Zane Piebalga
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“Hell, yeah, she’s getting paid!” the lobbyist said."
Antonia Hitchens on the mystery of Laura Loomer's many vendettas
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Antonia Hitchens on the mystery of Laura Loomer's many vendettas
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Laura Loomer’s Endless Payback
The President’s self-appointed loyalty enforcer inspires fear and vexation across Washington. What’s behind her vetting crusades?
www.newyorker.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
“Hell, yeah, she’s getting paid!” the lobbyist said."
Antonia Hitchens on the mystery of Laura Loomer's many vendettas
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Antonia Hitchens on the mystery of Laura Loomer's many vendettas
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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It is foundational IMO that BBC has been savagely defunded (and relentlessly politically bullied and attacked) from 2010-2024. See vlv.org.uk/news/bbc-pub... 2/
38% cut in BBC Public Funding: VLV Analysis | Voice of the Listener & Viewer
VLV research shows that BBC public funding available for UK services has dropped by just under 40% in real terms since 2010. Our analysis is based on BBC An ...
vlv.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
It is foundational IMO that BBC has been savagely defunded (and relentlessly politically bullied and attacked) from 2010-2024. See vlv.org.uk/news/bbc-pub... 2/
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Naids ir akls... :( Kā tik ļoti var ienīst citādo un nesparast, ka darbojies pēc Kremļa rokasgrāmatas? Tas man nav saprotams, kaut esmu iemācījies daudz ko sagremot.
EKRE launches petition to withdraw from Istanbul Convention https://news.err.ee/1609853940/ekre-launches-petition-to-withdraw-from-istanbul-convention
EKRE launches petition to withdraw from Istanbul Convention
Opposition party EKRE launched a public petition on Monday to gather support to demand Estonia's withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, which opposes violence against women and domestic violence.
news.err.ee
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Naids ir akls... :( Kā tik ļoti var ienīst citādo un nesparast, ka darbojies pēc Kremļa rokasgrāmatas? Tas man nav saprotams, kaut esmu iemācījies daudz ko sagremot.
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Helmanis aicina NA, ZZS un AS atbalstīt Hermani. Kā tas domāts? Pabīdīties malā, nelekties, mainīt vēlēšanu sistēmu vai sadodieties rokās?
November 10, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Helmanis aicina NA, ZZS un AS atbalstīt Hermani. Kā tas domāts? Pabīdīties malā, nelekties, mainīt vēlēšanu sistēmu vai sadodieties rokās?
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Vakardienas pikets, protams, bija pacilājošs un savā ziņā par komfortabli vienojošs.
Taču līdztekus ir vērts paturēt prātā, ka patiesībā aktīvisms, jo sevišķi cilvēktiesību jomā, ir neērts un traumatisks, ka tam mēdz būt smagas sekas. Pat, ja esi kinozvaigzne.
www.worldofreel.com/blog/2025/11...
Taču līdztekus ir vērts paturēt prātā, ka patiesībā aktīvisms, jo sevišķi cilvēktiesību jomā, ir neērts un traumatisks, ka tam mēdz būt smagas sekas. Pat, ja esi kinozvaigzne.
www.worldofreel.com/blog/2025/11...
Paramount Has Blacklist for Stars Deemed “Overtly Antisemitic” — World of Reel
It sure looks like the likes of Javier Bardem, Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, and Mark Ruffalo won’t be making movies for Paramount in the foreseeable future.
www.worldofreel.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Vakardienas pikets, protams, bija pacilājošs un savā ziņā par komfortabli vienojošs.
Taču līdztekus ir vērts paturēt prātā, ka patiesībā aktīvisms, jo sevišķi cilvēktiesību jomā, ir neērts un traumatisks, ka tam mēdz būt smagas sekas. Pat, ja esi kinozvaigzne.
www.worldofreel.com/blog/2025/11...
Taču līdztekus ir vērts paturēt prātā, ka patiesībā aktīvisms, jo sevišķi cilvēktiesību jomā, ir neērts un traumatisks, ka tam mēdz būt smagas sekas. Pat, ja esi kinozvaigzne.
www.worldofreel.com/blog/2025/11...
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After having convinced Americans that it's other countries that pay tariffs - NOT Americans themselves - Trump will now offer to give a small portion of the collected revenues back to the people as if it's a gift from the kindly czar.
November 10, 2025 at 8:18 AM
After having convinced Americans that it's other countries that pay tariffs - NOT Americans themselves - Trump will now offer to give a small portion of the collected revenues back to the people as if it's a gift from the kindly czar.
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Kulberga spļāviens Īvāna un "neīstās tautas" sejā noteikti ir jaudīgs tautu vienojošs spēks.
Kulberga spļaudekļu nacionālpatrijodiskā gravitācija salīmēs sašķelto sabiedrību monolītā klucī.
Kulberga spļaudekļu nacionālpatrijodiskā gravitācija salīmēs sašķelto sabiedrību monolītā klucī.
Runas par sabiedrības šķelšanu uzskatu par pārspīlētām, jo nevar sašķelt solidaritāti, ja tādas vispār nav. Tas, ka ir naivi no dažādām grupām sagaidīt saticību, nenozīmē, ka tām jāvicina dūres un jāļaujas oponentiem veltītai verbālai caurejai.
Zanders par šķelšanu un šķelšanos.
Zanders par šķelšanu un šķelšanos.
Māris Zanders | "Nedrīkst šķelt tautu!"
Runas par sabiedrības šķelšanu es uzskatu par pārspīlētām arī tādēļ, ka nevar sašķelt solidaritāti, empātiju, pleca sajūtu un ko tik vēl ne, ja nekā tāda vispār nav.
satori.lv
November 10, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Kulberga spļāviens Īvāna un "neīstās tautas" sejā noteikti ir jaudīgs tautu vienojošs spēks.
Kulberga spļaudekļu nacionālpatrijodiskā gravitācija salīmēs sašķelto sabiedrību monolītā klucī.
Kulberga spļaudekļu nacionālpatrijodiskā gravitācija salīmēs sašķelto sabiedrību monolītā klucī.
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The BBC: quite a big deal.
November 10, 2025 at 10:36 AM
The BBC: quite a big deal.
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What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
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Data-center projects that “may sit empty for years because the local utility isn’t ready to supply electricity.”
@bloomberg.com @weisenthal.bsky.social $NVDA
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
@bloomberg.com @weisenthal.bsky.social $NVDA
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Data-center projects that “may sit empty for years because the local utility isn’t ready to supply electricity.”
@bloomberg.com @weisenthal.bsky.social $NVDA
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
@bloomberg.com @weisenthal.bsky.social $NVDA
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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‼️ Non-neutral competitors at the 2026 Olympics: 56 Russian athletes who support Putin regime
Non-neutral competitors at the 2026 Olympics: 56 Russian athletes who support Putin regime
Less than three months remain before the start of the XXV Winter Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo. While the world prepares for the main sporting event of the four-year cycle, the question...
www.pravda.com.ua
November 10, 2025 at 10:42 AM
‼️ Non-neutral competitors at the 2026 Olympics: 56 Russian athletes who support Putin regime
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Polish PM Donald Tusk says there are no objective reasons Ukraine should lose the war. In an interview with Gazeta Wyborcza, he warned that Ukraine’s defeat would drastically worsen Poland’s security, and stressed the need to build a strong partnership with a sovereign Ukraine.
November 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Polish PM Donald Tusk says there are no objective reasons Ukraine should lose the war. In an interview with Gazeta Wyborcza, he warned that Ukraine’s defeat would drastically worsen Poland’s security, and stressed the need to build a strong partnership with a sovereign Ukraine.
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“a group of politically-appointed directors has forced the hand of Samir Shah,the chair, and the departure of the two most senior people in the organisation. Their resignations should be called out for what they are: political interference..”1/
The Observer view: political interference at the BBC | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:22 AM
“a group of politically-appointed directors has forced the hand of Samir Shah,the chair, and the departure of the two most senior people in the organisation. Their resignations should be called out for what they are: political interference..”1/
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🧵Man Smiltenē ir 3 dažādas pirtī iešanas opcijas, ko rotācijas kārtībā regulāri izmantoju, un katra kompānija pārstāv citu sociālo slāni. Vislabākā pirts ir tādiem lāga zēniem, ar kuriem man neviens politiskais viedoklis nesakrīt. Antivax, ukraiņu par daudz, visu līmeņu valdības debīlas, krievu
November 10, 2025 at 9:12 AM
🧵Man Smiltenē ir 3 dažādas pirtī iešanas opcijas, ko rotācijas kārtībā regulāri izmantoju, un katra kompānija pārstāv citu sociālo slāni. Vislabākā pirts ir tādiem lāga zēniem, ar kuriem man neviens politiskais viedoklis nesakrīt. Antivax, ukraiņu par daudz, visu līmeņu valdības debīlas, krievu
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Important investigation of operations by shadowy firms based in the Baltic states to keep Russian shadow fleet fuelled.
November 10, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Important investigation of operations by shadowy firms based in the Baltic states to keep Russian shadow fleet fuelled.
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What happened in Tuesday's elections? Here's our anatomy of a blue wave: www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
November 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
What happened in Tuesday's elections? Here's our anatomy of a blue wave: www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
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Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani and other key figures involved in efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election: https://cnn.it/4r8Y21h
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani and other key figures involved in efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election: https://cnn.it/4r8Y21h
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Lasot šo, nevarēju nedomāt par LPV un, piemēram, L.Liepiņas sacīto debatēs pirms konvencijas denosēšanas balsojuma, proti, viņa aicināja izbeigt denonsētājus saistīt ar RU, bet labāk pavērst skatu mūsu galvenā stratēģiskā partnera virzienā. Nu, jā, pavērsām. Un milzīgas atšķirības tur vis nav.
The Heritage Foundation, the intellectual engine behind the 922-page blueprint that has become the key policy manual for Donald Trump’s second term, is partnering with a constellation of European nationalist far-right movements to export its playbook.
The Heritage Foundation goes from MAGA to MEGA — Make Europe Great Again
On the agenda: pro-natalism, freedom of expression, opposing trans rights and fighting Chinese influence.
www.politico.eu
November 10, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Lasot šo, nevarēju nedomāt par LPV un, piemēram, L.Liepiņas sacīto debatēs pirms konvencijas denosēšanas balsojuma, proti, viņa aicināja izbeigt denonsētājus saistīt ar RU, bet labāk pavērst skatu mūsu galvenā stratēģiskā partnera virzienā. Nu, jā, pavērsām. Un milzīgas atšķirības tur vis nav.
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🌐 Pirms 2 gadiem stājās spēkā Digitālo pakalpojumu akts (DSA), bet tas nestrādā, ja ziņo parastie lietotāji — pat par naida runu vai dziļviltojumiem.
Platformas atbild: “pārkāpumi nav konstatēti”. 😑
Tikai valsts iestāžu ziņojumi liek rīkoties.
🔗 rebaltica.lv/2025/11/nav-...
Platformas atbild: “pārkāpumi nav konstatēti”. 😑
Tikai valsts iestāžu ziņojumi liek rīkoties.
🔗 rebaltica.lv/2025/11/nav-...
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 AM
🌐 Pirms 2 gadiem stājās spēkā Digitālo pakalpojumu akts (DSA), bet tas nestrādā, ja ziņo parastie lietotāji — pat par naida runu vai dziļviltojumiem.
Platformas atbild: “pārkāpumi nav konstatēti”. 😑
Tikai valsts iestāžu ziņojumi liek rīkoties.
🔗 rebaltica.lv/2025/11/nav-...
Platformas atbild: “pārkāpumi nav konstatēti”. 😑
Tikai valsts iestāžu ziņojumi liek rīkoties.
🔗 rebaltica.lv/2025/11/nav-...
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#30DayMapChallenge 7 - Accessibility
Rīgā tramvaji brauc ar vidējo ātrumu 18 km/h. No pieturas "Nacionālā opera" 30 min laikā var aizbraukt līdz visiem galapunktiem, izņemot Mīlgrāvi - tur pietrūkst 150 m (30 s).
6 min gājiena attālumā kāda no 5/7/8/11/14 tramvaja pieturām ir 132 000 rīdzinieku.
Rīgā tramvaji brauc ar vidējo ātrumu 18 km/h. No pieturas "Nacionālā opera" 30 min laikā var aizbraukt līdz visiem galapunktiem, izņemot Mīlgrāvi - tur pietrūkst 150 m (30 s).
6 min gājiena attālumā kāda no 5/7/8/11/14 tramvaja pieturām ir 132 000 rīdzinieku.
November 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
#30DayMapChallenge 7 - Accessibility
Rīgā tramvaji brauc ar vidējo ātrumu 18 km/h. No pieturas "Nacionālā opera" 30 min laikā var aizbraukt līdz visiem galapunktiem, izņemot Mīlgrāvi - tur pietrūkst 150 m (30 s).
6 min gājiena attālumā kāda no 5/7/8/11/14 tramvaja pieturām ir 132 000 rīdzinieku.
Rīgā tramvaji brauc ar vidējo ātrumu 18 km/h. No pieturas "Nacionālā opera" 30 min laikā var aizbraukt līdz visiem galapunktiem, izņemot Mīlgrāvi - tur pietrūkst 150 m (30 s).
6 min gājiena attālumā kāda no 5/7/8/11/14 tramvaja pieturām ir 132 000 rīdzinieku.
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Elon Musk’s new pay package would feed all forty million Americans on SNAP for the next ten years. He wouldn’t notice the difference but the country would.
November 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Elon Musk’s new pay package would feed all forty million Americans on SNAP for the next ten years. He wouldn’t notice the difference but the country would.
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I want to thank a generation for bringing the expression “cringe” into the mainstream
November 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I want to thank a generation for bringing the expression “cringe” into the mainstream
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So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?
November 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?
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Among Hungary, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, it was Hungary that exited Moscow's grip in 1990 with the highest GDP per capita.
The Russian-backed Orban regime has since looted the country to the point that it's now the lowest.
The Russian-backed Orban regime has since looted the country to the point that it's now the lowest.
November 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Among Hungary, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, it was Hungary that exited Moscow's grip in 1990 with the highest GDP per capita.
The Russian-backed Orban regime has since looted the country to the point that it's now the lowest.
The Russian-backed Orban regime has since looted the country to the point that it's now the lowest.
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Gandhi’s Talisman. Unfortunately for too many world leaders their doubts are dissolving in a way Gandhi did not anticipate.
!["I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test.
Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man [woman] whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him [her]. Will he [she] gain anything by it?
Will it restore him [her to a control over his [her own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to Swaraj [freedom] for the hungry and spiritually starving millions?
Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:givg3amslsq46o3f25ga5esh/bafkreihph4ozfme2iadhcvg2jcexzemiif2xgxmhg2jexeknndhuhx2ewy@jpeg)
November 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Gandhi’s Talisman. Unfortunately for too many world leaders their doubts are dissolving in a way Gandhi did not anticipate.