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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11h
Recruitment boss accused of being behind ‘doxxing’ campaign against RNLI and anti-racism activists
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Recruitment boss accused of being behind ‘doxxing’ campaign against RNLI and anti-racism activists
Tom Watson, of Worcester, alleged to be behind Big Time Charlie X account that created so-called Traitorbase The owner of a recruitment firm has been accused of being at the centre of a so-called “doxxing” campaign against the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), anti-racism activists and business executives who recruit black, Asian and minority ethnic workers. Tom Watson, from Worcester, is alleged to be behind an X account calling itself “Big Time Charlie”, which was deactivated shortly after he was named by the campaign group Hope Not Hate. Continue reading...
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Meidas Sassy™ 🐬 @filosia.bsky.social · 11h
Friends, Sad news! Our dear friend #MajorJasonWatson will face a historic general court-martial, the military's most severe trial! He remains in pretrial confinement. His attorney told @cnn.com the conditions amount to "cruel and unusual" solitary confinement. Want to help? Keep posting about him!
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Attorney: US moving forward with general court martial of airman | CNN Politics
Air Force Major Jason Watson will face a historic general court-martial—the military’s most severe trial—following his high-profile July arrest for calling for President Trump’s impeachment in uniform...
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 12h
Look at the graph of US support for Ukraine, and how it disappeared when Trump entered his second term. The Russia hoax was never a hoax
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The Listening Politician @barmanpolitics.bsky.social · 11h
McDonald's really is an unethical company. If you're not already boycotting US companies (you should) then this is a good reason to steal clear of McDonald's. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Fishing company behind Filet-o-Fish devastates Alaska salmon and Native communities
‘We have this big void in our lives right now,’ said the commissioner for the Yukon River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission. ‘We’ve never had a generation that hasn’t had the opportunity to learn and be ta...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23h
Zelenskyy issues a statement responding to Trump’s deal with Putin to lift sanctions to purchase Russian oil and diesel.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
All authoritarian cults resemble one another. All democracies are democratic in their own particular way.
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europeanlover.bsky.social @europeanlover.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Former ICC judge Navi Pillay wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize
Navi Pillay, a former ICC judge who oversaw a UN report that concluded Israel committed ​genocide in Gaza, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday "for her efforts to promote peace and international law".
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europeanlover.bsky.social @europeanlover.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
One wonders why … www.reuters.com/world/us-imp...
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EXCLUSIVE: US imposes sanctions on ICC hours after former judge wins Nobel Peace Prize
The Trump administration has long been hostile to the court and has previously imposed sanctions on its prosecutors and judges.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026
Trump tries to start a race war: "The once Great State of Minnesota is being taken over by Somali Immigrants ... The Somalians should not be allowed to get away with what they are doing. They view you as weak and stupid people. Fight back Minnesota, fight back!"
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europeanlover.bsky.social @europeanlover.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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This is a fine idea!
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 05/10/2026
NEW: After unlawfully firing FBI agents that worked on Trump cases, Patel's FBI is arguing that the reason they can't release Epstein redaction training videos featuring agents is because "assignments to cases are not by choice." Read my latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...
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ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · 05/10/2026
trump once again confusing antarctica with greenland (no penguins in greenland unless he’s shippin ‘em in)
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Early voting is already underway in some states. From now until Nov 3, I urge you all to... 1) Help get out the vote 2) Protect our electoral machinery from interference 3) Not succumb to complacency, defeatism, or cynicism We are the only ones who can end this nightmare.
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 05/10/2026
A disease we eliminated is back. There have been over 1000 measles case in England this year with 3 deaths, and one in six children aren’t fully vaccinated. Here’s why.
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Tots, bots, measles and the surging distrust in vaccines
How does the decline in take-up of the measles vaccination tell a tale of our times?
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Jack Smith’s hearing earned headlines last week But his former deputies were winning big battles in court at the same time My latest ====>
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europeanlover.bsky.social @europeanlover.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Legal risks pile up for Altman as OpenAI uncovers dozens of hacks
Cyber security incidents involving company’s AI tools leave ChatGPT maker vulnerable to wave of lawsuits
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europeanlover.bsky.social @europeanlover.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Revealed: Government quietly dropped plan to prepare England for wildfires
FOI request shows wildfire risk scheme scrapped, as data highlights many fire services lack proper protective gear
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europeanlover.bsky.social @europeanlover.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Incinerated novels and destroyed warehouses: Russia’s war on Ukrainian books
A Ukrainian publishing boom sparked by the 2022 invasion is now under threat from the force and frequency of Russian attacks
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Another NEW development in my case against AG Todd Blanche: he has now filed a Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings, trying to get rid of my case at this stage of the lawsuit. Blanche must be a glutton for punishment because he just recycles the same losing arguments. youtu.be/32RC_CPlZhI?...
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WOW!! AG Blanche BEGS Judge To DISMISS My EPSTEIN LAWSUIT!!
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
New Soft Landing podcast: 'Liberals and Liberalism', with the one & only @iandunt.bsky.social. We look at liberalism today, under constant attack from populism. We also cover: Andy Burnham; Trump; binary thinking; the need for belonging; even men who cry... rolandmcs.substack.com/p/podcast-li...
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Podcast: Liberals and Liberalism with Ian Dunt
The state of western liberalism today, under constant attack from anti-liberal right-wing populism
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europeanlover.bsky.social @europeanlover.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Live updates: Voters in Brazil head to the polls to select a new president
Voters in Brazil head to the polls to select a new president. Incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is seeking a fourth term against his rival, Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 03/10/2026
MAGA is OBSESSED with presidents who are crooks. They elected Trump twice and now they're spending tax dollars to rewrite RICHARD NIXON'S legacy. They're revisiting Watergate because it's the only time that a president's party has told him to stand down. And that's something they're incapable of.
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europeanlover.bsky.social @europeanlover.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“country, the centrist, pro-European and pro-Ukrainian leader can now form a coalition without the populists.” www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
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Latvian PM Kulbergs' party achieves a historic victory, pushing populists to the margins
With 35.3% of the vote, an unprecedented result for any political party since 1990 in the country, the centrist, pro-European and pro-Ukrainian leader can now form a coalition without the populists.
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europeanlover.bsky.social @europeanlover.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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1 in 8 cancer cases are caused by infections, underscoring the importance of vaccines, experts say
Four pathogens account for most infection-related cancers, a new study highlights, but the tools to prevent them range from well-established vaccines to treatments still under development.
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Zoë Crowther @zoecrowther.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I hosted an in-conversation with AI minister Kanishka Narayan at Labour conference We covered a lot of ground... He said there was too much AI “doomerism” in Westminster And revealed he has used synthetic AI focus groups to gauge public opinion on a range of topics 1/9
Zoe Crowther and Kanishka Narayan speaking at an event hosted by ThinkLabour at Labour Party conference 2026
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europeanlover.bsky.social @europeanlover.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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europeanlover.bsky.social @europeanlover.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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How deep do AI relationships really go? An expert in attachment theory explains
Can AI-human connections ever meet the psychological criteria of attachment – the relationships that hold people’s lives together?
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europeanlover.bsky.social @europeanlover.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Why MAGA hates and loves Europe
Three big reasons explain the New Right’s hostility to Europeans
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europeanlover.bsky.social @europeanlover.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Jared Kushner has a $2.45bn recovery plan for Gaza
But the board of peace’s grand promises ring hollow in the strip
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europeanlover.bsky.social @europeanlover.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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‘It’s shocking really’: Devon community tracks River Dart sewage spills
Citizen environmentalists create online platform that flags spills in real time and highlights repeatedly polluted spots
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europeanlover.bsky.social @europeanlover.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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‘Elon is my prophet’: how Musk’s Doge team took a wrecking ball to Washington
When the new ‘department of government efficiency’ sent young techies to disrupt federal agencies, not everyone complied. Here’s what happened when one worker fought to protect immigrant data
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Since Suella Braverman is trying to exclude many of us from England, here’s my family story from seven years ago to push back against this ethnonationalism This is My England, and Yours: Reclaiming Englishness bylinetimes.com/2019/12/18/t...
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This is My England, and Yours: Reclaiming Englishness
Now that English Nationalism has been unleashed, Peter Jukes argues that we must all try to restore England's buried civic tolerance and historic diversity.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 03/10/2026
Which power will ultimately prevail? As in the 19th-century struggle between the UK and Russia, the answer may depend on forces beyond either’s control, says Rana Foroohar: ft.trib.al/ffLIz1Z
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I strongly believe schools should bring children together rather than try to impose one religious identity on them. If you agree - please add your name and call on the Education Secretary to introduce inclusive assemblies for all, and to keep dangerous Christian Nationalism OUT of our schools.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The term “remigration” is associated with the extreme right and only came into widespread usage in 2023-4. Even Germany’s AfD avoided using the term in 2024 for fear of scaring away voters. Today the US government is celebrating the “victories” it’s racked up in the “ethnic cleansing” column.
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Net negative migration for the first time in HALF a CENTURY.
Americans are amassing victories NEVER seen before thanks to President Trump.
We will continue to grow our efforts to fulfill the mandate given to this administration.
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ASYLUM DENIAL AT 94%
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 02/10/2026
🚨 BREAKING: HOPE not hate has uncovered plans by neo-Nazis to disrupt an anti-racist demo in Birmingham this Sunday. On the 90th anniversary of Cable Street, they claim they will mobilise dozens of masked neo-Nazis. hopenothate.org.uk/2026/10/02/n...
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National Socialist Collective exposed: Nazi militants set to target anti-racists on Cable Street anniversary – HOPE not hate
HOPE not hate blows the lid on a new outfit uniting some of the most active and extreme neo-Nazis in the country. The National Socialist...
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europeanlover.bsky.social @europeanlover.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Advice from former Head of Sexual Offences Section at New Scotland Yard. www.instagram.com/reel/Dd9FREF...
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 02/10/2026
Hey, Suella, leave them kids alone. A school's job is educate children, not force them into religious worship. Keep Christian Nationalism OUT of assemblies, classrooms, and the curriculum. Agree? Sign our petition today 👇 humanists.uk/action/keep-...
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Keep Christian Nationalism out of our schools
Reform UK wants to force every school to sing Christian hymns – and says there will be ‘consequences’ for schools that refuse. Add your name and help us defend inclusive education. Reform UK has unvei...
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europeanlover.bsky.social @europeanlover.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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It's true: this is my final column. You have exactly 24 hours to complain before my inbox self-destructs | Marina Hyde
Yes, after 25 years I’m signing off, and I’ve cherished every moment – especially storming the French embassy with a (toy) AK-47, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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europeanlover.bsky.social @europeanlover.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Qatar Has a Message for the ‘Troublemakers’ and ‘Saboteurs’ Blocking Peace
When war engulfed the Middle East, Qatar became a target. Now Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani is trying to keep diplomacy alive between bitter enemies.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 02/10/2026
The family of Renee Good, the 37-year-old who was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, is suing the U.S. government. At a news conference, Good's loved ones, including her partner, Becca, said they're seeking accountability and change.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
On LBC talking about Kemi Badenoch's banning of @bylinetimes.bsky.social from Conservative conference after calling such bans of journalists by Reform UK "authoritarian" and an assault on free speech www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps4T...
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Adam Bienkov on LBC with James O'Brien talking about being banned from Conservative conference
YouTube video by Adam Bienkov
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 02/10/2026
Palantir protesters didn’t expect to see a counter-protest yesterday: “This is not the software that the NHS needed,” one protester said, "it's the contract they wanted and got after years of lobbying." 📩 Sign up to our free newsletter to receive this weekend’s latest investigation into Palantir.
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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 02/10/2026
Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison announced that upon closing his company's merger with Warner Bros Discovery next week, the combined entity will be named Skydance, CNBC reported on Friday.
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David Ellison says combined Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery will be named Skydance, CNBC reports
Paramount Skydance ​CEO David ‌Ellison announced ​that ​upon closing his ⁠company's ​merger ​with Warner Bros Discovery ​next ​week, the combined ‌entity ⁠will be named ​Skydance, ​CNBC ⁠reported on ​Friday.
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europeanlover.bsky.social @europeanlover.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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bylinepodcast.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New Episode 'Propaganda as a War Crime...' - the latest in our mini series from @trpforjustice.bsky.social - with Janine Di Giovanni & Peter Pomerantsev Intro; @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/0cE6... YouTube: youtu.be/1VUvTOlzigE
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Propaganda As A War Crime: The Reckoning Project Pt 2
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🚨🚨Under-reported but strikingly radical #enlargement proposal from the @ec.europa.eu where the EU would offer unprecedented "gradual integration" into the EU SM and access to research programs for candidate countries, while their applications are being worked on. www.politico.eu/article/ursu...
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EU to offer single-market access to candidate countries
Economic benefits would be conditional and can be taken away if non-members backslide on democracy or share sensitive tech with unfriendly governments, the plan says.
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europeanlover.bsky.social @europeanlover.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.euronews.com/2026/10/02/b...
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Brazil probes alleged US plan to fund far-right causes in the country
The investigation comes as both Lula and Flavio Bolsonaro prepare to contest each other for what is being described as a consequential election in Brazil, that could shape the developing economy’s for...
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europeanlover.bsky.social @europeanlover.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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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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europeanlover.bsky.social @europeanlover.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Putin has told military leaders to abandon rules of war, Zelenskyy says
Ukrainian leader tells FT his Russian counterpart has given the order that ‘there are no rules now’
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