Ian Goldring

There's no pretense left. J. K. Rowling made her hate for trans women clear in a slur-filled screed slurring them a dozen times and describing them as deceitful and dangerous. So writes @evanurquhart.bsky.social this morning on Assigned Media. *WARNING: Article quotes Rowling's hateful language.*

🇷🇴🇷🇺 Romania’s intelligence service (SRI) has uncovered a sabotage network operating in the country, coordinated from Russia. militarnyi.com/en/news/roma...

SITREP 🇺🇦 DAY 1707 1. Ballistic missile attacks vs Kyiv 2. Local cease-fire begins at Oleskhy [Kherson) 3. Romania 🇷🇴 's SRI says 🇷🇺 organised touching of CARFIL arms plant near Braşov

Solar has overtaken nuclear. A decade ago it supplied 1% of the world's power. In 2025 it met three quarters of global demand growth. Almost nobody saw it coming. I spoke to Jocelyn Timperley at BBC Future about why. www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...

‼️Ceasefire begins near Oleshky in Kherson Oblast

Russian operatives set fire to a Romanian arms factory a month ago states Romanian intelligence services. informat.ro/en/current-a...

Sad news. Farewell Walter Koenig and his sweet and honourable Chekhov.

In one day, two politicians - Bolsonaro in Brazil and Vucic in Serbia - with ties to Trump have lost surprise elections thanks to high turnout. The rise of the international far-right is not inevitable.

SITREP 🇺🇦 DAY 1606 1. Putin partner Vucic loses elex in Serbia 🇷🇸 . Putin ally Dodik of Rrpublika Srbska to visit DC. Trump ally Bolsonaro loses Brazil 🇧🇷 elex 2 Full speed Starlink still not back 2. 112/140 strike drones down/out (56/60 jet propelled) . 3 Kh-59/ 69 downed

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LULA WINS

Incredible gender difference in voting intention in Brazil.

SITREP 🇺🇦 DAY 1605 1. US officials refuse to admit existence of speed limits on Starlink 2. As usual: 153 strike drones attack 🇺🇦 including 92 jet propelled

Ah, the Russians threatened to blow up his satellite

The recent Starlink / Starshield incident in Ukraine has created a dangerous precedence for the US export industry, many haven't yet grasped. The sudden deactivation respectively curtailing of those systems without warning not only cost precious lives, but also equipment worth millions.

Me: "It cannot be stated often enough or vociferously enough: the Trump Administration is helping Russia to conquer Ukraine. The United States of America has taken the side of an aggressor against its innocent victim. We are helping our actual enemies" www.aei.org/foreign-and-...

C’est TRÈS EXACTEMENT le mobile énoncé et assumé par l’auteur de cet attentat terroriste. Dans un autre cadre, de tels propos seraient qualifiés d’apologie du terrorisme.

What’s expected later today and how is Paris preparing?

Invasion, mass murder, rape, kidnapping of children - all fine

Sunk by Russians going turkey to Romania www.marineinsight.com/romania-blam...

SITREP 🇺🇦 DAY 1704 1. Neutral mediator Witkoff extols Putin as a humanitarian 2. Zelensky says direct 🇷🇺 🇺🇦 talks begin in November 3. 260 POWs exchanged 4. Another ship sunk by 🇷🇺 drone off Romania 🇷🇴 coast 5. Crimea largely blacked out 5. 101/126 strike drones down/out (50/61 jet propelled)

Ukraine's defense ministry says Starlink/Starshield is now working at speeds above 161 km/h, though they're still testing to find the real upper limits and confirm how fully it's been restored.

🇲🇩A Russian Geran-4 jet-powered strike drone crashed less than 100 meters from homes in the Moldovan village of Kistelnitsa, near an energy facility. militarnyi.com/en/news/rus-...

❗️“Starlink restrictions are still in effect,” — Zelenskyy According to him, the maximum speed limit remains at 161 km/h. “We understand how to reverse this so that it works without restrictions, purely technically.

Su fuera del #psoe #sumar #unidaspodemos #iu #compromis etc.. Sabríamos hasta su número de zapatos, pero... 🤬💩💩💩🤮😰😥😱 #narco #narcos #pp #partidopopular #ibiza #drogas #droga #policianacional #interior

Amidst a deluge of racist rhetoric atm in France, this morning, a gunman opened fire in Trappes & La Verrière, west of Paris. One killed & at least 4 others seriously injured, incl a 12-year-old girl. Gunman apprehended. The National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office (PNAT) is investigating.

"'Unprecedented' Cyberattack cripples supermarket fridges across Europe as hackers activate automatic defrosting — delivery and store prices also impacted by incident" www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...

Yes, it’s how Chinese EV sellers bypass tariffs: selling EVs to middle men who drive three blocks with it, and sell it on as a “used car”.

This week is notable for 2 things: (i) a very violent sell-off in French government debt and contagion to Italy; (ii) a flight to safety to almost everywhere else, with yields tumbling especially in the US but also Japan as the Yen carry trade unwinds... robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/what-a-glo...

Getty Images files for bankruptcy amid AI competition and mounting debt buff.ly/xigrsb3 #tech #technology #news #technews #getty #ai #business

Ukraine says Starlink still restricted after Trump says limits lifted

Además, los sectores más peligrosos, como la construcción, el transporte o la industria, causan más decesos en España que en el promedio europeo

España sufre más muertes en el trabajo que la media de la UE y se aleja de los países más seguros elpais.com/economia/202... El país registra 1,89 muertes en accidentes laborales por cada 100.000 ocupados, un índice que en Alemanis es del 0,64 y en Países Bajos, del 0,32

⚡️First tanker with Russian diesel under Trump deal heads to US, Reuters reports. The tanker Agioi Fanendes is delivering the first cargo as part of a deal announced by U.S. President Donald Trump on Oct. 9 to purchase Russian diesel.

Currently wondering what message the UK govt thought it was sending by dressing up the Minister for Net Zero in a literal Shell logo.

These analyses by @corporalfrisk.com are essential reading if you want to debate the F-35 purchase. BTW Gripen + GlobalEye AWACS finished *third* (and last of the final round) in the Finnish HX competition, behind both F-35 and Super Hornet + Growler Combo. corporalfrisk.com/2025/11/26/c...

⚡️️️️️️️Kyiv denies reports that Trump, Musk have restored Starlink speeds in Ukraine. "Overall, nothing has changed anywhere," a Ukrainian official told the Kyiv Independent on Oct. 22. Starlink's speed cap of 161 kilometers per hour remains in effect, the official said.

SITREP 🇺🇦 DAY 1703 1. Unlike others,Trump asseers Starlink back on, 🇫🇮 IceEye to help 🇺🇦 set up an alternate system 2. 140/176 strike drones down/out, 68/92 jet propelled

Enormous news. A melanoma vaccine, one of the most deadly cancers out there. Science is good and helpful and there should be more of it. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

This is just the latest in a long history of the US testing its military equipment--from tanks and airplanes and drones and, now, heat rays (!!)--on ethnic Mexicans along the US-Mexico border. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

USA

Polls located in Indigenous communities consistently posted results where the "remain" option won by over 90 per cent.

Here we go…

Who did you vote for?

Bloomberg scoop: Canada has banned its diplomatic staff in the US from even being in the same room as a midterm election candidate, taking an extra cautious approach to avoid accusations from the Trump administration of "interference" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Mark Carney: "Next month, our negotiators will sit down here in Ankara for the first round of free trade talks."

Ancient Egypt’s first female king revealed by long-lost royal seals www.scientificamerican.com/article/anci...