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rprobbins.bsky.social @rprobbins.bsky.social · 13h

Facts, plain and straightforward 💯🎯

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Niall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social · 15h

So, word is PM Burnham doesn't want to have to go through accession or ref, so wants to talk directly to other leaders to get a special arrangement. Hence waiting until erhe summit. The leaders won't go outside the treaties. But they may offer a kind of SM deal if the UK drops the red lines and

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 9h

"It's not enough to leave that question just hanging", he says, while simultaneously leaving that question just hanging.

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 18h

Netherlands: "Even years after infection, the situation remains hopeless for many post-COVID patients" A new study found just 12% of post-COVID patients had largely recovered 3 years after infection. Two-thirds were still unable to work or were working fewer hours due to ongoing symptoms.

A screenshot of a Dutch news article from NU.nl, written by healthcare and education reporter Kim Einder, dated 29 Sep 2026 at 18:06.
The bold white headline text overlaid on the main photograph reads: "Even years after infection, the situation remains hopeless for many post-COVID patients."
The photo shows a female patient undergoing a cardiopulmonary exercise test in a medical clinic. She is sitting slightly reclined while operating a stationary exercise bicycle ergometer. She is wearing light blue leggings, a white vest over a dark long-sleeve shirt, a pulse oximeter clip on her finger, and a blue medical mask structure over her mouth and nose connected to an airflow tube. To the right, a healthcare worker's hands are visible holding a clipboard with a data sheet.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 12h

President Macron, "Brexit has cost the UK 8% of GDP.. Brexit is the biggest lie of the last 30 years" My view: Brexit was sold as a route to greater prosperity: less bureaucracy, more money, new trade opportunities Instead, Britain put new barriers between itself and its largest trading market.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 15h

It’s a mark of the corruption of our whole way of thinking about the world that trying to meet a planetary emergency is routinely described as “ideological”, while continuing to accelerate it is presented as “pragmatic” and “economic”.

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kdw @kdw.bsky.social · 19h

What is Burnham’s climate plan?

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 29/09/2026

The Talmud teaches that anyone who sustains one soul, has sustained an entire world. For generations, Jewish New Yorkers have sustained our city. Today, we are launching the first-ever municipal Strategy to Combat Antisemitism.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026

If you like me are a survivor of rape who is maybe losing her mind a bit this week, I recommend a few movies about surviving men/holding them accountable: “Sorry, Baby” “Is God Is” and “Supergirl” Supergirl was, in a way, about fraternity rape culture I discuss them here:

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You should go see Supergirl

It's pop art that is unapologetically political.

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European Democrats @europeandemocrats.wsocial.eu · 29/09/2026

“The Jew must dominate other peoples, crush them and rob them.” This sentence, attributed by Mediapart to Jordan #Bardella in private messages dating from 2013, echoes one of the darkest traditions of European antisemitism:

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Seems to be a cross-Europe view that bringing back manufacturing jobs will defeat the populists. Pity there's no evidence that you can or that it would work.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026

Former DOJ pardon attorney Liz Oyer recounts being asked to recommend restoring Mel Gibson’s gun rights, saying she was told his personal relationship with Trump mattered. She refused: “When I declined to make the recommendation, I was very shortly thereafter fired.”

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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

And I don’t know how to help people understand that THE CURRENT VARIANTS ARE DESTROYING PEOPLES LIVES.

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 29/09/2026

“Estonian authorities have confirmed that the 15 August arson attack against the Estonian defence company Milrem Robotics in Tallinn was an act of sabotage ordered by Russian security services.” www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

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Estonia says arson attack on ‘consistent with other acts of sabotage carried out in Europe on behalf of Russia’ - Europe live

Foreign minister summons Russia’s chargé d’affaires over attack on Milrem Robotics as security agency says incident was ‘deliberate and pre-planned’

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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Canada, Ukraine and Norway are co-hosting a Toronto conference on returning Ukrainian children, detained civilians and POWs. Ottawa's count: 20,651 documented cases of possible unlawful child deportation; 2,573 children returned. 🔗 Source: CTV News 🌻🇺🇦Slava Ukraini. Heroiam Slava🇺🇦🌻

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Anand offers funding to groups helping Ukrainian children abducted by Russia

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is co-hosting a global meeting in Toronto today aimed at advancing work to return Ukrainian children abducted by Russian officials.

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Dr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026

This is quite cool. My university is the first organisation in the world to force Microsoft to allow us to turn off copilot summaries in Word 365, after a backlash against it from staff (including, very vocally, me). That cannot have been easy for our heroic IT people so hats very much off to them!

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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 28/09/2026

Europe is stepping up massively on defence. Today, we are moving forward with five major joint projects: drones, air defence, space, maritime security and our Eastern Flank. Five areas that are crucial to European security. And where we need to move fast.

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Mark Carney: “When politicians (like Pierre Poilievre) claim our great democracies are broken, it's not because they want to FIX them. It's because they want a license to DEMOLISH... #cdnpoli

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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

What an incredible young woman who leads England to victory. "I'm happy to do it, but I want to keep going and keep making history as well, instead of just stopping here." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Bodhana Sivanandan: British schoolgirl becomes youngest woman grandmaster

The 11-year-old has broken another chess record after a remarkable performance representing England.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026

This right here, and it’s not just about rape. It’s literally anything he does wrong.

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Niall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The horrific stench of Anglocentricism and #ExtrawurstGroßbritannien off this from Matt Kelly on The Two Matts pod. Supposed pro-European says UK will never join Europe that has freedom of movement. Okay then, don't. Let's move on. FoM is a key part of the attraction for Britons A 🧵

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kdw @kdw.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

if only he could have said that immediately…..

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Alina Pereverzieva 🇺🇦 @perevaa.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

🇱🇻🇱🇹🇪🇪 “The rights of Russian speakers are being violated in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia,” Putin said. He claimed Russia knows how to respond and said there are “no grounds” for a Russian attack on Europe. Ah yes, the “protect Russian speakers” script. Where have we seen that one before?

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Even the GB News presenter is thrown by his guest's suggestion that all asylum seekers be castrated. This is what happens when the narrative marches ever rightwards. It drifts out of everyone's control and requires individuals involved to suddenly realise 'no wait, f***, that's mad'.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026

Incredible: another Ukrainian famine is unfolding, this time in Russian-occupied Oleshky. The remaining inhabitants of what used to be a thriving small city, now down to about 6000 people, are blockaded by Russian forces and cut off from food and water. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Oleshky: Eating garden weeds to survive in Russian-occupied city cut off from food and water

The BBC has spoken to residents in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky who say they are being "constantly shelled".

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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The fact that we've gotten to the point where this man feels comfortable speaking his mind in public is such an indictment of the 21st century as a whole

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25/09/2026

The Chinese Communist Party got access to sensitive components of U.S. F-35 stealth fighters. The U.S. got 2 pandas.

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

One of Musk’s DOGE mini-mes

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Earl Russell LD @earlrussell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Global climate change will have devastating impacts for humanity. There is no security without environmental security. There is no point in pretending we can safeguard our national security will ignoring the eco systems on which all life depends. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Why is the UK’s suppressed climate national security report significant?

Warnings about the catastrophic effects of vital ecosystems collapsing were not published under previous prime minister

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Elena Adaal @elenaadaal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Another article on the UK efforts to blow up its own Reset by tying it up with "Made in Europe" legislation. First the key: Made in Europe is EU legislation in progress. This means that the total EU 'circus' of EU Comm, Council and EP are working on it... (1/x) www.politico.eu/article/eu-u...

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EU warns UK not to put itself in a corner on Brexit reset

European officials warn the U.K. would be playing a high-risk game if it delays an upcoming summit over Brussels’ protectionist push.

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Niall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Here's a guarantee: this subject was not raised by either PM, because neither sees any benefit in it. People are being strung along that there's some magical solution. I mean, just get a visa. 1

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kdw @kdw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

a terrifying prospect…

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kdw @kdw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

democratic nations should just cancel now…

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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Ezra Klein asked Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about AI making kids worse at math and reading. Huang’s reply: “Does it matter?” Then he said he doesn’t know his own address or phone number. “We’re going to lose some fine intellectual dexterity.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/o...

So the message of this research out of China, where you were seeing a lot of kids using A.I. to help them, was that when they were using the A.I., they were getting things done faster. But it turned out that the skills they were learning were not holding, that their actual personal performance, at least in the way we traditionally measure it, was degrading.

What do you think when you hear that?

The last part — I completely agree. Try to get a kid to do long division right now. The multiplication table is starting to be forgotten. Doing square roots, my goodness. Basic math is being forgotten. Does it matter?

That’s my question for you.

Yeah. I don’t think it does. I don’t think it does.

But there must be some set of skills that matter.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. But maybe not those. We’re going to discover new ones. Just maybe not those.

There are a lot of skills that don’t matter. My first confession, I actually don’t know my address.

And I ——

I don’t really believe that to be true.

It’s completely true. Janine will tell you and Lori will tell you.

One day I had to pump gas — it was a few years ago. They needed my ZIP code, and I panicked. I didn’t know my ZIP code. I don’t know my telephone number. I forget these things. I can live with it.

But let me take the other side because I don’t want to fall into a thing where, because some skills can be safely offloaded ——

Yeah.

I also can’t get anywhere without a mapping system now. Never could, frankly. But I’m a big reader. And one of the skills I really value, one of the capacities I have that I really value is an attention span formed on physical books.

You’re a big reader. I’ve read about the kind of reading you do. And there is, prior to A.I., a lot of concern and noticing among college professors and others that the way people use the internet has probably shortened attention spans.
Some skills can be safely given away. Others are valuable. They are capacities that are needed for that flexibility, for that creative thinking, for that focus. It can’t be the case that everything can be traded off.

Some skills can be safely given away. Others are valuable. They are capacities that are needed for that flexibility, for that creative thinking, for that focus. It can’t be the case that everything can be traded off.

Yeah. Well, I think that we’re going to lose some finer intellectual dexterity, but we’re going to be better systems thinkers.

Today’s engineers are far better systems thinkers than I was when I graduated from school. But I was a much better transistor thinker.

What do you mean by systems thinker?

They think of large systems. Today’s computers have trillions, hundreds of trillions of transistors in them. When I first graduated from school, the first chip I worked on had 200 transistors. I knew every one of them by name. No engineer does that today. Most engineers now work well above the transistor, well above the functionality, and they’re cobbling things together to do things.

So you need to think much more about systems and interactions of systems. So some of the lower-level knowledge is gone.

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Simon Usherwood @simonusherwood.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

But absolutely tosh to think negotiations as third country (even in an accession path) can shape the EU

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Oh, we're still on the "significantly reformed EU" nonsense are we? Like the UK has the power to dictate terms as a returning hero or some such? Same EU as per the last 40 years at least. Be part of it or not. Full stop. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This should terrify Americans. This is the true long term damage that Trump has done to your wealth and power. The reserve currency was your super power.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot

Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Trump calls Cuba a "failed state," after HIS OWN oil blockade cut off their fuel, spiked infant mortality to 9.9/1k and dropped child cancer survival from 75% to 60% 69% of essential medicines are gone. Kids are dying from Trump sanctions. He's a terrorist. #cdnpoli

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