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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This story is incredible - and shows how much corruption and money laundering runs through fin tech (which makes it ripe for Kremlin operations) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Kremlin-backed forgery scheme moved $6.9bn through global banks
FT finds thousands of Russian payments received by Standard Chartered, Citigroup and other international groups in vast leak from inside fintech A7
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antibot4navalny | bot blocker | блокировщик ботов @antibot4navalny.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Day 7 of Kremlin-aligned Matryoshka bot campaign targeting the upcoming US midterms: Seven fake videos centered on this talking point: "CNN, MS NOW and Politico are accused of conducting aggressive campaigning in favor of the Democrats using fake news ahead of the elections"
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 17/09/2026
I would like media to care more about the reality that tech tycoons want to kill people than what they’re imagining about AI wanting to kill people. We have multi-millionaires (with support from billionaires!) calling for ethnic cleansing, a thing that has happened in living memory. Not theoretical!
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Alan Jagolinzer @jagolinzer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Online Trolling Leads to Agenda Hijacking. For more discussion: lnkd.in/p/eiyJ4Y5G
Online Trolling Leads to Agenda Hijacking

One of the most important and overlooked elements of online trolling attacks against targets is that they often hijack the targets’ agenda. 

Targets of these attacks often need to refocus considerable energy to respond to trauma and defend against the narratives. 

This takes attention and resources away from forward-looking strategic planning and engagement. It also is financially and emotionally draining. 

Chad Briggs notes that one common objective of cognitive warfare attacks is to paralyze “the enemy.”

Rt Hon Liam Byrne MP discussed agenda hijacking with me in his book Why Populists are Winning. We talked about how a few dozen tweets about “rape gangs” in early 2025 hijacked the focus of the UK media and government for about a week. 

I see evidence of agenda hijacking in many other settings right now, including universities and science centers.
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Exclusive: The Army secretly relaxed its vetting policy for at least 2 years, meaning recruits could pass through basic training into specialisms without completed checks A far-right extremist later convicted of terror offences was among 13,000 who joined during period inews.co.uk/news/army-se...
inews.co.uk
Army secretly relaxed vetting - letting in far-right extremist who backed Russia
The revelation raises questions for British military who are a key target for Russian intelligence in Vladimir Putin's 'hybrid war'
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Micah @rincewind.run · 01/09/2026
a remarkably effective life hack: just be nice to people it's incredible how much goodwill people will extend to you if you're pleasant to them
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
This is a lovely site which helps remind us of much of what we take for granted in material progress ordinaryabundance.com (HT @aveek18.bsky.social)
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Ordinary Abundance
A walk through a modern apartment, through the eyes of the people for whom everything in it was new.
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Rick @flipchartrick.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I love it when somebody points out something “bleedin’ obvious” that nobody has noticed. Good piece by @pollymackenzie.bsky.social on saving the the high street. www.ft.com/content/f438...
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Save Standard Time @savestandard.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
“Daylight Saving” and “Sunshine Protection” are deceits. Restore permanent Standard Time for more honest time-keeping.
Screen still from the movie “The Matrix” (1999). Neo (Keanu Reeves) stares at a spoon. Caption “THERE IS NO EXTRA HOUR”.
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Angry Algonquin @angryalgonquin.com · 27/06/2026
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
If you are wealthy, I think you should spend more money on clothes. There's no pride in buying clothes for the lowest possible price, as this puts downward pressure on garment worker wages and increases the likelihood of exploitation.
JD Vance tweets: "She bought a $50 dress for $8.75. America: meet your next director of the federal budget!" 

He retweeted his wife, who showed that she purchased a $49.99 Old Navy dress for $8.75 after markdowns and coupon codes. On May 27, 2026, the Workers Right Consortium published an article saying: "Haitian Factory Making Old Navy, Hanes Remedies Illegal Firing of Pregnant Workers, Union Leaders

After engagement by the WRC with the brands Gap Inc. (owner of Old Navy) and Gildan (owner of Hanes), 14 women who were unlawfully fired have received remedy. Each of these workers received the equivalent of 22 months’ back wages and a commitment of priority rehiring from The Willbes, a garment factory in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, that supplies the two brands.

As the WRC previously reported, The Willbes carried out a mass layoff in 2024 that resulted in the firing of more than a dozen workers who, at the time of their dismissal, were pregnant or were union leaders. The dismissals occurred in violation of their protected status under Haitian labor law and, by extension, violated each of the buyers’ codes of conduct. The Willbes is a supplier of apparel to Gap for its Old Navy brand and to Hanesbrands, now a subsidiary of the Canadian apparel corporation, Gildan.

The Willbes unlawfully dismissed the pregnant workers and the factory union leaders when it shut down four of its production buildings and laid off more than 900 employees. While some of the workers affected by the layoff were allowed to transfer to jobs in the portion of the factory that remained open, five workers who were pregnant and nine who were leaders of the factory union were illegally denied the opportunity to keep their employment."
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Cai : go see DIGGER @annenotation.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
This is probably the most traditional possible behavior for the family of a pope.
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 05/06/2026
"The US has nothing to teach the UK on policing. Deaths at the hands of police in the UK are extremely rare. In the US, around one person in 315,000 is shot dead by police each year. In the UK, the comparable figure is one in 25 million."
inews.co.uk
Trump's hypocritical attack on the UK shows just how low he will go
The US Department of State has waded into the controversy over the killing of Henry Nowak
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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
I genuinely feel sick. A company reached out to me on IG, linking me to an AI version of myself. You can even ask "me" questions. They are also advertising it using an AI photo of me. They told me if I like it, they will give me free access... to my own fucking content that they stole. /1
A screenshot of the advertisement with an AI image of Lindsey and a brain, with text that says: YOUR BODY HAS A HISTORY. ASK ABOUT IT."
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
As shopping has shifted from physical stores to online retail, the number of options has exploded, which has paradoxically made it harder to build a wardrobe. I also talk about how four companies are trying to keep customers engaged. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
It’s Such a Mess Shopping for Reasonably Priced Menswear
There are quality midtier brands out there. If you’re willing to hunt around.
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Eric Rauchway @rauchway.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
remember that time Zelensky didn’t wear a tie
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
this is a masterpiece
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
terrible. 20 years ago, the internet was full of hobbyist blogs and forums. over time, these have been replaced by paywalled substacks and private discord channels, each a walled garden. google's decision to prioritize AI just makes it less likely people will create free, public info
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 16/05/2026
This is legitimately one of the most horrifying things I have ever seen in all of the LLM bullshit that's out there. (That "joyful" is misspelled seems especially meaningful.)
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Michela Wrong @michelawrong.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Rwanda's proxy, the M23, is desperately seeking international credibility as it tries to carve out the semblance of a state in eastern Congo. www.economist.com/middle-east-...
economist.com
A Congolese militia wants to sell critical minerals to Donald Trump
The pitch by M23, exclusively revealed to The Economist, belies the rebels’ weaknesses
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Martin McKee @martinmcker.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Lewisham is still counting. Like the Japanese soldier still fighting long after everyone else has given up and gone home.
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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
A guess a lot people will be spending a lot of today checking some slowly changing numbers on a BBC webpage. If you enjoy that sort of thing and want it to be a more than annual occurrence - can I recommend getting into county cricket?
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Anthony Zacharzewski @anthonyzach.be · 08/05/2026
This is so much a continental European election result it’s almost funny. True Britain Democrats (PfE) 26% Ecology/Planet Action (G-EFA) 18% Christian Democrat Union (EPP) 17% Socialist Workers Revolutionary Party (S&D) 17% Europe Liberalism! (Renew) 16% Others 6%
Election results in the UK
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Pope Leo XIV gifted Marco Rubio a plant of peace. In return, Marco Rubio gave the pope a crystal football. The pope’s response? “Wow. Okay.”
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Pierre Bourdieu once argued that the question of whether something is art isn't answered by the artist's intention or even the object itself. Instead, the quality of being "art" is conferred by a community — curators, dealers, auction houses, audiences, etc. 🧵
Someone on Threads writes: "The Met Gala feels like real dystopian shit.

People can’t afford groceries or gas. But we’re going to celebrate this event which is nothing more than wealth porn."
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Pippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
EXCL: Reform UK’s leading figures have repeatedly promoted new pothole-fixing machine by construction company JCB, while party received £200,000 from British digger maker @rowenamason.bsky.social reveals www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Dig deep! Reform frontbench promotes JCBs after £200,000 donation from firm
Nigel Farage, Lee Anderson and Robert Jenrick, among others, have sung the praises of the JCB PotHole Pro
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louise-w.bsky.social @louise-w.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
I think it's really underappreciated that a large chunk of people across the world are everyday being served images of the world's worst atrocities, essentially live as they happen, in ways previously only experienced by people on the frontline, who have historically had years of trauma as a result.
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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
this would fix the website
a dialog box reads:

Post reply?
You could probably just stay out of it.

The two buttons are:
- Mind my own business (default)
- Reply anyway
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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
“And now Law 21.2, fair delivery of the ball. A ball is fairly delivered in respect of the arm if, once the bowler’s arm has reached the level of the shoulder in the delivery swing, the elbow joint is not straightened partially or completely from that instant until the ball has left the hand.”
King Charles delivering his speech to congress
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Stella Biderman @stellaathena.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
My hot take is that the median social system breaks under too much optimization pressure, and we should stop trying to optimize things
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Michela Wrong @michelawrong.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Ethiopia's sham elections and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's repression of the country's media. A Nobel Peace Prize has rarely been so thoroughly undeserved. www.economist.com/middle-east-...
economist.com
Abiy Ahmed is throttling free expression in Ethiopia
A leader who once championed press freedom now treats criticism as a crime
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 21/04/2026
Hungary’s PM-elect Peter Magyar says he would enact an ICC arrest warrant for Israeli PM Netanyahu and detain him on arrival. The election winner said Hungary would stay a member of the International Criminal Court which his predecessor Viktor Orban began withdrawing from last year.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
It's amazing that RFK is not the most insane person in the US cabinet. Perhaps not even top three. nypost.com/2026/04/15/u...
nypost.com
RFK Jr. once chopped off a dead raccoon’s penis to ‘study later’ while on a family road trip
The bizarre account was unearthed in the new book “RFK Jr.: The Fall and Rise,” authored by The Post’s own Isabel Vincent, who drew upon a wide range of sources including private …
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Traders placed over $1bn in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war. What is going on? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
theguardian.com
Traders placed over $1bn in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war. What is going on?
Suspicious wagers on the US-Israel war in Iran are creating huge windfalls and raising concerns among lawmakers
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 17/04/2026
Absolutely
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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
In Turkey, an elderly man who earns his living by shining shoes is visited every morning at the same time by a cat that asks to have its fur brushed. The man never turns down this little friend.😍👍💙
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
It take weapons grade arrogance to invent popesplaining.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I like that he's turned it into another loyalty test. Who are you gonna believe, your eyes or the fake news media bsky.app/profile/atru...
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 13/04/2026
Here are my top 10 dog and news reporter interactions!
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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 10/04/2026
Trump trying to bribe the people of Hungary into re-electing Viktor Orbán.
Trump on Truth Social: My Administration stands ready to use the full Economic Might of the United States to strengthen Hungary’s Economy, as we have done for our Great Allies in the past, if Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and the Hungarian People ever need it. We are excited to invest in the future Prosperity that will be generated by Orbán’s continued Leadership! President DONALD J. TRUMP
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Sam Gad Jones @samgadjones.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
I knew it was bad but really didn’t appreciate it was quite this bad as.ft.com/r/db911dd6-f...
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Mollie Goodfellow @hansmollman.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
It’s the @shutupmikeginn tweet sayin “my ‘’it involved in human trafficking’ t-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt”
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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Bloody hell. Researchers invented a disease, published two fake papers to see if LLM’s would ingest them and kick them up as fact — and then it broke containment and all the major AI’s bought in. Information pollution. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com
Scientists invented a fake disease. AI told people it was real
Bixonimania doesn’t exist except in a clutch of obviously bogus academic papers. So why did AI chatbots warn people about this fictional illness?
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Katie Slivensky @kslivensky.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
"AI is garbage, bro, it gives you wrong answers like half the time and the other half the time makes you stupid." Overheard a middle schooler chastising a fellow student for suggesting they use AI. Whole middle school herd started mocking the AI kid. ...We need to let these kids at the tech bros.
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Futurism @futurism.com · 09/04/2026
This is catastrophic.
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Analysis Finds That Google's AI Overviews Are Providing Misinformation at a Scale Possibly Unprecedented in the History of Human Civilization
A new analysis commissioned by The New York Times suggests that Google's AI Overviews are wrong an astonishing percentage of the time.
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
JD Vance comes to a foreign country to openly campaign for a candidate ahead of an election, and then accuses other countries of interfering in those very elections
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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
i don’t think “relax, the most powerful person in the world is just a reckless liar” is in any way reassuring if i’m being quite honest
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niki grayson @nikigrayson.com · 02/04/2026
i'm so sorry we've sent these souls to the moon and they're using outlook?
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