As Abelardo takes office, his US-backed security policy is raising questions De la Espriella plans to relaunch 'Plan Patriota,' but critics point to human rights violations the first time it was tried LATEST for PWS

As Abelardo takes office, his US-backed security policy is raising questions

De la Espriella plans to relaunch 'Plan Patriota,' but critics point to human rights violations the first time it was tried

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“De la Espriella wants to disband the Truth Commission as well as the Colombian Peace Court, which prosecutes the worst offenders of the civil war.” does not bode well for the people of Colombia

Joshua Collins@murosinvisibles.bsky.social · 2d ago

As Abelardo takes office, his US-backed security policy is raising questions De la Espriella plans to relaunch 'Plan Patriota,' but critics point to human rights violations the first time it was tried LATEST for PWS

If you aren't angry then you aren't paying attention.

For the past five months the only refugees the USA has accepted are white South Africans fleeing equality & safety meanwhile they are disappearing or strapping ankle monitors on any Haitian they can get ahold of. It needs to be understood how thoroughly connected these two things are.

NEW: CBP is shopping for a contractor to track down people the US has deported to Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala and collect unpaid immigration fines — debts that can top $1.8 million a person.

U.S. Border Patrol wants a contractor to track down deported people abroad and collect their immigration fines

The agency gave bidders three business days to compete for a first-of-its-kind contract to collect fines from people it has deported to Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala.

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This happened.... again www.bbc.com/news/article...

Armed man arrested at Trump's golf course ahead of president's visit

The arrest happened shortly before President Trump was due to host a fundraising dinner at the coastal golf course in California.

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An oil spill from a grounded tanker near Oman is clear from space, and can be seen expanding, including reaching a shoreline. War can have big environmental costs, in addition to the human and economic costs.

Oil spill from grounded tanker off Oman expands sharply, satellite images show

An oil spill from a grounded sanctioned tanker off Oman is expanding dramatically, reaching shorelines and spreading far out to sea.

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I think it's both true that Israel is a colonial project that continues to engage in colonialism and that Israeli identity is in fact a real thing. The notion that without Israel all the Israelis would embrace their true wholesome identity as Europeans or Arabs or whatever is complete lunacy

SpaceX rocket stage to hit the Moon tonight. Might be visible (though tiny and quick) For me, mostly cloudy plus hazy, not worth getting up middle of the night with an early workday.

Prof. Sam Lawler@sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · yesterday

Reminder: if you are inside the green or dark green area of this map, watch the ~10 o'clock position of the moon tonight at 2:35am EDT/11:35pm PDT. More info here: https://spaceweather.com/archive.php?day=28&month=07&year=2026&view=view You probably won't […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Fortress Europe’s deadly borders

Freedom Press@freedompress.bsky.social · 2d ago

Ceuta mass crossing exposes Europe’s deadly border regime Comment, Aug 4th Morocco has become one of Spain and the EU’s main ‘offshore subcontractors’ for migration control ~ Blade Runner ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/08/04/c...

AP calls a DEFEAT for Kansas Amendment 1, which would have replaced the current merit-based selection of state Supreme Court justices with partisan statewide elections. GOP wanted this change to try to overturn a ruling protecting abortion rights, but voters emphatically said no.

Pure evil. Absolute evil. Russia looks to be using cluster munitions on Kyiv today. And we have left Kyiv in a position where it cannot intercept these strikes!!!!!

cc: the hague

It Appears That the US Military Accidentally Killed Everybody on Board a Civilian Medevac Flight in New Mexico

A days-long electronic warfare drill was one of the causes behind the loss of a four-passenger medevac flight.

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I honestly didn’t think that EA could get any worse. Little did I know. I feel very bad for the gaming industry to be honest 

Kotaku@kotaku.com · yesterday

Well, I guess Electronic Arts belongs to Saudi Arabia, private equity, and Jared Kushner now. https://kotaku.com/electronic-arts-officially-belongs-saudi-arabia-jared-kushner-now-2000721666

Well, I guess Electronic Arts belongs to Saudi Arabia, private equity, and Jared Kushner now. https://kotaku.com/electronic-arts-officially-belongs-saudi-arabia-jared-kushner-now-2000721666

Electronic Arts Officially Sold For $55 Billion

With the closing of the market today comes the second-biggest acquisition in gaming history

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She's spitting. She is simply spitting

it's crazy to me people still insist ai for research is reliable when we now have an Hbomberguy video's worth of evidence that its unreliability is tanking Hank Green's career

If SCREEN were to pass, you'd be required to scan your face and upload an ID to access this site because it allows "harmful" material. This affects you even if you don't care about sex work or porn.

404 Media@404media.co · yesterday

Mike Lee's SCREEN Act, which heads to Senate Commerce Committee for markup on Wednesday, would expand age verification requirements to a nearly limitless scope of websites, and is supported by the architects of Project 2025.

This looks like mosquito larva in the water. Just based on the movement, since the details are very poor in this video.

L.A. TACO@lataco.bsky.social · 23h ago

Detainees in the Adelanto ICE Processing Center have noticed contamination in the drinking water. Last week, we reported on footage from inside the facility that showed evidence of the inhumane conditions inside the facility. The full story: lataco.com/contaminated...
 🎥: Aisha Wallace-Palomares

Cubans take pride in facing hardship with resilience and ingenuity, but that fortitude comes at a high psychological cost amid the island's latest protracted crisis. u.afp.com/SH5F

Chipotle Mexican Grill says it has removed jalapenos from some of its restaurants after determining the peppers could potentially be tied to a salmonella outbreak public health officials are investigating.

Chipotle pulls jalapeños from some restaurants as health officials investigate salmonella outbreak

Chipotle Mexican Grill says it has removed jalapeños from some of its restaurants after determining the peppers could potentially be tied to a salmonella outbreak public health officials are investigating.

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Yeah this is it. The powers that be expect a very different world in a few short decades, and they're trying to grab as much as they can before that happens. This is probably what's behind the war in Ukraine as well.

Brooke@brooklynmarie.bsky.social · yesterday

Climate change is why everything else sucks. But it's also why these fuckers have grabbed up so much power everywhere they can

bsky.app/profile/pook... These freaks are living in one *hell* of a media bubble, minds just completely cooked because they only talk to other people in the Epstein files, they try hard to think of someone who can appeal to gen Z and they all in unison go "Alan Dershowitz, of course."

Pookleblinky@pookleblinky.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The funniest thing about this list is that if you lived in Bari Weiss's nazi-funded media bubble made of CSAM and slop, you'd think each of these people were extremely popular celebrities. She is far, far too cooked to realize these people are only popular to guys selling online dick pills.

Holy shit. www.wired.com/story/a-civi...

Trump Crash Plane

Justin Ling@justinling.ca · yesterday

Holy shit. www.wired.com/story/a-civi...

Generative AI promises to make cognitive dissonance entirely vanish. No matter what you believe, it'll confirm it, it'll regurgitate media that minimizes having to feel the discomfort of cognitive dissonance. And it does so at a vast scale, a flood of comforting sewage to drown yourself in.

The people who use generative AI the most, are the people most frantically and desperately trying to self-sooth the biggest and most uncomfortable contradictions. The more slop you see someone wallow in, the more desperate they are to avoid that discomfort.

Trump’s plans to keep National Guard troops deployed to D.C. until 2029 will cost an additional $1.4 billion in tax dollars, according to budget estimates

Trump Plans to Spend $1.4 Billion Keeping the National Guard in D.C. Until 2029

Budget estimates provided to Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s office detail the costs of the National Guard’s controversial deployment.

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Ursula von der Leyen proposed on Monday that the EU increase its support to Morocco to help prevent a repeat of the chaotic attempted influx of 50K migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta last week. “So in order to prevent bank robbery, just give them enough cash” type of strategy? Fun times.

BREAKING: Susan Collins cited our report on Blanche's promise on a private call with religious activists to restrict abortion pills in announcing today she will not vote to confirm him. www.newscentermaine.com/article/news...

Alice Miranda Ollstein@alicemiranda.bsky.social · 2d ago

NEW from @joshgerstein.bsky.social & me: As his confirmation to lead DOJ hung by a thread last week, acting AG Todd Blanche told faith leaders on a private call that he was preparing to take action to roll back abortion access nationwide. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...