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Freedom is Action: A Campaign for Ukraine A fundraiser for life-saving drone-jamming cars and trucks

Freedom is Action: A Campaign for Ukraine
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Volunteer Olena Polynina, who cared for stray animals in frontline territories, was killed by a Russian attack on Sloviansk, Donetsk region.

According to the U-Hearts organization, on October 30, Olena took food and went to feed the animals she cared for⤵️

'Arrested for singing': Russia's case against teen busker stirs anger.

Diana Loginova, an 18-year-old Russian street musician who performed anti-war songs in public, was arrested for "discrediting the army"

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Brigitte Macron cyberbullying case puts fringe-right claims on trial 10 people face charges for saying that the French president’s wife is a man, a conspiracy theory that has gained believer on both sides of the Atlantic.

Ten people are facing charges for amplifying false claims about French President Emmanuel Macron's wife online, including the conspiracy theory that she was born a man.

Kraftig minskning av replokaler på kort tid: ”Riktigt allvarligt” - Kulturnytt Antalet replokaler hos studieförbunden har på tre år minskat med nära 15 procent, enligt ny statistik. David Samuelsson, generalsekreterare för Studieförbunden, ...

SR Kulturnytt: Kraftig minskning av replokaler på kort tid: ”Riktigt allvarligt”

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Trump: "When we announce good news, the stock markets are gonna go up. That's the way it should be. We're gonna really ride that very hard. When we announce good news, we're not gonna have a Fed that's gonna raise interest rates because they're worried about inflation 3 years from now or something."

Donald Trump's militarization of our city streets isn't about fighting crime or public safety — it's about consolidating power in his hands.

What he plans to do with that, now or during the 2026 elections, should worry all of us.

För ett år sen hade Bluesky 10 miljoner användare. Nu snart 40. Data visar också att 13 miljoner varit aktiva senaste 90 dagarna, medan det genomsnittliga engagemanget för inlägg på X sjunkit med 38% i år

Så sorgligt, alldeles för tidigt.

Free Speech and Me Speech
A helpful distinction by @timothysnyder.bsky.social

If you are curious how we vetted the emails, we have you covered:

w/ @jeffykao.bsky.social and @suryamattu.com

Black-and-white photograph of a woman standing in a courtyard, holding a bundled baby. She is dressed in formal clothing, including a hat, and smiles confidently at the camera. Behind her, laundry hangs from clotheslines stretched between balconies, and another figure stands on one of the balconies, partially obscured by the shadows. The building's structure and plants add depth to the scene, reflecting an everyday moment in a residential area.

8 September 1915 | Italian Jewish woman, Milena Modigliani, was born in Livorno.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from Milan on 30 January 1944 with her son Paolo. They were both murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.

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Italian dockworkers threaten Israel cargo ban if Gaza flotilla blocked “If we lose contact with our boats … even for just 20 minutes, we will shut down all of Europe,” dockworker says.

Italian dockworkers: “If we lose contact with our boats [going to Gaza] … even for just 20 minutes, we will shut down all of Europe”

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”Under­gräver tilliten till staten” – mer kritik mot planerad utförsäljning Historiker och professorer i protest mot Statens fastig­hets­verks plan på att sälja Salsta slott.

20 historiker, professorer och andra akademiker, däribland Fredric Bedoire, professor emeritus i arkitekturhistoria, protesterar mot den planerade försäljningen av Salsta slott
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Sätter ihop en föreläsning om att hantera hat och hot i sociala medier för forskare och kommunikatörer.

Sitter du på något smart tips som ofta inte förkommer när sånt tas upp?

Får ännu ett nyhetsbrev om i Ukraina från @alexvoronov.bsky.social . Ni följer väl honom? Efter över ett år i 🇺🇦 kan jag säga: Alex har järnkoll. Jag känner igen mkt av det han skriver om - nyanser man sällan får på annat håll. Jag lär mig mkt också. Alex är född i Odessa & talar ryska & ukrainska.

What happens when a device nearly every passenger carries onboard a plane erupts in smoke and flames | CNN Almost every passenger carries lithium-ion batteries onto airplanes – in their phones, laptops, rechargeable powerpacks and even vapes. And when something goes wrong with one of them, Federal Aviation...

Almost every passenger carries lithium-ion batteries onto airplanes – in their phones, laptops, rechargeable powerpacks and even vapes. And when something goes wrong with one of them, FAA tests show the results can be catastrophic: https://cnn.it/47cCJ7m

Ocado worst for plastic bags as total single-use sales rise for first time Shoppers in England bought 437m carrier bags last year as online food shops replace supermarket trips Plastic bag sales have risen for the first time in 10 years on the back of the so-called Ocado effect as online food shops and ultra-fast deliveries replace supermarket trips. Shoppers in England bought 437m single-use plastic carrier bags last year, compared with 407m the year before, a rise of 7%, according to data from Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Continue reading...

Ocado worst for plastic bags as total single-use sales rise for first time

‘People just lie’: How Riverford’s Guy Singh-Watson became the most brutally honest farmer in Britain The organic veg pioneer talks to the Guardian about being unemployable, his unconventional father and his recent autism diagnosis

‘People just lie’: How Riverford’s Guy Singh-Watson became the most brutally honest farmer in Britain

Så röstar du Här finns information om hur, när och var du kan rösta i kyrkovalet.

Ni som är medlem i Svenska Kyrkan - visst kommer ni ihåg att rösta i kyrkovalet? För medmänsklighet och för skogen?

Valdeltagandet brukar vara extremt lågt (under 20 %), så högerextremisterna mobiliserar stort - för de vet att varje röst får stort genomslag.

Du kan förtidsrösta 8-21 september.

Common Sense about Negotiations For Americans about Ukraine

As Ukrainian and European leaders travel to Washington for discussions in the White House this Monday about ending Russia’s illegal war of aggression, Americans would do well to remember ten principles of negotiation.
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Så skyddar Signal inte bara användaren, utan också samhället Så har debatten om huruvida appen Signal är farlig eller inte åter bubblat upp. För fem år sedan fick jag på grund av mitt arbete en hotbild mot mig och min familj. Sedan dess har Signal varit mitt…

Signal-debatten är tillbaka. Efter en hotbild mot familjen för 5 år sedan blev Signal mitt huvudverktyg för kommunikation. När påståenden om att appen är farlig för barn sprids får jag frågor från föräldrar. Här är mina tankar om Signal och kryptering.

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These two a friends. Period. End of story.

I’ve covered a variety of summits. And I know what admiration looks like.

That’s the end of the world order as we knew it. A sad day for everyone.

‘What about our lives?’: emotions run high in frontline Ukrainian city over ceding land to Russia Trump’s talk of ‘land swaps’ as a simple transaction belies grim reality of what it would mean for people in Zaporizhzhia

‘What about our lives?’: emotions run high in frontline Ukrainian city over ceding land to Russia

Sorgligt. Algblomningen har tydligen varit värre än vanligt på många ställen, som Vetenskapsradion rapporterade i morse också.

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Kolla med Mats Källblad www.instagram.com/mats.kallblad

Tre dagar.

Haft en bra semester och det är fortfarande sommar.

U.S. may require visa applicants to post bond up to $15,000 to enter country The State Department is proposing requiring applicants for business and tourist visas to post a bond of up to $15,000 to apply to enter the United States.

The State Department is proposing requiring applicants for business and tourist visas to post a bond of up to $15,000 to enter the United States, a move that may make the process unaffordable for many.