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Ann Stephenson

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 19h
14-year-old Daniel Umanskyi was killed by a Russian drone on September 25,2026. His open notebook,with unfinished homework,was left lying on the table. Daniel was writing about the moral code of Volodymyr Monomakh&how unacceptable it is for the strong to hurt the weak. Deepest condolences. 📹:BBC
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Adidas chose to use an Israeli IDF soldier who lost his leg while Israel was committing War Crimes in Gaza as an advertisement. Gaza has the most amputees in the world, Adidas has never used them on its ads.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Suella Braverman too proud for benefits... Went to university for free Studied in Europe using the heavily subsidised Erasmus program Claimed ALL her rent, energy, council tax bills for at least 5 years Millions of pounds in expenses claims She just doesn't call them benefits
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Savchenko Volodymyr @savchenkoua.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
🇩🇪👀 Merz: Systematic fake information is being spread by Russian networks and their accomplices in Germany. And you can see that today I am more determined than ever, because this truly is the decisive hour. This is a crucial moment — nothing less.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Conservative party Shadow Culture Secretary to speak at conference tomorrow about how to "defend press freedom", whilst her own party bans journalists whose coverage they don't like
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 325-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It’s a badge of honour for @bylinetimes.bsky.social to be banned from Reform and Conservative conferences - like being banned by Russia or China, it says more about them, than the journalists. Also, so ironic that the parties which waffle on about freedom of speech are the most scared of it.
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N Von Ho @sisbromcdudeho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“You must get @bylinetimes.bsky.social . They’ve been banned by 💩tin, Reform AND the Tories !” is my favourite way to tell people to get Byline Times. 😄
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Polish FM Sikorski: "Kremlin’s assets frozen in Europe are never going back to Russia. They can be used in the future as war reparations or to help Ukraine rebuild, or they can be used now to help prevent further destruction and make future reconstruction cheaper."
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Los Angeles Times is running a full webpage advertisement promoting tourism to Israel. The ad is backed by the Israeli Ministry of Tourism. The ad also includes a map of Israel that erases Palestine.
LA Times page promoting tourism to Israel
"Israel:

You'll Find It Here

Israel is a country shaped by ancient traditions and diverse cultures, where every region offers a distinctly different atmosphere. You can spend the morning walking ancient pilgrimage sites, the afternoon floating in serene waters or relaxing on the coast, and the evening eating your way through vibrant market stalls before heading out for a night that ends when the sun rises.



From sacred sites to desert adventures, these guides offer different ways to explore the country. There’s no single right way to experience it, so follow what interests you, mix and match along the way, and leave some room to wander."

Also includes a disclaimer from LATimes:
"This Paid Program is either (i) produced by the advertising department of the Los Angeles Times on behalf of the Advertiser or (ii) supplied by the Advertiser. The newsrooms or editorial departments of the Los Angeles Times are not involved. For those with questions, please email paidpost@latimes.com."
LATimes ad for Israel continued. Includes map of Israel that erases Palestine.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Russian strikes are incoming from all sides onto #Kyiv, in broad daylight. Markets, gas stations, a hospital, office, kindergartens, residential buildings. Russian scum cannot push through on the front line, so they are staging genocide in Ukrainian cities.
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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🇺🇦🕯️Since the start of the day, 24 people have been injured and one woman has been killed in Kyiv as a result of Russian attacks.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026
Trump: Sleepy Joe Biden, have you heard of him? *a few moments later* Trump: 😴😴😴
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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
💔🇺🇦 In the Dnipropetrovsk region, six people have already been killed and 28 injured as a result of the Russian attack. Russian armed forces have attacked six districts of the region nearly 30 times.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When I said they were Iranians arriving in small boats, I meant British nationals living in London.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Interest on Reserves: The £100bn UK Bank Subsidy You Fund. Banks making £50bn profits a year receive subsidies, long ended by the EU. UK Treasury will payout over £150bn over a five-year period from 2023 to 2028. No justification for handling billions to banks. End bank subsidies, help people.
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Interest on Reserves: The £100bn UK Bank Subsidy You Fund
The Bank of England has paid commercial banks £100bn in interest on reserves in three years. The EU stopped doing it in 2023 – Dale Vince says Britain must too.
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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Kyiv after Russian attack 🙏🇺🇦
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Kyiv 💔
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Liar. Small boat crossings peaked under Johnson in 2022 reaching 46,000 in 2022. In current year they are 18,565 and falling. Also prior to Boris Johnson's Brexit there were none.
It's a disaster, and it can all be traced to
Labour ideology. Burnham has no mandate
from the people. He has no real ideas, and
no plan,

Johnson on X
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
President Trump: But you know what I want Zelenskyy to do? Make a deal. I want him to settle with Putin, and I want Putin to settle with him. Comment from me: Ukraine has repeatedly expressed our readiness for a ceasefire and negotiations.
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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
💔🇺🇦 In Zaporizhzhia, Russians hit a house this morning: the mother and grandmother of a 3-year-old child were killed.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Mark Zuckerberg is trying to fix the Brazilian election in 8 days. He has suspended the accounts of President Lula on Instagram and Facebook. These criminals need to be in jail.
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
OTD in 1938 Hitler gave a speech demanding the Sudetenland be handed to Germany. He said his countrymen were being mistreated and needed protection. Also promised it was his last territorial demand. He was lying. Imagine that happening today.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A Russian drone struck a private house in one of the Zaporizhzhia districts. The bodies of two women were found under the rubble. A 4-year-old boy and a 45-year-old man were injured, according to the regional military administration. A local market also caught fire as a result of the enemy attack.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“In spite of the words of the US President, the Russian President does not, in fact, 'want to do a deal.' Unless, of course, that deal is one in which Ukraine simply capitulates.” ✍️ Paul Niland
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Ukraine Comes Under Assault From Putin's Terror and Trump's Delusions
Paul Niland reports from Kyiv as the city comes under attack from Putin’s new strategy of ‘psychological terrorism’
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Before the war, most Ukrainians considered Russians to be neighbors, and many had relatives and friends in Russia. Now they are killing us. Russia will not be your enemy only when you are strong enough to defend yourself.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A campaign with the slogan "Russia is not my enemy" is currently spreading on X. You know, in reality, it doesn’t matter how you personally feel about Russia. What matters is what Putin and the Kremlin elites want to - and are able to - do to your country.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Surreal interview with Jensen Huang whose company's chips power much of today’s AI. Says he doesn’t think it matters if children forget basic maths. I love AI as much as the next person, but the head of an AI company arguing that children don’t need the skills to question AI should worry us all.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🔴 BREAKING: BP, Uber, Amazon and more paying Tony Blair's think tank $25,000 for “networking” opportunities with politicians and policy makers at party conferences Experts say "looks and smells like cash for access" Full story on Democracy for Sale democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
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BREAKING: Tony Blair Institute’s $25,000 corporate network “smells like cash for access”
Exclusive documents show Tony Blair's think tank offers corporate members such as BP and Uber "networking" at party conferences and "a stronger voice" in policy debates.
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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
💔 Fire after Shahed strike quickly spreads to the entire kindergarten in Kyiv Children will no longer come here on Monday…
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Russians continue to terrorize peaceful Ukrainian cities. Yesterday in Kharkiv region,Russians attacked a vegetable storage facility in the settlement of Stara Hnylytsia. They killed four women and two men; 14 people were injured (four of them critically)⤵️ 📷taken in Sumy after a Russian strike
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Ann Stephenson @anniebabes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Ann Stephenson @anniebabes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Don't know how I missed this earlier, but another fab explainer from Emma.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
When Elon Musk's groups spent $20M+ on Wisconsin's 2025 Supreme Court race, his involvement backfired and his candidate lost by 10 points. Now his super PAC has quietly spent $14M+ on key midterm races, including the Texas Senate race. Would be a shame if people found out.
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Elon Musk is flying under the radar in the Texas Senate race. Republicans want to keep it that way.
One Republican involved in the Texas Senate contest called Musk’s in-your-face campaigning in Wisconsin last year “a mis
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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Just 4 months after the local elections, Reform UK (RefUK) have lost 158 of their local councillors: -55 resigned -42 went Independent -28 defected -24 were kicked out -5 lost their seats -2 disqualified -2 suspended. Appalling record - and a waste of taxpayers’ money!
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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🇺🇦🙏 According to MFA data, population of Oleshky community has dropped from approximately 40,000 to 6,000 people. In Oleshky proper, where around 24,000 people lived before the full-scale invasion, only about 2,000 remain today—50 children. Read more 👀 theukrainianreview.info/occupied-ole...
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Occupied Oleshky: Blockade, FPV Drone Strikes on Civilians, and International Appeals | The Ukrainian Review
Oleshky, located in the Kherson region, has been under Russian occupation for four years and under a full blockade for four months. The town’s population has shrunk more than tenfold over these years,...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
We’re being run by an unhinged, corrupt egomaniac who thinks he’s a king and has no use for the constitution. And most of the media still just covers it like it’s normal.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
What surprises me more is that the media happily trot out their words and opinions without pointing this essential paradox out.
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Savchenko Volodymyr @savchenkoua.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
🇵🇱🇺🇦 Polish FM Sikorski: Ukraine has destroyed, it is estimated, between 30% and 40% of Russia’s refining capacity. So if Ukraine, practically without an air force was able to achieve that, then I told the Russians, partly as a deterrent: watch out, because we have more combat aircraft than you do.
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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
❗️Strike on warehouses near Boyarka in Kyiv region — a large-scale fire broke out on the spot, — local media.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 20/09/2026
Nigel Farage leads a political party. He’s a sitting MP. And he hosts his own primetime show on GB News. We believe Ofcom should investigate whether he broke impartiality rules on 15 September 2026. Use our template to write a letter to Ofcom's CEO:
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Tell Ofcom's CEO: How can Farage be impartial presenting a programme on party donations? - Best for Britain
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Revealed: The Pro-Hitler Messages Behind the ‘Neo-Nazi’ Libel Case Funded by Reform’s Crypto Billionaire Donor Ben Delo financed a failed legal case in defense of two writers who privately exchanged pro-Hitler messages and talked about studying Mein Kampf...
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Revealed: The Pro-Hitler Messages Behind the ‘Neo-Nazi’ Libel Case Funded by Reform’s Crypto Billionaire Donor
Ben Delo financed a failed legal case in defense of two writers who privately exchanged pro-Hitler messages and talked about studying Mein Kampf
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A 'tidal wave' of forever chemicals are being pumped out to satisfy the AI industry, according to The Guardian. Nearly all of the 10 biggest manufacturers of Pfas are planning to increase production for use in semi-conductors and data center cooling systems.
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‘Tidal wave’ of Pfas being launched to satisfy AI industry, campaigners warn
Big manufacturers planning to produce more of the forever chemicals to meet demand from datacentres
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I really love the Ukrainian Carpathians. I saw these photos and remembered how, before the war, I loved hiking here with a backpack and good company. I hope that one day I’ll walk these trails again. 📷: utah_names
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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
❗️In Odesa, a fire broke out at Corfu residential complex afterstrike - the apartments were engulfed in flames, there was severe destruction!
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Dominic Minghella @dminghella.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Last unprecedented political donation I recall was that £10m to boost Farage's Brexit project, which helped the super-rich keep offshore wonga beyond the reach of EU regs, but left Britain dramatically worse off. Farage is good at getting spectacular money in, and wreaking havoc with it.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran. Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues.

I'm not sure how to start this. So I'm going to speak from the heart and share the truth. Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour.
But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families.

The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don't lose sight of that.

Ed is my friend. I've known him for 13 years. We've shared late nights, studio sessions and stages. He has this infectious magic about him that I've grown to love. I consider him a brother. And because of that, we've had some difficult conversations this past week. The type of talks rooted in love and respect for one another that still end in a place of fundamental disagreement. Nothing I'm writing here is out of spite or because I want to tear down his character. But as I told Ed multiple times on the phone, our friendship can't change my responsibility to tell the truth about what happened.

Last Monday, in the middle of all the media attention surrounding Pink and what I said at MetLife, Ed told me that Robert Kraft called him. We were scheduled to play Gillette Stadium later this month, which is owned by the Kraft Group. Ed told me that Kraft said I would not be allowed to perform in his stadium. Ed also told me that Kraft had rallied some of the other
stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues.

Ed was in …What I said at MetLife I have been saying on stages around the world for almost three years. So why is it an issue now? Because now I'm sharing a stage with one of the biggest artists in the world, in some of the biggest stadiums in America. At a certain level of exposure, "Free Palestine" becomes too much of a risk. If I kept doing the shows, saying Free Palestine, with Ed implicitly supporting it, the crowd getting loud and showing undeniable support for Palestinian liberation, what artist might speak out next? The stage becomes resistance. Maybe that's why this time it became so important to silence me.

And one of the most effective ways to enforce that silence has been to weaponize the accusation of antisemitism. Antisemitism is real. And that is exactly why the word matters too much to be used as a shield against criticism of the Israeli state. When criticizing Israel, opposing Zionism or saying "Free Palestine" gets conflated with hatred of Jewish people, it doesn't protect Jewish people. It protects Israel from accountability.

I hope this isn't the end of my relationship with Ed.
Thirteen years of friendship doesn't disappear because of one painful disagreement. I hope we both continue listening, studying what is happening in Palestine and wrestling with what neutrality means in a moment like this. My door will always be open to continuing that conversation.

When my brother Omar was doing the subtitles for the video I posted from MetLife, I thanked him. He told me there's a phrase in Arabic:
لا شكر على واجب
"La shukra ala wajeb." There is no thanks for a duty.
That stayed with me. Because that's what this has become for me and millions of others around the world. A duty. Not something deserving of praise or gratitude. Not brave. Human.

Who is winning the internet, who is getting canceled, who gets to play the stadium and who doesn't, all of it becomes so small when held against what we are actually witnessing in Gaza and the West Bank. An entire people be…
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
🔴 More than 80% of all the donations ever received by Nigel Farage’s Reform UK have come from just two cryptocurrency billionaires, new Democracy for Sale analysis reveals. “If that isn’t a massive corruption risk I don’t know what is.” democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-8...
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BREAKING: 80% of Reform’s funding comes from two crypto billionaires
“If that isn't a massive corruption risk I don't know what is.”
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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Not to be pedantic but Christopher Harborne has already given £25 million to Reform and Ben Delo £8 million. So the figure isn’t £72 million - it’s £105 million.
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