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Andrew RC Marshall

@journotopia.bsky.social
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Investigative reporter for Reuters • Three-time Pulitzer Prize winner • Author of "The Trouser People: Burma in the Shadow of the Empire" • Co-author of “Aum: The Cult at the End of the World” • Signal: AndrewMarshall.13 • thetrouserpeople.com

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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I’m at the Lib Dem conference and, as ever, that’s Christmas sorted.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 17/09/2026
Trump’s pressure on NATO is reshaping Europe’s defenses. Will it break the alliance? reut.rs/4y05aQr
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Trump’s pressure on NATO is reshaping Europe’s defenses. Will it break the alliance?
The president’s confrontation with NATO hasn’t led to a major U.S. withdrawal. But a big troop cut remains an option, Pentagon sources say, and allies are preparing for a future less dependent on Washington.
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Andrew RC Marshall @journotopia.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
What could be the only mention of the U.S. during Mark Carney's speech to the European Parliament came just before it started, with a heckle of "USA! USA!" www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRPn...
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FULL: Canadian PM Mark Carney Delivers Powerful Speech At European Parliament In Strasbourg | AC14
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 09/09/2026
Scoop: OpenAI's rogue agents didn't just hijack a German wiki, they repurposed at least 10 sites -- and potentially many more -- to carve out communications side channels and cheat on tests. www.reuters.com/world/openai...
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EXCLUSIVE: OpenAI’s rogue agents used at least 10 more sites for unauthorized comms, researchers say
AI agents unleashed by OpenAI used more than 10 previously undisclosed websites for unsanctioned communications earlier this year, according to six sets of independent investigators and data reviewed ...
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Gaby Hinsliff @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I’ve been a bit quiet on here lately, and this was why www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Losing a parent is a bewildering, lonely experience. Here are the things I wish I had known before | Gaby Hinsliff
There’ll be exhaustion, love tinged with occasional rage, even moments of black humour. But my mum would want me to tell you: don’t be afraid, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
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Andrew RC Marshall @journotopia.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
My local library in Tooting, South London, has a life-size cut-out of Dolly Parton.
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Andrew RC Marshall @journotopia.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
"The U.S. media frenzy missed the simple, glaringly obvious explanation: Europe is less air-conditioned because it didn’t used to be this hot." washingtonmonthly.com/2026/08/20/h...
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How American Media Is Gaslighting Europeans on Air Conditioning
The continent is sweating not because of resistance to AC, but because of climate change, which the United States is largely culpable in.
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Andrew RC Marshall @journotopia.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
My god this photo.
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 22/07/2026
Scoop: The State Department is telling diplomats to promote American AI companies, oppose foreign AI sovereignty initiatives, and dismiss talk of any kill switch in U.S. tech. www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
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EXCLUSIVE: Marco Rubio tells diplomats to play down talk of American tech 'kill switch'
Rubio's July 16 cable told diplomats to sell foreign partners on American AI products.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 21/07/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Diplomatic efforts seek to avert Trump split with UN refugee agency, sources say reut.rs/4b5sKll
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EXCLUSIVE: Diplomatic efforts seek to avert Trump split with UN refugee agency, sources say
The Trump administration has in recent weeks weighed cutting ties with ​the U.N. refugee agency, prompting a campaign by diplomats and U.N. officials to persuade the United States to maintain support, sources familiar with the matter ‌told Reuters.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
shout out to The Strand bookstore staffer who did this
sign that says STAFF PICK:
The Ill-Fitting Skin by Shannon Robinson
Please turn to page 108, because I need to tell you something.

page 108 says:

HE'S GOT A KNIFE, AND HE'S RIGHT BEHIND YOU!
PUT THIS DOWN AND RUN AWAY!!!!!!!!
GO THIS WAY. →
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Andrew RC Marshall @journotopia.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Excellent banter from a beaming Starmer in Kyiv when he is introduced to a representative of Ukrainian Railways. “Well, it was all on time. We’ve got a job for you in the UK when the conflict is over.” youtube.com/shorts/f_nCV...
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Keir Starmer Arrives In Kyiv As Ukrainian Officials Welcome Outgoing UK Prime Minister #shorts
YouTube video by MIRROR NOW
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Peter Thal Larsen @petertl.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The backlash has arrived www.reuters.com/world/new-yo...
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New York becomes the first state to impose a data center moratorium
New York became the first U.S. state on Tuesday to halt construction of large new data centers, imposing ‌a one-year moratorium as concerns grow that the facilities driving the artificial-intelligence...
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Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF) @oslofreedomforum.com · 09/07/2026
At the 2026 Oslo Freedom Forum, journalist and co-founder of The Kite Tales @thinink.bsky.social reflected on returning home during Burma's democratic opening, voting for the first time, and the fragile hope that emerged in the interval between decades of military rule and the 2021 coup.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Rounding up some translations of Count Binface that have been appearing in foreign press 🇷🇴 Romanian: Contele Tomberonez 🇫🇷 French: Comte Tête-de-Poubelle (bin-head, more accurate than bin-face) 🇮🇹 Italian: Conte Faccia-da-Bidone 🇪🇸 Spanish: "un hombre con un cubo de basura en la cabeza" (!) Cont...
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Andrew RC Marshall @journotopia.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
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Andrew RC Marshall @journotopia.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The automated voice that reads this article can’t pronounce “AI.” giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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The new AI-based world order
A single factor is now dictating the hierarchy of global returns
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Andrew RC Marshall @journotopia.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Just went to a supermarket in a small Scottish town where the steaks are encased in anti-theft boxes - something I haven’t seen even in London.
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Andrew RC Marshall @journotopia.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
My phone often gave warning messages like this when I worked in Southeast Asia. This is a first for me in the UK.
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Andrew RC Marshall @journotopia.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
My local pool in London is American-flag blue. How hard can it be?
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Andrew RC Marshall @journotopia.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Tweeted by John Cleese and others today. Timeless. youtu.be/LfduUFF_i1A
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Monty Python Philosophy Football
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Andrew RC Marshall @journotopia.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
"He thought we could hit him, and that's why he tried to kill us, to shoot at us. But a tank shooting at a Mavic is like trying to kill a fly with a machine gun." kyivindependent.com/they-need-to...
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How Ukrainian drone pilots outmatch NATO forces in Sweden war game
Combat-tested Ukrainian drone teams destroyed over 30 NATO vehicles in a Swedish-led military exercise, exposing critical gaps in alliance drone warfare readiness.
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Andrew Gray @andrewramsaygray.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Trying to keep the key defender on side.
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Andrew RC Marshall @journotopia.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Under the Trump crypto playbook, the family always wins - but investors don't. Read the whole investigation by my Reuters colleagues here: www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Andrew RC Marshall @journotopia.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
St Thomas’ Hospital, Waterloo. Among the plaques commemorating donations by long-dead soldiers and long-dead surgeons is one by a long-dead newspaper.
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Andrew RC Marshall @journotopia.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
The Trump administration's sidelining of veteran diplomats and experts is eroding America’s ability to understand the world - and raising the risk of instability. My story with @humeyrapamuk.bsky.social @johnshiffman.bsky.social and Reuters colleagues worldwide. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Inside the unraveling of U.S. diplomacy under Trump
Donald Trump’s threats, personal envoys and hollowed‑out embassies are reshaping U.S. diplomacy. Allies from Europe to Asia are rewriting the rules of engagement — ignoring the president’s rhetoric an...
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Heine Paus @heinepaus.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
"Europeans may imagine that the EU is a mere bureaucratic inconvenience. But the Russians have never believed that. On the contrary, the Russian president has long understood that when unified, Europe can resist Russian influence and Russian corruption." @anneapplebaum.bsky.social on Europe Day
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A Speech to Europe 2026 »The European Moment« - ERSTE Foundation
In her speech »The European Moment«, Anne Applebaum warns of global threats to democracy and the EU and calls for greater European sovereignty and cohesion.
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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
In advertising we used to call that the “duck”. Where you’d make a good ad but stick a duck in it. So the client would be like “yeah we love everything else but can you take the duck out, not sure re the duck?” And you’d go “oh ok thats a shame but if you’re sure, we can make it work with no duck”
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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Seeing a lot of Hegseth presser headlines. Feel the need to share a bit from the conclusion of Blood and Treasure.
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Andrew RC Marshall @journotopia.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
“It’s like we bought a Rolls-Royce and right now it’s being used to take children to school.”
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Andrew RC Marshall @journotopia.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
A busy Friday for the Justice Department, which closed its investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and readopted firing squads. There have been only six executions by firing squad since 1976, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. www.reuters.com/world/us/jus...
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Justice Department readopts firing squads in US federal executions
The U.S. Department of ​Justice said on Friday it is ‌taking actions to strengthen the federal death penalty, including firing squads and readopting the ​lethal injection protocol.
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Peter Thal Larsen @petertl.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
The Iran war is a security crisis in the Middle East but an energy crisis for anyone who imports oil and gas. The crunch has already reached many parts of Asia, and is rapidly travelling West. www.breakingviews.com/columns/cons... by @ywchen.bsky.social
In Asia, where most ​Hormuz oil traffic goes, many countries have already reached the logical endgame of low reserves. Refineries have been cutting their flows, governments have resorted ​to active rationing, and price-sensitive consumers are cutting back. The Philippines has declared a national energy emergency. India has halted commercial liquefied petroleum gas supplies — used ‌widely for ⁠heating, cooking, and vehicle fuel. Japan has curtailed bus and ferry services because of fuel shortages.
Collectively, JPMorgan estimates a 4.3 million barrel a day of global demand reduction in April, with over 80% of that borne by Asia and the Middle East. But as and when reserves run out and prices of refined products such as jet fuel and diesel rise further, more affluent regions like Europe are up next. The International Energy Agency has ​warned jet fuel stocks in the ​region could fall to critically ⁠low cover by June.
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Andrew RC Marshall @journotopia.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
The internal Pentagon memo also includes an option to consider reassessing U.S. diplomatic support for longstanding European "imperial possessions" such as the Falkland Islands. www.reuters.com/world/pentag...
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Exclusive: Pentagon email floats suspending Spain from NATO, other steps over Iran rift, source says
The internal email outlines options for the United States to punish NATO allies it believes ​failed to support U.S. operations in the war with Iran, including reviewing the U.S. position on Britain's ...
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Andrew RC Marshall @journotopia.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
It's heartening to read of the appointment of an Urban Beaver Officer tasked with fostering "human-beaver coexistence" - even as efforts for human-human coexistence fall short. uniofbrighton-newsroom.prgloo.com/news/rewildi...
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Rewilding the Capital: University of Brighton Graduate Appointed as UK’s First Urban Beaver Officer
As the UK’s first Urban Beaver Officer, a Brighton graduate is helping to prove that one of nature’s most industrious engineers can thrive in the heart of the capital.
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Andrew RC Marshall @journotopia.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
At the weekend I was cutting my garden hedge with a huge electric saw and so the chat with passing neighbors turned naturally to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and what it said about carnage and corruption in 1970s America. Fifty-two years later, the movie's tagline has a chilling resonance.
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Reuters Pictures @pictures.reuters.com · 16/04/2026
Russia unleashed its deadliest attack so far this year on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and other cities overnight, killing at least 17 people and wounding scores in drone and missile strikes reut.rs/4mEL61g 📷 Valentyn Ogirenko & Alina Smutko
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Hard to overstate what a disaster this would be for public interest journalism
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Rory Johnston @roryjohnston.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
"they have no cards, other than a short term extortion of the World by using International Waterways" Those feel like... pretty solid cards?
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Andrew RC Marshall @journotopia.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Vance visits Hungary. The Guardian's irony meter is almost at breaking point. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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Andrew RC Marshall @journotopia.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
‘Russian satellites, the undated assessment said, made at least 24 surveys of areas in 11 Middle Eastern countries from March 21 to 31, covering 46 "objects", including U.S. and other military bases and sites including airports and oil fields.’
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Andrew RC Marshall @journotopia.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
“Reject premise of safe return.” Fantastic.
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Hugo Rifkind @hugorifkind.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
I was in Vietnam last summer. People there still talk in horrified astonishment about General Curtis LeMay saying North Vietnam should be bombed "back to the Stone Age" in 1965, even though it's disputed whether he ever actually did. Whereas, in today's Washington...
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 30/03/2026
brb writing a screenplay news.sky.com/story/woman-...
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Woman who had sex with identical twins told it is 'not possible' to identify father of baby
The mother and one of the brothers have taken the case to the Court of the Appeal in London amid a legal battle over parental responsibility for the child.
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Andrew RC Marshall @journotopia.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Leo Radvinsky, the billionaire owner of OnlyFans, has died of cancer at the age of 43. Here's our Dec. 2024 profile of the porn mogul and his road to riches. www.reuters.com/investigates...
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How OnlyFans turned into an empire bent on redefining porn
Reuters traces OnlyFans' journey from an obscure, porn-free site to an adults-only social media phenomenon turbocharged by erotic performers and influencers.
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Andrew RC Marshall @journotopia.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
A lovely story. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/22/o...
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Opinion | To Dress Up Is to Live
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Andrew RC Marshall @journotopia.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
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Andrew RC Marshall @journotopia.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
The $1.3-Million-a-Minute War www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/o...
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Revealing who owns England just became Government policy. Here's my blog post analysing this historic moment, as well as assessing some of the other ambitious policies unveiled in the Government's new Land Use Framework: whoownsengland.org/2026/03/19/r...
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Revealing who owns England just became government policy
This post is by Guy Shrubsole. Yesterday, in their ambitious new Land Use Framework for England, the Government announced that they would be opening up the Land Registry. I’ve been campaigning for …
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Andrew RC Marshall @journotopia.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
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