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HardenStance @hardenstance.bsky.social · 3h
www.politico.eu/article/fren...
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French supermarkets face food crisis after cyberattack hits refrigerators
France’s cyber agency coordinating with European counterparts in response to hackers.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 5h
With all due respect, this is precisely what is wrong with the federal courts today. They should not be doing "everything humanly possible to give the government the benefit of the doubt."
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Eight years ago
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HardenStance @hardenstance.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Utterly disgraceful that his predecessors as Prime Ministers ducked, weaved and obfuscated on this, most likely Forest of stirring up the BREXIT hornet’s nest. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Andy Burnham says it is clear Russia interfered in Brexit referendum
PM says he asked question upon entering No 10 but does not reveal who gave him ‘clear answer’ that Russia meddled
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HardenStance @hardenstance.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
So it’s going to be live-streamed eh? Thank goodness we have the good ‘civilizational erasure’ folks to steer us out of the darkness. Is it towards the sunlit uplands or the city on a hill? I can never remember.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
You can read more of my interview with Frances Haugen here. It's taken Hollywood a full DECADE to even try to tackle Silicon Valley. The Social Reckoning is long long overdue & a chilling reminder of why we HAVE to regulate these bros. 6/ www.thenerve.news/p/frances-ha...
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‘We have a $1tn company acting desperate’: Frances Haugen on The Social Reckoning, Zuckerberg, and Facebook's growing fragility
The whistleblower whose explosive revelations about her employer inspired Aaron Sorkin’s new film tells Carole Cadwalladr that, despite Silicon Valley’s power, ‘we have the ability to change a lot of ...
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HardenStance @hardenstance.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This Labour MP’s career was spent hearing, debating, managing conflicting policy priorities. Interest groups, ordinary voters in favour of this andin opposition to that. AKA democracy. He takes Pete Thiel’s shilling and now people advocating against something risks “mob rule”. Truly disgusting.
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HardenStance @hardenstance.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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HardenStance @hardenstance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Well. This moved me. thehill.com/opinion/fina...
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United in debt: America has become a nation of fake rich people
An essay by John Mac Ghlionn examines the growing divide between Americans’ physical financial realities and the performative wealth displayed through social media and consumer credit.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
This is actually hell, right?
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Looks like we are back for another one of the recurring editions of: “Blame Witkoff without acknowledging that he is only doing exactly what Trump wants and with Trump’s total blessing.” We live in an age grounded in dishonesty and self-deception.
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HardenStance @hardenstance.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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The war that changed everything. On historical mistakes, the role of progress and the new world
The Russian-Ukrainian war has become the first major war on the territory of Europe, that has no analogues since the Second World War, and it is already part of human history. This is a history not on...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Think about what Fox hosts are now defending: A president who says that he will borrow $1.2 trillion more dollars to give everyone a check, which future generations will have to pay back, but only if his political party wins the next election. If they don’t win, you get nothing.
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HardenStance @hardenstance.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Grindr pays £26m to settle UK lawsuit over allegedly sharing users’ HIV status
US-owned dating app allegedly allowed ad firms access to private information in breach of UK law
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HardenStance @hardenstance.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Come see The Ryan Donegan Quintet in Kentish Town, September 13th. wegottickets.com/f/27035/
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Ryan Donegan
This Week at Grafton we are delighted to introduce an exciting new Tenor Player making his way onto the London scene. Ryan Donegan brings his newly formed quintet featuring, Theo Abbt, Jonathen Vel, T...
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 31/08/2026
Nationalisation is routinely dismissed as unaffordable. But does the £100bn-plus price tag for taking water into public ownership tell the whole story? Economist Richard Murphy argues politicians fundamentally misunderstand what nationalisation actually costs. @eastangliabylines.co.uk
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The nationalisation taboo
Nationalisation is routinely dismissed as unaffordable, but does that argument fundamentally misunderstand what bringing essential services into public ownership costs?
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HardenStance @hardenstance.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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HardenStance @hardenstance.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Come see The Ryan Donegan Quintet in Kentish Town, September 13th. wegottickets.com/f/27035/
wegottickets.com
Ryan Donegan
This Week at Grafton we are delighted to introduce an exciting new Tenor Player making his way onto the London scene. Ryan Donegan brings his newly formed quintet featuring, Theo Abbt, Jonathen Vel, T...
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Rep. Debbie Dingell @debbiedingell.house.gov · 25/08/2026
Let’s just call it Lake Natalie so we know you’ll start protecting our Great Lakes.
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Well, there we are Richard Tice
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Illia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
As I understand it, South Korea is perfectly fine with its totalitarian neighbor to the north gaining cutting-edge experience in modern warfare through direct participation in Russia’s war against Ukraine, while also testing and refining its missile weapons under real combat conditions.
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HardenStance @hardenstance.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
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This burning summer is the proof: the voices of climate denial aren’t just delusional, they’re deadly | Sadiq Khan
Look at our blazing forests and parched cities. Green policies aren’t a ‘luxury’, and we can’t burn more oil and gas. People need the truth, says London mayor Sadiq Khan
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HardenStance @hardenstance.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. Conformity is differentiation.
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HardenStance @hardenstance.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 24/07/2026
Most people arrested during Henry Nowak protests had been reported for domestic abuse
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Most people arrested during Henry Nowak protests had been reported for domestic abuse
Exclusive: Hampshire police data reveals 22 of 37 detained had been accused or convicted of intimate partner violence Most people arrested during violent protests after the sentencing of Henry Nowak’s murderer had previously been reported to the police for domestic abuse, the Guardian can disclose. Data released by Hampshire police under freedom of information laws shows that 22 of 37 people (59%) detained in Southampton after Vickrum Digwa was jailed for life have also been reported for crimes associated with intimate partner violence. Continue reading...
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HardenStance @hardenstance.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Embarrassing. Embarrassing for him. Embarrassing for the legal profession. Embarrassing for the Justice Department. Embarrassing for his former law partners (who have been embarrassed more than they deserve lately). Embarrassing for his family. And embarrassing for the country.
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HardenStance @hardenstance.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Wow. “Depending on who is speaking”. Look at this spineless crap from CNN. www.cnn.com/2026/07/13/s...
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 19/07/2023
Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface
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David Rogers @drogersuk.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Pretty shocking what is going on here, especially for all us who have worked to help stop spyware. mobilephonesecurity.org/2026/07/when... #mobile #security #ai #dma
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When good intentions facilitate the really bad guys
I’ve worked on many different mobile phone security projects over the years including spending a lot of time trying to help people with everything from mobile phone theft to dealing with spyw…
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HardenStance @hardenstance.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
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FCC votes to toughen rules in bid to better protect undersea cables
In an unprecedented move, the FCC also said it plans to mandate that owners and operators of submarine line terminal equipment (SLTE) be licensed.
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HardenStance @hardenstance.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I wonder whether Tommy Robinson and his thugs will be out smashing up the streets in protest at the sexual abuse of this woman by all these men? Ah. I guess not. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Paramedic and football coach among 13 men charged with abusing woman ‘drugged by husband’
Co-defendants in case against Stockport man in his 60s can be revealed after reporting restrictions were lifted
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HardenStance @hardenstance.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
This is exactly why they’ve ditched him. He’s almost completely ignorant of the basics of how power and authority actually works. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Keir Starmer tells cabinet he wants to ‘resolve difficult issues’ before leaving No 10 – UK politics live
Prime minister gives fresh indication of his intention to finalise and publish defence investment plan before leaving office
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HardenStance @hardenstance.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Oh no [Face palm]. Dude, would you ever read the room? He’s gone full-on Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction. I hope the Burnhams haven’t got a rabbit. www.thesun.co.uk/news/3944025...
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PM hints he'll offer Burnham Cabinet job in bid to save his own skin
SIR Keir Starmer today strongly hinted he will bring Andy Burnham into his Cabinet in a last-gasp bid to cling on in Downing Street. The PM made the job offer on the eve of the Makerfield by-electi…
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HardenStance @hardenstance.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
The 20th of Trump’s 35 “peace deals” getting way more coverage in the UK media than the BBC’s publication of evidence that the Russian government was behind the arson attack on the home of the Prime Minister.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
This morning scrolling Bluesky, there is nothing at all in my feed about Putin’s barbaric attack on the Ukraine’s holiest site, the UNESCO protected Lavra so I’m posting this here.
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
The fuel crisis has reached Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kazan. Some gas stations are now capping sales at 20 liters per person.
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HardenStance @hardenstance.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Wow indeed.
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HardenStance @hardenstance.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
If Amazon is investing more and more in AI data centres and the energy to power them, why wouldn’t Bezos try and position the company to retail energy services to consumers?
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DC🕊🌍🔥🌱 @dcminx.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
🚨 A network of Russian far-right extremists – created under the umbrella of a sanctioned oligarch close to Putin, and now openly promoted by Tommy Robinson – has been driving ‘White Lives Matter’ propaganda over the murder Henry Nowak. @bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2026/06/10/r...
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Revealed: The Russian Neo-Nazi Network Pushing ‘White Lives Matter’ Division in Britain – Promoted by Tommy Robinson
As riots spread across Belfast, Tommy Robinson promoted a movement founded by a sanctioned Russian oligarch, which has pushed white supremacist propaganda about the death of Henry Nowak
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Rowan Mitchell @rowanacm.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Grasses dominate Earth and feed humanity. I’m writing Planet Grass a book about how this plant family reshaped the planet. Please let me know about any new good research! #plantscience #plantevolution #ecology #botany
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Tom Rebbeck @tomrebbeck.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Goldman Sachs expects SpaceX’s AI revenue to increase 100-fold by 2030 “Goldman is expecting SpaceX’s revenue from its Starlink satellite internet service to be $144bn in 2030” So bigger than Verizon in 4 years time. Hmm. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Goldman Sachs expects SpaceX’s AI revenue to increase 100-fold by 2030
Projections by Wall Street bank underpin the $1.78tn valuation group is pitching in IPO
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Catalin Cimpanu @campuscodi.risky.biz · 02/06/2026
ENISA gets Mythos access www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Anthropic to Give EU’s Cybersecurity Agency Access to Mythos
Anthropic PBC is set to give the European Union’s cybersecurity body access to Mythos, the first EU agency to get access to the powerful artificial intelligence tool that officials fear may be used to...
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
BBC Question Time now doing exact same with AI they did with Farage? This ‘expert’ panel on AI is a disgrace: not one critical voice. Gilbert works for Tony Blair to promote AI. Jones is govt chief AI booster (& Blair flunky). Riparbelli is industry. Gawdat is ex industry. And a Tory MP
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
A President ordering the Justice Department to criminally investigate a woman who won a sexual assault lawsuit against him makes Watergate look like an unpaid parking ticket.
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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 27/05/2026
My attitude to Tony Blair's opinions on AI is informed by my total conviction that he barely knows how to turn his own phone on.
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HardenStance @hardenstance.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Blair’s essay bizarrely projects ‘business as usual’ in the U.S relationship with NATO. No mention of Trump’s overt support of Russia. Hard to know which is more staggering. Blair failing to acknowledge it. Or precious little mention of Blair failing to acknowledge it among the commentariat.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/05/2026
Neither Trump nor Putin has cards, writes @edwardluce.bsky.social giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Putin and Trump don’t have the cards
The wars Russia and America have waged in Ukraine and Iran are case studies in geopolitical self-harm
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Ciaran Martin @ciaranm.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
More from me on the alleged Russian hack-and-leak operation against the Reform UK leader, including a link to an interview with The Guardian www.linkedin.com/posts/cyberc...
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Nigel Farage’s Russian hack claim ‘without any merit’, former NCSC chief says | Ciaran Martin
The Guardian have published an interview with me in which I set out in more detail my view that if Mr Farage’s claims that the Russian state hacked his phone and leaked his personal information to a m...
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Ciaran Martin @ciaranm.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
If Mr Farage wants people to believe his phone was hacked by hostile actors “almost certainly linked to Moscow”, normal practice would be for the experts who examined the phone to be named (or at least their company) alongside some published technical evidence 1/2 www.dailymail.com/news/article...
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