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This is my personal account so please don't be surprised by cat videos, rants about politics, music stuff and memes 🙌

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Avery Bullard @averybullard.bsky.social · 11h
Sean, how are these two things different?
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Dawn Butler MP @dawnbutlerbrent.bsky.social · 12h
What a speech it was an emotional rollercoaster! Sitting with MPs, some of us started crying.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h
Klobuchar has Schmitt dead to rights: "The game in fact was in Maryland. For a senator to have false information & imply, based on confusion about name of a team, that you were in another city & somehow involved that day in what was happening in Georgia & call you a 'dirtbag' deserves an apology"
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
📌 ICYMI — UN Acknowledges ‘Conflicts’ of Interest After Byline Times Exposes AI Panel’s Ties to OpenAI and Anthropic Funders — @nafeez.bsky.social The supposedly independent panel has close ties to donors who financed the AI giants they have assessed, a Byline Times investigation has found
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UN Acknowledges ‘Conflicts’ of Interest After Byline Times Exposes AI Panel’s Ties to OpenAI and Anthropic Funders
The supposedly independent panel has close ties to donors who financed the AI giants they have assessed, a Byline Times investigation has found
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 21h
Job interviews are a weird business – but what’s the alternative? | Emma Beddington
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Job interviews are a weird business – but what’s the alternative? | Emma Beddington
Given the biased nature of the interview process, the recent kerfuffle about taking iced coffee in with you may be the least of our worries, writes Emma Beddington
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Leish @leish2.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Laugh out loud funny listening to @BBCNews desperately trying to help #Trump back-pedal.
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Charlie W @charlie-w.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
‘Released on bail’.
Jackson Lamb looks on with contempt.
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Leish @leish2.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Angus Main @angusmain.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hooded and masked men? Very sneaky of them to disguise themselves as innocent legitimate protestors. People could have easily thought they were in the village to organise a symbolic independence referendum.
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• LIVE Farmer who called 999 saw 'large group of hooded and masked men' near RAF
Fairford, she tells BBC
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 28/09/2026
President Trump has asked Xi Jinping, the leader of China, whether he would like to buy American weapons, David Perdue, the American ambassador to China, said in a television interview on Sunday.
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Trump Offered to Sell Arms to China, U.S. Ambassador Says
President Trump made the offer to Xi Jinping, China’s leader, said David Perdue, the ambassador to China. The White House later said the U.S. had no plans for such a sale.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Magnificent trolling in Brum
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Leish @leish2.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#Fairford #Trump said it was US #intelligence. UK press reporting a totally different story of a local calling it in. Who knows what to believe. www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
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Trump - 'terror plot' was looking to do 'big damage' after arrests at RAF base
Trump said the men arrested near near RAF Fairford, in an operation led by counter-terrorism police - with homes evacuated and bomb disposal teams searching vehicles - were 'looking to do big damage'
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes.
Screenshot of BBC article: OpenAI bots (struck through) meddled with multiple US government agency sites
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Leish @leish2.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fab episode. Makes you wonder why we're not doing everything that Jamie says!
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Leish @leish2.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
#OpenAI #hack mate, strong conversations won't cut it. This is criminal activity by a company. They are responsible for their products. Arrest them and prosecute them. 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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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Not to harp on this, but one man has now coordinated the disruption of a port, two separate attacks on the RNLI, and interference with the border force and the police have no further questions? And the Home Secretary has not noticed?
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 23/09/2026
Since Trump took office, the richest 0.1% of Americans have gained more than 8,000 TIMES as much wealth as the bottom 50% of households.
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Leish @leish2.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Did anyone else get riled reading #LondonFalling? Classist reputation-washing. Privileged teen's calculated pursuit of crime a "tragic fantasy life". Hardened gangsters mere "unsavouries". Sympathetic literary grace that would never be extended to a working class teen. Not sure I'll finish it.
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
More: www.cnbc.com/2026/09/22/t...
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Trump discloses more than 1,100 July trades, including up to $25 million each in sales of Microsoft, Amazon
Trump sold tech stocks including Amazon and Microsoft when the Mag 7 stocks popped on July 20, adding $291 billion in market value in one day.
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Saudi Arabia is running tests on a crucial oil pipeline with a view to restarting it this week, a person familiar with the matter said. The kingdom also expects to resume oil loadings from the Red Sea port of Yanbu this week.-Bloomberg
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 22/09/2026
Interested in children's education? Tonight in Norwich - an open meeting to discuss a new and dynamic way of educating our children. See link at end of this article for details on how to register.
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Beyond the test: let’s reclaim education for the next generation
How we can reclaim educational practice to make education more meaningful and worthwhile for young people? How we can reclaim educational practice to make education more meaningful and worthwhile for…
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Reuters @reuters.com · 22/09/2026
Republican senator calls for probe into Trump family's business dealings reut.rs/4di4b5Z
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Republican senator calls for probe into Trump family's business dealings
A Republican US senator on Tuesday called for an investigation into the ​ways that President Donald Trump's family is profiting from his time in office, saying the perception that they are ‌exploiting their position is undermining trust in the government.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/09/2026
US Intelligence has definitively linked commercial Chinese satellite imagery to the Iranian attack on a Jordan airbase that killed 3 US service members. 1/
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 21/09/2026
‘Incredibly encouraging’: healing the scars of traditional anchors in Dorset’s seagrass meadows
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‘Incredibly encouraging’: healing the scars of traditional anchors in Dorset’s seagrass meadows
Eco-moorings help to restore seagrass in just five years, boosting sealife such as seahorses, eels and crabs One of the UK’s most precious underwater habitats – Dorset’s seagrass meadows – is recovering thanks to “eco moorings” designed to prevent the seabed being ripped up, a study has revealed. Scars caused by traditional anchors in some areas of seagrass in Studland Bay have almost entirely vanished, which is boosting the number of seahorses that thrive in the submerged meadows. Continue reading...
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 21/09/2026
António Costa said in an interview with POLITICO that the EU wants to “do more” and “act as much as possible with Canada” as the bloc seeks to define its ties with Ottawa.
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EU wants ‘closest possible’ relationship with Canada, Costa tells POLITICO
The European Council president said the EU and Canada can work together on defense, AI and strengthening democracy.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Remember this one? “Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom.” The most efficient travellers are us on bikes. Proven science via Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social #CityMakingMath
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The Most Efficient Traveler Isn’t a Bird or a Fish—It’s You on a Bike
A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom
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Mark Kersten @markkersten.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I’ve been told this too, from UN sources - the US will sanction the #ICC as an institution this week, & that they have considered designating the Court as a terrorist or terrorist supporting body. All for Netanyahu (and Putin). States that believe in the rule of law must denounce this lunacy.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 21/09/2026
How Saudi oil scientists ended up working on the world’s most important climate reports
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How Saudi oil scientists ended up working on the world’s most important climate reports
Guardian investigation reveals fossil fuel links of IPCC authors, with experts declaring the body’s conflict of interest policy ‘not fit for purpose’ On her first day as an expert author on the world’s most important climate reports, Prof Julia Steinberger knew nobody else, so she sat down at a stranger’s table for breakfast. “Hi, I’m Julia. I’m from the University of Lausanne,” she said. The man across the table replied: “I’m Mustafa Babiker. I work with Saudi Aramco.” Continue reading...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The amount of freshwater on earth is seriously declining, reports the World Meteorological Organisation. Last year rivers carried 36% less water than usual and glaciers lost 400 gigatons of ice. Reserves of groundwater are also shrinking in most places. phys.org/news/2026-09...
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Report on global water resources: Worldwide continents are drying up
The global water cycle is becoming increasingly unbalanced. Extreme droughts and floods are the result. This is shown in this year's report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on the state ...
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The war has been over for months, and also, the jet-fuel depot at the airport in Riyadh just blew up. www.wsj.com/world/middle...
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Air Attack Sets Fuel Depot Ablaze at Airport in Saudi Capital
The assault came as the kingdom has been targeted by Yemen’s Houthi rebels and by drones from Iraq.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Preparations across Europe. Everyone is expecting Putin to announce a mobilisation after this weekend’s Duma elections.
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Hospitals on alert for Russia attack as emergency meetings called across Europe
War plans outlining how hospitals would deal with thousands of wounded soldiers are among the alarming scenarios being drawn up in European capitals as intelligence chiefs warn of a growing threat
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Germany is preparing hospitals for a possible Russian escalation with NATO, Bloomberg reports. Berlin estimates up to 1,000 casualties a day could require medical care.
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Dementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Research Associate / Research Assistant job at the University of Cambridge: lead iPSC models of progressive MS, using CRISPR screens to find glial mechanisms and therapy targets. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...
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Research Assistant / Research Associate: MS stem cell models
Research Associate job at the University of Cambridge: lead iPSC models of progressive MS, using CRISPR screens to find glial mechanisms and therapy targets.
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Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
BREAKING NEWS: Flames and a large plume of black smoke were seen rising near Riyadh airport, according to an eyewitness. Source: Reuters
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
His case is part of a much wider trend, where asylum seekers have become a key target for far-right terrorists I revealed earlier this year that a quarter of the terror attacks in Britain over the past decade have targeted Muslims or small boat migrants inews.co.uk/news/uk-terr...?
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The UK terror attacks you don't hear about - and how they go under the radar
Some incidents are not being confirmed as terrorism for up to nine months, leaving the public unaware about the threat on British streets
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Jordan H. @jordanehoser.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"This joint defense initiative is particularly notable because direct military collaboration between Washington and Libyan units is usually considered unlikely due to Libya’s ongoing defense ties with Moscow." africa.businessinsider.com/local/market...
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U.S. joins forces with a Russian-backed North African nation hosting Russian warplanes and drones across six bases as both unite against a common enemy
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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I really hate the framing of these stories as "an AI agent broke out and hacked something." No, an inadequate sandbox meant that a powerful and unpredictable computer program was set loose on the open internet by the company that designed it. The agency isn't with the "AI agent", it's with the firm
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Fearing a general mobilization immediately following the State Duma elections, Russians are scrambling to open foreign bank accounts and move their assets off shore. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Russians Fear Putin Will Send Them to War Once Election Is Over
Russians are growing fearful that President Vladimir Putin may soon order a massive new mobilization for the war in Ukraine after this weekend’s parliamentary elections.
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Luke Turner @luketurner.com · 12/09/2026
As Ben Delo's record £36m Reform donation is headline news, I can't emphasise enough that the media ought to be reporting on Delo's heinous funding of antisemitic conspiracy theorists in the High Court – anonymous contributors to the horrifying neo-Nazi account shown below. bsky.app/profile/luke...
A sample of neo-Nazi posts by the @ParallaxOptics account, displaying grotesque antisemitic caricatures and violent Jew hate.The @ParallaxOptics account's banner image depicting Adolf Hitler.Post by @ParallaxOptics of an article anonymously written by Nina Power and Daniel Miller: ON CULTS II "If we're proposing the the Left is a cult, the first question is what do cults want in general?"
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 18/09/2026
Revealed: How Russia use mobile ‘super-app’ Max to spy on its citizens
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Revealed: How Russia use mobile ‘super-app’ Max to spy on its citizens
Research shows tens of millions of people are being forced to use platform that amounts to ‘backdoor’ on their device Over the past 18 months, tens of millions of Russians have been forced to install a new app on their phones – a violet-blue button designed for messaging and payments, called Max. Authorities have touted it as a patriotic alternative to Telegram and WhatsApp; Russian glitterati have promoted it in rap videos and comic routines. This summer, it became the country’s most-used messaging app. Continue reading...
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
We seem to be moving inexorably towards the unthinkable - the total closure of a university… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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University of Brighton considers closing Falmer campus by 2030
The campus houses the university's library, sports and health complex, and two halls of residence.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17/09/2026
After claiming Yemen’s Red Sea coastline in a swift offensive, analysts say the Houthis are pushing toward the country’s oil-rich eastern province of Marib. nyti.ms/4Aj6O17
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Dr. Michael MacKay @michaelmackay.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Ukrainian drone swarms are hitting Moscow region now. Russian air defence systems are working actively. Domodedevo airport is closed. An air raid alert has been declared even in Moscow itself.
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BirdGuides @birdguides.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Eight wild-born Choughs have fledged in Kent, marking another step in efforts to restore the species to the county after an absence of more than 200 years:
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Eight wild-born Choughs fledge in Kent
Chough has bred in the wild in Kent following the release of captive-reared birds in 2023, with the county population now estimated at 35.
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Middle East Monitor @middleeastmonitor.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
IOM says 2,776 Yemenis crossed into Djibouti amid west coast fighting
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IOM says 2,776 Yemenis crossed into Djibouti amid west coast fighting
More than 2,700 Yemenis have crossed into Djibouti since the beginning of September amid escalating fighting along Yemen’s western coast, while more than 104,000 people have been displaced wi…
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Curiously, “Anthropic is trying to raise red flags about AI safety” while “partnering with some of the least trustworthy people in tech,” including “Elon Musk’s SpaceX” & now reportedly Rum Group (Rumble), which “counts J.D. Vance and Peter Thiel among its earliest investors…” 9/15/26 … 1/
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Peter Thiel to Celebrate Rumble's Unholy Alliance With Anthropic by Bringing His Antichrist Lectures to Nashville
Maybe this is how the end starts.
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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The Irish musicians, Beoga, who play alongside Ed Sheeran, have withdrawn from Sheeran’s tour. This is the statement they published on Instagram:
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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In response to Thomas Massie's actions to force a vote on the impeachment of Pete Hegseth... Mike Johnson has cancelled all remaining votes between today and the November election. You can't make this stuff up.
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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Did you know there are free resources for schools accompany my 1st book History's Most Epic Fibs? I know! That's what schools need, more free resources lol. But in case this particular offer floats your boat www.hachetteschools.co.uk/contributor/...
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Athena Kugblenu - Hachette Schools
Athena Kugblenu is a stand-up comedian and writer. She has written for CBBC's Horrible Histories series, CBBC's Odd Squad, CBeebies JoJo and Gran Gran, The Amelia Gething Complex and Swashbuckle as we...
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