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Rob Smallwood @robsmallwood.wsocial.eu · 18/10/2026

New information available this week from Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation. www.flyingpenguin.com/droning-yand...

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Rob Smallwood @robsmallwood.wsocial.eu · 18/10/2026

Zohran Mamdani is 35 today. Upon election as NY mayor he said “I don’t think that we should have billionaires because, frankly, it is so much money in a moment of such inequality, and ultimately, what we need more of is equality across our city and across our state and across our country.”

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Rob Smallwood @robsmallwood.wsocial.eu · 18/10/2026

Natalie, you need to up your vetting procedures.

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Rob Smallwood @robsmallwood.wsocial.eu · 17/10/2026

47 years ago today, on October 17th 1979, Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Rob Smallwood @robsmallwood.wsocial.eu · 17/10/2026

10 years ago today Trump tweeted “Of course there is large scale voter fraud happening on and before election day.”

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Rob Smallwood @robsmallwood.wsocial.eu · 17/10/2026

A week is a long time in press secretaries.

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Rob Smallwood @robsmallwood.wsocial.eu · 16/10/2026

8 years ago today Donald Trump called Stormy Daniels “horseface” in a tweet. She responded to him by tweeting back “Game on, Tiny.”

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Rob Smallwood @robsmallwood.wsocial.eu · 16/10/2026

Tim Robbins is 68 years old today.

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Rob Smallwood @robsmallwood.wsocial.eu · 16/10/2026

Bob Weir, who died earlier this year, would have been 79 years old today.

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Rob Smallwood @robsmallwood.wsocial.eu · 15/10/2026

The applause at the end. If I had been there I too would have applauded Zelenskyy.

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Rob Smallwood @robsmallwood.wsocial.eu · 15/10/2026

33 years ago today, on October 15 1993, Nelson Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in ending apartheid and establishing democracy in South Africa. After decades in prison, he chose reconciliation over revenge, working to build a nation based on equality and unity among all races.

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Rob Smallwood @robsmallwood.wsocial.eu · 15/10/2026

The world is changing. Two very different images taken on the same day.

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Rob Smallwood @robsmallwood.wsocial.eu · 14/10/2026

29 years ago today, on 14th October 1997, David Bowie's I'm Afraid of Americans was released as a single in North America. youtu.be/LT3cERVRoQo?...

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Rob Smallwood @robsmallwood.wsocial.eu · 14/10/2026

US fashion designer and philanthropist Ralph Lauren is 87 years old today. In January 2025 he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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Rob Smallwood @robsmallwood.wsocial.eu · 14/10/2026

The world leader Nigel Farage said he most admired was Vladimir Putin.

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Rob Smallwood @robsmallwood.wsocial.eu · 14/10/2026

62 years ago today, on October 14th 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. was notified that he had won the Nobel Peace Prize for his nonviolent struggle against racial segregation and discrimination in the US. kinginstitute.stanford.edu/nobel-peace-...

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Rob Smallwood @robsmallwood.wsocial.eu · 14/10/2026

4 years ago today Liz Truss sacked Kwasi Kwarteng after he had helped her to crash the UK economy.

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Rob Smallwood @robsmallwood.wsocial.eu · 14/10/2026

330 days ago today, the Epstein Files Transparency Act was passed by the U.S. Congress. The Act required the Department of Justice to release covered, unclassified records relating to Jeffrey Epstein within 30 days of enactment. The release date is 300 days overdue.

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Rob Smallwood @robsmallwood.wsocial.eu · 13/10/2026

Sacha Baron Cohen is 55 years old today. If you have never seen his Rudy Giuliani scene, check it out on YouTube. youtu.be/Cl4eVp3BnXQ?...

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Borat 2 (2020) - Rudy Giuliani scene in full

YouTube video by SixStringSteve

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Rob Smallwood @robsmallwood.wsocial.eu · 13/10/2026

10 years ago today, on October 13, 2016, Bob Dylan became the first and only songwriter to have won the Nobel Prize in Literature primarily for their song lyrics. This decision recognised his poetic lyrics and their profound influence on society in songs about civil rights, peace and social change.

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Rob Smallwood @robsmallwood.wsocial.eu · 13/10/2026

There were more bots on social media yesterday than there were people at Trump’s Ohio rally.

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Rob Smallwood @robsmallwood.wsocial.eu · 13/10/2026

A reminder that, for the first time in 24 years, international observers have not been invited to a US election in order to observe its integrity. www.snopes.com/fact-check/t...

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Rob Smallwood @robsmallwood.wsocial.eu · 13/10/2026

1,972 years ago today, on 13th October AD 54, Nero became the Roman emperor. During the great fire of Rome, which occurred during his reign, the Emperor was said to have been so unconcerned for the welfare of his people that a phrase arose which suggested that ‘Nero fiddled while Rome burned’.

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Rob Smallwood @robsmallwood.wsocial.eu · 12/10/2026

The fundamental role of the CIA is to protect the national security of the United States. At present no-one is able or willing to verify the story that an attempt has been made to buy out all CIA employees. www.snopes.com/news/2026/10...

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Rob Smallwood @robsmallwood.wsocial.eu · 12/10/2026

When you need new components for your burnt-out bot farm maybe you can buy new ones at Wildberries. Or maybe you can’t.

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Rob Smallwood @robsmallwood.wsocial.eu · 11/10/2026

Does the Trump clan know what it means to ‘give evidence under oath’?

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Rob Smallwood @robsmallwood.wsocial.eu · 11/10/2026

Cardi B is 34 years old today.

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Rob Smallwood @robsmallwood.wsocial.eu · 11/10/2026

Have any journalists asked Nigel Farage yet what he has to say about those who buy diesel fuel from Russia?

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Rob Smallwood @robsmallwood.wsocial.eu · 11/10/2026

Dividing those who should be allies. It is the way they do things.

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Rob Smallwood @robsmallwood.wsocial.eu · 11/10/2026

Game of Thrones was good to watch but most of us didn’t want to live in it.

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Rob Smallwood @robsmallwood.wsocial.eu · 11/10/2026

Has bunker boy finished building his bunker yet?

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Rob Smallwood @robsmallwood.wsocial.eu · 11/10/2026

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Rob Smallwood @robsmallwood.wsocial.eu · 11/10/2026

24 years ago today, on October 11th 2002, former President Jimmy Carter was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his decades of work promoting peace, democracy, and human rights.

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Rob Smallwood @robsmallwood.wsocial.eu · 10/10/2026

New book coming out next week.

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Rob Smallwood @robsmallwood.wsocial.eu · 10/10/2026

A weak (sic) is a long time in politics.

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Rob Smallwood @robsmallwood.wsocial.eu · 10/10/2026

Gavin Newsom is 59 years old today.

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Rob Smallwood @robsmallwood.wsocial.eu · 10/10/2026

None of the people in this video have the slightest clue what this man is talking about. Including the man doing the talking.

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Rob Smallwood @robsmallwood.wsocial.eu · 10/10/2026

Just in case you didn’t see Trump’s response to the fact that he didn’t receive the Nobel Peace Prize yesterday. He reacted exactly how we would have expected.

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Rob Smallwood @robsmallwood.wsocial.eu · 09/10/2026

Wasn’t there a back story about Krasnov?

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Rob Smallwood @robsmallwood.wsocial.eu · 09/10/2026

Public executions in the United Kingdom were discontinued in 1868. Charles Dickens had witnessed the aftermath of a double execution in London in 1849 and was appalled by the behaviour of the crowd. He argued that events such as this degraded rather than improved society.

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Rob Smallwood @robsmallwood.wsocial.eu · 09/10/2026

Nona Hendryx is 82 years old today.

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Rob Smallwood @robsmallwood.wsocial.eu · 09/10/2026

Jackson Browne is 78 years old today.

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Rob Smallwood @robsmallwood.wsocial.eu · 09/10/2026

Any new Artificial Intelligence stories this morning?

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Rob Smallwood @robsmallwood.wsocial.eu · 09/10/2026

17 years ago today, on October 9th 2009, Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. There are only three other US presidents who have received this award.

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