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Nonprofiteer. Stalwart defender of the underdog. Midwest human. 🐘🤎💙 ‘26 parent. Labradors and David Austin roses. Flag s/b Czech. FFUK alum. It's technically 'narod sobe' and it's about a divadlo. Art history and totalitarianism, nationalism.

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The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton leads the Texas AG’s office that cut a first-degree child sex abuse case to misdemeanors. The defendant avoided sex-offender registration and is already free. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/texas-ag-k...
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Bright D Limm 임대중 @bdlimm.myatproto.social · 06/10/2026
NY friends and neighbors, it's a good time to assess whether to get an MMR booster. (FYI, for those on Medicaid, it's covered.)
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Some adults may need a measles booster shot. Who should get one and why? - Harvard Health
Measles vaccines have improved over the years. With the recent measles outbreaks, some adults may benefit from a measles booster shot. Learn who should get one, why it matters, and how to stay prot...
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
trickle down doesnt work and the mainstream media has supported it for almost 50 years
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 03/10/2026
The expansion of Heathrow would be an expensive disaster for Britain and the world. Burnham needs to block it | George Monbiot
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The expansion of Heathrow would be an expensive disaster for Britain and the world. Burnham needs to block it | George Monbiot
A third runway would fly in the face of reason. If we are to prioritise human life over short-term ‘growth’, we need to use planes less, not more, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Your weekend reminder that Nigel Farage wants to - leave the ECHR - repeal the Equality Act - Strip back workers rights - Lift restrictions on exploitative zero-hours contracts - repeal the Renters’ Rights Act which abolishes no fault evictions He is not on your side youtu.be/KxOQRt8PQys?...
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If UK media actually explained Nigel Farage’s policies to the public no one would be supporting him
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A lot of independent college daily newspapers show what journalism could be in the absence of corporate control.
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Students at Cornell Daily Sun Pursued Sexual Assault Case for Two Years (Gift Article)
The student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, covered the allegations of rape at a fraternity house since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case.
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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Republican Party: We want to execute you but like everything else we're no effing good at that either
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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Shame should reflect the social costs of one’s nefarious actions. It should not be up to Schmitt to determine whether he can “brush off his viral mix-up.” bsky.app/profile/wash...
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EdSource @edsource.org · 01/10/2026
Rural California community college students want bachelor’s degrees, but have few options, report says LEARN MORE: buff.ly/PYeEvMh
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 30/09/2026
ProPublica-Texas Tribune reporter Zach Despart will take questions live from the r/politics Reddit community about his investigations on GOP senate candidate Ken Paxton. Join the conversation today at 2 p.m. CT: www.reddit.com/r/politics/c...
Reddit AMA: Ken Paxton's U.S. Senate bid. Ask reporter Zach Despart anything in r/politics. Our reporting shows that the Texas attorney general may have violated federal ethics and state election laws. Image: A bearded man wearing a green plaid shirt smiles as he holds up a sheet of paper that reads: AMA re: Ken Paxton. His U.S. Senate bid. Sept. 30, 2 p.m. CT. r/politics
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This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
64 years ago, on the 27th of September 1962, Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring was published. It handled the environmental harm caused by the pesticide DDT and the disinformation spread by the chemical industry. Carson managed to sway public opinion and even policy. #otd #history 🗃️
Rachel Carson photo credit: Science History Images / Alamy
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 27/09/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Our new investigation uncovers the horrifying ChatGPT history of the Tumbler Ridge mass shooter. OpenAI’s chatbot fueled the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the day of the school massacre. www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...
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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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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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Jim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Almost at $300. Let's keep that number going!!
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Matt Calcara @mattcalcara.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Bolts did a massive rundown of the top sheriff & DA races to watch around the country this election year. As per usual with Bolts, it is awesomely comprehensive. Btw, JoCo, we REALLY need to get rid of our Republican DA Howe. He is AWFUL--just lets cops do whatever. boltsmag.org/prosecutor-a...
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The 25 Sheriff and Prosecutor Races Set to Shape Criminal Justice and ICE Collaboration - Bolts
Voters face stark choices for offices with vast powers on policing and punishment. Bolts walks you through key contests to watch across a dozen states.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Nearly half a million deaths in the next six months expected from a climate crisis-powered super-El Niño, according to the University of Chicago's Climate Impact Lab.
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'Super' El Niño could cause 451,000 excess deaths, researchers say
Extreme heat caused by this year's "super-El Niño" could result in as many as 451,000 excess deaths across the ​globe in the six months through February 2027, ‌researchers with the University of Chica...
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Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
UK to fight Russian disinformation and push new global AI standards, Burnham says
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UK to fight Russian disinformation and push new global AI standards, Burnham says
The UK could act as "an honest broker" on AI and other global challenges, the prime minister tells world leaders at the UN.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 21/09/2026
EU to require data centres to disclose energy and water efficiency reut.rs/4hDPhJC
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EU to require data centres to disclose energy and water efficiency
The European Commission proposed rules on Monday requiring data centres in Europe to disclose how efficiently they use energy ​and water, as concerns grow over their consumption of resources.
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WIRED @wired.com · 20/09/2026
Silicon Valley is shifting away from chatbot queries toward a future filled with resource-intensive agentic AI—and it's driving the data center buildout.
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AI Agents Are Thirsty for Power
Silicon Valley is shifting away from chatbot queries toward a future filled with resource-intensive agentic AI—and it's driving the data center buildout.
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Rebecca Spang @rlspang.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Letter in support of California’s proposed billionaire tax, signed by possibly all of the most famous economists in the world
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Apollo @apollo-magazine.com · 20/09/2026
‘Despite the number of new galleries, the art market has been rocked by some high-profile closures’ in recent years. Jane Morris looks at the problems faced by Pace, Stephen Friedman, and other commercial galleries.
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Are commercial galleries ‘broken’ – or just in need of fresh thinking?
Businesses of all sizes might be forced to go back to basics if they want to survive, writes Jane Morris
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
CNN can’t stop complaining this morning about the ban on White House access for 3 news organizations, and while it’s bad, maybe it is not *quite* as bad as the fact that 3,500 local newspapers have folded in the last 20 years. www.poynter.org/business-wor...
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An alarming number of independent publishers and small chains closed papers last year, new Medill study finds - Poynter
The United States has lost nearly 3,500 newspapers and more than 270,000 newspaper jobs since 2005, the report found
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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
When I argue that this AI doomsday stuff is marketing hype, I mostly get ignored and I think I know why: people don't understand why "our product will destroy humanity" is an advertising pitch for the product. You're right. It's counterintuitive. But here's why www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
nbcnews.com
What might an AI doomsday look like? Experts have given it some thought
Researchers have worried about the increasing power of AI systems for years, but an explosion of interest has ignited old controversies about exactly how AI will cause chaos.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I'm not sure how putting drones and snipers on an ugly arch in DC will lower the outrageous gas prices across the country. Maybe the "stable genius" can explain that.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 20/09/2026
Coming midterm elections are starting to be framed not as right versus left but instead the ‘well-fed versus the fed-up’
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‘People are pissed off’: anger at the elite and the establishment is fueling this year’s midterms
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Once again, the closed minds of economists is revealed in a piece about a coming crash that mentions neither climate breakdown nor the coming hyper El Nino The great recession of 2008-9 cost the global economy $2 trillion The 1997-98 El Nino cost $5.7 trillion www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...
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Are global stock markets heading for a crash?
Economies thrown into renewed turmoil as AI debt, Iran war and soaring government bond yields fuel alarm
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 19/09/2026
"Diesel prices have surged more than 70% from a year ago due to the U.S. war with Iran" www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/09/...
Transport companies — the backbone of economy — are sounding alarm on fuel prices
Published Wed, Sep 16 2026 12:57 PM EDT
Updated Wed, Sep 16 2026 4:22 PM EDT
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WATCH LIVE
KEY POINTS
Prices for diesel, the fuel type used to power trucks and trains, came in at an all-time high of about $6.31 per gallon on Wednesday.
Diesel prices have surged more than 70% from a year ago due to the U.S. war with Iran.
Transportation companies are warning that their businesses could take a hit as costs soar.
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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
In this class we're in the middle of reading about ways that AI has already harmed real people in its actual applications. There are so many examples (and that list is growing everyday) that it's not possible to cover them all. arstechnica.com/health/2023/...
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UnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit alleges
For the largest health insurer in the US, AI's error rate is like a feature, not a bug.
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 19/09/2026
More photos here. This represents billions of dollars of damage and a loss of face among regional allies. They will be looking elsewhere. abcnews.com/Politics/pho...
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Photos show extensive damage to US Middle East bases
US bases in the Middle East have suffered severe damage as a result of Iranian attacks, images and videos obtained by ABC News show.
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 19/09/2026
If capital J journalism is supposed to hold people accountable what happens when, after a decade, the reporting doesn’t hold the powerful accountable? How valuable then is access? How impt is a free press when the powerful can do what they want with no repercussion? These are existential times. 3/
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 19/09/2026
At least 138 Ohio municipalities and townships have active moratoriums on data centers as of Sept. 17, local government records and news reports show. Meanwhile, 23 communities have effectively banned data centers. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/09/18/o...
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Ohio passes over 125 active data center moratoriums
At least 136 Ohio municipalities and townships have active moratoriums on data centers as of Sept. 16, local government records and news reports show.
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Max Colbert @mc00.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
🔴At least six police forces have racked up contracts with Palantir worth £7.8m Joint investigation by @computerweekly.bsky.social @goodlawproject.org reveals six police forces have used Palantir, with others believed to have access through regional taskforces www.computerweekly.com/news/3666488...
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At least six police forces have racked up contracts with Palantir worth £7.8m | Computer Weekly
A joint investigation by Computer Weekly and Good Law Project reveals six police forces have used Palantir’s data analytics software, while several other forces are believed to have access through reg...
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
🔴 Something Tom Watson won't tell you: Five police forces in the East Midlands working with Palantir on a controversial surveillance programme are ending their involvement Exclusive by Democracy for Sale and Liberty Investigates. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-f...
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Revealed: Five police forces to drop Palantir surveillance tool
Exclusive: Palantir's UK policing ambitions take a hit as East Midlands forces end their involvement in a controversial data pilot.
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Andy Karl-Son of Wolfman @andykarlson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Remember Benghazi? Anyone?
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Dick Zoutman @dickzoutman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
VERY important paper! This study detected SARS-CoV-2 in the air of common areas of 4 big US airports. SARS-CoV-2 detected in 98% of samples through the year. Influenza A was found during flu season. That’s why you want to wear an N95 respirator in an airport! And all indoor public spaces all year!
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Multimodal genomic surveillance for respiratory pathogens at four U.S. international airports: A comparison of air, wastewater, clinical, and national surveillance data
Early detection of outbreaks and emerging pathogens is critical for public health and global biosecurity. Airports, as major international travel hubs with dense, enclosed populations, are high-risk s...
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Maybe the most important political story of our time. People just want the bullshit to stop.
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71% of Americans Say They're Completely Exhausted
A CDC report shows that people are not feeling relaxed and restful in the United States.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
As former Labour minister Tom Watson joins Palantir, please read this devastating exposé by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @lucasamin.bsky.social of how the company, with Peter Mandelson's help, wormed its way into the UK government to sell its dire & dangerous products. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHS
A decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Cost of diesel for a typical Los Angeles-to-Dallas truckload: $1,430 — up about $600, or 72%, from the day before the Feb. 28 strikes on Iran.” @bloomberg.com ⛽️
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Ossoff: Blanche is a joke and a hack. These folks are not just corrupt, they're clowns. Here you have a Kremlin connected Russian oligarch giving massive cash gifts to the president's son…
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Liberation Conversations is imminent - here is who we have talked to so far . It’s my first podcast project since The Infinite Monkey Cage - I think the conversations are enlightening and inspiring - please sign up at patreon.com/robinince
Liberation
Conversations
Recorded so far-Jen Brister, Hollie McNish, Nina Conti, Julia Raeside, Alan Moore, Melinda Gebbie, Michaela Silsby, Caroline Litman, Lucia Osborne Crowley • Dean Burnett, Reece Shearsmith, Chanda Prescod Weinstein
Patreon.com/ robinince
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New — I wrote about this weird thing where people within the Republican party keep being exposed as Nazis and the party then tries to claim each one is an aberration. The facts, as I lay out here, indicate otherwise:
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Republicans don’t have a Nazi problem—they are the Nazi problem
A spate of recent revelations have shown the ideologies and their adherents are one and the same.
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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Today, the Vaccine Integrity Project at CIDRAP announced it will conduct independent, systematic reviews of the scientific evidence supporting meningococcal and pneumococcal vaccination of children and young adults. Read the full press release: bit.ly/4irtGFb
Graphic with text that reads, “New Press Release.” Graphic has a rendering of a microbe in the background along with the CIDRAP logo and website.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 15/09/2026
Limit AI now or humanity will lose its agency, says Nobel laureate Ressa reut.rs/4AcJjXp
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Limit AI now or humanity will lose its agency, says Nobel laureate Ressa
Artificial intelligence, having hijacked humanity's attention through social media and our biology ​by manipulating our need for intimacy, will take away our agency unless we legislate now to limit it, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria ‌Ressa said.
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"As former FTC Chair Lina Khan has indicated, companies are already liable for creating dangerous products. Any other company whose employees announce publicly that their products will destroy humanity would be shut down and its products discontinued." prospect.org/2026/09/15/a...
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Congressional Democrats in Hysterics About Saving the World From AI - The American Prospect
Why panic when you could just use existing laws?
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Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 14/09/2026
UC Berkeley Law School bans AI—and other law schools quietly follow their lead—U Chicago bans AI use in the social sciences but NOT the business school & now MIT issues this damning report. But AI companies lobby the private equity execs on university boards to adopt it anyway.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 14/09/2026
“Authoritarian regimes around the world are deploying Anthropic’s Claude AI system to expand the disinformation and surveillance campaigns that entrench their rule and suppress dissent, the company says.” Oh really.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
What a surprise to learn that a Russian oligarch close to Putin paid for Junior’s lavish wedding. Who could’ve expected it?
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WBUR @wbur.org · 14/09/2026
Three days into a pilot program with the Boston Police Department, city officials realized Flock Safety had been distributing data it promised not to share with external law enforcement agencies, according to the city’s annual Surveillance Technology Report.
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Flock Safety failed to secure Boston vehicle data during 2025 pilot, report finds
Three days into a pilot program with the Boston Police Department, city officials realized Flock Safety had been distributing data it promised not to share with external law enforcement agencies, according to the city’s annual Surveillance Technology Report.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
📌 ICYMI — Reform UK Donations Overwhelmingly Have Overseas or Tax-Haven Ties — Max Colbert Analysis of the latest Electoral Commission filings shows 87% of the £5.4m in donations newly-declared by Nigel Farage's party came from donors linked to offshore jurisdictions
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Reform UK Donations Overwhelmingly Have Overseas or Tax-Haven Ties
Analysis of the latest Electoral Commission filings shows 87% of the £5.4m in donations newly-declared by Nigel Farage's party came from donors linked to offshore jurisdictions
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