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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 21h
For the first time, the British government has acknowledged that Russia interfered in the 2016 Brexit referendum. So who did BBC Newsnight invite on to discuss what happened? Sergei Markov, Putin’s former spokesman. Par for the course, says Nerve co-founder @carolecadwalla.bsky.social 1/
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 22h
More of this please
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smtm_LFC1975 @smtmlfc.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
What on earth is Andy Burnham thinking? Is he deliberately trying to win an even bigger landslide than Labour win the last time around, whilst kneecapping Deform and Farage at the same time? Well Andy - you have my vote - today, tomorrow or whenever it's needed.. 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 #RejoinTheEU 🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Norway has removed all of its $2tn Investment Fund from Israel linked banks, as it continues its policy of BDS against Israel. Well done Norway.
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Mike Barnkob @mikebarnkob.bsky.social · 19h
It is worth noting that the group proposing this study has a record of not publishing all their trial data: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41643234/
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 12/10/2026
“I don’t see why you couldn’t do it in Denmark,” one statistics expert said. In fact, Denmark is a better location. The hepatitis B vaccine is only given to newborns there when the birthing parent is hep B+, and all pregnant people are already tested in Denmark. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau
Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers
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Queca @quecahen.bsky.social · 2h
So you were! All glorious 84 seconds well argued.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 7h
Absolutely beautifully put. 👇
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Superb point. Where the Brexiters failed is in durable consent. Who benefits from it their project & wants to carry it forward? Who in the next generations are thanking them for Brexit and championing it? No-one. If we get the UK into EU membership, it must be underpinned by durable consent.
eastangliabylines.co.uk
Joining Europe again: first, we need durable consent
Britain is reopening the question of Europe. This time, we need an honest debate before choosing again
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Queca @quecahen.bsky.social · 2h
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Publicado há sete meses. Qui Bono?
theguardian.com
Experts fear ‘unethical’ vaccine trial in Africa is ‘prototype’ for US studies under RFK Jr
Danish researchers whose work on effects of vaccines has been called into question are at center of US vaccine policy
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Queca @quecahen.bsky.social · 2h
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o... Totally unacceptable.
theguardian.com
Guinea-Bissau denies it has approved controversial vaccine trial in newborns
Health minister says government ‘did not authorize’ Danish-led hepatitis B trial in babies backed by RFK Jr
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Otto Wicherts @otto-wicherts.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
"From Russia, with L.O.V.E."
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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Frog got a ladder. He put the box up on a high shelf. “There,” said Frog. “Now we will not eat any more cookies.” “But we can climb the ladder and take the box down from the shelf and cut the string and open the box,” said Toad. “That is true,” said Frog.
Frog climbs a ladder and hides the cookies high on a shelf.

From "Cookies"
In *Frog and Toad Together*
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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
German weekly Spiegel reports that 2 boys set a 1.2m (3'11") robot upon a 16yr old girl. It touched her backside & made thrusting movements. The boys livestreamed & live anchored the assault. Here we are, the human race, inventing intelligent tools & what do we use them for? 🤷‍♀️ #GoodMorning, everyone
Spiegel cover of article, Instagram.

Text and translation below.
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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Axios reports that "OpenAI, Anthropic & other leading AI firms are conducting simulations to prepare for public & political backlash following a potentially catastrophic AI-related incident." (Techstrong) Wouldn't it be nice if they prepared to protect us from such a catastrophic incident instead?
techstrong.ai
AI Leaders Secretly War-Game Fallout Ahead of Feared 'Catastrophic Event'
Top executives at OpenAI, Anthropic, and other leading AI firms are privately running crisis simulations for major cyberattacks and regulatory backlash, expecting a critical incident within six to 12 ...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 13/10/2026
Europe’s big election season is about to kick off. It could change everything | Nathalie Tocci
theguardian.com
Europe’s big election season is about to kick off. It could change everything | Nathalie Tocci
If far right nationalists gain power in four big countries simultaneously, we are in for a dramatic Trumpian tilt, says Guardian Europe columnist Nathalie Tocci
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Eleanor Bath @eleanorbath.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Why do animals fight? I’m recruiting a PhD student at Durham University to investigate the ecology, evolution and genes underlying aggression in fruit flies Funded PhD (UK students only). Details & how to apply 👇 www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Please share! #PhD #Evolution #BehaviouralEcology
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What drives aggression? Linking Ecology, Evolution, and Genes at Durham University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - What drives aggression? Linking Ecology, Evolution, and Genes at Durham University, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Corporate Welfare Tory tax break for banks cost UK public purse £6bn In 2023 Tory govt cut the bank surcharge from 8% to 3%. Current govt hasn't reversed it. Record profits, exec pay, dividends at banks Reversing the surcharge would raise billions.
theguardian.com
Tory tax break for banks has cost UK public purse £6bn, says TUC
Exclusive: Chancellor urged to reverse Jeremy Hunt’s tax surcharge cuts to claw back billions in lost revenue
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Company behind Scotland’s biggest data centre proposal is owned by the treasurer of the UK Conservative party via British Virgin Islands. It could receive £23m public subsidy. BVI facilitates opacity and tax avoidance. Successive UK govts have defended the use of tax havens by wealthy elites.
theferret.scot
The Tory treasurer, an offshore company and Scotland’s biggest data centre plan
Scotland may be set to host one of the world’s most powerful data centres. The Conservative Party’s money man stands to benefit.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Deloitte in Cyprus helped in falsifying documents to hide Roman Abramovich's wealth and evade tax, Leaked documents show transactions backdated and tailored. Assets spirited away to BVI. Big four accounting firms advise UK govts, get public contracts, routinely implicated in scandals.
bbc.co.uk
Deloitte helped in falsifying documents to evade tax on Abramovich’s wealth
Backdated paperwork also made the Russian oligarch’s yachts and mansions disappear from accounts, BBC finds.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Ingrid Robeyns @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
shouldn't that be enough reason to nullify the result?
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
When you offer a bare bones, factual description of what Guilfoyle has been up to, it sounds absolutely insane. But here we are: America's government under the Trumps. People of Greece, if you are listening, we are sorry. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/stop-paper...
Here is what happened: the former girlfriend of the President’s son asked an aspiring Republican politician for $100,000 to settle her credit card bill right before her Senate confirmation for an Ambassadorship, which she seems to have been awarded as a break-up present from the Trump family. (The son has since married, with the celebrations partially financed by a Russian oligarch with ties to Putin). She had previously received $300,000 from the donor for what seem to be largely unfulfilled promises of political favors.

As Ambassador to Greece, she has been pushing other countries to do business with an oil-and-gas lobbyist who has been attending her official meetings, and suggesting that the US could bring down the Greek government any time they wanted.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Hats off to the Eye (as ever), for flagging the Conservative hypocrisy over our conference ban
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Massive news - the world's largest deforestation project seems to have been halted by coordinated global campaigning The government of Indonesia planned to clear 4 million ha of rainforest on New Guinea, but will now refocus its farming and biofuel expansion on degraded lands instead
mightyearth.org
Indonesia Announces End to “World’s Largest Deforestation Project” - Mighty Earth
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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Nachdem wir heute unvermittelt im Einkaufszentrum wegen unserer Masken angeschrien wurden, eine vielleicht (oder auch nicht) zufällige Beobachtung: In 6 Jahren waren es immer nur Deutsche, die uns ungefragt ihre Meinung aufdrängten. Nicht ein einziger Mensch mit Migrationshintergrund. #JustSaying
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Documents obtained by Freedom of Information requests show that parts of the 'simplification drive' have ended up closely reflecting the demands of fertiliser & chemical companies to roll back environmental & health safeguards Insects in EU have declined 75% in 3 decades www.ft.com/content/3c86...
ft.com
Chemical groups succeed in watering down EU pesticide rules
European Commission and leading MEPs side with industry demands for laxer standards
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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I'm sure everyone's heard of Amazon buying up old books to feed their AI. Most recently, many of my apps show this ⏬️ ad. It tells you that your Amazon Prime has unlimited storage for your photos. It just occurred to me: More food for AI. They're shameless.
Wenn Sie Prime haben, steht Ihnen ebenfalls unbegrenzter Speicherplatz für Fotos zur Verfügung.

amazon photos
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Way too suspicious and convenient: “He said the retaliation had already wrecked his life, and that he was about to publish more,” wrote German author and former financial journalist Oliver Janich in a social media post on X. “Then he was dead at 57. They called it suicide. I don’t buy it.”
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Horror as final post of banker who outed Howard Lutnick’s ties to Epstein resurfaces
The final online post of a British banker who reportedly died by suicide shortly after outing Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s business ties to Jeffrey Epstein left several critics speechless on Su...
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Peter Siegel @duurzamedocent.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Vandaag een dagje geen dieren eten, morgen geen dieren eten, overmorgen...
Roze poster op het perron met de tekst: zullen we eens een dagje niet 650.000 dieren eten? Links en rechts staan treinen.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Kevin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺💚 #VoteGreen @kevbro1969.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It's always the people that suffer with cuts & everything being expensive. NEVER the wealthy. They just become richer. #Labour could bring in a #WealthTax & properly end the inequality we've all been suffering since #Thatcher. But they won't - they're not on our side. They just pretend to be.
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Peter Siegel @duurzamedocent.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
100% Palestijnse fairtrade producten kopen. (via @miekevdr.bsky.social 💚) fairtradepalestine.org
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100% PALESTIJNSE FAIRTRADE PRODUCTEN KOPEN Met de verkoop van Palestijnse producten uit Palestina kunnen boeren en andere producenten hun prachtige producten aanbieden op de Nederlandse en Belgische m...
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Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Now this is what take back control looks like. And Manchester has created a data and logistics health stack that doesn't rely on Palantir and superior to it. No reason why this can't happen across all UK public services. For security. And frankly decency. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
giftarticle.ft.com
Andy Burnham searches for UK alternative to Palantir
Prime minister’s ‘buy British’ push triggers hunt to find replacement for controversial US tech group awarded health service and defence contracts
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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I actually felt my own shame instinct rise in my throat
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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
@jonesycartoons3.bsky.social was on fire this weekend. The Farage Tapestry "STOP THE BOATS!" "ISN'T HIS SURNAME FRENCH?"
A cartoon image of the Bayeux Tapestry showing Nigel Farage as knight shouting "Stop the boats!"

Behind his back, two other knights talk: "Isn't his surname French?"
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform www.ft.com/content/f270...
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 27/09/2026
Israel escalates retaliatory measures as Western sanctions target illegal West Bank settlements.
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Israel revokes Dutch diplomats' status over sanctions on settlements
Israel escalates retaliatory measures as Western sanctions target illegal West Bank settlements.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 27/09/2026
Comments come as Israeli authorities announce military closure across occupied West Bank, citing Jewish holiday Sukkot.
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Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich calls for war in occupied West Bank
Comments come as Israeli authorities announce military closure across occupied West Bank, citing Jewish holiday Sukkot.
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SUPPORTING PALESTINE @apirus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.newarab.com/news/smotric...
newarab.com
Smotrich calls for West Bank war, annexation of Lebanon, Gaza
Smotrich calls for the annexation of parts of Gaza and Lebanon and urges war in the West Bank, sparking Palestinian condemnation and regional concern.
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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
A group of major medical organizations released recommendations this morning for Covid, flu and RSV vaccination, including guidance for the general population as well as specifics for children, people over 65, pregnant people and immunocompromised people. Here's a guide.
nytimes.com
Your Guide to Covid, Flu and R.S.V. Vaccines This Fall (Gift Article)
Major medical groups released new recommendations on who should get the shots, citing a lack of strong guidance from the federal government.
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ebikes-international @ebikesinternatl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Another Huge Turnout of Cyclists for Critical Mass Ride in Toronto in Support of Bike Lanes #safecycling #saferroads tinyurl.com/4akerdcd
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Sasho Todorov @sashotodorov.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
For context: Palantir isn't named that because he's a Tolkien fan. It's because he's a fan of the uber-reddit Russian fanfic "The Last Ringbearer" which recast Sauron as a progressive industrializing force.
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The size of *one* of the AI data centre buildings proposed for Great Torrington in north Devon, versus Exeter cathedral 🤯 From this useful piece profiling the local campaigns against it: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
A diagram comparing the size of one of the AI data centre buildings proposed for Great Torrington in north Devon, with Exeter cathedral. Source: Guardian piece linked to in post.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 26/09/2026
Being a leftist means taking big shots. And making them.
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Arvindjadwa @arvindjadwa.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Nigel Farage getting shirty over a clampdown on Russian misinformation. Now I wonder why that might be?
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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Regularly, Chicago's mayor Brandon Johnson faces critical questions during his press conferences & every time, he's eloquent & on top of his brief. Like Mamdani, he see it as his job to work for the people of his city & confidently defends & explains that belief & his decisions. #WorkingClassMayors
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 27/09/2026
Over 85,000 people have asked their local NHS Trust to say no to Palantir. Time is running out, so every email counts. Will you email your local trust and ask them to stand against Palantir? notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/ema…
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Say no to Palantir in the NHS
NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back
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