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Rob Gordon

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Semi-retired software developer

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 07/10/2026
Well, actual sea surface temperatures have now passed 30°C (86°F) in the key Niño 3.4 monitoring region for the first time in this data record... 😱 Sign up for next week's state of the climate briefing: climatecentral-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi.... Bring your questions, like on this historic El Niño!
Line graph time series of daily Nino 3.4 sea surface temperatures from 1982 to 2026. This year is currently a record high for this time of year through October 5, 2026. Data is from NOAA OISSTv2.1, and the graphic is created by Climate Central at https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-briefings.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 3h
NEW: The big new Aaron Sorkin film The Social Reckoning opens tomorrow with a plot centred on Facebook whistleblower, Frances Haugen....but we need to talk about *another* Facebook whistleblower, Sarah Wynn-Williams. And why Zuck is gunning for her.. 1/ www.youtube.com/watch?is=NP3...
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THE SOCIAL RECKONING – Official Teaser Trailer (HD)
YouTube video by Sony Pictures Entertainment
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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 3h
"It isn’t point scoring that has delayed care reform, but disagreements on how to find the money and what to spend it on... What’s been missing is a leader willing to lead." I look at 20 years of failed adult care reform - and what Labour's proposals could miss By me, for @theleaduk.bsky.social
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Death tax, dementia tax, no tax at all: Why England hasn’t fixed social care
Fifteen years after Dilnot called adult care "not fit for purpose", reform still hasn't come. As Andy Burnham and Louise Casey try again, Chaminda Jayanetti traces three decades of false starts.
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 7h
1/ While attention has been focused on the elimination of the Russian salient north of Liman, Russian warbloggers are reporting an increasing number of setbacks for their forces elsewhere in Ukraine. "Autumn will bring many unpleasant surprises," one predicts gloomily. ⬇️
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Piotr Szafrański @piotr-szafranski.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
1/3 When will Russians understand that corruption is absolutely necessary in their system? If they see someone "prosecuted for corruption", the real reason was that person's insubordination. You cannot get any meaningful position in Russia unless you are compromised by corruption.
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
1/ Russia has experienced a huge increase in corruption cases over the last five years, with over 50,000 cases being heard in that time, 3 trillion rubles ($35 billion) in stolen assets being recovered, and a 500% increase in the number of top officials being arrested. ⬇️
Former Kursk Region Governor Alexei Smirnov on trial, 2 April 2026
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
1/ Compensation payments to families of fallen Russian soldiers have fallen precipitously, by as much as 95% in some regions. It appears to be part of an ongoing trend, caused by budget shortfalls, of less and less value being placed on Russia's war dead. ⬇️
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Graeme Downie MP @graemedowniemp.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
For years, we've rightly focused on the military and political threat posed by Putin's Russia. But there's another cost that receives far less attention. A hidden cost paid by British taxpayers, businesses and public services. It's called the Putin Tax. 🧵
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 6h
Brittin so far absolutely fucking hopeless. There are countless tech and discussion podcasts in the private sector. You and Yours was exceptional public interest journalism.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 10h
‘Now we turn to the controversy that is what is it to be English?’ Nick Robinson says on radio 4 today before talking about Badenoch and Braverman Couldn’t turn the dial quick enough
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 6h
Russian propagandist Goldman seems to have only now realized how Russian military personnel are actually treated within the Russian army.
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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 21h
Good stuff from Beth, and a key point at the heart of what goes on at the capitol: “Republicans would rather have nothing than something they don’t like. Democrats need something and make it clear they will take anything over nothing. So Republicans have a stronger negotiating position.”
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 6h
The only way to reduce methane emissions from oil and gas is to phase out oil and gas production. The oil and gas industry has had 150 years to figure out how to do it. Instead they refuse any regulation.
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EPA Readies Bid to Ease Methane Controls for Oil, Gas Companies
The US Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday it is readying a proposal to loosen federal rules designed to cut methane releases from oil and gas operations.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 11h
A fire broke out after an attack at the Sasta machine-tool plant, which is also the site of a Yandex data center, in Sasovo, Russia’s Ryazan region. It is reported that the Yandex data center suffered a major outage.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 11h
Ukrainian drones hit the Sasta machine-tool plant in Sasovo, Ryazan Oblast, triggering a large fire and knocking the colocated Yandex data center offline. Yandex reported power problems and disruptions across multiple Yandex Cloud services. #Russia
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Scandinavian News Finland 🇫🇮 @snnmedia.bsky.social · 10h
A fire broke out at the Sasta machine-tool plant in Sasovo, Russia, where a Yandex data center is located. Ukrainian drones hit facilities in Sasovo on the night of October 8. Yandex says Yandex Cloud was disrupted #Sasta #Sasovo #Ryazan #RyazanOblast #Russia #DataCenter #UkrainianDrone #Snnfinland
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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 10h
Yandex facility in Sasovo, Ryazan region, in Russia is severely damaged. This could mark the start of another Ukrainian campaign. After hitting refineries, energy infrastructure, logistics centers and army storages, data centers make an ideal target. They directly contribute to Russia‘s war effort.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
There we have it. Reform officially ditches its pledge - or rather, its 2024 "contract" with voters - to back proportional representation. A clear breach of contract... Via Politico:
In other Reform news: Second-in-command Richard Tice finally admitted that now the voting system Farage has long railed against could help him win a general election, the party no longer wants to scrap it. Farage used to want first-past-the-post replaced with a form of proportional representation.

Here’s the line: “In order to rescue the country from the gravity of the chaos that we face, actually a proper majority is needed from a right of center, conviction-led Reform government,” Tice told Times Radio this morning. Asked whether that meant Reform no longer wants electoral reform, he said: “Yes, because the crisis is so great.”
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The minority Green Party administration on Stroud District Council "refused the planning application in December 2025. It rejected the project, Wheatenhurst Solar Farm, on the grounds of negative visual impact," traffic management and other points, but it has now been overruled
solarpowerportal.co.uk
PACE wins appeal for 49.5MW solar plant
Clean energy developer Pathfinder Clean Energy (PACE) has secured planning permission for a 49.5MW solar plant in Gloucestershire following an appeal.
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
In Pryluky today, Russia killed three baby boys - Oleksandr, Kyrylo, and Serhiy. All three were just one year old. They also killed 8-year-old Maksym. Among the victims of the attack are the mother and grandmother of one-year-old Oleksandr. In total, the death toll in Pryluky has now reached 19.
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Good morning (or evening if you're in the Americas, or afternoon for those in Oceania) I remember when pulling an all-nighter involved alcohol and music. Now it's coffee and reporting the ongoing Russian missile attack. It's🧵& Day 1687 If you want to help me: ko-fi.com/twmcltd
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Heather Stewart @guardianheather.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A £6bn tax cut that creates a perverse incentive for older people to *upsize* is not a good policy - www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Badenoch’s inheritance tax gambit makes no economic sense
The Tory leader’s proposal to slash the tax would shovel £6bn of taxpayer money to the already-wealthy
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Perfectly put.
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jackisgettingold.bsky.social @jackisgettingold.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Doctorow's essay presses the point that LLMs are an attempt by the powerful to dispense with human expertise. This may help explain the affinity that the US right wing has for "AI": It allows them the appearance of expertise without the bother of listening to experts or actually learning anything.
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David Rolfe @dorolfe.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Claiming Fair Use, doesnt mean using something fairly, it’s a pleading that affirms infringement in a copyright lawsuit. When you say your use is fair use you are agreeing your use is infringing the copyright of an author. If you want non-infringing use you should use public domain material. 
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 06/10/2026
Since the mid-1950s, we have changed the thing that "AI" refers to every 5-10 years. The current thing we're calling "AI" is about a decade old, and all this label-switching leads to a lack of clarity as to what (this) "AI" is.
The First Bank of Chicago, a Grecian temple to money. It is surrounded by flames. A skeleton in academic robes and mortarboards has been lynched from its roof. In the foreground are banded packages of US $100 bills.
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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The daily sea surface temperature is now so high, they had to add more chart because the previous version only went up to 30C
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Adrian Hiel @adrianhiel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Say what you want about the Energy Commissioner and the President of the European Commission (who just posted the same message) but much of their messaging is bang on. 1) Dependence on fossil fuels is the problem 2) Protect the poorest 3) Electrify. But what can they do to achieve it?
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
An outbreak of pneumonic plague is suspected in Russia. An investigation by the local media outlet People of Baikal, based on eyewitness accounts, has described what is happening in Russia's Irkutsk and Shelekhov, where an employee of an anti-plague research institute died
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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
SCOOP: OpenAI has been telling mathematicians it was going to dump at least 100 newly solved problems on Github today. They now say no release time is set, but mathematicians are angry about how the field is being treated; meanwhile, OpenAI workers consider math dead as a field of inquiry.
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OpenAI Is Pissing Off a Bunch of Mathematicians—Again
“There’s a perception of mobster behavior” from leading AI companies, one mathematician tells WIRED as OpenAI prepares to release more than 100 new solutions to unsolved problems.
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 06/10/2026
A number of different regions are contributing to the current record low #Antarctic sea ice conditions (for this time of year). One of the only areas seeing more extensive ice cover is the Weddell Sea. + Concentration means the fraction of ice in an area + Graphic from zacklabe.com/antarctic-se...
Two polar stereographic maps side-by-side showing Antarctic sea ice concentration and its anomalies relative to 1981-2010 for September 2026. Red shading is shown for less ice, and blue shading is shown for more ice. More areas are below average than above. Antarctica is masked out in grey shading.
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Some incredible videos of the burning tanker are coming from locals in Sochi. It must be a drone hit, but there was no air raid warning and no reports of explosions heard, though that far out at sea, the sound may not have travelled to the coast.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 06/10/2026
The European Commission published a document on Oct. 6 outlining the future of EU enlargement, making Ukraine's eventual accession a real prospect while highlighting the work required for both Kyiv and the bloc.
kyivindependent.com
Everything you need to know about EU's first step to making Ukraine's membership real
"As enlargement countries advance on their path of reform, the EU must be ready to welcome them," Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a press release.
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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The thing is, this isn't some gotcha memory test about "what precise amount of money will this cost/raise" of the type beloved by interviewers in election campaigns. It's the most basic question imaginable - "how will this thing work?" She has no idea.
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DaveC3- Manny Rutinel for CO CD 8 @davec3.solidarity.social · 06/10/2026
IMHO a must read, but maybe too much of a detailed explainer of Trump mendacity for some:
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Micromobility @micromobilityco.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🚲 When is an e-bike not an e-bike? California, New Jersey, Washington and Illinois are rewriting the rules around faster electric bikes, while New York is considering its own approach. Where does an e-bike end and an e-moto begin? micromobility.io/news/when-is...
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When Is an E-Bike Not an E-Bike?
When does an e-bike stop being an e-bike? California just drew a new line, and four other states are drawing theirs. The result is a patchwork of rules that could reshape what gets built, sold and rid...
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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Also: many of those same pundits think they are "data-driven" because they survey voters and conduct focus groups. That's so damn quaint. Trump's wealthiest allies purchased all the largest social media platforms+all the largest mainstream media outlets. Focus groups CANNOT measure those effects.
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Call me old-fashioned, but I just think that if you are announcing £10bn of spending, then if the Shadow Treasury team and the leader's office are doing their jobs properly, the leader should have clearer answers to these questions:
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The thing that gets me about these lurid anti-Zionist statements, like the one the Greens just passed, is that it is *so fucking easy* to criticise the Israeli government without engaging in that type of language.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Estonia is shifting toward an "active defense"posture:moving more forces&military infrastructure closer to the Russ border,building a fortified border zone,significantly expanding ammunition stocks,developing long-range strike capabilities,strengthening the reserve,air defense,civil defense systems⤵️
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hello again. It's Monday, it's Day 1685 of Putin's 3-day "Special Operation" seems to have a lot in common with Trump's 'winning bigly.' Here comes another daily, updated throughout the day, every single day.
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Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"While massacring civilians has been an ongoing Russian tactic, the “new doctrine” that emerged in October marks a further descent into depravity. [...] Ukrainian schools, hospitals, bridges, markets and apartment blocks are now treated as legitimate targets by Russian war criminals."
chakhoyan.substack.com
What are russians killing and dying for in Ukraine?
moscow is losing hundreds of thousands of men for slivers of Ukrainian land. Territory alone cannot explain what the marauding army of russian war criminals is killing and dying for.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 05/10/2026
Satellite analysis indicates the September 26 FP-1 strike hit all primary processing capacity at Russia’s Ilsky refinery. At least six impacts were identified on AVT-5 and AVT-6 equipment, while the smaller AVT-3 unit burned extensively. The refinery entered repairs. #Russia
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 05/10/2026
Ukraine’s 7th Air Assault Corps was redirected to Zaporizhzhia after Mykhailo Drapatyi became commander-in-chief, Ukrainska Pravda reports. The outlet says Russia is massing forces near Huliaipole for an attempted maneuver aimed at encircling Zaporizhzhia. #Ukraine
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James Huw Dyson @jamesdyson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The UK’s Shadow Chancellor will announce today that the Conservative Party would axe the Future Homes Standard if elected. This policy cuts energy bills and emissions in new build homes by requiring builders to fit new homes with heat pumps and solar panels instead of gas boilers. @e3g.bsky.social
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Jaap Burger @jaapburger.eu · 05/10/2026
Just imagine if responsible politicians had kept the focus on the clear transition path set out by the EU, rather than suggesting all sorts of detours. That might have helped your car manufacturers to be ready for what lies ahead (or has already arrived)
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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
When they talk about reducing red tape, remember this image.
Grenfell Tower, a black smouldering carcass of the building shorty after the fire, in 2017.
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Actual investors have some thoughts on the Tory deregulation plans.
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Leon Simons @leonsimons.com · 03/10/2026
🚨NASA CERES satellite data shows another 4-year average record for global Absorbed Solar Radiation. Earth's Energy Imbalance has more than doubled over the past 20 years. We've been trying to warn about this and the impacts for years, but few seem to care.
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is how the UK prepares for the climate mayhem that is coming www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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Revealed: Government quietly dropped plan to prepare England for wildfires
FOI request shows wildfire risk scheme scrapped, as data highlights many fire services lack proper protective gear
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