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"I’ve lived this long because I know when to fight, when to run, and when to keep my mouth shut. Though, admittedly, I’ve never been very good at that last one." moonglum... gwyneddsfailingcouncil.blogspot.com

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l8in.bsky.social @l8in.bsky.social · 1h
For many years now, complaints regarding abuse in Gwynedd have been nodded through by councillors instead of proper scrutiny or investigation.... l8inagain.wordpress.com/2026/10/01/g...
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Gwynedd Cabinet Member Silent On Yet Another Arrest Of School Staff – And Canolfan Brynffynnon.
Cyngor Gwynedd held a full council meeting on Thursday, 24th September 2026. Questions were asked by councillors, that included concerns of drones at Llanbedr airfield.The questions are asked …
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l8in.bsky.social @l8in.bsky.social · 11h
How many arrests of school staff (past and present) have there now been since Neil Foden? Seven? More..? gwyneddsfailingcouncil.blogspot.com/2026/10/gwyn...
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 13h
Freddie Mac reports that a 30-year fixed rate mortgage is now 7.28%, up from 7.03% last week and nearly a full percentage point higher than a year ago when it was 6.34%. www.freddiemac.com/pmms
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Mortgage Rates
With mortgage rates on their current trajectory, the housing market continues to be supported by favorable economic conditions.
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l8in.bsky.social @l8in.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The execution of Tennessee inmate Christa Pike has been halted just over an hour before it was due to happen... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Execution of US murderer Christa Pike halted shortly before it was due to happen
Pike was convicted and sentenced to death in 1996 for the murder of Colleen Slemmer.
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l8in.bsky.social @l8in.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The last British and American troops have left Iraq after a military presence of more than a decade in the country... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Last UK and US troops leave Iraq as anti-Islamic State mission ends
The withdrawal of coalition forces, under a deal agreed two years ago, was a key demand of the Iraqi government.
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l8in.bsky.social @l8in.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A former detective has admitted taking pictures beneath the clothing of a child without consent - also known as "upskirting". Lee Harshey-Jones, 45... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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North Wales Police detective pleads guilty to 'upskirting'
He was a lead investigator in the case of two-year-old Ethan Ives-Griffiths who was murdered.
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l8in.bsky.social @l8in.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Metropolitan Police has submitted its final investigation file into the Grenfell Tower fire to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), seeking charges against 54 individuals and 20 companies... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Met Police submits Grenfell Tower fire investigation files to CPS
The force is seeking charges against 54 individuals and 20 companies over the 2017 tower block fire that killed 72 people.
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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"My concern all along is what have we done to the kids. We moved here, chose this property, + I feel guilty because I’ve exposed them to that, even though I know it’s not my fault.” So often, with PFAS pollution, the innocent feel guilt. Do the culpable? share.google/uPs7Qpqek3qn...
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‘Are these chemicals in my blood?’ How one community learned the truth about Pfas pollution
People living next to a chemicals plant near Blackpool were tested for ‘forever chemicals’. Last week they received the alarming results
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l8in.bsky.social @l8in.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Several kilograms of cocaine held as evidence in a major Fiji drug case have gone missing from a court, police said ​on Tuesday, with media saying the drug, valued at about $31 million, ‌was swapped out for flour... www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
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Cocaine evidence missing from Fiji court was swapped out for flour, media say
Several kilograms of cocaine held as evidence in a major Fiji drug case have gone missing from a court, police said ​on Tuesday, with media saying the drug, valued at about $31 million, ‌was swapped o...
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l8in.bsky.social @l8in.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
On Friday, David Wesley Prevatte, 23, was arrested in Bayou Blue, La. for the murder of his niece. The defendant was taken into custody in by the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office ...and is currently awaiting extradition to North Carolina... lawandcrime.com/crime/uncle-...
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Uncle Who Previously Said He Had 'Nothing to Do With It' Arrested and Charged With 5-Year-Old Niece's Brutal 2017 Murder
"I'm the one that took her to the hospital, me and my dad did," the girl's uncle said in 2018. "And I sat there all the time, you know."
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l8in.bsky.social @l8in.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In 2010, the nation had a generating capacity of 89 gigawatts (GW), with demand averaging 40GW and peaking in winter at 60GW. We had just enough spare capacity to allow for power station breakdowns and maintenance... finance.yahoo.com/energy/artic...
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The net zero bungle that has left Britain paying France to take our power
It’s the Ed Miliband paradox: why does Britain have among the highest power prices in Europe when we have so much electricity that suppliers have to pay customers to use it?
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l8in.bsky.social @l8in.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Azzopardi was convicted in March 2013 over the explosion of a bomb in Żejtun on 18 June 2005, which killed Angela Bondin and seriously injured Therese Grima... www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/court_a...
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Court rejects Ronnie Azzopardi Is-Sufu's bid to overturn life sentence
Convicted murderer Ronnie Azzopardi is serving a life sentence for a 2005 car bombing which killed his brother's partner
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l8in.bsky.social @l8in.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sir Ranulph's stepson, Alex Millington-Cotes, told Newsnight he wanted to see the power of attorney "removed from my own mother" and placed in the hands of people who have "have fully his best interests in mind". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Family of British explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes say they don't know where he is
It has been alleged that Sir Ranulph has been admitted to a number of care homes under assumed names.
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l8in.bsky.social @l8in.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I have been sitting with the news about Nolan Wells, a Black teenager from the Mississippi Gulf Coast who went to party on a barrier island with a group of mostly white friends on July 4, never returned home and was later found dead... www.ms.now/opinion/nola...
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Opinion | A grand jury's dissatisfying response to Nolan Wells' death and our louder demand for answers
Stephanie V. McKee-Anderson: A grand jury not detecting a crime can't be the end of the Nolan Wells story
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l8in.bsky.social @l8in.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Days into his trial last March, Brennan, with an address in Montana in the US, admitted to 24 offences against his three sisters. The abuse was committed in the family home in Rathfarnham when he was aged between 16 and 24... www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
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DPP appeals former priest’s ‘unduly lenient’ sentence for sexual abuse of his three sisters
Paula Fay, Catherine Wrightstone and Yvonne Crist voiced concern over term imposed on Richard Brennan
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l8in.bsky.social @l8in.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The probe will examine why police were not called in after it emerged computing teacher Martin Gallacher had assaulted a teenager at a school in Paisley... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Council dropped initial investigation into sex abuse teacher
Martin Gallacher was convicted last week of sexually abusing a dozen youngsters at a Paisley school over an 11-year period.
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l8in.bsky.social @l8in.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
US President Donald Trump on Saturday publicly rejected an Iranian proposal for a seven-day cease-fire, after the Wall Street Journal reported Friday night that he “has told aides he expects to resume bombing Iran after the November midterms.” www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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As Trump rejects Iranian cease-fire proposal, Wall Street Journal reports plans to resume bombing after midterms
US President Donald Trump rejected an Iranian proposal for a seven-day cease-fire Saturday, after the <em>Wall Street Journal<em> reported he told aides he expected to resume bombing after the Novembe...
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l8in.bsky.social @l8in.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Friends and relatives of Sir Ranulph are believed to be considering a legal challenge to her guardianship,in a case that is highlighting the problems with the power of attorney system.... Mrs Millington-Cotes, who was granted a lasting power of attorney... www.lbc.co.uk/article/miss...
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Sir Ranulph Fiennes was 'kept in series of care homes illegally' by wife 'under false name' | LBC
The explorer, 82, has not been seen in public for two years and has been placed in several care homes under a false name by his wife, Louise Millington-Cotes
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Big business excels at tax evasion so the rest of us suckers have to pay more "Starbucks brought in £556 million from coffee sales in the UK last year. Yet the taxman paid them £13.7 million. Not a typo. Not unlawful. Just the tax rules operating exactly as they are written." via Immanuel Ezekiel
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l8in.bsky.social @l8in.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Oklahoma Air Force lieutenant colonel and his wife allegedly forced their malnourished 9-year-old adopted daughter to live in a closet and called her "Jingle Bells" because they made her wear bells so they knew if she was moving around... Steven Haynes - Susan Haynes lawandcrime.com/crime/air-fo...
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Air Force lieutenant colonel, wife barely fed girl and forced her to wear bells: Cops
An Air Force lieutenant colonel and his wife allegedly forced a 9-year-old girl to live in a closet and called her "Jingle Bells" because they made her wear bells to hear her moving around the house.
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l8in.bsky.social @l8in.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Since 2010 there have been revelations about police infiltration of protest groups. For over 40 years the state sanctioned the use of undercover police to gain intelligence on political activists, including animal rights campaigners... www.burojansen.nl/observant/ho...
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Buro Jansen & Janssen
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l8in.bsky.social @l8in.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"The unpleasant noise that drones make while flying in circles around the village is causing great distress to residents and visitors alike. There is also concern about the military use of the site that could put Llanbedr at risk of being a target for enemies of the UK" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Drones circling airfield spark fears of 'UK enemies' targeting area
Drone testing at an airfield could put the area at risk of becoming "a target for UK enemies", a councillor fears.
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l8in.bsky.social @l8in.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The vote was initially tied, with 45 members backing the motion and 45 opposed, requiring Presiding Officer Huw Irranca-Davies to cast the deciding vote against the proposal in line with parliamentary convention... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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'No turning back' in independence journey, says Wales' first minister
It is the first time the first minister of Wales has attended a Yes Cymru march.
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l8in.bsky.social @l8in.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Classic Spitting Image - The President's Brain Is Missing ! www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p8c...
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Ronald Reagan on Classic Spitting Image - The President's Brain Is Missing !
YouTube video by Classic British Comedy
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.
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l8in.bsky.social @l8in.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Flock Safety announced a voluntary employee separation program on Friday, offering a “generous” severance package to those who want to leave amid growing backlash against the surveillance technology company, according to an internal email shared with WIRED. www.wired.com/story/flock-...
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Flock Offers Employees Buyouts as Customers Flee
As dozens of cities end contracts for its controversial license plate readers, Flock is rolling out a voluntary severance program, WIRED has learned.
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l8in.bsky.social @l8in.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Documents reviewed by CBS News reveal that U.S. Southern Command is exploring the availability of combat sustainment, engineering, and medical units—as well as a military police brigade—within the next “90-120 days.” newrepublic.com/post/215859/...
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U.S. Military Prepares for Possible Action in Cuba
New documents reveal that U.S Southern Command is investigating how soon the military action can take place.
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l8in.bsky.social @l8in.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Donald Trump has been slapped with 26 new articles of impeachment by a House Democrat, accusing him of abuses of power, violations of his oath of office, and a sweeping range of other alleged misconduct... www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
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Donald Trump hit with 26 articles of impeachment
A House Democrat has introduced 26 articles of impeachment against Trump, alleging sweeping abuses across his second presidency.
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l8in.bsky.social @l8in.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
from 2013... Half of Americans below or near poverty line The Census Bureau says 15 percent of the country is living in poverty, but the reality is much worse... www.salon.com/2013/05/30/h...
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Half of Americans below or near poverty line - Salon.com
The Census Bureau says 15 percent of the country is living in poverty, but the reality is much worse
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l8in.bsky.social @l8in.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The mum of a six-year-old boy with autism and severe learning disabilities said she has been left "shaking" and "intimidated" after her son was placed on the Child Protection Register (CPR). www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Autism: Mum cannot understand why son placed on Child Protection Register
Danielle McQuillan said she does not understand why her son, who has autism and severe learning disabilities, was registered.
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l8in.bsky.social @l8in.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Running hot in the news this week is the fact that OpenAI hacked an Australian Government Medicare portal. This latest disturbing AI development comes on the heels of the ‘Hugging Face’ incident where AI agents operating under reduced safeguards gained access... michaelwest.com.au/criminal-bot...
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Criminal bots. When AI goes rogue, who goes to jail? - Michael West
Artificial Intelligence bots do not have a legal personality and can’t go to jail. But who is to be held responsible for their criminal acts?
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l8in.bsky.social @l8in.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Computer Weekly has reported the same timeline. It reported that the Post Office first treated his report as a routine support request. Ron Warmington, the forensic investigator formerly of Second Sight, told the outlet he found the defect serious enough to report... www.linkedin.com/pulse/bgf-po...
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BGF: The Post Office Scandal Is Not Over. It Has Just Stopped Being News
Content note: this article discusses suicide, suicide attempts and psychiatric detention. On 30 September at 11:59pm, the Post Office Process Review (PPR) closes to new applications.
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l8in.bsky.social @l8in.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Police in the US state of Mississippi have said that they believe a black woman was already dead before her body was "staged" and placed hanging in a tree, US media reports... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Black woman found hanging from tree was dead before body was 'staged', US media reports
Tasia Fortune's body was found hanging from a tree on the grounds of an abandoned home in Jackson in August.
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l8in.bsky.social @l8in.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Figures show Australian Federal Police have used discretionary powers to dismiss hundreds of allegations against officers without investigating them... www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Majority of AFP complaints dismissed without investigation, figures show
The AFP is using discretionary powers to "finalise" the majority of allegations against officers without investigating, despite repeated warnings from the national watchdog, an inquiry has revealed.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) said Thursday that Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco (R) will face “legal consequences” after the state Supreme Court unanimously ruled that his seizure of roughly 650,000 ballots violated state law. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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California Attorney General vows ‘legal consequences’ for GOP sheriff who seized ballots
The ballot seizure case highlights the risks to democracy when election deniers in positions of authority abuse their power to interfere with vote counting. Bianco seized an estimated 650,000 ballots ...
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l8in.bsky.social @l8in.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
But Wales' public health body has said it does not recommend blood testing for PCBs, saying it would cause more concern... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Blood test call for people potentially impacted by cancer-causing chemicals in the ground
People living near a lagoon branded "a shame on Britain" want to be tested for cancer-causing PCBs.
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l8in.bsky.social @l8in.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Poland lost $230 million in cryptocurrency trying to buy Venezuelan oil in 2023 — USB drives with crypto handed directly to scammers... finance.yahoo.com/markets/cryp...
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Poland lost $230 million in cryptocurrency trying to buy Venezuelan oil in 2023 — USB drives with crypto handed directly to scammers
In 2023, Poland apparently lost $230 million in cryptocurrency in an attempt to buy 6 million barrels of Venezuelan oil.
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l8in.bsky.social @l8in.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Republican-led Senate on Thursday defeated a resolution to remove U.S. forces from hostilities with Iran, in a vote forced by Democrats seeking to highlight fallout from the war in their bid to win back control of Congress. The resolution failed by a vote of 49 to 50 www.npr.org/2026/09/24/n...
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In one of their last votes before November, Senate GOP blocks effort to end Iran war
The vote on a war powers resolution introduced by Democrats came at a moment when some Republicans have begun to distance themselves from President Trump over the ongoing conflict.
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l8in.bsky.social @l8in.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Kevin Binette confessed in writing in the early 2000s. He said that when he was a teenager in the 1970s, he sexually molested a young boy. And when he was in college in the 1980s, he molested two fellow students while they slept. roysreport.com/atlanta-wors...
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Atlanta worship leader confessed to child molestation and continued working in local churches for another 20 years | The Roys Report
A worship leader confessed in writing to molesting children. Two decades later, he's still moving from church to church across metro Atlanta.
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l8in.bsky.social @l8in.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Even George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley, who staunchly supports Republicans and frequently criticizes the press, said on X that the ban “would be an assault on long-honored principles of a free press.” inforrm.org/2026/09/25/a...
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United States: How due process, not the First Amendment, got the White House ban on reporters blocked in court – Wayne Unger
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore journalists’ access to the White House on Sept. 24, 2026. As he had in a similar case in 2018, U.S. District Judge Timothy Ke…
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l8in.bsky.social @l8in.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A warrant was authorized in early September, charging 43-year-old Kieran L. Ansley with four counts of child abuse. Two of the charges, second-degree child abuse, are 10-year felonies. Ansley is also charged with two misdemeanor counts of fourth-degree child abuse... www.woodtv.com/news/grand-r...
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Hospital nurse charged after baby suffers broken bones
A now-former nurse at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital has been charged with child abuse after a 4-month-old girl in his care was found with multiple broken bones and bruising.
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l8in.bsky.social @l8in.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the ongoing work arising from the sexual abuse of children by the paedophile, Neil Foden... Yet another arrest of a school staff member in the summer shows that the problem may be more systemic than councillors wish to believe. gwyneddsfailingcouncil.blogspot.com/2026/09/scho...
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School Closures, Population Needs And Complaints - Cyngor Gwynedd Council...
Cyngor Gwynedd Social Services
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l8in.bsky.social @l8in.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
OpenAI agent hacks Australia's Medicare in world's first known rogue AI breach of government body... www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
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OpenAI agent hacks Australia's Medicare in world's first known rogue AI breach of government body
The OpenAI agent hacked a statistics portal containing "non-sensitive" data from Australia's universal healthcare scheme.
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l8in.bsky.social @l8in.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced movie mogul, was sentenced in Manhattan to 15 years in prison Wednesday for a felony sex crime in another #MeToo reckoning... apnews.com/article/harv...
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Harvey Weinstein is sentenced to 15 years in prison for 2006 sex crime in New York
Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting a woman in New York in 2006.
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l8in.bsky.social @l8in.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This material includes independent director materials comprising 1,579 documents, out of which KPMG makes a claim of LPP over 68 of these documents, as well as engagement materials comprising six documents... www.lawyersweekly.com.au/corporate-co...
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KPMG still claiming privilege over 74 documents, ASIC says
KPMG Australia has failed to produce over 70 documents to ASIC as it has continued to claim legal professional privilege, according to the ASIC chair.
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l8in.bsky.social @l8in.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Law firm paid £200m to support Post Office, while police investigating scandal are forced to beg... www.computerweekly.com/news/3666508...
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Law firm paid £200m to support Post Office, while police investigating scandal are forced to beg | Computer Weekly
There are concerns that a lack of funds for the police investigation could prevent the full Post Office scandal truth getting out
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l8in.bsky.social @l8in.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Look at what's happening in the West Bank, where day in, day out, we are seeing violations. And in the name of what? Hamas was never very active in the West Bank," Macron said in French, according to the UN's interpreter... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Netanyahu calls Macron's West Bank comments in UN speech 'grotesque'
Israel's PM denounces the French president after he appeared to downplay Hamas's activities in the occupied territory.
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l8in.bsky.social @l8in.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
With the Lockerbie case now pencilled in for mid-January by a Washington D.C. judge, the case against Abu Agila Mohammed Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi, referred to as ‘Masud’, is complete – or so we are led to believe... martinrjay.substack.com/p/the-one-lo...
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The one Lockerbie witness who is certain to not be called to Masud trial
A former MI6 asset who was at the heart of the Lockerbie story in 1988 has a terrifying and unbelievable story to tell. But U.S. judges and prosecutors are not interested in even examining her claims.
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l8in.bsky.social @l8in.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The SS complaints handling report, authored by Sharron Williams Carter and Mari Wynne Jones was presented... A reminder that the figures below may not be correct due to Gwynedd SS departments novel way of dealing with enquires and complaints… l8inagain.wordpress.com/2026/09/23/p...
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Population Needs, Complaints And School Closures – Gwynedd Council…
Cyngor Gwynedd held a meeting of the Cabinet on Tuesday, 15th September, 2026 at 1.00 pm. The agenda pack for the meeting can be found here –  Members confirmed the closure of Ysgol…
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l8in.bsky.social @l8in.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Kenneth Law has admitted 14 counts of aiding suicides in Canada after meeting people in online suicide forums. But almost 80 deaths in the UK have also been linked to him... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Man who sold toxic chemicals should rot in hell, says mother of woman who killed herself
Louise Nunn's daughter bought drugs from Canadian Kenneth Law, who sold toxic chemicals online.
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