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So much progress has been made in my 7+ decades. But in the last 15 years it's being beaten back by the far right & Christian nationalists. I block fake 'Gaza accounts' Avoid personal attacks or demeaning posts (unless they are really really funny!) Mai=My

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Toby Vogel 🇪🇺 @tobyvogel.bsky.social · 19m
This isn't anywhere near the worst effects of the devastating budget crisis UNHCR and other UN agencies are experiencing, but it is a peek into one specific corner: UNHCR's archives are no longer physically accessible due to the enormous pressure to save money.
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UNHCR Archives: A History of Access - is Access Now History? — Refugee History.
UNHCR Archives has temporarily closed its reading room to external researchers. Here is what that means for access, research, and the future of digital delivery.
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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 12h
#R4Today
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 03/10/2026
Oh look, another award for London. Someone might want to pass this on to Reform’s mayoral candidate, Laila Cunningham. Perhaps she could dial back the relentless shitting on the city I live in by, say, 5%.
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 21h
Had to check the @britishelectionstudy.com numbers on this. Not very steep gradients, but propensity to vote Labour rises with household income group - both at the 2024 general election and in voting intention from May 2026. Conservative support dips slightly between about £50k and £150k...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 16h
FFS… Is it really an accident anymore at this point?
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 12h
Well, there we go again with the limits on UK trade policy imposed by the need to be nice to major partners. Reports that the UK will impose tariffs on Chinese Electric Vehicles, which will please both EU and US but not the UK consumer... www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Britain expected to impose tariffs on Chinese electric cars
Ministers are ready to match the EU’s 45 per cent levy to avoid pain of Made in Europe proposals
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 20h
Bio weapons
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Whistleblower and former banker Simon Andriesz, 57, has died by suicide, The Banker reports. Andriesz exposed US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s past links to Jeffrey Epstein.
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Revealed: Government quietly dropped plan to prepare England for wildfires I discovered via an FOI request that DEFRA’s commitment in the National Adaptation Programme to run a “wildfire risk programme” since 2023 “was not brought into effect”. #ClimateCrisis www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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Revealed: Government quietly dropped plan to prepare England for wildfires
FOI request shows wildfire risk scheme scrapped, as data highlights many fire services lack proper protective gear
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I continue to warn against complacence. It’s still vitally important that we vote and remain vigilant against Trump’s interference in our elections. But with a little more than four weeks to go before the midterms, I’m breathing a wee bit easier. Here's why...
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Sunday thought: What’s Up With Kansas?
The power of kitchen-table economics
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John O'Connell @jdpoc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This week our List includes several names fed to us by you guys :-) The *nix/*sh/Python scripts are running, and our custom AI model awaits her victims. Our grateful thanks to all who have supported us since our return :-) Context and Back Story ... threads.com/@johndpoconn...
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John O'Connell @jdpoc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A word on our AI usage, which we concede might be controversial. www.threads.com/@johndpoconn...
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John O'Connell @jdpoc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A pretty successful week ID'ng anonymous accounts on social media who post threats of violence, rape or death. Several police enquiries launched, several suspensions from work and a few family fall-outs. We begin again with a new 'A' List of 49 accounts to target for ID.
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God @thegodshow.com · 04/10/2026
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FRANCE 24 English @en.france24.com · 04/10/2026
Germany's Merz visits Kyiv to pledge more support to Zelensky
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Germany's Merz visits Kyiv to pledge more support to Zelensky
Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived in Kyiv on Sunday in a ​show of support for President Volodymyr Zelensky amid escalating Russian attacks on Ukraine. The Ukrainian capital has been particularly targeted in recent weeks by waves of drones striking key infrastrucure.
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John O'Connell @jdpoc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#Israel : "But just don't call it #Genocide ..."
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 01/10/2026
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 01/10/2026
According to United Nations data, about 82 percent of the structures in Gaza are damaged, with two -thirds of them destroyed. With international journalists still widely unable to enter Gaza freely, satellite imagery remains one of the only ways to assess the true scale of destruction.
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 02/10/2026
We're pleased to announce that Bellingcat won three awards at the Online Journalism Awards. Congratulations to all of the winners and nominees listed here: awards.journalists.org/2026/10/02/c...
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Congratulations to the Winners of the 2026 Online Journalism Awards! - Online Journalism Awards
As the in-person celebration of the 2026 Online Journalism Awards (#OJA26) comes to a close, we congratulate the winners in the remaining 12 of 28 categories.
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 02/10/2026
It is your last chance to enter your suggested designs and taglines for our audience co-created merchandise capsule! www.bellingcat.com/uncategorize... Pitch them here by the end of today: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Bellingcat Official Merch Design Contest - bellingcat
Bellingcat is finally launching an official merch line! That’s right: after years of fantasizing and wishing, we’re finally ready to get our name and logo on cool merch that you’ll be able to show off...
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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I see we're having another canter around the fact that adverse supply side shocks reduce real incomes. Ministers can't prevent it, all they can do is chose who suffers the most pain. That's another reason why Starmer's, and now Burnham's, focus on the cost of living is politically dangerous.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The endless grift continues. The Trump administration has been talking to Russia about a multibillion-dollar deal for Lukoil’s international assets, NYT reports.
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John Springford @johnspringford.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This Dieter Helm essay doesn't engage with what's driving high UK energy prices in a serious way. Read @acjsissons.bsky.social instead. www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Since Suella Braverman is trying to exclude many of us from England, here’s my family story from seven years ago to push back against this ethnonationalism This is My England, and Yours: Reclaiming Englishness bylinetimes.com/2019/12/18/t...
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This is My England, and Yours: Reclaiming Englishness
Now that English Nationalism has been unleashed, Peter Jukes argues that we must all try to restore England's buried civic tolerance and historic diversity.
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Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“Civic nationalism is not, nor ever should it be, a matter of blood or filiation, but freedom and affiliation.” A wonderful piece @peterjukes.bsky.social and also expressing tennents of Scottish civic nationalism so threatened now by casual Racism, intimidation balaclava-ed nonsense and violence
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Owen From Ohio @owenfromohio.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
3/ It remains vital for Ukraine and its supporters to work urgently to defend against the Russian attack on Ukraine’s civilian populations while simultaneously maintaining Ukraine’s current battlefield momentum and to avoid accepting tradeoffs between those two requirements.
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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
NEW: Russian President Vladimir Putin advanced Russia’s ongoing cognitive warfare efforts to persuade the world that European leaders who respond to Russian threats and continued limited kinetic attacks in Europe are the actual aggressors. (1/7) Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar100226
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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
6/ Ukrainian forces continue to conduct an intense intermediate-range strike campaign against Russian logistics in southern occupied Ukraine as part of battlefield-shaping operations that will likely continue to enable Ukrainian counteroffensives.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Moscow plans to allocate around 38% of total government spending to military and security needs. The Russian authorities also expect to raise another 385 billion rubles (~$4.63 billion) from the sale of confiscated assets. In addition, Russia is preparing further tax increases in 2027.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
During a closed-door meeting with Putin in March,the businessmen agreed to support the state amid rising war-related spending.Most of those who attended the meeting are under Western sanctions At the same time, Russia’s budget deficit is expected to reach 7.3 trillion rubles (~$87.7 billion)this yr
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Russian billionaires "voluntarily" transferred 471 billion rubles ($5.6 billion) to the Russian budget in 2026. That amounts to more than 1% of Russia’s total government spending, according to budget documents cited by Reuters. The contributions are described as "voluntary."
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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🦇 Despite autumn being a quiet time for bat activity, Halloween means bat decorations are everywhere. We think this is the perfect time for bat lovers to celebrate bats and raise awareness! Learn more: www.bats.org.uk/support-bats...
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Halloween for bats - Support Bats - Bat Conservation Trust
Despite autumn being a quiet time for bat activity, Halloween means bat decorations are everywhere. We think this is the perfect time for bat lovers to ...
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The Great Pumpkinsquatch - Scott Kelley Ernest 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @mxscottkernest.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BOMBSHELL: WaPo reports Trump's ads were funded with money meant for slain officers' funerals youtu.be/GwqOZ0eaoDI?...
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BOMBSHELL: WaPo reports Trump's ads were funded with money meant for slain officers' funerals
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BREAKING MS NOW: Kash Patel has commissioned a classified report examining purported past FBI shortcomings — including in the Russia and special counsel probes — in what current and former officials see as the Trump admin's latest effort to rewrite history in Trump's favor.
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Kash Patel commissions classified, internal FBI report to examine department ‘failures’
Sources tell MS NOW the ‘Patel Report’ may be the latest effort to re-write history in President Trump’s favor.
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 02/10/2026
Breaking News! y-Axis Alert! With yesterday's preliminary Niño 3.4 sea-surface temperature spiking to a new record at 29.975°C, the y-axis was raised to 30.5°C. Meanwhile, the Niño 3.4 anomaly now sits at 3.33°C above the 1991-2020 baseline. Until tomorrow ...
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Suella Braverman suggests on #BBCQT that you can't be English unless you are white, and have a lineage or heritage going back some generations
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Their primary role today is to constantly blur the boundaries of truth as much as possible, create artificial information noise, and systematically carry out "mass reporting" so that automated safety algorithms block accounts preemptively or impose shadow bans.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Furthermore, Russia has recently radically transformed its propaganda and information warfare. From straightforward propaganda, the Kremlin has moved to the large-scale use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and agent networks.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is Ihor Malchevskyi, a 69-year-old scientist at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, escaping the flames after a Russian attack. I could also write, "the whole world watched this live," but we can see that news from Ukraine has long been out of focus. 📹: DW
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I used to be in favour of UBI. The more I think about it and read about it, the more I think it'll be a societal catastrophe, and we should stop thinking of it a panacea for what AI is about to do. It's not a panacea. It's a nostrum. End of thread. (I research things a lot).
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just tax the compute. Datacentre? Cool. Fund your own power generation and water reservoirs, and then pay tax for every computational act your datacentre does. And we'll use the tax income to offset societal and job damage. Overnight, AI becomes something AI giants are desperate to restrict.
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Zia Yusuf: “I'm at RAF Fairford. The situation is developing fast, but it brings into sharp focus that the situation in the English Channel is a national security emergency." Reform UK expose themselves. www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/2658573...
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Reform UK politician spotted at RAF Fairford as he explains why he was there
A Reform UK politician has been spotted at the police cordon near RAF Fairford.
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Migration Observatory @migobs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
In July, 43% of the public said immigration was an important issue affecting the UK, more than any other topic. Take a look at our updated public attitudes briefing to see how views vary towards different migrant groups and who is more likely to hold positive/negative attitudes toward immigration.
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Migration Observatory @migobs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The event of the year is back on Thursday 10th December! The Migration Statistics User Forum is your opportunity to find out what ONS, Home Office and other government data teams are planning on migration, and to tell them what stats you need. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/migration-...
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Migration Statistics User Forum
A forum for users and producers of international migration statistics from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the Home Office.
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Migration Observatory @migobs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This month, small boat arrivals reached their lowest level since December 2021. There were 27,900 arrivals in the last year. In our new commentary, we explore why arrivals have fallen, including how much of the decline may be due to policy. migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/co...
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Q&A: Why have small boat arrivals declined in 2026? - Migration Observatory
Small boat arrivals declined significantly in the first seven months of 2026. This commentary analyses the numbers and explains what we can – and cannot – know about the reasons for the decline.
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The Citizens @the-citizens.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Mic drop moment at our event on the sidelines of #labconf26 in Liverpool, when @labourlewis.bsky.social revealed a letter from Tom Watson showing Palantir has tracked his mentioning them nearly 130 times. Is there anything Palantir doesn’t want to know about us?
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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UCL Constitution Unit @conunitucl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sign up to the Constitution Unit's mailing list to be the first to hear about our new project on electoral reform 👉 mailchi.mp/ucl/constitu....
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CNN @cnn.com · 28/09/2026
Months after NASA's leadership issued a scathing indictment of Boeing's Starliner capsule, the space agency revealed a new road map to get it on track for regular flights. cnn.it/3VUYuVq
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