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BREAKING | Greenland election won by centre-right party who told Trump ‘we are not for sale’

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🧵 I want to follow up this earlier thread by examining why the USA finds itself in the state it does at the moment; the process of disordered discourse capturing state institutions and how it inevitably results in a slide towards authoritarianism, a process we're seeing unfold before our very eyes.

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Haberman: Teddy Schleifer and I reported that Elon Musk has signaled to Trump’s advisers that he wants to direct $100 million into trump controlled political entities..

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feel strangely patriotic about this?

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How is anyone meant to diet in France

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"Tariffs are a tax cut for the American people" -- Karoline Leavitt turns reality upside down, then gets mad at an AP reporter after he pushes back

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'I can't think of a company of the size and standing internationally of X that's fallen over to a DDoS attack for a very long time.' Prof @ciaranm.bsky.social featured in today’s #BBC report on the X #cyberattack. 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Too bad Uvalde Elementary didn’t sell Teslas.

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On R4’s Today the excellent @ciaranm.bsky.social took apart Musk’s claim Ukraine was behind a cyberattack that took down “X”. Also said it was shocking that a major online business could be vulnerable to something as crude as a Ddos. At least he has no access to sensitive government data - oh wait

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August 4, 2024

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In France, one billionaire's media empire sides with Russia

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time.com/7266743/elon...

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DDoS attacks almost always originate from hacked devices. The country/countries that the traffic originates from has never ever been an indicator of who's behind the attack. I've mapped botnet professionally for a decade. All this tells you is the geographical distribution of compromised devices 1/2

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It’s wild to me that people are wondering why no one checked on Gene Hackman and his wife. The harsh reality is the loneliness and isolation of disability and caregiving. It’s not like tv/movies where community is always there to help you. I worry about this a lot, honestly.

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Many people - some of them on this website - have bemoaned how expensive an FT subscription is, ignoring the fact you can simply buy the finest Weekend paper for £5 a week. HOWEVER we have listened! And FT Edit - an app which costs £5 A MONTH with 8 new reads a day - will include Jay's reviews!

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Only in America could a Ketamine-infused South African oligarch call a navy captain, astronaut and sitting US senator "a traitor" for supporting our allies and standing up to Russia...

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Trump now trying to apply Putin's "Nazi biolabs in Ukraine" to Canada. "FENTANYL BIOLABS IN CANADA!!"

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Oh dear www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

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Russian authorities abduct Ukrainian journalist, torture her for months w electrocution until she dies in custody, weighing less than 30kg. #russianwarcrimes khpg.org/en/160881447...

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It’s spreading … Norway and Tasmania now Abandoning allies has consequences

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I know I'm a bit paranoid by nature but given how many stories we've already had about random tourists getting detained in ICE facilities, I.....think I'd struggle to go back to the US while Trump is still president? which makes me feel insane but also they really have gone insane there, so

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www.bbc.com/news/live/cg...

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Sulking Trump says he feels 'less special' after King Charles meeting with Zelensky www.irishstar.com/news/us-news...

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London expanded its ultra low emissions zone to its outer boroughs in 2023—limiting what types of cars could enter—and the results have been spectacular in terms of pollution reduction. A huge benefit for public health.

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The hypocrisy is off the charts.

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Many strokes, though with a little axe, hew down and fell the hardest-timber'd oak. #ShakespeareSunday

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The Liquor Control Board of Ontario is the single largest purchaser of alcohol in the world. The Premier of Ontario ordered them to stop purchasing American products. No restaurant, no grocery store, no one anywhere in Ontario, can find American booze. FAFO, MAGAts. 🇨🇦

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Dear US colleagues, In response to the Trump administration, my university @univ-amu.fr is setting up a new program dedicated to welcoming American scientists wishing to pursue their work in France. There are several M$ in the budget. www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...

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Congratulations to the senior Tories who, having been told this for a mere 60 years, and staunchly denied it throughout, have finally twigged that it might not be a brilliant idea to have a nuclear deterrent which can be switched off by another state. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

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Clear as day - Trump wants more Ukrainians to die.

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🇪🇺 Nice one! 🍻 "The pub was previously owned by the Wetherspoons chain, whose boss Sir Tim Martin is a fervent Brexiteer" 🍻 🇪🇺

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Tadaa.

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We're hiring! Bellingcat is looking for a Europe-based Fundraising Officer. Find out more about the role and apply here www.bellingcat.com/bellingcat-i...

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Another law firm gets punished via EO as a matter of personal revenge. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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Trump: “I think Russia has been acting very well.” Russia:

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But billionaires, politicians and media will tell us again and again that unfiltered capitalism that's prevalent in US and UK and other countries is the right way forward...

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Wait till the White House starts directing the Marshals Service not to protect judges who rule against the Administration. I’d bet good money that’ll happen at some point.

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As every Canadian knows, Trudeau has resigned, the Liberal party vote on his replacement is imminent, and the law requires an election by this autumn. This is Reichstag fire stuff from the guy who wouldn't recognise a free and fair election if it took away his tanning spray.

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Fun Fact: Dystopian fiction is when you take things that happen in real life to marginalized populations and apply them to people with privilege.

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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.

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French President Emmanuel Macron says he will open talks with allies over how France’s nuclear weapons could protect Europe 👏

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The rumors are true: The proposed SAVE Act, now considered a priority for Republicans in the House, will make it harder, if not practically impossible, for millions of women to vote.

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