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Dave Against The Machine🏴 @johnbrownbread.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

It’s artificial intelligence. In fact, it’s not even intelligence. It’s an algorithm that simulates intelligence. I am a proud enemy and antifa supersoldier

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President Trump says anyone who uses the term "Artificial Intelligence" is the enemy.
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The White House considers anyone that uses the term, "Artificial Intelligence," as opposed to the highly accepted new and more accurate term,
"Super Intelligence," THE ENEMY! President
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 21h

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11h

“The dangers Trump and Putin face are so great they will go to any lengths to avoid them. They have no other choice.”

chadbourn.substack.com

The Next Three Months

Trump and Putin are now at their most dangerous

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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 2h

“Before we work on artificial intelligence why don’t we do something about natural stupidity?” - Steve Polyak

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Mary L Trump @maryltrump.bsky.social · 2h

Public Execution #petehegseth

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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 9h

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15h

good lord how can anyone be this whiny; are you not ashamed

Donald Trump writes on Truth Social: "This is the woman who received the Nobel Peace Prize over the Great United States of America, whose Representative, ME, settled eight Wars, and many other things. I know nothing about this woman, and neither does anyone else! In fact, to the best of my knowledge, no one ever heard of her other than the fact that she, very obviously, hates Israel. I don’t know what the woman has done. I settled 8 Wars, with letters being sent from every President and Prime Minister from the countries that I helped to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, and I’m about to settle, or win, two more, Iran and, Russia/Ukraine. They’re both happening at breakneck speed but, forget them, it’s the 8 that I’ve already settled, any one of which, in particular, Pakistan and India, would be far more than necessary to win the Nobel Prize. In actuality, I should have won 8 Nobel Peace Prizes, not just 1. The 8 Wars are:"

Donald Trump writes on Truth Social: "Cambodia and Thailand
Kosovo and Serbia
The Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda
Pakistan and India
Israel and Iran
Egypt and Ethiopia
Armenia and Azerbaijan
Israel and Hamas
Additionally, I stopped Iran from having a Nuclear Weapon, and blowing up the entire Middle East and, ultimately, far beyond! I saved more lives than anyone in History and, as Maria Corina Machado, a truly fine person, stated to the Media when she gave me her Nobel Prize of last year, “Donald Trump settled many Wars, and deserves the Nobel Peace Prize more than any person that has ever received it.” Based on my record of PEACE, a record like no one else has ever achieved, I agree! I got back all of the hostages in Israel, including the final 28, both living and dead, and worked with Hamas to"

Donald Trump writes on Truth Social: "PEACE, a record like no one else has ever achieved, I agree! I got back all of the hostages in Israel, including the final 28, both living and dead, and worked with Hamas to do it — Nobody believed this was possible! I removed the World’s Evil Dictator, Nicolas Maduro, from Venezuela, and am in the process of making Venezuela a rich Democracy. Likewise, with Iran, I stopped them from destroying Israel, the Middle East, and Europe. I am also preventing, on a constant basis, a War between South Korea and North Korea, and Japan and North Korea. Add China and Taiwan, and numerous other hot spots, which have not been involved in Wars, only because of President Donald J. Trump, and the United States of America. I am responsible for having NATO countries increase spending from 2% to 5% of GDP, creating a stronger alliance and defense, another thing that everybody said was impossible to do. I have negotiated the release, and secured the return, of more than 900 political prisoners from multiple countries"

Donald Trump writes on Truth Social: "another thing that everybody said was impossible to do. I have negotiated the release, and secured the return, of more than 900 political prisoners from multiple countries in Eastern Europe. Additionally, I have brought 196 hostages HOME from captivity, from all over the World, and did it without having paid a ransom, unlike Biden and Obama who would pay Billions of Dollars. On top of it all, I have created a soon to be very prosperous Arctic. Despite all of this, the Nobel Prize was given today to a liberal person who works at the United Nations, who nobody has ever heard of. In all of the Wars that I have settled, I never spoke to the United Nations—they were of no help. The United States of America, represented by me, as your President, should have received the Nobel Peace Prize, but didn’t. This is an indelible stain on Norway, one that will never be forgotten. The Nobel “Peace” Prize has been forever discredited by a handful of Radical Ideologues who are Anti-Democracy, and Enemies of Civilization! President DONALD J. TRUMP"

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"Stevieboy" @stevieboy1.bsky.social · 4h

It's time America got a new President.

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heleninsomerset.bsky.social @heleninsomerset.bsky.social · 1h

Koos Bekker’s journey with Naspers began through its partnership with M-Net. Bekker’s wealth is marred by the historical context of Naspers, which served as a propaganda machine during the apartheid era. www.theguardian.com/news/2026/oc...

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How a South African billionaire is turning a corner of Somerset into ‘one man’s estate’

Koos Bekker’s Newt estate encompasses luxury hotels, pubs and high street business, with local concerns including flooding

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Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 3h

It's important to recognise is that this *isn't* about the US getting "back" to business with Russia, because there's never been much US-Russia business of any kind beyond arms control. What the Trump admin is pushing for is an unprecedented alignment of the US with Russia.

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Louis 〓〓 @louishenwood.bsky.social · 9h

Trump's diesel deal is a flop Tim Armitage, investment strategist at Quilter Cheviot, said the first tranche equated to approximately 2.25 million barrels, and daily US consumption was around 3.8 million barrels, "so it won't make a material difference to pump prices in the US".

bbc.co.uk

Trump announces deal for Russian diesel as Zelensky calls it a 'gift to Putin'

Ukraine's president sharply criticised the move, calling it an "investment in war that must be ended, not prolonged".

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Lisounours @lise-l.bsky.social · 10h

Ils étaient mi-cerf mi-escargot, et re mi-cerf derrière

Image de deux cerfs allongés devant des rouleaux de foin

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 2h

Not hearing much from the Sound of Freedom crowd about this child trafficking operation, are we

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 2h

Average Labour lead now almost 5 points ahead of Reform....

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BirdLife Europe & Central Asia @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

WE WON. Lead in gunshot will finally be banned across the EU! Just now, the European Parliament approved in plenary the Commission's proposal to restrict lead in gunshot. This decision ends years of debate on one of Europe's most persistent forms of lead pollution.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Trump: "It's interesting -- China makes the windmills, but try finding a wind farm in China. There is no such." (China has the largest wind power capacity in the world!)

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Arthur ❌️👑 @iamarthurkotb.bsky.social · 8h

Texas has the most wind turbines in the United States, followed by Iowa and Oklahoma.

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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 8h

Badenoch’s £10bn ‘Britannia Shield’ defence system shot down by military experts The Tory leader’s plan to protect the UK has immediately come under fire over its lack of detail, potential effectiveness and cost ✍️ @xaviergreenwood.bsky.social bit.ly/3VFrdxv

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Badenoch’s £10bn ‘Britannia Shield’ defence system shot d...

The Tory leader’s plan to protect the UK has immediately come under fire over its lack of detail, potential effectiveness and cost

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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 10h

The Israeli army has bulldozed over 1.6 million olive trees in Gaza since the beginning of the genocide in 2023, threatening the livelihood and heritage of olive farming communities, and the survival of a centuries-old Palestinian cultural tradition. mondoweiss.net/2026/10/afte...

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After three years of genocide, Gaza’s olive harvest is going extinct

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Darby ✨ 💙💛 @darby72.bsky.social · 8h

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Nathan Nelson @nathannelson.co.uk · 10h

Scottish farmed salmon is the intensively barn-raised chicken of the sea. Enjoy it if you want, just don't kid yourself that it's at all ethical or sustainable, nice tidy fillets quite possibly trimmed from fish flayed alive by lice. youtu.be/d1i3-KHNvb4

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Gaslit: The hidden truth about salmon farming in the UK

YouTube video by Project Slingshot

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 9h

Take a look at this quote from 1942 about how the Nazis rose to power. It's by the Austrian author Stefan Zweig, and it describes exactly what's happening today — including the "dose by dose" methods of the Trump regime the apparent inability of Europe to react quickly enough to it." #FightFascism

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 8h

The people who screamed that children would be emotionally scarred by hearing a drag queen read “Jack and the Beanstalk” are OK with those same children watching Pete Hegseth’s livestream of a man getting his brains blown out by a bunch of guns.

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Ren Zelen @renzelen.bsky.social · 7h

He doesn’t know who Alfred Nobel was & not deserving something has never stopped him from trying to get it. He wants a peace prize because Obama received one & thinks he can get one even though he starts wars, supports wars (by Russia & Israel) & bombs girls’ schools & fishing boats. He’s an idiot.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h

Signs you’re a war criminal: You attack the court that goes after war criminals

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Peter Kay @theonlypeterkay.bsky.social · 13h

Public executions - used by dictators to instil fear and subservience to the regime. “ON 10 NOVEMBER 1944, thirteen German young people, including members of the Edelweiss Pirates from Ehrenfeld, as well as other fighters against war and Nazi terror, were publicly hanged by the Gestapo and SS.”

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I have an idea: Why doesn’t Trump get Putin to stop?

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Putin is playing Trump…again.

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854

Taxing Entrepreneurial Wealth: Evidence from
Norway, 2021-2025
Marius A. K. Ring
WORKING PAPER 35854|
DOl 10.3386/w35854
ISSUE DATE October 2026
Whether imposing higher taxes on business owners adversely affects business activity by constraining investment and inducing capitalist flight is a central question in the ongoing debate on how to tax the ultra wealthy. To shed new light, I exploit a series of related Norwegian reforms during 2021-2024 that increased dividend tax rates, removed migration-related capital gains tax loopholes, and nearly doubled the effective marginal tax rate on business wealth. These reforms spurred international debate and, allegedly, an "exodus" of Norwegian billionaires (Financial Times,
2023). While I document clear effects on migration, these responses are concentrated among the top 0.1% of the wealth distribution and mostly confined to 2022 and 2023. My results indicate that at most 100 individuals left due to the reforms. I find no evidence of significant outmigration or reduced inflows of startup founders or inventors. I estimate that absent any outmigration, wealth tax revenues would have increased by 75% from 2021 to 2024. Reform-driven outmigration lowers the revenue gain to 71.5%. My findings further show that outmigrating owners' firms remain economically active and do not reduce investment. In a broader set of analyses, I examine whether business outcomes are affected, regardless of whether owners outmigrate, since firms may reduce investment both due to liquidity constraints or distortions to owners' savings decisions. I compare firms owned by Norwegian individuals subject to the wealth tax with firms owned by foreigners and other tax-exempt entities. By merging historical ownership data from Orbis with the Norwegian shareholder register, I perform these analyses on both Norwegian and foreign-domiciled firms.
Across settings, I find no evidence that Norwegian-owned firms pay out more dividends or invest less after the reforms,…

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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 8h

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

For 14yrs, the Tories cratered our economy, added thousands to our cost of living, melted down public services and brexited us into decades of eye-watering expense and lost opportunity. That’s still their plan. With tax breaks for the super rich paid for by welfare cuts. So what TF is this headline?

THE TIMES

Thursday October 8 2026 | thetimes.com | No 75158

Tories will make you better off
Badenoch vows to scrap inheritance tax on family homes and abolish Labour's levy on properties worth more than £2m

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 9h

Huge respect for Caroline Lucas this week, repeatedly standing up to antisemitic entryism while remaining staunchly critical of Israel and the government's failures on that front. You can see why she used to be leader

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 7h

Countries imposing legal and/or criminal sanctions on nations, companies or individuals involved in the buying or selling of Russian oil: UK EU Canada Australia Japan New Zealand Norway Iceland Ukraine... Oh, and the USA. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Trump announces deal for Russian diesel as Zelensky calls it a 'gift to Putin'

Ukraine's president sharply criticised the move, calling it an "investment in war that must be ended, not prolonged".

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 7h

I want to grind this up and rub it into my gums.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 7h

A disgusting, horrific lie.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 14h

Death by a thousand cuts as universities revoke international offers "en masse" of prospective students from Bangladesh, Nigeria and Pakistan to avoid losing ability to recruit international students. More job losses and course closures predicted in consequence. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

giftarticle.ft.com

UK universities withdraw offers from international students to avoid blanket ban

Pullback comes in response to doubling in number of study visas being refused by the Home Office in the first six months of 2026

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

2015: Global condemnation of ISIS executions on YouTube 2026: And we go live to Pete Hegseth with this week's live stream of a firing squad.

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Hugo Clement Reporting for Quotidien

ALT: Hugo Clement Reporting for Quotidien

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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 14h

Farage - #ApologiseForBrexit "Brexit at 10: we fact-checked the promises. Here's what we found" 'We travelled to Dover to meet a haulier whose business has been hit by new red tape. We went to the Menai Strait in Wales, where a mussel farmer has lost almost everything ..." youtu.be/vC1AAv2cZ50?...

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Brexit at 10: we fact-checked the promises. Here's what we found

YouTube video by Channel 4 News

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 15h

Trump announces deal to import Russian diesel. Yet he imposed tariffs on China and India for importing fuel from Russia. 3 weeks ago signed law threatening 500% tariffs on India and China. Now facing midterm election defeat ... and Utter bankruptcy of Trump foreign, economic and other policies.

bbc.co.uk

Trump announces deal for Russian diesel as Zelensky calls it a 'gift to Putin'

Ukraine's president sharply criticised the move, calling it an "investment in war that must be ended, not prolonged".

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Kenny Campbell @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social · 14h

Isn't this great? An antique representation of my cat about five minutes after it discovers my delicious mackerel fillets

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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 14h

Fox hunters say foxes are vermin - but when they ran out, foxes were imported from France. I suspect Reform UK will soon be paying traffickers ... "Without the small boats, whose numbers are down by more than 40% compared with last year, Farage and Reform UK are nothing." via Truth Against Hate

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 14h

Aren’t they all repulsive… These corrupt, evil, traitorous men… Farage is particularly pathetic, in his little cap, selling us out to his monstrous sugar-daddy.

Photo of Trump and Putin shaking hands on their deal…

EUROPE
Zelensky furious after Trump announces deal to buy diesel deal from Putin

Trump and Farage grinning to camera. Farage wearing a Trump baseball cap. Loser.

Nigel Farage jets off to meet Donald Trump and 'talk down
Britain' over dinner
Mirror

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Maggie Duarte #fbpe @maggiedu.bsky.social · 14h

I struggle to find adjectives strong enough. Evil, murderous, definitely but their narcissism and/or psychopathy gives them such undeserved arrogance and at the same time no self awareness.

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Alasdair Cameron @alasdaircameron.bsky.social · 13h

The USA is not our ally - on Russia, Gaza, climate change, human rights, trade etc etc. Unfortunately. But it’s time for the UK (and Europe) to move on and build up their independence. That means independent defence, better connections to real allies, European solidarity and more net zero.

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