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Tonton OB

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Retired psychologist, telecom exec, professor of practice; chess, naps. Central MA USA Rescued by Tom the Russian Blue 🐈‍⬛ https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=JSMubgZoL58&si=tVDcjZ2r5tc2uK-A

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Luca@lucagalletti.bsky.social · 2d ago

One of French puppeteer Raphaël Gromy’s most recognizable performances features a puppet painting real artworks on canvas, blending puppetry, live performance, and visual art into a unique theatrical experience. 😊 IG: @artistsuniversum @raphael_gromy

David Sirota@davidsirota.com · 2d ago

🚨NEW: Hakeem Jeffries declared his opposition to Medicare For All 72 hours after a Yale study shows it would save 100,000 lives & $1 trillion. Context: Jeffries raked in $391k from health PACs in 2026 & faced no primary pressure to hold the line on Dem priorities because a primary was blocked.

Hakeem Jeffries’ Betrayal Shows Why Democratic Voters Are So Enraged

House Dems’ leader declared his opposition to Medicare For All on the same day a new poll shows almost all Democratic voters support it.

levernews.com

Joel S.@joelhs.bsky.social · 2d ago

This is a new Likud billboard in Tel Aviv that includes Zohran Mamdani alongside Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei of Iran, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, and Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem, as people who supposedly want Netanyahu to lose. This is so grossly racist and Islamophobic.

new Likud billboard with Netanyahu saying "Don't let them win" in Hebrew
James Fallows@jfallows.bsky.social · 2d ago

A real question: What is a specific thing Trump has done that is *not* consistent with his being a paid agent of Russia, China, or NorK? (I *don't* think he is paid agent. Just vain, greedy, resentful, and ignorant. But old category of 'useful idiot' may be of use here, from RUS/PRC/NKor POV.)

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

Trump allies himself w/Kim Jong Un against South Korea: “Based on my very good relationship w/Kim Jong Un, I am not happy that the US has agreed to Joint Military Exercises…I recently asked the President of SK if they would like to join us in the Denuclearization of Iran, & they said, ‘No thanks!’”

Trump allies himself with totalitarian dictator Kim Jong Un against South Korea: “Based on my very good relationship with Kim Jong Un, of North Korea, I am not happy with the fact that the United States has, long ago, agreed to participate in Joint Military Exercises with South Korea. These exercises are not only costly, with much of these costs paid for by the United States of America (as usual!), but send a signal that is totally inappropriate and hostile, to a Country that, as long as Donald J. Trump has been President, has been unthreatening and respectful … While somewhat unrelated (?), I recently asked the President of South Korea if they would like to join us in the Denuclearization of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and they said, ‘No thanks!’”
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d ago

Bleak tidbit from Regime Change — Bessent attempted a Hitler-style shakedown of Zelenskyy as one of his first acts as Treasury Secretary

“Bessent’s proposal would require Ukraine to pay the United States 50 percent of future revenue from state-owned natural resources, including hydrocarbons and rare earth minerals. The document prescribed very specific commitments from Ukraine, but offered no security commitments from the United States. Even though the minerals deal had been Zelensky’s idea, part of the “Victory Plan for Ukraine” he had recently unveiled, he was shocked by Bessent’s terms. Zelensky explained that he was leading his country through a particularly violent phase of the three-year-old war, and insisted that he and his staff needed more time to consider the proposal. Bessent saw things very differently. He had traveled nearly five thousand miles to an active war zone to obtain Zelensky’s signature, and now Zelensky was telling him no. “You need to sign this,” Bessent urged. “The purpose of this is to show that there is no daylight” between the U.S. and Ukraine. Zelensky, furious, replied that the document was an attack on Ukraine’s sovereignty. This was not the way international agreements worked—this was a shakedown.” Excerpt From Regime Change Maggie Haberman https://books.apple.com/us/book/regime-change/id6761716648 This material may be protected by copyright.
Tom Marcinko@tommarcinko.bsky.social · 4d ago

“A pending wrongful death lawsuit alleges that a 43-year-old man named Jonathan Mansfield died because corrections officers shocked him 27 times with the gloves and 13 times with a Taser.”

Mother Jones@motherjones.com · 4d ago

The gloves, manufactured by a company called Compliant Technologies, have been described by groups like Amnesty International as “readily misused for torture.” And this week, ICE published a plan to order $20 million worth of them.