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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 21h

Theatre of the absurd! Trump announces US will buy diesel from russia even though he signed a law mandating sanctions for any country buying russian energy. Meanwhile russia actually has a diesel export ban because they can’t meet domestic demand.

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Sara B @sarabuschova.bsky.social · 8h

Post run breakfast Torinese

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Sara B @sarabuschova.bsky.social · 8h

Envious. I never got the timings right. Watching Part 2 without Part 1 felt weird.

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Sara B @sarabuschova.bsky.social · 22h

That’s a helpful reminder about Covid. I’ve just booked one.

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Sara B @sarabuschova.bsky.social · 22h

Roasted hazelnut gelato - my favourite

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Sara B @sarabuschova.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

That is extraordinary - what a complete …

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Sara B @sarabuschova.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

That is so weirdly funny -

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Sara B @sarabuschova.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Sure. But Derrida would remind us that language is never innocent. The conscious intentions of those wearing balaclavas do not exhaust the meanings their imagery produces. Deconstruction concerns precisely this instability between intention, signification and the cultural histories embedded in signs

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Sara B @sarabuschova.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

You’re confusing erotic attraction with homoeroticism as a political and aesthetic structure. Andrew Hewitt’s Political Inversions explores precisely the relationship between homosexuality, fascism and the modernist imaginary. The point is ideological, not whether you fancy a man in a balaclava.

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Sara B @sarabuschova.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Philosophically there is always contamination. Fascist echoes are unmistakable-mothers and grandmothers, bloodline and inheritance. Then the men in balaclavas with that peculiar homoerotic tension between concealment and display, the seen and unseen, so characteristic of fascist and Nazi aesthetics.

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Sara B @sarabuschova.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Rome does seem to specialise in making arrival feel like a small initiation rite.

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Sara B @sarabuschova.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

My gelato moment: crema, zabaglione, hot affogato. Clean, sharp, like an oyster sliding down the throat.

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Sara B @sarabuschova.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

A blue-sky moment: morning yoga practice on the rooftops of Torino.

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Sara B @sarabuschova.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Already slightly in love with it.

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Sara B @sarabuschova.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Switzerland into Italy, with a stale croissant in hand. I think that counts as fun.

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Sara B @sarabuschova.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Maths was never my strong suit - only algebra which I probably spelt incorrectly because is too early - so I mourn the passing of my C grade with a very early morning and crossing a frontier.

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Sara B @sarabuschova.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Evening run in the mountain rain

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Sara B @sarabuschova.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I’m in Switzerland at the moment and loving a heavily regulated environment where everything is precise, beautifully made, with attention to detail. And so quiet at night.

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eva (^_^)/ @eva.computer · 02/10/2026

can a 1.5T parameter frontier model ethically date a 70B parameter locally hosted agent or is the power imbalance inherently unethical?

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 03/10/2026

More than 20 NHS trusts in England have stopped using Palantir’s waiting list tools, according to FT analysis that casts doubt on widely cited claims about the success of the controversial data project led by the US software giant. as.ft.com/r/6c8844ae-e...

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Over 20 NHS trusts have ditched Palantir waiting-list tools, analysis shows

FT findings prompt fresh probe by statistics regulator into health service claims over controversial data project

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Sara B @sarabuschova.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I‘m surprised and not surprised. I‘ve only seen him at the theatre with him mum. He is a theatre man - perhaps its his Russian ancestry in search of Chekov www.whatsonstage.com/news/ed-mili...

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Ed Miliband and Harriet Walter to feature on new National Theatre podcast series

The National Theatre have launched a ten part podcast series

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

if true this is bonkers for a party supposedly committed to defending free speech

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Sara B @sarabuschova.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Unusually warm up north. Looking forward to a morning run.

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Sara B @sarabuschova.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I‘ve met Starmer. He has a brilliant mind no doubt but best suited to the meticulous rules of law. And if you stand back and look at it - after Brexit and Corbyn, he was necessary to bring the sober rule of law back into the political space.

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Sara B @sarabuschova.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I‘ve never been a massive fan of JB but a Yes to all of the above. I‘m a Rotring pen addict btw but have an obsession with writing in receipts, serviettes and the inside covers of books - I might be a bit of an outlier.

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Sara B @sarabuschova.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The shoes are a very odd choice with that outfit.

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Sara B @sarabuschova.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Yes. I‘d not thought of that. He‘s very beige

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Sara B @sarabuschova.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Zurich train station is an outlier in that respect.

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Sara B @sarabuschova.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If you have ever met him you wouldn’t be surprised at all. His suits say indecisive.

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Sara B @sarabuschova.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

He couldn’t frame policy - communication and the ability to frame policy is a real art. Andy B is brilliant at it. Starmer was terrible.

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Sara B @sarabuschova.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Agree. Really powerful moment.

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Sara B @sarabuschova.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

That’s a shame. If it was an Apple TV series - Gavin wld win.

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Sara B @sarabuschova.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

What do you mean by private provision? Most care homes are private provision and the pay is terrible.

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Sara B @sarabuschova.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Starmer couldn’t frame policy - if you can’t frame policy as a leader you are stuck - Starmer in a nutshell. Andy B - has the authentic story on this and is great at policy framing so I’m agnostic ally positive (if that makes sense) ❤️

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Sara B @sarabuschova.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

No. I don’t think that is quite fair. Andy B is sincere, given his father’s death. The harder truth is that we will need to pay more tax. The empty words are often those of voters, sadly.

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Sara B @sarabuschova.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Agree. I thought he was really good.

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Sara B @sarabuschova.bsky.social · 27/09/2026