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Joining the dots, filling in the blanks. Interests - The present, the future, and the past. #NAFO

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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 7h
Churchill specifically wanted ‘corkscrew’ thinkers. He believed that the Germans were too conventional, conservative. Too ‘straight’ Geoffrey Pyke. Prolific inventor. Very beardy and weird Turing. Code breaker. Gay. Dudley Clarke. Invented SAS. Bonkers. Cross dresser
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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 4h
I am really baffled by how many colleagues, analysts and journalists didn't see this coming
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 7h
@katiephang.bsky.social is having so much fun with this lawsuit and I'm here for it.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 18h
From Politico. That motion is absolute fucking poison and by failing to stand up to it, the Greens have allowed that poison to seep into the party.
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DotDotDotDash @dotdotdotdash.bsky.social · 17h
Hip and knee exoskeleton?
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Lucy Fisher @lucyfisher.ft.com · 01/10/2026
EXC: British govt is searching for a UK alternative to Palantir, as the PM’s “buy British” push triggers hunt for homegrown replacement for the controversial US software group in NHS and MoD w/ @chris-smyth.bsky.social & @laurahughesft.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/9a6e...
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Andy Burnham searches for UK alternative to Palantir
Prime minister’s ‘buy British’ push triggers hunt to find replacement for controversial US tech group awarded health service and defence contracts
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
She escaped her Nazi husband (disguising herself as her own maid became a Hollywood star, then co-developed a radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes - the principles of which are incorporated into today’s Bluetooth & GPS technology. BOMBSHELL: THE HEDY LAMARR STORY (2017)
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 01/10/2026
Bonds on the splash again lads. They only do this when they are very upset
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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
F*cking hilarious. Like listening to Hitler joking with Heydrich about Zyklon B not working.
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Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I am sure this advert, running in the middle of Time’s interview with Trump, is purely coincidental.
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DotDotDotDash @dotdotdotdash.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hmmm...
Complete clown.
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Keir Giles @keirgiles.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
First aid and defibrillator training night in the village. I expected updates to CPR best practice. What I didn't expect was the instruction NOT to do the breathing part of CPR if no masks/dams, because of likelihood of communicable diseases like tuberculosis, now once again a problem in the UK.
A defibrillator case. Empty because we were training on it.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
ICYMI — Hegseth and Trump are turning the 🇺🇸 military into a Christian army. Seems like this should be a bigger deal 🤷🏼 (As we accuse other countries of being religious fanatics) (H/T @atrupar.com)
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yeah, we’ve only been warning about this *forever*. #Cassandra
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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hardly a surprise Hegseth is saying this stuff so publicly now, when one of the Pentagon influencers has: • Called women a "pestilence" • Praised dictators like Pinochet and Franco • Said only people with children should be allowed vote www.wired.com/story/a-pent...
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A Pentagon Influencer Called Liberal Women a ‘Pestilence’ Who Will End Western Civilization
Kurt Schlichter was part of a task force rooting out so-called woke ideologies at the military’s war colleges. He has called to bar childless adults from voting.
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Rob Crank Photography @robcrank68.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Time for all the #Corvids to pop into the limelight, for #ThursJay. So here's a set consisting of Jays, Crows, Jackdaws & Magpies from various venues. #birds @rspb.bsky.social #photography @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social #CanonR5mkii #ukbirding #ECK #NatureTherapy #birdphotography #CorvidLife #wildlife
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Stephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Mind-boggling, indeed.
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Toby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🚨It was only a matter of time before the good people of the BIS got around to looking at AI circular financing www.ft.com/content/8787...
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Is circular financing in AI a problem?
Only if the wheel stops spinning
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 30/09/2026
The Pentagon is notifying millions of current and former U.S. military servicemembers and staff that hackers stole their *unencrypted* personal information during a months-long data breach. The agency that had the breach also handles ID and login/credential access to U.S. military systems and bases.
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Hackers stole millions of US military personnel records during months-long data breach | TechCrunch
The Department of Defense notified millions of current and former U.S. military personnel that their personal information had been stolen in a months-long breach.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 30/09/2026
Footage released by Ukraine’s 3rd Army Corps shows Russian soldiers taken prisoner during Operation Vivaldi. The corps says 250 Russian troops were captured during the offensive, including members of entire units that surrendered. Some POWs said they had struggled to survive. #Ukraine
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Shaun Pinner @shaunpinner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
More than four years on, Russia has achieved none of its stated reasons for invading Ukraine. Over 250,000 Russian dead identified by name, 1.5 million casualties, and around 1,500 more sacrificed every day. Yet the warmongering and imperialist land grab continues….. www.reuters.com/world/russia...
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EXCLUSIVE: Russia raises 2027 military spending by 27%, budget documents show
Russia plans to spend $202 billion on defence in 2027, the highest figure since the ‌start of the war in Ukraine in 2022.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
As well as the ranting Islamophobia here, the basic facts are wrong - the Foreign Secretary explicitly disagreed with BDS.
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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Having a nice time - saw lots of bears.
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Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ex-NCA officer must repay £1.8m of Bitcoin stolen from criminals
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Ex-NCA officer must repay £1.8m of Bitcoin stolen from criminals
Paul Chowles from Bristol took cryptocurrency seized in an investigation into a dark website.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 29/09/2026
Meta's "Muse" launched with a nasty zero day flaw that gave hackers the ability to spy on Mac users, openly gives root access to people pretending to be Muse agents, and invited strangers over to another guy's house without telling him
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Meta's Latest AI Product Is A Terrifying And Hilarious Mess
Authoritarian-friendly mass surveillance has never been more adorable
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 30/09/2026
‘Strong indications’ Iran was involved in RAF Fairford incident, says Burnham ft.trib.al/6yHmqXs
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‘Strong indications’ Iran was involved in RAF Fairford incident, says Burnham
Prime minister says UK is working closely with US administration following release of five suspects on bail
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DotDotDotDash @dotdotdotdash.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
America . gov about that Play Minecraft thing... theendpoem.com End Poem by Julian Gough (enter Minecraft as name)
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RUSI @rusi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This winter isn't just testing Ukraine's resilience - it's testing Europe's, as Russia escalates pressure on European grids, with cyberattacks the most credible threat.
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Testing Europe's Resolve: The Growing Threat Against European Energy
As the Hormuz crisis strains supplies, Russia is likely to test Europe's resolve this winter, with cyberattacks on energy infrastructure the most credible threat.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
❗️Today, Russia used a special warhead (KRSN) on a jet UAV, - "Flash". Such a warhead was created to destroy high-voltage poles and iron bridge structures. KRSN consists of a main warhead weighing 40 kg and four destruction modules. Enemy's plans include attacking important high-voltage power lines.
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
IWM liked it so much we put it on our poster in the 1930s.
Imperial War Museum poster PST 4624
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Janne M. Korhonen @jmkorhonen.fi · 30/09/2026
Fun fact: later it was determined that dazzle camouflage, while a novel idea, was not as effective at shielding ships from u-boats as keeping them in dry docks.
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 30/09/2026
careful, now www.ft.com/content/5c1c...
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AI debt surge raises risk of sharp market correction, warns Bank of England
Governor says regulators ‘cannot stand aside’ and assume AI industry will resolve the risks it presents to financial system stability
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UK 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇦 □ @ukbastard.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Moscow was plotting assassination attempts on Garry Kasparov, Ilya Ponomarev, and others читайте подробнее на сайте "Диалог.UA": www.dialog.ua/world/moskva...
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Москва готовила покушения на Гарри Каспарова, Илью Пономарева и не только – El Mundo
Российские спецслужбы развернули масштабную кампанию по подготовке покушений на самых влиятельных оппозиционеров РФ.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In 1977 ALEC GUINNESS told Michael Parkinson a story about a chance meeting with JAMES DEAN in Hollywood & having been shown Dean’s new car how he shared with the young actor a premonition that if Dean drove it something awful would happen. DEAN died in a car accident 71yrs ago today, aged 24.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Problem with the triple lock is it's unsustainable in the long-term (just mathematically) + it's incredibly senstitive to economic shocks. Better just to say we want the pension to be X% of earnings + make it generous enough to live.
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 30/09/2026
"Progressive rhetoric" suggests he really didn't put much research in before he launched this deeply shabby attack.
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Luke Baumgartner @lbaum94.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hegseth is a deeply insecure man with GWOT-era “cult of the operator” syndrome who will stop at nothing to make sure that it’s everyone else’s problem.
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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 30/09/2026
Make America's Military Dumb Again
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A Ukrainian Air Force F-16 in action, engaging and shooting down a Russian aerial target over Ukraine.
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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Most TV is just this now.
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Alistair Coleman @alistaircoleman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Meanwhile, in extremely smooth necked family photos: (L-R) Turkmenistan President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, Daghan (a horse), Kerimguly Berdimuhamedov (Serdar’s son - if you look really closely he’s really there), Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.
As described.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”
Document signed by Trump, Sundar Pichai
Google
Dario Amodei
Anthropic
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta

Greg Brockman
OpenAl

Elon Musk
XAI

Jensen Huang
nvidia “Unites States”
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DotDotDotDash @dotdotdotdash.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
MI5 issues Espionage Alert - CGTRI 中国通用技术研究院 Published date: 30 Sep 2026 www.mi5.gov.uk/mi5-issues-e...
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MI5 issues Espionage Alert - CGTRI 中国通用技术研究院 | MI5 - The Security Service
MI5 has issued a Security Service Espionage Alert stating that the primary purpose of the CGTRI 中国通用技术研究院 is to fund research that directly improves Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS) technical ...
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“The next day, FBI staff received an email reminding them that October is cybersecurity awareness month.” open.substack.com/pub/spytalk/...
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Kash Patel Has Gotta Go
The ShinyHunters cybertheft of FBI personnel files should be the last straw
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is testament to No.10's frankly astonishing degree of political competence. A policy which was branded electoral suicide 48 hours ago now showing signs of robust popularity.
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/09/2026
Trump’s new AI website is kinda fun, it turns out.
Can the president use taxpayer funds to air his old campaign ads on TV?

No. Federal appropriations law has long barred using taxpayer funds for political advertising.
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DotDotDotDash @dotdotdotdash.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
US Super Idiot signs executive order before dozing off again.
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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Fritz has an ENORMOUS collection of fossils in his cellar.
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WIRED @wired.com · 28/09/2026
Six of the nine independent experts on the advisory board of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism—a consortium run by several of the biggest US tech companies—resigned on Monday, according to a letter seen by WIRED and interviews with three of the people.
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Meta-Led Anti-Terrorism Group Faces Mass Resignation of Expert Advisers
Meta and other tech giants are pushing through structural changes at the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism that outside researchers allege will weaken oversight of an already embattled consor...
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
THE PRISONER — this iconic TV series first aired 59yrs ago today.
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