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Ever since, originally from RSA, CEO murdered Twitter, my posts are periodically flagged as spam. To continue operating on X, I have to authenticate both my accounts to prove that I am human, but despite this, some of my comments are still invisible.
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Therefore, Iʼve decided to move my activity to Bluesky. However, I will still comment here from time to time, mostly on non-political topics.
@RonFilipkowski 1).
Supreme Leader in a Orange Makeup „ @POTUS @realDonaldTrump sparred on Thurs. with Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, over the cost of renovations to the central bank’s headquarters in Washington during a tour of the active construction site.
@RonFilipkowski @POTUS @realDonaldTrump 2).
The visit by the president and other top @WhiteHouse officials was arranged to find evidence to back up allegations by the administration that Mr. Powell had mismanaged the costly project.
@RonFilipkowski @POTUS @realDonaldTrump @WhiteHouse 3).
The tour quickly exposed tensions between the president and Mr. Powell. Mr. Trump, standing next to the Fed chair, said the renovation cost had ballooned to $3.1 billion, beyond the $2.5 billion that the central bank has indicated.
@RonFilipkowski 1).
„Tuesday marks Hershey’s latest price hike after it raised prices a year ago.
@RonFilipkowski 2).
The chocolate maker posted a $224.2 million profit in its first-quarter earnings this year, though it noted it expected to take a $15 million to $20 million hit from the sweeping tariff policies imposed by @POTUS @realDonaldTrump this year.
@RonFilipkowski @POTUS @realDonaldTrump 3).
Hershey has requested an exemption from the president and is »hopeful« it could still receive one, Bloomberg reported [1] [2].”
@RonFilipkowski 1).
„Thai and Cambodian soldiers have clashed along the border between their countries in a major escalation that left at least 14 people dead, mostly civilians. The two sides fired small arms, artillery and rockets, and Thailand also launched airstrikes [1].
@RonFilipkowski 2).
Fighting took place in at least six areas on Thurs., according to Thai Defense Ministry spokesperson Surasant Kongsiri,
@RonFilipkowski 3).
a day after a land mine explosion along the border wounded five Thai soldiers and led Bangkok to withdraw its ambassador from Cambodia and expel Cambodia’s envoy to Thailand.
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– »Ich habe mich getäuscht« – sagte der ehemalige brandenburgische Ministerpräsident und frühere @spdde-Chef der @saechsischeDE. – »Weil ich das, was jetzt passiert ist, bis vor Kurzem noch für undenkbar gehalten habe«.
@spdde @saechsischeDE 3).
Es war die plötzliche, wenn auch späte Einsicht eines eingefleischten Kremlverstehers. Dass ein russischer [Diktator] im 21. Jahrhundert so weit gehe, Panzer zu schicken und mit Raketen das Nachbarland anzugreifen, habe er sich nicht vorstellen können.
@VolodyaTretyak @anneapplebaum 1).
– „»What’s happening is the demolition of the anticorruption infrastructure in Ukraine« – Daria Kaleniuk, co-founder of the Kyiv-based Anti-Corruption Action Center, told The Wall Street Journal [1]. Kaleniuk helped establish NABU following the 2013–2014 Maidan Revolution.
@VolodyaTretyak @anneapplebaum 2).
In her view, the Ukrainian government was likely emboldened to weaken the agency as in recent months, the U.S. seems to have stopped paying close attention to anti-corruption reforms.
@VolodyaTretyak @anneapplebaum 3).
Kyiv Mayor Vitali @Klitschko (@Vitaliy_Klychko), who has been at odds with [so-called] President @ZelenskyyUa for years, also criticized the new law.
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„After @realDonaldTrump moved to dismember the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which backed internationally oriented outlets such as @VOANews, Chinese state-made broadcasts took the place of U.S. programming on TV networks in countries as disparate as Indonesia and Nigeria.
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@realDonaldTrump, like a growing number of Republicans, viewed the media properties as suspicious fonts of »anti-American« liberalism. But Chinese propagandists exulted at the demise of these U.S.-funded news operations, which had,
@realDonaldTrump 3).
to varying extents, chronicled the state of pro-democracy movements around the world and provided space for dissident voices in countries where political freedoms are curtailed.”