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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 05/10/2026

I’d suggest the genre of profile journalism has some shortcomings

The cover of Fortune Magazine that calls the convicted fraud Sam Bankman-Fried “the next warren buffet” because of his crypto-scam

The cover of Forbes, where Elizabeth Holmes holds a capsule of blood for a cover story extolling her genius, shortly before she was convicted for fraud and sentenced to a long prison sentence.

A glossy photo spread extolling the glamour and taste of Asma al-Assad, weeks before her husband committed multiple war crimes and eventually had to flee to Russia to avoid being hacked apart by an enraged rob.

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Jorge Liboreiro @jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The Trump administration is preparing to sanction the ICC as a whole and cut it off from everyday financial transactions, insurance providers and IT services and products, which would leave the court unable to operate, Reuters reports.

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Trump administration prepares sanctions against International Criminal Court, sources say

President ‌Donald Trump's administration has prepared sanctions against the entire International Criminal Court and plans to announce them soon, two sources familiar with the matter said, a move that ...

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Paul @xcivxciv.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Tom Watson has left UK Music to join.. Palantir. 😬

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Eddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Just look at the glee on Nigel Farage’s face as he watches a Piddington resident cry about the overt racism she, her Caribbean heritage husband, and their two children have felt in the village during the referendum. Time and again he’s showing us exactly who he is.

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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

It would be quite 'something' if, after all the talk of leaving the EU to create CANZUK, there ends up being CANZEU without the UK

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 15/09/2026

A lot of people really have no idea what's coming with the energy crisis in the coming months. A lot of the crisis from the start of the war were postponed but those tricks can no longer work. We're about to see the worst energy crisis in 50 years.

Screenshot of an X post by The Hormuz Letter (@HormuzLetter) reporting breaking news about Saudi oil exports.
The post reads:
"BREAKING: Saudi Arabia has informed its European customers that late-September crude oil cargoes will be cancelled, due to the East-West pipeline being shut after last week's attacks and Yemen's Houthis taking over the entire Red Sea coast, per three sources to Reuters.
Yanbu had five to seven days of crude stocks left for export when the East-West line went down, per industry sources on Saturday, and cancelling late-September cargoes means Riyadh does not expect the line back before they run out. Europe has been taking Saudi crude through Yanbu because Hormuz has been closed since spring. On top of the pipeline, the Houthis appear to have struck the YASREF refinery at that same port this morning."
The post is dated 10:20 AM · Sep 15, 2026, with 155.9K views.

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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Exclusive: Russian intelligence agents are “hijacking” online networks of violence-obsessed children and offering them money, guns and coaching on making explosives and poisons, new research suggests At least two incidents have been claimed by the networks in the UK inews.co.uk/news/russian...

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Russian spies 'recruiting UK teenagers' to carry out acts of violence and sabotage

Russian intelligence agents are “hijacking” online networks of violence-obsessed children and offering them money, guns and coaching on making explosives and poisons, new research suggests. Law enforc...

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The global fuel crisis has arrived, oil execs warn. Inventories are falling, strategic reserves are running low and attacks continue to disrupt Middle Eastern energy infrastructure, the WSJ reports. Trump claims it’s only temporary. The oil experts say there’s no end in sight.

Oil Executives Say the Great Fuel Crisis Is Here
Trump officials say the oil-market disruption is temporary, but Chevron's Mike Wirth and others warn global supplies are running low, with no respite in sight
By Benoît Morenne and Collin Eaton
Sept. 14, 2026 5:06 pm ET
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A crude oil storage terminal in Cushing, Okla. NICK OXFORD/BLOOMBERG

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Chevron CEO Mike Wirth said the buffers that had protected the market “have largely now played out. “I wish I could tell you that I saw some reason why things would ease, but it’s difficult right now to see that happen.”

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dillo saint dillo @dillo.media · 14/09/2026

this is gpt6 astra btw

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

New YouGov polling: Voters overwhelmingly back a UK donations cap

YouGov bar chart headed 'Do you think there should or should not be a limit on the amount of money individuals and entities can donate to a political party?', based on 5,456 GB adults surveyed on 14 September 2026. Should: 60%. Should not: 22%. Don't know: 18%

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 14/09/2026

⚡️Russia using Belarusian LTE networks, relay stations for mass drone attacks on Ukraine, Kyiv says. The revelations came a day after Russia sent hundreds of the petrol-powered drones in rare a mass attack targeting regions in northwestern Ukraine on Sept. 12.

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Russia using Belarusian LTE networks, relay stations for mass drone attacks on Ukraine, Kyiv says

The revelations came a day after Russia sent hundreds of the petrol-powered drones in rare a mass attack targeting regions in northwestern Ukraine on Sept. 12.

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Paul @xcivxciv.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Once again, we as a country refuse to police the minority of abusers of systems. Instead creating more laws or reducing rights. See also the recent idea to restrict motor bike L plates/CBT. 🙄

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Dr. Jeevun Sandher MP @jeevunsandher.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

🎉GOOD CLIMATE NEWS🎉 The cost of solar panels has fallen by *98%* since the year 2000. Lots and lots of solar being installed around the world.

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Paul @xcivxciv.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Wowser. Definitely nothing to see here then. 👀

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HK @hkesvani.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Are we going to get the 200 articles on James Orr then? Maybe read and interrogate the footnotes of his doctoral thesis? Is Cambridge going to have to issue out statements about its hiring standards?

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victoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

You will rent nothing and like it

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Across the US, workers are souring on AI. The tech industry has insisted that AI would make workers’ lives easier and more productive, that the more people understood and used AI, the more they would like it. Something closer to the opposite has happened.

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Why office workers are turning against AI

Whether or not you like AI at work ultimately boils down to a question of power.

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Freda Wallace She/Ra @missfreda.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The polling company JL Partners featured in tonights Channel 4 News Exposé on Reform is the same one used by Sex Matters and LGB Alliance . JLP are linked to American Christian investors that hope to shape UK policy.

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Hardeep Matharu @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

It remains striking that Cambridge University – which has rightly found itself subject to immense scrutiny in recent days over its academic appointments process – did not answer any of Byline Times' questions re Cambridge Professor James Orr, Reform's Head of Policy, and his activities there. Why?

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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Just keep muttering to myself "he was still trying to solicit another donation during the by election he held to avoid the investigation."

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

One of the interesting aspects of all this footage is it reveals that parties/strategists firmly believe that opinion polls can be used for significant political advantage.

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Ben Gartside @bengartside.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Incredibly funny that Verbatim used this burner to get into Reform (from their long form doc on YouTube)

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The media has insisted that it was in the public interest to run endless stories questioning the integrity of Jason Arday. So I await the endless stories about *this* guy.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Nigel Farage filmed celebrating illegal foreign donations Undercover footage reveals plot to break the law by funnelling offshore funds through a UK donor. Donations funded a series of widely reported polls boosting Reform ahead of the local elections channel4news.substack.com/p/exclusive-...

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Paul @xcivxciv.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Raspberry Pi created to get kids coding again and it was nice while it lasted, 10-15 years. Nowadays more of a supplier to industry. Wonder how long that product has left..

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Paul @xcivxciv.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Late stage capitalism. Making sales, any sales, is more important than.. making sure your fellow citizens aren’t DEFRAUDED. Fraud is rife because.. no-one cares!

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Andy Bruce (Reuters) @bruceandy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Sorry but this is tosh from Jim O'Neill. 10-year gilt yields did not rise by a quarter of a percentage point (25 bps) today. They rose by 15.5 bps. That's not great of course, but it's the biggest rise since May 15 — not "Liz Truss days". ( @lbc.co.uk - Andrew Marr Show)

On the state of the bond markets today, Lord O’Neill said:

'It is a tough day today. 10-year gilt yields or 10-year interest rates have risen by a quarter of a percent, which in one day is a lot. We've not had that since Liz Truss days… If your country, whether it be ours or others, is under the focus of, can they come up with a sensible fiscal strategy on a day where the markets think "Well, no you're not showing any signs of it" they're going to have a bad day. When I woke up this morning I thought uh oh this is going to be tough. I didn't think it'd be quite this tough but it's been a tough day.’

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Simon Nixon @nixonsimon.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Amazing. It seems that plagiarism is only a problem for The Times when black people do it

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Rachel Rees @rachel-rees.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

As honoured as I am to see that The Times has picked up my Chagos article practically *word for word*, including my hard-gotten quotes, I’d prefer some credit — or for everyone to read my original FT piece! free link to read the evidently enviable article below (cheaper than a Times sub!) 🌴

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

According to leading politicians in the West, this is simply impossible, and is therefore not happening.

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Buck Frexit @beany.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Party which spent years condemning “unelected bureaucrats” now says unelected bureaucrats are the answer.

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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Well, happy 29th anniversary to the greatest ‘reverse ferret’ ever issued by a media outlet

“We apologise for the Princess Diana page one headline DI GOES SEX MAD, which is still on the stands at some locations. It is currently being replaced with a special 72-page tribute issue: A FAREWELL TO THE PRINCESS WE ALL LOVED.”
Statement published by the National Enquirer, August 31, 1997

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Paul @xcivxciv.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Russia attempting to wipe out Ukrainian culture.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I met someone over the weekend who believed the race science garbage because he’d heard about it ‘in a podcast’. We’re doomed.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 30/08/2026

behavior like this is genuinely disturbing. like this will obviously just be changed back day 1 after trumps regime is over but its just deeply sad, not even demoralizing, just pathetic

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Alistair King @alistairking.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Struggling to work out why Jenrick would single out these three Commonwealth countries rather than, say, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, whose citizens have exactly the same rights. It’s a head-scratcher.

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Nicolas Chinardet @zefrog.eu · 29/08/2026

Not only is a political party creating its own militia (reminds you of anything?), its might is explicitly being directed at migrants... This is astounding!

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Essex council worried about migrants to hire security guards

The Reform UK-run council says it will pay for security to patrol towns in Essex.

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 27/08/2026

"for all the people “celebrating” this as a win “against” Meta, you’ve been fooled. Meta just cut a deal to put itself in charge of how social media works going forward. this is Meta taking a “please regulate me Daddy” approach to the government, & getting exactly what it really has been asking for"

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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Massive landslide due to floods in Gyirong County, Shigatse City, Tibet. The amount of victims will be considerable

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Paul @xcivxciv.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

If correct, this makes the removal of Huawei devices from UK network infrastructure look a little less paranoid.

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