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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 25m

*Properly* closing down Russian civil aviation and airspace strikes me as entirely justified while Ukraine is unable to use its own.

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 32m

Meanwhile I'm not sure the likes of Emirates would want to carry on flying into Moscow if a few missiles were to hit the runways there.

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 35m

Or NATO could simply give Ukraine the ability to shut down Russian airports at will. The bonus is that it would bring the war home to the elite still able to fly to Turkey, Dubai or Thailand at will. And when your country spans 11 time zones, domestic flying is also rather important.

The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 38m

⚡️German airlines call to shoot down drones threatening airports.

Germany's airlines are calling for drones that threaten airport operations to be shot down, Der Spiegel reported on Oct. 11. The call to action comes amid a recent surge of unidentified drone sightings across Europe.

German airlines call to shoot down drones threatening airports

Germany's airlines are calling for drones that threaten airport operations to be shot down, Der Spiegel reported on Oct. 11. The call to action comes amid a recent surge of unidentified drone sighting...

kyivindependent.com

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 9h

Turns out that a platform which incentivises the mad and the bad has limited appeal to those who are neither.

Sue @suescishaw.bsky.social · 13h

You're all missed over at X..

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 1d

After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season.

TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.

christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...

England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet

The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter

christinapagel.substack.com

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 10h

And yet the regime has been careful to keep the crisis as distant as possible from the most politically salient parts of the population. Muscovites, for example.

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 11h

This may not be a novel insight. But it's the first time it has really struck me.

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 11h

This is really interesting. Because Putin is not communicating a theory of victory, the war is becoming seen in Russia by some as one which cannot be won. Because, of course, it can't be won without doing things Putin cannot or will not do.

ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 11h

11/ "The current design of the Special Military Operation doesn't imply a final end point, such as "defeat Ukraine entirely," or "take Kyiv, or Odesa and Kharkiv." The Special Military Operation will continue until the command declares it over.

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Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 12h

Living in Dubai is like living in Bicester Shopping Village only with more Irish gangsters.

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 12h

It's not as bad as wanting to live in Brighton but it's close.

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 12h

Wanting to live in Dubai is basically just a massive character flaw.

Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 14h

You definitely shouldn't move to Dubai, writes V&A director Tristram Hunt on.ft.com/46MfW1t

Don’t move to Dubai — this is still the place to be

[FREE TO READ] Better to buy the dip and celebrate the UK as an enduring cultural behemoth

on.ft.com

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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 1d

Store of value Bitcoin lost >10% in the past hour

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 1d

One sesame, one poppy seed. *All* the cream cheese. Absolutely not toasted.

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

One of my favorite things about NYC is whenever anyone runs for office here they are required to disclose their bagel order.

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Sean Kemp @seankemp.bsky.social · 1d

Slightly amazed at his description of this as a ‘low-level mistake’. Just a completely untrue implication of Government corruption on prime-time TV. No biggie! www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

BBC airing false claim about Euan Blair blamed on young producers ‘marinated in social media’

Broadcaster apologised after Have I Got News For You falsely said former PM’s son had won digital ID contract

www.theguardian.com

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 1d

Even by the intellectually-debased standards of the current GOP, awarding someone a Nobel Prize that you made at home is pretty special.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Rep. Buddy Carter: "Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. That's why I'm introducing a resolution today that will honor him with the Nobel Peace Prize."

(It doesn't work like that lol)

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Alon Pinkas @alonpinkas.bsky.social · 1d

newrepublic.com/maz/article/...
@newrepublic.com
@mjtoma.bsky.social

“For years, Netanyahu manipulated American Presidents. He tricked Bill Clinton; he swindled Obama; he took Biden for a ride. Now he is trying to con you on Gaza, President Trump.”

newrepublic.com

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 1d

It's not the most important thing about all of this, of course. But Gaza being less salient in three years time might be worth 15-20 seats to Labour.

Jon Gambrell @jongambrell.bsky.social · 1d

APNewsAlert: TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli military says its forces have withdrawn to agreed deployment lines for first stage of Gaza ceasefire.

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Jon Gambrell @jongambrell.bsky.social · 1d

APNewsAlert: TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli military says its forces have withdrawn to agreed deployment lines for first stage of Gaza ceasefire.

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 1d

Half a million highly-motivated opponents, distributed evenly across the country into every single community, many of them highly able, all of them with access to reprographic equipment and an ability to bend the ear of parents at will.

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