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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1h

Royal Mail fined £21m by Ofcom for missing delivery targets

Communications regulator finds ‘millions of important letters are arriving late’ and ‘persistent failures’ Royal Mail has been fined £21m for missing its annual first- and second-class mail delivery targets, leading to millions of letters arriving late across the UK, the regulator Ofcom has said. This represents the third-largest fine ever imposed by the UK communications watchdog. Continue reading...

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Dr. Jami Rogers @publicradionerd.bsky.social · 1h

Train crawling through to Coventry again. Never on time…

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Reading Early Plays (REP) @playsrep.bsky.social · 1h

We hope Princess Elizabeth & Frederick V turned up on time for the King’s Men 1613 revival of Othello, performed in celebration of their wedding (we know; not a great wedding play!)
If they wanted to attend REP’s reading of the play they’d need to be there at 7pm not 7.30 (it’s a long play).

Image cropped from the First Folio edition of Othello

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John Singer Sargent @johnsargent.bsky.social · 1h

Landscape at Broadway https://www.wikiart.org/en/john-singer-sargent/landscape-at-broadway-1885

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Vikki Carter @vikkic.bsky.social · 27d

Tramwatch. Loved my trip on the Trieste to Opicina tram, which also is part funicular #nerd

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louise33andathird.bsky.social @louise33andathird.bsky.social · 1h

#r4today Previous American Presidents had the decency to meddle in South Americans elections secretly.

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 10h

Trump threatens to punish Argentina if Milei loses elections www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump threatens to cut US aid to Argentina if Milei loses election

US president says ‘we will not be generous’ if leader fails to win key midterms after promising $20bn to prop up struggling economy

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 2h

BREAKING: “There is no doubting that the impact of Brexit is severe and long lasting” says Chancellor Rachel Reeves

It’s about time!

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Caridad Svich @csvich.bsky.social · 2h

a good day to pick up TRANSMEDIA THEATRE PLAYS from @methuendrama.bsky.social . Heather Christian, whose work is featured in the book, just won the MacArthur genius grant

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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 2h

"He told me that he was too honourable to break off a friendship in a text or a letter, and then that email says we'll 'play some more soon'," Emily Maitlis says.

"What does that even mean? It sends shivers down my spine"

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‘Prince Andrew’s Epstein email sent a shiver down my spine’, says Emily Maitlis | The News Agents

Prince Andrew is accused of maintaining a friendship with Jeffrey Epstein for at least a year later than he previously claimed to have cut all communications, suggesting he lied to Emily Maitlis…

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 9h

presume I'm not the first person to say this but real cool that actual human adults can't get up to regular, legal human adult stuff online anymore but somehow the robots doing porn will be fine

real cool!

The Verge @theverge.com · 15h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 2h

Making life more difficult for migrants helps nobody.
Making it harder for people fleeing war and persecution to find safety helps nobody.
Labour pushing xenophobia as policy helps nobody.
Pandering to far right politics doesn't combat far right rhetoric or "build trust in politicians"
#r4today

Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 16h

We can all bitch and moan and call out the utterly contemptible policies suggested by the likes of Reform and the Conservatives, but if that same condemnation is not applied to Labour then it shows it is not about supporting migrants, it is about being party political. 2/

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 16h

In practice, and even before today's changes, Labour has gone further on anti-immigration policies than any government in decades. The outcome being more families ripped apart, more people forced to become undocumented, fewer jobs for everyone and a crashed economy. 3/

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 2h

'The British Library...has taken years to recover from a major cyberattack that disrupted its services and restricted access to its collections. The walkout is set to take from 27 October to 9 November, coinciding with the two-year anniversary of the cyberattack.'

Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 16h

‘Livid’ British Library staff vote to strike over pay.

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‘Livid’ British Library staff vote to strike over pay - Research Professional News

Two-week walkout planned on second anniversary of major cyberattack

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Dr. Jami Rogers @publicradionerd.bsky.social · 2h

Lol

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2h

Rachel Reeves to pitch UK as ‘beacon of stability and growth’ at IMF, amid budget pressure – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news Vets in the UK could be forced to publish their prices and whether they are part of a larger group after an investigation by the markets watchdog into claims chain-owned surgeries have left pet owners with dwindling choice and higher bills. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) found pet owners pay 16.6% more on average at large vet groups than at independent vets and called for a market that is “not fit” for purpose to be modernised. Continue reading...

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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 13h

Everyone agrees that we're currently in a dotcom era-like AI bubble. People disagree what sort of bubble it is.

There are 3 stories one can tell about the dotcom crash: a startup story, a telecom story, and an accounting fraud story.

My take: it's giving Enron
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...

It's Giving Enron

On the AI bubble, and the various echoes of the dotcom crash

open.substack.com

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 11h

It's not just about stopping Trump. Do you really think that if Republicans keep control of Congress that they're going to certify an election in 2028 if they don't like the results?

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 12h

Frost: Trump knows that when they passed the big, ugly bill that rips away healthcare from 17 million people, you usually don’t win elections when you do something like that…

So instead of undoing that, he’s pressuring states to give him more seats.

What California is doing is responding to that

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Ian Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social · 11h

Seeing multiple news orgs join together to reject the Pentagon's gag rules and now multiple airports refuse to air partisan govt propaganda.

There've been weeks when the wind is at authoritarians' backs. Let's hope these suggest a different wind direction this week. www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

O'Hare and Midway airports won't show Kristi Noem video criticizing Democrats for government shutdown

O'Hare and Midway airports in Chicago have decided not to show travelers a video of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem criticizing Democrats for the ongoing federal government shutdown.

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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 23h

Really great @stephenkb.bsky.social column today.

on.ft.com/3KOUh07

Key para.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 12h

while 'young republicans are literal nazis' is well known to folks here, the extent of it is surprisingly not that commonly known even in media and analyst circles, let alone normal people.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15h

a real water is wet scenario here

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11h

President Trump has been a cheerleader for coal miners. But these miners say his administration is failing to protect them from black lung disease, a lethal workplace hazard.

Coal Miners With Black Lung Say They Are ‘Cast Aside to Die’ Under Trump

President Trump has been a cheerleader for coal miners. But these miners say his administration is failing to enforce limits on a lethal workplace hazard.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 11h

So like this is funnier and more offensive than anything anyone else said about Kirk that got them fired

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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Fortune @fortune.com · 11h

Ahead of the 2016 presidential election, coal country came out in droves to support Donald Trump, who promised a mining revival. Nine years later, some coal miners are saying they are in crisis because of the administration’s inaction on industry safety. trib.al/6I7k0Fx

‘It seems like they don’t care about us’: Rural America ruptured as coal miners protest lax rule enforcement linked to black lung | Fortune

Miners on Tuesday are gathering outside the Labor Department building to protest the Trump administration’s response to black lung.

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 11h

Indeed.

The government has chosen to prioritise reducing (skilled, legal, for work) migration over growth and hence over improving public services.

No economic rationale - but even worse, no political rationale either.

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 17h

One mistake Labour made in their first year is loading quite a few new costs onto business all at once. They are risking doing something similar on immigration, I think.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 20h

Israel have been bombing Palestinians today as if there is no ceasefire, and they will continue to do so and everyone will ignore it.

Eventually Hamas will fire back and they will 'break' the Ceasefire.

Donald Trump's Peace is just continued Genocide.

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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 1d

Today's the 959th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings, so obviously I'm reposting my scenes from the Bayeux Tapestry in Playmobil.

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