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Here is a 2018 conversation between Jeff Bezos and German publisher Matthias Döpfner at a Business Insider event. Presumably, he is as crimson as a Washington State cherry today:

‘Our country did not get here by being typical’. Does that mean anything at all?

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Wild. Bond villain stuff. Conflict of interest doesn’t even begin to describe this. The national security concerns here are off the charts. www.cnn.com/2025/02/25/b...

NEW: Google used to warn you when you were seeing low-quality search results. Then, in the weeks leading up to the 2024 election, the company quietly turned that warning off www.platformer.news/google-data-...

Good morning folks! The phrase that pays today is: "Hur jaickit's oan a shooglie peg." | Her current tenure in this job is very precarious.

The divide in politics today is between unreality and reality. Those who seek to rule the world blur human experience and smudge memory, making cooperation and friendship laughable and unthinkable. Ukraine resists an unreality war. snyder.substack.com/p/the-realit...

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

Organic farmers and environmental groups sued the USDA over removal of climate change references from its website, claiming it blocked crucial data and funding for farmers. The suit argues the actions violated federal laws and requested restoration of the pages and protection from further deletions.

NEW: updated long-run gap in voting between young men and women in Germany: Gender divide continues to widen, but contrary to what is often assumed, young men continue to vote roughly in line with the overall population, while young women have swung sharply left. www.ft.com/content/29fd...

🔴‘Don’t Buy a Swasticar’: Tesla Hit by UK Boycott Campaign Over Elon Musk’s Far-Right Support Electric vehicle producer Tesla has been targeted by activists due to its far-right owner’s interference in British politics bylinetimes.com/2025/02/21/d...

He nails it.

I’m no expert and maybe a bit biased, but I thought the ref was appalling

If you didn't know... • Exxon • Moulton/Coors • Walmart Have funded Heritage Foundation (#Project2025) for YEARS #Boycott

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#Buttermere #withducks #andthattree #iphone15pro #lakedistrict

POV: flying over mountains on the back of an Eagle 📸: Justin Labattu

DOGE recommended firing workers at: -FDA, which oversees Neuralink -FAA, which oversees SpaceX -USAID, which probed Starlink -CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X. "Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.

#tree #summit #Latrigg #Keswick #Lakedistrict

This is happening, right now. The great "arribada" (arrival) of mother Olive Ridley sea turtles on the Odisha coast, where they dig sand-nests & lay their eggs, driven by ancient instinct. Heart-lifting, magnificent, moving: part of a geography of hope. 🎞️ by Bivash Pandav via my friend Yuvan Aves.

#summit #selfie #catbells #derwentwater #lakedistrict #halfterm #break

On a beautiful Namibian morning, I had the fortune of seeing up close a majestic Cheetah dressed in soft light. They have the most beautiful brown eyes! What a privilege to be so close to this amazing animal! ⁠ #bluesky #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #travel #nature

#birch #tree #derwentwater #lakedistrict #halfterm #break

A point to consider.

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Great photo

Super picture

Go to Google Search "Gulf of Mexico" Click the 3 little dots next to "Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)" Choose "Send feedback" Click "Gulf of America" Click "Inaccurate content" Click "Incorrect" Tell Google the correct name en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of...

#Hairdresser #photography #streetphotography #candid Dalston 2015

Just watched this and found it very wise and thought-provoking and a bit scary, but ultimately felt grateful that we have folk like EK and KS at times like these

Bloody Nora

Ref not having the best game, here #scovire #6nations

I think we won the anthems at least #SCOvIRE #6Nations #flowerofscotland

Let's say there's "waste" and "fraud" in the government. Well that’s why every department had an inspector general to find and stop it. But guess what? Trump fired most of these independent auditors who should be insulated from politics. None of this is about waste and fraud.

I just realised Elon Musk is an anagram of Leon Skum. It's a great villain name.

Lidl have just won a court case in Northern Ireland to open a first store with a pub attached. A friend of mine posted elsewhere "It’s fantastic, Coming home drunk is one thing, Coming home drunk with a trampoline, night vision goggles and a horse blanket! Beautiful.".

This is the most important story in the United States right now. www.wired.com/story/treasu...

Another astute post from @readingthepictures.bsky.social — Michael Shaw and his team are doing yeoman's work to make sense of our mad, mad, mad, mad visual world.

Imagine you were the richest man in the world. You could have anything you wanted, go anywhere you wished, do whatever took you fancy. How would you spend your weekend? Depriving the poorest people in the world of food and healthcare and boasting about it?

1/ Here's my take on what's happening with DOGE. I've got fed experience through contracting with Health & Human Safety, Head Start, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and DOD. I get brought in when people need to get shit done. Other people here have way more experience than me.

It’s complicated #entwined #twisty #tree #eppingforest #london

Great shot - love the light

Spot on from @chrismurphyct.bsky.social

Exciting news! We’re thrilled to announce that tapir Yuna gave birth to a rare and endangered Malayan tapir calf Sunday night. The newborn, covered in distinctive white spots and stripes resembling a fuzzy walking watermelon, is only the second tapir born in our 120-year history.

USAID’s website has been deleted, all that is left is a note saying all personnel are now on administrative leave and personnel outside the US are to be brought home. Completely illegal, no act of congress or even executive order was signed to dismantle the agency

The men carrying out Musk's coup are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran. Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

This language describes a coup. You have to be a government employee, subject to the rules & procedures that bind gov employees, to do this kind of work. This is a blatant abuse of the public trust by the Trump administration, a true 5-alarm fire. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...