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The richest man owns X. The second richest man owns The Washington Post. The third and fifth richest men control Google. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And the eighth richest man now owns both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

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Paramount takes over Warner Bros in $110bn Hollywood merger

The merger of two of Hollywood's biggest movie studios comes after months of legal disputes and concern over competition

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The far right are *never* responsible for their own actions.

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Grant Jacobs BioinfoTools/NotJustDNA 🔬🧬🖥️✍️📚🇳🇿 @notjustdna.bsky.social · 7h

Russia/Ukraine/wider These drone strikes on ships off the coasts of Romania and Bulgaria in NATO member exclusive economic zones have sunk two commercial cargo ships and damaged another. The strikes are likely from Russia.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 11h

It's almost like putting a quack anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist in charge of the nation's health policy has consequences. "The United States has now had more measles deaths in the past two years than we have had in the previous three decades combined...": www.ms.now/news/pennsyl...

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Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak is the largest in decades in the U.S.

The state has surpassed 1,000 measles cases this year, health officials said Monday, making it the largest outbreak in the U.S. in more than three decades.

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Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · 8h

Ever since I first saw it, this scene has epitomised Amerlcan elegance for me. I wrote a short story about it for Radio 4 (never broadcast) and it's why I drink Gibsons even though nobody who works in a bar these days knows what they are. A perfect scene - RIP Eva Marie Saint.

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Dr_Aust_PhD @draustphd.bsky.social · 11h

Hypocrisy is for the *little* people. Like taxes. How people can be taken in by Reform is... baffling.

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Dr_Aust_PhD @draustphd.bsky.social · 11h

I've done nearly 40 years on the academic staff of a UK big city Univ that often features in the 'world's top 50-100 Unis' rankings. I've never earned over £60K. The minimum salary for full Professors here is £76K. So I would say £100K pa is pretty lavish. Though clearly not for financial journos.

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mseviechops.bsky.social @mseviechops.bsky.social · 12h

Kemi Badenoch has breathtaking self confidence and literally zero self awareness. Her sense of grandiosity is truley remarkable. I wonder if she’s been on some sort of weird course on developing personal self superiority. If she did - she was ripped off.

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Alan Rew @alanrew.bsky.social · 12h

The Private Eye covers featuring Archer are well worth viewing.

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Dr_Aust_PhD @draustphd.bsky.social · 11h

Amused by this, esp. as the author of the letter, by then a Senior Editor, interviewed me for a job at Nature in 1999. [I didn't get it.] Also reminded of how Paul Lauterbur (Nobel for MRI) always joked that Nature published his key paper 'even though they said the reviewers didn't understand it'.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This proves only two things. The Ukrainian campaign against Russian refineries is causing serious damage. Putin has asked Trump to help him out and the US president obliged.

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Dr_Aust_PhD @draustphd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The Tories are idiots in thrall to the fossil fuel industry.

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Dr_Aust_PhD @draustphd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Did they not Abx her & anyone else nearby, then? That does sound odd. Unless she didn't report it in case she got into trouble. That kind of thing happened in USSR days. I read a book by ex-Soviet biowar virologist Ken Alibek where he descr'd treating himself to keep an accidental exposure secret.

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Dr_Aust_PhD @draustphd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

You just can't get the staff.

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Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 05/10/2026

I went to the optician's this morning (ouch £) and when I was choosing a new frame said to the assistant that the key requirement was that they did not look like pervert glasses and they laughed and nodded. The name is now official!

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "How long do you think its going to take for people to forget you ran the country for 14 years?" Helen Whateley, "Kemi has published an essay called The Right Way, really thinking about what's gone wrong with the country" 14 years of Tory austerity 🤷‍♀️

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Dr_Aust_PhD @draustphd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It's a cult. Note also that 2026 Tories ignore large chunks of the Thatchbag's views that they now find inconvenient. E.g. Thatcher saw the EU's Single Market as a major achievement. Mrs T also supported the ECHR, which Bonkers Badenoch wants to withdraw from, as guaranteeing 'individual freedoms'.

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I love talking our country down While offering no solutions Because I’m a grifting gobshite Who likes to incite unrest Small boat crossings are down 44% Deportations are the highest in 10 years Immigration is 82% lower But who needs facts When you can make up lies

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Kate Watson @loreandordure.com · 05/10/2026

The Baltics are, I fear, reading the tea leaves correctly.

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Dr_Aust_PhD @draustphd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I would suggest the French and Italians are just more tired of the Brits being an endless pain in the arse.

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Dr_Aust_PhD @draustphd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Hear hear. If you want to see what passes for humour on the far right, remember Trump parodying someone w. cerebral palsy, and his supporters guffawing with him. The rest of us have humour. The far right has cruelty. Think Romans laughing at gladiators butchering prisoners in the arena.

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Dr_Aust_PhD @draustphd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

See pretty much any Trade Union. Certainly true in UCU, where the crank left SWP-and-friends lot on the 'Higher Education Committee' frequently vote for things the wider membership doesn't want. E.g. the late 2024 HEC vote rejecting the '4 fights' deal we'd spent yrs striking for. Last straw for me.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

As long as the Tories are threatening to leave the ECHR, they aren’t a serious party. Consider it the ultimate red flag. Any party who’d take this entirely unnecessary and ruinous risk with our rights and our country’s security and wellbeing should never get its hands on power. (Letter, Times)

Value of the
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Sir, In dangerous times, serious countries do not retreat into splendid isolation. They build alliances, multiply their influence and strengthen institutions. Key among those is the 46-member Council of Europe, at its heart the European Convention on Human Rights.

As former independent reviewers of terrorism legislation we have seen at close quarters that the ECHR is not just a human rights instrument. It is a national security asset. Terrorist networks, hostile states, organised crime gangs and people smugglers do not respect borders. Tackling them requires arrangements for the closest possible co-operation with our neighbours, including through joint investigations and police access to European passenger, fingerprint, DNA and vehicle data.

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Grumpy Philosopher @stevecooke.org · 05/10/2026

Amazing! Apparently, we can blame a lack of recruitment of overseas student on universities not spending enough money on consultants. Government immigration policy & hostile environment not mentioned (Covid & Brexit given a nod). Less of an article more of a plea to give parasitic consultants cash.

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Bijan Parsia @bparsia.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This is a fundamental issue with “active member” controlled organisation when the active member are a small proportion and there’s no representation of the wider membership. You *are* subject to capture. You will often go in goofy direction. Exhausting people becomes a standard tactic.

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Dr_Aust_PhD @draustphd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

WTAF? The son and proxy of a man whose supporters refused to accept that he had lost an election, and who had planned to stage a military-backed coup to stay in power when he got voted out. Now imagine one of Trump's dimwit sons as Donnie's political successor

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James Hawes @jameshawes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Hey AI, I’m moving house. As I wonder where to take my family in this small historic city, with its narrow streets, is there some easy way to tell if the potential neighbours are complete AHs who I would surely hate? Why, thank you!

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LeithMotive @leithmotive.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

We're maybe a day away from Kemi attacking the National Trust, aren't we?

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David Anderson @bricksilk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Letter printed in The Times today

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Dr_Aust_PhD @draustphd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Mine was an episode of the 1960s kids cartoon series Jonny Quest in which the characters are pursued by an Egyptian mummy. Had occasional nightmares about walking mummies for years afterwards. Next thing after that were the Cyberman menacing the 2nd Dr Who, which I think dates it to 1967.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

“Nobody knows more about demonstrating the Dunning–Kruger effect than me.” —Donald Trump

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It's interesting that the typically non-commital statement by Burnham about Brexit has nevertheless produced a tsunami of pro-Rejoin statements from businesses, organisations and leaders across Britain and Europe. If Burnham squanders that, he'll never be forgiven. #RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺

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Dr Zoid @drzoid.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The 28 year old lab worker apparently broke a test tube containing the pathogen and subsequently died. Why the f**k were they using glass test tubes to work on extremely dangerous pathogens? Crazy.

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Danny Fearns @dannyfearns.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The Tory Party spent 15 yrs running down public services. They hollowed out every public service to the point of collapse, they profited enormously from the Covid pandemic, they went through Prime Ministers like a game of musical chairs. They're saying they will get it right next time.

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Grant Jacobs BioinfoTools/NotJustDNA 🔬🧬🖥️✍️📚🇳🇿 @notjustdna.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

For my non-scientist followers who missed it, the Nobel Prizes come out this week. You’ll probably see me write a few words on them. As long as they’re not incredibly boring. Does that ever happen? (I’m kidding!)

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Dr_Aust_PhD @draustphd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Vladimir Putin is the Russian Hitler.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 04/10/2026

While Farage slurps oysters and sips champagne with billionaires, the people elected to represent Britain’s communities are walking out the door. Read here: www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/nige…

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Just a reminder that these Haitian immigrants in Springfield -- who came here legally, did everything they were asked to do and more -- became a target of federal crackdowns because the white nationalist vice president shamelessly spread racist lies about them.

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J.D. Vance Defends False Claims Against Haitians: 'If I Have to Create Stories… That's What I'm Going to Do'

J.D. Vance defended his debunked claims that Haitian immigrants are eating pets in Springfield, Ohio.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 04/10/2026

Calling alleged rape “bad decisions” isn’t a defense of due process. It’s victim-blaming dressed up as an op-ed. If anyone thinks the Cornell 7 are experiencing an unfair rush to judgment, imagine if they were Black men. There would be another Trump-style Central Park Five ad. Or worse.

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Dr_Aust_PhD @draustphd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Now waiting for Mr Fromage's 'pure cold rage'. And... ...waiting. For Nigel.

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Not a virologist, but when I speak wth journalists about the impact of measles I always make sure to mention immune amnesia as a thing they might follow up because it is so goddam scary

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Dr_Aust_PhD @draustphd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Oh dear. Presumably Zacky Baby didn't want to show up, make a personal stand, and then lose - negative vibes etc. But simply dodging something so serious for the party, and so clearly personally meaningful for a Jewish man... doesn't give 'good vibes' either. All smarm/charm and no heart/guts.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A thread about a great cat, and the post-retirement creative evolution of a great artist, in 20 images...

My late cat The Bear in a box marked Hotel California, realising he can check out but he can never leave.

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Chris Hewson @chrishewson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Absolutely. The coalition they've formed over the last few years was never going to hold, but watching them accelerate towards disaster is quite something.

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Dr_Aust_PhD @draustphd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

As you say, they've all left to join the Greens. Average age of those turning up to meetings of our local Labour branch is well over 60. Probably over 65.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

President Stubb: I want to remind everyone is that the Russian military was not capable of modern warfare when this war began, but now they are. So they are also gonna be much stronger when they regroup after the war. Our relationship with Russia will be very different.

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Jim Woodgett @jwoodgett.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

If you’re a scientist and install Muse, you are sharing everything you’ve ever privately written down and that anyone has privately written to you. The genAI companies have exhausted publically available and copyrighted writing and are now sucking up everything else. It will never be enough.

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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 04/10/2026

UKR: We’re hitting Russian oil refineries. RUS: In that case we’re going to aim missiles at your civilians. US: OMG. There must be an immediate ceasefire … that stops attacks on oil refineries.

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