Lone Bacterium 🌻

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Perennially burnt out internet goblin. Research-adjacent. Anti-hype.

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‘No words for this’: horror over Russian bombing of Kyiv children’s hospital "Russia’s deadly strike on Monday was not the first of its kind – more than 1,700 medical facilities have been hit since the start of the full-scale invasion, according to the International Rescue Committee."

‘No words for this’: horror over Russian bombing of Kyiv children’s hospitalwww.theguardian.com Witnesses express shock and revulsion after deadly missile strike on Ukraine’s largest paediatric clinic

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Being able to go to one store to rent movies of all kinds, both classic and indie, was effing amazing. This is not nostalgia talking, kids. It was SO good.

Feel bad for the kids who will never know the joy of visiting a Blockbuster to choose a movie by walking around, loving at the covers of movies

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“In 20 years from now when the politics have moved on, today's leaders are gone, and this conflict is relegated to history, this is what will still matter. Amputees, hostages, human victims of the conflict and their families who will suffer for decades.”

"Sometimes it’s difficult even to bring into Gaza wheelchairs, crutches, and hearing aids, because some of them are put on the dual use list. The problem is that we’re not even getting the list, so we don’t even know. "

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This is really good. Rebecca Solnit. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Why is the pundit class so desperate to push Biden out of the race? | Rebecca Solnitwww.theguardian.com Yes, Biden had a bad debate – but so did Trump. The media is once again repeating the mistakes of 2016

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I will bang this drum forever: in THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE FREE: THE GERMANS, 1933-45 Milton Mayer interviewed 10 ordinary Germans after WW2 to learn how fascism took hold. There was never a moment when everyone woke up:

if you’re waiting for everyone around you to wake up, you’ll wait forever. this is how the people grinding our bones to make their bread WANT you to be. paralyzed, alienated & purposeless

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You had me at “exceedingly dry in-jokes for recherché subcultures”

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This essay I wrote in 2018 about Lemony Snicket’s pattern of inappropriate behavior to women in the kidlit industry holds up I think. I was reminded because when I wrote it he was about to go on tour with another famous author currently in the news. psmag.com/social-justi...

How Will Publishing Deal With Lemony Snicket Amid #MeToo?psmag.com Numerous authors and librarians allege a pattern of sexually humiliating comments.

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And now the richest wingnut in the world, who owns a huge propaganda outlet, is calling for the death of everyone who opposes a messaging bill that codifies fascist disinformation about voting. I don’t know how this toothpaste ever gets put back in the tube.

The GOP’s nominee to run the 9th most populous state just called for killing people who disagree with the far-right and that sentiment was echoed by the head of Heritage and the man behind Project 2025. But like 90% of all political news is about Democratic hand-wringing over Biden’s debate flop.

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Russia removes VPN apps from the App Store and demand an end to VoIP services, aiming to restrict citizens' access to independent info, and enhance surveillance capabilities, per UK intelligence.

UK intel: Russian authorities target VPN apps and VoIP services in latest censorship move - Euromaidan Presseuromaidanpress.com Russian authorities remove VPN apps from the App Store and demand an end to VoIP services, aiming to restrict citizens' access to independent information, enhance surveillance capabilities, and continue long-standing efforts to control the domestic information environment, per UK intelligence.

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Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian wins Iran presidential election

Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian wins Iran presidential electionwww.theguardian.com Victory reflects deep dissatisfaction with direction of country and could bring greater cooperation with west The reformist Masoud Pezeshkian has pulled off a stunning victory in the Iranian presidential runoff, reflecting deep dissatisfaction with the direction of the country in recent years and opening potential new avenues of cooperation with the west. Pezeshkian won 16,384,403 votes to defeat the ultra-conservative Saeed Jalili, who received 13,538,179 votes, on a final turnout of 49.8% – a big increase on the record low turnout of 39% recorded in the first round. In the first round, Pezeshkian came top, defeating three Conservative rivals. The turnout included more than 1m invalid votes. Continue reading...

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The Heritage Foundation “don’t make us kill you, Democrats” statement may mark one of those moments people will read about in 100 years (hopefully!) and think to themselves “why didn’t they freak out when they heard the extremists say that?” (Sadly, it’s just not how humans work most of the time)

That Heritage Foundation statement threatening a violent revolution against the left = that moment in a movie in which the forces of evil loudly announce their evil plans. except in real life, unlike in a movie, most normal people don’t even realize this has *happened* (which is our job).

👺 Le Pen calls for cancellation of authorisation for Ukraine to use French weapons to strike Russia

Le Pen calls for cancellation of authorisation for Ukraine to use French weapons to strike Russiawww.pravda.com.ua Marine Le Pen, the de-facto leader of the French far-right National Rally party, has promised that if her party comes to power after the second round of parliamentary elections, she will not allow Ukr...

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I think that there’s honestly a substantial divide in the left between people who actually joined out of either a sense of justice or because of personal identity based marginalizations, and people who actually just want authoritarianism but if a left way, and it’s going to be ugly

"Gonsalves expressed concerns about access to international finance to fund rebuilding and called on richer countries to honour their climate commitments."

“[Grenada’s prime minister] described “Armageddon-like” scenes of “almost total destruction”, with approximately 98% of building structures damaged or destroyed and an almost complete wipeout of the electrical grid and communications systems.” www.theguardian.com/world/articl...

‘Please send help’: Caribbean reels from Hurricane Beryl devastationwww.theguardian.com Homes flattened, apocalyptic scenes and at least four dead as St Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada try to recover

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Every year. #4thOfJuly A Nation's Story: “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” Fredrick Douglass nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stor...

A Nation's Story: “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”nmaahc.si.edu In July of 1852, Frederick Douglass delivered a speech titled “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?,” a call for the promise of liberty be applied equally to all Americans. Douglass’s speech empha...

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Russia's disinformation behemoth now controls the narrative on any subject they wish among US audiences. theins.ru/en/politics/...

“Morality and ethics should play no part”: Leaks reveal how Russia's foreign intelligence agency runs disinformation campaigns in the Westtheins.ru The Insider has obtained hacked correspondence from officers of Russia's foreign intelligence agency (SVR) responsible for “information warfare” with the West. The leaked documents, intended for vario...

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This is the classic rock radio station I would sometimes listen to when I was a kid

Old versions of their crossword get reprinted on other websites, if that helps

No word game is worth paying a guy who is actively trying to help usher in a dictatorship. Cancel that NYT subscription today.

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Only 3% of Russian missiles, drones, and guided bombs hit military targets in Ukraine, with 97% aimed at civilian infrastructure, according to Ukraine's OSCE delegation. In the past week alone, Russia targeted civilian infrastructure with over 800 guided bombs.

97% of Russian missiles, drones, bombs hit civilian infrastructure, diplomat sayskyivindependent.com Only 3% of Russian missiles, drones, and guided bombs hit military targets in Ukraine, while 97% have struck civilian infrastructure, Danylo Kubai, Ukraine's envoy to international organizations in Vi...

And I say this as a Canadian millennial

We must stop the CPC (and Canadian millenials). x.com/bruceanderso...

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Hillary headlines in 2015. Don't let the media fool you again. Image Courtesy of angry_staffer.

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When an article says "some scientists think" then remember this: I, a scientist, once thought I could fit a whole orange in my mouth. I could, it turns out, get it in there, but I hadn't given sufficient thought to the reverse operation.

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Maybe we should be talking about credible allegations of Trump sexually assaulting twelve year olds with the assistance of Epstein!

By the way, Faine, have you already seen this? If this is true, then it'd be all the more horrific for such a man to win the presidency.

Rachel Bitecofer 🗽💡🔭🦆 on X: "Trump forced 12 year olds to perform lesbian sex acts for him. That seems important. https://t.co/yvmSxUbW6c" / Xtwitter.com Trump forced 12 year olds to perform lesbian sex acts for him. That seems important. https://t.co/yvmSxUbW6c

We must stop the CPC (and Canadian millenials). x.com/bruceanderso...

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Pro Russia leftists continue to get publicly humiliated every day as it becomes more and more obvious that Russia is supporting a far right power grab worldwide

No more hiding it, I guess. Russia comes out for Le Pen.

Same. Although fortunately I've encountered fewer of these on Bluesky. Either there really are fewer of them here, I've become better at blocking, or the Twitter algorithm used to boost them.

needless to say, while I don’t hate or even really think about most people I block on the internet, if you’re a Greyzone Putin and Assad toe-sucker, I would like you to know that I specifically and personally hate you.

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I would not be averse to a “speed bump” installed where you had to lurk and learn for 5 days before you could post. Troll accounts might self-combust out of frustration.

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wake up babe new* endosymbiotic organelle just dropped. They confirmed it's more than just symbiosis when they saw it absorbing whole proteins from the host! *100 million years old, but that's new compared to billions-years old mitochondria and chloroplasts

Scientists discover first nitrogen-fixing organellenews.ucsc.edu In two recent papers, an international team led by UC Santa Cruz scientists describe the first known nitrogen-fixing organelle within a eukaryotic cell. The organelle is the fourth example in history ...

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“Taraji P. Henson made Project 2025 the talk of the BET Awards. The host of this year's BET Awards warned viewers on multiple occasions about the far-right plan to dismantle and remake the government in Trump's image.” www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/sh...

Taraji P. Henson made Project 2025 the talk of the BET Awardswww.msnbc.com The draconian plan supported by conservative groups to dismantle the government if Donald Trump is elected was the talk of the Black Entertainment Television Awards.