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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 1h
🗞️ MEDIA & DEMOCRACY (Edition 90) The newspaper of record failed to distinguish between corrections and retractions in the work of the late Cambridge University academic… Read the full piece below.
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The newspaper of record failed to distinguish between corrections and retractions in the work of the late Cambridge University academic, fuelling the media firestorm that engulfed him.
The newspaper of record failed to distinguish between corrections and retractions in the work of the late Cambridge University academic, fuelling the media firestorm that engulfed him.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 5h
📌 ICYMI — Why Did Polymarket Trading Surge an Hour Before the Iran War Started? — @iainoverton.bsky.social There was a major spike in Polymarket bets predicting the Iran War, an hour before Trump's strikes began, new analysis finds
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Why Did Polymarket Trading Surge an Hour Before the Iran War Started?
There was a major spike in Polymarket bets predicting the Iran War, an hour before Trump's strikes began, new analysis finds
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 9h
📚 CULTURE & IDEAS (Edition 90) After the phenomenal success of the Michael Jackson biopic this year, @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social sat down with Dan Reed, the director of ‘Leaving Neverland’ – which documented… Read the full piece below.
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After the phenomenal success of the Michael Jackson biopic this year, Hardeep Matharu sat down with Dan Reed, the director of ‘Leaving Neverland’ – which documented sexual abuse allegations against the late singer –…
After the phenomenal success of the Michael Jackson biopic this year, Hardeep Matharu sat down with Dan Reed, the director of ‘Leaving Neverland’ – which documented sexual abuse allegations against the late singer –…
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 10h
🟣 SUBSTACK Foundation Chaired by Reform UK’s James Orr Hosted Sanctioned Israeli Minister By @nafeez.bsky.social Read below. ↓
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Foundation Chaired by Reform UK’s James Orr Hosted Sanctioned Israeli Minister
The latest National Conservatism conference, held in Jerusalem, was co-sponsored by an Israeli NGO sanctioned by the EU and Canada reveals Nafeez Ahmed
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 23h
🟡 From This Month’s Magazine Directed by History By History appeared first Stephen Unwin is bringing back ‘Man to Man’ almost 40 years after first working on the seminal play with Tilda Swinton. What’s changed?
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Directed by History
Stephen Unwin is bringing back ‘Man to Man’ almost 40 years after first working on the seminal play with Tilda Swinton. What’s changed?
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 23h
📌 ICYMI — Russia’s Plan to Target Ukraine’s Water Supply Would Set a Dangerous Precedent — Brynn Tannehill An attack on water supplies this winter would cross a new line in the war, with consequences that would stretch from Russia to Iran
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Russia’s Plan to Target Ukraine’s Water Supply Would Set a Dangerous Precedent
An attack on water supplies this winter would cross a new line in the war, with consequences that would stretch from Russia to Iran
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
🔴 NEW Reform UK’s James Orr’s Foundation Hosted Sanctioned Israeli Minister By @nafeez.bsky.social Read below. ↓
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Reform UK’s James Orr’s Foundation Hosted Sanctioned Israeli Minister
The latest National Conservatism conference, held in Jerusalem, was co-sponsored by an Israeli NGO sanctioned by the EU and Canada
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
🟡 From This Month’s Magazine Upside Down By @johnmitchinson.bsky.social John Mitchinson explains why Tolkien’s ‘The Lord of the Rings’ is the wrong role model for Big Tech
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Upside Down
John Mitchinson explains why Tolkien’s ‘The Lord of the Rings’ is the wrong role model for Big Tech
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
🔴 NEW Reform UK’s James Orr’s Foundation Hosted Sanctioned Israeli Minister By @nafeez.bsky.social Read below. ↓
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Reform UK’s James Orr’s Foundation Hosted Sanctioned Israeli Minister
The latest National Conservatism conference, held in Jerusalem, was co-sponsored by an Israeli NGO sanctioned by the EU and Canada
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Reform UK’s James Orr’s Foundation Hosted Sanctioned Israeli Minister The latest National Conservatism conference, held in Jerusalem, was co-sponsored by an Israeli NGO sanctioned by the EU and Canada...
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Reform UK’s James Orr’s Foundation Hosted Sanctioned Israeli Minister
The latest National Conservatism conference, held in Jerusalem, was co-sponsored by an Israeli NGO sanctioned by the EU and Canada
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
📌 ICYMI — Green Party Would Force Daily Mail Owner to Sell Up Papers — @josiahmortimer.bsky.social Zack Polanski's party also backs plans to force media companies to operate under a licence granted by a regulator
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Green Party Would Force Daily Mail Owner to Sell Up Papers
Zack Polanski's party also backs plans to force media companies to operate under a licence granted by a regulator
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
🟣 SUBSTACK No Hiding Place for War Crimes: Bringing Torturers to Justice with The Reckoning Project By Aliide Naylor Read below. ↓
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No Hiding Place for War Crimes: Bringing Torturers to Justice with The Reckoning Project
Episode Three of the Reckoning Project Podcast presented by Janine di Giovanni
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
🟡 From This Month’s Magazine Money Talks By @adambienkov.bsky.social Adam Bienkov explores what the downfall of Reform senior advisor James Orr means for the future viability of the Nigel Farage project
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Money Talks
Adam Bienkov explores what the downfall of Reform senior advisor James Orr means for the future viability of the Nigel Farage project
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
📌 ICYMI — Green Party Would Force Daily Mail Owner to Sell Up Papers — @josiahmortimer.bsky.social Zack Polanski's party also backs plans to force media companies to operate under a licence granted by a regulator
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Green Party Would Force Daily Mail Owner to Sell Up Papers
Zack Polanski's party also backs plans to force media companies to operate under a licence granted by a regulator
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🟡 From This Month’s Magazine The Two Professors and a ‘War on Ideas’ By @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social The different stories of the Cambridge academics Jason Arday and James Orr reveal the wider cultural and ideological forces at work around hierarchies and structural power. Hardeep Matharu reports
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The Two Professors and a ‘War on Ideas’
The different stories of the Cambridge academics Jason Arday and James Orr reveal the wider cultural and ideological forces at work around hierarchies and structural power. Hardeep Matharu reports
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“fter fear-mongering for years about Ukrainian biolabs, Russia is now the culprit behind a possible plague outbreak that has left at least one person dead and hundreds of others being monitored for the deadly disease.” ✍️ Caroline Orr Bueno
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Russia Scrambles to Cover Up Potential Plague Outbreak After Years of Spreading Biolab Conspiracy Theories
The Kremlin launched its full invasion of Ukraine claiming it was facing biological attack. Now the disinformation has come back to bite it
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“Between 05:00 and 06:00 UTC on 28 February, large volumes of money flowed into Polymarket bets predicting imminent US and Israeli attacks on Iran. The strikes began at 06:15 UTC, just 15 minutes after that trading window ended.” ✍️ Iain Overton, Pan Jie
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Why Did Polymarket Trading Surge an Hour Before the Iran War Started?
There was a major spike in Polymarket bets predicting the Iran War, an hour before Trump's strikes began, new analysis finds
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“Targeting water infrastructure is new. Crossing that line represents an escalation that could have broader global implications.” ✍️ Brynn Tannehill
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Russia’s Plan to Target Ukraine’s Water Supply Would Set a Dangerous Precedent
An attack on water supplies this winter would cross a new line in the war, with consequences that would stretch from Russia to Iran
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🔴 NEW Russia’s Plan to Target Ukraine’s Water Supply Would Set a Dangerous Precedent By Brynn Tannehill Read below. ↓
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Russia’s Plan to Target Ukraine’s Water Supply Would Set a Dangerous Precedent
An attack on water supplies this winter would cross a new line in the war, with consequences that would stretch from Russia to Iran
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Russia’s Plan to Target Ukraine’s Water Supply Would Set a Dangerous Precedent An attack on water supplies this winter would cross a new line in the war, with consequences that would… bylinetimes.com/2026/10/08/russias-…
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Russia’s Plan to Target Ukraine’s Water Supply Would Set a Dangerous Precedent
An attack on water supplies this winter would cross a new line in the war, with consequences that would stretch from Russia to Iran
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🟡 From This Month’s Magazine Jason Arday and the Story Behind the Story of the Times’ ‘Impossible Data’ The newspaper of record failed to distinguish between corrections and retractions in the work of the late Cambridge University academic, fuelling the media firestorm that engulfed him.
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Jason Arday and the Story Behind the Story of the Times’ ‘Impossible Data’
The newspaper of record failed to distinguish between corrections and retractions in the work of the late Cambridge University academic, fuelling the media firestorm that engulfed him.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🟡 From This Month’s Magazine Jason Arday and the Story Behind the Story of the Times’ ‘Impossible Data’ The newspaper of record failed to distinguish between corrections and retractions in the work of the late Cambridge University academic, fuelling the media firestorm that engulfed him.
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Jason Arday and the Story Behind the Story of the Times’ ‘Impossible Data’
The newspaper of record failed to distinguish between corrections and retractions in the work of the late Cambridge University academic, fuelling the media firestorm that engulfed him.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🔴 NEW Green Party Would Force Daily Mail Owner to Sell Up Papers By @josiahmortimer.bsky.social Read below. ↓
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Green Party Would Force Daily Mail Owner to Sell Up Papers
Zack Polanski's party also backs plans to force media companies to operate under a licence granted by a regulator
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
There we have it. Reform officially ditches its pledge - or rather, its 2024 "contract" with voters - to back proportional representation. A clear breach of contract... Via Politico:
In other Reform news: Second-in-command Richard Tice finally admitted that now the voting system Farage has long railed against could help him win a general election, the party no longer wants to scrap it. Farage used to want first-past-the-post replaced with a form of proportional representation.

Here’s the line: “In order to rescue the country from the gravity of the chaos that we face, actually a proper majority is needed from a right of center, conviction-led Reform government,” Tice told Times Radio this morning. Asked whether that meant Reform no longer wants electoral reform, he said: “Yes, because the crisis is so great.”
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Green Party Would Force Daily Mail Owner to Sell Up Papers Zack Polanski's party also backs plans to force media companies to operate under a licence granted by a regulator... bylinetimes.com/2026/10/08/green-pa…
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Green Party Would Force Daily Mail Owner to Sell Up Papers
Zack Polanski's party also backs plans to force media companies to operate under a licence granted by a regulator
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🟣 SUBSTACK ‘My Son Was Murdered – But I Want The Death Penalty Abolished’ By @goldbergradio.bsky.social Read below. ↓
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‘My Son Was Murdered – But I Want The Death Penalty Abolished’
After the failed execution of Christa Pike, a murder victim’s mother, who campaigns against the death penalty, tells the Byline Times Podcast why she doesn’t want to inflict grief on others.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Yeah, I don't think these people can be called "journalists", ever pressgazette.co.uk/news/reform-...
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Reform hiring journalists to build national newsroom
At least 12 jobs on offer via new Reform content operation.
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bylinepodcast.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
In the wake of Christa Pike's botched execution, we hear from the mother of a murder victim who rejects the death penalty - and calls on others to do the same. @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social Listen: pod.fo/e/6961d5 Watch: youtu.be/z21wfe8U3qk?...
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"My Son Was Murdered - But I Want Death Penalty Abolished"
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
📌 ICYMI — Russia Scrambles to Cover Up Potential Plague Outbreak After Years of Spreading Biolab Conspiracy Theories — Caroline Orr Bueno The Kremlin launched its full invasion of Ukraine claiming it was facing biological attack. Now the disinformation has come back to bite…
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Russia Scrambles to Cover Up Potential Plague Outbreak After Years of Spreading Biolab Conspiracy…
The Kremlin launched its full invasion of Ukraine claiming it was facing biological attack. Now the disinformation has come back to bite…
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🟡 From This Month’s Magazine Finding the Right Energy to Tackle Our Existential Climate Dread By @johnmitchinson.bsky.social John Mitchinson finds an inspiring warmth in the reality-checking work of climate justice activist Mikaela Loach
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Finding the Right Energy to Tackle Our Existential Climate Dread
John Mitchinson finds an inspiring warmth in the reality-checking work of climate justice activist Mikaela Loach
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Paddington is polite, kind and full of integrity and loved by just about everyone he meets. Maybe she doesn't have a clue...
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bylinepodcast.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
NEW PODCAST EPISODE "My son was murdered - but I want the death penalty abolished." Reflections on #ChristaPike story with @crystalwalker.bsky.social whose son was killed - with @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social Watch: youtu.be/z21wfe8U3qk?...
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"My Son Was Murdered - But I Want Death Penalty Abolished"
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Hats off to the Eye (as ever), for flagging the Conservative hypocrisy over our conference ban
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🔴 NEW Why Did Polymarket Trading Surge an Hour Before the Iran War Started? By @iainoverton.bsky.social Read below. ↓
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Why Did Polymarket Trading Surge an Hour Before the Iran War Started?
There was a major spike in Polymarket bets predicting the Iran War, an hour before Trump's strikes began, new analysis finds
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
📌 ICYMI — Russia Scrambles to Cover Up Potential Plague Outbreak After Years of Spreading Biolab Conspiracy Theories — Caroline Orr Bueno The Kremlin launched its full invasion of Ukraine claiming it was facing biological attack. Now the disinformation has come back to bite…
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Russia Scrambles to Cover Up Potential Plague Outbreak After Years of Spreading Biolab Conspiracy…
The Kremlin launched its full invasion of Ukraine claiming it was facing biological attack. Now the disinformation has come back to bite…
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🟡 From This Month’s Magazine The Digital Domain Is the Most Mortal of All Social media and digital storage are radically changing our concept of time and consciousness of death, writes @peterjukes.bsky.social
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The Digital Domain Is the Most Mortal of All
Social media and digital storage are radically changing our concept of time and consciousness of death, writes @peterjukes.bsky.social
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Tim Goodacre - Writer @timgoodacre.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Current reading: @nafeez.bsky.social's "Alt Reich". This is a rich deep-dive into the multinational UK/US/Europe network of far-right personas and organizations that have been working to destroy democracy around the world. This is scary stuff, and necessary reading to understand today's back story.
Cover of Nafeez Ahmed's "Alt Reich"
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🔴 NEW Why Did Polymarket Trading Surge an Hour Before the Iran War Started? By @iainoverton.bsky.social Read below. ↓
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Why Did Polymarket Trading Surge an Hour Before the Iran War Started?
There was a major spike in Polymarket bets predicting the Iran War, an hour before Trump's strikes began, new analysis finds
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Why Did Polymarket Trading Surge an Hour Before the Iran War Started? There was a major spike in Polymarket bets predicting the Iran War, an hour before Trump's strikes began, new analysis… bylinetimes.com/2026/10/07/why-did-…
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Why Did Polymarket Trading Surge an Hour Before the Iran War Started?
There was a major spike in Polymarket bets predicting the Iran War, an hour before Trump's strikes began, new analysis finds
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🟡 From This Month’s Magazine Who Owns Our Beautiful Game? Global capital is threatening a takeover of the essence of football – but it’s that essence that makes the sport such a commodity, writes @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social
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Who Owns Our Beautiful Game?
Global capital is threatening a takeover of the essence of football – but it’s that essence that makes the sport such a commodity, writes @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🟣 SUBSTACK Russia Scrambles to Cover Up Potential Plague Outbreak After Years of Spreading Biolab Conspiracy Theories By Caroline Orr Bueno and PhD Read below. ↓
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Russia Scrambles to Cover Up Potential Plague Outbreak After Years of Spreading Biolab Conspiracy Theories
The Kremlin launched its full invasion of Ukraine claiming it was facing biological attack. Now the disinformation has come back to bite it reports Caroline Orr Bueno
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🚨 In case you hadn’t noticed… …mainstream media is rapidly getting replaced by alternative and grassroots news efforts. That’s a combination of citizen frustration with mainstream media - an increased ability to DIY in digital media. So where is it all going? And how do we ensure standards?
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Picking on Byline Times sends a message to other political journalists: Be careful. Don't be too critical. We can do the same to you." @adambienkov.bsky.social speaks to LBC's @mrjamesob.bsky.social about Byline Times' ban from Conservative Party Conference.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
📌 ICYMI — ‘Even Nazi Psychologists Acknowledged Jewish Intelligence’: The Posts of the Academic Who Targeted Jason Arday — Paul Holden Nathan Cofnas, whose Substack set off the media firestorm over Jason Arday, made a series of posts about “Jewish IQ”, “Mischlings”, and the “emptying” of Gaza
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‘Even Nazi Psychologists Acknowledged Jewish Intelligence’: The Posts of the Academic Who Targeted…
Nathan Cofnas, whose Substack set off the media firestorm over Jason Arday, made a series of posts about “Jewish IQ”, “Mischlings”, and the “emptying” of Gaza
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🟡 From This Month’s Magazine ‘You Want to Love His Music. Without Thinking That This Guy Raped Kids Year After Year’ By @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social After the phenomenal success of the Michael Jackson biopic this year, Hardeep Matharu sat down with Dan Reed, the director of ‘Leaving Neverland’…
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‘You Want to Love His Music. Without Thinking That This Guy Raped Kids Year After Year’
After the phenomenal success of the Michael Jackson biopic this year, Hardeep Matharu sat down with Dan Reed, the director of ‘Leaving Neverland’ – which documented sexual abuse allegations against the late singer – to…
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🔴 Andy Burnham Urged to Put Compulsory Voting at Heart of His Electoral Reform Plans Democracy campaigners say changing how Britain votes will not be enough unless the Prime Minister also changes who votes as well bylinetimes.com/2026/10/06/a...
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Andy Burnham Urged to Put Compulsory Voting at Heart of His Electoral Reform Plans
Democracy campaigners say changing how Britain votes will not be enough unless the Prime Minister also changes who votes as well
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🟡 From This Month’s Magazine Directed by History By History appeared first Stephen Unwin is bringing back ‘Man to Man’ almost 40 years after first working on the seminal play with Tilda Swinton. What’s changed?
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Directed by History
Stephen Unwin is bringing back ‘Man to Man’ almost 40 years after first working on the seminal play with Tilda Swinton. What’s changed?
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
📌 ICYMI — ‘Even Nazi Psychologists Acknowledged Jewish Intelligence’: The Posts of the Academic Who Targeted Jason Arday — Paul Holden Nathan Cofnas, whose Substack set off the media firestorm over Jason Arday, made a series of posts about “Jewish IQ”, “Mischlings”, and the “emptying” of Gaza
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‘Even Nazi Psychologists Acknowledged Jewish Intelligence’: The Posts of the Academic Who Targeted…
Nathan Cofnas, whose Substack set off the media firestorm over Jason Arday, made a series of posts about “Jewish IQ”, “Mischlings”, and the “emptying” of Gaza
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🔴 NEW Russia Scrambles to Cover Up Potential Plague Outbreak After Years of Spreading Biolab Conspiracy Theories By Caroline Orr Bueno Read below. ↓
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Russia Scrambles to Cover Up Potential Plague Outbreak After Years of Spreading Biolab Conspiracy Theories
The Kremlin launched its full invasion of Ukraine claiming it was facing biological attack. Now the disinformation has come back to bite it
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🔴 Russia Scrambles to Cover Up Potential Plague Outbreak After Years of Spreading Biolab Conspiracy Theories The Kremlin launched its full invasion of… bylinetimes.com/2026/10/06/russia-s…
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Russia Scrambles to Cover Up Potential Plague Outbreak After Years of Spreading Biolab Conspiracy Theories
The Kremlin launched its full invasion of Ukraine claiming it was facing biological attack. Now the disinformation has come back to bite it
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