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MAGA is FASCISM. Central European background. Places more value on mutual respect, protection of minorities, and established gender equality than on national-religious fanaticism. Climate change is real. 💙literature and music. Go Oilers. 🇪🇺🇬🇱🇨🇦🇨🇭🇵🇦🇺🇦🇻🇪

Who owes who an apology? More than 176,000 tonnes of fuel, mostly diesel, was shipped from South Korean ports to Russia in July and August, Guardian analysis found. Three of seven tankers involved were under UK and EU sanctions, while one received its cargo via a ship-to-ship transfer. #Russia

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The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020 — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system.

Actress Susan Sarandon being arrested earlier today for protesting Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations. One is speaking out against genocide, one is committing it. One was arrested, one was not.

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I’ve been told this too, from UN sources - the US will sanction the #ICC as an institution this week, & that they have considered designating the Court as a terrorist or terrorist supporting body. All for Netanyahu (and Putin). States that believe in the rule of law must denounce this lunacy.

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"Signs of Fascism" originated in my town. (Sequim, WA) I filmed it. I remember getting a call, "hey your video got 5,000 views." By the end of the day it had 60K. Over 100K in a few days from just one platform. Then my DM blew up! Everyone wanted to replicate the signs. Nice to see the signs today.

🇪🇺 Von der Leyen says Europe must “reimagine our partnerships” in a changing world. One partner she specifically named: 🇨🇦 Canada — inviting PM Mark Carney to join the conversation. 🎥 Credit: CPAC Live / YouTube ❤️🇪🇺🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🇪🇺❤️ ❤️🇪🇺🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA🇨🇦🇪🇺❤️

Unsurprisingly, 60 Minutes ratings are down. What people like Ellison don’t understand is that many of us wouldn’t watch CBS News, including 60 Minutes, if you paid us. Like Bezos, they don’t understand that consuming content is as much a statement of values as anything.

❗️The Russian group Midnight Blizzard (linked to Russia’s SVR) used Anthropic’s Claude artificial intelligence from December 2025 to August 2026 at nearly every stage of cyberespionage against more than 20 government, military, diplomatic, and defense organizations in Ukraine and Europe:

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Advertising network AdNow collects Romanian users’ data via scam ads and sends it to servers in Russia’s Novosibirsk, investigation finds Similar Russian ad operations have funded sites promoting far-right politician Călin Georgescu and the AUR party, according to local investigative outlet Snoop.

Advertising network AdNow collects Romanian users’ data via scam ads and sends it to servers in Russia’s Novosibirsk, investigation finds

A Russia-linked advertising network, AdNow, is collecting data from millions of users in Romania and transmitting it to servers in Novosibirsk, according to an…

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❗️❗️Russians used Claude to develop software for a swarm of autonomous FPV kamikaze drones, Anthropic reports. The model was trained on real-life footage. The drones could independently recognize targets, including people, and launch an explosion without the involvement of an operator.

"There's an old saying in Tennessee—I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee—that says, fool me once, shame on— shame on you. Fool me—you can't get fooled again." —George W. Bush, the *second* dumbest president ever.

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