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kwakkbo.bsky.social

Deputy Director of Amnesty International European Institutions Office. Shiba Inu and Development Finance enthusiast. Thoughts my own, gravitas free zone.

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📣 Negotiations over the next EU-long term budget (MFF) will impact the bloc's ability to pay for (and therefore do) external action, and is a key opportunity to improve EU development financing. What needs to change? Read the full document 👉 bit.ly/456WV9o

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Russia disappeared her. Russia tortured her. Russia then returned her mutilated body to #Ukraine. My Daily Brief: www.hrw.org/the-day-in-h...

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Simples. Making money out of thin air. www.ft.com/content/f579...

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

A dive here into how much money is being made on Trump-related crypto ventures - the latest example is a group traders who earned $99.6mn by buying Melania ’s token in the minutes before it was made public @eadehemingway.bsky.social @olihawkins.com @chriscook.news and Paul Caruana Galizia

submitted 9 days ago • 2 comments

This is annoying me to no end because it basically states that only the rich are allowed to get away with crime. Its a pump and dump, rug pull, fraud, theft, carried out with then support of the wife of the President of the United States.

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A group of traders bought $2.5mn of $MELANIA meme coin in the minutes before it was made public, and sold up for $100mn >> by @olihawkins.com @eadehemingway.bsky.social me and Paul Caruana Galizia on.ft.com/4m3IU2t

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

New story from me, @eadehemingway.bsky.social, @chriscook.news and Paul Caruana Galizia. We found evidence of people buying Melania Coin from its online marketplace before it was launched. They made around 100 million dollars selling their holdings as the price rose. www.ft.com/content/f579...

submitted 9 days ago • 4 comments

When Trump announced that American children will have to make do with fewer toys at Christmas, unflattering comparisons were drawn to noted figures from history. “It sounded like Marie Antoinette saying ‘let them eat cake’,” said Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster. www.ft.com/content/1094...

submitted 11 days ago • 5 comments

White House lashes out at ‘hostile and political act by Amazon’ https://www.ft.com/content/a06e80e7-97d0-4f29-9153-1e4219a88713

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This was bound to happen sooner rather than later. Surely it spells the end of the money-making-machine-at-scale promise of stablecoin issuers? Also shows that it will be hard for central banks with digital currencies in the making to sustain zero interest payments. www.cnbc.com/2025/04/23/p...

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

You may have heard of outsider art but have you heard of outsider regrouting. Any tips on regrouting a bathtub sincerely appreciates.

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Trump’s approval at 100 days lower than any president in at least seven decades! www.cnn.com/2025/04/27/p...

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Viktor Orbán’s government is being accused of handing more than €1bn in unlawful subsidies to pro-government media, adding to concerns that state support is being used to bolster the Hungarian leader’s grip on power. on.ft.com/3GHFnGL

submitted 17 days ago • 9 comments

Oh no not a very strong letter asking eight very strong questions

submitted 18 days ago • 20 comments

‘I didn’t eat or sleep’: a Meta moderator on his breakdown after seeing beheadings and child abuse

submitted 18 days ago • 10 comments