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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 23/09/2026
Afghan cyclist who disguised herself as a man to evade Taliban wins Asian Games silver
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Afghan cyclist who disguised herself as a man to evade Taliban wins Asian Games silver
Fariba Hashimi, who is based in Italy, powered home second in the women’s road race near Nagoya in Japan, calling the triumph ‘something special’
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Vet prescription fees capped at £21 under rule changes. Doesn't deal with the real problems. Control of vet services by private equity, local monopolies. Profiteering High charges for treatment PE has overlapping interest in insurance and pet medicines.
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Vet prescription fees to be capped under rule changes
Vets must also tell clients if cheaper medicine is available online as part of the rule updates which surgeries have the coming months to bring in.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🔥🔥 OVER 18,848 EMAILS SENT NOW! 🔥🔥
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Perpetually “concerned” Susan Collins should be VERY concerned by the latest reporting from ProPublica, revealing her involvement in an alleged bribery/pay to play scheme of awarding defense contracts to a specific firm right after that company made campaign “donations." youtu.be/f2fFlCPjKnk?...
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GOP Senator CAUGHT RED-HANDED In MASSIVE BRIBERY SCHEME Probe!?!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Tom Freeman @tomfreeman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I mean, any time now would be good. If it's not too much trouble
Headline: "‘Outright racist’ Daniel Thomas will face full force of law over any crimes, says home secretary"
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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The first and last time Nigel Farage dared to face James O’Brien has gone viral again, and it’s still a glorious own
It’s easy to forget that Nigel Farage was once (technically) a colleague of James O’Brien at LBC, before he left the station in 2020 having made inflammatory remarks about Black Lives Matter protester...
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Russell Vought wants to kill the NIH In case you didn't know this, Vought's daughter has cystic fibrosis & has benefited from a combination drug treatment (elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor) that was developed by NIH-funded research By @juliametraux.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Project 2025 is gutting medical funding that helped Russell Vought's own kid
Its architect's daughter has cystic fibrosis—and benefits from a "miracle drug" backed by an agency he's attacking.
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Jlou @wehearvoices.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Let me remind all Americans that RFK's children are fully vaccinated. Let this sink in. FOR REAL! #Voices4Victory #DV1 #Pinks #SheShed
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Blake Shaffer 🇨🇦 @blakeshaffer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Setting aside the fact that Belarus wouldn’t come close to having enough potash available for export to replace Canadian imports, imagine thinking relying on **Belarus** to grow your country’s food supply was a viable option! 🤦🏼‍♂️
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
NEW: Since 2020, certification has increasingly become a tool for fringe local officials to delay results, force state intervention and cast doubt on votes they are legally required to finalize. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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How rogue counties could help Trump and throw the midterms into chaos after Election Day
Since 2020, certification has increasingly become a tool for fringe local officials to delay results, force state intervention and cast doubt on votes they are legally required to finalize.
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Barbra Streisand @barbrastreisand.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
In light of the current administrations attempt to suppress news media outlets, I’m reminded of this quote by our third president of the United States. "Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.” — Thomas Jefferson
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
So glad he never apologized!
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Harvey G. Cohen @cultrhack.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
In the 1st 3 minutes of this new podcast from the Bulwark, historian/journalist @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu gives the best, simplest explanation for why Trump’s sudden mowing down of the White House East Wing is an “abomination” to not just D.C., but to America itself. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z38...
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Even Anne Applebaum Is Ready to Dynamite Trump’s Ballroom | Bulwark Daily
YouTube video by The Bulwark
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Wowser!
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 21/09/2026
We're going to see more of these bogus stories trying to rehabilitate the image of DOGE bros who happily did massive damage. The premise of "oh we really thought we were helping" is a lie.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The billions of dollars we send to a foreign military to drop bombs on somebody else should have been spent to build schools, housing, and to provide healthcare HERE.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
More importantly, why the fuck would you TELL the public where you’re storing “sniper ammo”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Everything the pro-Trump billionaire Ellison family will now own: Paramount+ CBS CNN Showtime HBO Warner Bros TNT TBS MTV DC Studios Nickelodeon Comedy Central And more... With this comes the power to decide which stories get told, but more importantly, which stories DON'T get told. Shameful.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Great to see @financialtimes.com following up @lucasamin.bsky.social and @samgelder.bsky.social ‘s excellent reporting on how English police forces are dropping Palantir
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Peter Thiel has the wheel: “US Deputy Secty of Defense Stephen Feinberg has drafted a memo directing Defense Department subordinates to purchase up to $243.9 M in services from…[Thiel’s] Palantir…without a competitive bidding process…The memo’s subject line is called ‘Funding Palantir’.” 8/11/26…1/
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Give Palantir up to $244M through 2028, says internal Defense Department memo
Draft memo taps AI data analysis biz for help with military production efficiency
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
James Orr. Peter Thiel. Race science. Tech authoritarianism. We've spent years tracing the networks behind Britain’s ‘Dark Enlightenment’. Help us launch an urgent new investigative project to follow the money and map how it operates. #LightUpTheDark subscribe.bylinetimes.com/lightuptheda...
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Dark Enlightenment: The US Far-Right War on British Institutions Help Byline Times Fund aN URGENT New INVESTIGATIVE SERIES #LightUpTheDark What is the Dark Enlightenment? The extraordinary anti-DEI me...
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The more we looked at the Jason Arday story, the more obvious it was that the British press operated on a “presumption of guilt”. A shocking tragic episode
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Nicole LaFond @nicolelafond.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Trump managed to silence himself.
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News Organizations Band Together in White House Boycott
Trump Manages to Silence Himself The news outlets that make up the...
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
💥 There are now over 17,800 emails that have been sent💥 Not bad, given that we only started this on Friday! 🙌
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Fighting Dirty @fightingdirty.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This case has far reaching and serious implications for each and every one of us. And we need you all to help us crowdfund.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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The people building AI are telling us to be afraid
James O'Brien Daily · Episode
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Our best AI phone-in yet. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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The people building AI are telling us to be afraid
Podcast Episode · James O'Brien Daily · 17 September · 59min
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Energy portfolios of 20 private equity firms produce 1.5bn tons of greenhouse gases a year, more than the annual emissions of any country except China, the US, India and Russia. Companies don't bear the social cost of profits. It is dumped on the people. Killing us and the planet.
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World’s top 20 private equity firms produce more greenhouse gases a year than most countries, report finds
Firms manage $7.3tn in assets and could afford to transition away from fossil fuels yet invest in natural gas and coal-fired plants to power datacenters
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 17/09/2026
Trump says the US doesn’t need Canada. But it’s the source of key minerals for the military | Vince Beiser
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Trump says the US doesn’t need Canada. But it’s the source of key minerals for the military | Vince Beiser
Trump himself has acknowledged the US need for Canadian aluminum – and has largely exempted metals from tariffs
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Oh, this is funny. If you know, you know... Well done @sangitamyska.bsky.social - awesome! 😍🙌
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Now a 4th person has tragically died of measles in Pennsylvania this time an 18y old who developed encephalomyelitis, a rare a but severe complication of measles. 🧵🧪
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Fourth measles-associated death reported in Pennsylvania
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16/09/2026
Family of pregnant woman who died sues Ken Paxton for wrongful death
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Family of pregnant woman who died sues Ken Paxton for wrongful death
Tierra Walker, 37, was diagnosed with pre-eclampsia at 20 weeks, and family says denial of abortion led to death
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16/09/2026
Macklemore pledges his $1m Ed Sheeran tour salary to Palestine
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Macklemore pledges his $1m Ed Sheeran tour salary to Palestine
Rapper, who was dropped from tour after his speech in support of Palestine, challenges Robert Kraft to do the same Macklemore has announced that he will donate the $1m salary he was paid as an opening act for Ed Sheeran’s Loop tour to organizations working with Palestinian people and relief in Gaza, after being dropped from the tour following backlash to his onstage comments in support of Palestine. The rapper also challenged Robert Kraft, the billionaire owner of the New England Patriots and prominent donor to Israel who refused to let Macklemore play at his Gillette Stadium outside Boston, to match his donation. Continue reading...
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Silence. “Well. Would you? I’d like an answer” There came none “And what is all this “fighting age” business? Are you trying to suggest that these are coming here to fight some sort of war? Are violent? More than the average brit.? Because I’ve some years experience prosecuting criminals”
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“Ah yes. Now you. I therefore deduce that, were you and your family living in peril, you, fine man that you are, would send your wife and children on ahead to undertake that long, perilous life threatening journey so you could follow on more safely later?”
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“I don’t know how they cope after such a long, appalling, dangerous and exhausting journey. You do agree, don’t you that the journeys mostly are very long and perilous. Life threatening, even”. “YEs, he said. But they CHOSE it. Not women and children. young men of fighting age“
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Which is more than most of those that arrive by boat have.” “We’ll do well. I’ll help her with her English. And her job searches. I’ll feed her and clothe her if necessary. Which is the best outcome. Shame they don’t all have that.“
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“You do realise, don’t you that you are relying on me to pay for everything whilst I wait for two months for a payment from you that won’t cover my set up and ongoing expenses?” So whose money are we relying on here? Mine. And I am very happy to give X a safe home. I’ll look out for her. “
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
(THe fireman was barely stifling a laugh ats) Silence. “I would like an answer please”. Silence “None. Right. As for “taking our benefits. I want you to look at me. “
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Shuffle of papers. He tried to change the subject. “NO. Let’s stick with this, if I may. It seems you have no evidence for your stated belief. So let’s move on to another assertion of yours: they are taking our jobs” How is that possible when they are not allowed to work?”
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“What percentage of those people arriving on small boats eventually were granted asylum in recent years?” He couldn’t say. “Around 75% “ I replied - as it was then. “So most of them had legitimate asylum claims, would you agree?” “probably not” he said. “YOur evidence? “ I asked.
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Unsurprisingly my young refugee looked pretty uncomfortable “Oh…I said. You do know that except for this HFU and the Hong Kong scheme we’ve basically closed avenues of application from abroad?” “Well, yes“ he replied reluctantly
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The local authority rep (a plump red faced man in his late 50s) started a speech (in from of my newly arrived refugee) that she was welcome but these young men of fighting age arriving on boats were not. (Getting even redder in the face). He elaborated more on the theme of taking jobs etc.
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A personal story about that phrase “young men of fighting age” applied to asylum seekers. As many of you know I took in a young Ukrainian woman under the Homes for Ukraine scheme. As part of that process, soon after she arrived we were visited by the local authority rep and a Fire Brigade rep.
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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Well, well, well. Harold Hamm -- one of Trump's biggest backers in the energy biz -- just got a deal to explore one of Venezuela's oil fields. Hamm was previously a vocal critic of introducing Venezuelan oil onto the world market. oilprice.com/Latest-Energ... www.wsj.com/business/ene...
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Harold Hamm’s Continental Resources Signs Preliminary Oil Deal in Venezuela
The company, led by one of President Trump’s closest allies in the U.S. oil industry, said it would explore one of Venezuela’s undeveloped oil fields.
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J Blue @jd-14.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Hardeep Matharu @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Hardeep Matharu @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A new era for Byline Times goes to press! @peterjukes.bsky.social & I are proud to have worked on a print redesign with our new art director Sonny Dhamu. With your support, we continue to grow. This issue marks a story no one else can/will. Two Cambridge professors. Two very different narratives...
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