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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is a really important story. You know how over reliance on AI makes you lazy and stupid? This shows how that’s happening within the military — a military, it cannot be pointed out often enough, that’s growing ever more reliant on AI. The children of Shajarah Tayyebah Elementary paid the price
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The situation in Haiti is terrifying. On Sunday, 150 gunmen swept down on a town to kill, rape, loot, and burn. 22 people were executed in a churchyard. 52 were taken hostage. Stephen Miller mockingly says Haiti is safe and ICE just sent its second deportation flight this month; with kids on board.
They arrived in silence, under cover of darkness, heavily armed as they surrounded the town and moved through Kenscoff’s rugged terrain and towering forests in the mountains above the Haitian capital. Numbering around 150, the gunmen swept through several locations as they made their way toward the center of the town, opening fire on resident who tried to flee. At least 13 people were shot and killed as the gunmen ran through downtown, according to an account by the United Nations human rights office. As more than 50 others sought refuge in L’Arche de la Nouvelle Alliance, a Protestant church that had been sheltering people already displaced by the violence, the gunmen pursued them. When they arrive, they forced residents from the church and executed 22 of them in its courtyard. A dozen others were killed behind the sanctuary. The attackers didn’t just stop there. Before withdrawing from downtown, an area encompassing City Hall and a Haiti National Police substation, they abducted at least 52 people, including a mother and her five children, as well as another mother and her infant. Children and elderly who could not run were killed inside their homes. Others were burned alive after gunmen set at least a dozen houses on fire, witnesses told the National Human Rights Defense Network. The attackers also shot horses and other livestock inside the rural enclave.
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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Honestly, how is this news? We’ve been writing about this for years.
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Rage Against the Miocene @organiccarbon.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Because when we warned everyone about climate change, our leaders decided that instead of changing our harmful dependency on fossil fuels we would adapt. And then did absolutely nothing to adapt.
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
EXCLUSIVE: A Scottish council has been accused of acting as a 'receptionist' for a company developing an AI data centre that would displace plans for more than 1000 homes if built www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
This is hands down the best opinion piece you will read on the Arday case. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The takedown of Jason Arday has overjoyed the right, and must be a wake-up call for the left | Jason Okundaye
The Cambridge academic has rightly now resigned. But that won’t end the targeting of senior black figures or the lazy way institutions promote faux equality, says Guardian columnist Jason Okundaye
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Home Office genuinely needs to be abolished and its responsibilities split up, with immigration and asylum under an independent authority. Even by its low standards, standards which are being supported by the reappointment of Mahmood by Burnham, this is sickening. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Home Office blocking evacuation of dozens of women and children from Gaza
Refugee family reunions in limbo, despite Foreign Office saying it is ready to get people out of war-torn territory
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Adam Sawyer @adamjst.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
“If immigration hadn't picked up my brother, my sister-in-law would still be alive, and the children wouldn't be going through this sorrow,” he said. “Unfortunately, immigration — the [U.S.] government — doesn't see that. It makes no difference to them.” www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...
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Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportations
The couple’s 14-month-old daughter was found crying beside her mother’s body in a sugarcane field last week, according to Guatemalan authorities and media.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
🔥 Europe is starting to push Palantir out. Things are looking rough for Palantir in Europe… …as they are increasingly seen as a danger to sovereignty with a high risk of structural lock-in and major ethical concerns. Please share.
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Europe is pushing Palantir out.
YouTube video by Scientists for EU
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Once again staggered that Farage thought (perhaps still does) that 'don't worry your pretty little head about it. The voters of Clacton have re-elected me' would satisfy most people:
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Betting account in George Cottrell’s name received $9mn in crypto from unidentified sources
Deposits in Polymarket wallet came as convicted fraudster was providing gifts to Farage
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
And another amazing scoop from @nafeez.bsky.social about how deeply embedded Cottrell''s dodgy network of dark money is in Reform UK
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Hyphen @hyphenonline.com · 21/07/2026
An asylum seeker was stabbed 16 times in Home Office accommodation, Hyphen has learned. Alieu Barry’s horrifying ordeal came after alleged warnings to the housing provider Serco about his housemate’s mental state. 📷KC Nwakalor
Alieu Barry in his room in Stoke-on-Trent, July 2026. Photography for Hyphen by KC Nwakalor
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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 19/07/2026
A father in Idaho, speaking to police after his child died by suicide: “There is a huge amount of animosity, every single day, thrown at trans kids. The whole fucking country. The whole fucking administration, every single fucking day.” Please read this important story by @joyurcaba.bsky.social
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Idaho pushed anti-trans laws for years. Then a teen died.
The life and death of May Pollard, 16, provides a window into the tragic effect that legislation and political rhetoric have had on trans people in America.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
If you’re wondering why UK press has suddenly woken up to Farage, please read this. It’s because: Brexit. The r/w press refused to scrutinise the money behind Farage & the lawsuit against me scared off the rest. But this isn’t a new scandal. It’s the same one I’ve been reporting on for a decade
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 19/07/2026
“If students are using it to compose, which is the biggest tragedy of all, they’ll never learn to write. And their voice is stolen from them.”
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Dave Eggers told OpenAI staff that ChatGPT was ‘silencing an entire generation’
He called AI writing “pastiche nonsense.”
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 16/07/2026
France faces water shortages after successive heatwaves: 'Conservation must become a collective reflex'
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France faces water shortages after successive heatwaves: 'Conservation must become a collective reflex'
France faces an 'exceptional' drought, both 'in its early onset and in its severity', the environment minister said. Water usage restrictions are in place in most of the country.
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Peter Lipman @peterlipman.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Revealed: how Europe’s most powerful farming lobby killed EU’s pesticide law www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Revealed: how Europe’s most powerful farming lobby killed EU’s pesticide law
Exclusive: High-level documents show how Copa Cogeca worked to weaken legislation to protect climate and wildlife
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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Soon, this will be the global priority. I want nothing more
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Unsplintering.bsky.social @unsplintering.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
"UK govt. has officially ratified the Global Ocean Treaty, that can protect almost two thirds of the world’s ocean from industrial fishing and oil drilling" oceanographicmagazine.com/news/the-uk-...
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The UK has finally ratified the High Seas Treaty... now the hard part - Oceanographic
The UK ratifies High Seas Treaty, completing the process that helps the country establish marine protected areas across international waters.
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
These will be among the iconic images of the global warming era. Such sadness and awe
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Elizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
This is actually CRAZY work - we are more anti trans than several countries including the US, which are arguably not even liberal democracies
Views on Access to Facilities
Matching Gender
Identity
By Country
0. How much do you agree or disagree with the following?
Transgender people should be allowed to use single-sex facilities (e.g., public restrooms) that correspond to the gender they identify with


(Great Britain is at bottom of list of 26 countries)
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Reuters @reuters.com · 14/07/2026
Elon Musk's xAI has installed more than double the number of gas turbines than it has publicly acknowledged to power its Colossus 2 data center project, without federal permits, and the pollution is hitting predominantly Black neighborhoods the hardest reut.rs/4bIghEm
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 14/07/2026
An amazing quote from Lindsey Graham in this Atlantic story. It really captures an essential truth about politics that too few people ever really come to terms with. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Gove, Hancock, Johnson et al should never be listened to on anything ever again. “PPE failures left NHS staff poorly protected and wasted £10bn, Covid inquiry finds” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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PPE failures left NHS staff poorly protected and wasted billions, Covid inquiry finds
Healthcare staff were unable to properly protect themselves, or those in their care, from dangerous infections, says the latest inquiry report.
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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I want accountability. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Johnson government wasted £10bn on PPE, Covid inquiry finds
Chair criticises use of ‘VIP lane’ to prioritise PPE contracts for companies with Tory connections in damning report
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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
“The purpose of such interrogations has never been to determine whether someone needs disability benefits, but to make them reluctant to apply for it.” Today’s col. on Pip, its impending overall - and what a humane and effective system could actually look like. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Burnham has a chance to overhaul Pip. Here's what a truly progressive system could look like | Frances Ryan
Last week’s Timms report shows how disability is still vilified. But some pragmatic fixes would help both claimants and the economy, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Why I’m a fan of the Oxford comma.
TORONTO STAR
BOOK REVIEW
Sylvia Plath, a New York vigilante and Shah of Iran featured in latest historical fiction
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Mark Hebden @unionlib.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Guy on the radio earlier saying we should all save our shower water and use that to flush the toilet. Around 60 companies are responsible for 80% of all global carbon emissions; telling us as individuals to do something without addressing that is just gaslighting and guilt tripping.
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AnthropoceneMPG 🌊 @anthropocenempg.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Data Centers are being built in secret. 🤐
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David J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
WHOA DHS does not say that the agent feared for his life… just the vague concern for “public safety.” So he killed him just because he did not want him in America, not because of any specific threat to agents?
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Even if he was, there is no death penalty for being the target of a warrant. There is no death penalty for being arrested. There is no death penalty for being indicted. There is no version of this narrative that exonerates them @apnews.com
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Dave Johnson @dcjohnson.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Scientists are warning that the climate changes bringing these heatwaves are also causing food shortages in parts of the world. This WILL affect you. Probably sooner than later. DEMAND that your government stop the oil industry or it just gets worse! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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How climate breakdown is putting the world’s food in peril – in maps and charts
From floods to droughts, erratic weather patterns are affecting food security, with crop yields projected to fall if changes are not made
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Anti-trans groups are really going with “Trans people are a Jewish conspiracy to undermine the family.” It’s straight out of classical fascism.
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Dawn Robertson 🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇫🇷 @hayloftbooks.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Most UK media reports on June heatwave failed to mention climate crisis. Analysis of nearly 2,500 articles finds almost three-quarters made no reference to global heating. NASA map below shows burnt or still burning areas
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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The ability of the far right to make everything about them and the way ppl fall for it is embarassing. Ann Widecombes murder has fuck all to do with him. I don't know why they are debating his security on Today!!!
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Ebola spreading to two new provinces in Congo. Health workers consulting suspect cases without PPE—and not getting paid. High risk of the disease spreading to South Sudan. www.economist.com/middle-east-...
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The Ebola epidemic is getting out of control
It has spread to five provinces in Congo and may soon reach South Sudan
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Jeff Rudd 🇮🇪 🇨🇦 🇵🇸 @jeffrudd.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Japan has perfected a revolutionary process to extract lithium from dead batteries with 90% recovery rate. This brilliant technological leap guarantees Japan's absolute economic security.
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
For those that missed them at the time, here’s a piece about Sam Neill’s COVID videos. ew.com/movies/sam-n...
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Sam Neill is making a series of wonderfully unhinged videos while self-isolating
Sam Neill has released a series of increasingly bizarre videos designed to both encourage followers to stay at home and give them something to watch while self-isolating.
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Oil companies and their allies knew this would happen if they fought to slow decarbonisation They did it anyway
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June heatwave killed up to 440 people a day in England and Wales, data suggests
Extreme temperatures in May and June led to about 2,700 lost lives in total with climate crisis adding 3C to 4C
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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The May and June heatwaves killed 2,700 people in England and Wales, new data suggests. This is a damning indictment of the climate crisis but also a warning the U.K. needs an urgent plan to keep disabled and older people and young children safe in extreme heat. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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May and June heatwaves killed about 2,700 people in England and Wales, data suggests
Extreme heat led to 440 deaths a day during June peak, say scientists, with climate crisis ramping up temperatures
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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
they must have found something indefensible on a usb stick cos whew, the tide turned so fast on this man. Who else could he have taken donations from? Gregg Wallace? Mandelson? Michael Barrymore?
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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Very telling that the problem these labour mps seem to have with it is how it will impact the party electorally, not that its in and of itself morally repugnant
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
12 people have been arrested as part of an investigation into a suspected extreme right-wing terror plot against an Islamic gathering in Suffolk The UK Ijtima, which hosted 15,000 Muslims for a programme of talks and discussions, was closed and evacuated by police on Sunday
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Diamanda Hagan @diamandahagan.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
If someone gets upset at you for being correct about Anne Widdicombe and her terrible impact on the world because she's dead, that's fine, Anne Widdicombe has words for them.
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Ann Widdecombe on being protected from offense or from insults or from hurt feelings.
YouTube video by End The Smut
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Stéphanie says… 🏴‍☠️🦈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @stephaniejane.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
This👇explains why we’re going backwards; each of these orgs are prepared to sacrifice LGBTQ+ and women’s rights, just to harm trans people. And they do not give a shit.
Amnesty has added 51 gender-critical groups to the report since last year - among them Beira's Place, campaign group For Women Scotland, and policy group Murray Blackburn Mackenzie.
The LGB Alliance, the Seen Network, ADF International, Turning Point UK, and Labour Women's Declaration are also listed.
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Gaby Hinsliff @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
This on schools in heatwave is pretty upsetting but have also heard some horror stories about nursing homes & hospital waiting rooms. Both ends of the age spectrum struggling www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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‘Children were calling for their mummies’: UK pupils struggle in 40C-plus classrooms
Teachers call for schools to be urgently adapted for hot weather amid reports of nausea, fainting and heatstroke
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
🔴 Who Is Really Bankrolling Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain Byline Times investigates the figures behind the Elon Musk-backed far-right rival to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK bylinetimes.com/2026/07/10/who-is-really-bankrolling-rupert-lowes-restore-britain/
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Who Is Really Bankrolling Rupert Lowe's Restore Britain
Byline Times investigates the figures behind the Elon Musk-backed far-right rival to Nigel Farage's Reform UK
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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Reform-led Norfolk County Council banning Pride displays and events across the county’s libraries. What we see here is a glimpse at the kind of intolerant and repressive country they would build if ever they formed a government. This then is but a starter. The main course would be even darker.
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
My take is that it doesn’t matter that you’re personally kind if you’re publicly cruel. And having strong principles is not in itself a virtue. So I’m not criticising the obit - the format requires balance - but personally I feel less sad
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Hardeep Matharu @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
For 6 months, Byline Times has investigated Reform policy chief & Cambridge Professor James Orr's 'political pipeline' to recruit students, some of whom he houses – & his links to Palantir's Peter Thiel. Cambridge sent our queries straight on to Orr's lawyers. What's going on at the institution? 👇
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Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel and Reform UK's Cambridge University Recruitment Pipeline Project Revealed
The world-renowned academic institution has nothing to say in response to a six-month investigation by Byline Times raising serious concerns about the safeguarding of students and foreign influence at...
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