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Mexicano (Mexican). Nunca voy a las fiestas. Salsa verde ≥ Salsa roja, según estudios recientes. Los posts de esta cuenta sólo representan la opinión de mi gato.
People with illiberal views have free speech, but this doesn’t mean they can’t be humiliated and mocked for having garbage values.
Elizabeth Spiers@espiers.bsky.social · 40m agoThere’s a weird reluctance to use social opprobrium even though it was incredibly important during the civil rights movement. The racists didn’t suddenly become not racist with desegregation, they just faced social consequences if they were open about it
Zero surprise that these are explicitly designed to cause pain without leaving a mark, not to incapacitate. Yes, we're spending $20M to buy ICE agents torture devices.
The Painful Truth of Exactly How ICE’s New Shock Gloves Actually Work
ICE is spending millions on shock gloves designed to overpower subjects through intense, localized pain.
wired.com
Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · 4d agoLet's give the unhinged, untrained, unaccountable bullies electroshock gloves. While we're at it, do a no-bid contract for this bullshit.
Heat Deaths in a ‘Cold’ Country Are a Warning to the Rest of Europe www.nytimes.com/2026/08/15/w...
Heat Deaths in a ‘Cold’ Country Are a Warning to the Rest of Europe
A June heat wave in Belgium and neighboring countries exposed a lethal lack of readiness. That’s a risk as another wave hits Europe.
nytimes.com
Is there a summer COVID-19 surge this year? Yep, it's ramping up again www.npr.org/2026/08/14/n...
Is there a summer COVID-19 surge this year? Yep, it's ramping up again
Just like all previous summers since the pandemic began, COVID-19 cases are ticking up again, even while other health threats make more headlines.
npr.org
when did news become like... ENTERTAIN ME PEASANTS! instead of like, hey, here's some facts that can help you in your day to day life that powerful people or organizations may not have readily given to you.
There are few men in this world more pathetic than Elon Musk.
HARDBALL: BBC seeks to subpoena 3 Trump family members-Donald Jr., Ivanka & Jared Kushner-in connection with president's lawsuit over 2024 BBC documentary. BBC lawyers say the 3 have evidence about Trump's intended meaning in Jan. 6, 2021 Ellipse speech www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
BBC seeks to subpoena Trump family members in defamation suit
The British broadcaster says Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner have relevant knowledge about the president’s actions on Jan. 6, 2021.
politico.com
How it’s playing in Tehran — where “cart” and “truck” may get lost in translation. 🙄
Our super-progressive and super-democratic Mexican government is creating lists of "bad" media outlets because it wants to control everything that is said about it—specially about Sheinbaum. It doesn't like a free press. Keep using us as an example.
@fabricaperiodismo.bsky.social · yesterday📝| Periodistas rechazan lista de medios adversos presentada por Luisa María Alcalde La presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum minimizó los cuestionamientos esta mañana y Alcalde rechazó que se trate de una "lista negra". fabricadeperiodismo....
“I shot Mr. Thompson. I understood that my actions would place him in fear of death of bodily injury. I knew what I was doing was illegal.” Luigi Mangione said he stalked the executive, Brian Thompson, before killing him on a New York sidewalk in 2024. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/08...
Live Updates: Luigi Mangione Admits Shooting UHC Executive as He Pleads Guilty in Federal Court (Gift Article)
Luigi Mangione said he stalked the executive, Brian Thompson, before killing him on a New York sidewalk in 2024. “I shot Mr. Thompson,” he told the judge.
nytimes.com
An article about Trump's Patriot Games, with some footage and observations not in the thread. Just another day in dystopian America
The American Ninja Warrior Hunger Games
On The Ground at Trump's Patriot Competition
firewalledmedia.com
Laura Jedeed@laurajedeed.bsky.social · 4d agoHello, coming at you LIVE from the Patriot Games in Geneva Ohio, where I am one of maybe 500 people waiting to watch what appears to be American Ninja Warrior: Hunger Games Edition
“One baby at a time, the world is marching toward a grim milestone: Because of global cuts to foreign aid, the Gates Foundation has predicted that 2025 will be the first year this century where child deaths will increase.” apnews.com/article/usai...
USAID fallout: In Nepal, when the aid workers stopped coming, the women and babies started dying
The Associated Press has found that the decision by the United States to slash its foreign aid funding last year has increased pregnancy complications and deaths in Nepal.
apnews.com
Rima I Anabtawi@rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 2d agoAn, utterly, devastating accounting of the deaths left in the wake of Musk’s cuts. USAID fallout: In Nepal, when the aid workers stopped coming, the women and babies started dying apnews.com/article/usai...
I am not the first to make this point but imagine a woman president obsessing constantly over her “ballroom” as the economy imploded and her war spun out of control
really disturbing evidence of the harm rfk jr. is doing to children with his lies about autism
CIDRAP@cidrap.bsky.social · 2d agoPrescriptions for leucovorin soar after White House announcement on autism While prescriptions for leucovorin for kids spiked, adult prescriptions did not increase. Read more: https://bit.ly/4ga2FDr
big pharma is pouring cold water on trump and rfk jr's latest anti-vaccine nonsense
Trump is counting on the health care industry to remake vaccines. It’s pushing back instead
Trump wants to change how American kids are vaccinated, but doctors and the pharma industry aren't on board.
statnews.com
14 million souls ended in a single year by Elon Musk's cruelty and stupidity Here are some of the comparisons: Rwandan genocide: 800k dead Cambodian genocide: 3 million dead The Holocaust: 7 million dead
Jørgen Heszlein@heszlein.bsky.social · 4d agoNew estimate of Elon Musk’s death toll just dropped www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
The anwsers:
Lies Lies Lies And More Lies
ALT: Lies Lies Lies And More Lies
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Eric Lipton NYT@ericlipton.nytimes.com · 3d agoOne you might find surprising. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt & members of her team have been extremely helpful in responding to questions I raise. Regardless of public facing commentary, privately they are willing to engage and address questions. And I have appreciated that. Thank you
It’s notable that the Trump administration is not asking Putin to stop these attacks. Oh silly me, they only force Ukraine to back down, never Russia. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/w...
Russian Blockade of Major Ukrainian Ports Threatens Global Grain Supplies
The deadly strikes are part of a long-running maritime battle with Ukraine and echo battles over other key shipping routes around the world.
nytimes.com
Horrific account of settler violence in the West Bank www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/w...
Settler Siege of Palestinian Homes Highlights Growing West Bank Chaos
Two families have been trapped by settlers for days, casting a spotlight on the army’s struggle to curtail settler violence and protect Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank.
nytimes.com
low key hilarious that the post that triggered the latest round of "Bluesky is dying" discourse has less engagement on Threads than its screenshots have on Bluesky— likely because it contains an outbound link to a news article, which is an automatic shadowban on Meta platforms nowadays 😂
Paramount is now floating an editorial board to protect CNN's editorial independence. But staffers inside the network aren't buying it, with one telling me that it seems the "idea is a product of Paramount's desperation." Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/cnn-board-...
Ellison's CNN Board Game
Paramount is floating an oversight board to safeguard CNN’s independence under Ellison ownership—but inside the network, staffers tell Status that they aren’t buying it.
status.news
This is a very worrying story. Ecuadorian fishermen are being attacked and killed, and the perpetrators seem to be either the U.S. military engaged in clandestine operations or an American mercenary company working for Bukele or another Central American country.
Christiaan Triebert@trbrtc.bsky.social · 3d agoRead full story on @nytimes.com, with Maria Abi-Habib, @rileymellen.bsky.social, José María León Cabrera, @erschm.bsky.social and Gabriel Labrador: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/w...
The USS Abraham Lincoln has roughly 5,000 sailors and Marines on a deployment ship that began Nov. 21 of last year. The carrier has been deployed for more than eight months for Trump's Iran War. It's so bad, people are trying to jump off the ship. www.militarytimes.com/news/your-mi...
Multiple USS Abraham Lincoln sailors have tried to go overboard amid extended deployment, families say
Multiple sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have attempted to go overboard as the carrier's deployment stretches into its ninth month.
militarytimes.com
Funny how no one asked russia to halt strikes on Ukrainian civilians.
ICYMI: Host clubs, concept cafes, rental girlfriends, and related businesses sell attention rather than sex. Many in Japan find that more valuable. Learn the history of how a lonely country turned companionship into a booming industry.
How Japanese Nightlife Created an Attention Economy That's Better Than Sex
Why do people in Japan pay so much for non-sexual companionship? A look at how an industry born in the Edo Era fills a hole left by modernity.
unseen-japan.com
