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Sarah Szalavitz💡 @dearsarah.bsky.social · 5h

German state replaces Microsoft Exchange and Outlook with open-source email
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German state replaces Microsoft Exchange and Outlook with open-source email

Digital sovereignty isn't a phrase you often hear in the US, but it's a big deal in Europe. Here's why.

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BrexitPirates @brexitpirates.bsky.social · 1h

An astonishing and fascinating read.

Sarah Szalavitz💡 @dearsarah.bsky.social · 3h

NASA confirms that China’s Three Gorges Dam could lengthen each day as it causes irreversible changes to Earth’s rotation…

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NASA confirms that China’s Three Gorges Dam could lengthen each day as it causes irreversible changes to Earth.

China's monumental engineering achievement has triggered unexpected consequences for our planet's fundamental properties. The Three Gorges Dam, standing as humanity's largest hydroelectric project, de...

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Joanne @jomommafromtwitter.bsky.social · 1h

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This is a must watch. I had no idea about these crucial details.👇👇🤯

Let’s talk about what the #insurrectionact actually is, and what it isn’t #martiallaw #rights

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Stephen 🔶🌹💚 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @thestephenralph.bsky.social · 1h

Farage's dishonesty will be his undoing. Here's the link with Russia...
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 15d

This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty.

If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐

There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..

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Farage's dishonesty will be his undoing. Here's the link with Russia...
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 15d

This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty.

If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐

There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 17h

My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.

Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 9h

Kudos to ⁦‪@mehdirhasan‬⁩.

Not only did he invite me on his show in 2018 to talk about my investigation into Farage’s funders (no UK channel ever did).

But he also asked a former colleague of Nathan Gill’s in the EU parliament whether UKIP had ever taken Russian bribes 🔥

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Nic Boothby @nicboothby.bsky.social · 7h

Nigel Farage has finally admitted that he has known ex-Reform leader in Wales Nathan Gill, who has pleaded guilty to accepting pro-Russia bribes, FOR 20 YEARS...!!!
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Nigel Farage finally admits to knowing Nathan Gill after senior Reform figure repeatedly claimed he didn’t

Farage has admitted he knew Gill for 'a very long time' but claims he didn't know anything about his pro-Russia activities...

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 3h

That’s right! Thanks, Fox News!
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Squad 2.0: Meet America's next wave of radical Democrats shaping the party's future

Progressive Democrats, including Zohran Mamdani and Omar Fateh, have emerged as the new generation of candidates responding to President Donald Trump's second term.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2h

"For too long, our leaders have forgotten New Yorkers with disabilities. We have been failed by those with their own agendas, those who care only about holding on to power to remain relevant and serve their own egos." - Quemuel Arroyo

Quemuel Arroyo, in a wheelchair holding a microphone, on stage with "Our Time Has Come" projected behind him.

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SMR 🎧 Rejoin Radio @smrrejoinradio.bsky.social · 2h

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 2h

That @JoeBiden put out this magnanimous & gracious statement AFTER all the horrible, dishonest things Trump said about Biden today, says so much about who Joe Biden is as a person. And reminds us all once again of what an utterly horrible, small, bad, & insecure person Trump is.

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A bit of late night listening. Goes back to my student days. So many different tastes. I got to see The Mission, REM, Queen, U2, New Model Army, Springsteen, Pink Floyd, INXS, Diana Ross, Orbital, Carter USM, The Verve, Radiohead, Smashing Pumpkins, PWEI, RATM, Blur, Stevie Wonder and many more.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 3h

Even MAGA's "King" Can't Escape The Shackles of the Epstein Files

The Epstein Files continue to be Trump's Achilles Heel and can potentially derail his very clear and unsubtle desire to become the future "King" of America

With @muellershewrote.com

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 3h

Donald Trump is a wartime president.

War on women.
War on voting rights.
War on Latinos.
War on California.
War on institutions.
War on history.

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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 3h

The Pentagon is telling beat reporters to sign restrictive new rules by Tuesday or surrender their press passes by Wednesday. Many news organizations are rejecting the ultimatum and saying they will not sign. Here's my latest >>> www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/m...

Media outlets, including MAGA channel Newsmax, refuse to sign Pentagon’s press access rules | CNN Business

The Pentagon is telling beat reporters to sign restrictive new rules by Tuesday or surrender their press passes by Wednesday. Many news organizations are rejecting the ultimatum and saying they will n...

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 16h

Lord Patten on Robert Jenrick: "Some of the things he says are pretty awful and he knows exactly who he's appealing to with these remarks." ~AA

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 5h

Garcia: It’s really shocking for him to essentially lean into this possibility of a pardon. And we know why that’s the case, right? He wants to control what she says. He wants her—someone who has a ton of information on what actually happened—to perhaps… omit memories she might have of the president

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#NoKings ✊🏻
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butterflygirl24 @butterflygirl24.bsky.social · 4h

Martin Sheen was a better fake President in West Wing than Taco is as a real one! #arresttrump

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 5h

How fashy do you have to be for the Washington Post to refuse to sign your pre-clearance policy? www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

News outlets broadly reject Pentagon rules before signing deadline

The Washington Post and other major news outlets have refused to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new media policy, citing First Amendment concerns.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 11h

Imagine making six figures to not do anything you were entrusted to do.

…getting paid to not work while thousands of civil servants around you were getting fired.

…betraying those who counted on you to represent them, all to appease a wannabe dictator.

The GOP Congress is a helluva thing.

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George Mann @sgfmann.bsky.social · 7h

Undercover officer played role in Stephen Lawrence inquiry clashes www.bbc.com/news/article...

Undercover officer played role in Stephen Lawrence inquiry clashes

There may be evidence of racism in how a police team targeted black justice campaigners, an inquiry hears.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 8h

President Zelenskyy at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly annual session:

Putin can be forced into peace - just like any other terrorist. By stopping Russia now, you [Europeans] are not only helping us protect our lives - you are helping yourselves. Russia must lose.

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Dr Andrew Meyerson @andrewmeyerson.uk · 5h

The Times front page from exactly 11 years ago. Those Tory reforms wasted £50B over a decade and ushered in the greatest assault on public health in NHS history. Experts warned them. They refused to listen. That’s why the Tories are done. Labour should take note.

#SOSNHS

“NHS reforms our worst mistake, Tories admit” front page of the Times from 13 Oct 2014

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