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👀💭 "Virginia Giuffre was called a liar. The other victims who testified to Palm Beach Police were called liars but what the documents also help to prove is that the system chose to protect the perpetrators instead of believing the victims.
That is what these January 2025 documents show. The question now is what we do about it."

Epstein Used Brett Ratner's Name to Recruit Woman for "Snow White" Photos. That Director Just Made Melania Trump's $40 Million Documentary
Meanwhile JPMorgan Executive Jes Staley Selected Victims by Character Name While His Bank Processed the Payments and New Emails Explain More...

Ik hoop op de eerste kabinetscrisis voordat de ploeg rond is.
Kunnen we de formatie op een normale manier herstarten.
https://www.trouw.nl/politiek/d66-stemt-in-de-senaat-tegen-de-twee-asielwetten-uit-het-coalitieakkoord~…

D66 stemt in de senaat tegen de twee asielwetten uit het coalitieakkoord
De nieuwe coalitiepartij D66 is bereid de twee asielwetten van PVV’er Marjolein Faber uit te voeren. Opvallend genoeg stemmen de D66’ers in de Eerste Kamer tegen.

Taking the early train from Beijing to ChongQing. Ride here was smooth and the streets were almost empty. That looked unusual for the traffic jammed streets of #Beijing

Just finished "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas. In an unusual twist of fate, I had read "Concrete Rose" earlier, which gave me a rich backstory to relate things to. "The Hate U Give" is really good, but I found the resolution of King's arc slightly disappointing, even though the ending was strong. It's definitely not my place to judge Thomas' perspective here, but I do think that the book's broad popularity including among more liberal audiences probably stems at least in part from the way it allows a "the cops have issues but are ultimately-necessary/sometimes-positive" reading that undermines the strength of the core message.
In the end I like Concrete Rose better, but they're both great and I'll be putting Thomas' other books on my to-read list.
#AmReading #ReadingNow

I may have to pick this up in ebook when it comes out. 🤔 https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:o226ujhlcj6anuqigwao4hhi/post/3mdw6ufx2yk2b

Amy Remeikis (@amyremeikis.bsky.social)
Where it all went wrong: the case against John Howard is available for pre-order and you should get it just because it is going to make Alexander Downer very mad 😇 (You can also ask for it at your library 💖) You can pre-order it at any of your faves https://www.readings.com.au/product/9781761822117/where-it-all-went-wrong--amy-remeikis--2026--9781761822117

“It is by far the most disturbing thing Aronofsky has made, and I’ve seen the last eight minutes of Requiem for a Dream.”
Not a good look right after Ken Burns did a truly great series on the Revolution. Feels desperate. @…

Andy Carvin (@acarv.in)
“Benjamin Franklin, who turns up during episode two, is particularly nightmarish. He looks as if someone has genetically spliced Hugh Laurie with Anthony Hopkins, and then covered the resulting monstrosity in a thin layer of roving liver spots.” https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/02/darren-aronofsky-ai-revolutionary-war-series-review?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

The only April Fools prank I endorse:

I will once again repeat what I think is a nationally winning campaign for a US opposition party (should any care to exist), now with Berlatsky’s improved phrasing:
❝If elected, I will fight like hell to:
- destroy Donald Trump, everything he has done, and everything he stands for,
- tax the living shit out of billionaires, and
- use that money to repair the damage they’ve done to the US.❞
Not saying that’s everything that needs to happen, or an entire political philosophy, or the solution to everything. Only saying that I think that — simply that — would win elections. Try it and see. You cowards. https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:htdsafwakqmzvuk2oivijzn6/post/3midafsxk3k2p

> "The whole social contract of Dubai involves a wilful blindness to the proximity of suffering and violence. After all, Gaza is geographically close."
I guess "geographically close" is relative, but no-one ever talks about London in the context of it being geographically close to Libya.

Expat influencers sold Dubai to the world and were paid to look the other way. Now the dream is crumbling
The Maseratis are borrowed, the helicopters rented by the hour. But deep down Dubai is a lonely place, built by oppressed people

Technically the Senate Dems *DID* concede the original demands to claw back ICE/CBP/HSI funds and to ban some of the Fash tactics used in MPLS and Chicago as conditions for any DHS funding.
But those were always sacrificial asks. They existed to be conceded. @…

David Nir (@davidnir.com)
Absolutely extraordinary. The Democrats conceded *nothing* and got everything they demanded. They said no ICE/CBP funding, and that's precisely what happened. In other words, they did not cave. At all. But the GOP did—completely. [contains quote post or other embedded content]