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Darren Ross
@dazzaross.bsky.social
Wearsider in London. Insurtech developer by day, writer by night. Also @dazzaross on Mastodon and Pixelfed.

Some of my work: https://linktr.ee/dazzaross

Recommend 'The Hour of Absinthe': https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-hour-of-absinthe/nina-s-studer
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This is an excerpt from The Nerve’s interview with activist and author Cory Doctorow at the Frontline Club. Find the full transcript and subscribe here: www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...
Cory Doctorow on stage with the Nerve: ‘The web is five giant websites filled with screenshots of text from the other four’
In our first live event, the author shares with Nerve co-founder Carole Cadwalladr his strong opinions on Facebook, Peter Thiel, AI – and what we can do to combat the enshittification of the internet
www.thenerve.news
November 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Brasil's top court to Bolsonaro... GO TO JAIL NOW. Start that 27 years son, we don't care if you were hallucinating! WOW. Look at what a functioning democracy can do.
SIGH. Meanwhile, our supreme court just upholds everything the 38 count felon wants.
November 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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This story should be covered waaaaayy more than it is.

The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.

www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
Nicolas Guillou, French ICC judge sanctioned by the US: 'You are effectively blacklisted by much of the world's banking system'
Six judges and three prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have been sanctioned by the Trump administration. In an interview with Le Monde, Guillou discusses the impact of these measures on ...
www.lemonde.fr
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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#thicktrunktuesday plane tree in the southern enclosure in Bunhill Burial Ground, London, EC1.
November 25, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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“Reform's l’ship should have the courage to launch an investigation. How on earth did that happen? What other links are there?

“Today will reinforce, once again, that Reform with their pro-Putin approach would have absolutely no role in bringing allies together on important issues across the board”
November 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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The administration stayed home from Halifax and forced the US military to do so as well. This isn’t an aberration: Also over the weekend, the administration boycotted the G20 in S Africa. How does the Trump team expect to win any diplomatic victories when it’s not even on the field? wapo.st/4oZH3wz
Opinion | America has become a rogue nation. U.S. allies are looking elsewhere.
Europeans and Canadians are talking about making their own security arrangements.
wapo.st
November 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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It would be lovely to see you!
November 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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The digital version of our Nathan Gill timeline is now online ⬇️⏳

www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
November 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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The "Dominic Cummings is a genius" types were worse than Dominic Cummings because they enabled Dominic Cummings.

The "Boris Johnson is a genius" types were worse than Boris Johnson because they enabled Boris Johnson.

Now go away and write that out a thousand times.
November 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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From the land of fjords and glaciers comes a browser that actually respects you. Hello there! 👋
November 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Vivaldi 7.7 has arrived! 🤝

✅ All your tabs, structured, anywhere you need them
✅ Unified Start Page layout
✅ Brand new performance controls
✅ Privacy Dashboard redesigned
✅ Refined Mail panel
November 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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A pile of toxic filth has been dumped in the British countryside. This has put me in mind of Nigel Farage

This week’s column by Stewart Lee, on Reform poisoning our national discourse

www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
November 23, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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NEW There's no overstating how significant the Nathan Gill case is. On Friday, the close associate of Nigel Farage was jailed for over 10 years for taking bribes ultimately from a friend of Putin. It's a complex, detail-heavy story that raises questions about Farage’s claim Gill was ‘one bad apple’🧵
November 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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BREAKING: At least 24 people are dead and 54 wounded after Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began in October, officials say.
Israel launches strikes in Gaza ceasefire's latest test as hospitals say 20 killed
Israel's military says it has launched new airstrikes against Hamas militants in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began on October 10.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Garden volunteer Val is singing in the Christmas Concert at St Andrew Holborn, one of the City of London’s many Grade 1 churches.
November 22, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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NEW: Reform UK’s former leader in Wales, Nathan Gill, has been jailed at the Old Bailey for 10 and a half years for taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia when he was an MEP. Full story 👇

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform UK’s former Wales leader jailed for taking bribes for pro-Russia speeches
Police say Nathan Gill received at least £40,000 while he was an MEP from Oleg Voloshyn, an alleged Russian asset
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Mine were on without permission. I need to switch providers. Slowly unGoogling my life. Using @firefox.com for my browser and @mojeek.com + @wikipedia.org for searching already.

www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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Did u know? For the small souls in your garden, the very cold weather can be as dry as very hot weather,so always provide daily fresh water. To slow freezing rates, put balls, sticks & other objects into your ponds/birdbaths etc. It'll leave tiny areas underneath that are ice-free for longer. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🐦‍⬛🌍
November 21, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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To the Coast Guard leadership signing off on this: You are trading your honor for political favor. By bowing to an administration that flirts with neo-Nazis, you are destroying the integrity of the service. If you can't define a swastika as hate, you aren’t fit to command. Period.
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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person associated with notorious pedophile & sex trafficker J. Epstein forced to retire from teaching at Harvard; person intimately associated with notorious pedophile & sex trafficker, himself convicted of rape, the President of the United States, is not forced to retire from the Presidency.
Larry Summers cozied up to the rich and powerful — including a convicted sex offender. He cannot be trusted in positions of influence.
#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
November 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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UK Covid inquiry:

Chairwoman of the inquiry, former judge Baroness Hallett, said the UK's response could be summarised as "too little, too late"

Lockdown could have been avoided - but action came too late

'Chaotic' government with key figures criticised including Dominic Cummings & Boris Johnson
November 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Findings partic brutal about early 2020, describing the Feb as “lost month”. If lockdown was imposed a week earlier than March 16, it could've cut deaths in England by almost half. Many of same mistakes then "inexcusably" repeated - @peterwalker99.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM