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😵‍💫 Yesterday, Putin read from a script to the leader of the Burkinabe junta about the great contribution Burkina Faso made to defeating Hitler. 😐 And they nodded along with a straight face, completely serious.

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Trani, Puglia. A cathedral on the sea. #Italy

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youtube.com/watch?v=6l3V... DOGS, the sequel to CATS, lifts its leg in salute

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#Mariners slugger Rowdy Tellez hit yet another home run against his former team. And once again, this one came off a pitcher he was traded for back in 2021. sports.mynorthwest.com/mlb/seattle-...

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Former first-round pick Jonny Farmelo, one of the #Mariners' top prospects, has been on fire since returning from an ACL injury. "It looks exactly like a bigger, stronger, faster version of the Jonny Farmelo from last year." sports.mynorthwest.com/mlb/seattle-...

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On Friday morning, not a single cargo vessel had left China with goods for the two major West Coast ports in the past 12 hours. That hasn’t happened since the pandemic. Six days ago, 41 vessels were scheduled to depart China for the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. On Friday, it was zero. ZERO.

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I want to say this clearly — Putin is not the only one responsible for the war against Ukraine. The entire russian nation is. Yes, all of them. This war has been going on for over 11 years. For all these years, the majority have stayed silent — or worse, supported it. #Uaview #Ukrainianview

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10 May 1939 | A French Jewish girl, Monique Cofman, was born in Mont-Saint-Aignan. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 8 November 1942 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy. She was among 773 of them murdered in gas chambers after the selection.

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In around one week's time we will have a new Eurovision winner. In the meantime, we've ranked all 71 champions from the past! www.aussievision.net/post/every-e...

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Pro-Canada Vermonters come to Montreal to say ‘sorry’ for Trump and spend at par https://www.montrealgazette.com/news/article926139.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky

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Archaeologists uncover Maya tattoo tools in a sacred Belize cave—stone blades bearing ink residue used in ceremonial skin marking. A rare glimpse into identity and belief, inked in stone. #Maya #TattooArchaeology #AncientArt #Anthropology #Belize

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The Birth of Opera in Renaissance Italy TheBiflorence youtu.be/LiH82GEyJi0?...

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Russian losses 🫡

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TRANSMISION EN VIVO: IL TRITTICO Teatro Colón www.youtube.com/live/SoxU3-T...

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🇮🇷🚀🇷🇺 Iran is preparing to send Russia launchers for Fath-360 short-range ballistic missiles, giving Moscow a strike option against Ukrainian frontline targets, - Reuters

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10 May 1894 | A Polish woman, Zofia Skorek, was born in Tomaszów Mazowiecki. In #Auschwitz from 29 July 1943 No. 50582 She perished in the camp on 27 October 1943. Her husband Adam was deported with her. He perished in Auschwitz on 14 April 1944.

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publicola.com/2025/05/08/a... Council to “eliminate a requirement in the city’s ethics code that council members recuse themselves from voting on matters in which they have a personal financial interest. “ #VoteThemAllOut #Seattle

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10 May 1900 | Czech Jewish man, Josef Jelinek, was born in Veliš. He was deported to #Auschwitz from Theresienstadt ghetto on 18 December 1943. He did not survive.

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Sheinbaum’s government insists Trump’s executive order only applies to the U.S. portion of the continental shelf and does not grant authority to rename the entire body of water. edition.channel5belize.com/mexico-sues-...

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10 May 1910 | Leon (Leba) Rajbenbach, a Polish Jew, was born in Warsaw to Pinkhus and Braindel. He emigrated to France where he worked as a merchant. During the war he lived in Paris. In 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz. He did not survive.

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Helping to lay off most of the CFPB’s staff while holding stocks in companies that would benefit from a defanged bureau “looks like a pretty clear-cut violation” of the federal criminal conflict-of-interest statute, one ethics expert said.

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🇬🇧 Starmer: The threat Russia poses to our national security cannot be underestimated. To ramp up the pressure on Putin, I’m announcing the largest package of sanctions yet. I will always do what it takes to safeguard working people. Security at home. Strength abroad.

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Turns out all the TCAS RA's around DCA last month were caused by the Secret Service testing anti-drone stuff and not telling anyone. Incredibly dangerous and frankly stupid to endanger the public like that nymag.com/intelligence...

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Today, we mourn the passing of Margot Friedländer, a Holocaust survivor, author, and tireless advocate for remembrance and reconciliation. She passed away at the age of 103. Born in Berlin in 1921, Margot Friedländer survived the Theresienstadt concentration camp. ✨🥀✨

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👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

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The face of the scum who cut down the Sycamore Gap tree. I hope they get lengthy sentences. Cunts. www.itv.com/news/tyne-te...

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Walking Hadrian’s Wall in 2012 we stopped briefly at Sycamore Gap. Today justice has been done.

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Two men found guilty of ”mindless” felling of Sycamore Gap tree Two men have been found guilty of chopping down the much-loved tree next to Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland @northeastbylines.co.uk northeastbylines.co.uk/region/north...

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As people across Europe mourn the atrocities of World War II today, the Russians, who started the world war in alliance with Hitler are fucking celebrating it. 50 million people killed in Europe alone. 8 million Ukrainians murdered by both Hitler and Stalin.

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Communist Russia and Nazi Germany started World War II by invading Poland together in 1939.

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9 May 1945 | The Soviet army liberated the German Nazi concentration camp #Stutthof. Between 1939-45 some 110,000 people were imprisoned there & around 65,000 were killed there (incl. some 28 thousand Jews). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuttho...

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