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'We didn't ask for help': Syrian Druze reject Netanyahu's interference in domestic affairs

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The former head of the Social Security Administration says he expects the agency to miss on some payments over the next three months, interrupting some people's benefits, for the first time in Social Security's history of eight decades: www.cnbc.com/2025/03/01/d...

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British man in Saudi Arabia told he will be charged over tweet deleted six years ago. 'It is worrying that the UK government would simply step back and take no position on these violations of a British citizen’s rights.” www.middleeasteye.net/news/british...

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This charade again!

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The leader of Kurdish militant group the PKK has called on his followers to lay down their arms. Here's why it matters www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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this is just a nice satisfying thing to play with that shows you where all New York's underground art is, even if you don't particularly care where all New York's underground art is on.ft.com/4i1m3lA

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I think this from today’s @WSJ editorial is key to understanding what is happening in America. It has been central to my analysis of Trump 2.0. The new isolationism is as much, if not more, about economic policy than foreign policy. Plenty more on Wealth of Nations (link below)

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No Other Land still has no distribution.

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Pentagon guts national security program that harnessed social science. Minerva program for studies related to terrorism, drug trafficking, and other threats www.science.org/content/arti...

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Oh wow. In my field, the Minerva programme was one of the things European researchers were most envious about. Some truly great work was done with this money.

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NEW: Followers of an ancient Gnostic religion, the Mandaeans lived for centuries in what is now Iraq. But the 2003 invasion forced them into exile, uprooting them from the society that sustained them. Now, they are disappearing. newlinesmag.com/first-person...

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A look at Trump's border czar who went on a white supremacist rant on Tucker's show in Dec. Some key points beyond the racism: using words to describe immigrants & their supporters that usually get used w terrorism. Impetus for military crackdowns on civilians www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Resigning over unethical personal conduct? How very retro. www.reuters.com/business/ret...

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Impending tariffs on Canada and Mexico risk driving up US car prices by as much as $12,000 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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From the FT editorial - "The US Congress is missing in action" h/t @gideonrachman.bsky.social @aslak.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/843b...

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@afpnews.bsky.social's @roba-hus.bsky.social on the business of Maher al-Assad's 4th Division: www.france24.com/en/live-news...

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Exclusive: Honda has decided to produce its next-generation Civic hybrid in the US state of Indiana, instead of Mexico, to avoid potential tariffs on one of its top-selling car models, according to three people familiar with the matter reut.rs/3XlCUHJ

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The thing that's revealing here is where you get to if you make all your calls based on path dependency and partisanship. You surrender your intelligence, dignity and honour.

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"From autocracies to democracies, women and girls are denied their rights in myriad ways. In Afghanistan, women and girls are subject to State-sponsored gender apartheid that is unparalleled in today’s world." ohchr.org/en/statement...

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Vance is completely wrong here. US military sales to Ukraine served as a catalyst to rebuild our production capacity for our own potential military needs. I bet you'll never hear him say the same thing about US missiles fired to defend Israel, though that did deplete short-term stocks.

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Anyone know why AC Milan are kitted out like the Portuguese national team?

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There is a very concerning change in public preferences about gendered roles: republicans increasingly think women should return to their “traditional roles”. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...

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With all the figures about military aid to Ukraine tossed around, important to know the facts. Since Russia’s 2022 invasion, the U.S. has given $66 billion and Europe $50 billion. The last year Europe gave more than the U.S. www.wsj.com/world/europe... commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...

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One consequence of the resistance to established science is the way it forces scientists and journalists to re-prove and remind people of what is true. NPR has a story noting why measles are a big deal: It's one of the most contagious diseases on Earth. loom.ly/WMZO9pw

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OLC opinions on presidential war powers penned by Yoo remain on the books, despite the then Senate Judiciary chair urging the Biden administration to rescind them. www.politico.com/live-updates...

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Norway is considering using its €1.7 trillion sovereign fund to boost support for Ukraine www.euractiv.com/section/poli...

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Did Indonesia know about Australia before Europe? That's a narrow bit of sea! It's debated. The earliest confirmed contact was by Makassar fishermen visiting Australia's north coast in the 1700s, after the Dutch found it in 1606 But Yolgnu rock paintings suggest these trips may date to the 1500s

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‘I hate my school’: why are more British teenagers plotting shooting attacks?

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It’s 2009, early days after President Obama’s election. Republicans are seeking to harness a grassroots movement against what the country perceives to be an “extremist agenda.” & they successfully brand it as the Tea Party Movement. What are Democrats doing right now against actual extremism?

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Sunday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...

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Marco Rubio cancelled a meeting with the EU's Kaja Kallas just as her flight was landing in Washington. King Charles should do the same thing to Donald Trump. "Something came up, I'm sure you understand."

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A Seattle Times op-ed summarizing a few of the arguments from my UW talk this week: "To understand right-wing media's power, study improv and theater of influencers." I end with some recommendations for countering the right's bullshit machine: www.seattletimes.com/opinion/to-u...

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A lot of Americans, even liberal ones, underestimate how much anger is building up towards Washington among those British and German social groups who were once the most fervent advocates for the alliance with the United States

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Preliminary thoughts based on reactions from various actors to Ocalan's call for the PKK's disarmament and dissolution: 1) Kurdish actors seem mostly aligned in their positive response to the call. These include KDP and PUK in Iraq as well as various PKK-affiliates.

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To Donald Trump, pleasing Vladimir Putin looks like it solves major geopolitical problems. But past experience shows that those who try, live to regret it.

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So, wait. For basically ever, men were earning way more than their female counterparts, and the messaging was that women were "too emotional" or whatever. And the second women start earning more than men, men completely lose their shit and it's a "crisis" "gripping" them? What a bunch of losers.

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Demonstrators gathered at more than 50 Tesla showrooms across the United States on Saturday in protest of CEO Elon Musk’s role in slashing government agencies as part of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency established by President Donald Trump.

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“Who keeps company with the wolf, will learn to howl.” Ukrainian Artists are on it.

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it is helpful to have senators saying this. at the same time...like, you're a senator. you could push for a vote for more aid for ukraine. you could refuse unanimous consent until we get such a vote.

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NEW: A high-ranking NASA official warned his employees to “use discretion” in public when displaying badges or emblems that identify them as federal workers — part of an effort, the agency says, to protect its staff amid “stories of possible harassment.” By @heathervogell.bsky.social

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Masha Gessen puts into words what those of us who have seen this happen in our other countries are feeling in the US right now.

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ICYMI: Sen. Ted Cruz flagged thousands of National Science Foundation grants for using words like “female” and “diversify.” A ProPublica analysis found numerous examples of projects caught up in his crude method for identifying research he calls “woke.”

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Fox reporting JD Vance moved to an undisclosed location after being confronted at a ski weekend by US voters with placards. Contrast that with Zelenskyy staying in Kyiv as Russians entered city to try and kill him.

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In New York, it would be... "uses cutlery to eat pizza."

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“…longer park entrance lines, reduced hours at visitor centres, trails closed and dirty public facilities - and workers who not only are worried about their futures as their jobs vanish, but also the state of these outdoor marvels eroding.” www.bbc.com/news/article...

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"Revise where you're hiding." @mindahoney.bsky.social's advice for journalists experimenting with memoir. niemanstoryboard.org/2025/02/28/m... #longreads #booksky

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