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ProPublica
14 days ago
NEW: RFK Jr. is spreading doubts about vaccine safety and considering changes that could prompt manufacturers to flee the U.S. market. History has shown how plagues from the past can roar back when trust in shots â or access to them â falters.
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How Robert F. Kennedy Jr.âs Vaccine Agenda Risks a Resurgence of Deadly Childhood Plagues
The health secretary is spreading doubts about vaccine safety and considering changes that could prompt manufacturers to flee the U.S. market. History has shown how plagues from the past can roar back...
https://www.propublica.org/article/rfk-jr-vaccine-agenda-childhood-plagues?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1773921623&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Better Things Are Possible
6 months ago
A traveler from an antique land--great guy--said to me with tears in his eyes "Sir, two vast and trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert." And I said wow, that's really something. But we'll be building a big beautiful statue to my hubris and it will stand for eternity
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John Sipher
26 days ago
Since Trumpâs return, America has not supported a single resolution condemning Russian aggression. Not one.
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Ron Filipkowski
28 days ago
Zelensky has done everything he possibly can to satisfy this admin while he fights a war of survival for his people. And the Trump admin has done nothing but repeatedly treat him with disrespect, scorn & ridicule. 2 days ago, Trump called him âPT Barnum.â This is how Z responds.
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Musa Okwonga
about 1 month ago
You can also read the text in English here:
www.bundesliga.com/en/bundeslig...
- maybe the best thing about this is exactly how specfic he gets about both the nature of and the solution to the problem.
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Aaron Rupar
about 2 months ago
BERNIE SANDERS: Do vaccines cause autism? BHATTACHARYA: I do not believe that the measles vaccine causes autism SANDERS: Nah. Uh uh. I didn't ask measles. Do vaccines cause autism? BHATTACHARYA: I have not seen a study that suggests any single vaccine causes autism
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There were already plenty of reasons to boycott FIFA and its sponsors. Now there may be yet another reason.
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G Elliott Morris
2 months ago
Great work from the FT's John Burn-Murdoch
www.ft.com/content/b474...
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Bridget Brink
2 months ago
This undermines U.S. national security. Appeasing dictators never achieves long-term peace. It didnât work in 1938. And it won't work now. We need to turn up the pressure on Russia. History will not be forgiving to those who enable Putinâs war crimes. Nor should it be. 3/3
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Carl Quintanilla
2 months ago
(CNN) - The fast-growing measles outbreak in South Carolina is now the largest in the United States since the disease was declared eliminated in this country more than two decades ago.
@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/h...
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Governor Tim Walz
2 months ago
I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
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Seva
2 months ago
âThe strong do what they can" is what Athens said right before destroying itself. New piece on the Carney Doctrine, Vaclavâs grocer, and American hubris.
hegemon.substack.com/p/the-strong...
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The Strong Will Suffer What They Must
Vaclav's Grocer and American Hubris
https://hegemon.substack.com/p/the-strong-will-suffer-what-they
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Kate from Kharkiv
2 months ago
The US is literally the only NATO country that's ever used Article 5. Everyone else showed up. Like... what are you even taking about???
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Kurt Andersen
2 months ago
Very good piece by
@mashagessen.bsky.social
, the author of Surviving Autocracy, who left Russia in 2013 as the authoritarian hammer really started coming down, and moved to the United States. Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...
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Tariq Panja
2 months ago
We seem to have normalised the Premier League's inability to conclude the Manchester City case. The years this thing has taken is pathetic. The longer it has taken the more people have forgotten the magnitude of the alleged offences. Time passing has had a kind of watering down affect on allegations
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The Athletic | Football
2 months ago
Senegal win the Africa Cup of Nations. Pape Gueye's stunning extra-time strike proved the difference. Does that tell the full story? Not even slightly. A questionable penalty decision in Morocco's favour, Senegal's walk-off and fury, Brahim Diaz's failed panenka. That just scratches the surface.
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Aaron Rupar
3 months ago
Moulton: "When we had briefings on Venezuela, we asked, 'Are you going to invade the country?' We were told no. 'Do you plan to put troops on the ground?' We were told no. 'Do you intend regime change in VZ?' We were told no. So in a sense, we have been briefed, we've just been completely lied to"
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Sam Freedman
3 months ago
I don't think "oil" is a sufficient explanation for what's going on. Rubio being a neocon when it comes to Latin America feels more important.
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Simon Kuper
3 months ago
Why the suburbs of Paris are the world's biggest hotbed of football talent. Beautiful short film by Copa 90, with brief appearance by me
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4wM...
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Inside The Banlieues | Paris' Hotbed Of Talent
YouTube video by COPA90
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4wMsl-1bKs
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Jessica Berlin
4 months ago
Seit 10 Jahren reagiert Europa auf jede neue Trump-AbsurditĂ€t gleich: Empörung, Schockstarre. Statt weiter auf den US-Autounfall zu starren, mĂŒssen wir endlich lenken. Wir wissen lĂ€ngst: Trump denkt nur an sich. Zeit, dass Europa selbst handelt.đ (Clip auf DE mit EN Untertiteln)
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The Bulwark
4 months ago
"Vague assurances are not security; they are illusions, and illusions in great power politics are fatal."
lnk.thebulwark.com/4pzTkrK
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A Letter from Clausewitz to Secretary Rubio
Channeling the author of âOn Warâ on the U.S. pursuit of peace in Ukraine.
https://lnk.thebulwark.com/4pzTkrK
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jamelle
5 months ago
incredible that these guys have a massive hard on for a country that, if it were a state, would rank behind kansas in terms of wealth and which would be a total backwater if it werenât economically integrated with more functional countries
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Tim Onion
5 months ago
Almost every major news story this week is about how the entire economy is now gambling, scams, bribes and theft.
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William Dalrymple
6 months ago
âOne of the oldest urban centres on the planetâ: Gazaâs rich history in ruins. My @guardian piece on the erasure of Gaza's past. As we mourn incalculable human losses, learning about its past can help us better understand the present
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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âOne of the oldest urban centres on the planetâ: Gazaâs rich history in ruins
The territoryâs ancient heritage has too often been ignored. As we mourn incalculable human losses, learning about its past can help us better understand the present
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/17/one-of-the-oldest-urban-centres-on-the-planet-gazas-rich-history-in-ruins?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Don Moynihan
7 months ago
At some point in the not too distant future the conventional wisdom will be that this was a period where the US focused on dumb shit while China took the lead in multiple domains
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Matthew Palmer
7 months ago
Great overview of a good idea. People often forget how critical terrain is in war amongst all the hype around tech and drones. Good luck trying to push a mechanised ground force through a large area of bogland.
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The strangest David Lynch facts â ranked!
Ahead of a new biography of the late director (whose favourite number was seven), we rundown some of the most offbeat things about this most mysterious modern genius
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/aug/21/the-strangest-david-lynch-facts-ranked
7 months ago
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Oz Katerji
12 months ago
I'm very pleased to announce that my debut feature documentary, The Battle For Kyiv, will be released on Apple TV, Amazon Prime & Google Play on June 6th 2025 in association with BylineTV. Available in all territories and countries these platforms operate in except for Russia.
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Tahar đșđŠ đ”đž đșđł đȘđș
8 months ago
Donât they realize that they sound like Holocaust deniers? When you go to this extent of denialism, youâve totally gone off the deep end. There is no hope in your case.
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Slightly diminish a band Jane's Craving
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Casey Michel
8 months ago
Good time to re-up my essay from a few years ago on what Russia's slaughter of Indigenous Alaskans can tell us about Moscow's designs on Ukraine (and elsewhere):
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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Russiaâs Slaughter of Indigenous People in Alaska Tells Us Something Important About Ukraine
Russia once controlled 20 percent of U.S. territory. That legacy helps explain its aggression against Ukraine.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/10/27/russia-colonization-alaska-ukraine-00123352
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Oz Katerji
8 months ago
I have signed this petition alongside more than 200 of my colleagues demanding Israel allow the foreign press into Gaza immediately with no restrictions. I urge my colleagues to join me in signing it below:
freedomtoreport.org
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Freedom To Report : Gaza Mission
media enquiries:
[email protected]
Instagram The Issue Whatâs happening in Gaza today reveals a far broader crisis: the erosion of press freedom as a pillar of democracy. The people most directly...
https://freedomtoreport.org/
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Channel 4 News
8 months ago
Gaza: âWe have 6,000 trucks of aid we canât bring inâ says UNRWA
www.channel4.com/news/gaza-we...
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Gaza: âWe have 6,000 trucks of aid we canât bring inâ says UNRWA
We spoke to Sam Rose, who's acting director of UNRWA affairs in Gaza.
https://www.channel4.com/news/gaza-we-have-6000-trucks-of-aid-we-cant-bring-in-says-unrwa
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Tariq Panja
9 months ago
This is so surprisingly pleasing to see. Hope it is as longlasting as it seems.
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JosimarFootball
10 months ago
A message from
@philippeauclair.bsky.social
The reality we at Josimar face is stark. Should we fail to raise 50 000 euro by 1 July, the worldâs only investigative media dedicated solely to football will cease to exist.
josimarfootball.com/2025/06/03/a...
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A letter from Philippe Auclair - josimarfootball.com
The reality we at Josimar face is stark. Should we fail to raise ⏠50k by 1 July, the world's only investigative media dedicated solely to football will cease to exist.
https://josimarfootball.com/2025/06/03/a-letter-from-philippe-auclair/
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Eliot Higgins
10 months ago
Josimar is a small sports focused journalism organisations that Bellingcat has partnered with on previous projects, like our 1xBet investigation. We'd like to do more, but Josimar needs your support, details of why and how to do that are here:
josimarfootball.com/2025/06/03/a...
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A letter from Philippe Auclair - josimarfootball.com
The reality we at Josimar face is stark. Should we fail to raise ⏠50k by 1 July, the world's only investigative media dedicated solely to football will cease to exist.
https://josimarfootball.com/2025/06/03/a-letter-from-philippe-auclair/
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James
10 months ago
If Iâm a foreign government right nowâthe one lesson that Iâve learned at this point is that there is no durable agreement to be made with this administration. Any assurance, policy, or deal will be arbitrarily annulled by a random 3 am post. No point in expending energy negotiating with this.
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Andrew Chakhoyan đșđŠ
11 months ago
Americaâs policies towards russia is a multi-decade failure; but whatâs happening now is a disaster of epic proportions: projection of fealty & weakness â a betrayal of national honor! How long will đșđž be so publicly disrespected by a wanted war criminal?
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Andy Greenberg
11 months ago
Itâs never been clearer that US aid for the Israeli military is morally indefensible, and thereâs never going to be a better time than right now to stop defending it.
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Financial Times
11 months ago
New pope breaks with Francis to support Kyiv and ceasefire push
https://www.ft.com/content/c933d769-9791-43e4-abae-9f9b495ccde1
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New pope breaks with Francis to support Kyiv and ceasefire push
Pope Leo XIV calls Ukraineâs Volodymyr Zelenskyy days after his election as head of Catholic Church
https://www.ft.com/content/c933d769-9791-43e4-abae-9f9b495ccde1
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Papal naming trends 600s- Boniface popular 1700s- Clement is the name to adopt Early 1900s- Pius is trending 2025- Popey McPopeface I
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11 months ago
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The Guardian
11 months ago
EU microchip strategy âdeeply disconnected from realityâ say official auditors
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EU microchip strategy âdeeply disconnected from realityâ say official auditors
Plan to supply 20% of the worldâs chips by 2030 described as âessentially aspirationalâ The EUâs strategy to secure its own supply of microchips is âdeeply disconnected from realityâ, a damning report by the official European court of auditors (ECA) has found. The ECA found the bloc was âvery unlikelyâ to meet its target of supplying 20% of the worldâs microchips at a time when global demand for semiconductors is booming to meet the growing needs of defence, green tech and artificial intelligence. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/28/eu-microchip-strategy-deeply-disconnected-from-reality-say-official-auditors?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Jan Arild Snoen
11 months ago
Jeg har svart Asle Toje i Aftenposten. Han forveksler antiamerikanisme med antitrumpisme.
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Asle Toje forveksler antiamerikanisme og antitrumpisme
Snoen svarer Toje.
https://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/debatt/i/gwedda/toje-forveksler-antiamerikanisme-og-antitrumpisme
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Disse smÄ brikkene er ekstremt viktige for sikkerheten i Europa.
SÞknadsfristen til hÞyere utdanning gÄr ut 15.april. Christoffer (22) tok et studievalg som sikret jobb.
https://www.nrk.no/vestfoldogtelemark/xl/mikrobrikker-er-viktig-for-sikkerheten-i-europa.-hilal-studerer-mikroteknologi-og-er-sikret-jobb.--1.17367182
12 months ago
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Books 2025. 1. Odd Arne Westad-The Cold War
12 months ago
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Five Books - Expert Book Recommendations
about 1 year ago
"When you asked me to identify five books, you said that I couldnât put my own on the list. That makes things a little bit difficult"
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Liberal Democracy
The best books on liberal democracy and how to better understand it in the world today, recommended by political scientist Francis Fukuyama.
https://fivebooks.com/best-books/liberal-democracy-francis-fukuyama/
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The Guardian
about 1 year ago
âAll the birds returnedâ: How a Chinese project led the way in water and soil conservation
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âAll the birds returnedâ: How a Chinese project led the way in water and soil conservation
The Loess plateau was the most eroded place on Earth until China took action and reversed decades of damage from grazing and farming It was one of Chinaâs most ambitious environmental endeavours ever. The Loess plateau, an area spanning more thanâŠ
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/14/how-china-led-way-water-soil-conservation?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Donald Tusk
about 1 year ago
Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.
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James
about 1 year ago
You know? I still find it remarkably easy to remain patriotic throughout this administration. Trump and the MAGA crowd are a repudiation of every single civic ideal that the United States is meant to representâand I see no reason to stop believing in those ideals because of them.
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