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Frank Swain @frank-swain.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
It's probably time European journalists wrapped their heads around Heat Index (temp + relative humidity). In high humidity, sweating is less efficient, making heat worse, e.g.: Experiencing 35°C in London UK (70% RH) is more dangerous than 50°C in Phoenix Arizona (15% RH)
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De Groene Amsterdammer @groene.nl · 4h
De machtige landen hollen de Verenigde Naties moedwillig uit. Grote machten als de VS en Rusland houden de VN buiten de dringendste problemen van dit moment.
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De machtige landen hollen de Verenigde Naties moedwillig uit
Grote machten als de VS en Rusland houden de VN buiten de dringendste problemen van dit moment.
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Portentious @portentious.bsky.social · 5h
#GeoSky #GISchat
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EU OS @eu-os.eu · 13h
#EU_OS will have a talk at the #OpenSource #Conference #Luxembourg about: "From European Vision to Local Reality: Making EU OS Work for Public Administrations" Entire agenda: conference.opensource.lu/agenda/ Patrick and Robert will be around. Talk to us if you are in Luxembourg! #OSCL26 #FOSS
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petra @kutheks.bsky.social · 14h
Amerika kan die data net zo goed opvragen als China. ik stond laatst versteld dat de slimme VW van mijn ouders wist hoe lang de opstopping aan de grens met Duitsland was. dat "weet" die auto met een reden www.wired.com/story/car-da...
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How Your New Car Tracks You
Vehicles from Toyota, Honda, Ford, and more can collect huge volumes of data. Here’s what the companies can access.
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 14h
Ukraine aims to keep businesses open amid Russian drone threats: yellow alerts allow work to continue, while red missile-threat alerts require shelter. The economy minister says each hour of air alerts costs Ukraine about $45 million. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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Ukraine’s air-raid sirens can sound for 10 hours a day. Its economy minister says every hour costs $45 million. — Meduza
Air raid alerts warning of Russian attacks cost Ukraine about $45 million an hour, Ukrainian Economy and Environment Minister Oleksandr Kravchenko estimated in an interview with The Guardian. He said…
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18h
Four-byline alert: “.. Meta claimed that $4.1 billion of stock options exercised by Mr. Zuckerberg counted as a research expense ..” @nytimes.com $META www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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The Register @theregister.com · 15h
YouTube lunatic designed and 3D printed a working mechanical calculator
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YouTube lunatic designed and 3D printed a working mechanical calculator
If you can't afford a Curta, we still don't recommend trying this: It'll eat up months of your life and all the filament you have
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 21h
23,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 joules. That’s the amount of heat the oceans absorbed in 2025. A number so huge it’s almost meaningless…until you realise it’s roughly 40× humanity’s annual energy use. The ocean is buying us time. We’re running out of it. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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World’s oceans absorbed record heat equal to 40 times annual global energy use
The injection of thermal energy comes amid an increasing rise in sea levels and continuing acidification
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TVP World @tvpworld.bsky.social · 15h
Poland is building its own encrypted messaging app for government workers.
tvpworld.com
Cybersecurity: Polish alternative to WhatsApp now has 5,000 testers
The digital affairs ministry expects the app to eventually be used by 100,000 people.
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Leah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 17h
“Unlike A.I., climate change’s existential threat is not hypothetical. It is killing people now." Amidst the AI-pocalypse, we can't lose sight of the climate crisis and the urgency of electrification. Gift link! shorturl.at/On4Jk
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The Big Threat Has Been Climate Change. Now Comes A.I. (Gift Article)
Both are human-caused, both are frightening, and one of them has raced to the forefront of the global conversation.
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Hans de Vreij @vreij.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
'Russia issues new nuclear threat over Kaliningrad as tensions with NATO rise' kyivindependent.com/russia-issue...
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Russia issues new nuclear threat over Kaliningrad as tensions with NATO rise
The Russian Embassy in Ireland cited what it called "information" that NATO is preparing an air and naval blockade of Kaliningrad Oblast.
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CatDaMaMa @catdamama.bsky.social · 19h
All across America, people are waking up to the possibility of a renewed and "More Perfect Union." Organize. Mobilize. Vote Blue, for yourself and for those you love! And don’t let him get you down with fear. That’s what he wants. We the People can do better and will fight to get it!
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The US has withdrawn from GRECO, the Council of Europe’s anti-corruption watchdog, which it has been a member of since 2000, ABC reports. Russia and Belarus are the only other countries to have left the group.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 16h
It's time to take us back to where we belong: at the heart of Europe. ♥️
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 16h
Big Oil remains the most significant obstacle to reducing emissions and limiting climate harms. It’s important to understand the long history of that.
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K.C. Clyburn, Author @kccomplainsalot.blacksky.app · 17h
Post a vampire that isn't Dracula.
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Blade Movie: Wesley Snipes' Iconic Intro
Alt: Blade Movie: Wesley Snipes' Iconic Intro
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
you broke it, you fix it
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 17h
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 17h
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 17h
I decided to re-do this old calculation + LLMs test, and now it seems the big models just create a piece of code to do the calculation instead of brute-forcing it. IE: LLMs work best when they're doing at little LLM as possible, and every advancement is just less LLM and more stuff-that-works
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num1 = 4679865
num2 = 1346792
result = num1 * num2
print(f"Result: {result}")
print(f"Formatted: {result:,}")

Code output
Result: 6302804743080
Formatted: 6,302,804,743,080

4,679,865 × 1,346,792 = 6,302,804,743,080
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 17h
A month ago, ICE took my gardener. Since then, I’ve been writing about his disappearance and about me and my neighbors’ efforts to get him home. (You can read about it here.)
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Aida 🇵🇷🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦🐾🌊🦋🗽💙🐸 @latina4jesusdshw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Please don’t sit this one out! #Pinks #USDemocracy
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Clever Resistance @cleverresistance.bsky.social · 18h
Trees are the lungs of the earth.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 18h
Lithuanian Gen Vaiksnoras delivered a stark warning on NATO collective security at Euronews Defence Space 2026. Source: Euronews
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 18h
We broke the news of the massive FBI hack and saw the data itself. Here's why this is one of the most significant data breaches probably ever: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrni...
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The FBI Was Hacked. We’ve Seen the Data
YouTube video by 404 Media
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Inside Ukraine 🇺🇦 @insideukraine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Netherlands is developing a new laser weapon to counter UAVs. The country is collaborating with Australian company EOS to develop a laser air defense system designed to combat drones and mass aerial attacks.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Two countries voted against making food a human right at the UN, Israel and the USA. The vote would have mandated the UN to prevent starvation, and the US and Israel didn't want to fund preventing starvation.
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Follow the Money EU @ftm.eu · 30/09/2026
The EU set out to protect the world's forests. Then, it watered down its landmark Deforestation Regulation and delayed it twice. Brussels blamed technical problems, but journalist Hans Wetzels found that there was a lot more to the story.
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Podcast | The fight over Europe’s promise to save forests
A landmark EU law was meant to ensure that products such as coffee, soy, and timber do not fuel deforestation globally. However, the legislation has been watered down and delayed twice – with Brussels...
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Pamela Fiore... and live alone in the bee-loud glade @pfiore8.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The ending👇👇👇
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Read about the Dots launch below
openai.com
Introducing dots
Dots by OpenAI are proactive assistants that can keep working across complex projects and everyday tasks. Learn how dots help you stay in control while work moves forward.
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The most interesting part of OpenAI’s Dots is the permission system. - Unattended research is read-only - Users can require approval for actions - A separate system reviews consequential actions - Some things always require a human AI agent safety is increasingly about authorization not alignment.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🇺🇸❗️FAZ: CIA Director Ratcliffe warned Moscow during his late-August visit that Russia's economy could collapse "just as the Soviet Union did at the end of the Cold War" if the war continues. Putin reportedly canceled a planned meeting with Ratcliffe after receiving the assessment.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Early this morning, during Russia’s massive attack on Ukraine, a drone violated Moldova’s airspace at around 05:43. It flew over Bender (Tighina) and exploded when it hit the ground near the village of Hîrbovăț in Anenii Noi district.
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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I do not believe that A) a 50 mins AI ep of Doctor Who could be generated containing anything approaching a story and B) anyone would sit through it, let along describe it as 'pretty good', so I'd love to know what the real story is here.
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Glyn Moody @glynmoody.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
shame on #bbc for this bad journalism, and for the cowardice
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Kyiv Post @kyivpost.com · 30/09/2026
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine expects fresh EU budget support as Kyiv sets October long-range tasks and advances new defenses against jet-powered Shaheds. www.kyivpost.com/post/85699
kyivpost.com
Zelensky Says More EU Funding Is Coming From Brussels
Kyiv awaits another EU budget tranche after receiving €3.3 billion for weapons, while locking in October defense and long-range priorities.
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Bert Hubert NL 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦 @bert-hubert.mastodon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026
Er is zo commissiedebat in de Tweede Kamer over digitale autonomie en de Nederlandse Digitale Dienst. En het kabinet heeft nu vier keer gezegd, je doet maar wat, maar er is geen geld en er komt geen geld. En dat is niet het enige wat ontspoort. Hier een oproep om dit eerlijk te bespreken in het […]
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 30/09/2026
Germany invests in a new military harbour “The new naval base is set to provide berths for seven frigates, ten minesweepers and ten tugs. It is expected that a four-figure number of military personnel and civilian staff will be based there.” www.faz.net/aktuell/poli...
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Bundeswehr will wohl neuen Marinehafen in Emden bauen
Die Marine möchte Medien zufolge bis sieben Fregatten in dem neuen Hafen stationieren. Auch ein anderer Hafen soll mehr als eine Milliarde Euro bekommen.
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Glyn Moody @glynmoody.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
this isn't just destruction, it's pure vindictiveness
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Access Now @accessnow.org · 30/09/2026
Enough is enough! People in Ethiopia’s Tigray region are once again cut off from the internet + the world, with services disrupted since September 25. The region has already endured a blackout lasting over two years in 2020. It must NOT happen again. www.france24.com/en/live-news...
france24.com
Heavy fighting, telecoms disruption as Ethiopia conflict rages
Heavy fighting took place on multiple fronts between Ethiopian forces and rebel groups on Friday, while a telecoms disruption raised fears in Tigray of a return to the devastating blockade the…
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: ‘It’s an implicit threat’. Lord Tom Watson of Palantir writes to one of its biggest critics -Labour MP @labourlewis.bsky.social - to tell him the surveillance firm is watching him. www.thenerve.news/p/clive-lewi...
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They’re saying: we’re watching you’: MP Clive Lewis reveals Tom Watson has warned him over criticising Palantir
In a letter to his former Labour colleague, the peer, who joined Peter Thiel’s AI company this month, writes: ‘You have made the case against the company more or less continuously’. By Carole Cadwalla...
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Andrew Chakhoyan 🇺🇦 @andrewchak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
russia’s war will engulf Europe if war crimes on this scale continue to go unpunished. Ukraine is doing everything it can to stop russia and restore peace. The so-called Free World is abdicating its responsibility to confront naked aggression, feeding russia’s appetite for warmaking.
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Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦 @pravda.ua · 30/09/2026
💀 Russia loses 1,470 soldiers over past day
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Russia loses 1,470 soldiers over past day
Ukraine's General Staff has updated data on Russian losses: Russia lost 1,470 soldiers killed and wounded over the past day.
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Gwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When I came forward with my experience publicly, I got to watch people debate my rapeability in the comments sections
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Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This captured russian paramedic's account of his side's barbaric atrocities is another glimpse into the darkness that will engulf the old continent if Europeans do not soon decide to defend their freedom, defeat this russian evil, and hold it to account.
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Alina Pereverzieva 🇺🇦 @perevaa.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Dense smoke from fires has blanketed Kyiv after the overnight Russian attack.
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Tadzio Mueller @tadziomueller.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Klimakatastrophenpolitik: "A record hot summer collided unhappily with rising energy costs for poorer households, many were disconnected from the grid, even as dangerous heat baked their communities." Die Frage: wer darf/kann sich kühlen wird absolut zentral werden! Call it: the coming AC-wars.
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‘It’s just cruel’: US households hit by surge in electricity shutoffs amid record hot summer
Utility disconnections were up 28% in 10 states in July 2026 – the hottest month ever recorded in the US – compared with July 2024, data shows
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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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Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In the autumn of 1883, a national paper reported that "an Iowa woman has spent seven years embroidering the solar system on a quilt." Ellen Harding Baker used her stunning quilt to teach astronomy in an era when women could not attend college www.themarginalian.org/2018/12/06/e...
themarginalian.org
Cosmic Threads: A Solar System Quilt from 1876
A serenade to the universe in wool and silk.
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