, at a cost of $150,000. Each had a tailored experience, from blood cleansing to cell rejuvenation to transcranial magnetic stimulation, with plenty of pampering in between. Centner Wellness, a high-end holistic center in Miami using the
November 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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david.noll.org
Seriously, what is wrong with these people?
Epstein Emails Reveal a Lost New York The disgraced financier’s recently released documents are steeped in a clubby world that is all but gone.
November 16, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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dianamonkey.bsky.social
I have learned that today is Goody Glover Day in Boston. Ann Glover, the last person hanged as a witch in Boston, an elderly Irish Catholic woman and former indentured servant who was deported from Ireland to Barbados by Oliver Cromwell, was killed 337 years ago.
Ann Glover - Wikipedia
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November 16, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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propublica.org
Agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter in a massive show of force. Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building.

But after the cameras were gone, federal prosecutors did not charge anyone.

With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social & @blockclubchi.bsky.social
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 16, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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notalawyer.bsky.social
i’d be more comfortable with the olivia nuzzi coverage if every story was headlined something like “seduced by a guy who eats roadkill: the story of an extremely stupid lady”
November 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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radleybalko.bsky.social
At this point, just assume everything they say is a lie.
November 14, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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dorianlynskey.bsky.social
"What is certain, and felt instinctively by almost everybody, is that things cannot go on in their present way" – The Times, May 1975

“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
November 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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eff.org
Tucked away deep in the Settings app on Android are all sorts of privacy and security features you may have never seen. It’s time to get to know those settings. ssd.eff.org/module/how-...
How to: Get to Know Android Privacy and Security Settings
Open up your Android phone’s Settings app and you’ll find dozens of different options with little guidance on what those options do. Some of these settings have a serious impact on your privacy and security, altering what data gets shared automatically with apps, data brokers, and Google itself. What sorts...
ssd.eff.org
November 12, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”

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I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time. Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again. An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next. Understand what it is to pray in Chicago.
November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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gmf1369.bsky.social
#GVerse Um. WTF???

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: "Pilots need to stop depending on air traffic controllers. They need to suck it up and go with their gut feelings."

This is the stupidest and most dangerous administration in history.
November 9, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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thedailyshow.com
New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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heathercherone.bsky.social
FULL STORY: Finding that federal agents repeatedly used force that “shocks the conscience” and lied about their actions, a federal judge issued a sweeping injunction designed to permanently rein in agents’ use of tear gas and pepper balls. @wttw.bsky.social
news.wttw.com/2025/11/06/f...
Protesters gather outside an ICE processing facility in the Chicago suburb of Broadview, Ill., Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo / Alex Brandon)
November 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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bgrueskin.bsky.social
AP reporter Regina Garcia Cano looked into a few of the men killed in Trump's extrajudicial strikes on Caribbean boats.

"They were laborers, a fisherman, a taxi driver. Two were low-level career criminals. One was a local crime boss who contracted out smuggling services"

apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump has accused boat crews of being narco-terrorists. The truth, AP found, is more nuanced
One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet.
apnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
We’re hiring!

Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.

Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
November 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
this looks like a trick daffy duck would put up to get bugs bunny into "the oval office"
three sheets of paper are taped to the outside of a building. they have the words "The Oval Office" in gold script
November 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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mollyroberts.bsky.social
“A sandwich that Lairmore testified he somehow felt through his ballistic armor on his chest, armor that is specifically made strong enough so that it stops a bullet from piercing a soldier’s heart.”
November 5, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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prisonculture.bsky.social
Now comes the even harder work. But for tonight, let's celebrate.
November 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM