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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò's avatar Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
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"The news from Kigali comes after the new Labour government scrapped the programme.

Dr Doris Uwicyeza Picard, of the Rwandan ministry of justice, said the country had upheld its side of the deal...and that the issue was a “UK problem”."

lol

www.lbc.co.uk/news/no-refu...

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Adrienne's avatar Adrienne @adrienneleigh.bsky.social
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VEGETARIAN AND VEGAN FOLKS IN CANADA (and anyone else who drinks non-dairy milk): Silk non-dairy milk products are involved in a recall for listeria right now; please exercise caution and stay safe.

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Sen. Gogurt taking notes on a criminal conspiracy's avatar Sen. Gogurt taking notes on a criminal conspiracy @ugarles.bsky.social
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the alternative explanation is maybe that his dick works fine but he *said* that his dick didn't work to explain why he thought the text exchange both exonerated him of lack of consent (because she was friendly and not regretful after) and of actual sex (she wanted to but they didn't because...)

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Melissa Gira Grant's avatar Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com
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Project 2025 includes the call to “outlaw” porn. If you want to understand what they mean by that? Look to what these groups are already fighting “porn,” and their connections to anti-gender movements outside the US. I start that analysis here:

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Michael Tae Sweeney's avatar Michael Tae Sweeney @mtsw.bsky.social
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The totally predictable cost of not punishing the prior coup attempt swiftly and harshly is that we are going to have a more organized and better prepared coup attempt bsky.app/profile/paul...

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Michael Tae Sweeney's avatar Michael Tae Sweeney @mtsw.bsky.social
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24 years. The project of stealing the 2000 election from Gore was so startlingly successful it's become the defining element of conservative strategy bsky.app/profile/jonf...

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Ayo 's avatar Ayo @darrylayo.bsky.social
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You’re probably right. But can democrats at *LEAST* acknowledge that they did this deliberately? Can they acknowledge that they ignored our calls all year last year and now that it’s too late, they’re tut tutting us for continually wishing for more?

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Rook Stone's avatar Rook Stone @rookstone.bsky.social
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Sometimes the audacity of a magazine really makes me laugh. It's very reasonable for a market to not accept simultaneous submissions. It's very reasonable for a market to not accept reprints. It is BALLSY AS HELL to have those stipulations and then only pay $0.01 per word.

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Ed Burmila's avatar Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social
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The Washington Capitals are so far over the NHL salary cap that they bought the website that tracks the NHL salary cap and shut it down so no one can see how boned they are. Not *specifically* important but a good example of how the modern media-information-money environment is working!

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T. Greg Doucette's avatar T. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social
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Few things radicalized me quite like healthcare while watching my grandmother waste away and die while burning through her entire life savings Nuke health insurance companies from orbit, then nuke the ashes just to be safe, then salt the earth so they can't grow back

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Shiv Ramdas's avatar Shiv Ramdas @nameshiv.bsky.social
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I think there is place to have a nuanced convo about pple\ who never had the choice to stay home vs ppl who do not have the option to venture back out but ngl the "been in the world since before vaccines" bit got me, the first vaccine was in 1796, getting all those candles on the cake gotta be wild😭