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Oxford Internet Institute @oii.ox.ac.uk · 1h

We’re hiring! We’re seeking four Research Assistants to join the research group on digital ethics and defence technologies led by @rosariataddeo.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk. Full-time position, fixed term for three months. Find out more and apply: bit.ly/47l8NWf

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 2h

📍 Map showing the intensity from a 6.3-magnitude quake that struck Afghanistan

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NRC @nrc.nl · 2h

Jesse Klaver volgt Frans Timmermans op als fractievoorzitter van GroenLinks-PvdA

Jesse Klaver volgt zoals verwacht Frans Timmermans op als fractievoorzitter van GroenLinks-PvdA. Dat heeft de gezamenlijke fractie van de partij maandag besloten.

www.nrc.nl

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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 2h

Stock up on bike parts quickly

The Independent @the-independent.com · 2h

Trump claims Xi told him China won’t act against Taiwan while he is US president

www.independent.co.uk

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 2h

Yes. I listened to a psychologist say that people often get angry to avoid feeling other emotions recently. It is often helpful to stop and face whatever it is for a while. Drink a mug of tea with your monsters and listen to what they have to say.

Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 17h

"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain." This James Baldwin quote is hitting harder than ever.

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Caro Kyllmann @carokyllmann.bsky.social · 2h

"Businesses and states at the forefront [of the energy transition] should not be punished through a weakening of [climate] targets," says @umweltministerium.de Carsten Schneider at #dena Energiewende-Kongress

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 1h

🇸🇩 Map showing areas controlled by the Sudanese army, the Rapid Support Forces and neutral groups

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Nutwerk🔻 @nutwerk.bsky.social · 3h

Vandaag 3 november. Luchtalarm #Alkmaar. #FreePalestine

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 4h

European negotiators were personally targeted by their American counterparts during a brutal negotiation over green shipping rules, European Commission officials told POLITICO.

This highly unusual gambit left diplomats shaken after the meeting.

US accused of threatening EU diplomats during bid to kill green shipping rules

Negotiators at shipping talks in London were told both they and their countries could be punished unless they voted with the U.S.

www.politico.eu

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EUMETSAT @eumetsat.int · 3d

🛰️ From above, the world looks a little spooky this season...

👻 Ghost River
🎃 Pumpkin Island
💀 Skeleton Coast
🌋 Hell’s Gate

Can you guess where in the world these locations are - and why they sound so haunting?

📷 Copernicus Sentinel-2

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 5h

Oh no! Not our beloved fossil fuel company doing something shitty.

Exxon funded thinktanks to spread climate denial in Latin America, documents reveal

Texas-based fossil fuel company financed Atlas Network in attempt to derail UN-led climate treaty process

www.theguardian.com

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Amanda Wyatt! Visconti @literaturegeek.bsky.social · 3h

This 🧵 reminds me of a print I saw at Penland (artist unknown): "Student protest brought us civil rights." May older folks trust students' protest. May we slower carers reflect on what we now understand of the Palestinean genocide & who was showing us for years—& jump past that delay in the future.

A letterpress print by an unknown artist, hanging at Penland School of Craft in August 2025. Tan-olive paper and black ink: "Student protest brought us civil rights". There are barely readable ghosted words in the background, such as maybe the word "cis"?

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 15h

Just perfect.

"Been in Europe 3 yrs, never felt this close to Russia, you are repeating line by line the propaganda on Russian TV," Pussy Riot artist tells a stunned Putin-Versteher Sarah Wagenknecht to her face, on prime-time TV.

Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk @ilkokowalczuk.bsky.social · 3d

Pussy Riot Künstlerin Maria Aljochina, Gulag-Häftling, richtet sich bei Markus Lanz an Wagenknecht: Sie wiederholen das, was in Russland die Propagandasender sagen

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Sustainable Farming @sustainablefarming.bsky.social · 5h

Farage has already destroyed the farming sector in the UK with his Brexit nonsense.

Trump has already destroyed most of the farming sector in the USA.

All funded by fossil fuels - they want to destroy us all.

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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 5h

Drinking water for up to 6 million people in England may have levels of 'forever chemicals' which could "constitute a potential danger to human health"

Drinking Water Inspectorate have issued enforcement notices on water companies to reduce levels of chemicals

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

Firms ordered to reduce forever chemicals in drinking water for 6m people

The persistent pollutants which build up in the environment have been linked to serious illnesses.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 5h

‘The intimidation included approaching country officials during coffee breaks to warn them they might not be able to transit via the US, or that they and their families could face restrictions on entering the country if they acted against American interests’
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US accused of ‘bully-boy’ tactics to sink climate deal

Officials say ‘threats’ used to derail net zero deal for shipping industry ripped up rules of global diplomacy

on.ft.com

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 9h

3 November 1911 | A Dutch Jew Simon Cune, was born in Amsterdam.

In March 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz. He did not survive.
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Learn about the fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/

Black and white portrait of a young man looking directly at the camera.

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Follow the Money EU @ftm.eu · 5h

Google, the world’s largest search engine operating three in four smartphones, has played Brussels like a fiddle – shaping laws, silencing rivals, and calling it "innovation". The chart shows how Big Tech bankrolls Brussels’ top think tanks.

Read our latest story here: www.ftm.eu/articles/goo...

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Rob Bloemkolk @robbloemkolk.bsky.social · 5h

‘En deze oppositieleider (Wilders) is niet uit op een constructieve bijdrage aan een stabiel landsbestuur, maar op het langzaam en doelgericht afbreken van vertrouwen in elkaar, in instituties, journalistiek, rechtspraak en elke vorm van controle op de macht.’

www.demorgen.be/meningen/uit...

Uiterst rechts is uiterst groot in Nederland – en dat mag niet wennen

Rosan Smits is politicoloog en adjunct-hoofdredacteur van De Correspondent, waar dit stuk eerder verscheen. Recent publiceerde zij het boek Dit is fascisme.

www.demorgen.be

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 5h

The fossil fuels line has to go down

It is not bad that line goes up

But other line is not go down

Chris Bowen @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social · 5h

Our plan to replace ageing coal generators with cleaner, cheaper renewables is making progress.

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Marcus Hutchins @malwaretech.com · 5h

lmao, Poland is so real for this

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CajunBlue 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 12h

🚨November 25th - December 2nd we cut the billionaires off from our $.

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Bryan 🌐 🇺🇦 personal opinions only @papootx.bsky.social · 8h

Trump's Starving Poor Children

USDA Tells Grocery Stores They Can’t Give Discounts to People Hit by Trump’s Food Stamp Freeze

www.commondreams.org/news/usda-te...

USDA Tells Grocery Stores They Can't Give Discounts to People Hit by Trump's Food Stamp Freeze | Common Dreams

As the Trump administration illegally withholds food assistance from 42 million Americans, it's also telling stores it's against the law for them to provide discounts to those struggling after being r...

www.commondreams.org

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Portentious @portentious.bsky.social · 5h

Evil.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 6h

Forrest Smith, the only National Park Service engineer cleaning up abandoned oil and gas wells, lost his contract, leaving 93 orphaned wells on park lands unmanaged. These leaking wells release methane and toxins, threatening human health and the environment.

He Alone Tracked Leaky Oil Wells in National Parks. He Was Let Go.

www.nytimes.com

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