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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 3h

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Kerstin @kerstin10785berlin.bsky.social · 4h

The number of Algerian military transport flights travelling between Algeria➕RU has increased noticeably in recent weeks. The aircraft types used are capable of carrying weapons, military equipment, spare parts➕personnel.

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The aircraft took off from Moscow and flew into Poland. Where did it go?

On Wednesday, 7 October, an aircraft of the Algerian Air Force appeared over Poland once again – a Lockheed C-130H Hercules military transport. The plane took off from Russia, heading back to Algeria.

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 5h

I don’t actually see how Trump gets to election day without insurrection act or similar stunt.

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 5h

I should think Craig believes the Deep State hacked the voting machines.* * The deep state also ensured that we can’t see these mysterious “machines”.

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 5h

Oh that’s a collector’s item. Incredibly expensive

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 10h

This prompted me to go back and check the claim that "On current DWP forecasts, from the 2024 election until 2030, Labour will have increased working-age benefit spending by a further £51.6 bn/year." It appears to be equally fictional/spreadsheet error. Correct figure is maybe £36bn..

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Dr Duncan Robertson @duncanrobertson.bsky.social · 7h

That's nice. (Genuinely.)

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 14h

WTF. Even I am just seeing this now.

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 7h

Odd to be writing this on the day that a public, live-streamed execution is being announced by Handmaid’s Tale wannabe Pete Hegseth 😬.

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 7h

And you can find this in all the usual audiobook places.

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 7h

Margaret Atwood’s memoir is bound to be brilliant, but right at the bottom of the article there’s a couple of suggestions for “further listening”, one of which is me reading Elemental. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/o...

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Book of Lives by Margaret Atwood audiobook review – a dryly funny memoir

The Handmaid’s Tale author reflects on her loves, losses and literary achievements in a memoir that showcases her wisdom and wit

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 7h

I wrote about the new breed of spies-for-hire for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 8h

Galaxy brain MbS sure showed those Yemenis who's boss.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 8h

It's become a catchphrase for Badenoch that "We have to be SERIOUS" - and she's right about that. Yet every announcement is like this: a burst whoopie-cushion of wrong numbers, bungled data and stuff someone found on Google. The gulf between rhetoric and reality is positively cavernous.

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 8h

Sometimes you just need to sit for a moment with how far and fast things are going.

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 19h

The grim significance of October 7. arthursnell.substack.com/p/on-anniver...

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On anniversaries and birthday presents

The grim significance of October 7

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The following GOP Senators are on 2026 midterm ballots and voted to confirm Kimberly Guilfoyle: Shelley Moore Capito Susan Collins Tom Cotton Bill Hagerty Jon Husted Cindy Hyde-Smith Roger Marshall Ashley Moody Pete Ricketts Jim Risch Mike Rounds Dan Sullivan Marsha Blackburn Tommy Tuberville

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Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

university communications staff: "Today the federal government recognized U.C. Davis as among 'America's most elite universities'!"

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

"I don't love that but a level of grift is a core part of the fascist movement I aspire to lead, so I'm okay with it on balance."

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

In the same way that fascists don't understand that immigrant farmworkers actually subsidize grocery prices, fascists don't understand that foreign students who pay full price subsidize the American education system for residents. It takes a unique combination of evil and ignorance to be a fascist.

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 08/10/2026

Tune into BBC One after the News at 10 or live on BBC iPlayer from 9pm to catch @maxwilkinson.bsky.social on BBC Question Time!

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

America right now is the maddest place on earth. Like watching a David Lynch film.

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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

SPECIAL REPORT: Ukrainian forces have defeated the 2026 Russian campaign to seize Donetsk Oblast. 🧵(1/6) Read more: isw.pub/UkraineDisru...

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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Should be shoving this in JD Vances face and asking his thoughts on the “jewish problem”

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

So if I message someone with “honey please” they’ll send me $100k? This is excellent news.

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

But perhaps this is the point : a democracy that needs slaves for it to function is the desired endpoint of many in the MAGA world.

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

It's good that Badenoch took this stand, but isn't she factually wrong about Barnes and Wright, both of whom faced immense racism in their careers?

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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"I'm not a defence expert." Even by Kemi Badenoch's lamentable standards, this is agonising. Just give thanks she will never, ever be Prime Minister. 🙏 #politicslive

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Ari E-B, Rabbi of the Starship Enterprise @startrek-rabbi.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

That statement also calls for the destruction of Jordan, although I don't know if they know that.

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

These are all good proposals and don’t require the dismantling of the State of Israel

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

One of the most interesting debates in current international security is the degree to which we’re reliant on undersea cables and the degree to which these aren’t at all protected! I spoke to @katjabego.bsky.social about her excellent new book on the subject. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...

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Deep Connections: Kaja Bego on the undersea cables that underpin the global economy.

Podcast Episode · Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell · 5 October · 53min

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Nick Cohen @nickcohen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The radical right have spent years denying #climate change but, according to author @snellarthur.bsky.social in my latest Lowdown podcast, they will exploit the coming chaos to their advantage. Watch or listen to our account of the politics of catastrophe

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Climate change and the destruction of nations

The Lowdown interview with Arthur Snell

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

What is the Green party of England and Wales planning to do about it?

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

They had a program and possibly a tiny bunker of warheads and experts disagree as to whether they would have worked or not.

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

You actually think Israel would do that? You are incredibly naive.

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Yes I have always believed the Palestinians deserve their own state which is why I have always supported a two-state solution and criticised Israel's efforts to undermine that.

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Have you read the actual motion? Which calls for a single "Palestinian" state? That means Israel has ceased to exist.

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

What I'm suggesting is that you have no means of doing anything about them.

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Er, I wrote about Israel being genocidal a year ago, so no. bsky.app/profile/snel...

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Ok well this is clearly not going to happen. Next!

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Yeah. Really simple. 1) The UK doesn't fun Israel 2) The UK has joined the ICC 3) You're planning to arrest the head of govt of a nuclear armed state with a history of extraterritorial special operations? Good luck with that.

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