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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 1d

⚡️Estonia closes border crossing with Russia over unusual military activity.

Estonia has temporarily closed the Saatse border crossing following heightened Russian military activity near the area, the Estonian public broadcaster ERR reported on Oct. 10.

Estonia closes border crossing with Russia over unusual military activity

Estonia has temporarily closed the Saatse border crossing following heightened Russian military activity near the area, the Estonian public broadcaster ERR reported on Oct. 10.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

The thing I'm "stunned" about is why this isn't the biggest domestic news item on every flipping platform

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...

'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

Insiders have told Byline Times it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements

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Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 1d

Exactly this 👇

greyboy56.bsky.social @greyboy56.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone with a brain knows that Brexit is the underlying cause for lots of the problems facing the UK but while we still have politicians blaming everything on immigration and people who believe that the immigrants come here to eat swans then we will be shafted for many years to come

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Sue Wilson MBE @suewilson91.bsky.social · 1d

This is a major shift in Labour comms. It seems Brexit will be blamed for the budget.
But naming the issue is not enough. They now need to name the solution or be left behind parties that will.

Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 2d

This strikes me as a pretty major Brexit shift from Starmer.

Perhaps the beginning of 'Brexit is sh1t and has caused real economic damage'.

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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 1d

Teesside’s freeport, initiated in 2021 under Rishi Sunak, has cost £560 million far exceeding the standard £25 million allocation (22 times the standard £25m).
90% profits go to the private sector.
This clearly shows the UK model of State aid post-Brexit is utterly corrupt.

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 1d

Most people seem to have missed who retweeted this picture of Farage in Gill’s office a few days after Gill began receiving his first bribes from Oleh Voloshyn (Oleg Voloshin). None other than…

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Cornish Skipper #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 〓〓 🔶🌹💚💙 @cornishskipper.bsky.social · 1d

Starmer blaming #Brexit for tax rises may be accurate but when only 37% of a now disproportionately dead electorate voted for it almost 10 yrs ago, based on undeliverable lies, the questions are why should the rest of us stomach it & where is Labour’s plan to change that? archive.ph/2025.10.10-2...

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 1d

Of all the things that never happened, this never happened the most.

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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 1d

Why does this tax exile 'foreigner' think our government should discuss policy with him? He should feck off back to Monaco. Made his choice based on his own interest, to avoid tax. Anything he has to say will be only in his own interests, again.

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Miliband refused to discuss North Sea with me, says Ratcliffe

Ineos owner urges policymakers to reform net zero taxes or risk ‘irreversible decline’

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Rowan Hooper @rowhoop.bsky.social · 2d

Must-catch show this week: 🧵
1/3) Primatologist Alejandra Pascual-Garrido, who works on tool use in chimps in Gombe, tells us what it was like working with Jane Goodall. 🎧: open.spotify.com/episode/2QZk...

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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 2d

Kudos to the subs. “Degrading practice” article is now the second most read on the Guardian site.

You won’t believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists

www.theguardian.com

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 2d

It's Nobel Peace Prize day today. You can watch the live announcement at 11am CET at nobelprize.org. I've been lucky enough in my career to meet and/or interview 4 Peace Prize Laureates: 🇵🇱Lech Wałęsa, 🇬🇹Rigoberta Menchu, 🇲🇲Aung San Suu Kyi and of course 🇫🇮Martti Ahtisaari.

The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org

The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...

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Richard M. @mat70x.bsky.social · 2d

We spend all our time talking about the 3% of immigrants coming to the UK......
Why are the 36% who come here to study even in the immigration figures 🤔 We've allowed them to come here, pay for tuition (in a sector that's falling apart!) spend money with Landlords, Spend money in shops, bars,

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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 3d

We just crossed a bright red line. The President is delusional and his cabinet is dangerous.

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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 3d

Older fathers are more likely to pass on disease-causing mutations to their children, due to sperm becoming increasingly selfish with age.

Selfish sperm see older fathers pass on more disease-causing mutations

Older men are more likely to pass on disease-causing mutations to their children because of the faster growth of mutant cells in the testes with age

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TheBossRoss @thebossross.bsky.social · 3d

The BBC's justification for platforming Farage beyond the actual significance of his small parliamentary party are his polls. A rather cynical explanation, for he wouldn't be where he is without the constant, uncritical appearances he's given on the BBC. It's a (literally) vicious circle.

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 3d

Reposting the top 10 authoritarian things Trump has done since Sunday with *proper video trimming*.

Disappointed in my video editing failure yesterday! sigh.

youtu.be/P-KK6QLWLJE

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Rune Møller Stahl @runestahl.bsky.social · 4d

EU leaders surrendered completely to US bullying and get nothing in return except more threats.

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Grahame Lucas @grahamelucas.bsky.social · 4d

Russia is waging a 'grey zone campaign' against Europe, warns von der Leyen www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

Russia is waging 'grey zone campaign' against Europe: von der Leyen

"Every square centimetre of our territory must be protected," Ursula von der Leyen told MEPs in Strasbourg on Wednesday after a string of Russian incursions into European airspace. #EuropeNews

www.euronews.com

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David Mitchell @davidalanmitch5.bsky.social · 5d

More calls for Trump’s removal.

As JB Pritzker said, here reported by @farronbalanced.bsky.social, if the behaviour of the current US government were witnessed elsewhere, then usually the US government itself would step in to stop a dictator.

youtu.be/WcmyD_G_3Hg?...

Pritzker Calls For Trump To Be Removed Using 25th Amendment

YouTube video by The Ring of Fire

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5d

President Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have created new obstacles for many people seeking Covid vaccines. But it has been particularly difficult to secure shots for children, including infants and toddlers, who are at higher risk of severe illness from Covid even if they are healthy.

Parents Struggle to Find Covid Vaccines for Their Children Amid Regulatory Confusion

Children under 12 need different versions of Covid vaccines, but many pharmacies and pediatricians’ offices aren’t stocking them.

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

It’s amazing how many senior Reform creeps Tice, Farage never met Nathan Gill the Russian stooge..

But then I guess they were told by Moscow to deny it because let’s face it, lying is like breathing for them.. no effort at all 🤷🏼‍♂️

Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 5d

Richard Tice told The Times in March he had “never met Nathan Gill”
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 5d

A paean to privatised public transport.

Today I had to go from Stockport to Salisbury. So I bought a ticket

Stockport > Bristol > Salisbury

The drive to Stockport should have taken 35 minutes. Satnav said it would take 2 hours, and I'd miss my train.

So I went to Macclesfield, where I found...

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 5d

Utterly beholden to lobbyists, staggeringly ignorant and dismissive of the natural world: Rachel Reeves might not look or sound like Donald Trump, but she is behaving very much like him. This government is even more of an ecological hazard than the Tories were.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid ‘good relationship’ with developer

Exclusive: Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to ‘some snails that are a protected species or something’

www.theguardian.com

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National Library of Scotland @natlibscot.bsky.social · 5d

Full story on our website > www.nls.uk/collections/...

From Matilda to Buffy: Libraries in pop culture | National Library of Scotland

Writer Katie Goh explores how fictional libraries offer mystery, romance, and transformation—echoing the magic of real ones we love.

www.nls.uk

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