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🇬🇧 Public service journalism. As it once was.
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April 13, 2026 at 7:14 PM
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Last night (RO time), Israel bombed civilian infrastructure — steel plants, energy infrastructure and nuclear reactors. (1/x)
March 28, 2026 at 7:37 AM
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🇴🇲 FM of Oman in The Economist yesterday:

“Iran’s retaliation against what it claims are American targets on the territory of its neighbours was an inevitable, if deeply regrettable and completely unacceptable, result. Faced with what both Israel and America described as a war designed to...
🇴🇲 FM of Oman in The Economist today: “Iran’s retaliation against what it claims are American targets on the territory of its neighbours was an inevitable, if deeply regrettable and completely unacceptable, result. Faced with what both Israel and America described as a war designed to terminate the Islamic Republic, this was probably the only rational option available to the Iranian leadership. The effects of this retaliation are felt most acutely on the southern side of the Gulf, where Arab countries that had placed their trust in American security co-operation now experience that co-operation as an acute vulnerability, threatening their present security and future prosperity. For Gulf states an economic model in which global sport, tourism, aviation and technology were to play an important role is now endangered. Plans to become a global hub for data centres may need to be revised.” Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand This is probably the most important article of the month: an op-ed by Oman's Foreign Minister, who mediated the talks between the U.S. and Iran, in which he writes that the U.S. "has lost control of its foreign policy" to Israel. He repeats that a deal was possible as an outcome of the talks (something confirmed by the UK's National Security Advisor, who also attended: https://x.com/i/status/2034162151871680843) and that the military strike by the U.S. and Israel was "a shock." Interestingly, given he is one of Iran's neighbors and given that Oman has been struck multiple times by Iran since the war began (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iranian_strikes_on_Oman), he writes that "Iran’s retaliation against what it claims are American targets on the territory of its neighbours was an inevitable result" of the U.S.-Israeli attack. He describes it as "probably the only rational option available to the Iranian leadership." He says the war "endangers" the region's entire "economic model in which global sport, tourism, aviation and technology were to play an important role." He adds that "if this had not been anticipated by the architects of this war, that was surely a grave miscalculation." He says the war "endangers" the region's entire "economic model in which global sport, tourism, aviation and technology were to play an important role." He adds that "if this had not been anticipated by the architects of this war, that was surely a grave miscalculation." But, he adds, the "greatest miscalculation" of all for the U.S. "was allowing itself to be drawn into this war in the first place." In his view this was the doing of "Israel’s leadership" who "persuaded America that Iran had been so weakened by sanctions, internal divisions and the American-Israeli bombings of its nuclear sites last June, that an unconditional surrender would swiftly follow the initial assault and the assassination of the supreme leader." Obviously, this proved completely wrong, and the U.S. is now in a quagmire. He says that, given this, "America’s friends have a responsibility to tell the truth," which is that "there are two parties to this war who have nothing to gain from it," namely "Iran and America." He says that all of the U.S. interests in the region (end to nuclear proliferation, secure energy supply chains, investment opportunities) are "best achieved with Iran at peace." As he writes, "this is an uncomfortable truth to tell, because it involves indicating the extent to which America has lost control of its own foreign policy. But it must be told." He then proposes a couple of paths to get back to the negotiating table, although he recognizes how difficult it would be for Iran "to return to dialogue with an administration that twice switched abruptly from talks to bombing and assassination." That's perhaps the most profound damage Trump did during this entire episode: the complete discrediting of diplomacy. If Iran was taught anything, it is: don't negotiate with the U.S., it's a trap that will literally kill you. The great irony of the man who sold himself as a dealmaker is that he taught the world one thing: don't make deals with my country. Link to the article: https://economist.com/by-invitation/2026/03/18/americas-friends-must-help-extricate-it-from-an-unlawful-war
March 19, 2026 at 5:14 PM
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Refuelling planes, military forces and US equipment will be deployed in Romania against Iran.

Satan is happy today 😒
March 11, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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165 girls killed in a school strike. Western media forgot to mention who did it.

When Iran struck a building in Israel — the perpetrator was named instantly.

A masterclass in saying everything except who did it 👇

www.newslaundry.com/2026/03/02/w...
Western coverage of Iran is like a masterclass in saying everything except who did it
A snapshot of euphemisms, selective sympathy, and fear-mongering.
www.newslaundry.com
March 5, 2026 at 8:07 AM
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March 1, 2026 at 2:25 PM
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#EpsteinFiles
February 26, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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Deschid o nouă pagină și încep colaborarea cu Știri de Timișoara.

Debutul: un long read despre Indecis, spațiu cultural independent la 6 ani. Comunitate, scenă, laborator de idei.

stiridetimisoara.ro/indecis-timi...
Indecis: Cum funcționează un spațiu artistic independent între joc, muncă invizibilă și reziliență
Cum supraviețuiește Indecis: expoziții, bingo foto, ateliere analogice și o echipă care ține în viață un spațiu artistic independent.
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February 14, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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arresting only "the most violent and lunatic" that the previous admins let in
February 12, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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Bijelo Dugme vine sâmbătă la Timișoara. Care sunt piesele pe care, probabil, n-o să le auzi la Sala Olimpia?
Le-am ales pe cele mai bune 5 și le-am povestit, c-un pic de istoric:

www.articulat.ro/2026/02/11/c...
Cinci dintre cele mai bune piese Bijelo Dugme pe care nu le știai
Când crești în case care inspiră rock și expiră sârbă, sunt foarte mici șanse să nu te fi luat la un moment dat frisoanele la primele acorduri din Đurđevdan, să nu fi pocit „Ne...
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February 11, 2026 at 12:21 PM
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February 11, 2026 at 10:14 AM
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Several countries have been banned or suspended from participating in the Olympics. Israel has received exactly ZERO bans even though they have persecuted and murdered Palestinians since the formal establishment of their state.
February 9, 2026 at 11:25 AM
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Un cartier nu dispare brusc. Se stinge încet.

Am documentat Piața Traian și Fabric între 2019–2025: oameni, afaceri mici, locuire precară și transformarea unui spațiu problemă într-unul instagramabil.

Despre #gentrificare, memorie și cine plătește prețul „revitalizării”.

tltxt.ro/articol/fabric
De la hulite la cosmopolite: Cum se gentrifică cartierele Timișoarei - TLTXT
O bucată din Timișoara văzută prin poveștile unor oameni care nu mai au loc acolo. M-am născut și am crescut în Timișoara. Ce-i drept, într-o zonă mai central-nord-vestică. Am fost privilegiat, ca să ...
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February 5, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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L-am luat la interviu pe umoristu' Teo și mi-a oferit cam o oră din timpul lui de la volan, spre Oradea.

E loc de subiecte sensibile în umorul din România? Dar de emisiuni satirice, à la John Oliver sau Jon Stewart?

Ia vezi: www.articulat.ro/2025/03/25/i...
Am discutat cu Teo despre stand-up, limitele lui și evoluția satirei politice românești
„N-aș suporta să fac glumele pe care le făceam acum douăzeci de ani”, spune Claudiu Teohari – „Teo” cum îl cunoaște toată lumea – care face stand-up de peste ...
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March 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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what a bunch of fuckin' tools
Jon Stewart on Trump’s Heel Turn on Zelenskyy In Favor of Putin’s New World Order | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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March 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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March 2, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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March 1, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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(1/2) In a just world, Netanyahu, Trump, and Putin would call prison their home. And Biden too.

In fact, they wouldn't have even gotten to money or power.
In fact, power would be shared relatively equally, and money might not even exist.
February 28, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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⚠️ If you wanna understand wtf's going on with the US at the moment this video is a must-watch

The means: promise to "clean the country" of "the undesirables" by rallying up the fundamentalist base

The end: empower oligarchs to create the techno-feudal utopia

youtu.be/5RpPTRcz1no
DARK GOTHIC MAGA: How Tech Billionaires Plan to Destroy America
YouTube video by Blonde Politics | The Silly Serious
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February 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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A war criminal and a rapist felon plan on how to break international law – a thread 🧵

(📷: AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
February 5, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Ghiță.
February 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮’𝘀 𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗶𝗸𝗧𝗼𝗸 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘜 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺.

= a quite exhaustive and critical analysis of the recent 🇷🇴 election scandal, courtesy of @dropsitenews.com
Romania’s Voided TikTok Election
How a mischievous social media campaign backfired and led to the first scratched vote in EU history.
www.dropsitenews.com
January 30, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Damn, #TikTokRefugees are already flooding in here, and I'm such an unc that I can't even floss or apt-pt 🫥
January 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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2025 hopes:

May all the drone, fighter and bomber aircraft be wiped off the the IRL blue skies. And may we see an exponential growth on the other Blue Sky, this one.
January 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM