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Yaël Eisenstat @yaeleisenstat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
2/ Meta found guilty of lying about Cambridge Analytica & hate speech, violence + misinformation policies. Now they face up to $219 billion in penalties. It took years (and a lot of begging to be believed, while leaning on those who came before me for strength), but the public has finally spoken.
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Eight Years On, Cambridge Analytica Scandal Catches Up With Meta in Santa Fe
A jury found that Meta—then Facebook—misled the public in statements about Cambridge Analytica and its policies on hate speech, violence and misinformation.
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PWCoghlan @pwc50.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It's a well known fact that as far as the current US administration is concerned, corruption is what happens elsewhere #GRECO www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump has amassed staggering wealth in ‘most openly corrupt’ presidency
Ethics experts and Democrats express alarm as Trump uses office to grow his personal fortune to ‘unprecedented’ level
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨🚨 @coe.int of Europe said yesterday that the #US formally notified it that it would leave the Group of States against Corruption, or #GRECO. Only two other countries have left GRECO before — #Russia and #Belarus. The fall of the #US on the world scene is striking. apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com
US withdraws from European anti-corruption panel in latest shift away from global groups
The Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from a top European anti-corruption watchdog.
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. www.channel4.com/news/exclusi...
channel4.com
Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Hey Google, is the Earth flat now? Was the moon landing faked? When you acquiesce to an autocrat, by definition, you also rewrite history and science. Sickening.
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Me @finnk2000.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Huge thanks to @boothbygraffoe.bsky.social and Antonio Forcione in Alnwick this evening, both of whom I saw in Edinburgh many a year ago…. #pleasance #freshersweek. Still got it gents.
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Omar Artan might have been denied entry even after being granted a visa but his story and talent will be celebrated long after this racist administration leaves office. Viva Mr. Artan 💙
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Me @finnk2000.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
The clearest sign so far that they need to follow this through… www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
theguardian.com
White House urges UK not to ban social media for under-16s
Trump administration says restrictions could impose ‘disproportionate’ burden on US tech companies
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Chris Smith @ledredman.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Why are we holding the football world cup in a failed state run by gangsters? Oh yes I forgot, its because FIFA are totally corrupt.
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Me @finnk2000.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 20/05/2026
Early in the generative AI cycle, commentators said ChatGPT presented a major threat to Google’s search dominance. They misunderstood what was happening. ChatGPT set Google free, and allowed it to do things it already wanted to do. disconnect.blog/google-is-it...
Google’s power came from its dominance of search, and now that OpenAI had its own interface for people to find information, Google was supposedly in trouble. Microsoft’s Bing couldn’t steal significant market share from the king of search in the past, but expert commentators were certain that was about to change with ChatGPT. How wrong they were.

In November 2022, Google controlled 92% of the search market. By last month, it hovered around 90%. Not the decimation all those smart tech watchers predicted. That should have been obvious. As I argued at the time, those claiming to foresee a decline of Google had it all wrong: ChatGPT wasn’t a threat to Google; the release of the chatbot by a company outside the top echelons of the tech industry set it free.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 20/05/2026
ChatGPT was never Google’s biggest threat; it was always its own hubris. With Search now being sacrificed on the altar of AI dominance, the time has come for users to get serious about moving off Google services. It’s not only destroying its products; it’s trying to further degrade the web itself.
disconnect.blog
Google is its own worst enemy
In its bid to push AI, it’s destroying its products and trying to kill the web too
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Me @finnk2000.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
I gotta agree, speaking as a lifelong Celtic supporter. I take no pleasure from this latest title win, and it means another year of zero progress for Scottish football.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Worse yet, we have a president who's brain dead.
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Me @finnk2000.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
www.theguardian.com/business/202... This train looks dated before it has even launched….
theguardian.com
Delayed Great British Railways’ first station to open at Cambridge South in June
Station will be first to be given full GBR branding and will directly link city’s Biomedical Campus to London, Brighton and Stansted airport
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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
If you have a Mac, just use Safari. Chrome literally exists to facilitate various Google advertising efforts.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
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Me @finnk2000.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int... Proud to say that I read every single word of this excellent piece from @katharineviner.bsky.social. And more than happy to continue to donate and be part of the community. #journalismnotcontent
theguardian.com
How to survive the information crisis: ‘We once talked about fake news – now reality itself feels fake’
In this age of crisis, technology is pulling us apart. At its best, journalism can bring us together again, writes Guardian editor-in-chief Katharine Viner
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Thank you, Donald Trump!!! What would we ever do without your stable genius?
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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
There’s no “accused” about it - a politician being handed £5m IS a conflict of interest. Accepting such a gift is an open and shut case of not being interested in, let alone fit for, public service www.ft.com/content/6a56...
ft.com
Farage accused of ‘conflict of interest’ over £5mn gift from crypto investor
Rival parties highlight how Reform UK has proposed cutting tax and regulation on the digital assets industry
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Me @finnk2000.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Please someone whisper to Trump that he’s single-handedly given renewable energy the global boost it needed… www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
‘The damage is done’: global oil crisis has changed fossil fuel industry for ever, IEA chief says
Exclusive: International Energy Agency’s Fatih Birol, the world’s leading energy economist, also says UK should largely forgo North Sea expansion
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
This rant is GLORIOUS
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Jewish communities are living in fear amid rising antisemitism, including these appalling arson attacks. We must confront this. At the same time, antisemitism is being weaponised to shut down criticism of the Israeli government. Both are true. Both deeply concerning. Both Antisemitic.
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huronbluechief.bsky.social @huronbluechief.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
#Maddow Reality Check Break
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Akela Cooper @akelacooper.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Reupping this cause it’s evergreen and I feel better knowing someone out there called him out like this
A screenshot of an opinion by Oliver Kornetzke from August 18th, 2025. There’s a photo of a tired, bloated Donald trump over the opinion that reads: behold. The festering carcass of American rot shoved into an ill fitting suit: the sleeves of economy, man, the cowardice of a draft dodger, the gluttony of a parasite, the racism of a clansman, the sexism of a back alley creep, and the greed of a hedge fund ghoul – all spray painted orange and paraded like a prize hog at a country fair. Not a president. Not even a man. Just the diseased distillation of everything this country swears it isn’t but has always been – arrogance dressed up as exceptionalism, stupidity passed off as common sense, cruelty sold as toughness, greed, exalted as ambition, and corruption worship like gospel. It is America’s shadow made flesh, a rotting pumpkin idol, proving that when a nation kneels before money, power, and spike, it doesn’t just lose its soul – it shits out this bloated, obscenity, and calls it a leader.
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Cranky Cracker @timmyturmoil.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
He's the first to be the worst ever president. Twice.
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The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Thousands of young Europeans are set to explore the continent this summer with free rail passes funded by the European Union – but British teenagers will once again miss out. Those Brexit benefits...
thelondoneconomic.com
Young Europeans to be given free rail passes this summer... unless you're British
Tens of thousands of 18-year-olds across Europe will travel the continent for free this summer under the DiscoverEU scheme.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Love to see this: A new poll conducted in Hungary has shown that JD Vance's visit to Budapest caused Putin puppet Viktor Orbán's party to LOSE 3% of its support. ⬇️
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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Impossible to disagree with a single word that Ben Rhodes (Obama era NSC official) is saying here:
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
A reminder that this is the same "unhinged" war and President the Daily Mail has spent weeks berating Keir Starmer for not joining and following
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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
That someone known as “Catturd” is a leading online MAGA ideologue should tell you everything you need to know about the movement. Elon Musk took over Twitter, the most political of the social media platforms, to boost this rightwing vulgarity at the expense of real news and discourse.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
I feel much more anger towards the British pundits & politicians who failed to understand the depravity & derangement of Donald Trump than I do the ones who failed to understand the idiocy of Brexit. But it doesn’t really matter because they’re exactly the same bloody people.
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Me @finnk2000.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
I am inherently against…., BUT I have no doubt that some of the AI created books would be hugely preferable to some of the human-authored rubbish that sees the light of day. Celebrity books = lazy publishing. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
I wrote a novel using AI. Writers must accept artificial intelligence – but we are as valuable as ever | Stephen Marche
Mastery of banal style is losing its usefulness – but language is more powerful than ever. It’s up to the writer to do what machines can’t
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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
If you’re still supporting Trump, it’s no longer a political choice. It’s a statement that you don’t care about morality, legality, or the truth.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
RUBIO: “Imagine if Iran spent billions on its people instead of weapons... They’d have a much different country.”🤔😕 Unreal. @marcorubio Do you even hear yourselves? Your shameless hypocrisy is killing us
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Askme @askme99.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
True that. Putin agrees.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Not the first time Melania has had to drop her price.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
It's just unreal how little thought or planning went into starting a new massive war in the Middle East.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 23/03/2026
Breaking News: The Trump administration will pay a French energy giant nearly $1 billion to abandon its plans to build wind farms off the East Coast.
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Trump Administration to Pay $1 Billion to Energy Giant to Cancel Wind Farms
In exchange, the French company TotalEnergies would invest in oil and natural gas projects in Texas and elsewhere.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
The real story… under any other president this would be jail time…
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Armando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
I know, I know. Here we are again.
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Andy Adams @flakphoto.news · 21/03/2026
Yes — “The older I get, the more I realize, I don’t want a busy life. I want a deep life. Slow mornings. Focused work. Calm people. Meaningful progress. Good books. A quiet mind at night. Nothing flashy. Nothing trendy. Just a life that feels good to live. Depth over noise. That'll do.“ Karun Pal
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Market manipulation. The timing of Trump threats (usually Friday nights) then backing down (usually early Monday mornings) on war and tariffs tell you all you need to know.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Never in my life have I believed Iran state media over our own government. Until now. That’s not being “unpatriotic,” it’s having a brain that functions.
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Christine Moretti @christine520.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
This says it all ⬇️
AOC calling out the evil but incompetent trump regime and the evildoers
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
NEW: This new report, from BBC, is the best takedown of the insanity of Trump you will see anywhere. Calm, coherent and repeating only Trump’s own words. Devastating. Brilliant work once again from Roz Atkins. (🎥 BBC News)
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 18/03/2026
the Norwegian campaign against enshittification is pretty great tbf vimeo.com/1168468796
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The Ensh*ttificator
Digital products and services keep getting worse. In the new report Breaking Free: Pathways to a fair technological future, the Norwegian Consumer Council has delved…
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 19/03/2026
🎡London’s economy is; 📉 £30 billion smaller than if the UK had stayed in the EU 💼 Employment in the capital is down 230,000 jobs 👪 The average family is about £3,500 worse off, he argued.
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UK should rejoin EU, says Sadiq Khan as France opens door to return to Single Market
The capital’s economy is £30 billion smaller than if the UK had stayed in the EU, says the London Mayor
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