Brandee
@misscherryjones.bsky.social
I missed my chance at a career, so here I am. Was once published in Moldova. I read & write about terrorism (mostly women in) for fun. But also a mum. Beside the seaside. 🇺🇸🇳🇿
“Who was president in 2008” 🤝 “who was president in 2020” Questions that you’d think would not be as interesting as it turns out they are!
Vituperative Erb@vituperativeerb.bsky.social · yesterday“Did Barack Obama do the 2008 Troubled Asset Relief Program” seems like a mystery we could actually solve
This is not new. I wrote about China and the "soft underbelly of the Five Eyes" nearly 8 years ago. www.rnz.co.nz/news/chinese...
NZSIS singles out China for spying in New Zealand 'at scale'
The country's top intelligence agency believes that China is the only nation pursuing espionage in New Zealand at scale, according to a report released Thursday.
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'Lone wolf terrorists' are almost never a thing. There's always a "connection" somewhere. Also, women terrorists have agency.
Riley Bruce@rileybruce.bsky.social · yesterdayWhat’s a thing from your area of expertise (or special interest) that you think it would behoove everyone else to know?
I love how everyone in the world right now is waiting for the Clacton election results to see if a bin defeated a fascist.
I mean... Bluesky was the place most of the people I liked interacting with ended up. I lost some followers/followers in the move, sadly. But what twitter became wasn't worth it
Andy Craig@andycraig.bsky.social · yesterdayI didn't wipe my account and quit using X because I decided I like bluesky better. I stopped using a literal neo-nazi's website because I felt deep in my bones it is an immoral thing to do, and nothing about what alternatives do or don't exist will change that.
SCOOP: People on the airport catering truck used to secretly move President Trump off an Air Force One 747 in Turkey included: - Dan Scavino - Walt Nauta - Natalie Harp No Cabinet-level officials were on that truck. wapo.st/3S47ztG
Close Trump aides — but no Cabinet officials — made secret catering truck move
The president was accompanied by some of his most loyal aides but no top administration officials as he made the clandestine move to a different plane to leave Turkey last month.
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* SECRETARY OF IRAN'S SUPREME NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL REZAEI: AS LONG AS U.S. DOES NOT CHANGE ITS BEHAVIOR AND ACCEPT IRAN'S CONDITIONS, THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ WILL NOT BE OPENED -- TASNIM @reuters.com
His "many people say" is some sort of alternative, hell version of the Stig intro.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d agoQ: I think I heard you say the MMR vaccine is 'quite lethal.' Is there any evidence of that? TRUMP: No. What I've heard is there's some people who say it is that way.
Today In Newport History: August 11, 1866 – First roller skating rink opens to the public in U.S.
Today In Newport History: August 11, 1866 – First roller skating rink opens to the public in U.S.
James Plimpton, inventor of the modern quad roller skate, and the New York Roller Skating Association (NYRSA) leased The Atlantic House Hotel in Newport and converted the dining room into a skating area on August 11th, 1866. This was the first roller skating rink open to the public in the United States! Plimpton is accredited with the sport’s popularity, […] The post Today In Newport History: August 11, 1866 – First roller skating rink opens to the public in U.S. appeared first on What's Up Newp.
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Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad sentenced to death in absentia for crimes during the country's 14-year deadly conflict www.cnn.com/2026/08/11/m...
Former Syrian President Assad sentenced to death in absentia | CNN
A Syrian court sentenced in absentia ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad along with his younger brother to death on Tuesday for crimes against humanity and war crimes during Syria’s 14-year confli...
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i personally think polymarket and all companies like it should be regulated out of existence and their assets seized by the state
I will bet my child that he has never stepped foot inside a pediatrician's office with any of his kids.
Insane, of course (soda can???). So hard to tell if this is a weird hangup just of his and why? Some connected Docs want reimbursement for five visits? RFK & Co think many parents won't make all five appts and so this reduces vaccination rates quietly? Is there any reason for killing our kids?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d agoTrump: "At one year, you should have 5 separate visits for vaccines rather than getting them all in the same day. I've seen proof of where they have a vaccination thing that looks like the size of a bottle of soda and pour it into a little child's body."
Separate measles, mumps and rubella vaccines for children are not currently available in the United States. www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
Trump signs executive order calling for spacing out childhood shots
President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order calling for revamped childhood vaccine recommendations that promote his long-held belief that childhood shots should be spaced out into separ...
yahoo.com
I’m starting to realize that all of the annoying pundits just suffer from oppositional defiant disorder increasing your kids’ risk of melanoma to own the libs
It will coincide with the release of Trump's healthcare plan and the final triumph over Iran.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d agoSean Duffy says his roadtrip reality show will come out in "maybe two weeks" 🙃
"The investor group also includes Eduardo Saverin, the Facebook co-founder" As if I already didn't like Liverpool... www.reuters.com/legal/transa...
Amazon founder Bezos nears deal to buy stake in Liverpool, reports say
A consortium that includes Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is close to agreeing a deal to acquire a stake of about one-third in Premier League club Liverpool, multiple media outlets reported on Monday.
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I TOOK MY 90 YEAR OLD NEIGHBOUR TO AN ANIME CONVENTION! Her first con ever!
Michelle Franklin│Legends and Lectures@michellefranklin.bsky.social · 6d agoMy 90 year old neighbour's first convention! She opted for the Kiki cosplay. Think she's ready?
Libraries make us a harder target for authoritarianism. Equal access to info, ideas, and space that doesn’t require a purchase to belong. Also: using the library means money stays in your community instead of streaming out to Amazon. 📚 What’s checked out on your card right now?
Here, I’m seeing adults who describe a people as if they were a person, denouncing antisemitism by engaging in Islamophobia & vice versa, engaging in shockingly casual racism & prejudice, saying the most vile garbage to defend ‘their side’. You are all losing your decency. Stop
"[redacted] owns and manages an offshore yacht racing team for promotional purposes and charter and is a Director of the Sailing Yacht Research Foundation, Inc., a not-for-profit that funds development and understanding of the science underlying sailboat performance." Tax dodger, anyone?
Flock cameras are so controversial people are sabotaging them. www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...
Flock cameras are so controversial people are sabotaging them. Why?
License plate readers have been attacked nationwide, and a growing number of cities have abandoned their use of the controversial police technology.
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Today in 1945, in perhaps the earliest attempt to capitalize on and exploit the atomic bomb—only two days after Hiroshima was annihilated—the Los Angeles Burbank Burlesque Theatre advertised new “ATOM BOMB DANCERS” in the Los Angeles Evening Herald-Express (h/t @conelrad6401240.bsky.social):
As emergency responders in Spokane, Wash., take stock of the damage from devastating wildfires, there's a prevailing sense the disaster could have been far worse. n.pr/4hh0jEZ
Wildfires in urban areas are more common. That may have helped Spokane
As emergency responders in Spokane, Wash., take stock of the damage from devastating wildfires, there's a prevailing sense the disaster could have been far worse.
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Donald Trump's former personal attorney is now the United States Attorney General.
