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Maastricht is celebrating carnival. But what is the point when the king of fools is president of the US, and the world is already upside down?

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Zelensky has reportedly left the White House without signing the minerals deal. The agreement appears to be canceled.

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Any remaining arguments against the rearmament of Europe just evaporated in front of the eyes of every single European head of state this evening.

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DOGE recommends cuts to the FAA. Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps. Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems. See how this works?

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just gonna be the thousandth person to remind you all that segregationists start the open bigotry with people they feel they can target most easily but do not end there

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BREAKING: Bosnia court sentences Serb leader Milorad Dodik to one year in jail for defying rulings of the international peace official aje.io/8zy2yg

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@aelkus.bsky.social Baudrillard would weep. That, or cackle madly. The goddamn President of the United fucking States is memeing himself, his chief consigliere, and their psycho local ally into an otherworldly slopfest with money, hookers, beachfronts, and casinos.

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Today 25.02 in Moscow detained Ekaterina Barabash The article and circumstances are not known at this time. Probably due to her professional activities (she worked for Republic and her civil position. It is known that she is in SC Dorogomilovsky district.

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#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlur Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…

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I am so pleased to announce a Palestinian Studies cluster hire at @huntercollege.bsky.social - we are hiring one person in the arts and another in the social sciences. This is an incredible source of pride for me as a faculty member & one of the many reasons that I feel so lucky to work here 1/

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This is truly shameful. Even China and Iran abstained. The US has put itself in the company of some of the worst states in the world - Russia, Belarus, North Korea. Hungary showing its true colours as Russia's Trojan horse in the EU as well.

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Merz's opening act is to defy the ICC - nice start for someone hailed as a European leader. 😖

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This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source. Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.

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Lloyd Axworthy draws analogies between Ukraine and Canada's position vis-a-vis the US. A year ago I would have laughed...

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FFS NYT... Can you provide a single example of a state that benefitted from ingratiating itself to Trump?

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While the correspondence between the AfD and the further GDR is correct, there do seem to be discrepancies in this map. aje.io/ikv4ie

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@rbreich.bsky.social

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Klaus Stuttmann, German election cartoon. Every sizeable party, except die Linke, is running on some version of rationalizing deportations. www.spiegel.de/kultur/liter...

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As Maya Angelou has so eloquently stated: "When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. This is who they are. Believe them.

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When I post about Palestine I aim to bring attention to war crimes against Palestinians. But I want to take this opportunity to remember Oded Lifshitz, a hostage murdered by Hamas, who was returned today.

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Starlink is a very serious threat to Canada's security. The enemy is already using it to blackmail Ukraine; sooner or later, they will use it to blackmail us. We urgently need alternative options in rural areas.

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"Mass public formations all contributed instrumentally to removing Trump from office last time. We know it is possible, we can do it again, and we can do it better. Trump and company learned from that experience, but so have we. The fight continues." www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Most viewed in the last 7 days from JAMA: US states that adopted abortion bans had higher than expected infant mortality after the bans took effect. https://ja.ma/3X711tB

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22 February is the birthday of anti-colonial writer, historian and activist Anton de Kom (Paramaribo, 1898 - Neuengamme 1945), expelled from Suriname by the colonial authorities, murdered by the Nazis. Pick up a free copy of his book in the public library #Amsterdam750 #BlackHistoryMonth #Day22

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Two Palestinian children were shot in the back and killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank aje.io/gbbln5

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faculty need to know that ICE does not have legal access to classrooms and that we are within our rights to deny them access

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Among those Trump and Musk fired at the FAA: - Lawyers who help keep drunk or reckless pilots out of the skies - Air traffic control support staff - Employees who track potential new flying hazards like cranes - Staffers who medically clear pilots to fly www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Jan Böhmermann explains to Americans in an entertaining video how "never again" was a convenient way for Germans, as it happens, to not actually confront its past. (And by proxy, Trump, Musk and company.) www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/o...

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well done, @chriswarcraft.bsky.social

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Being defamed by that lout is a badge of honour. If only the leaders of Canada and European states had the courage to call his bullsh*t - they seem to think that being mealy mouthed is going to save them. As far as I'm concerned Ukraine is more realistic and courageous that the whole lot.

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The paper I submitted on lessons learned in the creation of the Rijeka Fiume in Flux phone app was rejected by the IJHS... pity they sent it to two reviewers no.2 😜 I would like this piece to get out in a timely fashion so I'm looking for the right journal. Recommendations of journals you read?

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Fantastic conference alert! CfP info here: studygroupforminorityhistory.com/2025/02/18/c...

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While I'm thrilled Canada is taking part, why the heck is Romania not invited??

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#NoAFD Die Grenze ist nicht mehr sicher!

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Ah, nice of them to invite the second-tier European states to the conversation for a briefing on what was decided.

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Oh wow. I'm amazed this book exists. But also, I'm amazed that I'm amazed.

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The final coup de grace of checks and balances.

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Here is our @amnesty.org message to European leaders: Stop punishing Palestinian solidarity, start punishing those who commit genocide! Read here my latest OpEd for the @indyvoices.bsky.social 👇https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/gaza-palestine-germany-protest-police-ban-arabic-b2696733.html

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"There are many ways Trump could trigger a global collapse. Here’s how to survive if that happens": tl;dr: " Start with this principle: don’t face your fears alone. Make friends, meet your neighbours, set up support networks, help those who are struggling." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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So one of the things that I think is lost on AI proponents is what I call the card catalog effect, a thing I shouldn’t call it because a lot of people probably have no experience with a card catalog.

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"There's an old saying in diplomatic circles: 'If you are not at the table, you are on the table.' Hard to believe it's 2025, and two superpowers are meeting to split up a sovereign nation—like colonialism never went out of style. #Ukraine

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