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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 6d

The trillions invested in US AI boom is one of the awesome exercises in PLANNING by commerical and government entities.

-40% of US GDP growth this year is AI
-AI companies account for 80% of gains in US stocks in 2025.

Just don't ask about the social welfare function....
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3d

Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.

Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?

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Luke Cooper @lukecooper100.bsky.social · 3d

£600??!! Who is going to risk life ending espionage charges for a hostile foreign state for £600?!! Wild.

Luke Cooper @lukecooper100.bsky.social · 3d

Some of the detail in the failed espionage prosecution against Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry are quite extraordinary. And will send a chill through public policy sectors undertaking any form of work for Chinese entities. This bit jumped out as particularly 🤯

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 4d

If reports are to be believed, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya is to remain in Israeli prison (without charges or trial) even after the exchange of hostages.

Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · Dec 29

Dr Husam Abu Safya, head of Kamal Adwan hospital, surrendering himself to a Israeli tank, December 2024

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 4d

he also said that 80% of antifa's members are landlords and if you lower the cost of housing, you basically starve the network of its financing

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 4d

a friend of mine in antifa told me that antifa's headquarters is SHEIN and if the company fell the whole network would fall

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 10d

British politics is basically a doom spiral of increasingly unhinged hostile policies.

Reform says something unhinged
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Labour counters with their own unhinged policy
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Tories shout from back they'll be even more unhinged
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Reform announces different unhinged proposal in response
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And repeat...🔁

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Luke Cooper @lukecooper100.bsky.social · 10d

It’s shocking that @owenjones.bsky.social got kicked out of the Labour conference for this.

It’s combative and - yes - tabloid style journalism. Some of the MPs like Chris Bryant and Yvette Cooper handled it pretty well.

John Mann and Luke Akehurst not so much 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️😂😂

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They Kicked Me Out For THIS? Owen Jones Visits LABOUR CONFERENCE

YouTube video by Owen Jones

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 10d

🔴NEW🔴

Thread 🧵

@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12

‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem

Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 11d

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

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UNRWA @unrwa.org · 12d

“Labeling the nearly 250,000 people currently trapped in #Gaza City & the north as “terrorists or terror supporters” by the Government of #Israel is a statement suggesting planned large-scale massacres”

— UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini

www.unrwa.org/newsroom/off...

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 12d

not a serious person

George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 12d

Kemi Badenoch saying “the last time I checked, Northern Ireland did vote to leave” is so on-brand it hurts. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Kemi Badenoch mistakenly says NI voted in favour of Brexit

In a BBC NI interview, the Tory leader said the

www.bbc.co.uk

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Natalie Sedacca @nataliesedacca.bsky.social · 12d

Horrified by the deadly attack on a synagogue in Manchester on Yom Kippur 💔 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Manchester synagogue attack: What we know so far

Three people have died including the suspect in a car and stabbing attack on the holiest day in the Jewish religious calendar.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Luke Cooper @lukecooper100.bsky.social · 12d

This was one of the themes that came out of Hussein Kesvani’s hugely important 2019 long read, “what happened when I met my Islamophobia troll”. Genuinely one of the most remarkable and brave pieces of journalism I’ve ever come across.

ICYMI

www.theguardian.com/news/2019/ma...

What happened when I met my Islamophobic troll

The long read: In 2017, I started getting regular messages from an anonymous Twitter user telling me my religion was ‘evil’. Eventually I responded – and he agreed to meet face to face

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Luke Cooper @lukecooper100.bsky.social · 12d

Loneliness is an under discussed factor in far right radicalisation online

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Na'amod @naamoduk.bsky.social · 12d

Our hearts are with the victims and their families at this terrible time.

We are heartbroken to emerge from Yom Kippur into news of the attack at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation in Manchester. No one should face violence for attending synagogue services and our hearts are with the victims and their families at this terrible time.
For many in our community, this news may only just be reaching you after a day spent in prayer, reflection, and fasting. To be confronted with such awfulness in this moment is particularly painful: please know that you are not alone.

In moments like this, it is vital that our communities - Jewish and non-Jewish alike hold one another close. Our safety and liberation depend on solidarity between all those who are marginalised and targeted, and we must not allow those who seek to divide us to succeed. Every person deserves to live, gather, and worship in safety and dignity. We condemn this act of violence unequivocally, and restate our commitment to building a world where this kind of horror is no longer possible.

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Ukraine Solidarity Campaign 🇺🇦✊🏽🚩 @ukrainesol.bsky.social · 17d

500 drones and 40 missiles last night. At least four dead in Kyiv including a 12 year old.

Please get word out widely. AND something you can do: please contribute to our fundraiser for a unit that intercepts drones and missiles: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/VWE0qk3...

Equip UA frontline to stop drone + missile attacks

Fund a vital rapid-response vehicle to help intercept Russian drones and missiles before they hit Ukrainian cities.

www.crowdfunder.co.uk

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Luke Cooper @lukecooper100.bsky.social · 18d

What a clear and impressive answer

Pod Save the UK @podsavetheuk.crooked.com · 18d

Want to hear more about what the Green Party is offering?

Watch the full interview with @zackpolanski.bsky.social on our YouTube, or listen wherever you get your pods.

#PodSaveTheUK #Politics #UK #Socialism #YourParty

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LabourList @labourlist.bsky.social · 18d

🌹 BREAKING: Apsana Begum and John McDonnell - the last of the Labour two child benefit cap rebels have the whip restored on the eve of Labour Party Conference.

BREAKING: Whip restored to Apsana Begum and John McDonnell – LabourList

MPs John McDonnell and Apsana Begum have had the Labour whip restored following a conversation with new Chief Whip Jonathan Reynolds. The whip was removed…

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Stop Trump Coalition @ukstoptrump.bsky.social · 18d

Authoritarianism is on the rise globally. Join us at #Lab25 to understand this challenge & build a movement to resist.

@labourlewis.bsky.social, @minnierahman.bsky.social, Shabna Begum, Amna Abdullatif, @maybulman.bsky.social (@lighthousereports.com) & @joemulhall.bsky.social (@hopenothate.org.uk).

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Luke Cooper @lukecooper100.bsky.social · 18d

It’s not ideal but seems pretty manageable in the scheme of things. It’s also clearly his intention, otherwise what would be the point of declaring war on the Labour leadership? If he was planning to stay in post for three more years would make more sense to lie low for now.

Luke Cooper @lukecooper100.bsky.social · 18d

He can it “just” forces a mayoral by-election.

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Luke Cooper @lukecooper100.bsky.social · 19d

Good on Andy Burnham for putting an alternative vision for a transformative Labour government. But I really hope he’s nailed down someone to resign their seat pronto so he can fight his way back into Westminster. Otherwise he’s going to look a bit silly declaring war without an army.

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Paula Surridge @psurridge.bsky.social · 19d

I just do not understand in what world a Labour advisor is suggesting it would be a good idea to write in the Telegraph. Even if you buy that they need the 'hero' voters and to win them from Reform they are not the type of Reform voter reading the Telegraph.

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