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Andrew Locking @andrews-walks.bsky.social · 10h

Crummock Water

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 14h

🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Burnham: "We will contest the next election with a manifesto commitment to change the electoral system, so that everyone's vote counts. And everyone's voice is heard."

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 20h

Spot the second heron….

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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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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 25/09/2026

Lib Dem Shadow AG @benmaguiremp.bsky.social and Justice spokesperson @jessbrownfullermp.bsky.social have written to the Attorney-General to consider whether Richard Tice’s tweet is in contempt of court. See below ⬇️

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Judith Knott @judithmknott.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It’s a disgrace, that’s what it is.

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John Stott @jpsastro.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Had a UKRI funded grant proposal rejected at the "AI triage stage". "This AI-based triage was used only to identify approximately 50% of the strongest proposals to take forward to full human review." 🧪 #academicsky

I am writing to let you know that, unfortunately, your application was not successful.

Review process

As part of the initial triage of the 179 proposals submitted to this call, each was assessed using an AI-based review. Every proposal was read independently by several different AI models against the same seven criteria used to shape this call (including cyber security relevance, research quality and novelty, importance of the problem addressed, feasibility of the project plan, likely outputs and impact, value for money, and responsible research practice), with each model asked to give a score and a written justification with supporting quotations from the text. To guard against any one model's idiosyncrasies, we also ran a second, independent process in which different AI models debated the merits and weaknesses of each proposal before reaching a judgement, again against the same criteria. Scores from both processes were combined to produce an overall ranking.

This AI-based triage was used only to identify approximately 50% of the strongest proposals to take forward to full human review. Projects selected for funding were drawn from those that progressed to the full human review stage. We recognise that AI-assisted assessment is a new and evolving part of the review process, and we are continuing to evaluate how well it aligns with the judgements of human reviewers on this call. We will soon produce a document detailing our method, so that others can build upon it and improve it.

Feedback on your application

Your application was not selected to progress beyond the AI triage stage. To provide transparency on the outcome of this assessment, we are sharing below the scores (out of 5) from each of the two AI review processes described above, together with the mean score across the two processes.

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Jakub Krupa @jakubkrupa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Very stark warnings from Denmark this morning. Russia to 'escalate' hybrid warfare against Nato with 'greater consequences' than before. Warns against 'low but increasing' risk of limited military action. Invasion 'highly unlikely' but not impossible. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

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Denmark warns that Russia expected to escalate hybrid warfare against Nato allies in coming months – Europe live

The report says there could be ‘greater consequences for the targeted countries than in the past’

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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Standing up to far-right groups & organised intimidation & harassment: … Suggesting pints at the footy like it’s a presssing matter: ✅ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Burnham brands ban on football fans drinking alcohol in stands as 'discrimination'

The prime minister opposes the law - in place since 1985 - and believes there is a case to remove it.

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Judith Knott @judithmknott.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I love a good segue in the morning. Husband and I have just gone from the story of Open AI hacking Australian government … … to McCabe and Mrs Miller.

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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

You know who else was obsessed with dancing around on the pinheads of imagined classifications based on where great grandparents were born and what they believed? The Nazis.

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Simon Knott @sjbknott.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Banded Pine Carpet (Pungeleria capreolaria) last night in Bengeo, 1st record for Herts. @migrantmothuk.bsky.social @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social

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Ed Davitt @davitter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Will someone please stick a JustStopOil sticker on his car so we can get some movement on this?

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Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 23/09/2026

when did people start going completely mad? We have utter batshit nonsense like this from Braverman, we have Trump completely out of control in the US, we have "Danny Tommo" trying to kill RNLI volunteers, we have maniacs flat-out denying vaccines are good. Did the pandemic cook everyone's brains?

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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

5. After around 30 hours at sea, the dinghy was intercepted by the RNLI and those on board transferred to two lifeboats. Two lifeboat personnel tried to secure the empty dinghy. Thomas yelled abuse and knifed the dinghy to deflate it - with a rescuer still on board.

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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

6. As far as we can see, the rescuer was okay - though this is bordering on attempted murder. RNLI then headed towards the Solent, AIS off and chased by the far-right. Authorities in Portsmouth likely were warned that people would be offloaded and processed at Gosport, so Thomas rallied activists.

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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Worrying scenes in the Channel today, for all interested in asylum policy and maritime tactics. A small boat from Normandy spent more than 30 hours at sea. Those on board now on their 2nd rescue vessel as Border Force forced to play cat and mouse with far-right activists who have their own boat.

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Simon Knott @sjbknott.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Fox (Vulpes vulpes) today in Bengeo garden. 2nd year in residence & present this year since late April. Completely tolerant of me, it only shows any agitation if I accidently disturb it. It has never been fed so perhaps this is an example of behavioural change as Fox density rises.

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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A particularly interesting insight considering the role played by the "meaningful human judgement" of Vasili Arkhipov during the Cuban Missile Crisis: www.theguardian.com/science/2017...

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Soviet submarine officer who averted nuclear war honoured with prize

Vasili Arkhipov, who prevented escalation of the cold war by refusing to launch a nuclear torpedo against US forces, is to be awarded new ‘Future of Life’ prize

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Judith Knott @judithmknott.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

That news headline is beyond the pale. Unfiltered Trump. Would they broadcast him launching a nuke? Where are the boundaries?

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

But the timing is curious: two of the flats were bought in the thirteen months before the sale, on expensive short-term finance. And the buying stopped at exactly six dwellings, which is of course the number the 6+ rule requires.

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Judith Knott @judithmknott.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Sent off the final book manuscript for publication - phew. This feels like hard work in a different way from HMRC - there’s no team, just you to do every little detail. So tired.

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Andrew Locking @andrews-walks.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Fingal's Cave last week

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Judith Knott @judithmknott.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Husband just played some Yes over supper, and I was instantly 13 again. Can’t say I liked it much - there are better ages and better music.

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Magdalen Libraries & Archives @magdlibandarch.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

One of Magdalen's most legendary figures, Martin Routh was born #OnThisDay in 1755. He served as our President for 63 years, between 1791–1854. This daguerreotype of Routh was taken on his 99th birthday on 18 September 1854, making him one of the earliest born people to be photographed.

Black-and-white daguerreotype portrait of an elderly man leaning forward and looking down, displayed behind glass in a distressed yellow mat speckled with blue and a red velvet frame.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

While rightwing media nods approvingly at the prejudiced outcry in Piddington, a RNLI station has to close because of white British thuggery and threats. This is where the constantly toxic obsession with immigration leads. To racist, flag-wielding vigilantism that ruins this country for everyone.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

... believed disinformation, it was somehow disrespectful not to give it equal billing with real information. Instead of redoubling efforts to educate, they decided it was easier to entertain. They pretend their job is to just take the pulse, because it's easier than trying to save the patient. END

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

... to spread panic by doing pieces based on the premise that "yes, most UK spiders are deadly" or "all clowns are, in fact, serial killers" or "don't call it a phobia; buttons are very frightening!" The BBC lost its reporting sea-legs with Brexit. It cracked into accepting that, if enough people...

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It’s incredible to have ‘Silence of the Gods’ shortlisted for @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social, and I’m so pleased that the largely forgotten history of northern and eastern Europe’s last pre-Christian religious traditions is finally receiving the attention it deserves 📚

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Dr Stylite @columnist.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

And, whatever comes of it all, makes the UK situation — where the date of the next summit has not even been agreed — look all the more peculiar.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Very nice to hear a sane voice from Piddington. Serious respect to this woman, who is apparently already being othered by more bigoted villagers.

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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Glaciologist @matthias-huss.bsky.social shows that the centre of the Great Aletsch glacier in Switzerland (the biggest in the Alps) lost 6 meters(!) of thickness just this summer. "No words...", he adds on LinkedIn.

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Simon Knott @sjbknott.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Pogonocherus hispidus today in Bengeo garden. This attractive species has very long season. It is therefore often first & last longhorn beetle recorded here during year. #Cerambycidae #saproxylic

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Will Mawhood @viljamsmauhuds.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Interesting (though not surprising) - AI gives v different answers when asked identical questions about voting options in the upcoming Latvian election depending on whether the question is in Latvian or Russian (around 30% have RU as their first lang) www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas...

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Mākslīgā intelekta atbildes par Saeimas vēlēšanām latviešu un krievu valodā atšķiras

Saeimas vēlēšanas jau pavisam drīz – 3. oktobrī. Tiem, kas nav izlēmuši par ko balsot, iespēju atrast sev piemērotāko izvēli ir daudz – gan kandidātu debates dažādās platformās, gan "Partiju šķirotava...

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Party that wants to retrospectively change rules so as to remove migrants also says retrospective rules on party funding are "dictatorship tactics".

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 14/09/2026

Excellent letter in The Times. "Greater hate hath no person than to accuse those who put their lives on the line for others of being traitors."

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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Texas is delaying its typical September 1 release of maternal mortality data until December 1, conveniently timed to be after the midterm election. Recent reports have shown a sharp rise in ectopic pregnancy deaths after the abortion ban went into effect. www.austinchronicle.com/news/texas-p...

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Texas’ Pregnancy Death Report Set to Release After Midterms • The Austin Chronicle

Texas’ Pregnancy Death Report Set to Release After Midterms

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026

Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

“a few years” is not the metric anyway my kid, if he’s lucky, will still be alive in 2100, when the climate will have broken down completely if the world doesn’t halt global heating the whole century lives in our families already

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Judith Knott @judithmknott.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I’ve been using computers for more than 40 years. And have regularly taught myself to do new stuff. But doing that now, with AI constantly bobbing up to offer useless suggestions, has become almost intolerable.

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Judith Knott @judithmknott.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Can anyone definitively tell me whether Holstein remained in the German Confederation between 1852 and 1864 (between the two Schleswig-Holstein wars)? I need to know how to colour it on a map of 1855 and am finding it hard to get a clear answer. (Bots on the Britannica site are not helping!)

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Judith Knott @judithmknott.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

TIL that Nilsson was 10 days younger than Martha Argerich. (But he’s been dead for over 30 years and she’s very much alive.)

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Judith Knott @judithmknott.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Things I was frightened of as a child: Airing cupboard in my bedroom, where a witch lived and would get cross if we left immersion heater on. That US and UK were getting closer each year and might hit each other (parents restricted newspapers after this). That moon looked bigger nearer horizon.

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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This is outrageous in and of itself. It's also outrageous that the government isn't doing anything about it. There's a constant political refrain that 'the first duty of government is to protect its citizens'. So do it.

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Andrew Locking @andrews-walks.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Derwent Water from Friar's Crag

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The Home Secretary's silence suggests either sympathy, indifference or ineffectiveness as regards the violent lawless thugs

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