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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 6h
The execution by firing squad of convicted military base shooter Nidal Hasan will be livestreamed, a Pentagon official said, after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said it would be carried out in "public."
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U.S. military to livestream firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter
Nidal Hasan’s execution will be the first by the U.S. military since 1961, and the first it has carried out by firing squad since World War II.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 6h
Iranian media reported massive explosions in the southern Strait of Hormuz, with Fars citing unnamed military sources.
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IRGC targets ‘violating' ships nightly, Trump says no attack before vote
Iranian media reported massive explosions in the southern Strait of Hormuz, with Fars citing unnamed military sources.
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CNBC @cnbc.com · 07/10/2026
British Airways is ripping out coach class seats and building a giant premium economy and business class in a bet on the high-end travel boom.
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British Airways plans record 106-seat business class on Airbus A380 jumbo jets
British Airways is ripping out coach class seats and building a giant premium economy and business class in a bet on the high-end travel boom.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 07/10/2026
A new US indictment alleges an American co-conspirator helped fuel a school shooter’s attack in Canada. So did OpenAI's ChatGPT, according to our exclusive investigation
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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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The Economist @economist.com · 07/10/2026
What is the difference between human memory and AI? “The Weekend Intelligence” explores the limitations of data without experience
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Memory lane
In the age of AI, what is the point of remembering?
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 07/10/2026
HMRC opened probe into Man City’s tax affairs in 2018 ft.trib.al/ZJpRqD4
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HMRC opened probe into Man City’s tax affairs in 2018
Investigation into whether English football club was underpaying tax began after its internal emails were leaked
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 07/10/2026
Paedophile child psychiatrist jailed over sexual abuse of patients
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Breaking: Former child psychiatrist jailed for sexual abuse of patients
Benjamin Wen is sentenced to more than a decade behind bars for sexually abusing boys he treated at his clinic in Perth's south.
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Nicolette 🫟 @nico2lette.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Well I went to vacuum repair shop…..asked the guy which was the best hoover to buy?…..he said well look and see what we have to repair……..so I looked round to see lots of Dysons surrounding the shop floor. I bought Miel ….by far the best and doesn’t break down.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 07/10/2026
A Kenyan citizen who had been living in Congo before returning to Nairobi over the weekend became Kenya's first confirmed case of Ebola and the country's first death from the disease in the fast-moving outbreak, authorities said Tuesday. to.pbs.org/3VmPfxg
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Man living in Congo who went back to Kenya is country's 1st confirmed Ebola case and death
A Kenyan citizen who had been living in Congo before returning to Nairobi over the weekend became Kenya’s first confirmed case of Ebola and the country’s first death from the disease in the fast-movin...
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10/11 News @1011now.com · 07/10/2026
All fraternities suspended at university amid wave of misconduct reports
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All fraternities suspended at university amid wave of misconduct reports
The University of Arizona has hit pause on all fraternity activities amid a wave of misconduct investigations
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Drax’s planned datacentre to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood to produce its electricity, nearly double the CO2 emissions of all flights from London Gatwick airport. Drax, a highly profitable company gets subsidies to burn wood and produce electricity How many lives will it ruin?
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Drax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flights
Exclusive: Campaign group’s analysis of North Yorkshire plans finds datacentre would have to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood a year
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Eileen Blair, from South Shields, UK, was believed to have had a large influence on her husband George Orwell's writing. 'Nineteen Eighty-Four's title and idea is thought to be inspired by one of her poems - 'End of the Century, 1984' #womensart
Monochrome photograph featuring a white woman, head and shoulders, with wavy shortish dark hair and wearing a blouseBook cover, Penguin Edition of Orwell's '1984' in ornage and cream with a penguin publisher's motif
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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Add your fess: b3ta.com/addfess
Female, 28, and got a body cam to film arseholes abusing me while out running. Local NPT love visiting people at home if I get a number plate. So far I've had 2 charged and 1 guy lost his job and I've no regrets.

Fesshole GOLD from 14th June 2021
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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 06/10/2026
A steady stream of technological advances led up to this year’s Nobel Prize in medicine for ‘optogenetics’ – and it opens the door to more advances that could lead to treatments for Parkinson’s, epilepsy, or blindness.
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Optogenetics wins the Nobel – one neuroscience breakthrough in a line of technological innovations helping scientists map and control the brain
Neuroscientific advances follow a pattern of visualizing the brain, measuring its function and then controlling it. Optogenetics may lead to a new era of medical treatment.
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Reason Magazine @reason.com · 06/10/2026
The ruling has major implications for property owners when the government ruins their possessions in the exercise of "police power."
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Police allegedly destroyed $37,000 of hemp. The Georgia Supreme Court just upended 60 years of precedent.
The ruling has major implications for property owners when the government destroys their possessions in the exercise of "police power."
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WyoFile @wyofile.com · 05/10/2026
Former state livestock brand inspector Justin Martin appeared stunned when a judge sentenced him to immediate jail time. “You do this kind of nonsense in Wyoming, where we value our wildlife, you're going to jail,” the judge told him. Two other defendants in the case got probation. #wyomingnews
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Judge jails man in moose abuse case and warns: Wyoming values wildlife - WyoFile
Former state livestock brand inspector appeared stunned as he received a harsher sentence than his plea deal called for.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 05/10/2026
Seemingly in crisis mode as billions of dollars in data center projects have been blocked nationwide, Amazon appears to be flailing in its damage control efforts, critics say: arstechnica.visitlink.me/tR-oKv
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Amazon’s $1B plan to combat data center backlash draws more backlash
Amazon praised for ending NDAs but slammed for downplaying data center pollution.
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Baller Alert @balleralert.com · 05/10/2026
“Grey’s Anatomy” Alum Isaiah Washington Reveals Wife’s Fatal Stroke 16 Months Later As Black Women Face Higher Risk
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“Grey’s Anatomy” Alum Isaiah Washington Reveals Wife’s Fatal Stroke 16 Months Later As Black Women Face Higher Risk
Isaiah Washington is turning a deeply private family loss into a health warning after revealing that his wife of nearly three decades, Jenisa Washington, died following a massive hemorrhagic stroke. […] The post “Grey’s Anatomy” Alum Isaiah Washington Reveals Wife’s Fatal Stroke 16 Months Later As Black Women Face Higher Risk appeared first on Baller Alert.
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Sky News @news.sky.com · 05/10/2026
Girl, 16, found injuried in road dies in hospital after suspected hit-and-run
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Girl, 16, found injuried in road dies in hospital after suspected hit-and-run
A man has been arrested over the death of a teenage girl who was found seriously injured near a bus stop in a suspected hit-and-run.
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Euronews @euronews.com · 05/10/2026
National leaders command the valves, the International Energy Agency coordinates global oil volumes, while the European Commission is a vital central switchboard. #EuropeNews
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Who controls Europe’s emergency oil – and when can it be released?
National leaders command the valves, the International Energy Agency coordinates global oil volumes, while the European Commission is a vital central switchboard.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 05/10/2026
Russian authorities say a staffer at a plague research institute in Siberia contracted pneumonia of an unknown cause, and local state TV reported the woman died last week.
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Russia reports a worker at a Siberian plague institute got pneumonia from an unknown cause and died
Russian authorities say a staffer at a plague research institute in Siberia contracted pneumonia of an unknown cause, and local state TV reported the woman died last week.
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The Economist @economist.com · 05/10/2026
The powerful army chief wants to redraw the political map
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A controversial new power grab in Pakistan
The powerful army chief wants to redraw the political map
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The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 05/10/2026
Could cosy, super posh dinner invitations be a way out of social exile for the former prince?
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Andrew, the turnip toffs and his kitchen supper rehabilitation
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 05/10/2026
ICE is now separating children from their parents in the nation’s interior and deeming them “unaccompanied.” "We’re talking about kids who have a mom, a dad, and siblings who want them to be living with them."
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 05/10/2026
If a woman enters politics, she may have to confront the fact that she may be one in 14 being digitally stripped by 'nudifying' technology. Such is what an EU ban is trying to stop: but whether it will be implemented in time, according to the Parliament's greens party, is far from certain.
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Women MEPs targeted by AI ‘nudifier’ apps push EU leaders to enforce December ban
If a woman enters politics, she may have to confront the fact that she may be one in 14 being digitally stripped by 'nudifying' technology. Such is what an EU ban is trying to stop: but whether it will be implemented in time, according to the Parliament's greens party, is far from certain.
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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 05/10/2026
Via Andrea Tinker: An Alabama state representative and the former president of the Satsuma City Board of Education were arrested Friday on charges of attempted human trafficking. 
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Alabama state representative, school board member charged with attempted human trafficking | Alabama Reflector
Brett Easterbrook and Kory Wesley were arrested by the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office Friday afternoon for attempted human trafficking.
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Euronews @euronews.com · 05/10/2026
Brussels and Washington are "closely" monitoring the evolution of a suspected plague outbreak in Siberia following the death of a lab worker. #EuropeNews
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EU monitors 'very closely' suspected plague outbreak in Russia
Brussels and Washington are "closely" monitoring the evolution of a suspected plague outbreak in Siberia following the death of a lab worker.
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The Verge @theverge.com · 05/10/2026
‘These are some of the hardest questions that we face or that anybody developing this technology faces,’ Altman said. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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OpenAI PR tells journalist to ‘move on’ while asking Sam Altman about a ChatGPT user’s suicide
“I’d like to move on and talk a little bit about the future,” the publicist said.
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Rest of World @restofworld.org · 05/10/2026
Saudi Arabia is entering the EV race with its first homegrown brand aiming to take on global heavyweights while holding a majority stake in U.S. rival Lucid restofworld.org/2026/saudi-arabia-c…
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 05/10/2026
Republican's Epstein vote comes back to haunt him: 'He has no business being in Congress'
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Republican's Epstein vote comes back to haunt him: 'He has no business being in Congress'
Despite ultimately voting to release files related to Jeffrey Epstein, Rep. Jeff Crank (R-CO) actively worked against the effort early on, and his opposition to the release will be highlighted in a new attack ad against the Colorado Republican as he faces a “tough re-election race,” The New York Tim...
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Nicolette 🫟 @nico2lette.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Don’t worry am sure your leader and his syndicate have a spare island somewhere.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 05/10/2026
The U.S. rushed over the weekend to withdraw all 12 B-1 Air Force bombers from an air base in southern England after commanders received new threats about an Iran-backed plot targeting the base, U.S. officials said. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 05/10/2026
The Cornell rape case is part of a broader pattern of "investigators, police officers and even prosecutors deciding at the outset that the allegations are not worth pursuing, and dismissing the case before any kind of investigation gets off the ground," says law professor Deborah Tuerkheimer.
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wsmv.com @wsmv.com · 05/10/2026
Murfreesboro woman charged after alleged armed robbery, kidnapping over hairstyling payment
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Murfreesboro woman charged after alleged armed robbery, kidnapping over hairstyling payment
Police said the 23-year-old victim was robbed at gunpoint, held inside an apartment and escaped by jumping from a balcony.
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 01/10/2026
A woman in her 30s who was injured following an alleged assault in Belmayne, Dublin earlier this week has died in hospital. It's understood that gardaí believe the woman was assaulted inside an apartment before falling from a height. jrnl.ie/7179664
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Woman dies in hospital after serious assault in Belmayne in north Dublin on Monday
A man in his 20s who was arrested in connection with the investigation has been released without charge.
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The Denver Post @denverpost.com · 01/10/2026
Dozens of bands will play live concerts on porches and in front yards all over the Baker neighborhood.
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A baking festival, wiener dog races, a sake blowout and more things to do in Denver
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Nicolette 🫟 @nico2lette.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Tom Watson is treacherous…..🚩🚩🚩
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Reuters @reuters.com · 30/09/2026
Blind man challenges British Museum over lack of audio tours for Bayeux Tapestry reut.rs/4zavNT2
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Blind man challenges British Museum over lack of audio tours for Bayeux Tapestry
The British Museum is facing legal action over its Bayeux Tapestry exhibition, with lawyers representing ​a blind man alleging the museum is breaching equalities ‌laws by not providing audio-described tours.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
UK household energy bills forecast to rise 16%, or £276, in January. Household energy debt expected to hit £7bn soon. Heating v Eating dilemma. 120,000 a year die in poverty. Companies profiteer, fuelling costs, inflation, poverty. Public ownership gives govt more policy options.
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Household energy bills forecast to see biggest rise in four years
A typical household faces an annual gas and electricity bill of £1,999 from January, based on a key forecast.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026
This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.”
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
First US female photojournalist, Jessie Tarbox Beals, preparing to take a photograph, Austrian Pavilion, 1904 St. Louis World's Fair #WomensArt
Monochrome photograph featuring a woman in a long Victorian style dress and hat at the top of a very long stepladder holding a large camera as men below hold the ladder
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Derek gendvil @derekbshelby.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Italy Shows How Amazon Can Be Forced to Bargain: Shut Down Its Distribution truthout.org/articles/ita...
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Italy Shows How Amazon Can Be Forced to Bargain: Shut Down Its Distribution
Amazon is huge and powerful, but Italian workers have shown it can be forced to negotiate. Could US workers do the same?
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“When food prices go up because farm workers go missing, that’s the ICE Tax. When construction grinds to a halt because no one is left to build homes, that’s the ICE Tax. When our elders can’t get the care they deserve because their caretakers and nurses are gone, that’s the ICE Tax.” #EndtheICETax
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CHC Chair: ‘ICE Is Not Just Busting The Budget, It’s Wrecking Our Economy’
Congressional Hispanic Caucus members joined America’s Voice to call for an end to the ICE Tax that’s making the lives of all working families more expensive.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
There wasn't a social care crisis when local authorities provided the service free of charge. Then Thatcher privatised it and private equity bosses started charging £8000 a month.
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Gail Myerscough @gailmyerscough.co.uk · 29/09/2026
I’m Gail, a one woman (and a feline assistant) business, based in Manchester. I create prints, homewares, T-shirts & cards inspired by midcentury design, music and architecture. Have a look gailmyerscough.co.uk
A grid of twelve illustrations featuring music designs, architecture designs, books, retro abstract designs and swimmers. Bold and colourful.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Andy Burnham announces end of triple-lock on the state pension from 2030. It will be replaced by double-lock, slower growth in state pension. Full state pension is already less than 50%of the minimum wage. Poverty awaits future retirees. £500bn of taxes not collected by HMRC since 2010.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Farage honks his mouth off about ongoing police investigations, when told not to. His Welsh leader is in prison for taking bribes from Russia. He whips up riots. He’s in bed with Trump, foreign money, crooks and crypto billionaires…. A massive problem with national security is Farage himself.
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'We have a massive problem with national security': Farage challenged on Fairford speculation
Reform UK leader told his social media followers the five men arrested after an RAF Fairford situation were "Iranian nationals". Sky's Rob Powell spoke to him after it was confirmed the men arrested are British nationals.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Reform UK's Suella Braverman promises ‘consequences’ if pupils don’t sing Christian hymns. That would be policed. So what happens to atheists, agnostics, non-believers and other religious denominations. Will they be persecuted, imprisoned? Reform UK getting desperate and bizarre.
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Reform UK Braverman promises 'consequences' if pupils don't sing hymns
Reform UK has said schools will face ‘consequences’ if they fail to make pupils regularly sing hymns and the national anthem under a Reform government. The party’s education spokesperson, Suella Brave...
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
While listening to council meetings in Montreal, local mayor Sue Montgomery decided to knit in red when men spoke and in green when women spoke, when similar numbers of both attended. Day 1 results.... #WomensArt
Photo of uneven knitting with much larger amounts of red yarn than green
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