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Zelensky says Russian ballistic missiles struck a university campus and surrounding civilian areas in Kyiv, killing and injuring people. He said there were no military targets nearby and warned further strikes and Shahed attacks were ongoing. #Ukraine

Whether it's creating a funny picture, editing a photo or giving yourself an AI makeover, image generation is among the most energy-intensive uses of AI. Video generation uses even more energy. If you only need information, consider using text rather than generating images. 👍 #GreenLibraries CILIP

“And gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche.” Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘father of English literature’, author of The Canterbury Tales, died #OTD 1400; buried at Westminster Abbey. British Library

This brutal Obama-Trump supercut side by side from @meidastouch.com helps explain why Trump is losing it tonight 👇🏽

This seems like a big deal

This is the hate speech Jordan Bardella, until recently the Rassemblement National’s presidential candidate, and potential PM candidate if LePen wins the presidency. Words matter & normalize hate

The Trumps are traitors

It's only ever been about the money for Trump & his cronies. And to enrich themselves, they facilitate the killing of Ukrainians. None of this is to the good of Americans either, whether they will understand that, I don't know. Let's see what Congress does now. (Nothing, I suspect.)

He's not *entirely* wrong. In the Russian mind, it IS about one region: a region of Russia. Those pesky Ukrainians have just stopped them from colonising all of the territory.

Just finished the new season of #TheDiplomat. If only ... #NoSpoilers

Welcome to Norway President Zelensky. You can count on us. Slava Ukraini. #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦🇳🇴

So very indicative of the contempt the Kremlin has for Trump & the US & their belief (likely justified) that Trump will never turn against them. Also, some very typical discursive mirroring from Russia here, vis-à-vis US-Iran & Russia-Ukraine.

🇺🇦📰🇬🇧 I might not be the world's greatest fan of The Telegraph, but they still can do great journalism every now and then, such as this.

Thoughtful, compelling thread in response to an initial comment. And I completely agree on the need to tell better stories.

1/ The Musk-Trump decision to degrade Ukraine's Starlink access as a pressure tactic is a disaster not just for the United States' reputation but for the entire US defence industry. Musk's action may end up burning the whole industry. ⬇️

Full update from our team. We STILL do not have admin access to the account.

"Worrisome" is one way of putting it. Definitely one to watch here.

The president of Brazil has won a court case against Meta, after accusing them of restricting his posts and algorithmically favoring his opponent, Flavio Bolsonaro www.nbcnews.com/world/south-...

My only comfort is that Lindsey Graham will be turning in his grave. An utter betrayal of Ukrainians and 2 fingers up to European "allies".

Re the Sally Rooney news, I was looking up data on arrests under terrorism legislation the other day, and hadn't quite realised how utterly bonkers the effect of the Palestine Action prohibition had been. That big purple spike is basically all PA-related arrests.

A company deeply embedded in digital advertising weaponized ads to help infect 45+ devices at the news network Al Jazeera with Candiru spyware. In this new @citizenlab.ca report, we present the first public technical confirmation of a zero-click mercenary spyware attack delivered via targeted ads:

Universities need to build far more thoughtfully designed cross-disciplinarity programmes. Every science degree should have compulsory courses from Social Sciences/Humanities, e.g. on ethics, morality, history, law. Universities are well placed to rise to the challenges of the times but do they?

"The organized atrocities that ended 81 years ago, which can no longer be prevented, can loom incomparably more important than the organized atrocities that are happening today and might be prevented tomorrow."

Death tall in russian strike on Zaporizhzhia today has risen 17 including 3 children‼️ Woman on the video spent 8 hours under the rubble. She is alive.

I've never forgotten a white woman from one of the EU delegations telling me, in the context of George Floyd's murder, that Europe doesn't have a racism problem. It apparently also doesn't have a problem with learning from history.

⚡Russian guided bombs hit Zaporizhzhia apartment building, killing 4, injuring 4. Russian forces struck a five-story residential building in Zaporizhzhia with guided aerial bombs early on Oct. 10, killing four people and injuring four others, regional officials reported.

This point about leverage is my best hope, along with the hope that more Europeans will realise the US is most definitely not on Europe's side.

Donald Trump's Russian diesel "deal" has little to do with actual diesel or actual US market. The point of this brilliant Kremlin op is to use the WH as a disinfo tool for vilifying Ukraine: by falsely portraying Ukrainian long-range counterstrikes on Russia as "harmful" for the United States.

Trump says we’re now going to be getting diesel from Russia

Yup

This is really interesting and important so do consider joining. It's something I speak to my students about in courses I teach (BA and MA), because this "public curiosity" risk also appears in #teaching. #Research #AmTeaching #Violence #HigherEd www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dignity-in...

"I'm not a defence expert." Even by Kemi Badenoch's lamentable standards, this is agonising. Just give thanks she will never, ever be Prime Minister. 🙏 #politicslive

Security forces began detaining protesters at a KPRF rally in Moscow attended by around 2,000 people. Arrests reportedly began after protesters chanted, “Down with the Tsar!"👑 ✅️Follow us for the latest updates

Whatever you think of these two, they are still people. This is an appalling, yet familiar intervention from British media, made worse because this one poses as delivering "trusted daily reporting and news analysis". Have they forgotten this is the son of the woman the media hounded to her death?

Like displaying heads on pikes

You can read Jamal’s work here. It was the honor of my life to have been his editor at the Washington Post. Rest in peace, Jamal. And I’m sorry the Washington Post opinions page ended up betraying what we both stood for. www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-...

​This is 16-year-old Katya. Russia killed her in Sumy on September 27 when three guided bombs hit a residential neighborhood💔🕯 ​She was in her final year of high school. Her school shared: “Katya will forever stay in our hearts as a student, a friend, and an irreplaceable part of our school family”

❗️Swiss voters overwhelmingly — by more than 70% — rejected a far-right initiative that sought to enshrine a stricter interpretation of neutrality in the constitution. Had it passed, the country would have been unable to join sanctions

Racism will not be defeated from above. It will only be defeated by us – ordinary citizens who refuse to look away. My piece for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

all of us doing this gratis, donating our time to create change. will say it beats storming the capitol and to quote Springsteen. From small things Momma, big things one day come.... tell those in your circle, make your stance known on your social media. Vote early if you can. Just vote. /end

❗️Poland has scrambled its aircraft due to a Russian drone attack on Ukraine The National Armed Forces of Latvia also report possible threats in airspace. NATO fighter jets have been scrambled for patrol.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Russia’s attacks on Europe are getting more brazen and more dangerous www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09...

NEW: DHS's Inspector General releases a scathing report about the Everglades detention camp known as "Alligator Alcatraz." The OIG finds that the now-closed camp, violated multiple ICE standards. The OIG also confirms detainees were punished with placement in a metal cage in the Florida heat.🧵

I appreciate the effort but this hinges on the idea all black & brown people in Europe came from somewhere else & don't belong. To where should I return? The RAF hospital I was born in because my dad was in the British army? Can half of me stay & the other half go to my mother's country of birth?