US DOJ reportedly has election monitors in Michigan today: **** …. Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said in a statement today that the Justice Department's “primary monitoring efforts continue today as we seek to ensure free and fair elections nationwide."****
Eugryllacris guomashan is a species of large raspy cricket native to southern China. It is one of the very few insects outside of spiders or caterpillars capable of spinning silk from its mouth to stitch and bind leaves together for protective daytime shelters. Reddit: u/graylemur2
Non-stop Sydney-NYC and Sydney-London flights to be on the horizon: stocks.apple.com/AN06ACtUGR-W...
New airliner sets record flying 24 hrs nonstop from Australia to France — Ars Technica
Record flight shows viability of Qantas Airways’ Project Sunrise routes in 2027.
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Deep Dive episode: Ben Wikler has a plan to save democracy www.gelliottmorris.com/p/deep-dive-...
Ben Wikler has a plan to save democracy — and the Democratic Party
Listen now | A conversation with the former chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin and author of the new book "This Is The Plan: How to End America's Meltdown and Save Democracy"
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Scandinavian World Cup coverage is repeating Fox’s post-final interview with Trump.
At the Falsterbo Horse Show in Sweden saw that the ruling M political party had a stand at the horse show on Sunday. I had never seen that at the shows over prior years. Then I noticed far-right SD was handing out popcorn or something at the horse show. S, C, MP, L, V and KD not invited?
Absolutely insane that Cape Verde — a country of 500,000 — played Spain, Uruguay and Argentina…and lost to none of them in regulation. Easily one of the greatest performances in World Cup history.
SAS has a 25% off award sale that started today for those with EuroBonus points to use. SAS is also selling e-gift cards for 20% off face value, so it’s a way to get 20% off the airline’s regular paid ticket prices, with the sale good until the 15th of May.
Republican-induced chaos hits airlines and flights around the world. It didn’t have to be this way, but Republicans chose Trump. Now, Americans and other travelers are hit with higher prices and fewer choices because of the chaos caused by Republicans.
Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 3mo agoSince the Iran war began in late February, the cost of jet fuel has doubled, forcing airlines to raise ticket prices, while the closure of Gulf airports that connected a third of European journeys to Asia has thrown global travel into disarray. ft.trib.al/kMtvsCJ
Judge Lyndsey Brunette is running for Wisconsin Supreme Court to protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of every Wisconsinite. Watch her announcement and join her campaign at BrunetteForWisconsin.com
An interesting study on people's perceptions and reality. yougov.com/en-us/articl...
From millionaires to Muslims, small subgroups of the population seem much larger to many Americans
When it comes to estimating the size of demographic groups, Americans rarely get it right. In two recent YouGov polls, we asked respondents to guess the percentage (ranging from 0% to 100%) of America...
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A USAF KC-135 refueling plane reported as crashed in Iraq. stocks.apple.com/A1ZeZsWiNRmm...
U.S. Air Force Refueling Plane Crashes in Iraq — The Wall Street Journal
Bessent says the U.S. will temporarily allow countries to buy sanctioned Russian oil
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Republicans are using kids as a smokescreen for what Big Tech lobbyists want: a national surveillance program to harvest our data with zero protections for people and their privacy. We must fight this dangerous expansion of surveillance technology.
At what point will Saudi Arabia invoke its mutual defense agreement with Pakistan and expect Pakistan to hit Iran? Pakistan is economically very dependent upon Saudi Arabia, and a lot of foreign remittances to Pakistan are sourced from Saudi Arabia and Saudi allies in the GCC.
“Once the dust settles, even if this regime manages to stay afloat, in time the daily economic, political, and social indignities of life in Iran will reemerge.” In a new Q&A, Karim Sadjadpour weighs in on what Iran’s future might look like:
The Iranian Regime’s Existential Crisis—and What Might Come After Khamenei
A Conversation With Karim Sadjadpour
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Because of the Trump regime’s anti-consumer antics and attempt to punish and pressure the traveling public and Congress for not supporting yet another massive increase in DHS funding, Global Entry was shut down at airports across the country. GE remained shutdown still as of this morning.
Another US citizen executed by Trump’s DHS whereby the execution fits the pattern of a lying DHS’s cover-up. This on Padre Island in Texas. Shame, shame on DHS and all who tolerate these extra-judicial executions by the federal government.
Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 6mo agoDHS successfully—until now—covered up the murder of a third US citizen on Texas' Padre Island, the sort of thing that can only happen in GOP-ruled Texas. ICE agents shot and killed Ruben Ray Martinez, 23, last year, but DHS covered up the whole incident, Newsweek reports.
The connection to Epstein is there with this originally Swedish-founded Asmallworld social media site and a now 70/71 year old Swedish man — which happens to be of the same age, residential area and Visby-visiting habit as the founder of that defunct social media site. omni.se/tidigare-oka...
Tidigare okänd svensk man scoutade kvinnor åt Epstein
En sedan tidigare okänd svensk förekommer mer än 2 000 gånger i de senaste dokumenten ur Epstein-utredningen som offentliggjorts av USA:s justitiedepartement, rapporterar Flamman och TV4 Nyheterna.
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GUWonder@guwonder.bsky.social · 10mo agoAround 15-20 years ago there used to be a social media forum called Asmallworld .net. It had quite a bunch of characters such that WSJ called it MySpace for millionaires. The forum acted also as a den of online prostitution of sorts behind the scenes. Harvey Weinstein owned it for a while.
How TikTok 2.0 Became a Weapon for ICE newrepublic.com/article/2059... via @newrepublic.com
How TikTok 2.0 Became a Weapon for ICE
In just one week, the company has gone from being Gen Z’s preferred social media platform to a tool for spying on Americans and the suppression of information.
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Minnesota’s observers monitoring DHS/ICE abuses deserve the Nobel Peace Prize.
🧵 @jburnmurdoch.ft.com is spot on about the conditions in his FT piece. Liberal democracy held it together thanks to growth, good demographics, and the promise of a better future. Those days are gone, and that’s the "why" behind the erosion. However...
Chris Bertram@crookedfootball.bsky.social · 6mo agoDemocratic politicians have, though, pursued growth in GDP at the expense of other values. One response to @jburnmurdoch.ft.com pessimistic scenario is refocus on those values, combined with egalitarianism, sufficiency and quality of life. Not "it's the economy, stupid" but "it's the the society"
Putin has an extreme hatred for American exceptionalism and wants to make the US look like Russia on the world stage. In order for that to happen, he needs Trump & the other Republicans to behave like Russia. To that end, Putin may fantasize about the US having a Chechnya.
Dear white people of @bsky.app, please consider gathering your friends, family, (cousins, aunts, uncles, etc.), and telling them all that racism affects white people, too. It played a large role in the murder of Renee Nicole Good, by ICE agent Jonathon Ross. Sincerely, Black People
For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
I did a quick thread about a niche but really consequential mass surveillance legal authority that is set to expire in the next few months. When Congress attempts to reauthorize it we need people to *wake up* to the threat this is in the hands of the Trump administration and rein it in.
Matthew Guariglia@mguariglia.bsky.social · 7mo agoStart putting on Democratic radars: Section 702 expires in April 2026 and we NEED to drastically limit its ability to spy in the US or used for immigration. It uses collected digital communications intended for overseas national security purposes to watch the US side of those communications & more.
SAS is discounting by 60% award travel booked today for travel up to December 8th. So a transatlantic SAS flight in economy class costs 12k EuroBonus points instead of the 30k SAS otherwise wants; in business class it’s 24k points instead of the 60k it would otherwise be. One-way prices.
