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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 9h

My concern with this is we'll end up recreating the failed supply-side approach to disinformation while ignoring the far more significant demand side. First is recognising the relationship between institutions, publics, and counterpublics have changed significantly.

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Thomas I-G @thomasig.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Ukrainian refinery strikes continue, Putin fails to export diesel which doesn't actually exist, Trump inevitably blames Zelenskyy. Rinse and repeat. The Kremlin has never played a US President easier.

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James. @rbmdm.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Waiting for DHL... again...

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The Ghost Ship EverGemma @evergemma.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This is so disingenuous. "The kids are complaining about a lack of investment in schools but France's spending on education is actually the fifth highest in Europe." Yeah but 62% of that goes to the fucking private schools.

A bbc news briefing by Hugh Schofield.

"How France's education spending compares to other countries

Hugh Schofield
Paris Correspondent

The students are complaining about lack of investment in education, but how does France compare to other developed countries in the money it spends on schools and universities?

According to the European Union, France’s spending on education relative to GDP is the fifth highest in the EU27, behind Sweden, Finland, Belgium and Denmark.

The absolute amount it spends per student in education is just below the EU average.

According to the OECD, France spends close to the OECD average per student – but with strong differences depending on the age group.

It spends below the average for primary and lower secondary education. But it spends 24% more than the average for upper secondary – i.e. lycées."

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James. @rbmdm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

He was excited to win the the keys to a Jaguar. The Zoo is now updating it's safety procedures.

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James. @rbmdm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

So is the BBC celebrating the seemingly sensible parliament recommendations by overtly campaigning for Reform UK (plc)?

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James. @rbmdm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Why have BBC delayed HIGNFY for a podcast?

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James. @rbmdm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I want to give up Facebook, if it's not AI crap it's far right "influencers" asking questions... I suspect this AI seems to be mixing US and UK audiences. Either that or I'm the only one who eats my crisps cold...

Screenshot of a Facebook suggested post of AI content asking "what's the worst when it's cold?"

Shows with labels pizza, fries, burger, coffee, chips (picture shows crisps) and pancakes (US style)

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REwadent Evil @ewacat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

so what kind of masks were they wearing

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James. @rbmdm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Land Rover Vs Jaecoo. The unreliable Vs the unfixable?

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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.

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James. @rbmdm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I'll try and read this later.

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James. @rbmdm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I have been doing too much, so today I'm doing some more stuff. 🫠 Doing some bread based stuff, a brioche based galette and flammekuchen. Bread maker is whirring away now, which isn't helping my headache. And now my train of thought has gone.

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James. @rbmdm.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Is she trying to scam the dog?

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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

You’ll never guess what the call to action is? Is it use their massive majority to? … no not that

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 09/09/2026

"Nearly two thirds of asylum case rejections overturned on appeal" [Times] No appeal system should have a high rate of success like this unless the system, as we see with benefits, is designed to reject legitimate claims.

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Tom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

10 years today, after a David vs Goliath FOI legal battle that damaged Alem Mathees, White et al were forced to release data from PACETrial (that cost UK taxpayers £5M) showing graded exercise therapy & CBT didn’t lead to an increased recovery rate for CFS. Please remind the world #MEcfs #PwME #CFS

Rethinking the treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome-a reanalysis and evaluation of findings from a recent major trial of graded exercise and CBT
Carolyn E Wilshire 1 , Tom Kindlon 2 , Robert Courtney 3 , Alem Matthees 4 , David Tuller 5 , Keith Geraghty 6 , Bruce Levin 7
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PMID: 29562932 PMCID: PMC5863477 DOI: 10.1186/s40359-018-0218-3

Abstract

Background: The PACE trial was a well-powered randomised trial designed to examine the efficacy of graded exercise therapy (GET) and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for chronic fatigue syndrome. Reports concluded that both treatments were moderately effective, each leading to recovery in over a fifth of patients. However, the reported analyses did not consistently follow the procedures set out in the published protocol, and it is unclear whether the conclusions are fully justified by the evidence.

Methods: Here, we present results based on the original protocol-specified procedures. Data from a recent Freedom of Information request enabled us to closely approximate these procedures. We also evaluate the conclusions from the trial as a whole.

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James. @rbmdm.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Now they've made me post about...

three frames from parks and recreation with different words first one showing Ann saying "I don't even care about Harry and Meghan"

The second one showing Leslie saying "That's insane, you can't get enough of Harry and Meghan stories"

The third again showing Leslie saying "We've written hundreds of stories about them!"

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James. @rbmdm.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Received some messages purporting to be from the bank about verifying a purchase. The whole thing seems incredibly scammy. Like some intercept scam or something. Frying my swede.

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Tom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

5/ “And this leads to the third harm: the physical damage caused by the system’s response to the illness.” #PwME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #MEcfs

And this leads to the third harm: the physical damage caused by the system’s response to the illness.

When ME is not recognised as a serious biological disease, patients are often forced to exceed their limits. We have to spend our very limited energy proving our condition, attending procedures that are not adapted to our disability, fulfilling administrative and legal requirements, defending our access to social support, or repeatedly explaining our limitations.

For a person with ME, this effort is not harmless. It can worsen the disease itself.

This is the crucial point: patients with ME cannot wait for a cure before the harm stops.

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James. @rbmdm.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

First the tablespoon measurer disappeared, now the rest have. I think they've been "put away" somewhere stupid.

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

as going to make a funny joke about this would increase pressure on the Austrians to give back the remains of Napoleon II... then I discovered that HITLER ACTUALLY ALREADY DID THAT

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Angus Main @angusmain.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Reform HQ right now

Father Ted meme. Is there anything to be said for another by-election?

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

An alien's take on the Bayeux Tapestry.

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James. @rbmdm.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Gloomies.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

It's the only global what....?

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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 28/08/2026

This is the route Rockstar should have taken

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James. @rbmdm.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The recovery truck that ultimately recovered these was a Scammell Pioneer. The Scammell Pioneer started production in 1927 !! Although more well known for WW2 use.

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James. @rbmdm.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Struggled to get to sleep as had an idea in my head to automate clutch change on a manual car (Hydraulic system) using learners dual controls. I had previously found online something that seemed to do it, but couldn't find it again, I have since found a better system available today...

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James. @rbmdm.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Probably why Bristol water has introduced a hosepipe ban... Sewage levels too high in the Severn.

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James. @rbmdm.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

#DHL this seems like a bad design.

Tracking information with red text over an image of a red van.

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James. @rbmdm.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Great, so I have a privatised water company in my brain? *Facebook graphic so it must be true.

Scan of a head, with the words "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome found to be caused by a broken sewage system in the brain"

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Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

And I'll say it now: more kids have grown up as readers thanks to Dolly than any amount of Harry fucking Potter.

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gjjonesy.bsky.social @gjjonesy.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This is very shit news indeed

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James. @rbmdm.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Struggling today and have immediately done too much too. Not a good combination.

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James. @rbmdm.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Seems I was ahead of the curve when I decided against applying for a history degree (because what job prospects does it offer someone like me?) . Also I wasn't really sure what I wanted at the time. Engineering was what I should have been doing, but then illness took that away.

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Tyron @tyron.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The @stephenkb.bsky.social column this week is a deeply necessary, clear counter to most of the discourse on the future for tax and spend for the British state. There are three options - there's no point in pussyfooting around with myths and not opting for one of them. www.ft.com/content/9102...

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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This bit from The Times’ story on the killing of Bradley Townsend, a fisherman from Barnsley who volunteered for the Russian Army, leaves quite a lot out. Aiden Minnis is a former member of the National Front who was jailed for four years for a racist attack. "Another Briton”, indeed.

Aiden Minnis, another Briton enlisted with Russian forces, paid tribute to his friend on social media, saying he had "sacrificed his life for our cause".

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