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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 12h

Politico: Some NATO allies are resisting a U.S. effort to set up a close-knit group of alliance countries ostensibly based on their defense spending, arguing the initiative risks undermining unity just when Russia steps up its hybrid campaign in Europe.

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Naomi Klein Is Spot On.......

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 14h

Health authorities in Siberia’s Irkutsk region have placed nearly 200 people under medical observation after a laboratory worker died from plague, according to media reports and a statement by a regional leader Friday. www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/02/n...

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Nearly 200 People Under Observation After Irkutsk Lab Worker Dies From Plague - The Moscow Times

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Philip Stephens @philipstephens.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Forget hysteria of Westminster commentariat hailing Burnham as either Messiah or Marxist. FT's @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social head and shoulders above pack in political profiling of PM. Informed and sober, interesting not hysterical. www.ft.com/content/62f7...

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The Burnham tell

The prime minister’s conference speech was authentically Andy

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 17h

The United States sells about three times as much dairy to Canada as Canada sells to the United States. Or at least it did before Trump started "helping" the U.S. dairy industry.

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Who Cut The Cheese? Trump Did.

The dairy industry was supposed to be the one sector that benefited from Trump’s trade war.

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Sam McBride @sjamcbride.bsky.social · 17h

Contrary to what a senior figure in the News Letter's owner told me, Rodney Edwards is now running the paper. In an email to staff, he said that "we want to see less partisan & less politically charged reporting". Strikingly, this morning Drumcree wasn't on its front page at all.

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Sam McBride @sjamcbride.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Apparent confirmation from the News Letter's new owners that Ben Lowry is not being replaced as editor. Instead, they have advertised for an "editorial director" to oversee more that 20 newspapers, from the News Letter to the Derry Journal and Larne Times.

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Iconic Media to appoint editorial director for Northern Ireland - Journalism News from HoldtheFrontPage

Senior role up for grabs

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 22h

The Roberts Court has shaped our election system in significant ways. What will this upcoming term bring? Listen as POLITICO’s Josh Gerstein discusses the Court with Michael Waldman: bit.ly/4jA76uo

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The Midterms, Built by the Roberts Court

The Supreme Court term starts the first Monday in October. It’s an annual reminder that the institution looms large over our governmental system. The Court i...

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Joel Herman @joelherman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Trinity Early Modern History Seminar is kicking off this coming Monday with Fara Dabhoiwala (Princeton University). He will be speaking about his fascinating work to recover the story of Francis Williams and his family. The seminar takes place at 4PM @tlrhub.bsky.social. All welcome.

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Race, Slavery, Religion, and Citizenship in the Atlantic World, 1655-1762: Ireland, Jamaica, and the family of Francis Williams

A seminar by Fara Dabhoiwala (Princeton University) as part of the Trinity Centre for Early Modern History Seminar Series.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

UK airlines to be banned from charging parents to sit with children. Some people charged up to £104 extra. Neoliberals routinely moan about regulation but are silent on customer rip-off schemes. If businesses were ethical we wouldn't need regulation.

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UK airlines to be banned from charging parents to sit with children

Planned rule change forms part of Burnham’s bid to crack down on the ‘little charges that add up’

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Dr Keith Wilson 💭 @keithwilson.eu · 02/10/2026

Strange there is no mention of freedom of movement in this article. The EU has always insisted free movement of people, goods, services and capital go together and cannot be unpicked. Are they now reversing that stance for candidate (and possible associate) countries?

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"I should just point out that we don't have any Lib Dems on the panel as they only have 71 MPs, but Suella Braverman is here because Reform have 8 MPs"

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 01/10/2026

"Trump administration diverts human rights funds to push far-right agenda abroad Support such as for white Afrikaners and anti-communism reveals how US is redefining what qualifies as human rights" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Trump administration diverts human rights funds to push far-right agenda abroad

Support such as for white Afrikaners and anti-communism reveals how US is redefining what qualifies as human rights

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Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Arnside: 2 important Viking Age finds. The first is this copper alloy mount with a human face and brightly coloured panel. Plundered from a 8th century Irish hanging bowl - on display in Kendal Museum & A Dublin type Viking Age ringed pin, now in Lancaster museum.

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The Economist @economist.com · 01/10/2026

France’s messy politics are spooking the bond markets. The country now pays more to borrow than Greece and Italy, once the euro zone’s most worrisome members

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Bond markets give France a whacking for fiscal irresponsibility

Deficits, spreads against Germany and the risk of President Le Pen are all rising

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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🚨🚨 @coe.int of Europe said yesterday that the #US formally notified it that it would leave the Group of States against Corruption, or #GRECO. Only two other countries have left GRECO before — #Russia and #Belarus. The fall of the #US on the world scene is striking. apnews.com/article/trum...

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US withdraws from European anti-corruption panel in latest shift away from global groups

The Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from a top European anti-corruption watchdog.

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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Eric Schmitt just kept doubling down on his Jack Smith conspiracy even after that painful moment in the hearing. Now, we have concrete evidence he misunderstood his own evidence. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/eric-sc...

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New Evidence Shows Just How Badly One Republican Senator Beclowned Himself in the Jack Smith Hearing

TPM has found fairly definitive evidence proving Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) misread...

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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 30/09/2026

The NUJ has responded to reports that Byline Times journalists have been denied access to the Conservative Party conference: "Political parties should not pick and choose which journalists and publications are able to question and scrutinise them" www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...

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NUJ responds to reports of Conservative party banning Byline Times journalists from conference

The NUJ has responded to reports that Byline Times journalists have been denied access to the Conservative Party conference.

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Dr Keith Wilson 💭 @keithwilson.eu · 29/09/2026

Is the business profitable? No It’s on the road to profitability though, right? Also no But it will be extremely beneficial for the future of humanity? It might kill us all #OpenAI #GenAI #AIHype

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Also, what was the alleged link between the Hawks game and Willis? Was she there?? Or was the allegation that he went to see a game in Atlanta so it must have been a secret meeting with Willis? I’m so confused on the evidentiary logic

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Mark Hennessy @markhennessy.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

A life of wisdom, and the lessons learned along the way - former Irish diplomat, Noel Dorr: ‘To understand the Troubles, you must go back much further’ www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

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Noel Dorr: ‘To understand the Troubles, you must go back much further’

Forty years after the Anglo-Irish Agreement, the former diplomat still sees Sunningdale as the peace deal that got way

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Eastwood Books @eastwoodbooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We're very pleased to announce the release of 'Irish or British or Both', a new book by former diplomat Noel Dorr. This work, written by someone deeply involved in the build-up to Sunningdale and onwards to the Good Friday Agreement, is out now in all good bookshops. eastwoodbooks.com/the-books/

Cover design of 'Irish or British or Both', by Noel Dorr. This design features a photo by Sean Hillen, from the Sean Hillen Collection in the National Library, entitled 'Commando and Old Men'.

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Gesine Weber @gesineweber.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Anyone surprised? I also have a hard time imagining that this will be different in December (discussion about G20 participation by Putin).

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 29/09/2026

Hegseth is set to announce a 20% cut to slots slated for admirals and generals at the Pentagon as part of his push to overhaul the outlook of the department, two Pentagon officials confirmed to The Hill on Tuesday. Reductions to be publicized on Wednesday.

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Gesine Weber @gesineweber.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is really important because these first European Defence Projects of Common Interest (EDPCIs) open the door for more. And it basically gives the EU the possibility to fund these endeavours much more extensively than before. Good news.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Tyrants view educated citizens as their greatest enemy. Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media. That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, museums, the media, and the arts – to prevent us from learning. It's Fascism 101.

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Holy sh*t. Sen Schmitt just accused Jack Smith of going to an Atlanta Hawks bball game with the implication that he must of also met with then prosecutor Fani Willis BUT Smith went to an Iowa HAWKEYES game in Maryland instead. This GOP clown show is a disgrace.

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FRANCE 24 English @en.france24.com · 29/09/2026

🔴 🇮🇱 🇵🇸 More than 100 Israeli settlers stormed a village in the occupied #WestBank early on Tuesday, setting fire to Palestinian properties and wounding three members of Israel's security forces.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 29/09/2026

Multibillion-dollar schemes like A7 are much easier when the United States simply gives up on countering Russian sanctions evasion. The Kremlin agent gloating in this story could show a bit more humility. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/b...

During the Biden administration, the Treasury Department made cracking down on sanctions evasion a centerpiece of its effort to punish Russia. The department imposed thousands of additional sanctions, targeting companies and networks designed to move money around financial restrictions.

The pressure has largely disappeared. Since President Trump returned to office, the administration has removed more restrictions than it has added, according to a Times analysis of Treasury data.

That has made it harder for banks to screen for illicit activity, in part because new actors and organizations can spring up without fresh information. A7 shell companies, for example, have facilitated payments to companies that banked at major American and European banks, The Times found.

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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My article "Women of the world: teaching women thinkers in pre-modern global philosophy" is available open access - it offers a syllabus on the topic with discussion of my thinking in putting it together. Hope it will prove useful! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #philsky #philosophy

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Women of the world: teaching women thinkers in pre-modern global philosophy

This paper reflects on experiences teaching courses on women thinkers from antiquity and the medieval period. The discussion is built around a proposed syllabus (similar to one used in teaching at ...

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 29/09/2026

Evicted 87-year-old allowed to return to Madrid home she lived in for 70 years. She will not have to pay the 275% rent hike the real estate firm had demanded. Her treatment sparked nationwide protests and piled pressure on the government to resolve Spain's housing crisis u.afp.com/S9WH

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EL PAÍS @elpais.com · 29/09/2026

Sheinbaum ha asegurado que Bachelet era la candidata que tenía su respaldo por ser “una mujer de principios, honesta, defensora de los derechos humanos". Además, la presidenta de México pide una reforma de la ONU para que sea un organismo más ágil

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Sheinbaum, sobre la renuncia de Bachelet a la candidatura de la ONU: “No tenemos a nadie a quien apoyar, vamos a esperar”

La presidenta de México pide una reforma de la ONU para que sea un organismo más ágil y que abogue por la pacificación y los derechos humanos

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 29/09/2026

Just going to park this here

Steven Pifer @steven_pifer •4h
I spent 27 years with the State Department.
People there know exactly for whom they work.
This tweet is beneath you, Matt.
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The US State Department lobby used to display the flags of the roughly 200 countries with which the US maintains diplomatic relations. Now, it displays 200 American flags, to remind State Department employe...

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CAJ @cajni.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The European Court of Human Rights has held that, in certain circumstances, the right to hold spontaneous protests in immediate response to events, where the protest would be pointless if delayed, may override notification requirements. More from our Director here: www.irishnews.com/news/norther...

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Justice group says it’s ‘premature’ to claim Garvaghy Road protesters broke law

Thousands join protest to oppose Orange Order Drumcree march

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 29/09/2026

Ohio’s Senate race leads all midterm-elections contests in advertising spending so far this year, drawing nearly $200 million, according to a Post analysis. Maine’s Senate and Ohio’s gubernatorial contests are also in the top-spend races. wapo.st/46BBm0z

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Trump last week touted "one of the Biggest and Most Beautiful Events to take place in many years, the arrival at the White House of the Highly Respected President of China, Xi Jinping, and his beautiful wife, Madam Peng." The U.S. switched sides.

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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Ken Paxton: The only thing that really saves us is that the Supreme Court came along and allowed Super PACs. Otherwise... I would be sitting here and never have a chance...

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Who says they “don’t make enough money”? Compared to what? You don’t need to grant the far right authoritarian party’s premise. You can write that they’re using arbitrary numbers based on no standards that should not be taken seriously, & you can just say that plainly instead of stenographizing

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[Christopher M. Federico] @chrispps.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

you can be an ethnostate or you can be a democracy that respects universal human rights, but you can't be both

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 28/09/2026

Sec Hegseth has signed a memo directing US Cyber Command and defense intelligence teams to prioritize countering foreign interference in US elections. The Pentagon says it will work with federal, state and local officials to protect voting systems and expose foreign influence operations.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It's already estimated that the richest 1% alone evade $163 billion in taxes every year. But Trump gutted the IRS — including the unit tasked with auditing billionaires. The agency's audit revenue fell 35%. Now, Trump's IRS is not publishing data on unpaid taxes. See the problem?

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I enjoyed this conversation between @edouardmachery.bsky.social and @kevinzollman.com on social epistemology of science, nice way into issues people in the field are thinking about and how some of us think about them. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJpv...

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Conversations at the Center - Social Epistemology and Pluralistic Ignorance

YouTube video by Center for Philosophy of Science

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