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The smart thing to do would be to work on a NATO plan for a transfer of responsibility from the US to Europe. We risk getting fake spending targets to appease Trump instead and then a gap when the US withdraws forces.

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NEW Piece: This is an update on how things stand with Trump, Tariffs and his impact on the financial system. Wall Street has solidified its wishful thinking around the phrase TACO- Trump Always Chickens Out. But their ability to close their eyes may not last www.crisesnotes.com/trump-always...

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Ukraine is deterring Putin. Like all bullies, he will now be looking to escalate elsewhere, where he sees no deterrence. Are we really deterring him enough to stop him opening a new front?

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The result of Sunday's presidential runoff leaves the Polish premier politically weakened, and there are questions about whether his multi-party coalition can survive to the end of its term in late 2027. #EuropeNews

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Sickening. Do these people believe they're the good guys?

submitted 39 minutes ago • 59 comments

The thing that makes me angriest is the lack of contrition. These people are directly culpable for their friend being torn from her family. But they pretend that her arrest is an act of God, like a tornado, that just . . . happened. www.thebulwark.com/p/meet-the-w...

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"The Israeli model"??

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Confidential records obtained by WIRED & @propertyofthepeople.org show the ag industry deploying moles to infiltrate activist meetings, while functionally serving as FBI informants, in a shadow campaign to brand the animal rights movement America's biggest bioterrorism threat. My latest @wired.com:

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Excellent question. The answer, sadly, is that Trump doesn’t give a damn about what’s best for America.

submitted 3 hours ago • 55 comments

A few months back, I started in on what I thought would be a simple, straightforward piece: mapping out the Trump admin officials connected to Project 2025 groups. The ties turned out to go so deep, and be so numerous and surprising, that the piece only just ran today.

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Despite a “ban” on incoming Trump officials having links to Project 2025, more sitting cabinet members have links to Project 2025 than don’t, according to an exclusive @desmog.com analysis of these ties, which have not been previously reported (and mapped!) in this level of detail.

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EXCLUSIVE: Ankara’s direct talks with Syrian Kurds began last year in Europe, continue in Turkey, reports @amberinzaman.bsky.social www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...

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Again, all of this is wildly illegal, unconstitutional, & a violation of core legal principles of the sanctity of contracts & property rights, & all of these fake government employees should be arrested & thrown in jail immediately.

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Wall Street would rather read the most absurd headlines devised by man than accept that Tesla has been running a self-driving scam for eight years www.barrons.com/articles/tes...

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Zimbabwe issues permits for cull of at least 50 elephants reut.rs/3T5qlxv

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A female Western Gull was recorded riding 150km in a garbage truck from San Francisco to a compost facility in Central CA, probably to forage. TWICE. An innovator, an icon, a genius. This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology

submitted 9 hours ago • 27 comments

TIL that there's a thing called "Games of the Small States of Europe." I'm utterly disappointed that the Vatican doesn't participate, though I suspect that they are excluded because their highly-placed connections would give them unfair advantage. www.monaco-tribune.com/en/2025/06/g...

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When @bradtakei.bsky.social and I first got together, we never imagined we’d one day celebrate Pride openly, let alone post about it on the internet. But here we are, joy and all. Happy Pride, everyone! Let’s keep showing up, speaking out, and marching forward (glitter optional, but encouraged). 🌈✨

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BREAKING: Mayor Ras Baraka has filed a lawsuit for unspecified damages against Alina Habba and Ricky Patel for FALSE ARREST and MALICIOUS PROSECUTION www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

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NEW: Texas lawmakers are ordering all sheriff's offices to seek federal collaboration agreements with ICE. Those agreements may be limited to jailhouses—or they may convert deputies into roving immigration agents. 🧵 texasobserver.org/legislature-... w/ @gusbova.bsky.social

submitted 3 hours ago • 8 comments

A film that takes place where you're from.

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The waterborne disease has rapidly spread throughout Sudan due to the ongoing civil war.

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"What should I say then?" asked the sheep's ghost

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There's only one factory in the US producing amoxicillin - the most prescribed antibiotic in America - while China controls around 80% of the raw materials required to make it... edition.cnn.com/2025/06/03/b...

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'Actually it's just some guys' strikes again. www.ibtimes.co.uk/builderai-co...

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If your dog will jump in the nearest river, pond or lake given half a chance, don't use spot-on treatments for fleas and ticks, say researchers.

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dutchman dead for 200 years mortified that this is how he’s remembered

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This interview is heartbreaking and infuriating. Her story captures so much of what can make small towns beautiful and also what makes this moment in our politics so dangerous and evil. “Please protect me,” she says. I dare anyone to say “Carol” doesn’t deserve to stay here. Who do we want to be?

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“We are embarking on a major experiment in restructuring the innovative engine in America, and China is the control,” said Marcia McNutt, a geophysicist and the president of the National Academy of Sciences. “China is not going to cut its research budget in half.”

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In just a matter of hours we saw ICE abduct a woman as her husband watched crying and another woman who cried for the children she wouldn’t be able to pick up from school. This is being done in the name of keeping this country safe. Those women? They’re not the ones making this country unsafe.

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This is fascinating - with what it's being said, what it's not, and what we'll probably never know.

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I fascisti ti dicono cosa fare. È solo un consiglio, per carità, almeno sino a quando andrai a votare... Pensaci. #Referendum

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The perfect bird feeder doesn't exi--

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Uuuuhhh...

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Eurozone inflation falls below ECB 2% target in May: Rate cut in sight

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So damn proud of these kids for their courage. 💥 Hundreds of Milford, MA high schoolers walked out in protest today after ICE detained their classmate Marcelo Gomes Da Silva. Detained on his way to volleyball practice. Illegally. These students aren’t backing down—they’re rising up. #OnYourSide

submitted 19 hours ago • 66 comments

Hit dog hollers. Will Democrats do what they did with "weird" and back off what's working, fearing that David Brooks may frown?

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An investigation into the reasons behind the critical attitude of a significant proportion of Turkish youth towards the AKP. One of the hypotheses is the deterioration of equal access to public services and jobs (and its politicization), with Turkey on a par with Iran and Yemen

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Morning Bluesky. Enjoy your morning cup.

submitted 10 hours ago • 17 comments

Kaş açıklarını istilacı Kızıldeniz türleri kuşattı www.diken.com.tr/kas-aciklari...

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your regular reminder that authoritarian populism will make your country corrupt and poor. look at Hungary

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BBC #r4today (tentatively): We now have daily reports of Israeli forces shooting & killing civilians as they try to collect aid in Gaza. Maybe the system is not working? Israeli govt spokesperson: Why are you spreading Hamas propaganda? BBC: This is an IDF report Israeli: total meltdown

submitted 10 hours ago • 18 comments

Russia’s shadow grip on the Baltic Sea: Greyzone warfare and the limits of Western resolve: buff.ly/iG83FV6

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My take on Elon Musk and his plan to leave government. www.economist.com/united-state... With a mini scoop at the end - the workers going back into the United States Institute of Peace offices found a whole bunch of weed apparently thrown away by the DOGE staffers who had been hanging out there

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UK right-wingers showing an increasing interest in anti-abortion rhetoric as US money starts to flood in - very interesting report from @petergeoghegan.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/democrac...

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