One of the consequences of Trump closing down USAID. Millions will die. Ending HIV: a reality check - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Ending HIV: a reality check
The fifth UN High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS (June 22–23) saw the agreement of a new Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS. In it, countries expressed commitments to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2...
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« Michel-Ange, scandale à la chapelle Sixtine », sur Arte : quand le Vatican reculottait les nus du génie de la Renaissance
« Michel-Ange, scandale à la chapelle Sixtine », sur Arte : quand le Vatican reculottait les nus du génie de la Renaissance
A l’occasion de la dernière restauration, en 2026, de la fresque du « Jugement dernier », achevée en 1541, Frédéric Biamonti dévoile les turpitudes qui menèrent l’Eglise catholique à censurer l’ultime chef-d’œuvre pictural du maître florentin.
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I've said it a million times already, but I do not see how people like this sleep at night.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo agoCORDES: How are you explaining to your constituents this new settlement that prevents the IRS from auditing any Trump family documents? REP. MIKE LAWLER: Well, I think when it comes to any agreements that the president has made with the IRS, I think looking back at Biden ....
I left Twitter because my threads documenting the history of fascism in the US started doing numbers w/ contemporary US fascists who thought their predecessors were cool, & who would call me a dirty Jew and send death threats when I pushed back. Sorry to Corey that I want to avoid such “engagement.”
Sarah J. Jackson@sjjphd.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe have the data & I guess if you haven’t been subject to organized campaigns consisting of a barrage of threats to rape/torture you or your mother, or aren’t subjected to slurs & lynching threats you might not understand what a complete no brainer it is to opt out of a now shitty social media site.
So, uh, he switches from ALL CAPS to a whisper: "Congress, do not waste your time and energy on anything else." Sir, what do you mean by "anything else"? What else could Congress possibly be focusing on right now?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 9mo agoTrump: "THE ONLY HEALTHCARE I'LL SUPPORT OR APPROVE IS SENDING MONEY DIRECTLY BACK TO THE PEOPLE W/ NOTHING GOING TO THE BIG, FAT, RICH INSURANCE COMPANIES, WHO HAVE RIPPED OFF AMERICA LONG ENOUGH. THE PEOPLE WILL BE ALLOWED TO NEGOTIATE & BUY THEIR OWN, MUCH BETTER, INSURANCE. POWER TO THE PEOPLE!"
Beer pong, classy🙄
Zach Everson@zacheverson.com · 9mo agoNew: A site licensing Trump's name is selling merch with the presidential seal — including a $20 beer-pong set with “Presidential themed balls.” Federal law says you can’t manufacture or sell likenesses of the seal without authorization. me, for @forbes.com 1/
It’s wild that you can just openly bribe the President of the United States with chunks of gold to get whatever you want, it’s fine, you don’t have to hide it, just say “I am bribing the President with gold,” zero consequences.
Christopher Mims@mims.bsky.social · 9mo ago"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official. How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar. www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
Leaked footage from inside an ICE detention facility near Houston. No beds, no bathrooms, hundreds of men, women, and children in one combined cell/room. They are kept in freezing conditions.
Emmer: "I believe Mike Johnson will be swearing in the new representative from New Mexico before we start voting." (Adelita Grijalva is from Arizona)
NEW: Trump had a chance to fix the presidential clemency system. Instead, he's exploiting it to help political allies. Smart story from reporter @jeremykohler.bsky.social of @propublica.org. www.propublica.org/article/trum...
How Trump Has Exploited Pardons and Clemency to Reward Allies and Supporters
The president’s second term has brought a flood of clemency for allies and donors — as well as felons, like him, who were convicted of financial wrongdoing.
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X appears to be sending fake traffic across the web
X appears to be sending fake traffic across the web
Substack and Bluesky saw a jump in “traffic” following the update.
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When you are relaxing on the sofa but Jink is reminding you it's her dinner time
When you are relaxing on the sofa but Jink is reminding you it's her dinner time
Here is Pete Hegseth's tweet announcing the return of the Confederate monument to Arlington National Cemetery. The plan is to restore it and reinstall in 2027. It's important to point out that this monument was never referred to as a "Reconciliation Monument."
Soka Gakkai President Issues Statement on Creating a World Without War to Mark 80 Years Since End of World War II www.sokaglobal.org/contact-us/m...
Press Release: Soka Gakkai President Issues Statement on Creating a World Without War to Mark 80 Years Since End of World War II
President Harada's statement
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Making America Great Again 🙄 Man comes to the US from Lebanon. Starts out delivering pizzas, becomes a Nobel winning neuroscientist. Trump freezes his funding, he gets an email from China offering to move his lab “any city, any university I want" with guaranteed funding for 20 years.
When faced with obvious and blatant corruption, the leaders of the Republican Party in Congress simply choose to look the other way and ignore it. The only way to end this and restore some oversight is to vote out House Republicans. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last yr.TAPPER: I have a hard time thinking that if a D president held a dinner for investors in his cryptocurrency, you wouldn't be outraged MIKE JOHNSON: Look, I don't know anything about the dinner. I was a little busy this past week, so I'm not going to comment on something I haven't even heard about
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The California wildfires are not ‘natural disasters’ – they’re man-made catastrophes
This is the future that climate scientists have been warning about for decades, writes Asia climate correspondent Stuti Mishra – but why has it taken it being brought to the doorsteps of the some of t...
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