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@dotdotdotdash.bsky.social

Joining the dots, filling in the blanks. Interests - The present, the future, and the past. #NAFO

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Paul Waldman
@paulwaldman.bsky.social

There are credible allegations of rape against the president, and evidence his administration has taken steps to cover up his relationship with the world's most notorious pedophile. This story is being covered more aggressively by People Magazine than the NY Times, Wash Post, or Wall St Journal.

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Ian Martin
@ianmartin.bsky.social

"Bring me your huddled fascists..."

Jen Bendery@jbendery.bsky.social

Brazil’s Federal Police canceled Bolsonaro’s passports and are currently searching for him, per CNN Brasil "A US official told CNN that Bolsonaro is currently flying to Florida. It is unclear how he left Brazil." www.cnn.com/2026/10/27/a...

cnn.comSenator Flávio Bolsonaro heads to US following Brazil election loss | CNNBrazilian senator Flávio Bolsonaro has left Brazil and is headed to the United States after losing Sunday’s presidential election, two sources have confirmed to CNN.

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Adam Schwarz
@adamjschwarz.bsky.social

Replying to @adamjschwarz.bsky.social

81% of Israelis think today's election is of particular importance or is the most important in Israel's history. 94% of left/centre voters, 79% of right voters and 66% of Arab voters feel this way. Explains high turnout. (Israeli Society Index. The Jewish People Policy Institute, September 2026)

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Adam Schwarz
@adamjschwarz.bsky.social

Replying to @adamjschwarz.bsky.social

Israeli turnout now at 55.7% as of 4pm — up 8% on 2022 and the highest ever recorded in Israeli history. There are still six hours left of voting from 4pm and the Central Elections Committee says polling stations must remain open if there are voters still queuing.

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Christabel Cooper
@christabelcoops.bsky.social

Really worth noting that even in Red Wall constituencies which backed Leave, most *Labour* voters back rejoining the EU. Over 90% of Labour considerers back rejoin - opposition to EU membership is mainly coming from non-Labour voters in these seats. Was on Times Radio yesterday making this point.

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Szabolcs Panyi
@szabolcspanyi.bsky.social

📱 Smartphones can be hacked simply by displaying an online ad. Citizen Lab exposed how Israeli firm Discover-Tech turned ad exchanges into a delivery system for zero-click spyware, targeting government and defense networks across Europe. VSquare.org @citizenlab.ca

vsquare.orgInside the Spyware Pipeline Hidden in Online Advertising - VSquare.orgA new Citizen Lab report says an Israeli ad firm acted as a bridge between the spyware industry and the world’s biggest ad exchanges.

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Best for Britain
@bestforbritain.org

Nigel Farage has given Reform UK candidates permission to publicly support the serial criminally convicted fraudster, thug, stalker and far-right activist who founded the English Defence League. This is who they are. Never forget it.

politico.euNigel Farage says Reform candidates won’t be banned for backing Tommy Robinson onlineReform UK leader says far-right activist isn’t his “cup of tea” but he “wouldn’t ban anyone” standing for the party who
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@dotdotdotdash.bsky.social

I detest racists and bigots like this one.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

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Jim Pickard
@pickardje.bsky.social

“The auction winners were not Trump Jr’s only companions in the Mongolian wilderness this summer. He also spent two days with Umar Kremlev, a businessman with a criminal record who has close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s personal security service…” www.ft.com/content/f41f...

ft.comInside Donald Trump Jr’s Mongolian hunting trip with a Kremlin-linked oligarchRemote August rendezvous highlights remarkable ties between the US president’s son and a Russian businessman close to Vladimir Putin

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Jill Sargent Russell, PhD
@jsargentr.bsky.social

This suggests that Hegseth has truly fouled the arsenal and possibly diverted PURL funded materiel to US needs. Dude has ceashed deep in criminal mismanagement territory and there is no rescue chopper coming for him.

MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦@maks23.bsky.social

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Eliot Higgins
@eliothiggins.bsky.social

Good representation on the back row from the worst sixth formers you know.

Adam Bienkov@adambienkov.bsky.social

By all accounts this is what most of the recent Reform media events have looked like. Bubble well and truly burst

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Jay in Kyiv
@jayinkyiv.bsky.social

While Trump is blocking delivery of air defenses that European nations purchased for Europe his piece of shit son is on a several day hunting trip with one of Putin's cronies, the same obe that paid for the Trump family's 2-day island party. It's all incredible and MAGA will cheer for more.

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auonsson
@auonsson.bsky.social

After a few days of lurking by Edinburgh, Scotland Russian navy support ship VALENTIN RYKOV has stopped just east of Danish strait's chokepoint Fehmarn Belt. 11h earlier she was in company with frigate Neustrashimy and there is a realistic possibility she still is. Shadowed/inspected by NATO.

vesselspotter.eurosky.social@vesselspotter.eurosky.social

Valentin Rykov #ValentinRykov + 772 Neustrashimy #Neustrashimy Source FB 'Under Broen' @maritimekiwi.bsky.social @spectrecrouton.bsky.social @mrfrantarelli.bsky.social @tiafarris10.bsky.social @rfnosblog.bsky.social @guyyeomans.bsky.social

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The Washington Sun
@washingtonsun.com

Catholic leaders who were photographed praying with President Trump in the Oval Office said they felt “manipulated” and “exploited” by the photo op. https://www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/catholic-leaders-feel-manipulated-and-exploited-after-trumps-oval-office-photo-op

washingtonsun.comCatholic Leaders Feel ‘Manipulated’ and ‘Exploited’ After Trump’s Oval Office Photo Op“I wish I had been more shrewd and less simple,” one bishop wrote.

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Darth Putin
@darthputinkgb.bsky.social

Day 1706 of my 3 day war. Vucic lost in Serbia, Bolsonaro lost in Brazil and Donald couldn't rig a casino he owns, never mind the midterms. I remain a master strategist.

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@davidgauke
@davidgauke.bsky.social

What were they thinking? My ConHome piece on the pro-Ukrainian British politicians who backed Trump in 2024 and how their tribalism got the better of them. conservativehome.com/2026/10/26/d...

conservativehome.comDavid Gauke: Those Brits who supported Trump and Ukraine must now see the former was their mistake | Conservative HomeSome have argued that Trump is a natural strongman, and that even if he is not sympathetic to Ukraine, Russia would be more cautious with someone as unpredictable as Trump. I think we can now see that...
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@dotdotdotdash.bsky.social

Hackers gonna hack...

Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social

In less than 12 hrs, cyber researchers were able to penetrate Anthropic’s systems using AI agents—including Slack channels where the most sensitive models are discussed. Just weeks after whistleblower Joseph Coxon charged the company w/launching “a hubristic gamble” from a “private company’s Slack.”

washingtonpost.comHow an AI start-up founded by ex-DOGE staffers broke into AnthropicThe start-up firm Cathedral’s ability to penetrate sensitive programs at one of the nation's leading AI companies comes amid mounting concerns about security in the global AI race.

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Eliot Higgins
@eliothiggins.bsky.social
ProPublica@propublica.org

In August, President Trump announced he had signed the “biggest oil deal in world history.” ProPublica reviewed the deal and found it gives a small group of people largely handpicked by the Trump administration long-term control of the enterprise.

propublica.orgThe Secret Terms of Trump’s Venezuelan Oil DealThe Trump administration committed the U.S. to taking a large stake in a Venezuelan company, some of whose owners and investors are shielded from public view. The exact details of the agreement over o...

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Peter Geoghegan
@petergeoghegan.bsky.social

First Orban, now Vučić. Both fundamentally undone by rank corruption of their regimes. Which is so often the reality of the authoritarian right in power. Really worth paying heed to in Western Europe right now

Peter Geoghegan@petergeoghegan.bsky.social

Wow. Vučić has conceded Serbian election. Massive moment for the entire Balkans

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Robert Saunders
@robertsaunders.bsky.social

💯The case for democracy is not that voters are always right, or wise, or good. It's that they can correct their mistakes. That's why it's so dangerous to have billionaires controlling the media or regulating the flow of information. It shuts down the immune system of democracy.

Rob Ford@robfordmancs.bsky.social

I was having conversations with journalists just a few months ago about whether democracy was doomed. Look at this year: Orban defeated. Vukic defeated. Bolsonaro Jr defeated. Trump heading to likely defeat in midterms. That’s the beauty of democracy. Voters can respond. Don’t count it out yet.

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Secrets & Spies Podcast: Global Affairs | Intelligence
@secretsandspies.bsky.social

A file release from MI5 Over 100 Security Service (MI5) files are being released at The National Archives today covering a wide range of subjects and individuals. www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-...

nationalarchives.gov.ukA file release from MI5Over 100 MI5 files are released at The National Archives today. In this blog, Mark Dunton explores some of the notable names and stories found within.
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@dotdotdotdash.bsky.social

Shocked, humans eat food.

YouGov@yougov.co.uk

While Brits are most likely to name fish and chips the UK's national dish, only 35% eat it at least once a month - compared to 52% for roast dinners While only 21% eat a chicken tikka masala at least once a month, this rises to 52% for all forms of curry yougov.com/en-gb/articl...

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@dotdotdotdash.bsky.social

Wolves Descend on Finnish Villages After Google Hacked Down 1,300 Acres of Habitat to Make Room for AI Data Centres "We had wolves coming into the village because all the wild animals moved out of the forest." futurism.com/future-socie...

futurism.comWolves Descend on Finnish Villages After Google Hacked Down 1,300 Acres of Habitat to Make Room for AI Data CentersGoogle's cut-first pay-later approach to Finland's boreal forests is leaving wild fauna without a place to call home.

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Laura Bassett
@lebassett.bsky.social

He should go all in on this closing message I think it’s working

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump on data centers: "I say let them come in ... you should really be cool on data centers because you can make a fortune with the data centers" (Note the total silence of the crowd during this rant!)

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Anne Applebaum
@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu

A carefully planned Russian propaganda operation is underway. Having starved people in Oleshky for months, Russia, with the 'intervention' of Melania, will allow people to leave and pretend Ukraine was at fault. Read @zarinazabrisky.bsky.social www.kyivpost.com/analysis/88041

kyivpost.comIs the Kremlin Preparing a Propaganda Spectacle in Oleshky?A possible ceasefire in occupied Oleshky risks becoming a Kremlin propaganda stage, masking blocked aid and once again recasting Russia as the rescuer before foreign audiences.

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Scott Horton
@robertscotthorton.bsky.social

Any government that gives Elon Musk a veto over its tactical military decisions in wartime is extremely foolish. This includes the US and the German and Polish governments which procured StarLink and StarShield services for Ukraine.

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Vatnik Soup
@vatniksoup.bsky.social

In today’s Vatnik Soup, we introduce James “Fergie” Chambers, an American communist, tankie and heir to the Cox fortune. He’s best known for bankrolling revolutionary causes, cheering Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and supporting Hamas.

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John Sipher
@johnsipher.bsky.social

“Trump, who has cut U.S. aid to Ukraine by 99 percent, is sending American money to the Kremlin — and therefore to a Russian war machine that the United Nations says is killing Ukrainian civilians at a ‘new horrifying level.”’ www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/w...

nytimes.comUkraine’s Feeling of Moral Whiplash at the Hands of TrumpThe United States once declared that Ukraine’s fight was the front line in a global battle for freedom. Now the Trump administration is sending money to Moscow.

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Scott Horton
@robertscotthorton.bsky.social

The Writers Guild on Musk blocking releasee of the documentary "Musk": "A small handful of billionaires now own virtually every major media company, news outlet, and social media platform and are demonstrating how this unchecked concentration over our news and media threatens democratic discourse."

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Kieron Gillen
@kierongillen.bsky.social

My mind is just collapsing at the "we have far-right entryist groups offering themselves as middle-men to hook you up with professional hitmen, but our big priority is covering up pride pins" of the present BBC.

Leicester Gazette@leicestergazette.leicester.news

Two University of Leicester students speak out over ‘absurd’ and ‘Orwellian’ decision by the BBC and ITV Studios to edit out pride pins worn on University Challenge

leicester.newsBBC edits out pride pins on University Challenge in ‘Orwellian’ move* * * This story was published by **The Leicester Gazette** : a local, independent newspaper about Leicestershire. 1,000 people have already joined our community. Just use those buttons below to download our app and **sign up for free**. * * * Astrophysics student Samuel Carlier and History student Emmeline Hague-Wright were shocked to find that their LGBTQ+ pride pins had been edited out of their University Challenge appearance earlier this year. The episode, initially scheduled for BBC Two on 24 August, was delayed twice before airing on 7 September 2026. The pins showed the progressive LGBTQ+ pride flag, the bisexual pride flag and a rainbow feather. Speaking to the Leicester Gazette, Sam said: “Living in a liberal democracy and having the state broadcaster tell you ‘we’re editing how you look’, seems very Orwellian.” Sam described the choice to remove the pins before broadcast as “weird” and “absurd”. He said: “[Censoring] that seemed weird. If I had worn a rainbow shirt, would they have censored that? If the idea is to keep things impartial, where is that line in the sand?” A side by-side image of Sam wearing the pin and with it having been digitally removed. Photograph: supplied Sam contacted the BBC to try to understand why his pins had been edited out. He told the Gazette: “The BBC people said they’d ring me, and I chased them, they just said go to the complaints website and file a complaint there, that’s what I did.” Since then, Sam hasn’t had a response from the BBC as to why his pins were removed. After the episode had aired, Sam noted that his shirt ‘melted’ into itself occasionally, as a result of the editing. Photograph: supplied ## Students believe the decision was made following online transphobia Emmeline was also shocked when she found out that the feather pin she wore was due to be removed from the episode she was in. It was understood by Emmeline that there was online transphobia in response to previous episode of University Challenge, and she had been contacted by the BBC, anticipating support from the broadcaster. When the BBC contacted her, instead of an offer of support, she was told her pin was going to be removed. “At first it was mostly confusion,” she said. “I heard that they had received a lot of nastiness online from people and I thought they were going to call me to say ‘we have support services if needed,’ and that wasn't what I got at all.” Instead, Emmeline was notified that the episodes were going to be delayed. “It was out of left field, I was confused for a while,” she said. “This entire delay has been because of a feather and two badges on a teammate that were basically impossible [for viewers] to see.” Emmeline had expressed her frustrations with the repeated delays from the BBC, spanning from mid-July to early-September. She said: “We were announced on the website and then delayed again, and then announced on the website a second time, and delayed even further. Speaking about the removal, she said: “It takes a lot of time” she said. “Making it [the edit] look good would be even more expensive and time-consuming. It seems like drastically a lot of effort.” ## Join the conversation Our app is more than just a way to keep up – it's a gateway to award-winning journalism and the local community. __Want to support our work?__ Click here for membership__.__ ## Wider criticism on LGBTQ+ support The pins Sam wore during the episode. Photograph: supplied According to leading LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall UK, two in five LGBTQ+ students will hide their identities at university for fear of discrimination. Stonewall has reported that more than 36 per cent of trans students have received hostile conduct from university staff due to their gender identity. Reflecting on the digital removal of the pins, Sam spoke about how disheartening the choice was. He said: “There was maybe like a span of eight years where someone could be uncontroversially out in the open queer – now that’s gone again.” he said. The BBC has also been widely criticised for ‘an attack on the LGBTQ+ community’ by pulling its involvement with the popular show, RuPaul's Drag Race. The broadcaster pulled its involvement in September following “significant financial pressures” as the reason for axing their involvement. The criticism follows another recent controversial edit by the BBC. On its hit show, Strictly Come Dancing, a decision was made to edit out ‘Protect the Dolls’ from contestant Bethany Antonia’s T-shirt. It’s a slogan which has become widely used to support the rights of trans women. The BBC defended their decision, saying the changes were made to meet editorial guidelines. It comes as the LGBTQ+ community has faced challenges amid an increasingly less tolerant political climate. ## What the BBC had to say When we asked them about editing out the pins worn by Leicester’s University Challenge team, a BBC spokesperson said: “In line with our editorial guidelines, we advise that no badges, flags, and emblems or symbols are worn or visible during filming, along with clothing with obvious branding or slogans. If such items are not removed for any reason then a decision is made between the programme makers and the BBC regarding any edits to the programme.” The BBC said the delays to the episode were unrelated to the decision to edit out the pins. A spokesperson for ITV Studios said: “University Challenge is an entertainment quiz show and is made in accordance with the BBC Editorial Guidelines requirements for impartiality.” The University of Leicester refused to comment on the matter. * * * **Before you go…** We’ve recently surpassed 1,000 subscribers, which is amazing considering we’re a small team on a shoestring budget. Now, we’re ready for the next stage of the Leicester Gazette. **Download our new app and get all of our journalism anytime, anywhere.** The app connects with **Bluesky** , **Mastodon** and **Threads** , giving you access to a network of around 60 million people. It’s a safer, more meaningful alternative to mainstream social media – owned by the community. * * *

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Bob From Brockley
@bobfrombrockley.bsky.social

Just catching up with this story. Turning Point UK came to my neighbourhood to “protect our kids” from drag queen storytellers at the Honor Oak pub. I don’t think people appreciate how much the English far right is tied up with Ulster Loyalism, and how dangerous this is in a time of polarisation.

Al Jazeera Investigates@ajiunit.com

"They can start cutting people's faces up. They can stab someone. They can shoot someone." EXCLUSIVE: Our hidden cameras capture the leader of Turning Point UK organising a fake rally for a foreign government and helping arrange a murder-for-hire with loyalist paramilitaries.

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Otto English
@ottoenglish.bsky.social

So the new Reform newspaper - The Reformer - is under the "Editorial Leadership" of Mick Hume - former leading light in the Revolutionary Communist Party, Editor of Living Marxism until it folded after that ITV libel case. As I've said many times ... Farage’s various parties always attract the RCP

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Jill Sargent Russell, PhD
@jsargentr.bsky.social

"White House attorneys acknowledge the administration is constantly breaking the law."

The Washington Sun@washingtonsun.com

New: White House attorneys are evaluating whether to issue mass pardons to junior staffers. https://www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/white-house-weighing-mass-pardons-for-junior-staff

washingtonsun.comWhite House Is Weighing Mass Pardons for Junior StaffConservative groups influential with the Trump administration have pressed for the preemptive acts of clemency.

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Scott Horton
@robertscotthorton.bsky.social

"The venture was launched with the involvement of Gentry Beach, an investor with ties to Donald Trump’s family." Beach is a longtime friend of TrumpJr and was a guest at his recent island wedding financed by Russian mobster Umar Kremlëv at which at last ten Russian intel agents were present.

ft.comUS executives quit $25bn gas venture over claims of secret Russian controlFormer CEO of Polar Train LNG tells FT that energy giant Novatek financed and held reins of strategic Alaska project without Washington’s approval