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The Economist @economist.com · 4h
Some EU member states want an Irish alumina refiner included in a new round of sanctions. Its defenders argue that doing so would cripple Europe’s aluminium sector—but they are wrong
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Ireland is helping supply Russia’s war machine
The EU considers putting an Irish alumina refiner on its sanctions list
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 7h
The deaths appear to be the first at the hands of Somali pirates in more than a decade.
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Somali pirates killed five crew members on hijacked tanker, officials say
The deaths appear to be the first at the hands of Somali pirates in more than a decade.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 7h
China adds 55% tariff to Brazil beef imports reut.rs/4dZPEMf
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China adds 55% tariff to Brazil beef imports
China will collect an additional 55% tariff on beef imports from Brazil ​beginning on October 1, on top of the current ‌applicable rate, the Chinese commerce ministry said on Wednesday.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 7h
President Donald Trump endorsed using outside auditors to assess the safety of AI systems through an accord with Silicon Valley leaders that seeks to sidestep new government rules in addressing a groundswell of concern over AI risks.
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Trump Backs Independent AI Audits in Shift of Safety Posture
President Donald Trump endorsed using outside auditors to assess the safety of artificial intelligence systems through an accord with Silicon Valley leaders that seeks to sidestep new government rules in addressing a groundswell of concern over AI risks.
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Le Parisien @leparisien.fr · 7h
Des virus « bien pires que tout ce que la nature pourrait créer » : et si l’IA servait à fabriquer de nouveaux pathogènes ➡️ l.leparisien.fr/LVYh
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 8h
The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”
Document signed by Trump, Sundar Pichai
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Dario Amodei
Anthropic
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta

Greg Brockman
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Elon Musk
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nvidia “Unites States”
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Le Parisien @leparisien.fr · 7h
C’est le premier poste de dépenses publiques avec plus de 410 milliards d’euros de pensions versés chaque année. Et des perspectives financières du système défavorables à cause du vieillissement de la population. Tour d’horizon des différentes propositions... ➡️ l.leparisien.fr/VPIk
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Reuters @reuters.com · 11h
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Mexico's National Guard debuts tiny Chihuahua recruit
Comando may be tiny, but Mexico's National Guard is giving him a very big role.
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World Central Kitchen @wck.org · 11h
Update from WCK’s Yasmin in Nepal📍 The flooding in Nepal washed away several bridges across the Trishuli River. We met a group of residents operating a ropeway box to ferry people across. We distributed hot meals to these volunteers to sustain them while they help their neighbors. #ChefsForNepal
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11h
Antarctic winter sea ice falls to third-lowest level on record as scientists warn of ‘now problem’
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Antarctic winter sea ice falls to third-lowest level on record as scientists warn of ‘now problem’
Coverage levels fall a million square kilometres short of the long-term average, with global heating likely driving losses * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Antarctica’s winter sea ice has peaked at its third-lowest level on record, falling a million square kilometres – or almost 400,000 square miles – short of the long-term average, scientists have confirmed. Confirmation of the peak meant the four lowest years on record for the continent’s sea ice – a vital component of the planet’s climate and critical for marine life – had all occurred in the past four years. Continue reading...
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ffrf.org @ffrf.org · 11h
The Constitution bans religious tests for public office. A “biblical worldview” test for SCOTUS nominees is Christian nationalism. Justices should interpret the Constitution, not impose ancient religious mythology on the rest of us.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17h
🚨 BREAKING: Texas Rep. Gina Hinojosa has filed an official request to inspect unredacted communications between Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and Elon Musk after roughly 1,400 pages released last year were heavily redacted as “intimate and embarrassing.”
Texas State Rep. Gina Hinojosa stands indoors wearing a burgundy blazer and dark top, with campaign signage bearing her name and the outline of Texas visible behind her.Official letter dated September 29, 2026, from Texas State Rep. Gina Hinojosa to Gov. Greg Abbott’s office requesting inspection of unredacted communications between Abbott’s office and Elon Musk and his companies. Hinojosa seeks records previously released with redactions for information deemed “embarrassing” or “intimate,” citing her legislative authority under the Texas Public Information Act.
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Libération @liberation.fr · 14h
Mamadou Coulibaly avait déjà été condamné en février à de la prison avec sursis pour des violences conjugales, en attendant celui qui l’opposera l’an prochain à son ex-conjointe Adèle Exarchopoulos pour le même motif. ➡️ l.liberation.fr/gbu
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14h
It’s difficult to overstate how dangerous such a declaration would be for American democracy. It would mean a president is attempting to sidestep the Constitution, which empowers states to run elections, in order to prevent his party from losing. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Could Trump take over voting by declaring a ‘national emergency’?
Advocates agree such an attempt would be blatantly unconstitutional but still worry that such an emergency order could suppress voting nonetheless.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 14h
Scientists have identified a new species of penguin for the first time in more than 100 years. The gentoo penguin found in the Antarctic and on remote islands in the Indian Ocean had historically been treated as a single species.
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Scientists identify new species of penguin, first in more than a century
Researchers were able to show that over hundreds of thousands of years, the gentoo penguin has diverged into four distinct evolutionary lineages.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 14h
NEW: A growing MAGA chorus has been pushing for Trump to declare a national emergency so he can seize control over elections from states. Voting rights advocates say doing so would be blatantly unconstitutional — but worry that such an order could suppress voting nonetheless.
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Could Trump take over voting by declaring a ‘national emergency’?
Advocates agree such an attempt would be blatantly unconstitutional but still worry that such an emergency order could suppress voting nonetheless.
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Robb Edwards 🌱 @robedwards1.bsky.social · 14h
Deep in the #Congo is a curious creature a bit like a horse or a giraffe. The #Okapi is to the Congo what the Panda is to China. #Palmoil and #mining #deforestation threaten their survival #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social youtu.be/To2UJz9Paxc
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Okapi: Curious creatures looking like a cross between a horse and a giraffe!
YouTube video by Palm Oil Detectives
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14h
El Salvador is still imprisoning ICE deportees from the U.S., even after Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case sparked a backlash. Some are disappearing.
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ICE Deportees Are Vanishing Into Salvadoran Prisons
The world moved on after Kilmar Abrego Garcia, but people continue to disappear.
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Robb Edwards 🌱 @robedwards1.bsky.social · 14h
Rat poison is showing up in owls far from cities: www.earth.com/animals/rat-...
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Rat poison is showing up in owls far from cities
Rat poison can travel far beyond rats, reaching forest owls, but California restrictions may be reducing exposure levels.
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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 18h
Supposed vice-presidential contender Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) seems to have mixed up basketball teams in an effort to nail a top Trump enemy.
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Republican Senator Makes Embarrassing Mistake While Accusing Jack Smith Of Crimes
Supposed vice-presidential contender Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) seems to have mixed up basketball teams in an effort to nail a top Trump enemy.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 18h
UN renews Haiti force mandate for six months after fresh gang killings reut.rs/4iPFOQx
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UN renews Haiti force mandate for six months after fresh gang killings
The United ‌Nations Security Council on Tuesday extended by six months the mandate of an international security force in Haiti intended to fight powerful armed groups that have taken control of much of the country.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 18h
NEW: The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals declined "​to immediately block sanctions against lawyers for Donald ‌Trump" after a federal judge found that the attorneys misused the court system in "settling" his IRS lawsuit. www.reuters.com/world/us-app...
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Appeals court declines to pause sanctions against Trump lawyers in IRS settlement
A US appeals court declined on Tuesday ​to immediately block sanctions against lawyers for Donald ‌Trump who a judge accused of misusing the court system in settling a lawsuit the Republican president...
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 19h
Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”
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Le Monde @lemonde.fr · 18h
Manchester City reconnu coupable de « graves violations des règles financières » du championnat anglais de football
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Manchester City reconnu coupable de « graves violations des règles financières » du championnat anglais de football
La Premier League a annoncé, mardi, qu’une commission indépendante avait reconnu le club mancunien coupable d’avoir « systématiquement enfreint » le règlement de financier de la Premier League pendant près de dix ans.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 18h
UK police say no explosive devices found in airbase probe reut.rs/3U03EPo
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UK police say no explosive devices found in airbase probe
Britain's counter-terrorism police said on ​Tuesday that no improvised explosive ‌devices had been found as part of an investigation into a suspected plot targeting a British ​airbase used by US forces ​to strike Iran.
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Le Parisien @leparisien.fr · 18h
L’annonce a été faite dans une vidéo IA, digne d’un blockbuster hollywoodien. L’ancien ministre de la Défense et « monsieur tech » de l’armée ukrainienne, Mykhailo Fedorov, a annoncé samedi 26 septembre, le lancement de l’« Armée de robots », le nouveau projet...
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Machines tueuses, IA… Bientôt une armée de robots sur le front ukrainien ?
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 18h
California on track to conserve 30% of its land, but is lagging on coastal waters
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California on track to conserve 30% of its land, but is lagging on coastal waters
The state added more than 1 million acres this last year toward its goal of conserving 30% of it land by 2030. It made no progress toward conserving 30% of its coastal waters in the same time frame.
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Le Figaro @lefigaro.fr · 29/09/2026
Paris, Lyon, Lille... Les manifestations et blocages aux abords de lycées se poursuivent mardi à travers la France dans le cadre de la journée de mobilisation de la fonction publique.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 29/09/2026
Octagenarian whose eviction sparked Spain protests considering offer to return home reut.rs/4z4cniC
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Octagenarian whose eviction sparked Spain protests considering offer to return home
The 87-year-old woman whose dramatic eviction last week from the apartment she had lived in for over seven ​decades triggered protests across Spain is assessing her landlord's ‌new offer to remain in the home, her lawyer said on Tuesday.
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Libération @liberation.fr · 29/09/2026
42 % des femmes ayant eu recours à une interruption volontaire de grossesse citent Internet comme première source d’information. Interview :
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Accès à l’avortement : «Le mouvement anti-IVG est très fort pour se recycler et s’approprier la rhétorique de l’air du temps»
Laurine Thizy, autrice d’une thèse portant sur la stigmatisation de l’interruption volontaire de grossesse en France, revient sur l’action des acteurs anti-IVG sur Internet, alors que le Planning familial publiait ce lundi son baromètre.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 29/09/2026
Lindsay Clancy returns to court for key hearing after US murder case mistrial reut.rs/4d78MrA
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Lindsay Clancy returns to court for key hearing after US murder case mistrial
Lindsay Clancy will return to court on Tuesday for a key hearing, as prosecutors weigh whether to retry the Massachusetts ​woman on murder charges for killing her three young children in 2023 and her lawyers push for the case's dismissal.
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Le Parisien @leparisien.fr · 29/09/2026
L’ennemi public numéro 1 de la Russie. Le Kremlin offre 20 millions de dollars (environ 17,6 millions d’euros), par l’intermédiaire de réseaux criminels postsoviétiques, à toute personne offrant des informations permettant de localiser Robert « Madyar » Brovdi...
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Guerre en Ukraine : Moscou met un contrat de 20 millions de dollars sur la tête de Robert Madyar Brovdi, le « Mr drones » de Kiev
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 29/09/2026
Israeli settlers attack Jalud village in occupied West Bank pogrom aje.news/ant7en
Israeli settlers attack Jalud village in occupied West Bank pogrom
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 29/09/2026
“I do not think sexual assault survivors should have access to abortion, no,” Students for Life’s Kristan Hawkins told us. “The circumstances of a human’s conception do not change that human’s value.”
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Kristan Hawkins helped kill Roe. Now she’s fighting to control the movement she created.
How the Charlie Kirk of abortion moved from the fringes to the mainstream.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 29/09/2026
A day after China announced tariff cuts across a slew of US agricultural products, crop traders are trying to parse whether — and how quickly — that will translate into a demand pickup for major grains
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Demand Boost for US Crops Still Unclear After China Tariff Cuts
A day after China announced tariff cuts across a slew of US agricultural products, crop traders are trying to parse whether — and how quickly — that will translate into a demand pickup for major grains.
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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 29/09/2026
You can’t avoid every germ, but experts say this simple precaution can reduce your chances of getting sick this season.
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Experts Warn This Overlooked Surface Is A Germ Hotspot — Here’s How To Protect Yourself
You can’t avoid every germ, but experts say this simple precaution can reduce your chances of getting sick this season.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 29/09/2026
Soldiers and mercenaries killed at least 34 civilians in Mali, Amnesty report says reut.rs/4dDRdiU
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Soldiers and mercenaries killed at least 34 civilians in Mali, Amnesty report says
At least 34 civilians were killed in seven incidents during military joint operations in Mali by the army and Russia's ​Wagner mercenary group between June 2023 and December 2025, Amnesty ‌International said in a report on Tuesday.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
According to unnamed Arab officials, Egypt repeatedly warned Israel that an attack from Gaza was coming, while UAE reportedly warned Netanyahu directly that Hamas was planning major action weeks before the Oct. 7 attack. Netanyahu denies receiving them.
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Egypt's spy chief reportedly warned Netanyahu multiple times before 7 October massacre
Netanyahu secretly met UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed on 27 September amid reports he sought a denial of a pre-Oct. 7 warning. Hours later, new claims emerged that Egypt had also warned Israel. Netan...
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Le Parisien @leparisien.fr · 29/09/2026
Le tribunal administratif de Lyon a annulé mardi 29 septembre les élections à Vénissieux (Rhône), près de Lyon, l’une des principales victoires de LFI aux municipales, en raison d’irrégularités sur la liste RN-UDR, selon une décision consultée par l’AFP.
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Municipales 2026 : la justice annule l’élection à Vénissieux près de Lyon, remportée par LFI, en raison d’irrégularités sur une autre liste
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Reuters @reuters.com · 29/09/2026
Iraq War film 'Atonement' tells story of US Marine seeking Iraqi family's forgiveness reut.rs/4xV4pHs
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Iraq War film 'Atonement' tells story of US Marine seeking Iraqi family's forgiveness
Three generations of an Armenian-Christian family were driving home in Baghdad in April 2003 ‌when US Marines in a firefight with Iraqi forces fired on their cars, killing three men.
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Politico @politico.com · 29/09/2026
What Jack Smith plans to tell the Senate Judiciary Committee
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What Jack Smith plans to tell the Senate Judiciary Committee
The former special counsel intends to stand by his investigations into Donald Trump, which led to criminal charges.
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The Economist @economist.com · 29/09/2026
“It was like being with Fleming when he looked at the moulds, or the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk,” says someone who was in the room when consultancy was transformed by the “quindrant”
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The greatest advance in consulting since the quadrant
An exclusive extract from a new book
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Le Parisien @leparisien.fr · 29/09/2026
« Un jour, je donnerai son nom » : victime de violences conjugales, Sandrine Bonnaire s’engage dans « le Monde à l’endroit » ➡️ l.leparisien.fr/Pgyy
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Libération @liberation.fr · 29/09/2026
📸 Au Soudan du Sud, les femmes paient le prix de la guerre. Reportage à Akobo, ville proche de la frontière éthiopienne, où des habitants sont revenus s’installer après avoir fui les combats. ➡️ Voir plus : l.liberation.fr/0yk
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 29/09/2026
As the prime minister attempts to stave off a far-right challenger, a small minority of Muslims are being targeted.
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‘A false problem': Italy's Muslims question Meloni’s burqa ban
As the prime minister attempts to stave off a far-right challenger, a small minority of Muslims are being targeted.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 29/09/2026
Coastal damage is already mounting months before the heaviest rains typically arrive.
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California Faces Billions in Damages From El Niño Storms, Starting Now
Coastal damage is already mounting months before the heaviest rains typically arrive.
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The Great Detective @greatdetective.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Dexter famously made Hitchcock-style appearances in the TV series based on his novels. A screenshot from Chris Sullivan's brilliant blog, 'Morse, Lewis and Endeavour', morseandlewisandendeavour.com/2018/07/13/c... (I cannot recommend the blog highly enough if you're into the Morseverse!)
A screenshot from an article detailing Dexter's appearances
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The Great Detective @greatdetective.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#BOTD 29 September 1930 – Colin Dexter, who shared a birthday with his creation Endeavour Morse. The first of the Inspector Morse novels, LAST BUS TO WOODSTOCK (1975), opens on this date.
Colin DexterJohn Thaw as Inspector MorseShaun Evans as Endeavour
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Le Parisien @leparisien.fr · 29/09/2026
Le maître de cérémonie des César 2027, ce sera bien lui ! L’acteur, humoriste et auteur de 39 ans Vincent Dedienne va présenter la 52e édition de l'événement, qui se tiendra à l'Olympia à Paris ➡️ l.leparisien.fr/p8jU
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 29/09/2026
True love may be priceless. But in Japan, 20-somethings are flocking to marriage agencies that promise a fast track to the altar — and charge a premium for it.
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For Japan’s Young Singles, Romance Gets a Corporate Middleman
A generation exhausted by dating apps is embracing a corporate reinvention of traditional matchmaking, fueling an industry that promises a fast track to marriage.
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