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Stephen or Steve "EMV" Cobb

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EMV=End Male Violence against women. Embrace hope, love, cats. Research tech crime/risk, AI, ethics. MSc. CISSP. He/him. Carer for Chey. NHS volunteer. Cov kid. Old Coventrian. UK+US citizen. Prostate cancer. #StreetPhotography #FBPE linktr.ee/StephenCobb

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Jennifer P. Mushrooms @jenyetagain.bsky.social · 1h
guys she said yes! (to eating babies)
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Stephen or Steve "EMV" Cobb @scobb.net · 3h
Sharing something I learned to: there is an Epstein Wiki epsteinwiki.com #EpsteinFiles
epsteinwiki.com
EpsteinWiki - EPSTEIN WIKI
EpsteinWiki exists because one of the most far-reaching trafficking networks in modern history has never been fully exposed.
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Aled @williamsaled.bsky.social · 4h
What do you expect from a War Criminal or the sycophants that kiss his arse?
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 4h
Here's the full story that the Tony Blair Institute doesn't want to answer questions about, on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com
Tony’s minor tantrum: how Blair’s institute responded to fresh “cash for access” questions
We asked TBI about allegations of £500,000 corporate memberships and a logo that vanished at Labour conference. They said they’re not talking to us anymore
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The IMEU @theimeu.bsky.social · 22h
Two authors are suing Los Angeles over the LA Public Library’s cancellation of a Read Palestine Week event meant to share Palestinian stories. Libraries censoring authors who write about Palestine sets a dangerous precedent that we must oppose.
theguardian.com
‘Dangerous precedent’: authors sue LA library over cancelled Palestine event
City of LA faces free speech suit after public library officials scrapped two writers’ Read Palestine Week book talks
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 19h
Five weeks from right now, polls will be closing and we’ll all be watching the election results come in. Whether the people win back power or the fascists consolidate control comes down to the work we do over these next 35 days.
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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 14h
Can we just all take a moment to appreciate that Jack Smith is a WNBA fan?
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404 Media @404media.co · 5h
So ShinyHunters, the group behind the FBI hack, told us Monday they would not publish the data of thousands of FBI employees publicly. @josephcox.bsky.social explains why this breach is still a major counterintelligence and national security issue. Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrni...
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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 3h
Epstein Files News: Norway Opens Hearings as Zorro Ranch Failures Face New Scrutiny epsteinwiki.com/epstein-file...
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Epstein Files News: Norway Opens Hearings as Zorro Ranch Failures Face New Scrutiny - EPSTEIN WIKI
Today’s Epstein files news covers Norway’s public hearings, George Mitchell, Zorro Ranch searches, Robert Trivers, Cornell, and survivor focused research.
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Kathy Lynn, Fine Artist 📎 @kathjohnsonart.bsky.social · 11h
#Herstory #Shero💃🏻💪🗽🔥
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 17h
Another thing about fraternities is that the hazing rituals where slightly older young men would physically, mentally emotionally and sometimes even sexually abuse slightly younger young men have always disturbed and upset me greatly. And it’s really telling that I’ve seen men defend those too
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LifuX @lifux.bsky.social · 11h
The audacity to wear my exact skin tone! #LifuX #Cat #Cats #Catsofbluesky #Caturday
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 18h
GOAT OR BIRD????
This is even better than the
"what color is this dress" dress.
Goat?
or Bird?
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 17h
Herding Dog and 50 sheep 🐑 doing what they love to do ❤️
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith made it crystal clear that his investigation was sound and lawful, that the president had committed crimes and that the GOP attacks on him were the actual weaponization of our justice system. He showed courage and moral clarity and continues to be one of the heroes of this moment.
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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 21h
"Lake Mead and Lake Powell, the two largest reservoirs in the system, reached historically low combined storage in July, with experts warning that the Colorado River Basin is facing increasingly difficult conditions."
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Bela Lugosi's Dad 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @belalugosisdad.bsky.social · 12h
This is fucking stupid. The Mountain Goats solved infinite personalised music 20 years ago.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 13h
I hope this headline haunts Eric Schmitt for the rest of his pathetic political career.
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Pete FBPE wake up workers, Farage is not your mate. @peteeyorks.bsky.social · 11h
I must be clairvoyant 👇
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 17h
This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.”
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 14h
i thought about this old tweet tonight and how nothing has ever aged better
@Merman_Melville • Jan 24, 2019
Being a billionaire must be insane. You can buy new teeth, new skin. All your chairs cost 20,000 dollars and weigh 2,000 pounds. Your life is just a series of your own preferences. In terms of cognitive impairment it's probably like being kicked in the head by a horse every day
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Alt text: a graph showing a massive spike in anti-trans articles per 30 days. The x axis starts in 2012, most of the spike is just in the last decade The spike really starts to kick in around 2017 or so, corresponding almost *perfectly* with powerful sexual predators feeling threatened by MeToo.
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Stephen or Steve "EMV" Cobb @scobb.net · 29/09/2026
Old folks looking after old folks: in England, 82% of carers who care for someone aged 75 or older are themselves 75 or older. (Examples: my cousin (79) looking after her mum (102), or me in less than two years.) For more on the burden of care, see my latest: www.cobbsblog.com/2026/09/unpa...
A bar chart from the Survey of adult carers in England 2025 to 2026 published by the UK Government. The bars indicate the age of people caring for someone, grouped by the age of the person cared for. For example, 82% of carers who care for someone aged 75 or older are themselves 75 or older. 

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/survey-of-adult-carers-in-england-2025-to-2026-report/survey-of-adult-carers-in-england-2025-to-2026-commentary
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Stephen or Steve "EMV" Cobb @scobb.net · 29/09/2026
Old folks looking after old folks: in England, 82% of carers who care for someone aged 75 or older are themselves 75 or older. (Examples: my cousin (79) looking after her mum (102), or me in less than two years.) For more on the burden of care, see my latest: www.cobbsblog.com/2026/09/unpa...
A bar chart from the Survey of adult carers in England 2025 to 2026 published by the UK Government. The bars indicate the age of people caring for someone, grouped by the age of the person cared for. For example, 82% of carers who care for someone aged 75 or older are themselves 75 or older. 

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/survey-of-adult-carers-in-england-2025-to-2026-report/survey-of-adult-carers-in-england-2025-to-2026-commentary
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András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I've been going on and on about the L-39NG but unfortunately only Szalay-Bobrovniczky listened
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Old Tall Guy @oldtallguy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Mallard Squadron launches its evening reconnaissance mission. #Photo #Picture #Art #Photography #Wisconsin #Ducks
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Transatlantic Policy Center @aueuropecenter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"A dedicated multinational NATO squadron of armed jet trainers could shoot down Russian drone incursions without burning through frontline fighters and scarce air-to-air missiles" www.rusi.org/explore-our-...
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Options for a NATO Multinational Drone-Interception Squadron
A dedicated multinational NATO squadron of armed jet trainers could shoot down Russian drone incursions without burning through frontline fighters and scarce air-to-air missiles.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Every bit of this 👇
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How embarrassing 😳
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Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 29/09/2026
In 2027 Seattle's minimum wage will be $22.14 per hour. That's more than THREE TIMES the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour—a rate that hasn't been raised since 2009. And yet somehow we're not the jobless wasteland orthodox economics would predict. Weird.
seattletimes.com
Seattle announces 2027 minimum wage
The minimum wage in Seattle will increase 3.9% next year.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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DonOffie @donoffie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In the United States, Without insurance or wealth, You receive no care, Physical or mental health, Veterans beg for money, For service injuries incurred, Children beg for treatment, For disability, cancer, It's part of society, Accepted, a fact of life, Politicians are provided for, We pay up or die
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Here is a sample of Denby's economic expertise: "Bond markets... don't believe in Britain, they think we are too much of a risk, because of our out-of-control spending and our out-of-control taxes and all of those things." I hope the Nobel Economics Prize Committee is paying attention.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
For me, the hardest thing about stories like the Cornell gang rape case isn’t reading the initial details—although that is hard. What’s even harder is when men online, especially the journalists and pundits, start trying to combat the feminist outrage by purposefully seeding doubt and victim-blaming
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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I get why gatekeeping in its negative sense is bad but also it feels an awful lot like gatekeeping in the positive sense was a load bearing pillar of society.
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Kathy Lynn, Fine Artist 📎 @kathjohnsonart.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🗳️💙🗳️💙🗳️💙🗳️💙🗳️💙🗽
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Stephen or Steve "EMV" Cobb @scobb.net · 27/09/2026
60 million Americans provide unpaid care for an adult family member, neighbour or friend. That amounted to roughly 50 billion hours of care in 2024. That's a lot, but caring for someone actually takes a lot more than hours of care, as I explain in this article.
cobbsblog.com
Unpaid Care and Cognitive Load: 7 layers beyond the hours of care
Explore the hidden toll of unpaid care beyond the physical hours. Discover the 7 cognitive loads caregivers carry even when no clock is running.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Imagine if men spent more time building & repairing things to improve their community instead of having a circle je*k about their feelings, right wing doom scrolling, and complaining about women. There is no male loneliness crisis, you're just yearning for constructive purpose.
The world if men were not re*arded
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026
absolutely demented. like a scene from a horror movie
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Isn't it nice when there's something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheUnredactedEPSTEIN-Files
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Reygar Bernal @reygarbernal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I give you powerful, predator Pantro, the #cat and his prey: an aluminium ball
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Taylor the Fox-Bear @waistexpanding.uwu.codes · 27/09/2026
One of my cats has a side quest for me thanks to the privacy film on our windows and the morning light
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Sevryn says IT'S LAKE ONTARIO @sevrynseven.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"But momb, I iz mosley blak, I cownt!" Addie was very interested in my coffee this morning.
Tuxedo girl cat very interested in black coffee inside a "Black Cats Only" mug.
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Desdemona Rose @desdemonarose.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Griffin does not care that I have a long list of things to do today, and I really need to edit this so I can send it to a friend/alpha reader. #CatsofBsky #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
Picture of a cat laying in front of a laptop keyboard on someone's lap and looking back at the the camera.
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Martin Delaney 🐈‍⬛🎹🧟‍♂️📸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✍🏻 @delaneyplanet.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Tulip missed #caturday again, but here she is after a having wonderful time knocking things over and attacking feet #catsofbluesky
A black and white Siberian cat sits on the floor and looks into the camera.
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Maggie @courageousgirl2.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Unbelievable that we the United States are opposing the rights of women?! The HANDMAIDS TALE in action
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Lady Di @ladydi2020.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is where we are at. The U.S. was the only one to oppose… 😡 #Pinks
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Stephen or Steve "EMV" Cobb @scobb.net · 27/09/2026
60 million Americans provide unpaid care for an adult family member, neighbour or friend. That amounted to roughly 50 billion hours of care in 2024. That's a lot, but caring for someone actually takes a lot more than hours of care, as I explain in this article.
cobbsblog.com
Unpaid Care and Cognitive Load: 7 layers beyond the hours of care
Explore the hidden toll of unpaid care beyond the physical hours. Discover the 7 cognitive loads caregivers carry even when no clock is running.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Everything Trump and his cabinet have said about the deal is false. Venezuelan law governing oil does not allow for 100-yr deals, or anything longer than 25 years. And US law doesn't allow us to own shares in companies. Plus, the deal as structured won’t bring new capital to Venezuela’s oil sector.
Experts are ultimately skeptical the oil deal can hold together. “The deal is like the big beautiful wall that Mexico will pay for,” said former US diplomat John Feeley.

‘Skin in the game’
It was less than a month after the January US raid that toppled Maduro that Exxon’s CEO, Darren Woods, said the country was “uninvestable” because of the “legal and commercial constructs and frameworks in place today”.

Two people familiar with the process said Trump began looking for a way to make sure the US had “skin in the game” – financial ownership that would put investors at ease. The potential answer became the US stake in Betancourt’s firm, North American Blue Energy Partners.

Though the White House and defense department say it has 35% ownership, the Pentagon told lawmakers on the congressional armed services committee in a written briefing seen by the Guardian it has “warrants” in Nabep: rights to purchase shares, rather than the shares themselves.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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