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Entire streets in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, are covered with dense coils of concertina wire, creating a formidable obstacle to potential Russian infantry attempting to advance through the city.
The wire is laid so densely that moving through these streets on foot would be extremely difficult.
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Mass starvation of 40 million people was the butcher's bill.
Under “dictator” Mao, life expectancy in China increased by 30 years, literacy rates went from 20% to 70%, steel output grew from 1 million to 23 million tons, 47 million hectares of land was taken from landlords and given to peasants, and China was unified under a strong central state and got nuclear weapons.
Despite his failures, it does not take a rocket scientist to understand why Mao is revered in China.
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Mao's Great Leap Forward and related policies caused an estimated 30-45 million famine deaths in 1959-1961 alone, with total excess deaths under his rule often estimated at 40 million or higher.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chi…
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC43…
chinafile.com/library/nyrb-c…
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Mao Zedong was a monster and unleashed terror on his people. Fear is not reverence. When China allows its citizens to mock its leaders will be when it will be on a path to genuine freedom.
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Approximately 85.6% of votes counted:
**Seats by Party:**
- Likud – 26 (-1)
- Yashar – 21 (-1)
- Joint List – 12 (+1)
- Beyachad (Together) – 12
- The Democrats – 8
- Yisrael Beiteinu – 7
- Ra’am – 7 (+1)
- United Torah Judaism – 7
- Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) – 7
- Shas – 7
- Religious Zionism and Zehut – 6
**Parties Below the Electoral Threshold:**
- Reservists and the Economic Party – 2.63%
- Amcha Yisrael – 1.61%
**Breakdown by Political Bloc:**
- Current Coalition – 53 seats
- Change Bloc – 48 seats
- Joint List – 12 seats
- Ra’am – 7 seats
Tony Wayland retweeted
The fact that you decided that most humans were fascists for knowing humans come in two sexes was the most catastrophic antifascist strategy in history.
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Not just a betrayal of Ukraine, but to Europe also.
The Trump administration is actively supporting Putin’s invasion.
The Trump administration is considering dropping sanctions on the Russian Direct Investment Fund, run by Kirill Dmitriev. An unbelievable betrayal of Ukraine. nytimes.com/2026/10/27/us/po… via @NYTimes
Tony Wayland retweeted
Japan's National Police Agency Commissioner General, Yoshinobu Kusunoki, met with the Cambodian National Police chief, Sar Thet, to discuss future countermeasures against cross-border organized fraud and strengthening cooperation.
Tony Wayland retweeted
It’s unfortunate that Zelenskyy and Ukraine has to simultaneously fight a two-front war against Russian barbarians and the greedy gangsters running the US government.
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Staff were told Kent Live would close, along with the Aberdeen Live and Galway Beo websites, last month pressgazette.co.uk/news/reac…
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Reach website Kent Live will shut on Friday after ten years, it has told readers. "Times are tough in media, and hard decisions have to be made in the face of rising costs, competition, advances in technology and changing trends in how people consume news" kentlive.news/news/kent-news…
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The community note is 🤌🏻
Desde LALIGA lamentamos profundamente las declaraciones de Kylian Mbappé que han causado malestar y ofensa en China. Entendemos el daño ocasionado y, en nombre de LALIGA, quiero trasladar nuestras sinceras disculpas al pueblo chino.
Durante muchos años hemos construido una relación de respeto, confianza y cooperación con China, sus autoridades, sus instituciones deportivas, sus operadores audiovisuales y millones de aficionados al fútbol español.
No podemos permitir que una actuación individual empañe esa relación ni perjudique a los más de 20 clubes de nuestras competiciones profesionales y a millones de aficionados chinos.
Estamos adoptando las medidas a nuestro alcance y trabajando directamente con nuestros socios e interlocutores en China para superar esta situación.
Nuestro compromiso con China, su pueblo y sus instituciones es firme. Una relación construida durante tantos años no puede quedar dañada por un episodio individual.
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Contexto importante: Mao Zedong fue efectivamente un dictador.
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mao_Zedong
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‼️ Evidence shows that Ukraine’s Starlink access was throttled during a Russian strike that killed five people in a Kharkiv park, including a one-year-old girl in a stroller. Images of the little girl went viral on social media. // by @aidan_stretch
cbsnews.com/news/photos-show…
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Approximately 70.7% of votes have been counted (250,588 additional votes counted).
**Seat Distribution:**
- Likud – 27
- Yashar – 20 (-1)
- Joint List – 13 (+1)
- Beyachad (Together) – 11
- The Democrats – 8
- Yisrael Beiteinu – 8
- United Torah Judaism – 7
- Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) – 7
- Shas – 7
- Ra’am – 6
- Religious Zionism and Zehut – 6
**Parties Below the Electoral Threshold:**
- Reservists and the Economic Party – 2.64%
- Amcha Yisrael – 1.65%
**Bloc Breakdown:**
- Current Coalition – 54 seats
- Change Bloc – 47 seats
- Joint List – 13 seats
- Ra’am – 6 seats
Tony Wayland retweeted
I mean I like Charles but nobody would care if you did that.
That's the difference between a free and open society and a closed, insecure one.
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❗️Die aktuelle Waffenruhe in Oleschky und Cherson, die Unterbrechung des Sterbens und die Evakuierung von Zivilisten ist der Beweis: Russland könnte diesen Krieg jederzeit beenden.
➡️Russland könnte 20 % der Ukraine illegal behalten, und die Ukraine würde trotzdem nicht zurückschießen. Putin und seine Bande allein sind verantwortlich dafür, dass jeden Tag hunderte sterben.
➡️Oleschky und Cherson beweisen: Ein Waffenstillstand entlang der gesamten Front, ein Ende der Kämpfe und ein Ende des Leids für Millionen Zivilisten wären noch heute möglich, wenn der Kreml zustimmen würde.
➡️Nicht die EU will hier morgen wieder Krieg führen, nicht deutsche Rüstungsunternehmen und ganz sicher nicht die Ukraine. Russland allein will auch morgen wieder in Cherson ukrainische Soldaten und Zivilisten ermorden und weitere Teile der Ukraine erobern.
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This is an extraordinary decision, and again brings into question the way in which faiths are privileged even to the extent that they are allowed to discriminate against local children with no account of cohesion
The Court of Appeal has upheld a judgement ruling faith schools can have admissions policies which disadvantage children based on race.
The exemptions to the Equality Act which enable this are nothing short of scandalous.
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