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Mark Pack @markpackuk.bsky.social · 4h

Could it be you? New vacancy listed on Lib Dem website: Campaigns Organiser (Islington)

Do you have what it takes to help grow support for the Liberal Democrats in Islington’s two constituencies? We are building for success in the Local Elections in 2026. We have identified our target...

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 19h

"The richest man in the world and the owner of the most influential social media site in US politics is a nazi who openly supports and amplifies other nazis" would, on its face, seem to be rather newsworthy!

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 20h

Hey news people: I know you like to pretend this doesn't exist, but you need to pay attention to the Nazi drama on Twitter. Basically, it seems as if Elon just restored two major neo-Nazi accounts that were banned by his product head, and might be about to fire the product head for banning them

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 7h

"There is no doubt that the impact of Brexit has been severe and long-lasting", Rachel Reeves tells Sky News, as she suggests that taxes will now have to go up as a result to "make sure the numbers add up".

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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 5h

“There is no doubting that the impact of Brexit is severe and long-lasting." Says Rachel Reeves. It’s become convenient for the Chancellor to tell the truth about Brexit, at long last…

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TwitRuss @twitruss.bsky.social · 18h

Who was scamming, Trump?

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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 18h

NEW: US and UK authorities have disrupted one of the largest alleged scam operations in the world, with the US seizing a record-breaking $15 billion in Bitcoin—more money of any type in DOJ history. @mattburgess1.bsky.social and @agreenberg.bsky.social report: www.wired.com/story/feds-s...

Feds Seize Record-Breaking $15 Billion in Bitcoin From Alleged Scam Empire

Officials in the US and UK have taken sweeping action against “one of the largest investment fraud operations in history,” confiscating a historic amount of funds in the process.

www.wired.com

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Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com · 1d

Forced to share pins, left open to fraud!

1 in 5 with mental health conditions risk financial abuse by sharing pins as banks don't offer carers cards, 3rd party notifications or controls. We want to change that. Full info www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2025/10...

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TwitRuss @twitruss.bsky.social · 22h

It’s a time sink, encouraging you down dead ends and fantasy solutions (hallucinations).

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1d

Musk is funding the legal battle of UK Far Right activist Tommy Robinson - real name Stephen Yaxley Lennon - as he faces charges brought by counterterrorism police.

Tommy Robinson claims Elon Musk is funding his legal battle — The Times and The Sunday Times

Tommy Robinson has claimed Elon Musk was paying his legal costs as he went on trial for refusing to comply with a request made by counterterrorism police as he tried to leave Britain last year. Robins...

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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 1d

I'd like to know why Elon Musk is not facing charges for allowing his social media network to be used to facilitate racist violence in the UK, and actively encouraging such violent disorder himself. The Terrorism Act 2006 would seem to provide ample grounds for such a prosecution.

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1d

Musk is funding the legal battle of UK Far Right activist Tommy Robinson - real name Stephen Yaxley Lennon - as he faces charges brought by counterterrorism police.

Tommy Robinson claims Elon Musk is funding his legal battle — The Times and The Sunday Times

Tommy Robinson has claimed Elon Musk was paying his legal costs as he went on trial for refusing to comply with a request made by counterterrorism police as he tried to leave Britain last year. Robins...

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 1d

Nigel Farage wasn’t telling the truth on Laura Kuenssberg

Reform claim they were obstructed. There’s only one problem: they never made any inquiries.

Nigel Farage wasn't telling the truth on Laura Kuenssberg

Reform want to be obstructed by council workers, but they have to try first

www.newstatesman.com

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 1d

And hidden in plain sight but ignored

* Ukraine should be annexed
* The UK should be cut off from Europe
* Create instability in the US

"The Foundations of Geopolitics"

Planned 28 years ago by Putin's "brain", Aleksandr Dugin

Foundations of Geopolitics - Wikipedia

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 1d

Russia pays Europe’s saboteurs in crypto, says Polish official on.ft.com/48ZgCC2

Russia pays Europe’s saboteurs in crypto, says Polish official

Warsaw’s national security chief says Moscow is also using a shadow fleet to launch drones into European airspace

on.ft.com

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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 23h

Military aid to Ukraine fell in the months of July & August despite the introduction of the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) allowing Ukraine's European NATO allies to purchase weapons for Kyiv from the US.

1st delivery of military equipment under the PURL program arrived in Ukraine

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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 23h

in Ukraine a month prior, Suspilne reported on Sept. 18, citing an unnamed NATO official. "(T)he decline in military aid in July and August is surprising. Despite the NATO PURL initiative, Europe is scaling back its overall military support. What will be crucial now is how the figures

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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 23h

🚨🚨This is bad (and surprising) news: Recent report published today by @kiel.institute suggests that military aid to Ukraine has fallen dramatically in recent months. 🧵
kyivindependent.com/military-aid...

'Surprising' drop in military aid to Ukraine in recent months, report says

In July and August, total military aid to Ukraine fell 43% lower than the amount received in the first half of the year, a report by the Kiel Institute finds.

kyivindependent.com

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TwitRuss @twitruss.bsky.social · 23h

No apparent ties to Russia like Seumas Milne or Dominic Cummings at least.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 1d

Warming waters cause corals to “bleach” when these organisms expel symbiotic algae that provide nutrients, oxygen & vibrant colors.

The latest global bleaching event - researchers estimate >84% of the planet's coral ecosystems have been affected since Jan 2023 - has made it clear the crisis is now.

nature

NEWS

12 October 2025

Coral die-off marks Earth's first climate
'tipping point', scientists say

A surge in global temperatures has caused widespread bleaching and death of warm-water corals around the world.

By Jeff Tollefson

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The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 2d

Private school VAT raid ‘did not drive pupils to state sector’

Local councils reject claims by the Scottish Council of Independent Schools that Labour’s policy has added to burden on taxpayers

Private school VAT raid ‘did not drive pupils to state sector’

www.thetimes.com

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Matthew Green @matthewdgreen.bsky.social · 1d

This is amazing research by Nadia Heninger and her co-authors Wenyi Morty Zhang, Annie Dai, Keegan Ryan, Dave Levin and Aaron Schulman. TL;DR a huge number of satellite links over our heads are totally unencrypted. satcom.sysnet.ucsd.edu

🛰️ SATCOM Security

Research project homepage for SATCOM Security: papers, source code, and recent satellite communications vulnerabilities.

satcom.sysnet.ucsd.edu

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Ken Tindell @kentindell.bsky.social · 1d

Open secrets are the most dangerous secrets. Drawing attention to them helps fix the problem.

Matthew Green @matthewdgreen.bsky.social · 1d

This work really helps to illustrate the role of public and academic security research. Yesterday there were people at satcos who knew these unencrypted links were dangerous, but weren’t empowered to do anything about it. Now they will be.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 1d

"People may be using artificial intelligence, but that doesn’t mean it’s useful"

@eryk.bsky.social in @techpolicypress.bsky.social is really great:

www.techpolicy.press/generative-a...

Generative AI’s Productivity Myth | TechPolicy.Press

People may be using artificial intelligence, but that doesn’t mean it’s useful, writes Eryk Salvaggio.

www.techpolicy.press

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

The Spectator (owned by GBNews owner Paul Marshall - estimated wealth of £800 million) doesn’t like taxing wealth fairly.

I wonder how they got to this editorial decision?

Let’s tax wealth fairly, fund front line services & make hope normal again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

Polanski is talking nonsense about wealth taxes.

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Edzard Ernst @edzard.bsky.social · 1d

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Kuy Von Braun II @kuyvonbraun.bsky.social · 1d

This rather important bit of information has been conveniently forgotten by much of the sycophantic media.

Do people seriously believe that Trump has fixed Gaza with magic?

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