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romieblois.bsky.social @romieblois.bsky.social · 9h
channel4news.substack.com/p/are-the-uk...
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Why the UK’s energy security could be under threat as gas stores run low
Andy Burnham wants to reindustrialise the UK, but his task could be made harder because of rocketing fuel prices in an unpredictable world.
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romieblois.bsky.social @romieblois.bsky.social · 11h
👏🏻👏🏻 iandunt.substack.com/p/burnham-sp...
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Burnham speech: An astonishing moment of radicalism and commitment
It’s easy to be cynical, but it would be false. Something extraordinary is happening here.
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romieblois.bsky.social @romieblois.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
counterdisinformationproject.substack.com/p/why-is-dis...
counterdisinformationproject.substack.com
Why is discussing lack of Covid vaccine access taboo in the UK?
Guardian article criticises RFK JR while ignoring greater restrictions in the UK
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The God of Cities @thegodofcities.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
TRUMP WAS NEVER LEGITIMATE. TRUMP HAS NEVER ONCE WON. Mueller proved that the 2016 election was compromised by Russia and now the evidence of even worse election crimes continues to escalate. As if this wasn't fucking bad enough Trump asked his supporters last week TO CHEAT.
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The law is clear! Federal law prohibits armed troops at polling places, interference, and using government power to undermine our elections. We will not be intimidated. Know your rights! Make a plan. We must protect the right to vote. 🗳️
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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The Trump administration is using public dollars to pay for a television ad that features Trump urging Americans to "defeat communism," while touting his economic record and personal resilience. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
usatoday.com
Trump uses public funds for 'Love me' ad that promotes himself
The White House is using public funds for a TV ad that promotes President Trump and his record, calling it a "public service announcement."
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
There is no such thing as taxpayers’ money youtu.be/4AyhV70BDwE?... Anyone who claims the government spends taxpayers' money is talking total nonsense. The problem is that almost all our politicians do.
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There is no such thing as taxpayers’ money
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Trump’s MAGA loyalists are the stupidest, most gullible people around. It’s not even close.
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romieblois.bsky.social @romieblois.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Only diplomacy ​can solve conflict, says Iran after Trump rejects peace plan news.sky.com/share/13592323
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Only diplomacy ​can solve conflict, says Iran after Trump rejects peace plan
Iran announced a peace plan at the UN in New York, saying the proposal had been sent to American negotiators via Qatar.​ Donald Trump rejected the idea the following day.
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romieblois.bsky.social @romieblois.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Iran says it has given US 'concrete' seven-day plan to reopen Strait of Hormuz news.sky.com/share/13591945
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Iran says it has given US 'concrete' seven-day plan to reopen Strait of Hormuz
Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi ​tells reporters at the United Nations: "The choice ‌now rests with the United States."
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romieblois.bsky.social @romieblois.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
bbc.co.uk
Watch: Universal UK Resort begins demolishing Bedfordshire homes
Contractors plan to knock down 12 properties at the theme park site being built in Bedfordshire.
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romieblois.bsky.social @romieblois.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
OpenAI bots meddled with multiple US government agency sites www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
OpenAI bots meddled with US government agencies, including SEC and Census
OpenAI said its bots accessed public data from a range of institutions during test exercises.
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romieblois.bsky.social @romieblois.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Pope greets Paris crowds in popemobile as he warns of AI risks news.sky.com/share/13591817
news.sky.com
Pope greets Paris crowds in popemobile as he warns of AI risks
The first US pope urged the world to reconsider the development of AI, warning it could create a future where "a paradise of machines" takes over.
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romieblois.bsky.social @romieblois.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Labour members call on government to cancel Palantir's NHS contract news.sky.com/share/13591968
news.sky.com
Labour members call on government to cancel Palantir's NHS contract
A conference committee will decide on Saturday whether the emergency motion will be debated and voted on.
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romieblois.bsky.social @romieblois.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
South African white genocide does not exist, new ambassador to US tells BBC www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
South African white genocide does not exist, new ambassador to US tells BBC
Roelf Meyer tells the BBC that being a white Afrikaner gives him legitimacy to challenge Trump's claim of a genocide.
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romieblois.bsky.social @romieblois.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
channel4news.substack.com/p/comparing-...
channel4news.substack.com
How 2026 AI race compares to 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis
Let’s call it the ‘Bay of Bots’ crisis because many are drawing parallels between the Cuban Missile Crisis, when we came close to nuclear war, and where we are now with AI, writes Siobhan Kennedy.
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romieblois.bsky.social @romieblois.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
UN latest: Dozens of delegates walk out as Netanyahu addresses UN General Assembly news.sky.com/share/13590343
news.sky.com
UN latest: Dozens of delegates walk out as Netanyahu addresses UN General Assembly
People have gathered in Union Square wearing "save Israeli democracy" shirts and waving the country's flag. It comes after Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas praised the UK's decision to ban trade wi...
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romieblois.bsky.social @romieblois.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
johndupuis.substack.com/p/dangerousl...
johndupuis.substack.com
Dangerously outdated health policies, Preventing the next pandemic, Oh yeah Covid still isn’t over, and more
Bonus Vaccines were a success!
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Gene Bryant @genebryant.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
On top of everything else going on this week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is now working Christian nationalism into his military pep talks. www.huffpost.com/entry/pete-h...
huffpost.com
Pete Hegseth’s Latest Military Move Sparks Outrage Over His ‘Hypocrisy And Blatant Misuse Of The Bible’
‘[It’s] not only un-Christian; it is fundamentally un-American and poses a dire threat to our democracy,’ one minister said.
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Jamie L. Wood, Ph.D. @flydoc2015.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Well this is horrifying.
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romieblois.bsky.social @romieblois.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Judge temporarily overturns Trump's White House media ban www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Judge temporarily overturns Trump's White House media ban
A court has ordered the US government to reinstate access to the building for CNN, Politico and MS NOW.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Everyone ready? We only had 10 years of people saying that this was their endgame. If it doesn't happen by November, it'll happen before January 2029. Either way, these creeps have no intention of allowing our democracy to survive or ever leaving power.
theatlantic.com
The Supporters Urging Trump to Declare Martial Law for the Midterms
Trump’s advisers have been working for months to move his focus away from baseless theories of election fraud. A group of outsiders is making that difficult.
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
And there it is, folks… the big reveal. They aren’t even testing for COVID in some deaths. If you don’t test for it, how do you know it didn’t contribute? Less testing = fewer COVID deaths recorded. That’s how government numbers drop. You can’t count what you don’t test for.
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
An official court expert has suggested Diego Maradona may have died from COVID-19. Forensic doctor Pablo Ferrari said failing to test for COVID during the autopsy was a “critical methodological error,” adding: “We cannot rule out that he died of COVID."
Screenshot of a Goal article dated 22 September 2026 featuring a Getty Images photo of Argentine football legend Diego Maradona wearing a white sports shirt on a football field. The headline reads: “Diego Maradona trial twist as official court expert suggests football icon may have died from Covid-19.” The article reports a new development in the trial concerning the circumstances surrounding Maradona’s death, with a court expert raising COVID-19 as a possible cause.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
As I told @gregsargent.bsky.social, Congress should demand answers from those responsible for diverting taxpayer funding intended to protect people from persecution to some of the world’s worst authoritarians, for purposes which clearly violate human rights.
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romieblois.bsky.social @romieblois.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Should AI have safety regulations like driving does? news.sky.com/share/13590894
news.sky.com
Should AI have safety regulations like driving does?
Safety regulations have been introduced for cars, medicine and nuclear power for decades as inventions developed. Should AI be next?
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romieblois.bsky.social @romieblois.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
AI weapons 'keep me awake at night' news.sky.com/share/13590998
news.sky.com
UN's humanitarian chief fears lethal impact of AI drone weapons
The UN's humanitarian chief worries that the rules and values driving AI will make it "even less humanitarian than humans are".
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romieblois.bsky.social @romieblois.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The problems AI was solving 12 years ago - and why researchers are so spooked news.sky.com/share/13590849
news.sky.com
The problems AI was solving 12 years ago - and the 'freakish' progress that's left people spooked
AI is developing faster than we could have imagined. So what does this mean for future development and how worried should we be? Sky's technology correspondent Rowland Manthorpe takes a look.
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romieblois.bsky.social @romieblois.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
UK to fight Russian disinformation and push new global AI standards, Burnham says www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
UK to fight Russian disinformation and push new global AI standards, Burnham says
The UK could act as "an honest broker" on AI and other global challenges, the prime minister tells world leaders at the UN.
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Article 25 (3)(e) of the statute establishing the International Criminal Court criminalizes incitement to genocide. If someone can walk into the United Nations and say this, they’re daring the court to act.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A huge thank you to CNN, MS NOW, Politico, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, Fox News, PBS News, NPR, The New York Times, The Washington Post, HuffPost, the Associated Press, Reuters, Getty Images, and AFP for standing together in defense of a free press.
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
What critics get wrong about MMT - or modern monetary theory youtu.be/mKWfEQlcDoU?... Hating MMT seems to be the one thing that unites neoliberals and some Marxists. But all of them argue with a version of their own creation, not the real thing. Here, I tackle the real issues.
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What critics get wrong about MMT - or modern monetary theory
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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hannemiriam.bsky.social @hannemiriam.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Recommending! 👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Guardian joins the campaign to abolish the state pension triple-lock. Portrays it as a old v young, social security v defence spending issue. Silence on corporate welfare, tax perks of the rich, maldistribution of wealth, low govt spend on state pension, how future retirees will survive.
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Britain needs cash and everyone knows we should break the pensions triple lock. Where is the courage? | Gaby Hinsliff
The issue cannot be avoided any longer. Andy Burnham and his chancellor must face the fear of a pensioner backlash, and find a fair solution, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Canada: "COVID outbreak at Guelph General Hospital affects 5 patients" "Five patients in the 4 West unit got COVID while in hospital, according to a post from the hospital’s website on Monday" Archive: archive.li/F1uPP Source: www.guelphtoday.com/local-news/c...
Screenshot of a GuelphToday article reporting a COVID-19 outbreak at Guelph General Hospital affecting five patients. The subheading states that five patients in the hospital’s 4 West unit have COVID. Below the headline is a photo looking upward at the exterior of Guelph General Hospital, with a large white entrance sign displaying the hospital’s name and logo in blue and yellow. The article is credited to GuelphToday Staff.
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romieblois.bsky.social @romieblois.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
counterdisinformationproject.substack.com/p/why-does-t...
counterdisinformationproject.substack.com
Why does the JCVI treat Covid differently?
Cat in the Hat's examination of vaccine cost-effectiveness calculations reveals the stark differenes
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Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
US strikes on alleged drug boats could be crimes against humanity, says UN
bbc.co.uk
US strikes on alleged drug boats could be crimes against humanity, says UN
A report says the attacks, of which there have been at least 68, were not self-defence.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 21/09/2026
CNN, MS Now and Politico to sue Trump after being blocked from White House
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CNN, MS Now and Politico to sue Trump after being blocked from White House
Three news outlets will file lawsuit in attempt to regain access to the White House after having badges disabled
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Max Colbert @mc00.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
WOW As reported by @libertyhq.bsky.social, five police forces; Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire, under the East Midlands Special Operations Unit (EMSOU), are to stop using Palantir's nectar. Huge news. libertyinvestigates.org.uk/articles/pal...
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Revealed: Five police forces to drop Palantir surveillance tool - Liberty Investigates
Palantir’s UK policing ambitions take a hit as East Midlands forces end their involvement in a controversial data pilot
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The Economist @economist.com · 19/09/2026
Donald Trump wanted Greenland to be part of his legacy and so it will be. Just not as he imagined
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Donald Trump drops demands to own Greenland, but the harm has been done
A revised defence pact with Denmark and Greenland is a modest improvement, but annexation threats were a costly blunder
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 19/09/2026
Diesel prices have never been higher. US President Donald Trump contends that’s not because of the war he started nearly seven months ago.
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Iran War Drives Bigger Diesel Supply Loss Despite Trump’s Claims
Diesel prices have never been higher. US President Donald Trump contends that’s not because of the war he started nearly seven months ago.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 19/09/2026
Gemini hacked three companies in first known breakout by Google's AI reut.rs/4Alduvv
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Gemini hacked three companies in first known breakout by Google's AI
Google's Gemini model accessed the internet and hacked other companies during a test of its cybersecurity capabilities, ​the first known example of the company's AI systems autonomously committing ‌such an act.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If my company killed 123 children, the U.S. government would shut us down and send me to jail
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romieblois.bsky.social @romieblois.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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British journalism and polling are both utterly implicated in the Farage funding scandal
We've spent plenty of time talking about Nigel Farage, but evidently the rot goes much deeper.
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romieblois.bsky.social @romieblois.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
War may be coming. Are we psychologically ready?
The military and government say the risk of conflict is growing, but we may not be mentally ready for it
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romieblois.bsky.social @romieblois.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
UN experts say grounds to believe US committed war crimes in Iran strikes www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
UN experts say grounds to believe US committed war crimes in Iran strikes
The US has not acknowledged carrying out February's deadly strikes on a primary school in Minab and a sports complex in Lamerd.
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Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Robert Kraft says Ed Sheeran asked him to donate $2m to aid after Macklemore backlash
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Robert Kraft says Ed Sheeran asked him to donate $2m to aid after Macklemore backlash
It comes after Macklemore pledged $1m to Palestinian causes, challenging the tycoon to match the sum.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Reform-linked thinktank ‘to call for big tax cuts for the rich’; accompanied by deregulation of the City, weaken the authority of the courts. That would be the return on donations by the super-rich. Cost borne by the old, sick, disabled, unfortunate; cuts to public services.
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Reform-linked thinktank ‘to call for big tax cuts for the rich’
Centre for a Better Britain will urge abolishing inheritance tax and phasing out capital gains tax, report says
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
More articles of impeachment have officially been filed against Pete Hegseth. He is being accused of high crimes, unauthorized war, and suppressing free speech. We’re 717 constituent letters away from our 5,000 goal for today. Be one of the 717 now: 👇 actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
actionnetwork.org
Tell Congress: Impeach Pete Hegseth
Contact Congress today!
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