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Journalist among eight people killed by Israeli attacks on Gaza

Eight Palestinians have been killed in attacks on the Gaza Strip as Israel continues to violate a nearly yr-old “ceasefire”. Palestinian journalist Muhammad Abdel Aziz al-Najjar was among those killed on Wed. He was the 263rd journo killed by Israel since Oct 2023. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/...

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Muhammad Abdel Aziz al-Najjar becomes the 263rd Palestinian journalist to be killed by Israel since October 2023.

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US ceasefire plan for Sudan could lead to Libya-style partition, adviser says

“A US ceasefire proposal to pause Sudan's civil war could push the country towards a Libya-style partition in its current form, a top adviser to Sudan's ‌army-led authorities told Reuters, in some of the strongest criticism by a Sudanese official of the plan so far.” www.reuters.com/world/africa...

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A US ceasefire proposal to pause Sudan's civil war could push the country towards a Libya-style partition in its current form, a top adviser to Sudan's ‌army-led authorities told Reuters, in some of ...

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Zee (missing life's little cues) @miscue.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We're kidnapping visitors at our borders, holding them in concentration camps for months, and then human trafficking them to foreign countries they've never been to. My mind could not be less boggled.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”

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Liliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The tortuous, botched execution of Christa Pike is truly horrifying. And while it feels unique in some ways, in reality it is also only the latest in a history of botched executions going back years — YEARS — in numerous states. Please know: this is the reality of the death penalty in this country.

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US confirms end of military mission in Iraq | The National

Crowds of Iraqis celebrated today as U.S. troops pulled out of their final bases in the country, bringing Washington’s 12-year deployment to fight the ISIS armed group to an end. Iraqi forces will now be fully responsible for the country’s security. www.thenationalnews.com/news/us/2026...

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Operation Inherent Resolve concludes after 12 years

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is so sick. What a disgusting society.

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Richest 1% of Britons owns more wealth than the bottom 70% of the population combined. 50 richest families hold more wealth than the poorest half of the population combined. The concentration of wealth in fewer hands has not provided the necessary economic stimulus. Need redistribution.

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This is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardship

Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population

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Elif Shafak on What It Means to Belong in Many Places at Once

“We do not give up on the places we love just because we are physically detached from them. Motherlands are castles made of glass. We carry our motherlands with us, in fragments of dreams, or beloved objects tucked into our suitcases.” — Elif Shafak lithub.com/elif-shafak-...

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“This city will always pursue you,” wrote the Greek poet Constantine Cavafy, even when you go to another country, another shore. The city that always pursues me is Istanbul. I am an Istanbulite in …

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“All immigrants walk around with a scar left behind by their crossing into a new country, an invisible mark of exile that became their condition when they were uprooted.” — Laila Lalami, Conditional Citizens

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Deloitte paid its UK-based partners £1.125m. Firm has 784 equity partners. Due to self-employed status of partners, employer national insurance (ENI) is not paid on profits shared. 150,000 ENI avoided on every £1m of profits shared. Billions lost across the country. Must end this privilege.

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Deloitte UK advisory arm rebounds to growth as new boss insists AI 'can’t replace lived experience'

Big Four giant Deloitte's new UK boss, Darren Graves, insisted AI “can’t replace lived experience” as the firm's advisory arms return to growth.

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“Why hit pensioners, not the wealthiest, in your first big policy announcement?” Why not both? He can start by defunding one of the wealthiest pensioners in the country & his parasitic family. You can’t have an honest convo abt welfare & intergenerational inequality while ignoring the BRF. #r4today

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Cannot get over the beauty of this GIF: it’s Zidane celebrating last night after Olise scored a last minute winner for France. It looks like something from a movie or a high-end fashion advert. Probably the most elegant footballer of all time.

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The indifference towards Sudan's suffering can be traced to a disturbing pattern deeply rooted in antiblackness.

“This indifference toward Sudan’s suffering can be traced to a disturbing pattern of antiblackness—a pervasive societal attitude that systematically downplays the agony of black communities, particularly within the African continent.” #r4today africasacountry.com/2024/03/keep...

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Keep eyes on Sudan

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Reuters @reuters.com · 28/09/2026

Michael Gove is now editor of The Spectator. He may have resigned his seat in Parliament, but thanks to the often utilised revolving door between politicians and the media, we’re still subjected to his opinions. The Conservative Party is an institution in decline. When will #r4today get the memo?

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New York state prosecutors have reopened an investigation into an alleged 2024 gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity house, a district attorney confirmed, after a civil lawsuit filed this month by the alleged victim sparked renewed outrage reut.rs/4ykijE1

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Prosecutors reopen investigation into alleged 2024 gang rape at Cornell University

New York state prosecutors have reopened an investigation into an alleged 2024 gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity house, a district attorney confirmed on Monday, after a civil lawsuit filed ...

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/09/2026

Reuters got some of the IPO docs. Anthropic is a total dog of a company. Spent $12.6bn to make $4.6bn in revenue in 2025, $7.33bn of which was compute costs. Operating loss of $8bn. Losses getting worse year over year. Amazing stuff www.reuters.com/business/fin...

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• Anthropic IPO could value the company at more than $2
trillion
• Anthropic lost $42 billion in 2025
• Al lab spent $7.33 billion on compute and infrastructure last year
• Operating loss widened to $8.06 billion in 2025 from $2.98 billion in 2024
• Execs, industry analysts have expressed concerns over harms of Al tech
Sept 28 (Reuters) - Anthropic is making a massive bet that Al will transform the global economy more profoundly than industrialization, electricity and the internet, according to its IPO prospectus seen by Reuters.
But the cost to get there will be staggering. Anthropic reported a net loss of $42 billion in 2025, and plans to spend $518 billion on cloud, computing and infrastructure obligations in coming year, according to the
prospectus.

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Can't help admiring Brits' persistent attachment to the idea that supply and demand doesn't operate in the housing market and their concomitant refusal to admit that a place is only ever worth as much as anyone is prepared to pay for it.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026

January 2025: I’m a trad wife who thinks women who work should be burned at the stake, please ignore the $50,000 I make on insta posting butter I had my servant churn Today: did you know women are people? I promise never to sell you gals out again unless its convenient

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In practice, AI literacy doesn’t start with building the tool for your personal use. It starts with understanding yourself as a collection of tasks who should subcontract those out to a machine. Almost no regular person’s life currently exists as such.

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Luca Tiratelli @lucatiratelli.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I await the first time a politician proposing some nuts new immigration restriction is asked what is otherwise the media’s favourite question: how are you going to pay for it??

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Priyamvada Gopal @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Exactly this. Arguably, the racists are already having their turn.

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This also sums up the American healthcare experience pretty well. American healthcare is a travesty. This is the bad place.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Thames Water: Andy Burnham should nationalise this failed monopoly. The entire water industry has failed. Must be nationalised. It is similar story in the energy sector. Profiteering, low investment. Privatisation has deepened cost of living crisis.

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The Guardian view on Thames Water: Andy Burnham should nationalise this failed monopoly | Editorial

Editorial: Bill payers should not fund another rescue for financiers of the water industry. Public ownership can end the cycle of extraction and failure

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Sika @sikadm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#r4today says Donald Trump sees no problem with AI’s rapid progress, but never asks why. Unlike his recent predecessors, Trump hasn’t put his assets in a blind trust and has continued trading stocks while in office - including investments closely connected to the success of AI companies.

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Gutted to be missing this. 😔

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

“Part of being a human being is to deal successfully with friction in everyday life.” That’s such an ableist comment. It assumes that everyone experiences the same kinds of daily challenges. But people are differently abled, and we don’t all move through the world in the same way. #r4today

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Relatedly: More could be done under existing legislation against platforms that host videos of criminal activity and individuals or organisations who profit from posting videos of crimes they & their members commit. This is also relevant to curbing stuff like dangerous driving video content.

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“Mr Trump said the U.S. and China had different systems but were getting on better than ever before.” Funny how that tolerance disappears when it’s Cuba. #r4today

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It’s disturbing seeing kids trying to conform to patriarchal beauty standards. “Skincare culture sits at the intersection of consumerism & beauty standards. It’s part of a system that profits from women’s insecurity framing it as self care when in reality it’s just endless consumption.” #r4today

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The small boats debate has dominated public conversation in this ctry for almost a decade. #r4today discusses it ad nauseam, often just rehashing the same old arguments. It’s sensationalism over substance. Refugees have become a convenient target for wider frustrations abt the state of the country.

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Stone mask from the neolithic period dates to 7000 BC and is probably the oldest mask in the world (Musée de la Bible et de la Terre Sainte)

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

In 9 months, Zohran Mamdani has: -Secured millions in worker restitution from DoorDash and UberEats -Launched the first stage of his universal childcare program -Cracked down on bad landlords -Balanced NYC's budget without cutting major social services This is what leadership looks like.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We should make a push for mass cancellation of Disney+, Hulu, Netflix, Peacock, Paramount, HBO Max, Amazon Prime and Apple. They have all increased their prices as people are struggling to pay rent, groceries and gas. Guarantee you they'll respond to a massive boycott. All they care about is $$$

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Kim A. Wagner @kimatiwagner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"That is a war crime. That is barbarism. And it is something the United States must never be associated with." I don't know, man - I think it might be a bit too late for that...

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Myanmar female prisoners face torture and neglect, rights group says

Female prisoners in Myanmar are subjected to widespread torture, sexual violence and life-threatening medical neglect, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday, underlining ‌the chronic ill-treatment of thousands of detainees in the war-torn nation. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

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A nation renamed stands up at the UN: 'Say our name. Naoero.'

Addressing the U.N. General Assembly yesterday, President David Adeang confirmed his ctry’s decision to change its name to Naoero. The name Nauru was given to the island by colonisers bc they cldnt pronounce Naoero. Adeang ended his speech with three words: “Say our name.” apnews.com/article/naoe...

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President David Adeang has reiterated his island nation’s name change before the world’s largest gathering of leaders at the United Nations.

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Tigray forces launch offensive against Ethiopian government

Fighting has erupted in Ethiopia btwn govt forces & the party that governs the ctry’s Tigray region, with both sides accusing the other of triggering the violence. TPLF forces seized three federally controlled airports in the region, inc in Tigray’s capital Mekelle. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/...

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Tigray People’s Liberation Front seizes control of airports, targets government positions in Afar and Amhara regions.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Sign the petition. Let water companies go bust. Ofwat approved 36% bill increases for 2025-2030, companies want more. Prices doubled - in real terms - since privatisation. We got sewage in rivers, water outages, hosepipe bans. Need public ownership.

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We're telling Ofwat: let water companies go bust!

consultation to reject proposed water company bill increases. Ofwat.

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The Tories don’t give a damn about fairness. They care about the rich and seeing them get richer. Many people on benefits in this country work in low paid jobs. The size of the welfare bill is the result of Britain’s deep-rooted problems with low pay, high housing costs, and poor health. #r4today

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