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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 1h

Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil infrastructure are crippling Russia's ability to wage war, not the American ranchers or farmers, who suffer because of failed war in Iran. Buying diesel from Russia directly fuels their war.

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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 1h

All Russia has ever suggested is for Ukraine to surrender so they can kill us quietly behind the cover of occupation, like they did in Bucha and Izium, and like they are doing now in Oleshky and across the occupied territories.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 4h

Everytime I mention that BlueSky is just not good for non-US global news and discussion, I get piled on. BlueSky is great for many, many reasons, but the rest of the world is still very much on Twitter / X. What is happening in India is *massive*.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 5h

Maybe the most amazing aspect of the Russo-Ukraine War is that Russia is getting backing from both China and the USA, the two largest powers of the moment--and Ukraine could still emerge triumphant as long as Europe backs it stoutly.

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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 6h

The Israeli army has bulldozed over 1.6 million olive trees in Gaza since the beginning of the genocide in 2023, threatening the livelihood and heritage of olive farming communities, and the survival of a centuries-old Palestinian cultural tradition. mondoweiss.net/2026/10/afte...

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After three years of genocide, Gaza’s olive harvest is going extinct

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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 4h

❗️Kaja Kallas, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, stated that the temporary lifting of sanctions on Russian diesel provides Moscow with additional revenues to finance the war. Therefore, on Monday, EU foreign ministers plan to approve

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Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 7h

Tl;dr: the Trump administration lifting sanctions against Russia in the week that Russia escalates its campaign of war crimes against Ukrainian civilians is disgusting but it shouldn't be remotely surprising. It's what Trump and his circle have always wanted to do.

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 9h

This is a brilliant piece about the ecological - and animal welfare - cost of sheep farming bengoldsmith.substack.com/p/the-sheep-...

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The sheep are not okay

Upland sheep farming is not only a catastrophe for nature and an economic dead-end; it’s also an animal welfare nightmare

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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 9h

1/ Russian sources expect that as well as purchasing Russian oil and diesel, Donald Trump will provide Russia with spare parts to repair the refineries damaged by Ukrainian drone strikes. They anticipate that Trump's fuel deal will lead to a Russian victory. ⬇️

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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 9h

Day 1690 and Ukraine woke up incredibly angry this morning. "Used", "betrayed" and "disgusted" just 3 of the words most commonly heard, as the former leader of the free world managed to tarnish the reputation of the U.S. yet more. I've never missed a day. This is the daily 🧵

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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 9h

Some context: the whole of British politics is structured around deep Islamophobia. The previous MP for Holborn & St Pancras was a prime minister who actively facilitated a genocide against Palestinian people & jailed those who protested against it as terrorists.

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Morten Morland @mortenmorland.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Friday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026

this is honestly one of the worst and most irresponsible things he has ever posted, and that's really saying something

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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Omsk refinery is burning. Whitch is nice. But whats interesting russian Black Spark claims targeting information. "Three months have passed since the last attack on the plant, and we prepared this operation with particular care."

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TeeDixie ✊🏼 @teedixie.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This is SAVAGE

This is a work of photographic genius that deserves to go down in the annals of history. I'm an art historian with a PhD (yes, really) so it's one thing I do know something about.
Let's start with the framing. Dan Winters has positioned his subject lower than the lens. At a basic level it's diminishing the man... no small thing for someone so obsessed with his height.
But it's bigger than that. think about all the portraits you know of Great Men (they are almost always Great
Men)
Statues are set on plinths. Above eye level. So you look up at them.
Or famous images like Washington Crossing the Delaware. Or Napoleon Crossing the Alps. We look up at the figures at the centre of the composition. They're the embodiment of leadership. We are inspired to believe. To follow.
Now, look at the photo. We are looking down at the subject. His mouth gapes. He's as lost and directionless as a toddler in a crowd who can't find his mum.
Or, more aptly, a patient in a dementia ward

Now, look again.
It's the eyes that strike you the most.
That's because the photographer has chosen a very shallow depth of field, which means the pinprick focus on the eyes casts the rest of the subject in a hazy wash. Even the American flag pin on his lapel. His one
"mission"... leading the nation... is, symbolically, completely unfocused.
None of this is an accident. Winters made conscious choices when he framed this portrait and chose the settings on his camera.
And the colour saturation...
None of the garish, highly saturated red, white, and blue. Or the glitter of gold. We're looking at a president who has just wandered out of a crypt.
He is a spectre wrapped in parchment-thin, ashen skin with a waft of gossamer-thread hair atop a papery scalp. He's a phantasm with sawdust in his veins and a handful of dust where a heart should be.
But, back on those eyes. If the eyes are, indeed, the windows to the soul, then this man has none...
Trump is wandering through a misty haze. Where is he, even? Who the fuck can tell? He certainly can't.
There's no colour. No sunlight. No life. Just pinpricks of light reflected back from the soulless, senseless, rheumy, red-rimmed eyes beneath hooded and desiccated lids.
They say "I am lost. I am confused. I am not long for this world."
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No alt text needed, read the alt text on the two prior images. It describes the photo perfectly

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Vatnik Soup @vatniksoup.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

On this day 20 years ago, Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya was murdered in Moscow, on Putin’s 54th birthday. She had spent years reporting on Putin’s Russia and exposing atrocities committed during Russia’s war in Chechnya. Dozens of journalists have been killed for their work under Putin.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Pryluky. No words. Nine people killed by the Russian strike on the residential building. Three of them children. A Russian war crime of horrendous scale that will be overlooked by the international community once more.

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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

No One Gives A Fuck About October 7. By Caitlin Johnston. I make no apology for sharing this. (there should be no hierarchy of suffering) www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/no-one-giv...

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No One Gives A Fuck About October 7

Video reading by Tim Foley:

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Dawn Robertson 🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇫🇷 @hayloftbooks.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Drax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flights. Campaign group’s analysis of North Yorkshire plans finds datacentre would have to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood a year. Do we really need datacentres or would it be better to protect environment and stay alive?

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S'Pammy Cassandra 🦩💥 @nafoffs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Tucker Carlson is unbelievably thick.

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Olena Halushka @halushka.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I still can't think of the russian horrific war crime in the Hroza village without tears. 3yrs ago today. The monsters shelled a memorial lunch for the Ukrainian serviceman, killing one third of the village, incl children, in one attack. Never again? And again. And again.

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Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It's that time of year again when we need to remind National Trust members that Restore Trust is a dark-money funded right-wing astroturfing entryist outfit. Please vote, and vote for literally anyone else.

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S'Pammy Cassandra 🦩💥 @nafoffs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Don't forget:

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Shaun Pinner @shaunpinner.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Russia lost ground, suffered its highest estimated monthly personnel losses of 2026, increasingly relied on foreign manpower, watched the war reach Moscow, and reached again for nuclear threats. Free to read 👇 shaunpinner.substack.com/p/russias-se...

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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"When the Fairford plot fell apart before it had got going, I honestly thought that was the end of it. The whole thing was so stupid that the internet saw through our lies and we just gave up trying. I mean our story was that 'Middle-Easte ..." via Normal Island News www.facebook.com/NormalIsland...

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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 30/09/2026

“A group of US hedge funds” does not, on the face of it, seem likely to be the kind of owner which would reverse decades of under-investment and tackle the coming fresh water crisis.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.

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sweetie π @sixfeetofcandy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

have you tried unplugging it and never plugging it back in again

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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

IT is important because without it Newton would just have discovered gravy.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The ability to pour hundreds of millions of pounds into a loss-making TV channel, bent on wrenching British politics sharply to the right, is yet another of the ways in which extreme wealth is trying to remake UK democracy. It needs to be part of any serious conversation about political funding.

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ReMona Lisa - News Reader - @thebookwormturns.co.uk · 02/10/2026

I will always remember (and never forgive) him for this: #GazaGenocide

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Keir Starmer wanted to be remembered as Prime Minister for building homes. Instead he will be remembered for his complicity in destroying them. #GazaGenocide

Rafah, in Gaza, on Google Earth, in 2022, left, and in 2026, right. (from https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/google-earth-gaza-images-update-b3057562.html)

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Kev @caoimhin1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

In fairness to Andy Starmer, it's pretty difficult to recognise something that's live streamed pretty much every fucking day

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 01/10/2026

Palestinians to bury remains of 105 people killed in Israeli attack on Gaza aje.news/dstod3

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Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026

Meigle's history and the prominence of the village in the ancient Celtic world is fascinating. The name 'Wanda' (pron: Vanda) - the local name for 'Guinevere' - is said to have originated here. Fun fact: I know a Wanda who lives just metres from Wanda's Mound, where the queen is said to be buried.

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Justin Stares @justinstares.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Of note on the EU list today: the US has formally told the Council of Europe it is leaving GRECO, the anti-corruption monitoring group. Only two countries have ever left before — Russia and Belarus. @profjacob.bsky.social

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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Around 700 prisoners will get early release today because the government wants to lock up more people. Pensioners protesting against genocide were convicted under terrorism laws & will remain in jail, while perpetrators of domestic abuse & coercive control get to resume their previous behaviours...

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Dr Negrin's Victory Pills @dr-negrin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🧵Neoliberalism now shares a lot of the features of a death cult. The ideology is so embedded that people are unable to comprehend that they are part of it, unable to engage with the idea that it has failed and that there are viable alternatives.

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The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist @bankwell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The pension payment in UK is amongst the lowest in Europe and this seems to be simply dismissed or ignored. But hey, who in politics gives a flying f..k given protecting the already wealthy is their primary goal - why else would almost permanent austerity since 2008 be a long term policy.

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Alina Pereverzieva 🇺🇦 @perevaa.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Wednesday morning feels exactly like Tuesday night. Air raid alert after air raid alert. Explosion after explosion. I can’t wrap my head around the fact that, in the 5th year of this war, Russia still has enough money and enough parts to keep pumping out this much flying shit.

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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The BBC has been showcasing the views of oil tycoon Jim Ratcliffe in every news show for the last 24 hours, noting that he's "one of Britain's richest men". Shouldn't this be "one of Monaco's richest men"? How about similar airtime for (say) one of Britain's poorest women?

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