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RE: https://fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/117496007648124213
All of a sudden Trump is very interested in the Alaska race, and has already sued to try and preemptively stop certification of the election if the Democratic candidate wins.
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https://bsky.app/profile/helsinki.fi/post/3myjisvwudl2u #HelsinginYliopisto #yliopisto Miten oppineet varhaiskristityt käyttivät osaamistaan ja vaikutusvaltaansa?
Uusi akatemiahanke tarkastelee, kuinka oppineet varhaiskristityt toimivat kristittyjen ryhmissä asiantuntijoina ja johtajina. Hanketta vetää Uuden testamentin eksegetiikan professori Ismo Dunderberg.
https://www.helsinki.fi/fi/uutiset/kulttuuri/kuka-sanoittaa-keita-me-olemme-moderni-johtajuusteoria-valottaa-varhaisen-kristinuskon-valtapeleja -
“I would like to thank the Brazilian people for the generosity they have shown me for a long time,” said Lula in a victory speech in São Paulo. “And, in this second round, I want to thank the generosity of the Brazilian youth, who took to the streets to defend democracy.”
"Lula received 51.8 percent of the vote, versus 48.2 percent for Flávio Bolsonaro, with 99.9 percent of the ballots counted, according to official preliminary results."
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10/25/world/brazil-election?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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"Lula has told a crowd of supporters in Sao Paulo that he will aim for common ground and that his election to a fourth term as president safeguarded the country’s democracy."
“Brazil is no one’s back yard,” he said.
OTOH, Bolsonaro said he would call for the results to be annulled, citing a two-hour extension to voting given by the Supreme Court as polls closed.
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Celebrations across Brazil after Lula’s election victory.
OTOH, defeated presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro and his camp have yet to offer any official reaction or concession to President Lula’s officially-declared victory.
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"Lula officially declared winner of Brazilian presidential election
Brazil’s incumbent President Lula has edged past his rival Senator Bolsonaro to win an unprecedented fourth term, according to Brazil’s official election body.
Lula received 51.75% of votes with 98.76% of votes counted, while his challenger Senator Bolsonaro trailed slightly with 48.25%."
That's a seismic shift!
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Bloomberg announces that Lula has won!!
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"Prominent pollster Datafolha sees Lula winning, with 80% of votes counted
Prominent Brazilian polling firm Datafolha has projected Lula will win the presidential runoff race, as the official electoral commission showed the incumbent with 51.31% of the vote with 80.75% of the vote counted."
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"Prominent pollster sees Lula victory even amid early vote count
With only just over a third of Brazil’s votes counted and Bolsonaro holding a tiny lead, a prominent pollster has predicted Lula will win.
Citing the ongoing vote count in the presidential runoff vote, CEO of pollster AtlasIntel Andrei Roman made the assessment in remarks to Reuters."
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"The historic upset sidelines a Balkan strongman who courted President Trump's family and allies, raising questions about future U.S. relations with a country that has balanced ties with Russia and the West.
Vučić's outreach has included the president's son Donald Trump Jr. and longtime ally Richard Grenell, while a proposed development involving Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner became embroiled in controversy."
https://www.axios.com/2026/10/25/serbia-election-2026-student-protests-vucic
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Over in Serbia, the right wing govt. has fallen to the student led opposition.
Student List movement projected to have 138 seats in the new parliament, well clear of the 126 required for majority, to Vučić’s 104.
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"Brazil’s Supreme Court rules to extend voting by two hours
Brazil’s Supreme Court, in a rare move, ruled to extend voting by two hours after complaints by Lula’s campaign about public transport issues."
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Archbishop Jeffrey Grob of Milwaukee apologized today for praying with 11 others over Trump in the Oval Office last Thu.
The WH posted video and photos of the bishops without permission.
Grob wrote - "We came in good faith to try to work for the betterment of our fellow human beings, to ease their suffering, to build up the common good, and to pray with a president, not to pose for a political photo opportunity to benefit the few."
https://www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/archbishop-grob-apologizes-accuses-white-house
https://www.archmil.org/posts/a-public-apology-archbishop-jeffrey-grob
#UsPol
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"Research published Friday shows that Instagram is “actively boosting” Bolsonaro and conservative content in the days ahead of the country’s high-stakes runoff election."
https://www.commondreams.org/news/meta-algorithm-brazil-election?share_id=10135526
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"Two US State Department officials led a campaign to restore the right-wing Bolsonaro clan to power in Brazil and successfully pushed for sanctions aimed at tilting the election in their favor, according to 10 current and former US officials with direct knowledge of the matter."
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NYT Editorial Board -
"What Mr. Trump does not seem to understand is that the global standing of the United States benefits when our leaders attempt to live up to the highest American ideals. Mr. Trump disdains those ideals and cares mostly about himself. Along the way, he is damaging other countries and sapping American power."
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/opinion/trump-should-stay-out-of-brazilian-politics.html
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Presidential election in Brazil today.
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva vs Senator Flavio Bolsonaro.Polls close at 5 p.m. local (20:00 UTC, 4 p.m. ET).
Liveblog at https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/10/25/brazil-election-2026-live-lula-and-bolsonaro-in-tight-race
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Torsten Slok, Chief Economist, Apollo:
"AI may be a great calculator, but in business, intelligence is mostly judgment. Judgment depends on context, and the answer varies with which human or which model you ask. Perhaps most importantly, AI does not understand accountability, trust, culture, unwritten rules, ethical trade-offs or fairness, all of which shape reputational risk and ultimately drive revenue growth and profit margins."
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Obama this evening in Detroit, Michigan stumping for Abdul El-Sayed and Jocelyn Benson.
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Here are renderings of the SpaceX HLS lander and the Blue Origin Mark 2 lander on the surface of the moon.
Both contractors are required to demonstrate the full mission profile with an uncrewed lander.
The crewed mission is still ambitiously targeted for 2028.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_HLS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Moon_(spacecraft)
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The CONOPs for NASA Artemis IV mission to the moon using Blue Origin -
- No in-orbit refueling
- Launch of 3 transfer stages, which together operate as a multistage rocket
- Launch of the Mark 2 lander
- Docking with transfer stages in low earth orbit
- Travel to lunar elliptical polar orbit
- SLS and Orion separately travel to lunar orbit
- Orion docks with lander
- Mark 2 landing with 2 astronauts
- Mark 2 launch and docking with Orion
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NASA yesterday unveiled revised plans for Artemis IV human landing missions to the moon, using SpaceX and Blue Origin spacecraft.
The SpaceX mission CONOPs -
- Up to 22 refueling launches to a low orbit depot (Musk says 6-8).
- Launch of Starship Lander (HLS)
- Launch of Orion aboard SLS
- Propellant transfer to HLS
- Docking of Orion with HLS
- Travel to low moon orbit
- HLS landing with 2 crew members
- HLS launch and docking with Orion
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Bill Clinton: "I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace's bathroom"
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Obama, with his signature style, rallying with Amy Acton and Sherrod Brown in Ohio today.
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The Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Thomas G. DiNanno did lodge a tepid complaint about the Russian Cosmos 2612 satellite's incursion into ICEYE-X26's space ... at the United Nations and posted a tweet on X, but besides that it is business as usual.
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"The principles and strategies that over multiple generations have made the U.S. the world’s leading nation in effect are on the ballot, and these midterms mark a potential turning point.
Let’s focus on three pillars that explain the rise, strength and resilience of our nation -
1. Education
2. Immigration
3. The norms that govern our politics, economics and society."All have been pulverized by Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/opinion/midterms-trump-america.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LFE.yo9q.vM5qPEaOjOe6&smid=url-share
https://bsky.app/profile/nickkristof.bsky.social/post/3mymrg4bbos2c
#UsPol
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Another major scoop by the NYT -
"A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. It's part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner and Putin to end the war in Ukraine. CEO of US company resigned after learning of Russian money in the project."
It's Kleptocracy all the way down.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/us/politics/in-us-gas-talks-with-kremlin-hidden-financing-for-alaska-project-emerges.html
#UsPol #Corruption
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