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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 18h
1/ China is displacing Russia as a supplier of military equipment to Central Asia. With Russia's own military-industrial complex under sanctions and with heavy domestic demand due to the Ukraine war, China is now ideally situated to replace Russian defence exports. ⬇️
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RUSI @rusi.bsky.social · 12h
Europe is fighting a hybrid war with a one-dimensional toolkit. Our new report by Dr Louise Marie Hurel and Dr Gareth Mott argues cyberattacks demand a broader political response. It proposes a 52-tool framework across diplomatic, economic, and military instruments, sequenced to adversary behaviour.
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Beyond ‘Cyber' in Deterrence: A Multilevel Framework
This paper presents a multilevel framework for cyber deterrence, integrating cyber and non-cyber tools to counter threats and enhance national security.
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George Pearkes @peark.es · 17h
I see we're in the "socialize the losses" phase of the Chinese property unwind (finally; it's taken half a decade) *CHINA TO SUBSIDIZE INTEREST PAYMENTS FOR FIRST-HOME MORTGAGES
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 12h
Finally, a Prime Minister has admitted Brexit has done 'more harm than good'. Burnham has promised to lay out "the different options" for what a new UK-EU relationship would look like. EU membership is the only option that delivers £92 billion of growth. Help us ensure Andy takes that option. 👇
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Help us Fight to Restore our EU Membership - Best for Britain
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11h
Long bond 5.61%. 👀 @cnbc.com
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 16h
American Liberals and Leftists should not be surprised if America faces a lot of scepticism even after Trump is gone from Canadians, Europe and the rest of the world as long as Democrats and DSA preach norms of international law they refuse to implement towards their own country
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026
Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map.
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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW: Saudi and Yemeni government-aligned forces may be targeting senior Houthi and Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) missile and drone experts and military commanders. (1/10) Read the full report: isw.pub/IranUpdate09...
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Ukraine Advocate 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.eurosky.social · 22h
Operational update, 08:00, 29 Sept 2026 — Day 1,679 of the full scale invasion of #Ukraine, yesterday 213 combat clashes in 24 hours. russia launched 86 air strikes (253 guided bombs), used 9,883 attack drones, and fired 2,415 shelling attacks (32 MLRS).
Dark-themed infographic in Ukrainian, titled "Орієнтовні втрати противника" ("Estimated Enemy Losses"), with orange and white text listing Russian military losses from February 24, 2022 to September 29, 2026 — including personnel (~1,532,500), tanks (12,388), armored vehicles (25,463), artillery systems (50,498), UAVs (538,702), aircraft (443), helicopters (356), and cruise missiles (5,118) — over a blurred background of military personnel. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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Image source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW: Ukraine’s 3rd Army Corps publicized details on the third phase of Operation Vivaldi in the Lyman direction. (1/9) Read the full report: isw.pub/UkrWar092826
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Chris Meder @evcurvefuturist.com · 21h
Plug-in #EV share of new passenger-car sales/registrations around August 2026, counting BEVs + PHEVs/EREVs. The remarkable thing isn’t Norway approaching 100%. It’s who else is on the list. Different continents. Different incomes. Different grids. Different governments. Same technological S-curve.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 21h
I give you the annotated version of the RBA statement (just in case you want to know what they really mean) thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
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The RBA has raised rates again. Here’s what its statement really means
Greg Jericho, Chief Economist at the Australia Institute, annotates the RBA’s latest statement, breaking down what the central bank is really telling us.
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 21h
“russia plans to spend 17.1 trillion roubles ($202.58 billion) on defence in 2027, around 27% more than the 13.5 trillion roubles originally budgeted and the highest figure since the ‌start of the war in Ukraine in 2022, government documents seen by Reuters showed on Monday.
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The Analyst @militaryanalyst.bsky.social · 21h
IRAN WANTS DEAL BUT OFFERS NOTHING NEW AS INTERNAL RIVALRIES INCREASE The Trump regime has declined Iranian offers becaue there have been no changes to the offer they made in June. Meanwhile the Supreme Leader seems to be absent and his failure to balance the groups inside Iran is leading to
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Lewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
To cross streams a moment, Mulhouse’s city population is just over 100,000 and the agglomeration nearly 250,000. It’s considerably smaller than Preston and it has three tram lines and one tram-train. The trams seem well-used (60,000 passengers a day). Why can’t we have nice things too?
A yellow tram at a stop on a tree lined avenue  There are green hoops over the tramway.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Thames Water: Andy Burnham should nationalise this failed monopoly. The entire water industry has failed. Must be nationalised. It is similar story in the energy sector. Profiteering, low investment. Privatisation has deepened cost of living crisis.
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The Guardian view on Thames Water: Andy Burnham should nationalise this failed monopoly | Editorial
Editorial: Bill payers should not fund another rescue for financiers of the water industry. Public ownership can end the cycle of extraction and failure
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Chris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · 21h
Mediapart has published a treasure-trove of anti-semitic writing allegedly from the RN second-in-command, really damaging stuff. Of course it is all being denied by the fash because it undermines their strategy of appearing respectable. But the mask just got torn off.
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« Les banques sont toutes détenues par des juifs » : Jordan Bardella face à ses écrits antisémites
« Mediapart » a mis la main sur des échanges de l’actuel président du RN, au début de sa carrière politique. On y découvre l’antisémitisme obsessionnel de celui qui rêve de devenir premier ministre. …
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 21h
"With the current backlog, an Indian H-1B worker isn’t likely to get their green card for 179 years, Charles Kuck, former president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, told me."
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Trump to Foreign Students: F*ck Off
Trump promised green cards for “the best and brightest”—but he’s making legal immigration a gauntlet of red tape, fees, and threats.
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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Russia is not planning to end its war on Ukraine
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Putin’s reward for bombing hospitals, schools, apartment buildings, public parks and museums and killing children is to get invited to the G20 Summit by Marco Rubio.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Times this morning. Me in December last year. It was pretty damn obvious this would happen to anyone who did the maths. samf.substack.com/p/the-oversh...
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Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We must further reduce Moscow’s capacity to fund its war, including through its shadow fleet. EU naval Operation IRINI has boarded six suspected vessels in recent months, making it the lead actor in boarding operations. National boarding operations should continue in parallel.
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Garvan Walshe @garvanwalshe.org · 22h
A bizzarely naive column here. It’s trying to show that a far right triumph is not inevitable, but provides no evidence to show Le Pen would moderate in office as Meloni has. The French and Italian constitutions are completely different www.ft.com/content/7783... Why Europe’s centre will hold
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Why Europe’s centre will hold
The 1930s are not a good guide to the politics of the 21st century
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23h
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
During the offensive in Lyman direction, a large number of Russian military units surrendered in their entirety. Under Operation Vivaldi alone, more than 250 Russian soldiers have been taken prisoner. - 3rd Army Corps
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Nestlé, Auchan, and Metro chose to stay in Russia, funding its war in Ukraine through taxes, only to have their assets confiscated in the end. What a tragic and pointless waste of reputation and human lives.
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
1/ Russian warbloggers are angry at pictures of large numbers of Russian POWs captured near Lyman, which they see as a humiliation. They demand – almost certainly futilely – that the Russian government should be more honest about what is happening at the front. ⬇️ bsky.app/profile/ukra...
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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
As expected, Putin has signed today a decree increasing the size of the Russian army at 2,441,630 personnel, including 1,550,500 military personnel, effectively immediately.
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
7-year sentence handed down to Oleg Bessedin for anti-Estonia activities. Work for russian SVR, pay the price. His handler Sergei Nalobin is, among other things, releted to Brexit campaign and arson of the home of British PM K.Starmer. news.err.ee/1610150341/7...
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7-year sentence handed down to Oleg Bessedin for anti-Estonia activities
A court has found a pro-Kremlin propagandist guilty of crimes against Estonia's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity.
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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
SOUTH AMERICA HISTORIC HEAT Exceptional MINIMUM 30.8 Miguel y Jesus PARAGUAY HOTTEST SEPTEMBER NIGHT EVER Dozens of records pulverized in Paraguay,Brazil,Bolivia,Argentina and Peru including all time records like the insane 43.6C at Robore See a list below:
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
HUGE: Autozone workers just won the first ever union at the company. Despite Autozone spending an estimated $210,696 and using every tactic in the book to stop just 11 workers from forming a union, the small shop in New York chose to unionize today. These workers will now join the @uaw.org.
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The further Putinisation of America. The government lies about military casualties in a war it cannot win.
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Dean Hochlaf @dhochlaf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
You came into power and raised the cost of employing people, especially for entry level jobs and have been non-stop talking about how amazing AI is to boost productivity, which in reality comes through reducing entry level roles, and now have decided the cause of youth unemployment is welfare
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm…
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CSIS | Center for Strategic & International Studies @csis.org · 28/09/2026
Since 2022, at least 77% of sanctioned Arctic crude oil exports passed through 3 fixed sites, representing chokepoints where sanctions enforcement can have disproportionate impact on Russia's ability to sustain arctic energy exports, write @futures.csis.org experts. Read: bit.ly/4yTqJC6
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 28/09/2026
⚡ Russia sets its biggest military budget since 2022, raising $178 billion for defense. united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...
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Raising $178 Billion for Defense, Russia Sets Its Biggest Military Budget Since 2022
Russia plans to increase defense spending to 17.1 trillion rubles in 2027, raising its three-year military outlook to 50 trillion rubles.
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🚨🚨Quite a scoop: A #US based data-extraction firm accused of being secretly run from #Russia has worked on #EU-backed projects and sold its services to European #lawenforcement agencies. www.politico.eu/article/russ...
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Russian tech surveillance company infiltrated Europe’s law enforcement agencies
The same technology used by Western police was allegedly being developed in Russia and sold to Russian security services.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 28/09/2026
It’s happening. Oxford Street is going traffic-free on Monday 26 October. The transformation of the nation’s high street into a world-class pedestrianised space will begin in earnest four weeks from today.
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 28/09/2026
Punching the services sector in the crotch over and over again until it gives up and magically returns to me the glorious era of mass manufacturing employment I mostly invented and automation has forever replaced.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Blimey. Baroness Margaret Hodge - the Govt anti-corruption champion, on the £72m donations to Reform recently: "I think it came from the Russians." She's speaking at a Fabian event on donation caps
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Still wondering why people are fed up with the system?
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The Analyst @militaryanalyst.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
REAL LIFE IN RUSSIA IS GETTING UNCOMFORTABLE A disabled veteran is videoed by worried neighbors rummaging through their bins for food scraps. They’re not getting unemployment benefits and no compensation ever arrives. The lines at petrol stations are growing. The day after the elections everyone
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"In order to deliver the PM's promise to save social care we need a permanent class of indentured migrant workers without labour rights".
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Someone from Reform & their shrill harridan who live as tax free exiles in Dubai have been entertained by the wife of a former minister of state of a country hostile to the UK and he failed to declare it to Parliament he's elected to sit in? You couldn’t make this up" via We loathe Reform UK Ltd
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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Kremlin promised the Russian people they would not be raising taxes anymore. But as soon as the State Duma Elections were over they announced they are raising taxes again. Putin lied again...
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Sunderland Lollipops @sunderlandlolly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Did you know that a Farage Reform govt intends to scrap the NHS? The private health care system he wants to introduce would cost you £10,000s, like the US, where getting ill can bankrupt you. #ReformUK #Labour #GreenParty #Newcastle #SAFC� #NUFC
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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
But I need to smile more.
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Andrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
LOL: Flock sent a letter to the mayor of Lowell complaining about comments he made during a city council meeting about how Flock sells data. Flock claimed that it does not sell data, but the mayor responded by pointing out that Flock advertised this feature to Lowell.
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Flock vs. Lowell: Surveillance company defends product
LOWELL — Flock Group, Inc. is not only watching license plates in Lowell, but it is also watching the City Council meetings.
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