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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

In the dispiriting debate around migration the focus is almost exclusively on illegal migration. But legal migration can be haphazard and unjust. Here's one person's lived experience - someone who worked with UK law enforcement, now banned from returning. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...

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Banned from Britain: One Man's Migration Story

Podcast Episode · Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell · 23 September · 40min

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Bilozerske in Donetsk Oblast was home to 15,000 people before the full-scale invasion, a number already cut in half a year ago Border guard drone footage from "Feniks" unit now shows what Russian shelling has left of the city 🎥 DPSU

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WHO @who.int · 22/08/2026

Don’t get played by false information. Learn how to spot and stop it before it spreads.

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Alex Kuiper @akuiper.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

A thought for a hot summer solstice: despite how it feels right now, the power output of the Sun as compared with its mass is actually surprisingly low, because the solar fusion reaction that sustains it is extraordinarily slow. How low? How slow? 1/5

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ESA Earth Observation @esaearth.esa.int · 18/05/2026

If you have ever wondered why sometimes the photos we share are not like they would look to the human eye? It's because they are in false-colour! Here's what it means📹⬇️

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

It’s a Brexit issue. This won’t be fixed until we fix that.

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Alex Kuiper @akuiper.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

I feel bad for Yomif Kejelcha, who also ran the London marathon in under two hours, and doesn’t seem to get much recognition for it.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

This’s the story of a Dnipro native Oleksandr Zhelezniakov.In 1986,Oleksandr was at the epicenter of the Chornobyl catastrophe;decades later,he took up arms to defend Ukraine once again 🔹In the autumn of 1986,26-yr-old reserve lieutenant Zhelezniakov was deployed to the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Today is the 40th anniversary of the greatest technological disaster of the 20th century - the explosion at Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant. This catastrophe could have had still much more disastrous global impact had it not been a sacrifice of the first responders.

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Alex Kuiper @akuiper.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

41 highly worthwhile seconds

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WHO @who.int · 21/04/2026

Did you know optimizing nutrition can help you live longer and healthier?

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Alex Kuiper @akuiper.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Right now you can see the Moon and one or two of Jupiter’s moons in the same field of view with binoculars.

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Alex Kuiper @akuiper.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

It’s not the main story of the Hungarian election, but a new party winning nearly 70% of the seats on a little over 50% of the vote should still give pause for thought in other countries with non-proportional systems - no matter how welcome it is in this case.

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Alex Kuiper @akuiper.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Vibe coded software for defence systems sounds like a great idea… Also a really important point on the ban that rewards its own violation.

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War on the Rocks @warontherocks.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

An extraordinary cybersecurity risk has spread across the national security community. It did not arrive through a breach, but through the tools everyone is already using.

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Your Defense Code Is Already AI-Generated. Now What?

Somewhere in a defense ministry, someone is drafting a policy on whether to permit AI-assisted software development in defense procurement. The sentiment

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Alex Kuiper @akuiper.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

7,500 words on the limitations of vibe government:

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Well, I am not sure what my analysis here is worth, but here is my 7,500 word primal scream of a military historian's take on the War in Iran. My best summary: this war is dumb as hell. acoup.blog/2026/03/25/m...

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Miscellanea: The War in Iran

This post is a set of my observations on the current war in Iran and my thoughts on the broader strategic implications. I am not, of course, an expert on the region nor do I have access to any spec…

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Alex Kuiper @akuiper.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

So… if votes were distributed in exactly these proportions in just over half the seats in the country then RefUK (or whoever else was ahead) could form a majority government on just over 11.5% of the vote.

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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Greens overtake Labour to take second place in latest YouGov poll. Two years ago I predicted they’d regularly overtake the LDs in national vote share but this is quite something

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

On this, the fourth anniversary of Russia's failed attempt to wipe Ukraine from the map, I spoke to @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social about the war, about Ukraine's heroism and about what it means for all of us. Have a listen! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...

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Ukraine Special Episode: John Sweeney on four years of war and heroism

Podcast Episode · Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell · 24 February · 57m

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

"The collision of a multiparty electorate with a voting system designed for two parties is creating new risks for Britain". I signed this letter. It's not about blocking Reform;it's about the danger to democracy of a system that can't cope with multiparty voting www.politicshome.com/news/article...

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Over 50 Academics Warn That Voting System Is Not Fit For Multi-Party Politics

Dozens of academics have written to the government to warn that the current voting system risks producing distorted results on an 'unprecedented' s...

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Eto Buziashvili @buziashvili.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Moving read by Timothy Snyder on Carol of the Bells--its erased Ukrainian origins,cultural theft & why remembering where things come from matters,especially during Russia’s war in Ukraine.Glory to Ukrainian heroes who pay the price so others can sing unthinkingly. snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...

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European Space Agency @esa.int · 21/12/2025

Today is the December solstice at 15:03 GMT/16:03 CET. This @eumetsat.int MTG‑I1 image from 19 December 2025, 06:00 GMT, shows Earth’s day–night terminator tilted near its annual maximum of about 23.5°.

The 2025 winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere — the shortest day (and longest night) of the year and the beginning of the winter season. The event, which also marks the start of summer in the Southern Hemisphere, is caused by Earth's axial tilt and the planet's motion as it orbits around the sun at the center of our Solar System. Earth doesn't sit upright as it circles the Sun. Instead, it orbits on its axis at a tilt of 23.5 degrees. Our planet's Northern and Southern hemispheres take turns with sunlight, trading places when it comes to seasons. So, on the winter solstice, the planet's Northern Hemisphere is turned as far away from the sun as it ever is.

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Alex Kuiper @akuiper.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Real or not - it's not a black hole. A regular hole, even a big one, gets smaller when you put things into it. A black hole, even a small one, gets bigger when you put things into it. news.sky.com/story/is-the...

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Is the fiscal 'black hole' made up?

<a href='https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sky-news-daily/id951048357' target='_blank'>👉 Listen to Sky News Daily on your podcast app 👈</a>

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 01/10/2025

“We've reached this weird point where simultaneously anything can be generated, but no one believes anything anymore,” EFF’s @ktrendacosta.bsky.social told @TIME.com. We blame tech, but we fail to teach media literacy like analytical skills or how to evaluate sources. time.com/7321911/byt...

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ByteDance’s AI Videos Are Scary Realistic. That’s a Problem for Truth Online.

ByteDance’s new AI visual models rival those from OpenAI and Google. But their spread raises concerns over deepfakes and copyright.

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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Imagine spending massive amounts of money trying to buy votes and even threatening to blow up the Moldovan embassy in Brussels to sway the elections and failing so miserably: Maia Sandu’s pro-EU PAS has won a majority in the elections Russia made a huge effort to interfere with. Via @politico.eu

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António Costa @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu · 29/09/2025

The people of Moldova have spoken and their message is loud and clear. They chose democracy, reform, and a European future, in the face of pressure and interference from Russia. The EU stands with Moldova. Every step of the way. 🇲🇩🇪🇺

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LIGO Scientific Collaboration @ligo.org · 10/09/2025

What a difference a decade makes! Announcing the clearest #GravitationalWave detection ever #GW250114 youtu.be/2XmZ8-XQ9jU 📓: doi.org/10.1103/kw5g... 🔭🧪⚛️☄️ #O4IsHere

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GW250114 – The Clearest of Chirps

YouTube video by LIGO Virgo KAGRA

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Donald Tusk @donald-tusk.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Budapest? Not everyone may remember this, but in 1994 Ukraine already got assurances of territorial integrity from the US, Russia and the UK. In Budapest. Maybe I’m superstitious, but this time I would try to find another place.

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 19/08/2025

1/ The Budapest Memorandum is coming up constantly given current events. I think it's worth talking about what it did and did not do. Specifically, the differences between the ASSURANCES it offered (strong), and the GARAUNTEES it provided (weak). Full text here: treaties.un.org/doc/Publicat...

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Alex Kuiper @akuiper.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Red Bull Hardline 2025 was up there with Champéry 2011 - breathtaking riding and great commentary.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

50 years ago today, on 5 June 1975, the UK held its first referendum on membership of the European Community. It was the first national referendum in British history, and produced a landslide for staying in. So why did the referendum happen? How was it won? Here's a thread to get us going...🧵

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Alex Kuiper @akuiper.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

49% of people polled in the UK want to see more spent on defence, and 43% are willing (or at least not unwilling) to pay for it themselves.

YouGov poll summary dated 2nd June 2025 showing that 49% of British adults polled think that defence spending should be increased.

YouGov poll summary dated 2nd June 2025 showing 24% somewhat opposed and 33% strongly opposed to "tax increases on people like you to pay for an increase in defence spending" - with the remaining responses either supportive (29%) or don't know (15%).

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Alex Kuiper @akuiper.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

It's only just over 4 years since Elon Musk tweeted "Use Signal" and the stock of an unrelated company, Signal Advance, went through the roof. finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-mu...

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Elon Musk tweet sent this penny stock soaring, but company insiders didn't sell shares

The power of Elon Musk has no bounds as seen by the crazy move in Signal Advance stock.

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Alex Kuiper @akuiper.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

We’re in the first few weeks of what comes after the last 80 years.

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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Ukraine Fact Sheet - February 21, 2025: isw.pub/UkraineFacts...

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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Ukraine did not misuse or lose half of the aid the United States has provided. Ukraine repeatedly invited Putin to negotiate in early 2022. isw.pub/UkraineFacts...

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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Europe provides about as much direct aid to Ukraine as the United States. European loans to Ukraine are backed by income from frozen Russian assets, not Ukraine. isw.pub/UkraineFacts...

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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Ukraine has not suffered "millions" of losses by any reliable estimate, either in terms of civilian or military casualties. isw.pub/UkraineFacts...

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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Most Ukrainian cities have not been destroyed. Ukrainian law prohibits holding elections in wartime (unlike the US Constitution, which requires it). isw.pub/UkraineFacts...

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