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Derek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · 13h
What’s this “on hold” bullshit? Impeach and convict and remove him from office. This is clearly illegal. Perhaps we will have to wait until January, but we shouldn’t need to.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 16h
This is gold
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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 20h
Measles is absolutely tearing through unvaccinated communities. There were more new cases of measles in the US in the past seven days (330) than we had in ALL of 2024 (285). A total 4,410 cases this year, which everyone agrees is an undercount. www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/us-m...
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US measles cases grow by 8% in one week for a total of 4,410 cases
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Rev Peter W Nimmo @peternimmo.bsky.social · 23h
As if Stalin had never gone away
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Mujtaba Rahman @mijrahman.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
I've written a long essay for Parly Magazine on where things sit in Russia's war against Ukraine There is too much focus on Trump. The bigger risk is that European support for Kyiv is fragmenting exactly when constraints on Putin are beginning to bite www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article...
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Europe risks retreating on Ukraine just as Russia weakens
As EU leaders debate how to fund Kyiv, doubts over its accession and next year's elections in France and Italy could hand the Kremlin what it has f...
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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Three noteable trends here: 14 point Reform to Labour swing, Restore vote much larger than Labour’s margin of victory, large Con vote clearly unwilling to tactically vote Reform on seat latter was defending
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Luke Piper @lukepiper.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
This is an often forgotten point. UK is holding thousands of people in a status limbo. They get status, but no way of knowing how long it'll last and no settlement options. Planning work? School? One of the few things the UK has control over in the response to the war and they do this.
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Ken Crook @kencrook.bsky.social · 10h
Don't forget Mélenchon, who could end up helping Le Pen into power. He's also a fan of Putin.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Trump, Musk, Weidel, Le Pen: These are collaborator-populists who triumph at the ballot box and yet would sell their country to a Russian despot iandunt.substack.com/p/these-are-...
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These are the men and women who betrayed Ukraine
Some of them are fascist collaborators. Some of them are self-interested Machiavellians. Some are merely cowards. All of them have blood on their hands.
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Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
If Rosebank is approved, the onus is on the Government to explain, in honest not fanciful terms, how it is compatible with Net Zero by 2050. The key question: if countries are approving fields like Rosebank what hope of Net Zero is there? www.stopcambo.org.uk/updates/ten-...
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Ten Trade Unions call on UK government to reject controversial Rosebank oil field
Ten unions including UNISON, Fire Brigades Union and National Education Union have written to the government calling on them to act in the long term interest of the public
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Mujtaba Rahman @mijrahman.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Thanks to European funding and Ukraine's incredible innovative capacity, Trump's opinions matter less today than last year. The bigger risk is growing European fragmentation toward Ukraine - not only the Le Pen risk, but the fatigue we're seeing on €bn, sanctions and accession
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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Have to be clear just how dangerous this is. If it continues, it effectively removes constitutional rights from an entire class of people. Imagine you had to fear that if you criticize the regime, any error on paperwork filled out by your family decades ago could be used to strip your citizenship.
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 15/10/2026
New satellite imagery reveals the full extent of tree felling on a Washington DC golf course long eyed for development by President Trump. 430 trees were reportedly cut with little notice over the weekend, undermining attempts to protect the site. www.bellingcat.com/news/us-cana...
A satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows the East Potomac Golf Links on October 8 before tree felling.A satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows the East Potomac Golf Links on October 13th after tree felling.
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Whatever the truth of the Musk/Trump theatricals over Starlink, we should pause to think about the fact that key defence systems are controlled by a psychopathic megalomaniac and a white-supremacist egomaniac.
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David Aaronovitch @davidsonofaaron.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
The disastrous homoerotic logic of Hegseth's execution idea davidaaronovitch.substack.com/p/pete-hegse...
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Pete Hegseth’s circular firing squad
Plus, the reratting prospects of Robert Jenrick
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Kenan Malik @kenanmalik.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Iran’s use of mass executions to instil fear of any dissent. The latest case is that of Najmeh Amini, sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment for taking part in the January protests, and now facing the death sentence for blasphemy: www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Iranian woman handed death sentence for ‘blasphemy’ in social media post
Rights groups warn of Tehran regime’s increasing use of executions to suppress dissent, with at least 600 this year
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Derek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Can the LLM-based AI agents that are supposed to be able to help with scientific research distinguish real work from pseudoscience, from fraud, or from long-discredited retracted starting papers? Take a guess.
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How LLMs Deal With Fraudulent Papers
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Thomas Hegghammer @hegghammer.net · 15/10/2026
You can de-google and self-host as much as you want, but if a government wants your data, it can just go grab it at the source
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Amsterdam server seized at request of U.S. authorities after antifa allegations
Police in Amsterdam seized a server from a data center in the city’s eastern district on Tuesday, following a request from U.S. authorities. The police confirmed the seizure after it was reported by t...
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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Must read piece
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Eddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Reform UK candidates caught saying some proper sick things about women and minorities in a new ITV undercover expose. Explains why the party has been panicking and lashing out at ITV over the past few days. The ITV documentary "Undercover: A Year In Reform" will air on 18th October.
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Mujtaba Rahman @mijrahman.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Thankfully the debate in EU is moving in opp direction, toward seizure of the underlying capital. Lots of creative thinking in Bxl about 1/ how to remove €clear (+ thus Belgium) from picture & 2/ how to mutualise any legal blowback/fiscal risk. Not there yet but direction of travel is the right one
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Nick Cohen @nickcohen.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Today innocent civilians will die because the United States wants to cripple Ukraine’s defences and hand victory to Trump’s role model and potential paymaster Vladimir Putin Piece from me on how we are witnessing the lowest moment in Western history since Chamberlain’s betrayal at Munich
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Ukraine: Trump betrays an ally to please a tyrant
America’s Munich moment
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Mujtaba Rahman @mijrahman.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Importantly, EU leaders are not demanding Zelensky stop striking Russia's oil refineries. The EU does support calls for a ceasefire - but this would have to cover all attacks against energy infrastructure by both sides. The pushback on Ze is on tone and diplomacy only, not policy. Not substance
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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
‘We don’t have the money for that’ says the former Chancellor who cut NI twice when we couldn’t afford it for purely political reasons.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Le Pen wants to cut Ukraind off if she is elected. She has long been close to Moscow, as Trump is
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Extraordinary undercover reporting in Reform by ITV, uncovering what many of its councillors and activists are really like, when they think the cameras are off. A racist party which attracts racist people. www.itv.com/news/2026-10...
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
“We're not f****** stupid enough to p*** off the entire woke south or centrist south really of the country,” “You need to seem palatable to everyone...We just need to get f****** elected, that’s all that really matters. We won't necessarily say what we are doing, part of the point is to not [say].”
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Mujtaba Rahman @mijrahman.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
It is madness The US (and Europe) are weakening Ukraine’s position at the very moment Russia’s own capacity to sustain the war is coming under increasing strain This is now the greatest danger for Ukraine. And it is happening just as Putin is running out of options of his own
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
A useful reminder from the 2016 referendum campaign.
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Another L for the 'you don't understand. It's in fact smart to not have anything critical to say about this topic' crowd.
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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Blood in the water www.itv.com/news/2026-10...
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Ken Crook @kencrook.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
I think Rooney and PA have played a more important role here.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Feel a lot of pride about the way Britain has responded to Trump's attacks on Ukraine, repeatedly launching big symbolic demonstrations of solidarity when things are at their most tenuous.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Just so you understand the scale of betrayal: first, our "partners" didn't warn Ukraine about the incoming ballistic missiles, so the air raid alert wasn't activated before impact, robbing people of their chance to survive. ​Then, Starlink was restricted to stop working at speeds above 100 mph.
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British Future @britishfuture.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Race hatred still rife on X and Ofcom risks being 'played' by the platform - @britishfuture.bsky.social response to today's Ofcom update: www.britishfuture.org/race-hate-on...
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 14/10/2026
BREAKING: Guinea-Bissau did not approve the controversial hepatitis B vaccine trial to move forward, the country's health minister says: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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Guinea-Bissau denies it has approved controversial vaccine trial in newborns
Health minister says government ‘did not authorize’ Danish-led hepatitis B trial in babies backed by RFK Jr
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Even in Trump-world, Katie Zacharia is noticeable for her staggering levels of stupidity inews.co.uk/opinion/kati...
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Katie Zacharia is the new face of America’s intellectual collapse
Ian Dunt: Welcome to New America. It is no longer a place where a free press is encouraged, or where governments subject themselves to scrutiny
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Ken Crook @kencrook.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Great read as always from @warringfictions.bsky.social - this time on scarcity and fairness (parables.substack.com/p/scarcity-a...)
Graph showing where parties voters stand on the two issues, with Reform and Restore Britain thinking the economy means people like them don't get their fare share, especially because wealth and resources are so tight.
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Look, Zelensky signalling that the US has cut off all warning of Russian missile attacks on Ukraine.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Trump “was troubled that Guilfoyle was making money off his presidency,” the WSJ informs us, with the journalistic equivalent of a straight face.
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Kenan Malik @kenanmalik.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
When “normalisation” becomes trying to join a new war even when you’re not wanted: www.haaretz.com/middle-east-...
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Netanyahu seeks to join Saudi's fight against Houthis, crown prince opposes move
Netanyahu's efforts are aimed at strengthening ties with Riyadh and paving the way for a future normalization agreement between the two countries, a source told Haaretz
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John Self @john-self.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Incredible softening and qualification ("suggest", "perception", "many", "might", "hoped") here by Chris Mason of poll results which consistently and clearly show - to quote the actual question - that a majority think it was wrong to leave the EU.
In doing so he hopes he can tap into public sentiment. Opinion polls suggest a perception among a majority that leaving the European Union has not turned out how many might have hoped.YouGov Brexit tracker, question "Do you think it was right or wrong to leave the EU?" with results since mid-2021 showing an increasing majority who think it was wrong, with numbers consistently around 57% "wrong", 30% "right" for the last three years
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
It certainly appears that she never passed the bar exam in any state or in DC. She should fit in with the NIH Director Bhattacharya who is listed as "a renowned doctor,..." on the NIH website despite not doing any clinical training after medical school and never (it appears) practicing medicine.
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GylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
This is quite extraordinary. I don't think I have heard a more coherent, articulate and accurate deconstruction & demolition of Nigel Farage's ReformUK, Tory & Restore policy than this. In under 85 seconds! @rafaelbehr.bsky.social is on here folks and worth a follow.
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Rafael Behr @rafaelbehr.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Why the Kremlin was pro-Brexit and why it still matters even if 2016 meddling didn’t swing the result www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Brexiters can’t cope with the fact that Putin was cheering them on | Rafael Behr
Russian meddling probably didn’t affect the referendum result – but the Kremlin’s motives for wanting to undermine the EU still matter, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Boris Johnson’s claims about asking whether Russia interfered in Brexit are misleading. He didn’t ask for any formal assessment and nor did he receive a categorical response. Anyone printing a notorious liar’s disingenuous comments is engaged in deliberate obfuscation.
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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
It was a pleasure and an honour to speak to @lukeharding1968.bsky.social about his new book 'Betrayal' and the globalisation of the Trump-Putin alliance. In the days following the treacherous diesel deal, no better time to hear from Luke. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
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Luke Harding on Trump's Betrayal of the West
Podcast Episode · Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell · 13 October · 41min
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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
New IMF forecasts tell you 2 things about UK economy. Firstly, the British economy has proved resilient in face of the Iran conflict: IMF have UK growth as joint second fastest in G7 this year (forget forecasts, in hard data we’ve seen the fastest growth in G7 so far this year)
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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
The UK with joint highest current growth and lowest forecast deficit in the G7 is… um… not what you might imagine from reading the newspaper.
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