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Still waiting for David Cameron to apologise.

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Jo @dinnersready.bsky.social · 16h
Nature and the environment need to be right at the top of the agenda, but I've heard precious little from any of the party leaders. Even the Greens. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Britons kept in dark about scale of climate crisis, say viewers of ‘first-of-its-kind’ emergency briefing
Nine out of 10 people felt motivated to act after watching film outlining threats to food security, economy and public health
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Jo @dinnersready.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Another nightmare for Brazil and thr Amazon rainforest. nhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/05/flavio-bolsonaro-brazilian-presidency-election-shock-first-round-victory?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Flávio Bolsonaro poised to win Brazilian presidency after shock first-round victory
Progressive voters and supporters of incumbent president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva left reeling after far-right surge
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Jo @dinnersready.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Is it a kind of twisted guilt which makes the Guardian try to smear Labour's reputation? I understand transparency and fairness, but this is one of a tiny number of more widely read media outlets which leans left... www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Recent lobbyist for Palantir had key role in helping Andy Burnham become PM
Exclusive: Martha Dalton worked closely with Burnham’s team on byelection that secured his return to parliament
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Jo @dinnersready.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So who's the murderer here? Taking another life is wrong, full stop. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Tennessee to execute a woman for first time in 200 years after governor denies clemency
Lawyers for Christa Pike, 50, convicted of killing classmate in Knoxville in 1995, ask supreme court to grant stay
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Jo @dinnersready.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Billionaire Jim Ratcliffe should keep Britain’s name out of his mouth
James O’Brien: The tax exile knows a thing or two about chemical companies – but that doesn’t mean his other opinions are valuable
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Jo @dinnersready.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Finally! This has been needed for years, along with an education for all of us on how to spot the bots and fakes. And xan we now see the Russia Report? And learn about Boris Johnson's links? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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New UK agency to fight ‘information warfare’ from likes of Russia, Burnham tells UN
PM aims to ‘stem poisonous tide’ of disinformation and deepfakes with National Centre for Information Defence
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Eamonn-Forde @eamonn-forde.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Oh, Viz.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Anyone supporting this motion is, at best, an imbecile. More likely they're a straight up cunt. If Polanski backs it, it would be an outrage. But even his failure to speak out against it is pretty damning. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Greens urge Zack Polanski to take stance on proposed policy declaring ‘Zionism is racism’
The Green leader has not spoken publicly about the motion, which is likely to be debated at the party’s conference in October
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Kremlev, the Russian who sponsored Don Jr's wedding, is a former member of the Night Wolves biker gang, went to China with Putin and is personally sanctioned by Ukraine for his role in abducting children. He praises Stalin on social media www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“Guys, they want us to go home.” 🔥 🇫🇷 French short film about what would happen to society if all the immigrants listened to angry old racist white men and left (aka the Republican agenda)
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
NEW: Cryptobillionaire Christopher Harborne - the man who gave Farage £5m - has quietly dropped his defamation suit against @wsj.com over this 2023 article 👇 1/
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Stop whatever you’re doing & watch this now! Reform’s magic money tree has been bust wide open. Huge kudos to undercover reporters Verbatim via @channel4news.bsky.social youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI?... huge
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Undercover: Exposing Reform's secret donations plot
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
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James Hawes @jameshawes.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
No, Elon: it was because the conquest of Egypt (in particular) suddenly made a few Romans so unprecedentedly rich and powerful that they destroyed the Roman Republic.
Elon Musk gets it wrong.
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
This might get underreported but take note. The USA has threatened to unleash economic hell of those who trade with Iran. The Chinese just called the US bluff. If the USA meekly accepts the Chinese rebuke (which it probably will), the US is acknowledging how weak it is. www.cnn.com/2026/08/21/w...
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August 21, 2026 — US gas prices up nearly a dollar from a year ago as Hormuz traffic remains low | CNN
China responded to US President Donald Trump’s threat of an “economic D-Day” against Iran, saying that sanctions do not “fit the interest of any party.”
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Jo @dinnersready.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Fascinating article on something I've been interested in for a long time. Psychopaths do so much harm, they walk among us, and we need to be able to identify them. Most of all, we need to stop them getting into power. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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How to spot a psychopath: ‘It’s like the difference between a domestic cat and a wild cat’
People with persistent predatory personalities cause an inordinate amount of pain. Recently, our shared understanding of them has grown – and it could help protect us
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Jo @dinnersready.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
@lbc.co.uk do you realise that making small boat arrivals your top story, yet again, you are fuelling the flames? Of a story which is way out of proportion. At least add that people seeking asylum can't come by any other means. #lbcnews #racistriots #rightwingpopulism
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Jo @dinnersready.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Of we're to stop giving £ and power to psychopathic greedy bastards, then this is exactly the kind of planning app which should be REFUSED. Otherwise, carry on feeding them. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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From occupied Crimea to Oxfordshire: the Kremlin links to new £600m UK theme park
Exclusive: Puy du Fou worked with under-sanctions oligarch on plans for Crimea resort longer than disclosed, and later courted Iran and China
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Jo @dinnersready.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I dunno - could it be more customers are 'preferring' to use chatbots because the sites are funnelling them there? Dealing with utility companies has been hideous for years, and looks like it's going to get even worse. Still, margins eh? www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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‘Customers prefer AI chatbots,’ says British Gas owner as 1,300 call centre jobs axed
CEO Chris O’Shea defends Centrica’s plans as it reports rise in retail profits following focus on bigger margins
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Jon Featonby @jonfeatonby.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
No arrivals by small boats for the last 10 days now. As of yesterday, 12,469 people had arrived so far this year across the Channel, down over 11,000 (47%) on the same time last year. More than 10% down on 2023 as well, which was when crossings were, by comparison to other years, lower.
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Just to recap: Calling Nigel Farage “an unflushable poo” = dehumanising hate speech. Calling for hotels housing asylum seekers to be set on fire = guest of honour at party conference. Bless those non-racist free speech warriors.
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Alan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Burnham is proposing Downing Street North. But don’t stop there. Create House of Lords North. Send them to deliberate in Rochdale or Oldham. Many will retire or resign. Sad, but I think Britain can take it. app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/74018/...
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Andy Burnham wants more power in the north—move the Lords there
For generations, governments have promised devolution while keeping every important institution in London. That can change
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Jo @dinnersready.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
A hige red flag here: these were the conditions of the concentration camps. This man doesn't care - or maybe enjoys the suffering? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Jenrick rebuked for not providing evidence to asylum detention inquiry
Former immigration minister criticised by inquiry chair for failing to give statement about ‘wretched’ Manston site
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Please sign & share.
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Jo @dinnersready.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Who are these arrogant people who think they own our wildlife? After the outrage over the Sycamore Gap tree, surely we can muster more fury over this annual slaughter? Sincerely hope they are caught. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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Predator or prey? The confounding case of the missing sea eagle
The UK’s biggest bird of prey has been compared to a flying barn door. So how can one fitted with a satellite tracker disappear near a hunting estate?
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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I did wonder if he would be going - Candace Owens’ husband and Reform donor George Farmed is at Putin’s economic festival this week - Farmer was TP UK, then Parler, he donated to Tories before switching support to Farage’s parties open.substack.com/pub/chadbour...
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Putin’s Puppets
The enemy within
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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Blair putting on full display what is in many ways his special ability - to lay out a political argument grounded in his own view of global trends (globalisation in the 2000s, tech in the 2020s). But… institute.global/insights/pol...
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The Labour Party Is Playing With Fire Over Its Future and the Future of the Country
In this essay, Tony Blair sets out the need for a new agenda for Britain.
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Alan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
We know that, under Trump, cowardice is contagious. But, with this week’s outlandish corruption, is the worm about to turn ? app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/73640/...
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Trump is a mentally unstable bully, but his spell has been broken
Republicans are finally standing up to a mind-blowingly corrupt president
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas and city center in 2021.”
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Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.
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Jo @dinnersready.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Why are we continuing to be so cruel and disrespectful to the animals which give us so much? Labels need to declare whether farm or factory. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Huge rise in factory-style dairy farming of ‘battery cows’ in UK as costs rise
Investigation finds number of dairy farms where cows cannot go outside has more than doubled since 2015
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
‘My phone was hacked by the Kremlin who exposed the £5m bung no-one is supposed to know about’ is certainly an interesting new angle.. I wonder if the journalist involved has broken any other major scandals? 🤔 Oh!
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Jo @dinnersready.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
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Oppressing women is how authoritarianism begins. So listen to what Reform is saying | Zoe Williams
We saw it when Russia jailed members of Pussy Riot, and again when the US overturned Roe v Wade: misogyny is a powerful political weapon. Let’s focus on fighting it, not ‘understanding’ it, writes Zoe...
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
I wrote this about Boris Johnson in 2021. It also applies to those, like Nigel Farage, who aspire to become prime minister. When a candidate for high office is taking millions of pounds in personal gifts, that is not a private matter. gladstonediaries.blogspot.com/2021/05/forg...
A prime minister cannot serve two masters. If a Head of Government is receiving large financial payments from a private donor, totalling tens of thousands of pounds, a democracy has a right to know. Those payments might be entirely innocent: a simple token of esteem, from one person with more money than he needs, to another with less money than he wants. But the public cannot make a judgement on that if the arrangement is kept secret.

We cannot know if the donor was bidding for government contracts, or lobbying for a change in their tax arrangements. We cannot know if they were looking for a seat in the House of Lords, or an appointment to a public body. We would not be told if they had received an honour, or access to ministers, or a regulatory change that saved their business millions.

The line from ministers seems to be that, so long as the taxpayer didn't pay, the source of the money is "none of our business". In fact, the reverse is true. It is because the taxpayer isn't paying that it is so important we find out who is. Who handed benefits worth tens of thousands of pounds to our prime minister, and what they might want in return?

A second line of defence notes that, when the story began to leak, the prime minister changed course and paid the bill himself. But that suggests that he knew the arrangement was indefensible. In that respect, it reinforces the importance of public scrutiny as a defence against misconduct. We do not know whether other such arrangements are in place. And we still do not know - because the prime minister refuses to tell us - from whom he initially accepted the donation.

If someone relieved me of a bill for £58,000, I would feel greatly in their debt. The only debt a prime minister should feel is to the electorate. If a prime minister cannot live on his official salary, but is dependent on financial gifts from wealthy patrons, we need to be certain that this is not coming with conditions that pit private against public interests.
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Dexter Crisp @dextercrisp.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Nigel Farage, as leader of the Brexit Party, stood down over three hundred candidates in the 2019 General Election, where the Conservative candidate would otherwise have been projected to win the seat. We now know that said Thailand based cryptocurrency billionaire paid him £1m just before he did so
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Mujtaba Rahman @mijrahman.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
So overall, only crumbs on the EU in Starmer's speech. Disappointing and the Europeans will be disappointed. There's a big opportunity with the EU given Trump 2.0 and Europeans diversifying their own relationships, but Starmer refuses to grab it
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
If you like data, here is something interesting for you: Bridget Phillipson interview on LK: 9m 40" LK number of interruptions/talking over: 31 Richard Tice interview on LK: 8m 23" LK number of interruptions/talking over: 9
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Not to excuse this, & it’s a while since I presented anything on the BBC, but I do recall noting an almost subconscious desire to disprove bogus allegations of bias by being particularly tough on Labour & Lib Dems (Ed Davey once complained!) This is another victory for right wing media gaslighting.
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Alan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
A wall of crypto money is powering Nigel Farage, both politically and personally. And much of the British media just shrugs app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/73421/...
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
It doesn't feel great today admittedly, but nothing is inevitable. Reform is beatable. inews.co.uk/opinion/dont...
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Don't be fooled by Farage's tricks, Reform is beatable
One of his most effective tricks is to make his victory feel inevitable. It is anything but
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Jo @dinnersready.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Obviously my political radar is tuned for this, but does it detect strong right-wing bias at @lbcnews.bsky.social? Will lead with small boats whenever poss, never mentions bad Farage stories more than once, and today has bad Labour & Green stories the day before council elections. Am I wrong?
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Jo @dinnersready.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
ALL OF THIS! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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What does Britain need from Labour? Not another new PM, but a government with the guts to take radical action | Polly Toynbee
There’s no point searching for a saviour without a genuine change in direction. Real courage is necessary – because Labour still has time to fix what is broken, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
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Jo @dinnersready.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Claire's beloved horse Tango died in terror when holiday-makers set off a firework display at a nearby cottage. Sign her petition to protect animals and vulnerable people from the shock and terror of unexpected explosions. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...
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Thousands are signing this viral petition after this beloved horse died
Claire's beloved horse Tango died in terror when holiday-makers set off a firework display at a nearby cottage. Sign her petition to protect animals and vulnerable people from the shock and terror of ...
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
It’s not just selfish -it’s a complete breach of the Budapest Memorandum in 1994 when the US and others encouraged Ukraine to give up its nuclear arsenal in exchange for these countries guaranteeing Ukraine’s borders. The US is duty-bound to assist in Ukraine’s defence or its promises mean nothing.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
I also missed this. My apologies. Follow Adam!
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
GB News repeatedly presented Reform UK and Conservative politicians and activists as being ordinary members of the public, without declaring their political affiliations. Byline Times investigation reveals pattern of behaviour by the Channel, but Ofcom still refuses to act
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GB News Hosts Reform UK and Conservative Politicians and Activists Posing as Ordinary Voters
The individuals were presented as ordinary members of the public, without informing viewers of their political affiliations, a new Byline Times investigation reveals
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Scott Pack @meandmybigmouth.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
You don't have to just send Reform leaflets back. I think you can send them anything at all. Potentially a great way of recycling any junk mail you receive. I also think they'd particularly appreciate postcards from the past.
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
The @nationaltrust.org.uk only rarely ask their members to take political action, but when they do, it’s seismic. Please take the NT’s action, email your MP demanding the Government protect 30% of the UK for nature by 2030: campaigns.nationaltrust.org.uk/page/186395/... bsky.app/profile/nati...
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Nature = Future
Please share this important action
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Jo @dinnersready.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Amazing though this is and some beautiful new photographs for our screen savers, what's the bloody point? And a moon base - why? Earth is the one that needs full focus right now. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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‘Just the beginning’: Artemis II crew splashes down after record-breaking moon flyby
The four astronauts touched down on Earth off the coast of California, concluding historic 10-day mission
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
This is a crucial report, shining a spotlight on the funding links between Russia, Hungary and the British mainstream right
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Incredibly, this would actually be a more embarrassing surrender for the US than the one Trump has attempted to impose on Ukraine.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 06/04/2026
Hitler was obsessed with adding a new wing to the Reich Chancellery—and it reflected his grandiose vision for Germany, Timothy W. Ryback argues.
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Hitler’s Edifice Complex
He was obsessed with adding an expensive new wing to the Reich Chancellery, part of his grandiose architectural ambitions for the nation’s capital.
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