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⬜️🟦⬜️ Anglo-Saxon Cat; liberal utilitarian; anti-conservatist; anti-trumpist. My blog: aquabiografie.water.blog I use private messages it for really important needs, thatʼs why Iʼll block importunate spammers.

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Bosphorus Observer @yoruk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
In the iconic 1983 sci-fi NBC TV miniseries V, journalist Michael Donovan secretly sneaks into the mothership and captures video footage proving the Visitors' human faces are latex-like synthetic skin masks and contact lenses hiding scaly green skin, vertical slit pupils, & a diet of live rodents.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 26/09/2026
Class solidarity.
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing "political" content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026
Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 26/09/2026
Ed Sheeran’s concerts at Robert Kraft’s Gillette stadium canceled hours before showtime
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Ed Sheeran’s concerts at Robert Kraft’s Gillette stadium canceled
The shows were scheduled for Friday and Saturday evening following major controversy surrounding Sheeran’s tour
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The youngest person his pager attack killed was 9-year-old Fatima Abdullah, who had just started 4th grade. The pager was on a table when it went off and she picked it up to take to her dad. It exploded in her face and reports said it covered the room in her blood. She wanted to learn English.
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briancat.bsky.social @briancat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
„A 9-Year-Old Girl Killed in Pager Attack Is Mourned in Lebanon” Sept. 18, 2024 „A 9-Year-Old Girl Killed in Pager Attack Is Mourned in Lebanon” Sept. 18, 2024 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕹𝖊𝖜 𝖄𝖔𝖗𝖐 𝕿𝖎𝖒𝖊𝖘 ( @nytimes.com ) archive.is/202409181358... bsky.app/profile/whit...
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briancat.bsky.social @briancat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
„A 9-Year-Old Girl Killed in Pager Attack Is Mourned in Lebanon” Sept. 18, 2024 „A 9-Year-Old Girl Killed in Pager Attack Is Mourned in Lebanon” Sept. 18, 2024 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕹𝖊𝖜 𝖄𝖔𝖗𝖐 𝕿𝖎𝖒𝖊𝖘 ( @nytimes.com ) archive.is/202409181358... bsky.app/profile/whit...
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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The trailer for my new film, "Musk," has just been released.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26/09/2026
peter thiel is another one of those guys who we are supposed to think is brilliant but every time he opens his mouth my first thought is “this guy sounds like an idiot”
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Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Between 2020 and 2024, no cervical cancer deaths were recorded in women aged 20 to 24 - the first time that had happened over a five-year period."
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Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"The first study of its kind shows deaths have fallen sharply since school-age girls began being offered it in 2008, and around 200 lives have been saved in England so far thanks to the vaccine" www.bbc.com/news/article...
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HPV vaccine means young women now have 'close to zero' risk of cervical cancer death
A new study finds that hundreds of lives have been saved since school-age girls were offered the HPV jab in 2008.
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Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In early 2025, more Republicans identified primarily as Trump supporters than as Republicans (59% vs. 36%). Now, that has reversed, with 56% identifying primarily with the Republican Party and 34% with Trump. www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
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Trump’s support suffers complete reversal with Republicans
Republicans now identify more with the GOP than Trump, a sharp reversal that could reshape the party’s midterm campaign strategy.
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Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
My book, Misguided, officially launches today! If you’ve ever wondered why people believe false things — or how to build resilience against misinformation — this book is for you. I wrote it to help us navigate our overwhelming information environment, and I’m thrilled to finally share it with you.
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Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A four-wave study in Sweden found that conspiracy thinking, use of right-wing alternative media, and social media reinforce each other over time. In contrast, mainstream news use was associated with lower levels of conspiracy thinking. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Breeding conspiracy thinking? Investigating the longitudinal relationship between media use and conspiracy mindset
Over the last decade, conspiracy theories and beliefs in them have become a more pressing social and political problem. Despite different media being the main channels through which conspiracy theo...
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 26/09/2026
“Everyone hates cameras in smart glasses. But if the camera is contained in a charm you wear around your neck, it shifts the agency. Suddenly, you’re not recording people. It’s just a cute little animated avatar looking out on the world.”
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‘Charming and disarming’ … how Meta’s technology-packed Muse harnesses the power of cuteness
The tech giant has launched a cute ‘little guy’ that can answer emails, book travel or do your weekly food shop
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Counter-terror police lead investigation into major incident near RAF base, officials say www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...
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RAF Fairford: Men held in major incident near air base as homes evacuated
Several men have been arrested on suspicion of offences under the Explosives Act. The US Air Force say they "remain vigilant" to ensure safety of services members at the RAF base.
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 27/09/2026
🚢 Iran stood firm Sunday on its conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, despite US President Donald Trump's rejection of the proposal that had created some optimism for breaking the Mideast war stalemate. ➡️ u.afp.com/S9Yp
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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I've spoken with many of the, I guess you could say, poors. And they say, Mister President, being poor is such an honor with your government. The best poverty, really.
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Dave Carson @carsonragnar.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"A skinny, starved, smelly burly man came up to me with tears in his eyes and said it's an honour to be homeless, sick and hungry for you Mr. President."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026
Trump: "We have the best, uhh, I guess you could say poverty. They talk poverty. We have the best poverty numbers ever in the history of our country."
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briancat.bsky.social @briancat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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1). „The Pentagon’s public tally of troops wounded during the Iran war was quietly increased by 37 this week without explanation from the Defense Department.
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briancat.bsky.social @briancat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
3). 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖂𝖆𝖘𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖙𝖔𝖓 𝕻𝖔𝖘𝖙 (‪ @washingtonpost.com ) archive.is/202609252016...
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briancat.bsky.social @briancat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
2). The increase includes 29 Navy sailors and eight Marines, according to a review of the Pentagon’s public database of personnel killed and wounded during U.S. conflicts and other military operations overseas. The web portal is called the Defense Casualty Analysis System, or DCAS.” Sept. 25, 2026
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briancat.bsky.social @briancat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
1). „The Pentagon’s public tally of troops wounded during the Iran war was quietly increased by 37 this week without explanation from the Defense Department.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Pentagon's public tally of troops wounded during the Iran war was quietly increased this week without explanation from Trump's Defense Department. The total number of troops now wounded during the war is 861, according to DCAS.
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Pentagon quietly adds dozens to tally of troops wounded amid Iran war
With the addition of 29 U.S. sailors and eight Marines, the total number of personnel wounded since the start of hostilities has risen to 861, a Pentagon database shows.
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ban-cbw.bsky.social @ban-cbw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
... evaluation through a note verbale (dated 17 July 2026). The Secretariat is working closely with the Syrian Arab Republic on follow-up activities related to this newly declared facility. [...]
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ban-cbw.bsky.social @ban-cbw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
... chemical weapons storage facilities (CWSFs), the Al-Qutayfah CWSF and the Homs CWSF, where the newly discovered materials have been stored while awaiting destruction. The Secretariat analysed the above amendments and shared its ...
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ban-cbw.bsky.social @ban-cbw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
... [...] 6. The Syrian Arab Republic declared one additional chemical weapons production facility (CWPF), a newly discovered chemical (hexamine) used in the production of nerve agent, and Category 3 chemical weapons. The Syrian Arab Republic also declared two ...
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ban-cbw.bsky.social @ban-cbw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#ChemicalWeapons #Syria #Disarmament #OPCW REPORT BY THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL: PROGRESS IN THE ELIMINATION OF THE SYRIAN CHEMICAL WEAPONS PROGRAMME www.opcw.org/sites/defaul... Note: Conspiracy theorists have always challenged the #hexamine used to manufacture Syria's sarin. Not anymore ... ...
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Yes, we've done work with the Student View and I'm currently working with a couple of organisations on that sort of thing.
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R0bert Pau1s0n @r0bertpau1s0n.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Has anyone ever approached you about making a resource for children and young people to teach critical thinking?
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A Q&A I did recently with Ashoka and Forbes - Why Bellingcat Wants Everyone To Become An Investigator www.forbes.com/sites/ashoka...
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Why Bellingcat Wants Everyone To Become An Investigator
The founder of one of the world's best-known open-source investigation outfits on building it from a laptop, why anyone can do this work, and why democracies have misread the problem.
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LeftRightUSA @leftrightusa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"We’re now not just recipients of information but distributors and creators of it. That’s a fundamental shift. If you have a mobile phone, you’re part of the process."
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LeftRightUSA @leftrightusa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Everyone, because the role of verification used to be something the public trusted institutions to do on their behalf. As that trust has been lost, it has fallen into the lap of the public."
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Why Bellingcat Wants Everyone To Become An Investigator
The founder of one of the world's best-known open-source investigation outfits on building it from a laptop, why anyone can do this work, and why democracies have misread the problem.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 28/09/2026
Almost all of Meta's PR about Muse was about how careful they had been to set it up not to do things like this, how they delayed the launch by months to carefully design it so it could be trusted. And then...
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 28/09/2026
Thank you to every individual and organisation who attended and supported this event. Bellingcat has been thinking about ways to maintain information integrity in an increasingly confusing online environment. You can support this work at bellingcat.com/donate
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The truth belongs to everyone. Help us find it. - Donate to bellingcat
Every membership directly supports our investigations and global community work.
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 28/09/2026
What does a resilient information society look like? Last week we ran the 'TRUST conference with the European Trust Alliance. Working with technologists, legal scholars, civil society advocates and journalists we discussed the complex challenges facing European digital autonomy.
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International Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy @isacworld.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
📢 ISAC Webinar | Disinformation in infectious diseases Join Jon Roozenbeek, Director of the Influence and Technology Lab, to explore the underground manipulation market and its effects on health misinformation 📅 28 Sept | 12.00–13.30 CEST us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @heiman-wertheim.bsky.social
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International Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy @isacworld.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
⏰ ONE WEEK left to secure Early Bird registration for ICC 2026 Manila. Join the 34th International Congress of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 7–9 December 2026. 📅 Early Bird deadline: 30 September 🔗 icc2026ph.org #ICC2026 #AMR #InfectiousDiseases @souhakanj.bsky.social @heiman-wertheim.bsky.social
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International Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy @isacworld.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
ISAC President Prof. Souha Kanj recently participated in #ICAMR in Dubai, an ISAC-endorsed event. Prof. Kanj delivered three talks covering infection control in CRE, fungal outbreaks and novel antibiotics for MDR Gram-negative bacteria. #AMR #InfectiousDiseases #ISAC @souhakanj.bsky.social
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International Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy @isacworld.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
📢 ISAC Webinar | Disinformation in infectious diseases Join Eliot Higgins, founder of Bellingcat, to explore verification, democracy and accountability in a changing information environment 📅 28 September #Disinformation #PublicHealth #InfectiousDiseases @heiman-wertheim.bsky.social @bellingcat.com
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International Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy @isacworld.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Starting soon: Disinformation & Infectious Diseases 🗓️ 28 Sept Disinformation spreads faster than pathogens. Hear experts from @Bellingcat & Cambridge’s Influence Technology Lab unpack how false narratives form &influence public behaviour 🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/f4udj36t @heiman-wertheim.bsky.social
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Starting now!
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Richard Irvine-Brown @richib.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
How close were Boris Johnson, Carl Bildt and many European security advisors to at least two Russian drone strikes on Sunday? Lots of geo work, down to Polish train timetables and timing sight:sound difference of an explosion. With @shayan86.bsky.social, edited by @olgar.bsky.social.
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Katrine Koenig @katrinekoenig.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
and his hand would be blackish-blue
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Tackman Babcock @tackmanbabcock.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
you can tell it's not real because in reality the worlds most impulsive pervert would always have placed his hand lower
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briancat.bsky.social @briancat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Shayan Sardarizadeh (@shayan86.bsky.social)
Thread: Two different versions of this AI-generated image purporting to show President Trump and his assistant Natalie Harp kissing went viral this week, generating millions of views across multiple platforms. Despite being fake, this wasn't a straightforward AI image to debunk. I'll explain why.
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Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Thread: Two different versions of this AI-generated image purporting to show President Trump and his assistant Natalie Harp kissing went viral this week, generating millions of views across multiple platforms. Despite being fake, this wasn't a straightforward AI image to debunk. I'll explain why.
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Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The official social media accounts of Iran's new Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei have for the second time since March published an image of him that appears to have been manipulated with Google AI. He has not been seen in public since being appointed Iran's head of state in March.
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