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John Peters
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Unbeliever (political & religious), Wales rugby, #c4news, porridge, tea, #MEcfs 'Obvious but wrong' Also JTJ on the other place https://johnthejack.com
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 2h
RIP Diane Keaton, who has died at 79, here reinventing fashion in Annie Hall (1977)
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John Peters @johnthejack.bsky.social · 3h
As a high-court judge in spirit, I can't say I'm terribly familiar with her, but Letitia Wright came over well, smart and engaging. #c4news
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Leonid Baezhnev @rev-avocado.bsky.social · 7h
This is good, actually. This is the kind of thing we need to build a pro-court expansion majority.
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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 10h
More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
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themunros 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Ӿ @themunros.bsky.social · 3h
Had a quick wander up Carn Aosda & The Cairnwell today, beautiful autumnal day. Warm in the ☀️ Great to see lots of people out enjoying it all. #munros #autumn #hills #Glenshee #scotland 🥾
Summit cairn of Carn Aosda. Loch Vrotachan from Carn Aosda Cairn near summit of The Cairnwell, avoiding the masts, buildings & other detritus.
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John Rentoul @rentouljohn.bsky.social · 12h
From the archive, 10 years ago: Boon boon, fiyt fiyt, ronron – #Top10 Animal Noises in Other Languages independent.co.uk/news/world/t...
The top ten animal noises in other languages
Thanks to Derek Abbott at the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Adelaide, who has compiled a fine online database…
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 23h
YOU CANNOT DISCOUNT SOMETHING SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY PERCENT DOES NO ONE UNDERSTAND HOW NUMBERS WORK ANYMORE
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h
Dr Oz: "Drugs for lung diseases are discounted massively. The president highlighted 650%. Significant discounts ... "
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John Peters @johnthejack.bsky.social · 3h
No matter how vile the crime and how non-existent the sympathy anyone may have for the perpetrator, all prisoners should be safe. #c4news
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John Peters @johnthejack.bsky.social · 3h
Good report here as well
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https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/its-nigel-farage-show-welsh-32653212
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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 3h
This map shows what share of German cities was destroyed during the Second World War. It's easy to spot these areas today: no old building stock and lots of 1950s and 1960s concrete. Source: buff.ly/rTmtUD7
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John Peters @johnthejack.bsky.social · 3h
'Desperate to return to their neighbourhoods, their communities, their familiar. Now suddenly anything but that.' Harry Fawcett in good report over pictures of unbelievable devastation. #c4news
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Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 2d
I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.

Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...
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John Peters @johnthejack.bsky.social · 9h
Operating in total secrecy and aided by British and American intelligence, a task force began work on a plan for resistance to a Soviet occupation, ranging from evacuation routes to campaigns of sabotage and guerrilla warfare.
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Inside Sweden’s secret Cold War plan to resist a Soviet invasion
An underground network would have evacuated dignitaries and led resistance — and the author of a new book says Stockholm should revive the system in an unstable world
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John Peters @johnthejack.bsky.social · 9h
I have serious questions about a child undergoing this.
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‘Our daughter was divine, then they made her a living goddess’
A two-year-old girl is believed to be the Kumari, a deity incarnated in a child. Now she will be worshipped at a temple in Kathmandu
www.thetimes.com
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John Peters @johnthejack.bsky.social · 10h
World’s oldest head of state had already clocked up 2 terms by time his daughter was born & has spent so much of his 43 years in power ruling by decree from abroad that he has become known as the “president of the Hotel InterContinental”
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President’s daughter urges online fans: Don’t vote for my dad
Paul Biya, 92, has presided over decades of corruption, repression and economic decline in Cameroon. Even his child says he has ‘made too many people suffer’
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John Peters @johnthejack.bsky.social · 10h
Algorithm is said to “hallucinate” places and people that do not exist. Study found that >1/2 of AI-generated travel itineraries suggested visiting an attraction outside opening hours nearly 1/4 recommend going to attraction that is permanently closed.
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ChatGPT plans the perfect holiday … to places that don’t exist
Tech-driven itineraries may look appealing, but travellers have found their recommended destinations and activities exist only in AI’s imagination
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John Peters @johnthejack.bsky.social · 10h
Yes, it's really interesting. Let's hope it proves successful.
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Tony @tonynicol3.bsky.social · 10h
Very promising, here's a non-paywalled version.

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John Peters @johnthejack.bsky.social · 10h
FOIs by Which? reveal 32,000 obstructed rights of way in England & Wales. Campaigners say unwitting or deliberate negligence, wilful obstructions by landowners and councils’ failure to protect legally enshrined routes are key reasons
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No right of way: how more than 30,000 footpaths have been blocked
Thousands of waymarked routes have been deliberately obstructed or fallen victim to neglect as council budgets dwindle and staff have been axed
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John Peters @johnthejack.bsky.social · 10h
Next week, 40 Makuuchi — the highest tier of sumo wrestler — will be holding the first Grand Sumo Tournament in Britain since 1991.
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By @whippletom.bsky.social & Alex Paterson
Royal Albert Hall braces for sumo’s big British comeback
The Grand Sumo Tournament is returning to the UK for the first time since 1991. Will it finally break the Japanese sport in Britain?
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John Peters @johnthejack.bsky.social · 10h
New approach is gaining attention: replacement of the damaged dopamine circuits with “living implants”. The first prototypes have been created, made from lab-grown brain cells, and modified so that they can be controlled electronically
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Inside the British bet on a ‘live implant’ cure for Parkinson’s
Government-backed scientists are making implants from lab-grown brain cells that could one day replace damaged circuits in patients with Parkinson’s disease
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John Peters @johnthejack.bsky.social · 10h
Green spaces, sporting & leisure facilities, public transport, history & culture on the doorstep, but above all a large, socially & racially mixed group of acquaintances & friends. Living in London is itself an education, the best that a child can have
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London has everything a child could need
As families leave the capital in droves, it’s time to remember that there is little to compare with growing up in the city
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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.

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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
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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 11h
okay who did this?
A display of wild swimming books. At the bottom of the display, under all the other books is a copy of JAWS by Peter Benchley.
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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 11h
What with all this the UK should emulate Dubai stuff, following hot on the heels of Singapore model, are there any other niche authoritarian city states we could go for? Brunei? Machiavelli’s Florence? Ancient Sparta?
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John Peters @johnthejack.bsky.social · 10h
Letter in Times today
Text: Diversity lectures Sir, I disagree with Jawad Iqbal’s criticism of equity, diversity and inclusion at the University of Oxford (“Oxford’s diversity lectures won’t protect free speech”, Oct 9). As a first-year Oxford student who received the diversity training this week, I found his description bore no resemblance to reality. Far from being “a recipe for intellectual docility and ideological conformity”, the training I received was intended to help us to disagree more effectively. In a discussion that lasted more than an hour, my year group talked through scenarios that covered everything from antisemitism to gender-critical ideas. Rather than shut down debate, the session opened up a space for conversation about all these issues. The political theorist who ran my session was clear that Oxford would unapologetically defend free speech, and that “diversity of opinion” was included under the “D” of EDI. It is not woke simply to remind students of their legal obligations under the Equality Act 2010, or to insist that mutual respect and tolerance should underpin political disagreement. Joshua Greenslade Brasenose College, Oxford
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