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Still awaiting my George $oros payment for showing up at #NoKINGS_Day & staying until noon. Somebody slipped this 20 under my door, but something about it seems fake.

Well, well, well...

Aaron Parnas: Trump Administration set to overhaul the criminal department of the IRS to target Democratic organizations, Newsom condemns Trump’s plan to launch missiles during a military parade… Via @aaronparnas.bsky.social youtu.be/a4PAjC183Zc?...

Bluesky runs on open protocols with open source code. Today we’re taking an additional step and making a patent non-aggression pledge to ensure that everyone can build confidently on our work. Learn more and read the pledge in our blog post: bsky.social/about/blog/1...

"A beautiful celebration of life." From the hearts & souls of Mike Flanagan & Stephen King, THE LIFE OF CHUCK returns to theaters October 1st for 1-night-only nationwide screenings, w/ a special conversation with director Mike Flanagan and actor Mark Hamill. Get tickets now at thelifeofchuck.film

See some of the winning and honored images from this year’s contest, designed to “promote the very best landscape photography by digital and film photographers who value realism and authenticity in their work,” selected from more than 11,000 entries:

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Russians shot and killed three elderly civilians in the occupied village of Kozachi Laheri, Kherson region. Viktor and Olha Hladki, along with their neighbo, were executed after trying to protect one another during a drunken raid. Locals say the victims were left lying dead in their home for a day.

🚨BREAKING: Rep. Ro Khanna just motioned to SUBPOENA FCC chairman Brendan Carr in the House Oversight Committee to stop the intimidation of private businesses and assault on free speech

This is the biggest story in America right now. Coffee up 20.9% year-over-year Steaks up 16.6% Apples up 9.6% Bananas, 6.6%. www.axios.com/2025/09/11/t...

Prince Harry and Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski have arrived in Kyiv, according to The Guardian.

Limited one-day tickets are available for The Atlantic Festival! Join newly announced speakers Mike Pence, Kathryn Bigelow, and many more September 18–20 in New York City. Learn more at TheAtlanticFestival.com. #TAF25

China is an engineering state that values construction projects and technological primacy, Dan Wang argues, "whereas the United States is a lawyerly society, obsessed with protecting wealth by making rules rather than producing material goods."

THIS. IS. THE. WAY.

In the coming weeks, we're asking for feedback on our Community Guidelines. Your input will help ensure our Guidelines serve our users and are ready to support Bluesky's future. To learn how to contribute, check out our blog post: bsky.social/about/blog/0...

Depictions of extreme wealth are everywhere on television lately—and it’s all quite boring, @sophiegilbert.bsky.social argues. https://theatln.tc/pR6AjcRa

Kimmel posted a For Your Consideration billboard in the heart of West Hollywood with a simple message: "I'm voting for Stephen." www.avclub.com/jimmy-kimmel...

In another episode of “we live in the stupidest timeline,” Jen Easterly, a woman I have (1) never met and (2) did not work for, had her appointment at West Point terminated because Laura Loomer lied about both of us in a tweet. cyberscoop.com/jen-easterly...

One reason so many American hospitals are struggling? Investors buy them up, then suck them dry, charging such high rents that services are gutted. Reveal explores what happened to one Louisiana hospital when Medical Properties Trust came to town. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Sen. Schiff speaks to us about Trump's protection racket for sex traffickers

Japan is the EU’s closest partner in the Indo-Pacific – a strong partnership built on shared values and common interests. www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...

Europe and Japan face many of the same security challenges. This is why our Security and Defence Partnership is so timely. At the EU-Japan summit, we agreed to deepen our close ties even further, including with a new Defence Industry Dialogue.

Dear @stephencolbert.bsky.social, Thanks for all the years of speaking truth to power & finding the funny in fascism. Looking forward to following you wherever you land, Your fan, Mar🐫

NEWS: Donald Trump has fired Maurene Comey, who was the key prosecutor in the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell cases

The slow-motion dismantling of the National Security Council at first it seemed like a minor bureaucratic blip, but now it is evident that the NSC’s weakness is contributing to incoherent U.S. policymaking on matters from Venezuela to Ukraine and beyond. wapo.st/3IjUCXv

An important piece. It shows how desperate Patel and Trump are to provide (fake) "evidence" that the 2020 election was rigged. Why? So they can now, under the cover of "election integrity," go about rigging the next one. www.thebulwark.com/p/youll-neve...

Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.

If you cannot see the value of life and freedom—if the death of the parents of [prisoners of conscience] Giorgi Akhobadze’s and Onise Tskhadadze’s means nothing to you—here is my life, my freedom as well, and still, you will not defeat us." 3/3

PACE monitors call for the immediate release of all persons subjected to politically-motivated persecution in Georgia pace.coe.int/en/news/9961...

UPDATE: “The man who impersonated ICE to intimidate the employees of a Philly auto repair center — and steal about $1,000 — will face numerous felony and misdemeanor charges…”: www.phillyvoice.com/philly-robbe... Fake ICE agents were inevitable. How can cities be proactive about this?

The Bove allegations should be treated as something akin to Watergate, or Iran Contra. The administration was attempting to do something they *knew* was illegal (anticipating the courts saying as much), and then trying to COVER IT UP. Only here instead of it being run out of the WH or NSC, it’s DOJ

Talks between Lukashenko and Trump’s envoy Keith Kellogg lasted over 6 hours, according to Russian media. Topics included US-EU sanctions on Belarus, the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, and ties with Moscow and Beijing. Lukashenko pardoned 14 political prisoners at Trump’s request.

TODAY 6/14/25, we peacefully make our voices heard... NO KINGS!* 🇺🇸 *Also NO: CONVICTED FELONS/PATHOLOGICAL LIARS/DRAFT DODGERS/ADJUDICATED RAPISTS/SHORT-FINGERED VULGARIANS/MALIGNANT NARCISSISTS & ANYONE WHO INCITED AN INSURRECTION IN AN ATTEMPTED COUP AGAINST HIS OWN COUNTRY a/k/a TRAITORS ✊

TODAY #TheLifeOfChuck is in theaters EVERYWHERE! Experience this feel-good, life-affirming film for yourself, courtesy of the incomparable team of stephenking.bsky.social & mikeflanaganfilm.com. What a JOY for me to have Mia Sara as my wife, with Cody Flanagan & Benjamin Pajak as my grandson(s)! ❤️

As of June, the EU-Chile Advanced Framework Agreement enters into provisional application. It strengthens our partnership, enhances joint action on security, climate, green energy and digital & creates space for more cooperation. Joint statement here → europa.eu/!3F47hC

Nice job!

Ukraine is deterring Putin. Like all bullies, he will now be looking to escalate elsewhere, where he sees no deterrence. Are we really deterring him enough to stop him opening a new front?

Unlike anything you’ve seen before. In select theaters this Friday 6/6 (everywhere 6/13) #TheLifeOfChuck @mikeflanaganfilm.com @neon-rated.bsky.social

Waking up to Ukraine absolutely shredding Russian military and air force Is amazing Slava Ukrainii

Read the full speech here ↓ www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/speech-...

If you reject unilateralism, bullying and aggression. If you choose instead cooperation, shared prosperity and security, the EU will always be by your side. Extract from my speech at Shangri-La Dialogue ↓

A letter — signed by 12 long-term institutional investors that together manage about $950bn in Tesla's assets — calls for corporate governance reforms to address a 'crisis' at the carmaker. www.ft.com/content/6b52...

We’re testing a new feature! Starting this week, select accounts can add a livestream link to sites like YouTube or Twitch, and their Bluesky profile will show they’re live now.

"House Republicans worked through the night to advance a massive piece of legislation that might, if enacted, carry out the largest upward transfer of wealth in American history," writes Jonathan Chait: https://theatln.tc/cGoxeShf

In London today to meet Foreign Ministers of the Weimar+ format. Together, we stressed that Russia must agree a 30-day ceasefire with Ukraine immediately to pave the way for talks on lasting peace. Putin should stop playing games and get serious about engaging in peace talks.

🚨BREAKING: Liberal Party leader Mark Carney wins the election to become Canada’s next prime minister.

The testimony of fired Israeli security chief Ronen Bar offers a model for how to resist “a self-coup—a bid by an elected leader to seize dictatorial powers,” writes Gershom Gorenberg:

Dear Canada- Please accept our deepest apologies from all decent Americans embarrassed by the obnoxious trolling from our man-baby-in-chief who is lacking in both intelligence & any impulse-control whatsoever. ❤️ from your neighbors below, 🇺🇸 #MakeAmericaNormalAgain

The Framers feared tyranny of the majority. They didn’t anticipate tyranny of the minority. Jerusalem Demsas speaks with a political scientist who explains why American democracy can be so easily hijacked by organized minority factions.

The co-founder of Instagram Kevin Systrom testified on Tuesday in a landmark federal antitrust trial that his startup was starved of resources after Meta bought it because Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive, was afraid of the success of the photo-sharing app.