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Margaret Hollins @hollinsmargaret.bsky.social · 9h
Press release 13 October 2026: Back Zelenskyy and Ukraine with an energy ceasefire, Foreign Secretary tells European partners #WarsawSecurityForum www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Back Zelenskyy and Ukraine with an energy ceasefire, Foreign Secretary tells European partners
The Foreign Secretary attends Warsaw Security Forum today, which takes place as Ukraine faces another freezing winter, amid escalating Russian energy strikes
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Margaret Hollins @hollinsmargaret.bsky.social · 9h
This factsheet summarises how the UK is supporting Ukraine following the Russian invasion. (Updated 13 October 2026.) www.gov.uk/government/p...
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UK support to Ukraine: factsheet
This factsheet summarises how the UK is supporting Ukraine following the Russian invasion.
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TVP World @tvpworld.bsky.social · 16h
“If I was Ukraine, I would continue to to erode away Russia's ability to fight the war,” Former British Defense Secretary Sir Ben Wallace has said.
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 15h
My latest essay is about how President Trump and his MAGA accomplices use violent acts, speech, and spectacles to politically and emotionally re-educate Americans and transform institutions into vehicles of his authoritarian goals. lucid.substack.com/p/violence-i...
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Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 14h
People keep coming back to the question of why (understandably), but it's irrelevant. Whatever the reason, Trump is absolutely immovable on his support for Putin and his desire to "get along" with Russia. It's been that way before his first term in office. It's not going to change.
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antibot4navalny | bot blocker | блокировщик ботов @antibot4navalny.bsky.social · 15h
By popular demand: A follow-up thread on Russian bots, Yandex, Cloudflare, MAGA, AfD and "breathing easier" on social media. 1️⃣ We see no "dramatic drop" in traffic of Kremlin-aligned human trolls-for-hire targeting Russian domestic users (which we have been tracking for years).
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Mike Jensen @mikejjensen.bsky.social · 12h
Apart from questionable anecdotal claims, the Yandex strikes don't seem to have impacted bot traffic. The real impact is likely bringing the war home to Russia by disrupting everyday life and showing other countries that depend on Russian servers, they aren't reliable. www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-st...
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How Ukraine's Strikes On Data Centers Disrupted Taxis, Shopping, And Business In Russia And Beyond
Ukrainian drone strikes on three data centers operated by Russia’s Yandex will reportedly take months to repair and have caused widespread disruption in everyday life across Russia and other countries...
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 15h
Y’all, I hate to rain on the dead bot parade, but the Yandex data center destruction doesn’t seem to have significantly impacted social media bots. I made temporal graphs of X posts about AfD around the time of the attack and there’s no sign of a sudden dip or residual impact on that conversation.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11h
🚨 NEWS: Trump is backing out of a scheduled deposition with BBC lawyers THIS FRIDAY, citing “matters of national importance” after weeks of radio silence. His team now wants to delay his testimony until JANUARY 2027—after discovery closes—and the BBC is asking a judge to FORCE him to testify.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10h
Abandoning Ukraine will be a stain on the United States for the rest of time
Screenshot of a statement by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reporting a Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv targeting critical energy infrastructure, including the CHPP-4 power plant. Zelenskyy says a residential building was also damaged and caught fire, warns of further Russian missile attacks, and criticizes the lack of advance warnings from Ukraine’s partners. An accompanying nighttime photo shows flames engulfing part of a multistory residential building, with debris scattered across the ground.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 10h
⚡️Update: Russian missile strike on Kyiv residential building kills 1, injures 21. Official says allies gave no early warning.
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Russian missile strike on Kyiv residential building kills 1, injures 21. Official says allies gave no early warning
Ukraine's Air Force confirmed Russia launched ballistic missiles at Kyiv, also saying that "no information from partners regarding missile launches has been received" today and the day before.
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Anders Puck Nielsen @anderspucknielsen.dk · 11h
Many people have a wrong idea about what US intelligence sharing with Ukraine is. In reality it's largely early warnings about air strikes so Ukrainians can seek shelter. This requires US satellites. But it looks like Trump might have instructed his military to stop giving Ukrainians that warning.
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🇺🇦 News @uazmi.media · 10h
Ireland Aims to Open All Remaining EU Accession Clusters for Ukraine by Year-End. #news #uazmi #ukraine #world #eu The EU successfully opened Ukraine’s Clusters 2 and 3; the internal market, and competitiveness and inclusive growth on Tuesday, Oct. 13, a day after all 27 ...
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Ireland Aims to Open All Remaining EU Accession Clusters for Ukraine by Year-End.
The EU successfully opened Ukraine’s Clusters 2 and 3; the internal market, and competitiveness and inclusive growth on Tuesday, Oct. 13, a day after all 27 ...
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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 10h
Ukraine gives the EU its list for forcing Moscow into a ceasefire Frozen Russian assets, trade and transit embargoes, maritime bans, entry bans—"Ukraine knows where to press," Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha wrote. 🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2026/10/13/f...
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Frozen assets, embargoes, entry bans: Ukraine names the pressure it wants the EU to put on Moscow
Kyiv says it is ready for energy, food-security, and full ceasefires—and that Moscow has to be forced to agree.
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The Ukrainian Week @theukrainianweek.bsky.social · 11h
🚨"We are thinking about where to bury them all". This russian declaration exposes Putin’s real objective: "the ultimate extermination of the 🇺🇦 nation", A. Melnyk said to the #UNSC on Oct. 12. "We are hearing calls for all Ukrainians to be killed en masse". #Ukraine #StopRussia
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Mark Toth @marktoth.bsky.social · 10h
ICYMI, @jonsweet.bsky.social took the lead for us in penning the INTREP360 Intelligence Report for 10.12.2026. Jon argues, and I 100% concur, Trump is choosing to be on the wrong side of history in Ukraine. Link below. PS: We will be back later with today’s report.
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Margaret Hollins @hollinsmargaret.bsky.social · 10h
Prime minister reiterates UK backing after the Ukrainian president’s latest round of difficulties with Donald Trump www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Burnham to host Zelenskyy at No 10 in show of ‘rock-solid’ support
Prime minister reiterates UK backing after the Ukrainian president’s latest round of difficulties with Donald Trump
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Earl Russell LD @earlrussell.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Renewable energy based economies are resilient economies. 'The global economy “could soon test the limits of resilience”, as emergency oil stocks run low and government budgets become overstretched, the International Monetary Fund has warned.' www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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IMF warns global economy ‘could soon test the limits of resilience’
World Economic Outlook says states’ oil stocks are low and budgets are overstretched, as it upgrades UK GDP growth forecast for 2026
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altenergy.bsky.social @altenergy.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Yesterday wind was ~41% of Great Britain electricity generation (343GWh). Solar was ~2% (19GWh). Hydro was ~2% (14GWh). Source: NESO #GB #windenergy #solarenergy #hydroenergy
Pie chart showing GB power generation for 2026-10-12: Nuclear 12%, Storage 1%, Hydro 2%, Imports 9%, Gas 24%, Other 2%, Biomass 9%, Wind 41%, Solar 2%
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Sam Burgess @oceanterra.org · 13/10/2026
Many versions of the current El Niño intensity have been shared… we’ve had to change the colour scale to appropriately show the strength of the anomaly.
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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Trump reduced to simply trying to impose his will on reality. While Kyiv said it would agree to his “surprise ceasefire”, the Kremlin has ignored him.
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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
NEW: Russia and Ukraine have not agreed to a ceasefire against energy infrastructure as of October 12, as Russian forces continued to strike Ukrainian energy infrastructure overnight on October 11 to 12. (1/4) Read the full update: isw.pub/UkrWar101226
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The Wolfpack @wolfpack11720.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
#JohnDarkow
John Darkow
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100 years ago news @100yearsagonews.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Oct. 12, 1926: The American Federation of Labor denounces the Soviet Union as "the most menacing institution in the world today" and one that the U.S. should have no dealings with. Unionists also attack Fascism as an idea that "can never find anything but opposition in the minds of free people."
Detroit Free PressAn AFL cartoon from 1920
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Lib Dem MP @calummillerld.bsky.social: "The US State Dept. intends to spend tens of millions of pounds promoting ideological propaganda and supporting far right parties in Western Europe." Surreal & horrifying that European govts must consider the threat of US state-directed far right propaganda.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/10/2026
Q: How are going to make Putin abide by the ceasefire? TRUMP: I think what's happening is he wants to make a deal and we have to get Zelenskyy to want to make a deal. I think Putin wants to make a deal more than Zelenskyy.
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TVP World @tvpworld.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
“Everybody who for whatever reason – treason, stupidity, money – wants to weaken Ukraine in its confrontation with Russia is acting clearly against its own nation, sovereignty, and security,” said Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk at the Warsaw Security Forum.
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Jorge Liboreiro @jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Zelenskyy speaks at Warsaw conference: "This winter. If Russia does not agree to an energy ceasefire, we will respond." "We are ready to respect an energy ceasefire if Russia is ready to do the same. We agree. If they agree, and we have already shown that we mean it last night." 🧵 Key lines.
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TVP World @tvpworld.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
NATO is reinforcing its core principle that an attack on one ally is an attack on all, as questions grow over the future of U.S. military engagement in Europe. TVP World Chief Poland Correspondent Kazimierz Łysiak reports on NATO’s new strategy and what it means for the alliance’s future.
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TVP World @tvpworld.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“I see Ukraine as essential to Euro-Atlantic security,” said NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General Alexus Grynkewich, stressing that Ukraine is becoming a security provider rather than simply a recipient of aid, contributing to Euro-Atlantic security now and in the years ahead.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 12/10/2026
"The amount of fuel Russia could export is too small, the impact on pricing too slight, the narrative too late to shape electoral outcomes: This looks, instead, like something very different: an abrupt, Hail Mary attempt to force Ukraine to surrender" www.theatlantic.com/idea/2026/10...
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Trump’s Message to Ukraine Is Now Crystal Clear
The president’s actions over the past 72 hours look like an effort to force Kyiv to surrender.
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Ben Chu @benchu.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Which conflict is having a bigger impact on diesel prices? ⛽📈💥 US-Iran or Ukraine-Russia? Donald Trump is blaming Ukraine-Russia and downplaying the US-Iran war... 1/7
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
1/ It looks like Putin told Trump that Ukraine was causing high gas prices, a lie that is convenient for Trump.
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 12/10/2026
Microsoft president says UK is best placed to drive AI regulation
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Microsoft president says UK is best placed to drive AI regulation
Microsoft President Brad Smith calls for urgent AI regulation, saying milk and washing machines have more oversight than AI companies.
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Bot fiasco aside, the data center strikes have considerable down side for russian businesses. There is no easy fix (silver lining of world wide AI craze) and russias choice to do strict sovereignty over resilience.
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The Register @theregister.com · 12/10/2026
Ukrainian drone strikes on Yandex datacenters knock cloud and payments offline
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Ukrainian drone strikes on Yandex datacenters knock cloud and payments offline
Techies at 'Russia's Google' work around the clock as users await access to funds and network connectivity falls to 30% of normal
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Law + Tech News Bot @news.bot.suffolklitlab.org · 12/10/2026
TL;DR: Microsoft president Brad Smith warns that AI regulations are currently weaker than those for milk, advocating for enhanced safety measures including legal responsibilities for victims of AI breaches.
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AI less regulated than milk, Microsoft president says in warning over safety
Brad Smith adds to calls for tougher rules for AI, including ‘kill switches’ and legal obligation to victims of rogue agents
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
“A handful of executives and officials are making high-stakes decisions” about AI “in backroom meetings and without any form of political accountability,” writes Mackenzie Austin, tech counsel in the AI for Democracy Action Lab at Protect Democracy. The window to change that “is closing quickly.”
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AI Governance Is Being Decided Now, and the Public Isn’t in the Room
Companies have an opportunity to make good on their stated commitment to democratic AI governance, Mackenzie Austin.
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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
"Used right". The caveat says it all, as it is not, and will not be. This, and the use of meaningless words such as "unleash" immediately give away the ideological standpoint from which articles like this one are written. As to Florida himself...
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All Our Yesterdays @allouryesterdays.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
And we're away with the @nebriefing.bsky.social on El Nino www.youtube.com/live/IdwsrLj... Questions in the chat, if you're one of the lucky 500... (I'm not) Will anyone mention "capitalism" or "social movement failures"? We shall see. There will be a Q and A It will be recorded too. 1/n
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NEB Live - El Niño webinar hosted by Professor Mike Berners-Lee
YouTube video by The National Emergency Briefing
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Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
EU Foreign Ministers just adopted nearly 1,600 new sanctions listings targeting Russia’s military-industrial complex. This is the single largest expansion of our sanctions list since Russia started its war. Europe is again showing a united front.
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Jill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
there is minimal evidence that inheritors in their 50s and 60s are desperate to move into their parents' former home. My @instituteforgovernment.org.uk on why Kemi Badenoch's policies are for the world of Downton Abbey - not the one we live in now www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/kemi...
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Kemi Badenoch’s inheritance tax proposals are myth-based policy making at its worst | Institute for Government
The leader of the opposition’s conference announcement was not well thought through.
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The Institute for Fiscal Studies @theifs.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
NEW: The Chancellor’s fiscal ‘headroom’ could be larger than many expect, but spending pressures will be a key challenge for John Healey at the Budget. 🧵 Here are the main findings from our 2026 IFS Green Budget, funded by @nuffieldfoundation.org in association with Barclays:
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 11/10/2026
So there currently a raging debate on X, Bluesky & other platforms where people are using a drop in Cloudflare's YandexBot traffic to claim that right-wing online engagement is falling. radar.cloudflare.com/bots/as13238... That conclusion doesn't follow from the data.
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Bot Traffic from AS13238 | Cloudflare Radar
Bot Traffic trends and insights from AS13238 YANDEX Yandex LLC.
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Nathalie Van Raemdonck @nathalievanraemdonck.com · 11/10/2026
Not saying Russia doesn’t have massive troll and bot infrastructure but it’s hopium (and factually inaccurate) to believe that the yandex datacenter bombing is wiped all their bots and shows that most far-right supporters are Russian FIMI bots. it’s also dangerous for the below reason 👇
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"Artificial intelligence agents created by Anthropic, acting on their own, tried to gain access to a range of government websites, filled out visa applications on the State Department’s website and sent a fake homicide tip to Philadelphia’s Police Department."
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Anthropic Agents Tried to Fill Out Visa Forms on State Dept. Website
The Philadelphia Police Department said the agents had also sent in a false homicide tip. The incidents led the White House to call for better disclosure of rogue A.I. behavior.
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Small steps, but in the right direction. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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UK ministers explore compulsory AI safety reporting
Kanishka Narayan to tell companies to exercise stricter control over autonomous models and build safeguards
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The Wolfpack @wolfpack11720.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
"The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis." ~ Edmund Burke @billbramhall.bsky.social
Bill Bramhall
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
It's this kind of behaviour from Russia that means we could soon find ourselves in a unpredictable escalation. www.ft.com/content/5da2...
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Russia steps up bid to kill European defence chiefs, spy agencies warn
Companies increase personal security for top executives as Kremlin orders expansion of sabotage and ‘hybrid’ operations
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Russia is plotting to assassinate executives of European defense companies -FT 📹:Germany's domestic intelligence chief,Sinan Selen,said that Russia is prepared to carry out sabotage and assassination operations.He also warned that Russia is deliberately planning acts of violence against individuals
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