Maaike
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non-practicing intellectual on war & tech NL/EN
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Danielle Blake
about 19 hours ago
In space no one can hear you Teams.
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My university employer is downsizing the annual staff party, a BBQ, and presenting it as an improvement for "sustainability" cause we use so much charcoal Jfc just turn off the corporate speak
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The Guardian
about 23 hours ago
World’s oldest tortoise caught in viral crypto death scam
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World’s oldest tortoise caught in viral crypto death scam
Fake X account posing as his vet sparked global false reports of Jonathan’s death while soliciting crypto donations At 194 years old, Jonathan, the giant tortoise, was a youngster when Queen Victoria ascended to the throne – and has now lived long enough to fall victim to a crypto scam. News outlets including the BBC, Daily Mail and USA Today falsely reported his death after an X account posing as Jonathan’s vet broke the news. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/02/worlds-oldest-tortoise-crypto-death-scam?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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ALCA, Goddess of Lust 💜
2 days ago
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Arthur Brand
about 22 hours ago
BREAKING: The golden Romanian helmet of Coțofenești, which was stolen last year from a museum in the Netherlands, has been recovered. Great work by the Dutch police!
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John Bull
about 19 hours ago
"i have two Microsoft Outlooks, and neither one of those are working." The Astronauts truly representing us all up there.
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it feels like The Wire decided on which sectors of the Baltimore economy to portray based on the amount of slang, man i am watching this with a special The Wire dictionary open and I still have to play back and listen again constantly (no spoilers! watching it for the first time)
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the best part, besides getting more money for Lego sets, is that I will finally get my revenge for all that time I was working and he wasn't, and stay in bed while he has to get out early in the morning
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i have no pain and a lot of energy today. i can walk around easily and think clearly 🐸🍑
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Prof Ros Gleadow FAA 💚
2 days ago
“After having their first child, women are 29% less likely to be employed at a university than if they had not become mothers”
#WomenInScience
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Becky Hawkins
3 days ago
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i love april's fools jokes! gimme more
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Cornish Skipper #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 〓〓 🔶🌹💚💙
2 days ago
“Italy has denied the use of an airbase in Sicily to US military planes carrying weapons for the war in Iran after the US did not follow the required authorisation procedure.”
#TrumpsWar
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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Italy denies use of Sicily airbase to US planes carrying weapons for Iran war
Defence ministry says US failed to request authorisation in time for parliament to give approval as required by international treaty
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/31/italy-denies-sicily-airbase-us-planes-carrying-weapons-iran-war
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It is the 25 year anniversary of the world's first legal gay marriage! Yay! Even though times are tough, we still have come far since 2001
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Ohhh we are getting Eurovision Asia??? I might just switch over
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Eurovision Song Contest launches first-ever Asia edition
Broadcasters from 10 countries, including South Korea and the Philippines, will be taking part.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2rwq53zxyo
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I don't like to brag but I am quite a good gift giver I would say Oh no wait I do like to brag about it Anyway just got the Swede (who loves making drinks and everything Fallout vibed) these glasses made out of uranium glass and they were a hit 😎
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Dreadnought Holiday
3 days ago
It's Trans Day of Visibility, but a shout out to the invisible trans people - the ones who haven't realised, the ones who haven't shared it, and, sadly, the ones for whom it's just too dangerous to be yourself in public. I might not see you, but I know you're out there.
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Help i was being a total man this morning (derogatory) I wasn't thinking and washed my hair with shower gel 😭
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I have a surprise for you
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Someone on Twitter found a review by Edward Said of Netanyahu's book on Terrorism from 1987 (it got eviscerated) I did not know they had intersected though, how interesting
www.jstor.org/stable/41857...
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Review: The Essential Terrorist on JSTOR
Edward W. Said, The Essential Terrorist, Arab Studies Quarterly, Vol. 9, No. 2, Terrorism and the Middle East: Context and Interpretations (Spring 1987), pp. 195-203
https://www.jstor.org/stable/41857908?seq=1
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Hip hip hooray Wish Sora had a grave to piss on
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I understand why ppl are critical about Europeans abstaining But the countries who perpetrated and contributed to the Holocaust openly declaring that it was not the worst crime against humanity is not a good look either. Comparing atrocities is simply never helpful and always ends up with harm
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UN votes to describe slave trade as ‘gravest crime against humanity’
Members call for reparatory justice as landmark resolution aims for ‘political recognition at the highest level’
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/mar/25/un-votes-slave-trade-gravest-crime-against-humanity-reparatory-justice
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Someone on Twitter found a review by Edward Said of Netanyahu's book on Terrorism from 1987 (it got eviscerated) I did not know they had intersected though, how interesting
www.jstor.org/stable/41857...
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Review: The Essential Terrorist on JSTOR
Edward W. Said, The Essential Terrorist, Arab Studies Quarterly, Vol. 9, No. 2, Terrorism and the Middle East: Context and Interpretations (Spring 1987), pp. 195-203
https://www.jstor.org/stable/41857908?seq=1
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Bruno Leipold
7 days ago
Really pleased to advertise these 4 LSE postdocs in the history of popular government as part of our ERC Synergy Project "Popular Government in Global Perspective (POPGOV)"
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I need to scream a lot but i have neighbours so let me scream on here AHHHGFahwjksHGGgFTGY Fuck HR Fuck HR Fuck HR IsisjenebndkswiushshehehehehrbnrjskKsjsbdbebrbbrbrbr Fuck bureaucracy Fuck administration Fuck forms Fuck Paperwork Fuck fuck fuck unhelpful shit ass admin SushshHHY°£°¥°$=${$}$
7 days ago
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Matheleine
8 days ago
I have many thoughts on this documents. First, the language - it is written like a transphobe's wet dream. It makes up a definition of "biological sex", which excludes all intersex people. It then suggests this cannot be changed (lol). So, not written by anyone with any understanding of science. /1
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fuck this shit
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8 days ago
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oh sounds like the Americans are using human shields then by existing outside military bases? and we have already established that that is so bad of a war crime the enemy is justified killing your entire family for it
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Reposting this not cause I think the attention should be on cis women, but to debunk the stupid ideas about participation of trans women in sports
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8 days ago
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I really do have the easiest cat cause why is she still purring while i stuff medicine down her throat? Weirdo
8 days ago
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I will vote for the party that makes it illegal to serve me ever shrinking drinks when going out for a fika. Why is my bottle of ginger ale only 200 ml? That is a fucking single sip.
8 days ago
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i want subtitles like the ones people Hard of Hearing/Deaf get sometimes, but then for the face blind with the names in front of the text so I remember which charactre is which
9 days ago
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Really really struggling with envy these days. I hate that i feel it, i hate how it feels, i am upset at myself for feeling this way. But i am burning with jealousy at the people in my life who achieve life things i so desperately want too and even the ones who are sick but actually get medial care
10 days ago
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Ja joh geef zeker je eigen medewerkers aan bij de politie als universiteit omdat ze een kritische column schrijven??? Stalinistische praktijken
www.trouw.nl/columnisten/...
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Stel dat ik wél in Delft geëindigd was, was mijn naam dan ook aan de politie doorgegeven?
https://www.trouw.nl/columnisten/stel-dat-ik-wel-in-delft-geeindigd-was-was-mijn-naam-dan-ook-aan-de-politie-doorgegeven~bcc2d398/
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Guess what
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Joshua Eaton
12 days ago
I think sometimes people see a Christian tradition that *feels* pagan to them and assume Christians must have taken it from paganism, when really what they’re sensing is just a tradition that’s pre-modern.
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Citizen.Coping
13 days ago
Thompson's hematologist at Johns Hopkins, Dr. Robert A. Brodsky, published a study revealing that the research now has an overall 94% disease-free survival rate. "[A cure is now] available to the majority, almost the entirety, of sickle cell patients.”
#GoodNews
#BlackSky
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Woman Diagnosed with Sickle Cell Disease at 2-Months-Old Wakes Up with No Pain for the First Time in Her Life After New Treatment
Tatyana Thompson, who was diagnosed with sickle cell disease when she was 2 months old, was successfully cured of the disease after she participated in Johns Hopkins research on sickle cell treatment.
https://people.com/woman-diagnosed-with-sickle-cell-disease-at-2-months-old-wakes-up-with-no-pain-for-the-first-time-in-her-life-after-new-treatment-11931453
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It did not go well Got obliterated in Super Smash Bros
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My nephew is coming over for the first time alone for 2 hours and i am so nervous 🐸 i just want him to have fun with his auntie ahhhh Bought a ton of snacks and we are gonna play some games on the switch (recs for multiplayer switch games for a 7 year old still welcome) Ahhhh
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depths of wikipedia
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There is now an Ottolenghi in Amsterdam? I need to go!!
ottolenghi.co.uk/pages/locati...
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Amsterdam | Restaurants | Ottolenghi
Within the cultural heart of Amsterdam's Museum District, you'll find our newest location. Expect the food to follow the same philosophy as our London spots: vegetables at the centre, bold flavours, p...
https://ottolenghi.co.uk/pages/locations/amsterdam
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Auke van Eijsden
14 days ago
Ze zijn er niet voor beloond, maar de prijs voor de beste partijnaam in Hoorn gaat naar: 🦄
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Call the police 🚨 Wearing tights with sandals today
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Tired
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People in their early to mid twenties when they experience general adult human life occurrences and feelings: "wow this is so unique to being in my early to mid twenties"
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Judith.
15 days ago
Ik ben op een congres met een robot stripper
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Ulrike Franke
15 days ago
Why are Shahed drones so relevant for Iran at the moment? Not necessarily because of the destruction they cause. I analyse what we know about
#drone
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@wpr.bsky.social
www.worldpoliticsreview.com/iran-war-sha...
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Shahed Drones Are Now Taking Center Stage in the Iran War, Too
Drones, and more specifically loitering munitions like the Shahed-136, are now a central feature of the Iran War.
https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/iran-war-shahed-russia-geran-ukraine/
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Ulrike Franke
28 days ago
As we now hear about the US LUCAS drone/loitering ammunition, which has been based on the Iranian Shahed, I will bring a thread over from Twitter I did on the German DAR - which is linked to the Israeli Harop - which is again linked to the Shahed.
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The "Czech Republic" really loves its drones eh Hmmmmmm
www.economist.com/asia/2026/03...
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Finally Absolute disgrace
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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Belgian court sends ex-diplomat, 93, to trial over 1961 murder of Congo leader
Family of the then PM, Patrice Lumumba, welcome decision to charge Étienne Davignon as ‘beginning of a reckoning’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/17/ex-belgian-diplomat-93-trial-1961-murder-patrice-lumumba
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