What we know about claims of Army veteran George Retes' arrest and detention
Posts shared testimony from Retes, who claimed ICE agents violently detained him despite his statements that he was a U.S. citizen and veteran.
Did Dolly Parton pull her music from Amazon to protest Bezos-Trump alignment?
As of Dec. 12, 2025, her music remained on Amazon streaming platforms.
Did trucker Rusty Miller rescue mother and baby from snowy highway?
According to the story, the truck driver allegedly said, "I slammed the brakes so hard my coffee flew out of the holder."
Polaroids of Trump and Epstein with young women are fake. Here's the proof
The images circulated online as House Oversight Democrats continued to release photos, videos and emails from the Epstein estate.
Did Liam Neeson narrate anti-vaccine documentary? Claim is true
While the actor narrated an anti-vaccine documentary, he has expressed support for vaccines before, calling them a "remarkable human success story."
White House really posted image of Trump as Minecraft character
Despite the freedom with which people can customize their characters in the popular game, this particularly image wasn't a real game screenshot.
Newly released Epstein estate photo shows Trump with 6 women
House Oversight Democrats released 19 photos from a trove of 95,000 images, four of which featured the president or his likeness.
Did Erika Kirk launch $175M school for orphans and homeless children in Chicago?
According to Facebook posts, "The story has gone viral, with millions calling it 'the most meaningful tribute in modern American philanthropy.'"
Don't fall for photo showing Trump using walker
The image contained "SynthID," Google's own invisible watermark, according to the company's artificial intelligence assistant.
Rumor claims Massachusetts millionaires tax raised $1.5B. The real number is higher
Funding from the "Fair Share" amendment helped support free school meals and community college, among other initiatives.
Bizarre cannibalism fake news stirs up hatred and fear against refugees
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#India #Rohingya #FakeNews #refugees
What’s behind the growing anti-immigrant discourse around stateless Rohingya in India
The “Bangladeshi Rohingya” framing has become a central weapon in anti-immigrant narratives through systematic disinformation campaigns in India’s digital sphere.Global Voices
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A remarkable woman's story
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#PalestineAction hunger strikers 📌Monday Dec. 8th 📌
Bombard the BBC for our hunger strikers
1️⃣Step one: save the BBC WhatsApp number +447756165803
2️⃣Step two: copy and paste the below message and send to them.
3️⃣Step three: share and repeat ✊🇵🇸
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BBC — your *silence* is deadly.
Six UK political prisoners are now in the *critical stage* of a hunger strike.
Why as a state sponsored broadcaster, are you not reporting on this?
This Beaverton ( /s ) piece is really on the nose
Is The Temporary Foreign Worker Program working? We asked 4 Tim Hortons franchise owners, and one slum landlord - The Beaverton
The Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Program allows Canadian employers to hire foreign workers to fill temporary jobs when qualified Canadians are not available, and that's why it is completely uncontroversial and nobody has any issues with it.Ian MacIntyre (The Beaverton)
Stop de afbraak van de WIA en WW
Wel premie betalen, maar steeds minder ontvangen? Dat laten we niet gebeuren!www.fnv.nl
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"The state we're all in is appalling," he said. "We're all too rich. We're consuming all these things in the world. And we can't. It's unsustainable."
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#planet
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Photographer Martin Parr dies aged 73
Parr rose to prominence in the mid 1980s, his colourful images capturing British life.Noor Nanji (BBC News)
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New blog post, a bit of an addendum to my older microblogging protocols comparison post(s) until I do an updated version at some point. It mostly just goes over a handful of big events and shifts I've personally noticed since my last post in the summer of 2024.
#activitypub #fediverse #nostr #at #bluesky
This is Fine: an Interim Microblogging Protocols Update
As is customary on my microblogging posts, let’s get us started with an original meme. Also, if you’d like to read my previous Microblogging …nate.mecca1.net
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I quite like the first episode!
Quite an interesting doco to see how culture can be cancerous for silly reasons. Stuff to learn from it.
#documentary #documentaries #pbs
Originating in underground Black and gay clubs, disco had unseated rock as America’s most popular music by the late 1970s.
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#ThreeGoodThings for today :
A nice bike ride across the border ;
A very good lunch in a buckwheat pancake restaurant;
And a wonderful christmas market in the center of #tournai #belgium.
Back to home under the rain, soggy but happy.
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