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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Cloudflare Data Explorer shows the amount of russian bot traffic has dropped to 49% after Ukraine struck a yandex data center.
Chart showing plummeting bot traffic
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This is how you write a headline.
Telegraph headline:

Trump backstabs Zelensky for five minutes of midterm relief
Deal with Putin for Russia’s oil might soften the markets but Ukraine will pay the price
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checa.bsky.social @checa.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I found this a most useful explainer... people out there with more knowledge pls correct me if I'm wrong... www.nytimes.com/video/techno...
nytimes.com
Video: Why A.I. Agents Are Going Rogue
Our journalists Sheera Frenkel and Dylan Freedman break down what A.I. agents are, how they differ from chatbots and why A.I. companies are worried about them now.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Nailed it. 🔨
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"Some of us are are trying to work out real solutions to real problems rather than resorting to brain farts" writes Mr North of his plan to ban Ed Miliband, Kemi Badenoch, Suella Braverman, Zia Yusuf (& even the children of Burnham + Farage + Jenrick) from parliament using the 1700 act of settlement
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Trump announces deal to import Russian diesel. Yet he imposed tariffs on China and India for importing fuel from Russia. 3 weeks ago signed law threatening 500% tariffs on India and China. Now facing midterm election defeat ... and Utter bankruptcy of Trump foreign, economic and other policies.
bbc.co.uk
Trump announces deal for Russian diesel as Zelensky calls it a 'gift to Putin'
Ukraine's president sharply criticised the move, calling it an "investment in war that must be ended, not prolonged".
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Zelenskyy says Trump has betrayed Ukraine.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/10/2026
NEW: Records show Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to state business. with @texastribune.org
propublica.org
Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.
Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta...
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
History is repeating itself. Under Trump, the US has fallen from a Republic to an imperium in which the masses are kept entertained. Like the circuses of Ancient Rome, Trump provided carnival entertanment with his rallies. Now they are progressing to public executions as entertainment.
theguardian.com
Pentagon says execution of Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed
Nidal Hasan, army psychiatrist who killed 13 people, will be executed by firing squad on 3 December
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Pretty Awesome 👍
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 05/10/2026
TODAY is the last day to register to vote in Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, and Texas. The midterms are November 3. Register now at vote.org
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checa.bsky.social @checa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
1. Is this true ie where is the research to support this 2. The graph talks about annual human-caused bird deaths and then represents cats incl feral ones which, by definition, humans don't own. 3. The difference in the lower and higher estimates for cats is almost 7x... how is that measured?
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checa.bsky.social @checa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hahaha... should add in racists
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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This can't be talked about enough. "President Donald Trump's move to cut most of the US funding towards foreign humanitarian aid could cause more than 14 million additional deaths by 2030, according to research published in The Lancet medical journal." www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Trump's aid cut risks causing 14 million deaths, report finds
The figure from the Lancet, a leading medical journal, includes 700,000 child deaths globally a year.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Looks like Trump’s new “steel plant” in IA, announced to shore up support in midterms from people his policies have crushed, where he said construction has already begun, is nowhere close to happening and contingent on Iowans giving tax breaks & incentives to a company in India.
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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
On social media, a wave of videos & thoughts sparked by Cornell 7. One stood out. I think it goes to the heart of the matter. "If you can't feel empathy for a woman without having to imagine her as your daughter or your mom, then you're part of the problem."
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Some v negative responses to posts about Burnham. I understand the cynicism. What I don’t understand is the refusal to wait and see and to look for the positives. Politics cannot be about perfection. It’s compromise. It’s effective communication… and persuasion. Why not be prepared to be persuaded?
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump’s weakness after his defeat in the Iran War is evident in how the Iranians feel comfortable ramping up their demands. Today an IRGC spokesperson said the US “must admit defeat” and withdraw from the region.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
JUST IN: A federal judge (Trump-appointed Stephanie Gallagher) has held the Trump administration in contempt for deporting a man to El Salvador in violation of three court orders. She's ordering the government to return him. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Wait, a man who drove his wife to suicide by proving how popular he is with the ladies stole money from black kids for their health to fund an entourage to prove how important he is? It's *almost* as if RFK, Jr. is a truly horrible, insecure person!
wsj.com
Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office
The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: In a dangerous decision for voters, the Supreme Court authorized the Trump administration to overhaul a federal immigration database into a vast, centralized and deeply flawed database of personal information to initiate registration purges. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Supreme Court revives DHS use of flawed immigration database for voter purges
The decision lets the administration move forward with a key provision of President Trump’s first anti-voting executive order.
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Number crunching: AI safety From the new Private Eye, out now.
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checa.bsky.social @checa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It's preposterous that the US doesn't use metric. I consider it patronising to the population that it would be to difficult for them to change...although I recently spent time with an American who told me Fahrenheit was better because 0⁰ represented frozen... she was ivy league university educated.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is dream territory for Labour surely - Reform and the Tories splitting the right vote between them. For the last few months, Labour needed two things: a poll boost, and a modest Tory resurgence. Seems like it's getting them both.
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Coming Food Crisis “According to early September reports, the summer of 2026 saw Britain’s lowest cereal harvest since 1984. In continental Europe, France’s 2026 cereal harvest is set to drop by almost 8 megatonnes v 2025; Germany’s by c.4 megatonnes“ arthursnell.substack.com/p/the-coming...
arthursnell.substack.com
The Coming Food Crisis
Due to climate breakdown, falling agricultural productivity growth might be the new normal. This will feed a chaotic world order.
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checa.bsky.social @checa.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A beautiful poem.
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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Worrying scenes in the Channel today, for all interested in asylum policy and maritime tactics. A small boat from Normandy spent more than 30 hours at sea. Those on board now on their 2nd rescue vessel as Border Force forced to play cat and mouse with far-right activists who have their own boat.
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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
They have deported 25,000 people - to third countries - without papers - without money - without speaking the language - without knowing anyone - without any help Indefensible.
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Mack @urielandme.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
US sanctions on the entire ICC in the Hague are the actions of a Rogue State, the Trump-regime believes it has the right to commit War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity without accountability just like Putin and Netanyahu. The ICC has no Statue of Limitations, they usually get their guy in the end.
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Jorge Liboreiro @jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Trump administration is preparing to sanction the ICC as a whole and cut it off from everyday financial transactions, insurance providers and IT services and products, which would leave the court unable to operate, Reuters reports.
reuters.com
Trump administration prepares sanctions against International Criminal Court, sources say
President ‌Donald Trump's administration has prepared sanctions against the entire International Criminal Court and plans to announce them soon, two sources familiar with the matter said, a move that ...
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 16/09/2026
Active duty soldiers posted photos to CBS showing destroyed US bases across the Middle East, with nearly 60 aircraft lost and $3.7Bn in equipment damaged – the whistleblowers say defenses simply aren't working. Human collateral damage must be a part of this.
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Josh Russell → @MVTFWD @joshfwd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🚨 Can we all agree to totally ignore and destroy the “PolitlcsUK”* account everyone gets their news from now? It’s run by a REFORM COUNCILLOR, and trickles bias and fabricated nonsense in under a neutral guise. Share this. Drop it under friends reposts. 👀 Evidence in next post…. /1
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A minor detail is missing from the headline.
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Julia Curlee @juliacurlee.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The administration went to war against the "Deep State" and lost the war with Iran. Pentagon leaders mass-emailed staff for ideas on how to break the stalemate in the Strait of Hormuz. If only they had a Council. To discuss National Security.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you feel like donating to the RNLI, here’s a link. I just have. Their minimum donation is £2: I think it might be nice for them to receive a lot of donations this week, even if they’re mostly very modest. Just so they know a lot of people out here appreciate their work. rnli.org/support-us/g...
rnli.org
Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 09/09/2026
If Miliband's comparatively mild, caveated, and strictly targeted criticism of Israeli settler actions are enough to endanger the UK Jewish community & unleash pogroms then: a) We've passed some point of no return. b) Successive UK governments have utterly failed in addressing antisemitism.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
90 years ago, Parliament responded to the rise of Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts by passing the Public Order Act, which banned political uniforms, private militias and the threat of force for political objects. The debates make very resonant reading today. Here's the Liberal Robert Bernays. (Short 🧵)
You cannot conduct a fair match when one side is playing with a ball and the other with bombs and, if democracy is to survive, it must be conducted according to definite and recognised rule. One of them is that no political party should resort to any weapon other than reason and argument. The introduction of private armies, as I see it, strikes at the root of democracy. I know it is contended that the Blackshirts are not armed and, therefore, are not an army, but I do not think that argument can be upheld. … Uniformed men in military formation suggest, and are meant to suggest, the idea of force. It is no argument to reply that at this or that demonstration no force is intended. It is an inescapable fact that a uniform in politics symbolises force, to be used either now or in the future.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The balaclava blackshirted thugs are a result of a decade of politicians, tabloids and the broadcast media telling racists they have "legitimate concerns." The normalisation of actual fascism rhetoric and action has led to this and is a far greater "legitimate concern" than any migrant on a boat.
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Julia Laite @julialaite.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
This is not a 'masculinity crisis', it's a misogyny crisis. This is not a problem with 'masculinity'-- millions of men model positive masculinity every day. This is a problem of male violence. Stop calling it 'masculinity'. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
theguardian.com
A ‘masculinity crisis’ is brewing in UK schools, union says
Misogynistic abuse of female staff is increasing, leaving teachers feeling ‘traumatised’ and ‘humiliated’
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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Another compilation video from yesterday's fascist paramilitary 'storm' action in #Dover town and at the Port of Dover. #FarRight Some national security-related observations below.
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Memnon of Rhodes @johngage1.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
1/ Researchers on populism have a tendency to replicate populist narratives of “a decent if misunderstood ordinary folk” ignored by “arrogant elites”. But what if the motivations of some of these folks are fundamentally indecent?
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Zongo-the-Zischer @gattllc.com · 07/09/2026
Let’s call it what it is: a cabal of grifters, conspiracy theorists, and corporate lackeys united only by loyalty to a dictator. This isn’t a political party; it’s a hostile takeover of American democracy. Wake up before they finish selling everything we own. Vote Blue.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Routine reminder that Bhattacharya is an economics researcher who has never practiced medicine and whose best known publication is overtly fraudulent. He has never done infectious disease research and has never treated a single virus or infection in his entire career. He’s likely never seen measles.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Do you want Jared Kushner (qualifications?) and Steve Witkoff (qualifications?) comprising a United States Envoy to negotiate on our behalf in any global region about any global issue ever? Fuck that. It's like asking an Uber driver to pilot a 747. You're gonna crash. And the USA is crashing...
reuters.com
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Rhys Kaminski-Jones @rhyskamjones.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
What should a university do when their guy is deliberately using his position to recruit students into the organisation for whom he seemingly does electoral crime?
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Just a reminder, Professor James Orr, Reform UK head of policy, teaches 'ethics' to undergraduates at Cambridge University youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Illiterate, desperate, embarrassing. More propaganda than journalism. The Telegraph doing their best to confirm our assessment of their decline at Origin Story Live last night.
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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I will say this. I lost friends that day and I felt a strong obligation to the families left behind. And in the immediate years after Howard did right by those families and was relentless in rebuilding in Cantor. But he's always been greasy and now he's just a clown playing for an audience of one.
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Ian Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is - in more military language - what Putin set out in his July 2021 article 'On the historical unity of Russians & Ukrainians'. Putin's aims for Ukraine were & are genocidal. No-one in Europe should kid themselves that this is a war for territory, still less 'to prevent NATO expansion'.
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