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Iain Overton @iainoverton.bsky.social · 14h

The man accused of murdering Ann Widdecombe has also been charged with preparing acts of terror including against Reform UK leader Nigel Farage. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Widdecombe suspect charged with planning acts of terror against Farage

Counter terror police say the further charge comes after a "hugely intensive and complex investigation".

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Kemi Badenoch condemned Reform's ban on critical journalists covering their conference as "authoritarian", saying her own party would never do the same as "we believe in free speech. We believe in a free press." Now the Conservatives have banned Byline Times from their conference

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Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban

The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press

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Iain Overton @iainoverton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Imagine if the RAF Fairford story turns out to be a bunch of right-wing lads trying to show what ‘might’ happen if small boat migrants decided to attack a US base in the UK.

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Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · 29/09/2026

Join @iainoverton.bsky.social on Oct 6th for this #GIJNAcademy training to learn investigating the technology behind modern warfare from surveillance infrastructure and automated decision-making to the financial flows that make it possible. Register here ⬇️ twp.ai/9OaMBb

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Iain Overton @iainoverton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Why does political violence persist in democracies? DIViNE is seeking expressions of interest for 10 PhD positions exploring this question. AOAV is a partner in the network. Deadline: 10 October. Formal applications open in October–November. divine.unimi.it/what-is-divi...

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What is DiViNE? - DIViNE

Democracies are commonly seen as able to channel contestation through institutionalized processes and nonviolent action. Yet, democratic polities frequently experience a broad range of political viole...

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Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · 25/09/2026

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Iain Overton @iainoverton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Legend has it that, beneath the Lime bikes, you can still see the streets of London.

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Iain Overton @iainoverton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I sang this in the Spring but its an Autumn song: youtu.be/_0xvR8wWti8?...

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Cold When We're Apart

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Iain Overton @iainoverton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Ex Google “titan” spouting about AI war in an Economist puff piece sponsored by Anthropic. Totally normal.

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Iain Overton @iainoverton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Isaiah 38:1: “Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.”

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Iain Overton @iainoverton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

“The apocalypse is not now. It’s next.” @aoav.bsky.social speaks to anthropologist Ruben Andersson about the rise of the global security industry, and what happens when governments invest in anticipating disaster rather than addressing its causes. aoav.org.uk/2026/ruben-a...

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Ruben Andersson: Age of Security and the politics of fear | AOAVThe apocalypse is not now, it’s next: how fear became a global political and industrial obsession - AOAV

Ruben Andersson speaks to AOAV about Age of Security, exploring how fear fuels militarisation, surveillance and a politics of permanent emergency.

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Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · 21/09/2026

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Iain Overton @iainoverton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

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What is DiViNE? - DIViNE

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Iain Overton @iainoverton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

What is it with weird handshakes and these guys?

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Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · 20/09/2026

🤖 Modern warfare is conceived, financed & coded far from the battlefield. At #IJWeek, join this session featuring Dr Sebastian Ben-Daniel, @iainoverton.bsky.social, @tkbarnes.bsky.social, @sandrine-rigaud.bsky.social on how to investigate Tech and AI in conflict. 🎟️ twp.ai/9OaJrK

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Iain Overton @iainoverton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The other place is full of anonymous accounts upset that I don’t let them reply to my posts.

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Gareth0108 @gareth0108.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

@peterjukes.bsky.social I hope call of duty are paying fees lol

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Iain Overton @iainoverton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

If only we had as many articles citing British people fed up with billionaires as we do billionaires fed up with Britain.

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Iain Overton @iainoverton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

To be clear: all of these high ticket hires by Palantir, all of these headline appointments… they are all paid for by the UK tax payer. Massive salaries for the few in an age of belt tightening for the many.

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Max Colbert @mc00.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Not really surprised that Tom Watson has joined Palantir, given his previous role advising them and, as previously reported by me and @iainoverton.bsky.social in 2025, the fact that his firm, Lodestone, had them as a client in '24 bylinetimes.com/2025/04/25/p... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson joins Palantir

Peer takes full-time position at the controversial company as it fends off pressure from both Andy Burnham’s government and Sadiq Khan

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Iain Overton @iainoverton.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Trump to Send 40k Bombs to Israel in $2.8bn Deal novaramedia.com/2026/09/17/t...

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Iain Overton @iainoverton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Starmer ‘complicit’ in Trump’s Yemen massacre www.declassifieduk.org/starmer-comp...

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Ted @tednonumbers.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I guess at most some of them believe that climate change [and catastrophic effects from it] would be irreversible by the end of decade. [Does not seem to me like a good idea to use the previous successfully viral doomerism thread as a template]

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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes

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Iain Overton @iainoverton.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I’m not sure anyone of credibility is saying climate change could kill us all by the end of the decade. Over statements lessen the urgency of the need to act now as they seem hyperbolic.

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Iain Overton @iainoverton.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Corruption is the only word for this.

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Iain Overton @iainoverton.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Kyiv Institute for Nuclear Research, 1970s.

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Iain Overton @iainoverton.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The Impossible Struggle to Demine Gaza www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Dr Joanna Nadin @joannanadin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Heard a BBC vox pop (truly the bottom feeding of broadcast journalism) complain that the RNLI might not be able to get to ‘genuine people’ because they were busy rescuing from small boats. ‘GENUINE PEOPLE’. Imagine being that level of soulless d**k.

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