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Map maker, book reader, music lover. Fool of a Took!

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FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

05.03.2026 07:15 πŸ‘ 17229 πŸ” 6010 πŸ’¬ 516 πŸ“Œ 493

Weren't these the groups that the IRGC brought in to brutalize and slaughter the protesters last month?

01.03.2026 11:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ British actor Ian McKellen read a poem by Ukrainian veteran Artur Dron, β€œFirst to the Corinthians,” on the anniversary of the full-scale invasion.

24.02.2026 11:12 πŸ‘ 612 πŸ” 213 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 20
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Rare Glimpses of Diverse #Marine Life Take the Stage in This Year’s #Ocean Art #Photography Contest

Link for more #photos and information: www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/01/ocea...

26.01.2026 22:34 πŸ‘ 2329 πŸ” 326 πŸ’¬ 41 πŸ“Œ 19
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Read Mark Carney's full speech on middle powers navigating a rapidly changing world | CBC News Read the full text of Prime Minister Mark Carney's speech about a shakeup of the global order and role of middle powers at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Hot holy hell, Carney!

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

21.01.2026 06:13 πŸ‘ 268 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 24
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Trump demands Carney give him his standing ovation from Davos DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - Following his poorly-received and rambling address at the World Economic Forum, U.S. President Donald Trump angrily demanded that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney personally gi...

Trump demands Carney give him his standing ovation from Davos

21.01.2026 18:49 πŸ‘ 1361 πŸ” 336 πŸ’¬ 53 πŸ“Œ 46
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This Minneapolis ICE shooting video has become a political Rorschach test: Some people see a peaceful protester getting murdered, and other people are fascists

09.01.2026 16:54 πŸ‘ 1650 πŸ” 468 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 8
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Make it viral.

08.01.2026 03:22 πŸ‘ 47648 πŸ” 21395 πŸ’¬ 360 πŸ“Œ 528
A forlorn landscape of layered rocks in the foreground, with hills fading into the background haze. At upper top right, a small crescent moon, and a bright star.

A forlorn landscape of layered rocks in the foreground, with hills fading into the background haze. At upper top right, a small crescent moon, and a bright star.

Open up this picture fully.

Then look at the surface of Mars.

Then look up to the top right.

Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.

Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.

That's Earth.

30.12.2025 21:30 πŸ‘ 4763 πŸ” 1873 πŸ’¬ 76 πŸ“Œ 152

Let's do it again. Reach as many people as possible to get informed about Ukraine. Repost the original post below.

Thank you!

25.12.2025 20:55 πŸ‘ 296 πŸ” 109 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 12
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Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha condemned Russia’s abduction of around 50 civilians, mostly elderly women, from Hrabovske, a border village in Sumy region. He compared the act to tactics used by ISIS or Hamas and called for global pressure to secure their release.

21.12.2025 21:18 πŸ‘ 402 πŸ” 86 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 3

What?

15.12.2025 21:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Canada broke its electric vehicle market in 2025 and it did so alone The federal government made a number of decisions that have collectively broken Canada’s EV market over this past year, and while that likely wasn’t the intention, it has certainly been

Canada broke its electric vehicle market in 2025, and it did so alone

#Opinion from @racheldoran.bsky.social and @joannakyriazis.bsky.social

09.12.2025 00:11 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Read that in the 80s. The humble but unflinching resolve of Atticus Finch taught me what true heroism was.

08.12.2025 05:11 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today I want to share with you a statement by former federal judge Mark L. Wolf explaining why he resigned from the federal bench in early November. I found it sobering and troubling. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/winner-of-this-weeks-joseph-welch

01.12.2025 15:38 πŸ‘ 1582 πŸ” 585 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 20

Scorpion passenger says loss of frog buoyancy concerning, wishes she knew how to swim.

15.11.2025 12:00 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

And Now… a Story About a Frozen Train and the Saskatchewan Town That Became Family.

It was Christmas Day, 2017.

Somewhere in the endless plains of Saskatchewan, a Via Rail train carrying 98 passengers ground to a halt.

The cause?

15.11.2025 15:37 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

things that arent the future of civilization

- chatbots
- crypto
- robot butlers
- cars that sorta drive autonomously as long as youre paying attention for when they fail and almost kill a bunch of people

things that actually are the future of civilization

- free clean energy

07.11.2025 13:40 πŸ‘ 2943 πŸ” 644 πŸ’¬ 45 πŸ“Œ 18

That's too far for storm shadow.

04.11.2025 13:09 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Baseball is like if the Book of Job was a sport.

02.11.2025 03:42 πŸ‘ 402 πŸ” 54 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 1

Imagine there was a chemical spill which caused all adolescent boys to stop maturing emotionally at around age 12.

Now imagine what the world would look like a decade or so later.

We’re living in a partial version of that. It explains so much of what’s happening.

22.10.2025 23:08 πŸ‘ 390 πŸ” 53 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 5
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Sign the Petition Mandate Security Clearance for Pierre Poilievre or His Resignation as Party Leader

πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦Here's our chance folks. Let's make this the most shared and signed petition ever.πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦
πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦Mandate Security Clearance for Pierre Poilievre or Resign!πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦

c.org/JB5ChGygX7

17.10.2025 20:16 πŸ‘ 166 πŸ” 80 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 9
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Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...
β€œCOVID vaccines reduced people’s risk of emergency department visits by 29 percent, their risk of hospitalizations by 39 percent and their risk of death by 64 percent.”

10.10.2025 04:01 πŸ‘ 68 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 5
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Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago (RNS) β€” Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as β€˜Love thy neighbor’ and β€˜Who w...

Both the rubber bullet to the head and the mace to the face were taken by Reverend David Black in Chicago. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

08.10.2025 03:26 πŸ‘ 90 πŸ” 37 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

07.10.2025 23:29 πŸ‘ 56336 πŸ” 21127 πŸ’¬ 1722 πŸ“Œ 1239
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Wake up Donald :D

"China earns more from exporting solar panels, batteries, electric cars and other clean energy tech than the US does through fossil fuel exports"

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#alwaysbecharging
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06.10.2025 10:21 πŸ‘ 83 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 4
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I can watch this clip thousands of time and still won’t be enough.

Adam van Koeverden telling like it is.πŸ‘πŸ½πŸ‘πŸ½πŸ‘πŸ½

β€οΈπŸπŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦TEAM CANADA FOREVERπŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸβ€οΈ
β€οΈπŸπŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦VIVE LE CANADA πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸβ€οΈ

04.10.2025 16:34 πŸ‘ 656 πŸ” 257 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 23
Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

β€œIt actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall

πŸ’™ RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

02.10.2025 02:56 πŸ‘ 32577 πŸ” 6838 πŸ’¬ 478 πŸ“Œ 314

Thanks for posting this! It was a good report.

01.10.2025 15:19 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0