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@claraw.bsky.social

Works in comms in the public sector . When I think of it, I'll put something wry here.

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@claraw.bsky.social

This is the best news I've heard in ages.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

“.. a stunning comeback, sealed late as voters in Lula’s northeastern stronghold rallied behind one of Latin America’s most prominent opponents of Trumpism.” @bloomberg.com 🇧🇷 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

bloomberg.comLula Wins a Record Fourth Term in Brazil in a Surprise ComebackPresident Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva came from behind to win Brazil’s runoff election, halting a right-wing wave sweeping Latin America and defying predictions that the 80-year-old political veteran ha...
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@claraw.bsky.social

If you didn't watch this report on Ch4 News the other day, I urge you to. Excellent reporting.

Channel 4 News@channel4news.bsky.social

Charting a week in the West Bank with settler attacks, demolitions and roadblocks www.channel4.com/news/chartin...

channel4.comCharting a week in the West Bank with settler attacks, demolitions and roadblocksViolent attacks from Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank have been rising dramatically since October 7, eroding what little hope there is left for a future Palestinian state.

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Don Moynihan
@donmoyn.bsky.social

The next 10 days will be monumental, with elections in Serbia, Brazil, Israel and the US. This one was a victory for democracy.

The Guardian@theguardian.com

Serbian leader Aleksandar Vučić concedes defeat in fiercely contested parliamentary election

theguardian.comSerbian leader Aleksandar Vučić concedes defeat in fiercely contested parliamentary electionVučić’s 12-year reign looks to have been ended by record turnout of voters in election provoked by student-led protests Serbia’s veteran leader Aleksandar Vučić has conceded defeat to the student movement, ushering in a seismic political shift after two years of student-led protests gave rise to a fiercely contested parliamentary election. Speaking on Sunday, Vučić cited preliminary results that showed the student-backed protest movement surging ahead. “Based on a stratified sample, it is clear that we lost these elections,” Vučić told supporters at his party headquarters in Belgrade. Continue reading...
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@claraw.bsky.social

Time to manage expectations? I thought it all looked too good to be true.

Owen Winter@owenwntr.bsky.social

That could be bad news for Democrats in a year when the Senate is decided by red states. If polling errors follow the average historic trend, Democrats' leads in Texas and Alaska could be wiped out while Iowa and Kansas move firmly into the Republican column www.economist.com/graphic-deta...

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James Murray
@james-bg.bsky.social

This is a low key tragedy. A broad consensus torched by a handful of ideologues and opportunists who do not even understand what net zero target is and why it was adopted. The reality is temperatures will continue to spiral until we reach net zero or civilisation collapses, whichever comes first.

Steve Fisher@stevefisher.bsky.social

New post from me at @deltapoll.bsky.social on declining support for the net zero by 2050 law: deltapoll.co.uk/net-zero-los...

deltapoll.co.ukNet Zero by 2050 law loses majority support | Deltapoll
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@claraw.bsky.social

This story is bringing back some very bad memories of when we got trapped in Dubai after our plane was turned back from landing in Islamabad. We had a toddler and a baby with us....also BA, who also basically abandoned us

sarah jeong@sarahjeong.bsky.social

lol my flight got diverted because of a medical emergency and they landed us in reykjavik in the middle of the night and deplaned us and sent us through passport control and then the crew vanished and then british airways sent us links to book an overnight hotel room but for a hotel at heathrow

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@claraw.bsky.social

This is what Farage has said he wants to bring to the UK....

Congressman Greg Casar@repcasar.bsky.social

The horror has come to our city: ICE has shot a person in Austin this morning. As the facts emerge, I am demanding a full, independent investigation, immediate release of the body camera footage, and accountability for any ICE officer who broke the law.

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Lizzie Dearden
@lizziedearden.bsky.social

While Piddington dominates the news, at Leicester Crown Court this man was sentenced today Ivan Jennings, a former Conservative councillor, called for terror attacks on small boat migrants and Muslims and shared target ideas, telling fellow white supremacists to kill as many “subhumans” as possible

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@claraw.bsky.social

Finally someone speaking some truth.

David Beech@davidbeech.bsky.social

Radio 4 Today presenter Anna Foster saying the protesters looked very much like Fascism and 🙌 for actually calling it what it is.

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@claraw.bsky.social

Grrrr Wordle 1,899 X/6 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩

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@claraw.bsky.social

Big fan of this.

Mark Carney@mark-carney.bsky.social

For over a year, Canada has worked intensively and in good faith with the United States to negotiate a new comprehensive trade deal. We have been pragmatic, patient, and persistent. Our goal has always been to get the best deal for Canadians, never a deal at any price or on any time frame.

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@claraw.bsky.social

I'm more worried about these crew, who have nothing to do with the insane policies of an insane president running an insane government. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

theguardian.com‘Like being in prison’: the ship crews stuck in Gulf since FebruaryUS-Iran war has stranded up to 20,000 seafarers, mostly Indian and Filipino crews, with none knowing when the nightmare will end
God@thegodshow.com

The Odyssey made a billion dollars telling the story of a soldier who went to war and desperately wanted to come home. Meanwhile, actual US sailors have been at sea for 200+ days, and some are throwing themselves overboard. BRING. THEM. HOME.

thegodshow.comThou Shalt Bring the USS Lincoln HomeMultiple sailors have tried to jump overboard.

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Michael Clemens
@mclem.org

Incredible. When E—n M—k & his crew obliterated USAID in a weekend, they deleted a vast trove of publicly-funded knowledge: the Development Experience Clearinghouse. A Canadian high school student (!) happened to have downloaded the entire thing for a project. AidData has now posted it for all.

aiddata.orgBefore reimagining development data, remember what we’ve learnedWhy we’re publishing a free, searchable, and ungated archive featuring a quarter-century of USAID evaluation reports.
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@claraw.bsky.social

I can think of no better way to summarize the way the world works today.

Randy Fair@southerngayteacher.bsky.social

“The Silicon Valley billionaire’s yacht, worth a reported $300m, is said to have “repeatedly” declined to assist when a nearby boat called for help last week.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

theguardian.comZuckerberg faces questions over why superyacht reportedly declined to help stranded boatSmall cruise ship rescued skiff in south-east Alaska even though Meta billionaire’s $300m megayacht was closer
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@claraw.bsky.social

If anyone wants to know how to make a week seem like an eternity, be an A level student right now. Or their parent.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays)
@sundersays.bsky.social

Good BBC piece by Sarah Rainsford on what we do & don't know about the causes and consequences of the flashpoint crisis in Ceuta She opens with the 72 deaths: a death toll of this scale has been largely treated as an incidental detail in a news event + political clash www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.ukHow Spain's migrant crisis created a political storm - whipped up by social mediaThe Ceuta crossings have shaken Europe politically, exposing divisions over the sensitive issue of migration, the BBC's Sarah Rainsford writes.

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Marie Le Conte
@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com

(I get that Bluesky is very obviously the Wow We Loved Lockdowns website but I think it's absolutely fine, five years after the fact, to wonder if we got the balance right between "protecting older people" and "making sure younger people weren't getting entirely shafted", arguments are allowed)

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@claraw.bsky.social

I tend to agree with this. In particular how we all seem to be living like it never happened. Especially hard for our youngsters who have potentially been damaged in ways we have yet to understand.

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