11th Earl of Maher

Pro-Lula Brazilians doing en masse digital organizing against the platforms is interesting. Basically took website/influencer growth hacking techniques—eg everyone go like/comment/share this, get the algorithm to pick it up—and applied them to electoral politics at a grand scale. Thread:

If only there were a Nobel Prize for heckling

Huge headlines around the world. In major US media, unreported. Something's fishy here.

NEW: A federal judge has now ruled that former SDNY prosecutor, Maurene Comey, was UNLAWFULLY fired by the Trump DOJ. He orders her retroactive reinstatement and back pay. Comey alleged in her lawsuit that she was fired for politically motivated reasons. www.cnbc.com/2026/10/26/m...

Great song, great arrangement and what a fantastic vocal by Claudia Gonson! Also, how is this 25+ years old??? youtube.com/watch?v=70cU...

RIP Donnie Iris. Listen with headphones, the backing vocals are nicely panned. Also, he looks like Don I the Science Guy in this video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH5A...

How does the guy still have so many die-hard supporters? (I know, I know. It's a cult.)

I know there's a lot going on but I feel it should probably be more of an above-the-fold story that members of Congress released a thoroughly documented report directly accusing the president of the United States of being a serial rapist.

Bluesky has four types of users.

Jon Husted voted against the release of the Epstein files just weeks after receiving a maximum campaign contribution from an Epstein co-conspirator. Ohioans deserve strong leaders in Washington, not pedophile protectors.

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

Lula defeats Musk, Zuckerberg and Bolsanaro!

Another stunning defeat for a Trump-aligned right-wing leader in Europe. Serbian students voted out their authoritarian leadership after months of protests against corruption, taking their fight from the streets to the ballot box and turning people power into political power.

Robert Fripp produced The Roches? I had no idea until about halfway through this song when he made his presence known. Great song, too! www.youtube.com/watch?v=EA-U...

Americans don't care. Voters/non-voters love to mouth off and retreat to their foxholes and say "oh, I don't do politics cuz it's all bs..."

Oh so a country *can* choose not to make the same mistake twice

Congrats to Lula on overcoming Mark Zuckerberg and Donald Trump to defeat Hospital Pervert Jr., even as his opposition literally blocked off roads and turned off bus service during election day. Fascists are scary but they are always, 100% of the time, ultimately gigantic fucking losers.

Lula Goes HARD

It's really important to pay attention to the fact that Lula beat the fascist candidate not by compromising and trying to meet fascist voters in the middle, but by sticking to his guns, promising prosecutions for election interference, and mobilising his own voters to turn out in greater numbers.

Whiter Park, Florida 😠

Breaking: President Lula, looking very happy, has arrived in São Paulo to prepare for his victory speech and watch the final votes counted.

🚨🚨🚨🚨Breaking: Lula has officially been declared the winner in the 2026 Brazilian Presidential Election, defeating Flàvio Bolsonaro.

“.. a stunning comeback, sealed late as voters in Lula’s northeastern stronghold rallied behind one of Latin America’s most prominent opponents of Trumpism.” @bloomberg.com 🇧🇷 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Brazil was of two huge election results today—alongside the defeat of the nationalist, authoritarian leader of Serbia: "the slate of candidates selected by protesting students had won at least 135 seats in Serbia’s 250-member legislature" www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/w...

Lula has been reelected president, Brazilian media has now called. An extraordinary comeback for the left-wing politician who trailed by 2 points in round 1 but managed to hold off Flávio Bolsonaro, the former president's son.

Breaking Lula has re-taken the lead in the Brasil Presidential Election. Expecting this to be called very soon, with Lula winning. 🟥Lula 50.03% (left-wing) [incumbent] 🟦Bolsonaro 49.97% (right-wing) 48.4% reporting

EL-SAYED: I get that the President takes personal offense to my first name. He doesn't mind as much when it's the Saudis who are funding his son-in-law's private equity. Doesn't seem to mind as much when it's the Qataris who are giving them a $400 million private jet…

This thread comes to a close... ... as we now have a final result. Let the records show that, with 92% of the vote countywide, Lula is up 3.3%. (Can he end up doubling his 2022 margin?)

A Brazilian electoral court ordered the arrest of Salvador transport chief Pablo Souza for obstructing voting by keeping 75 buses off the streets during the presidential runoff, potentially preventing thousands of voters from reaching polling stations.

“O Senhor dará força ao seu povo e abençoará o seu povo com paz.” 🙏🏽🤍🇧🇷

Mais uma vez, foi o povo brasileiro que me mostrou que nenhum sonho é grande demais quando a gente caminha junto. ❤️🇧🇷 Foram dias incansáveis. Cada caminhada, cada ato e cada passeata foram muito mais do que momentos de campanha.

Trump is unable to name one issue voters care about in this clip. Not one.

OBAMA: "Trump is focused on enriching himself & his family/friends. A Venezuelan billionaire wanted a pardon, so he paid a Trump lawyers $50 million — and lo & behold! The pardon falls out of the sky... We’ve never seen a president straight-up grifting on your dime like this."

Just to be clear... Prop 40 is a ONE-TIME retroactive tax. It applies ONLY to billionaires and would tax just 5% of their wealth — which grew 30% in 2025. California's billionaires would still be worth $2T+ AFTER the tax. The revenue will fund healthcare for millions of Californians. Vote YES.

I kinda think this is the definition of a successful joke/political attack. Your enemies are spreading it for you.

Early this year, I visited Ingram, a TX town of ~1,900, to check out a tip. The area was starting to recover from its worst flood in a century. But as Latino workers drove to jobsites to help rebuild, the tipster said, a cop in a black Dodge Charger kept stopping them ... 🧵

Vivek took out the part about Amy Acton's mother making them live in a tent because the tent is actually in the police report from when the police took the children away. Vivek knows all this stuff is true. He's telling the worst kind a lie a human can tell. www.joemygod.com/2026/10/rama...

Trump admin arrests Colorado priest. Incarcerates him for over a year. Judge orders him released without charges. They release him without the wheelchair he needs -- other prisoners have to bodily carry him out. He's now being tested for latent TB: www.newsfromthestates.com/article/colo...

Are you registered to vote? vote.org

Illegal alien admits to sabotaging U.S. ally fighting former Soviet communists. #RadioFreeAmerica #politics www.cbc.ca/news/world/u...

First Musk said he did not disable Starlink for Ukraine. Now he's confessing to disabling it but says he was justified in doing so. Congress, if you can hear me, we need hearings when Dems take over. www.cnn.com/2026/10/25/e...

Ancient

Nossa história ainda tem muitas páginas bonitas para escrever. Amanhã, dia 25 de outubro, vamos escrever mais uma delas. Juntos, pelo Brasil que a gente ama e pelo futuro que o nosso povo merece! ❤️⭐ 1️⃣3️⃣

Weird exchange about Trump's "golfing" here 👇 Q: Who did you play golf with today? TRUMP: Ahh, just a couple of professionals Q: Which pros? TRUMP: I didn't play. I just hit balls for an hour. I wasn't in the mood to play. Q: Why not? TRUMP: Because I'm too busy

NEW: A woman featured in a Republican attack ad accusing a Democrat of being “dangerous” for children actually PLEADED GUILTY TO CHILD ENDANGERMENT after driving drunk with her own kids in the car, per the Washington Post.