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Robert Lock @robertlock.bsky.social · 2h

Oxfam started in 1942 as the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief in Britain to help starving citizens in occupied Greece during World War II

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Micah @rincewind.run · 16h

Discworld QOTD, from Moving Pictures "If the abnormal goes on long enough it becomes the normal. It was just that, when you came to explain it to a third party, it sounded odd."

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Wouter De Tavernier @wdetavernier.bsky.social · 13h

Bij invoering in 2004 kostte een cheque 6.20 euro, aangepast aan inflatie is dat vandaag 10.42 euro, aan de gemiddelde loonsstijging 11.14 euro. Ze zijn nu dus betaalbaarder dan toen. Niet tof dat ze duurder worden, maar geen nood aan nostradamiaanse voorspellingen. www.standaard.be/opinies/hoez...

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Christophe Martens @chrmartens.eurosky.social · 20h

11 jaar later komen ze alsnog op droog zaad te staan. focus-wtv.be/nieuws/vlaan...

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Dr Totov @drtotov.wikimedecine.fr · 14h

J'ai dû relire deux fois. Mon cerveau a eu du mal à intégrer le sens de cette déclaration. Je laisse à chacun le soin de déterminer à quel point le ministre de l'intérieur français est abominable.

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Soraya Morvan Smith @smorvansmith.bsky.social · 19h

Si ça ne déclenche pas un scandale, je ne sais plus quoi dire. Les images de @remybuisine.bsky.social montrent un homme frapper la vitre d’un Chicken Street devant les pandores qui semblent trouver ça tout à fait normal. WTF?

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 15h

That’s a formal warning. If he does it again he’ll start to lose marks for the course.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 15h

What they tell you in Genoa about St George’s Cross.

The true story of the english's flag
In 1190, king Richard and the Court of London requested and obtained authorization to fly the flag of Republic of Genoa on their ships sailing in the mediterranean and Black seas.
In that periodthe English ships were prey to pirates and bandits, fling the Genoeses flag these episodes passed.
Forthis authorisation they undertook to pay an annual tribute to the Republic of Genoa.
Since that moment England has been represented throughout the worlo by the flag of Sansiorgio, the flag of
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Republica of Genoa
Supertor non recognoscens
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Damien BARRAUD @damienbarraudmd.bsky.social · 6h

Tout cela va encore plus mal finir. C'est la 2ème voiture de police que je vois faire du Fast & Furious à proximité d'ados. Comment a-t-on pu sérieusement embaucher et armer de tels fous furieux.

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Mujtaba Rahman @mijrahman.bsky.social · 23h

The violent school protests which closed 900 (one in four) lycées and led to 2,000 arrests on Thursday have invaded the French presidential campaign. The high-school students say their anger is justified. The government claims manipulation by the Far Left, including Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s LFI 1/

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Cédric Mas @cedricmas.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026

A noter aussi : la militarisation des tenues & des armes de la police n'améliore la sécurité qu'à court terme. Surtout, elle cause une hausse des morts suite à une intervention policière (c'est pas un méga scoop) et une hausse des blessures chez les policiers. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Cédric Mas @cedricmas.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026

Et enfin : L'exposition des jeunes (noirs aux USA) à la violence policière est d'abord un sujet de santé publique (pour les administrations US), mais c'est aussi une des causes majeures de la perte de légitimité de la police, (et de la réduction du recours aux policiers en cas de problèmes).

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Exposure to Police Use of Force, Perceived Police Legitimacy, and Personal Safety Interventions Among Black Emerging Adult College Students

Exposure to police violence is a public health concern for Black emerging adults ages 18–29 given its prevalence and association with negative health outcomes. However, research examining the role of ...

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Djamé 🟥 @zehavoc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Ca c'est un blocus lycéen à #ClaudeMonnet à Paris, 5mn avant que la police arrive et commence à lâcher des gaz lacrymo sur des gosses tellement dangereux qu'ils ont pris soin de se déguiser en personnage de mangas avant de venir. Ma fille ne comprend pas ce qu'ils ont fait de mal, moi non plus.

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Chris Julien @chrisjulien.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026

Kan iemand mij helpen met een goede (=kritische, wetenschappelijke) geschiedenis van de crisis communicatie? 🥰

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Will Norman @willnorman.co.uk · 02/10/2026

Cargo bike use in London is booming - up 126% since 2022. This week I joined 50 businesses - from Royal Mail to delivery firms, waste companies & tradespeople - to celebrate & raise awareness of this clean, green & economical alternative to diesel vans. #CargoBikeCruiseLDN

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Ian @friemelkubus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Veel kritiek op het Vlaamse beleid maar de luchthaven van Antwerpen is tenminste gered. Een beter museum voor vergane glorie kan ik me niet inbeelden.

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DarthLibraria @darthlibraria.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"Makers en kritische stemmen zijn de essentie". Of... nou ja, enkel de makers en kritische stemmen van de laatste 5 minuten. Want waar worden makers en kritische stemmen van vroeger bewaard & ontsloten? In erfgoedbibliotheken, musea en archieven, die nu een groot deel van hun financiering verliezen.

Minister Gennez in VRT NWS Terzake: "Makers en kritische stemmen zijn de essentie"
"Wat voor ons belangrijk is, is dat we het Vlaamse culturele ecosysteem versterken, waarin artiesten en makers centraal staan", vertelt Vlaams minister van Cultuur Caroline Gennez naar aanleiding van de besparingen van 47 miljoen euro in de cultuursector."We hebben gesnoeid in tussenstructuren, zoals bijvoorbeeld bovenlokale musea en steunpunten. Dat is niet de essentie. Makers en kritische stemmen zijn de essentie. Daar hebben we op ingezet", zegt Gennez.

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Julien Gossa @juliengossa.cpesr.fr · 01/10/2026

Visiblement, tabasser des lycées qui réclament des profs et des toilettes, après un été de canicule, n'était pas la meilleure stratégie pour calmer le jeu. Le Mozart de la finance va peut-être terminer son mandat en Mozart du dialogue social.

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EN DIRECT, blocage des lycées : des établissements affectés partout en France, une cellule interministérielle de crise prévue dans l’après-midi

Des lycées sont affectés en Ile-de-France, à Marseille, Strasbourg et Nantes. Une trentaine de facultés ont rejoint la contestation sociale.

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Stéphanie Huart @stephhuart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Les jeunes ne réfléchissent pas et sont manipulés paraît-il, voici ce que j'ai trouvé ce matin en salle des profs

Lettre des élèves aux profs. Ils et Elles expriment très clairement leurs revendications (plus de moyens) et leur volonté d'une manifestation pacifique.

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Simon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I don't usually respond to obvious idiots/bots/scammers in the DMs etc, but this one opened with the perfect line for me to follow up with.

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Man City’s Emirati chair was granted diplomatic immunity 6 yrs ago in a move that could complicate any legal action resulting from findings that the club artificially inflated its finances by more than £900mn - scoop by Caroline Binham @journosooz.bsky.social as.ft.com/r/d717fb9e-2...

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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"Americans spend five times as much time on government form-filling as Danes, Brits or South Koreans. Whereas the much poorer and more numerous citizens of India all have a digital biometric id, Americans are still shuffling paper" www.economist.com/culture/2026... Remarkable.

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Uncle Sam thinks your time is worth nothing

How and why governments waste the most precious resource

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Padre Pio @padrepio.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Dites-vous que ce furieux a déjà eu l'occasion de dire tout le bien qu'il pensait de l'état de droit, qu'il a été ministre de l'intérieur, qu'il est candidat à la présidentielle et qu'il demande donc publiquement l'interdiction du parti de gauche le plus important.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

When the internet finally grinds to a halt I’ll remember this shop.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We're repeatedly told that asylum seekers pose a threat to the good people of our country... Reading about the threatening and violent treatment of elderly and open minded locals in Crowborough I get the impression that the real threat comes from closer to home. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

On Facebook and other platforms, people
who are known to support the asylum
seekers have been threatened with acid
attacks, petrol bombs and rape. The dossier.
which has been seen by the Guardian, also
claims that several local businesses have
been threatened by far-right agitators, along
with a church where some asylum seekers
worship. One man was punched in the throat
after he held up a "Love Thy Neighbour"
sign, while an elderly couple were falsely
accused of supporting sex offenders. In yet
another case, a 92-year-old church volunteer
was reportedly woken at 3am for two nights
in a row by a man standing outside her
home, shining a torch through her window
and shouting abuse

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Wouter @wvanparys.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Will the Office of Religious Affairs codify an official church doctrine and what shall they do with heretics?

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Will the Office of Religious Affairs codify an official church doctrine and what shall they do with heretics?

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𝙱𝚊𝚋𝚎 𝚁𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 @unfitz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

[at my autopsy; a forensic pathologist speaks into a recording device in a puzzled tone] “I’ve never seen so many apple stickers inside of someone”

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Dr Gul Sen @guel-sen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hayreddin #Barbarossa and Andrea #Doria, the grand admirals during the Naval Battle of Preveza in 1538, were major adversaries, but they were also capable of negotiating directly when circumstances required it. A 🧵1/ #MaritimeHistory #admirals

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It’s a mark of the corruption of our whole way of thinking about the world that trying to meet a planetary emergency is routinely described as “ideological”, while continuing to accelerate it is presented as “pragmatic” and “economic”.

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 30/09/2026

I'm being told Article XXIV of the WTO GATT says the UK can rejoin the EU unilaterally and under any terms it wants with a one page memo... if Meghan Markle has the courage. Send post. Turn off notifications. Smash phone. Throw phone in river. Enter witness protection. Raise goats.

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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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Pieter Colpaert @pietercolpaert.be · 30/09/2026

Seeing the quality differences in AI output from high-tier AI and low-tier AI, I wonder whether a course that allows students to use AI can provide the same learning experience to everyone. How do we make this fair in a university setting?

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 30/09/2026

GOAT OR BIRD????

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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
Google
Dario Amodei
Anthropic
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta

Greg Brockman
OpenAl

Elon Musk
XAI

Jensen Huang
nvidia

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Bieke Purnelle @biekepurnelle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Als vrouwen een professionele loopbaan enkel kunnen combineren met zorg en gezin op de rug van andere vrouwen met minder geluk, dan scheelt er misschien iets anders dan de prijs van een chèque.

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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

1/19 Eleven years after a church picnic in New York killed a thousand people, a company picnic in Chicago killed 844 more. The ship never left the wharf. She rolled over while the band was playing, in twenty feet of water, six metres from the bank. The SS Eastland. A 🧵. #maritimehistory

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German at Portsmouth @germanatportsmouth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is either: 1) a 1920 Thuringian advert for Bockbier, designed by Georg Fanner, or 2) a group of satanic locals worshipping their half-goat, half-beer glass overlord

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Dr Gul Sen @guel-sen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

More on the Naval Battle of Preveza on September 28, 1538; a first follow-up to yesterday's post: Despite the overwhelming size of the League's fleet, one reason for the Ottoman victory lay in the composition of their own fleet. 🧵1/ #MaritimeHistory #galleys #ships

Despite the overwhelming size of the League's fleet, one reason for the Ottoman victory lay in the composition of their own fleet. The Ottomans relied exclusively on rowing ships (above all, galleys) while the Holy League fielded large sailing vessels and heavy galleons. The galleys' success in the battle cemented the Ottoman navy's long-standing preference for this type of ship. Geography played a role too: rowing ships held a significant maneuvering advantage along the Mediterranean coast , where the physical environment and climate favored their design.Geography played a role too: rowing ships held a significant maneuvering advantage along the Mediterranean coast , where the physical environment and climate favored their design.

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Mp97440 @mp974.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

En une seule journée, les 29 et 30 septembre 1941, plus de 33 000 juifs sont exécutés par les nazis ds le ravin de Babi Yar en Ukraine 🇺🇦 Ce massacre de masse fait suite à l’occupat° nazie de Kiev pdt laquelle les juifs reçoivent le 28/09 l’obligat° de se rendre à Babi Yar

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

literally the only impact it would have on my life would be to spare me the aggravation of all the slop I run across.

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Isa Yusibov @isayusibov.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Ik bied mijn excuses aan.

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Cédric Mas @cedricmas.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026

Le maintien de l’ordre à la Française en 2026 Mesdames Messieurs. (Rassurez-vous, si la victime a le moindre casier judiciaire, il sortira dans l’heure dans la presse aux ordres).

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Simon Duteil @simon.duteil.solidaires.org · 28/09/2026

Lycée Suger à Saint-Denis ce lundi 28 septembre. La police gaze les lycéen.nes sans aucune raison, provoque une blusculade et les met directement en danger. Voilà la façon dontvest traitée la jeunesse qui réclame des moyens pour une éducation de qualité.

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Andrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int · 29/09/2026

Interesting: 3 international bodies have lodged a complaint against Belgium at the Council of Europe, claiming that "digital exclusion" (e.g. not being able to do things without a phone) is a violation of people's social rights👇 🔗 www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/2336... via @brusselstimes.com

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Complaint filed against the Belgian government over digital exclusion

More than 300 testimonies were gathered from 50 civil society organisations on both sides of the language border, as well as in Brussels.

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