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@gilberts1950.bsky.social

literature, cinema, art, life and socialism are my hobbies

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Serbia and Brazil and Hungary have all had their own OXI day when they recently voted against fascism Can we hope that this is the end of Trump and Nettanyahu too ? The Story of Oxi Day - The Washington OXI Day Foundation oxidayfoundation.org/the-story-of...

oxidayfoundation.orgThe Story of Oxi Day - The Washington OXI Day FoundationLearn the story of OXI Day, when the Greek's courage led to the first Axis invasion defeat of WWII and helped change the course of the war.
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Powerful journalism - read it and weep The UAE has so much blood on its hands in Sudan. For its nominee to lead the UN would be an outrage | Nesrine Malik | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

theguardian.comThe UAE has so much blood on its hands in Sudan. For its nominee to lead the UN would be an outrage | Nesrine MalikLana Nusseibeh has been the face of a disastrous Emirates policy that has prolonged war and death. It is a scandal that she is even being considered, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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This week we in Greece celebrate Oxi day when Greece rejected the ultimatum of the fascist leader Benito Mussolini - maybe this is a sign that fascism worldwide is about to be rejected! Brazil election live: Lula defeats Bolsonaro - follow latest - BBC News www.bbc.com/news/live/cm...

bbc.comBrazil election live: Lula defeats Bolsonaro - follow latestLula, 80, overturns the outcome from the first round of voting, but Bolsonaro calls the result "inexplicable" and refuses to concede.
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The Mystery of What Befell in the Ditch by Thure Erik Lund review – is this the greatest living Norwegian writer? | Fiction in translation | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/books/2026/o...

theguardian.comThe Mystery of What Befell in the Ditch by Thure Erik Lund review – is this the greatest living Norwegian writer?Translated into English at last, this portrait of a man appalled by modernity and desperate to get back to nature is brimming with Nordic weltschmerz
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you have to be fucking kidding me - not just marking their own homework but setting it too

Peter Geoghegan@petergeoghegan.bsky.social

🔴 REVEALED: Palantir led closed-door review of how MoD buys software The review was presented to defence minister Luke Pollard by Palantir UK boss Louis Mosley in Feb and has mostly been implemented None of this was made public New investigation🧵 democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-p...

democracyforsale.substack.comRevealed: Palantir led secret review of how the MoD spends billionsThe Ministry of Defence asked the controversial US tech firm how to fix its procurement rules. Its answer? Fewer obstacles for companies like Palantir

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We’re teenage girls fighting to ban the use of school uniform in porn. Why have you left it up to us? | Rose, Mae, Aylin and Willow

theguardian.comWe’re teenage girls fighting to ban the use of school uniform in porn. Why have you left it up to us? | Rose, Mae, Aylin and WillowNo one should have to feel nervous about walking to school in clothes designed for children. It’s time for UK law to end the disgusting sexualisation of minors, say students Rose, Mae, Aylin and Willow
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Imagine now, if you will, that the UK does something that the Alpha board doesn't like and it just switches all UK sites off or the Batshit Crazy President tell them to - same sort of result but indefinitely. Cloud sovereignty makes so much sense www.businessinsider.com/google-cloud...

businessinsider.comGoogle says 'most' customers should be back online after cloud outage hit UK finance appsGoogle Cloud experienced service disruptions in London, along with multiple banking apps including Revolut.
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In order to understand the MSM and Social networks it is necessary to familiarise yourself with the words of Goebbels - look at this one for example: If we have power, we'll never give it up again unless we're carried out of our offices as corpses www.azquotes.com/author/5626-... Se

azquotes.comTOP 25 QUOTES BY JOSEPH GOEBBELS (of 105) | A-Z QuotesDiscover Joseph Goebbels famous and rare quotes. Share Joseph Goebbels quotations about propaganda, lying and war. "If you repeat a lie often enough, people..."

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IMF suggests UK should cut spending rather than raise taxes on banks, as Healey prepares budget raid – business live

theguardian.comIMF suggests UK should cut spending rather than raise taxes on banks, as Healey prepares budget raid – business liveRolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news * John Healey poised to raise taxes on banks in budget Elsewhere in the markets today, South Korea’s Kospi share index has recorded its biggest weekly loss since October 2008, down 14.5% this week. Although the Kospi did rise today (+2%), it was still a bad week for technology stocks – as investors worried about the borrowing, spending commitments and future profitability of AI companies. The reality is that while companies embraced AI aggressively as it first emerged, now they are figuring out how to use it effectively while keeping AI costs under control. A slowing, more careful, path towards corporate adoption has been missed by the market which remained wildly frothy about valuations. “A UK bank tax risk is now a base case. If it is confirmed on 28 October, it’ll be the size and timing that will be key. If Healey does go ahead, shares of Lloyds and NatWest, which are almost entirely exposed to the UK, would likely be impacted most, and you are seeing this already in the share price reaction today. Barclays is partly exposed. HSBC is least exposed in the mix.” Continue reading...
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These were real terrorist groups Far-Left Urban Guerrillas Red Army Faction (RAF): AkA the Baader-Meinhof Gang, Red Brigades (Brigate Rosse): Action Directe: Irish Republican Army (IRA): ETA (Euskadi Ta Askatasuna): Black September: Ordine Nuovo / Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari: Angry Brigade:

Gillian Martin@gillmartin.bsky.social

Award-winning author Sally Rooney’s books are being withdrawn from the UK after her support for Palestine Action left her publisher unable to pay her UK royalties under anti-terrorism legislation. The move follows a Court of Appeal ruling upholding a ban on the group. x.com/AJEnglish/st...

x.comAl Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) on XAward-winning author Sally Rooney’s books are being withdrawn from the UK after her support for Palestine Action left her publisher unable to pay her UK royalties under anti-terrorism legislation. T...

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Icy window. After 3 years of trying, wildlife photographer Audun Rikardsen finally captured a polar bear looking into a seal's breathing hole, from the seal's perspective. [📍 North of Svalbard, Norway] Original post

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Prem Sikka
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Ukraine's drones made inoperable by restrictions on the speed permitted by SpaceX's Starlink network. Musk blames Trump. Any country relying the US or foreign tech companies will be held to ransom, can't defend itself. Need own satellites and systems to fight new imperialism.

bbc.co.ukStarlink: Musk says US government may be behind slowdown of Ukraine drone speedsUkraine says Starlink access has improved but it is still facing speed limits which are disrupting its battlefield "missions".
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This morning I opened the kitchen trash bin prior to emptying it and this little beauty came boldly out and settled pn a nearby surface to dry out. I think it had just hatched and that we must have swept up the chrysalis a day or so back

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Sounds good and worthy AI fears are growing – and unsettling new film Artificial puts them, and the future of humanity, centre stage www.bbc.com/culture/arti...

bbc.comAI fears are growing – and unsettling new film Artificial puts them, and the future of humanity, centre stageLuca Guadagnino's new film about Open AI and its co-founders Sam Altman and Ilya Sutskever offers a stark warning. Given recent news, its release couldn't be more provocatively timed.