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Sandy Auden

@sandya.bsky.social
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Wire Sculptor, gardener, book lover and watcher of unfolding world affairs.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Axios reports AI companies are preparing for a catastrophic event in the next six to 12 months.
Top executives at Anthropic, OpenAl and other Al companies are privately gaming out scenarios for a public and political revolt after a catastrophic AI event.
Why it matters: These officials anticipate a large-scale event, most likely a cyberattack, that shuts down access to financial services, internet connectivity, or even power and water.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
With the rise of the Far Right, we’re in a situation where every election could potentially be the last one. No excuse not to vote with rigour.
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Sandy Auden @sandya.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jeffrey Archer?! 😳 On the list of best selling authors of all time? FFS www.webuybooks.co.uk/blog/best-se...
webuybooks.co.uk
Best-Selling Authors of All Time
Discover 25+ of the best-selling authors of all time, from Shakespeare and Agatha Christie to J.K. Rowling and Stephen King, with estimated worldwide book sales.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
US social media companies are interfering in the Brazilian elections in favour of the Far Right’s Flávio Bolsonaro. Meta is the latest. It’s just blocked the campaign account of President Lula in the final stretch of the election.
elespectador.com
Meta restringe la cuenta de Lula y su partido alerta por posible injerencia extranjera
De cara a las elecciones en Brasil, Lula enfrenta a Meta por restringir su cuenta mientras su partido alerta por posible injerencia extranjera.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Important read for anyone - all of us - interested in the survival of American democracy.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
In a bid to keep the two sides of my work life separate I’ve set up @infinitemonkeyshq.bsky.social A place for writers of all kinds, readers and viewers too. Things I’ve learned on the road to getting published, my work made for TV, talk about the craft, tips, news and intel, reviews. 1/2
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
theguardian.com
Russia preparing possible ‘provocation’ in Baltic states or Poland, sources say
Kremlin may attempt to test Nato cohesion as Russia comes under growing pressure from Ukraine, according to sources from two countries
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
If only bad news is reported, that’s what sticks. 🧵
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Lunabelle @lunabelle.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
This is for all the men out there (and the women who care about them). Andy's Man Club - men helping men. I know of blokes who swear by it and now make an effort to be there for others - help them walk through that door. 7pm Monday all across the UK, a chat, a cuppa, a hand outstretched.
Luke's post about starting Andy's Man Club 10 years ago. Second page of post.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Here:
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Putin’s Secret War
Russia’s attacks on Europe are escalating
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Tomorrow’s Independent front page:
The
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The Way Bac
Their promises of more jobs, more trade, more power for Britain have proved a con, Michael Heseltine writes as the Brexit vote 10th anniversary approaches. Never have so few done so much damage to so many with so little ability to execute what they lied about. Their scandalously false prospectus has turned to dust and ashes. Naturally, they blame everyone but themselves.
They are the guilty men and should...
...hang their heads in shame
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Amy Borrett @amyborrett.ft.com · 29/05/2026
🚨Elon Musk has boosted the public profile of Restore Britain leader Rupert Lowe on X, pulling Britain’s political discourse towards extreme content and amplifying his influence ahead of a knife-edge election in Makerfield More @FT: as.ft.com/r/80f4639f-0...
Dot plot of X posts with at least 2mn views since Restore Britain launched showing Rupert Lowe has far more viral posts than Farage despite having a third of the followersLine chart of cumulative earnings from X showing Rupert Lowe has earned more than £72,000 from his X posts
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
“Within only a few months, the brain connections in the salience network, which helps target attention, had multiplied. “We didn’t expect to see this effect, and we really don’t know what it means,” Shapiro said.”
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Ozempic may be reshaping the brain, scientists say — The Washington Post
The research has implications for addictive behaviors and diseases of aging such as Alzheimer’s.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Reform's Makerfield by-election candidate Robert Kenyon tells the Telegraph Russia were well within their rights to invade Crimea in 2014.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
All the worst people.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
The third Reform councillor on Merseyside to face “questions” since the election.
bbc.co.uk
Reform St Helens councillor assaulted woman while working pub doors
The Labour Party has said it is "deeply concerned" by Reform's vetting procedures.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
This is a good read about how Rupert Lowe’s Fascist Restore party used Great Yarmouth as a test case for taking Britain.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Reform starting as they mean to go on.
huffingtonpost.co.uk
Reform UK's Richard Tice Refuses To Condemn Councillor Who Said 'Nigerians Should Be Melted Down'
The party's deputy leader accused their critics of "smearing and sneering".
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
For the first time in decades, consensus broke at the UN Commission on the Status of Women. The United States cast the lone “no” vote on a document aimed at improving justice systems for women and girls worldwide. Misogyny is the official policy of the US under Trump.
healthpolicy-watch.news
Only US Votes Against Women’s Rights Document At UN Commission - Health Policy Watch
President of the UN General Assembly Annalena Baerbock told the opening of CSW that the backlash against women's rights "feels as though we are forced to
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Sandy Auden @sandya.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
For the UK peeps...
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Jean-Luc Picard @voiceofpericles.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
THIS IS SO IMPORTANT. Farage says a woman who has been here for years, is married to a British person and has indefinite leave to remain, will need to apply for a work visa after they abolish indefinite leave to remain. @chadbourn.bsky.social @sturdyalex.bsky.social @bestforbritain.org
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Reform UK donor linked to sanctioned Iranian conglomerate A churchwarden behind a £200,000 gift to Nigel Farage’s party is the director of a company cited in French intelligence memos
thetimes.com
Reform UK donor linked to sanctioned Iranian conglomerate
A churchwarden behind a £200,000 gift to Nigel Farage’s party is the director of a company cited in French intelligence memos
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
There are no coincidences. Or: time to move to Canada.
cnbc.com
Automatic U.S. military draft registration planned by December, filing shows
The proposed timetable for automatic military draft registration came weeks after the U.S. and Israel launched a war against Iran.
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🅖🅤🅝🅝🅐.🅦🅩 (𝑔𝓏) 🇺🇸🇮🇸𝙸𝙼𝙿𝙴𝙰𝙲𝙷 𝚃𝙷𝙴𝙼 𝙰𝙻𝙻 @gunna-z.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
JOIN ME AND CALL CONGRESS EVERY HOUR TODAY and demand they impeach him immediately!
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
A Reform candidate parroting Russian propaganda. What a huge shock.
bbc.co.uk
Reform Senedd candidate blamed Nato for Ukraine war
Rivals call for John Clark to be removed over social media messages about Russia, Ukraine and Putin.
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iKapaAllan @ikapaallan.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Please would you repost this link: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Stop Palantir taking over our public services!
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.
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Sandy Auden @sandya.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
www.wired.com/story/this-i...
wired.com
This Is How Trump Is Already Threatening the Midterms
WIRED surveyed the ways the Trump administration is working to manipulate this year’s midterm elections.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Yes, that’s a no.
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porthiadays.bsky.social @porthiadays.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
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Hedy Lamarr @chudonew.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
JOIN US - SATURDAY MARCH 28 Use the link below to find an event near you. www.nokings.org
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No Kings
As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
BBC Question Time is now pretending Reform UK member and Trump-supporting political activist Tom Skinner is a mere celebrity to get him the “neutral” slot on the panel.
Dough-faced blonde man with perfect teeth
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
All going well for Reform in Scotland.
dailyrecord.co.uk
Reform UK's Holyrood campaign in meltdown as fifth candidate quits
James Glen said he had “withdrawn” his candidacy a week after he had been unveiled as one of the party’s hopefuls.
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46&2 @7719deftones.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
fortune.com/2026/03/23/u...
fortune.com
The Treasury just declared the U.S. insolvent. The media missed it | Fortune
The Government Accountability Office can't even verify the books. Here's what Congress must do.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Brits - your cut out and keep guide to when to expect Reform Rage.
Joke calendar featuring PERSISTENCE OF GLOBAL
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 20/03/2026
Imagine seeing British people at prayer and thinking “this is a great chance to stoke fear, hatred and division”. People who do that should have no place in British politics. Freedom to worship is a fundamental British value – one the Conservative Party used to believe in.
Post by Nick Timothy MP - "Too many are too polite to say this. But mass ritual prayer in public places is an act of domination."
Image of people praying in Trafalgar Square.
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Politics in the U.K. @politicsintheuk.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Reform UK in Kent: raising tax by 4% despite promising not to. Also Reform UK in Kent: raising councillors’ wages by 4% despite promising to establish DOGE to cut council waste.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Labour needs to legislate fast to keep this kind of money out of UK politics. If not, Farage will buy himself a fascist state.
apple.news
The coming of crypto: how Nigel Farage plans to reshape politics — The Times and The Sunday Times
The general election may be years away but Nigel Farage is already acting like a winner — and one flush with cash. His political campaigns are starting to look like gameshow giveaways, with huge cash ...
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Just one day for a new Reform election candidate to be suspended. On brand.
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A Reform UK Election Candidate Has Been Suspended A Day After Being Unveiled
Stuart Niven is being investigated over claims he diverted thousands of pounds from a government Covid loan into his personal account.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
“Concepts of a plan.” Asked what options Reform UK are considering for funding the NHS if they win power, policy chief James Orr said: "There will be a long process of policy ideation. We’ll be talking to experts.”
huffingtonpost.co.uk
Reform UK Policy Chief Left Squirming Over Party's NHS Plans In Car Crash Question Time Performance
James Orr repeatedly refused to say how his party wants the health service to be funded.
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 13/03/2026
🔴 BREAKING: Moscow is now supplying Tehran with advanced tactics and Russian-produced drones to target US allies. 🧵 1/5 ⬇️
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Claire Jones @claireaj.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/hum... "Reform UK policy creators are re-positioning society in ways that orientate male thinking towards a future of increased sexual abuse" Claire Jones for West England Bylines
westenglandbylines.co.uk
The octopus and the handmaid: Reform’s Epsteinian cultural agenda
From Epstein’s web to Reform’s proposed raft of policy ideas, creeping misogyny now risks redefining women’s rights in Britain
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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Re supposed end of the Target boycott: it’s 100% bullshit. See statement below from an *actual* leader of the initial DEI boycott. Even if true (to repeat, it’s not!), it’s not up to any small group. Target has fixed nothing + compounded its DEI sins with ICE complicity. People are done with it!
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
No plan, no endgame, Trump is careering towards disaster.
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grannydoodle.bsky.social @grannydoodle.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
@chadbourn.bsky.social did you see this? What an absolute piece of shit Faux news is. trump made them do it 💯 bsky.app/profile/atru...
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Quietly, calmly and forensically, BBC just dismantled the Trump communications shitshow on Iran. No hyperbole, just laying out an unprecedented military, diplomatic and reputational shambles. Worth a watch. (🎥 BBC News/BBC Verify)
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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
🚨 It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work. This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public. Please spread the word. 🧵 1/4
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DBdant @dbdant.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
We really should listen to George Orwell.
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Lavajackal @lavajackal.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
This is also going a bit under the radar with everyone distracted. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
theguardian.com
‘We’ll run out of food this week’: Israel’s Iran war brings new Gaza siege
Israel has closed all crossings into Gaza, threatening to plunge 2 million people into a new hunger crisis
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Sandy Auden @sandya.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
There's more than one way to this could all go nuclear...
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