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‘FLOW’ director Gints Zilbalodis celebrating his #Oscar win at In-N-Out.

Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show. The Dark Heart of Trump’s Foreign Policy With Fareed Zakaria open.spotify.com/episode/1ehB... youtu.be/305ZAppMlN8?...

🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 Ir vēl kāds kuram liekas, ka šis viss ir kaut kāds Trumpa masterplan? ... he [Trump] said that Zelensky’s “hatred” for Putin — the actual dictator who invaded Ukraine — might be the reason the invasion won’t end. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...

Pēdējā laikā mans Facebook feed ir pilns ar MAGA postiem un cita veida dezinformāciju no ASV. Kaut visu laiku lieku "Not Interested", nekas nemainās. Ja Zacks nedzird mani, neļaušu viņam pelnīt no manas informācijas. Paldies @lastweektonight.com par padomiem: johnoliverwantsyourraterotica.com

YouGov MRP projections for tomorrow’s German elections.

I want to tell you a story. In 2015, I was in the small Lithuanian city of Panevežys, standing with the locals, watching a military parade. But this was no ordinary parade, because marching alongside the Lithuanian troops were our American allies.🧵1/17

As always, excellent insight!

Ļoti informatīva"Zinātne vai muļķības" sērija par latviešu seksualitāti. "Viens klausītājs vaicā,.." jā, jā, Jāni @sildniks.bsky.social 😂. youtu.be/EfsHPvzTtoE?...

I’m in Munich and people keep asking me to decode Vance’s speech. OK: In Vance English “free speech” means “Let Musk run your elections” and “democracy” means “let Russia run your elections.” Now move on. 2025 is about what Europeans do, not what Americans say.

Well done.

Uztaisi podkāstu un tev uzticēs reformēt Valsts pārvaldi. @evikasilina.bsky.social vīziju par pārvaldes reformu es sagaidu no politiķiem, nevis no DOGE vai BRO. Tāpēc jau mums ir tā demokrātija, lai šādas idejas iegūst tautas mandātu.

Today's episode of The Ezra Klein Show. The journalist James Pogue explicates the strange tensions between big tech and the new right. open.spotify.com/episode/1KME...

Scoop: People involved in WH discussions about TikTok say Oracle and Microsoft having talks about taking control of TikTok’s global operation, with ByteDance retaining minority stake www.npr.org/2025/01/25/g...

It's terrible politics and precedent but I'm going to be honest and say that the Trump team has been brutally clear they want revenge on their enemies, they are obsessed with Hunter in particular, and that would weigh like hell on me if I were his father and could protect him.

Nothing says alpha like leaving your multimillion dollar island compound to fly 8+ hours to have dinner with the guy who said he wants to put you in jail, and then fly straight back.

Vai jaukteņi tiešām ir veselīgāki par tīršķirnes dzīvniekiem? Un kāpēc kaķi skrien pievemt tieši paklāju vai segu, nevis laminātu? ▶️ "Zinātne vai muļķības" iztaujā vetārstus par mājdzīvnieku mītiem www.delfi.lv/a/120052096