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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 5h

This is quite a story: the US employed every strongarm tactic available, including personal threats against delegates and their families, to derail an agreement on reducing shipping emissions that was almost finalized. on.ft.com/47lq3dZ

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vjmalletft.bsky.social @vjmalletft.bsky.social · 1d

Shameful US behaviour again: 'It's like dealing with the Mob.'

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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 2d

After a week of faffing around the @dailymail.co.uk have agreed to apologise. Here it is. Fingers crossed for fewer lies/smears dressed up as news in future

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 4d

UK rightwing voters more anti-immigrant than Trump supporters, survey finds - www.ft.com/content/81b8...

a man wearing glasses and a plaid tie

ALT: a man wearing glasses and a plaid tie

media.tenor.com

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 4d

"the FBI director used taxpayer funds in a government shutdown to fly his country singer GF to sing at a Hulk Hogan-founded wrestling event aired on Fox Nation" is not the flashiest Trump-era headline but pound for pound it can compete with any contender

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 4d

Patel's girlfriend performed at Penn State last weekend. A government jet arrived at State College Regional Airport, according to its FAA registration, with an address listing the FBI HQ. The plane then flew to Nashville, where his girlfriend lives.

All on the taxpayer’s dime.
trib.al/TBvPo7A

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 5d

The state of the 2,000 Palestinians released as part of Trump’s Gaza ceasefire deal has cast a renewed spotlight on the abuse of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and how it has worsened in the war triggered by Hamas’s October 7 2023 attack on.ft.com/4hBxyAY

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vjmalletft.bsky.social @vjmalletft.bsky.social · 6d

Is $3,000 any more silly than $300?

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vjmalletft.bsky.social @vjmalletft.bsky.social · 6d

So he'll be distributing all his wordly goods to the poor? That's good...

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Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 6d

Interesting study from researchers at UCL on how wind power has held down energy costs in the long term.

The key argument is that it has lowered gas prices in Europe by reducing demand for gas. And actually most of the savings are on gas, not electricity bills

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Wind power has cut £104bn from UK energy costs since 2010, study finds

Reduction comes from energy generated from windfarms and lower cost of gas owing to lower demand

www.theguardian.com

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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 7d

Farage: epic grifter

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vjmalletft.bsky.social @vjmalletft.bsky.social · 10d

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/o...

Opinion | What Happened in Gaza Might Be Even Worse Than We Think

www.nytimes.com

vjmalletft.bsky.social @vjmalletft.bsky.social · 12d

'Smart beds'? People have 'smart beds'? That seems to be asking for trouble in an increasingly dysfunctional world. Be happy, keep it simple...

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 12d

Nelson's Victory crew included a Brazilian and a Russian, 2 Indians, 2 Swiss, 2 Portuguese, 3 Danes and 3 Norwegian sailors. There were 3 Germans, 4 Italians, 6 Swedes, 7 Dutchmen, 9 West Indians and an African, as well as 21 Americans, 63 Irish, 64 Scots, 441 English.... oh, and 3 French men, too.

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vjmalletft.bsky.social @vjmalletft.bsky.social · 13d

'Populism is often triggered by bad economies, but then makes what is already bad still worse. This is true of both the left- and rightwing varieties. The former attacks economic elites; the latter assails foreigners...' Martin Wolf on populism - on.ft.com/47hvI3j

The hard task of exiting the populist trap

[FREE TO READ] Javier Milei’s plight in Argentina demonstrates how difficult it can be to rescue economies

on.ft.com

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vjmalletft.bsky.social @vjmalletft.bsky.social · 14d

Leaving aside the patent absurdity of the whole thing, the Trump administration would presumably have a tiny, weeny bit more credibility on this if they had ever shown any interest whatsoever in whales, the oceans and the rest of the natural world.

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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 14d

🚨BREAKING: today UK healthcare workers were joined by Amnesty activists to demand the release of Dr Abu Safiya and all of the 105 Palestinian healthcare workers who remain illegally detained in Israeli prisons.

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vjmalletft.bsky.social @vjmalletft.bsky.social · 15d

Happy Diwali to all, and may the light drive out the gathering darkness in our world!

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vjmalletft.bsky.social @vjmalletft.bsky.social · 15d

Extraordinary testimony of Palestinian journalist Alaa al-Remawi detained without trial in appalling conditions by Israel for 2 years. Among 100s of journalists killed and imprisoned in this indiscriminate war of vengeance in Gaza. From min 29.40 ...https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w172zw8b88dw541

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 18d

A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

Post from WH about Chicago "in chaos," showing scene from another state.

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vjmalletft.bsky.social @vjmalletft.bsky.social · 17d

factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

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vjmalletft.bsky.social @vjmalletft.bsky.social · 18d

www.theenergypioneer.com/post/the-phi...

The Philippines' Nuclear Gamble

Stationed on the western coast of Bataan near the foothills of Mount Natib, the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) has lain dormant for nearly forty years. Commissioned during President Ferdinand Marco...

www.theenergypioneer.com

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vjmalletft.bsky.social @vjmalletft.bsky.social · 18d

French PM Sébastien Lecornu survives no-confidence votes - on.ft.com/3J7jTVw via @FT

French PM Sébastien Lecornu survives no-confidence votes

[FREE TO READ] Result marks opportunity to pass budget for 2026 in deeply fractured parliament

on.ft.com

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Hurst Publishers @hurstpublishers.bsky.social · 19d

As the political crisis continues in France, check out our titles below that offer a context for the current state of the country and shed light on how a better future can be achieved. 👇

Three book covers on top of a blue background. The first shows a shattered pattern on top of the French flag colours with the title 'Fixing France', the second is a blue cover with a lit match on top of the Eiffel Tower and the title: 'Far-Right France' and the third cover is a red cover showing 3 images of Marine Le Pen, exactly the same but in different colour gradients next to each other and the title: 'Inside the Mind of Marine Le Pen'.

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Hurst Publishers @hurstpublishers.bsky.social · 19d

Rassemblement National is favoured to win France's next presidential election.

'Far-Right France' by @vjmalletft.bsky.social explores the far right’s unstoppable rise—from the woes of a broken society to the powerful personalities upending the status quo.

Pre-order ➡️ tinyurl.com/3avftpzs

A blue book cover with a lit match on top of the Eiffel Tower and the title: 'Far-Right France'.

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vjmalletft.bsky.social @vjmalletft.bsky.social · 19d

Least surprising revelation of the week