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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 2h

So much talk of economics and far right radicalisation but my increasingly view is we are all - myself included - underestimating the impact of both internet culture and (more importantly) the economics of the internet/social media on politics and radicalisation

Alastair Meeks @alastairmeeks.bsky.social · 5h

Last night I heard of another friend of a friend who has been lost to a rabbit hole of online propaganda. We need to start treating this as a serious public health concern.

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Dotski_w @dotskyy.bsky.social · 2h

Also rot set in with mobile Internet. Before, was only saddos like me spent more than an hour a day online, but now normies have it on tap 24/7, every toilet break, during work, when TV isnt holding their attention.
We didnt evolve to deal with this and its killing us.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1d

After Pakistan bombed Taliban figures a couple of days ago, Taliban reinforcements are now moving toward the front lines along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1d

First soybeans, now wine.

California’s Wine Industry Is in Crisis — The Wall Street Journal

Changing drinking habits, falling prices, tariffs and the weather are forcing winemakers to do the unthinkable: rip up the vines

apple.news

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1d

Trump has found $8bn to pay the troops.

Pentagon will pay military troops, Trump says, shifting $8B

The president said Saturday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has funds available to pay troops on Wednesday.

www.politico.com

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 4h

Ukraine has just hit the Saki and Belbek airfields in occupied Crimea.

#explodey

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 4h

Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina says a coup is underway after soldiers joined the Gen Z revolt.

Madagascar army unit claims control as president alleges power grab

Elite troops join youth-led protests over utilities that have swelled into gravest threat for President Andry Rajoelina.

www.aljazeera.com

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Dave @davemck.bsky.social · 4h

@jburnmurdoch.ft.com did a great article on the FT with something similar with age vs political intention. I think it was the more assets you had, the more conservative you voted. Young people just aren't accumulating assets in the same way.

I'd like to see the actual numbers with JL partners.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 5h

Interesting polling of 5000 16-40 year olds by J L Partners.

Achieving more 'life milestones' does not make young people much more Conservative
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Milestones counted as: Having a job, owning a home, living with spouse/partner, being married and having children | JLP

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Patrick - Here for the craic 👍🏼 @patrickopatrick.bsky.social · 5h

When Farage and I were growing up (similar age) Russia was the enemy, we were both in cadets, Russia was the Army’s foe

Villains in Movies & books were Russian.. those who helped Russia were traitors

Since 2010 Farage has been on Russian TV at least 17 times talking the West down
#FaragePutinsPet

Nigel Farage's relationship with Russian media comes under scrutiny

The Ukip leader's Euroscepticism makes him a shoo-in at the Russian state broadcaster that is often called Putin's mouthpiece

www.theguardian.com

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EvilBunny Pottymouth Resists The Cultists every day! @mrsquirrel.bsky.social · 5h

Portland’s Mascot March: Protesters Turn ICE ‘War Zone’ Into Spectacle | APT
YouTube video by APT
Oct 12, 2025

🚨Mentally ill Felon & his goons are afraid of silly dancing & laughing inflatable frog, shark, muppets, etc!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCfo...

Portland’s Mascot March: Protesters Turn ICE ‘War Zone’ Into Spectacle | APT

YouTube video by APT

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 5h

And yet he claims to understand the struggles of working people...

https://leftfootforward.org/2025/10/nigel-farage-now-earns-over-1-million-from-12-second-jobs/

Nigel Farage now earns over £1 million from his 12 ‘second jobs’

The Reform leader has raked in a further £189,000 from side jobs since May this year

leftfootforward.org

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 5h

Goes back to the argument I made in the Guardian earlier this year that the world is in danger because the techbros have completely misunderstood a bunch of sci-fi and fantasy...

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

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Stephen Gower @sjgower.bsky.social · 9h

I made an infographic map. Oxford's Congestion Charge scheme (from 29th Oct) is not like most congestion charge schemes, because you can get to most streets in the city without being charged. My impression is a lot of people haven't realised this.

A street map of Oxford.

Woodstock Road, Banbury Road and the streets in their immediate vicinity are coloured pink. Botley Road and streets off it are coloured green. Cowley Road, Iffley Road and Abingdon Road and streets off them are coloured blue. Streets in Marston and Headington are coloured orange. The ring road matches the colours at each junction and fades between colours as it goes around. A small area in the middle is coloured yellow, and labelled "Central Permit Area". THe Congestion Charge traffic filters are indicated by black circles circles with white segments, those white segments correspond on a 24 hour clock face with when the filter isn't operational (and the remaining black, when the filters are operational). Crosses mark other filters in the city that are enforced by ANPR but are not part of the Congestion Charge scheme.

Text at the top of the image reads "Temporary Congestion Charge for Cars in Oxford 2025-2026. Any road outside the Central Permit Area can be accessed without passing any traffic filers by using the Ring Road and selecting an approporiate exit junction (matching colours on this map)."

A key at the bottom matches the filter types, with text "Traffic Filters. Hollow Way & Marston Ferry Road 7-9am and 3-6pm. St Cross Road, Hythe Bridge Street, Thames Street and St Clements, 7am-7pm. £5 daily permit covers all Congestion Charge filters. Free Permits available. For example for residents, business use, health and car, SEND and disabilty. Congestion Charge permits do not apply for other filters, such as High Street or in East Oxford/Cowley."

Small print reads "Full details at https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/transport-and-travel" and "©@sjgower Contains OpenStreetMap data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Locations of highway filters are approximate and for overview purposes only. v1.3"

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EvilBunny Pottymouth Resists The Cultists every day! @mrsquirrel.bsky.social · 4h

ANOTHER BLOW FOR PUTIN'S AIRFORCE: KA-52 ATTACK HELICOPTER CRASHES - CREW DID NOT SURVIVE
YouTube video by Warthog Defense
Oct 12, 2025

#FuckYouPutin

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZLX...

ANOTHER BLOW FOR PUTIN'S AIRFORCE: KA-52 ATTACK HELICOPTER CRASHES - CREW DID NOT SURVIVE || 2025

YouTube video by Warthog Defense

www.youtube.com

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 5h

History gives us plenty of examples of disease used as a weapon. There are fewer cases of governments deliberately using disease against their own citizens. We are living (or dying) through one right now.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks

At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

www.nbcnews.com

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 5h

Just for fun…

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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 7h

Are Labour really going to try and tie current economic damage (and hence the need for further tax rises) to Farage and to Brexit, whilst at the same time insisting that persevering with Brexit is the right thing to do?

That feels like gaslighting of the very highest order.

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Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 20h

“CDC will have lost its ability to detect outbreaks and respond to them. It will no longer be able to track diseases, in America and around the globe. That includes infectious threats like flu, foodborne illnesses, and Ebola, as well as chronic diseases and injuries.”
time.com/7325192/cdc-...

CDC ‘Not Functional’ After Trump Administration Orders Mass Firings

The layoffs targeted leaders in departments related to respiratory diseases, chronic diseases and global health.

time.com

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Elthampug 🇬🇧🇺🇦 @elthampug.bsky.social · 1d

Exit tax. These people seem to think they have some god given right to pay less tax as a proportion of income than the person that cleans their house.

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David Thompson @djt1million.bsky.social · 1d

He's not escaping UK tax, he is avoiding paying his fair share of UK tax. He made his fortune from the UK & is not prepared to help fund the society that helped him make his fortune. It's shameful behaviour.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1d

Gaza journalist Maha Hussaini: “We have returned, like we’ll always do.”

A cat sits in a window. Beyond a completely destroyed city

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TheFeralHermit @theferalhermit.bsky.social · 1d

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Josep Goded (New Main Account) @josepgoded2.bsky.social · 1d

Israeli forces caused extensive destruction to civilian homes in Gaza City.

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 1d

PORTLAND, Ore. — A small group of federal agents in camouflage and face masks watched from atop the immigration processing center Thursday night as a unicorn, peacock, dinosaur and raccoon danced to Cher’s “If I Could Turn Back Time.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Costumed protesters in Portland defy description of the city as a 'war zone'

Dancing frogs, peacocks and unicorns outside the federal immigration building present a joyful contrast to the Trump administration's portrait of the Oregon city, they say.

www.nbcnews.com

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Laura Phillips @lauraphillips.bsky.social · 1d

Diane Keaton, Oscar-Winning ‘Annie Hall’ Star, Dies at 79

Diane Keaton, who starred in "Annie Hall," has died. She was 79.

variety.com

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