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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 4h
Poland’s foreign minister Radosław Sikorski told the FT that the likelihood of someone being killed was growing as Moscow multiplied its sabotage campaign operations on European soil. ft.trib.al/PYbNmKw
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
An oil terminal in Rostov is transferring its diesel to the cloud. That's where Trump can get it if he wants to.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 10/10/2026
❗Russia is providing Iran with missiles, a Western official told Bloomberg. Moscow also reportedly assisted Tehran in targeting US bases across the region that were subsequently damaged or destroyed. Bloomberg reports Iran has preserved its missile and drone factories despite months of bombing #Iran
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rykalski.bsky.social @rykalski.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
77 million USians voted for Putin in 2024.
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Christopher Miller @christopherjm.ft.com · 10/10/2026
US officials stepped up pressure on Ukraine to stop striking Russian oil refineries and threatened to cut off vital intelligence sharing as Donald Trump announced a deal with Moscow to release diesel on to the world market. www.ft.com/content/7fd4... via @financialtimes.com
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US warns Kyiv that strikes on Russia jeopardise intelligence-sharing
Donald Trump’s administration delivered threat after Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticised diesel deal with Moscow
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Dr Rachel Broady @drrachelbroady.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Americans who want to watch a public execution are far more like the nations they consider enemies (Iran and Afghanistan) than they openly admit. Same with celebrating when govt. henchmen shoot citizens dead on the streets (Iran, Syria, North Korea). Does the US classify itself as a 'rogue state'?
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Donald has lifted sanctions on Russian diesel. We will use the money to help Iran. Who are fighting the USA. Donald is paying us to help kill American soldiers.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Carrie Fisher — Manhattan (1980) 📷 by Douglas Kirkland
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EUvsDisinfo @euvsdisinfo.eu · 09/10/2026
The Kremlin continues to portray NATO’s defensive preparations as proof of an impending attack on Russia. Moscow now threatens to use nuclear weapons in response to a hypothetical blockade of Kaliningrad, all while Russia expands GPS spoofing operations from the exclave.
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Good to see Donald buy Russian diesel instead of Canadian. I know its right on USA border but they sell imperialist, woke diesel that makes your truck gay.
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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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EUvsDisinfo @euvsdisinfo.eu · 09/10/2026
The Kremlin’s claim that Russian forces had never been the first to strike civilian infrastructure is a lie. Russia’s extensive, well-documented attacks on Ukrainian civilian and energy infrastructure began long before Ukraine developed long-range drones capable of striking targets inside Russia.
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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Anyway, happy anniversary to this tweet:
Matt Zarb-Cousin:

Zack Polanski is one of the most talented political leaders this country has produced in decades and the only one capable of stopping Nigel Farage. The Greens will outpoll Labour by next year and be the second largest party in terms of membership. The sky is the limit.
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rykalski.bsky.social @rykalski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Once upon a time the pseudo-leftists cheered as The Absolute Boy lost a UK General Election & vowed to stay on as Labour Leader. Now they cheer as Zack Polanski vows to stay on as Green Party Leader having lost a by-election. The noise is the same but the scale is now minuscule.
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Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The Greens' embrace of left populism has been an unmitigated disaster. At a moment when climate politics is more contested than ever, they've abandoned their post. Not just in Camden last night but in Lambeth too. Serious figures need to act.
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rykalski.bsky.social @rykalski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It is a strange kind of “left populism” in that it is neither left wing nor popular.
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
russia: We will nuke Europe! Europe: You're our enemy. russia: Did you just call us an ENEMY?! 😭
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Ari Costello @aricostello.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
By 2021, when the debate about “Is Trump a fascist?” Was first getting, at least, a hearing — some of us had warned that MAGA was already *well* beyond that stage, and was already morphing into something else. That after fascism (Mussolini), there is still a LOT of wide open ground to cover.
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rykalski.bsky.social @rykalski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Which means the leader of nationally significant political party was either oblivious to almost everything or, more worryingly, actively sought out the leader-follower-relationship. Well at least we now know exactly what Corbynism without Corbyn looks like.
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rykalski.bsky.social @rykalski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This offers a frankly disturbing insight into Polanski. Either he simply didn’t understand anything about the whole “Absolute Boy” gang and what they were doing with their worship of Corbyn or he did and he loved it. Imagine wanting to be the next micro-celebrity-leader & focus of that fandom.
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rykalski.bsky.social @rykalski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It is always horrific to see the tragedy-farce melodrama play out. Right now on this hell site there are Greens and Polanskites parroting the “Corbyn almost won in 2017” line but in the brutally reduced & impoverished form of “increased vote share in one by-election”. It is all so more pathetic.
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rykalski.bsky.social @rykalski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Where’s Mrs Merton when you need her?
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peterkellner.bsky.social @peterkellner.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Ignore the Greens’ misleading claims. It was a catastrophic night for Zack Polanski, and a remarkable victory for Sagal Absi-Wali kellnerp.substack.com/p/the-figure...
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The figures that make Sagal Abdi-Wali’s victory remarkable
Ignore the Greens’ misleading claims. It was a catastrophic night for Zack Polanski
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Ah yes, the classic lead indicator of so many bad things: The Flydubai co-pilot historically posted misogynistic content including calling women “rotten meat” www.ft.com/content/a92b...
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The online life of the Flydubai attacker
Co-pilot of flight 1073 gravitated towards the ‘manosphere’ and expressed misogynistic views
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Nick Wallis @nickwallis.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
NHS Sussex and NHS England were formally warned Brighton trans doctor was out of control in 2020, documents show. Whistleblower alleges unknown number of children harmed as eventual investigation (which began in 2025) had limited scope. genderblog.net/nhs-knew-of-...
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NHS knew of concerns about trans Dr in 2020
Whistleblower told NHS Sussex and NHS England of problems with Dr Sam Hall’s methods and was accused of transphobia. Dr Sam Hall, former clinical lead at WellBN Brighton An NHS Doctor raised …
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Ingenious name @ingeniousname.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Are the US really going to publicly execute someone by firing squad? Publicly???? PUBLICLY?!?!?
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rykalski.bsky.social @rykalski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Barbarism. Barbarity has consumed the US federal government. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Fort Hood attacker's execution by firing squad will be livestreamed, Pentagon says
Pete Hegseth says the execution will be public, but a legal expert says the "unprecedented" decision is on "uncertain legal terrain".
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rykalski.bsky.social @rykalski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Barbarism. Barbarity has consumed the US federal government. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Fort Hood attacker's execution by firing squad will be livestreamed, Pentagon says
Pete Hegseth says the execution will be public, but a legal expert says the "unprecedented" decision is on "uncertain legal terrain".
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Bridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The best news to wake up to ahead of the morning round. Congratulations to Sagal, who has led such a positive campaign. Thank you to the brilliant Labour team and members who made this win possible. Britain is backing Labour’s message of hope. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cq...
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Labour wins Holborn and St Pancras by-election, beating Green leader Zack Polanski - follow live
The contest was triggered when ex-PM Keir Starmer announced last month he would be standing down from the Commons.
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
True - and for a really positive take, see
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The figures that make Sagal Abdi-Wali’s victory remarkable
Ignore the Greens’ misleading claims. It was a catastrophic night for Zack Polanski
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rykalski.bsky.social @rykalski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Good www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cq...
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Labour wins Holborn and St Pancras by-election, beating Green leader Zack Polanski - follow live
The contest was triggered when ex-PM Keir Starmer announced last month he would be standing down from the Commons.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
8 October 1937 | A French Jewish girl, Helene Akar, was born in Bar-le-Duc. In August 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection. --- A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
Vintage black-and-white photo of a young gril smiling and standing in a garden, wearing a plaid dress and knee-high socks.
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Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"In this building lived and worked journalist Anna Politkovskaya. Killed 7 October 2006"
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Kemi Badenoch wants to exempt the family home from inheritance tax. But that creates a perverse incentive for elderly people to *upsize* to save IHT. That could double the cost of the policy, and push £100bn+ from savings into housing. A 🧵 on bad tax cuts.
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rykalski.bsky.social @rykalski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Ah… good old ‘broseph_stalin’ doing his best as per usual to disprove the accusations that all of the UK pseudo-leftists are rage filled authoritarians …
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
💥🌊For the first time ever, a long-range a long range kamikaze drone has been shot down by an unmanned surface vessel. A Ukrainian Navy Sargan-3000 USV destroyed the Shahed with fire from its onboard remote-controlled turret.
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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I have disagreements with the government on a range of issues, but I can say without the slightest hint of hesitation that I really, really hope Labour overwhelmingly wins today’s by-election.
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Bob From Brockley @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Vital reporting by the great journalist @chloehadj.bsky.social who tracked down a key witness to the 2018 Douma chemical weapons atrocity. At 11, Hassan was locked up & forced to give false testimony on film, used in Assad/Putin’s disinformation campaign… observer.co.uk/news/interna...
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At 11 he was forced to lie about Assad’s chlorine attack....
After a video showed Hassan Diab in the aftermath of a chemical attack on Douma, Syria and Russia pushed him to call it a fiction. Eight years later, he and his family finally feel safe enough to spea...
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"He doesn’t understand the people. He is a true Soviet KGB officer. A bit of an antisemite, a bit of a fascist. Not very intelligent. And he does not understand that people have rights. He is a president who simply doesn’t give a damn about his own citizens."
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 08/10/2026
⚡️Moldova to build drone shelters near Ukrainian border amid escalating Russian attacks. In addition to the new structures, some Moldovan border guards currently stationed on the Ukrainian side of the border will be transferred to the Moldovan side.
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Moldova to build drone shelters near Ukrainian border amid escalating Russian attacks
In addition to the new structures, some Moldovan border guards currently stationed on the Ukrainian side of the border will be transferred to the Moldovan side.
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rykalski.bsky.social @rykalski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Even Krasnov knows that you shouldn’t get caught …
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Joshua Rozenberg @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Is your software a “product”? If not — and it harms you in some way — you may not be able to claim compensation. That needs to change, the government’s law reform advisers suggest. And product liability law might be extended to online marketplaces like Amazon. rozenberg.substack.com/p/consumer-p...
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Consumer protection
Will Amazon have to pay compensation if it sells products that cause harm?
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rykalski.bsky.social @rykalski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The GOP candidate for governor of Tennessee has pledged to bring back the electric chair into replace the lethal injection that has just so spectacularly and brutally failed to kill a woman. Barbarity on barbarity.
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Katie Alcock @wontsomeonethi2.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
On the evidence based/social media/where do people get their medical information from strand: NHS SUSSEX THINKS EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE IS JUST AN OPINION tribunaltweets.substack.com/p/redvers-v-... Yes, you heard right.
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Redvers v NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board & Mr Adam Doyle
Dr S Redvers (claimant), a named GP safeguarding lead is bringing a constructive dismissal case against NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board (respondent).
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Akiva Weisinger @misfittorah.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Do I think all critics of Israel are antisemitic? No. Do I think there are people extremely skilled at keeping the "I'm just an antizionist!" mask on in a way that convinces non-Jews, including the tokenization of JVP type groups and lip service to a surface reading of Jewish history? Yeah.
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Akiva Weisinger @misfittorah.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
haverfordclerk.com/opinion-a-tr... Shot:
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rykalski.bsky.social @rykalski.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It is to be expected that former LibDemAaron Bastani prefers Maurice Cowling to Karl Marx when conducting historical analysis.
A screenshot of a Twitter post by Aaron Bastani of Novaramedia in which Bastani focuses on the high politics of the early C.20th rather than bothering to consider things from the bottom up.
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rykalski.bsky.social @rykalski.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
There is no irony at all. Novaramedia is not in anyway Marxist or even socialist. They never engage in class analysis, employ no working class people (all of them are from at least peti-bourgeois backgrounds) and have never shown any interest in the class dynamics of UK politics.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
6 October 1939 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Klara Jas, was born in Amsterdam. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 26 August 1943 with her mother Henderika and little brother Isaac. They were all murdered in a gas chamber. --- Gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
An old black-and-white photo showing a woman holding a baby on their lap, next to a girl sitting with a toy - a teddy or a doll. They are seated indoors.
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
James Bond never had to do this, just saying
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