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The Rest Is Politics @therestpolitics.bsky.social · 10h

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨

Join @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social and @rory-stewart.bsky.social as they discuss the things that bring positivity back into politics.

Featuring: green turtles, the NHS, and even ReformUK...

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 10h

Just gets better and better, doesn’t it?

Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 10h

“Interestingly, people who use AI more tend to score higher on aversive personality traits, particularly Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy, though these patterns were stronger among students"

Most people rarely use AI, and dark personality traits predict who uses it more

Artificial intelligence dominates headlines, but new evidence shows most people barely use it in daily life. Researchers examined real-world web behavior and found low rates of AI use, often linked to...

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 15h

🚀⚠️ Russia launched the largest number of Iskander-M ballistic missiles at Ukraine since the start of a full-scale war — 26 missiles — The Insider

Previously, the record for a single strike was 14 missiles. Modernized missiles were used, and none of them were shot down.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 10h

Microsoft is encouraging people to talk to their laptops with new AI updates to Windows 11. But millions of computer users are still using Windows 10 as Microsoft ends free security support this week for the older operating system.

Microsoft pushes AI updates in Windows 11 as it ends support for Windows 10

Microsoft is encouraging people to talk to their laptops with new AI updates to Windows 11. But millions of computer users are still using Windows 10 as Microsoft ends free security support this week for the older operating system.

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 10h

Gov. Newsom has announced California will be the first state to sell insulin through a state-backed program.

It will cost just $11.

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Liz Crosbie #AllianceNowUK #RebootGB #FBPE @lizcrosbie.bsky.social · 10h

It is clearly financially driven. Presumably they don't have to clean the jets to change the colour.

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Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com · 21h

“Not paying for a product you exploit to sell your product is theft; not paying for labour you employ is slavery. If your business model is theft and slavery, you’re not an industry. You’re a pirate.” @vanbadham.bsky.social

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AI might be creating a ‘permanent underclass’ but it’s the makers of the tech bubble who are replaceable | Van Badham

Despite the relentless insistence of tech’s grifters, AI is not industrially inevitable – or even sustainable. Which is why it is time to push back

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Andrew Gregory @andrewgregory.com · 10h

The flu season could be coming early this year, public health experts in England have said, adding that those who are eligible for a free vaccination should take up their offer.

Brace for early flu season in England and get vaccinated, say experts

Rise in flu levels being driven by cases among children and young people, say public health leaders

www.theguardian.com

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Liz Crosbie #AllianceNowUK #RebootGB #FBPE @lizcrosbie.bsky.social · 11h

Nope its a 2025 thing too. A whole house of brand new grey carpet.🤦

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Anna Clarke @annaclarke.bsky.social · 18h

Every time we see further increases in people living in temporary accommodation I feel it should be pointed out that the big reason is that Local Housing Allowance is capped based on 2023 rents. Rents are rising, so private renting is increasing out of range for families in particular.

Jules Birch @julesbirch.bsky.social · 19h

Homelessness stats just out show another new record in households (132k) and children (172k) living in temporary accommodation. Up 7.5% in last year
www.gov.uk/government/s...

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Liz Crosbie #AllianceNowUK #RebootGB #FBPE @lizcrosbie.bsky.social · 12h

I don't get the grey trend at all. Cars the colour of school trousers. Windows battleship grey. Dark grey kitchens. Its all profoundly depressing to look at. Agree magnolia is overdone but what's wrong with a cream or if you are a cheapskate white.

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Liz Crosbie #AllianceNowUK #RebootGB #FBPE @lizcrosbie.bsky.social · 12h

Oh the grey carpets in every room to try and refresh the place is a thing too!

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James MacCleary MP @jamesmaccleary.bsky.social · 13h

✉️ I have signed @alisonebennett.bsky.social's letter to Wes Streeting about the crisis facing our hospices.

They offer extraordinary dignity, comfort and peace for people in their final months. Yet they are expected to raise ever higher sums whilst the govt taxes them more.

People deserve better.

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Patrick - Here for the craic 👍🏼 @patrickopatrick.bsky.social · 15h

Lest we forget one month ago Angela Rayner resigned over underpaying stamp duty on her £800,000 flat in Hove

Within a week Farage exposed not to own a £885,000 house in #Clacton he claimed he’d bought & accused of avoiding £44,000 in tax by funding his girlfriend to buy it

It got buried quick eh❗️😡

Angela Rayner resigns after underpaying tax on Hove flat - BBC News

Her departure comes after the PM's ethics adviser concludes that she breached ministerial rules.

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 15h

You don't get coverage like this on Russian TV without Kremlin approval. The Kremlin knew Farage would be a useful tool, and such he has been and continues to be

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 18h

The government's message to Michelle Mone today, after the failure for Medpro failed to pay back £122m by yesterday's deadline:

"Our lawyers have been instructed and we are coming after her with everything that we have got."

"And we will get the British taxpayers money back."

'We'll get British taxpayers' money back': Labour minister warns Michelle Mone as he calls on Tories to revoke peerage | LBC

Stephen Kinnock has insisted the government has now instructed lawyers to start legal proceedings after the firm linked to the Tory peer failed to pay by deadline

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Tony Dexter @timbleman.bsky.social · 18h

Lest we forget…

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Liz Crosbie #AllianceNowUK #RebootGB #FBPE @lizcrosbie.bsky.social · 17h

Was this state sponsored given the resources involved? Given everything was filmed was it collateral for blackmail is not an unreasonable assumption. Maxwell's father had links to overseas intelligence agencies. The Epstein-Maxwell team had vast wealth, so where did it come from? So many questions.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 19h

Continued Israeli restrictions still choking the flow of aid especially to the neediest patients in hospitals in Gaza.

Gaza’s ailing children ‘desperately waiting for help’ despite ceasefire

Continued Israeli restrictions still choking the flow of aid especially to the neediest patients in hospitals in Gaza.

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Dr Emma L Briant 🐸🎃 @emmalbriant.bsky.social · 19h

Russian politicians’ offspring in the UK. How are the “gilded youth” living? (UPDATED) www.molfar.institute/en/dity-rosi...

Children of Russian Politicians in the UK — MII OSINT Investigation

While Ukrainian children endure the horrors of war and study under conditions of danger, the offspring of Russian politicians and oligarchs lead a carefree life abroad, attending prestigious universit...

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Jess Butler @jessbutler.bsky.social · 20h

"Carspreading" is excellent here

NationCymru @nation.cymru · 21h

Cardiff Council is set to become the first local authority in the UK to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs and other heavy vehicles, in a move campaigners say will make city streets safer and fairer

Cardiff set to tackle SUV 'carspreading' in UK first

Cardiff Council is set to become the first local authority in the UK to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs and other heavy vehicles, in a move campaigners say will make city streets safer and f...

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Scientists for Global Responsibility @responsiblesci.bsky.social · 20h

"Developers of the Rosebank oil field said nearly 250 million tonnes of planet warming gas would be released from using oil products from the field."

For the avoidance of any doubt...

This is not in line with the UK's climate commitments or a fair carbon budget. 🧪

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Controversial UK oil field reveals climate impact if approved

The impact from the Rosebank oil field is estimated at nearly 250 million tonnes of planet warming CO2.

www.bbc.co.uk

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brexit_sham @brexitshambles.bsky.social · 20h

According to Electoral Commission data, Яeform has been forced to return donations from people living in Monaco, Jersey and Germany, suggesting “Яeform is attracting attention from potential donors who are not familiar with British electoral law.” on.ft.com/434qDuf

Reform UK forced to reject slew of unlawful donations

Eleven of the returned contributions were made by people living overseas

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Mind @mind.org.uk · 20h

Today, we launch the annual Big Mental Health Report with a series of worrying findings about the state of the nation’s mental health. www.mind.org.uk/about-us/our...

The Big Mental Health Report

The Big Mental Health Report from Mind is for anyone looking for trusted information on how mental health problems affect people in England and Wales.

www.mind.org.uk

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The Institute for Fiscal Studies @theifs.bsky.social · 21h

NEW: The Chancellor almost certainly has a fiscal repair job on her hands at next month’s Budget.

But doing the bare minimum risks another fiscal groundhog day next year.

🧵 THREAD on our new IFS Green Budget's findings on the UK's economic outlook and fiscal situation:

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