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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 2h

Last night in Caerphilly was a disappointing night for TV broadcasters but hopefully it won’t hinder the amount of coverage given to Nigel Farage throughout today and into the weekend

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 3h

Why the Caerphilly by-election result shows Nigel Farage's party is much weaker than most of the coverage of Reform suggests
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/24/t...

The Reform Backlash: Caerphilly By-Election Result Shows Nigel Farage’s Party Is Much Weaker Than It Looks

Despite widespread media predictions of a Reform victory on Thursday, Farage's defeat shows his party continues to be overestimated, argues Adam Bienkov

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 4h

"But buried amid the A.I. division layoffs was a different set of cuts. The company laid off more than 100 people in its risk review organization, according to three people familiar with the move and internal memos viewed by The Times."

Meta Layoffs Included Employees Who Monitored Risks to User Privacy

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 7h

"Amazing result for Plaid Cymru, so here's a guest from Reform anyway..."

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Will Jennings 🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 5h

This from Mason suggesting Reform 'barely existed a few years back' really is just wrong. Reform are the clear successors to Nigel Farage's UKIP - who won over 12% in a general election a decade ago.

Chris Mason: Extraordinary Caerphilly by-election humbles Westminster's big beasts

Plaid Cymru win 47% of the vote in a record turnout, while Labour and the Tories manage just 13% between them.

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Mark McGeoghegan @markmcgeoghegan.bsky.social · 13h

That scene of the Welsh BBC correspondent being the only person interviewing Caerphilly's new Plaid AM while the rest of the media interviewed Reform's loser in the background was far too on the nose.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 16h

This is the BNP 2005 manifesto: it is a much more moderate proposal than that of Chris Philp and Katie Lam for the 2025 Conservatives since BNP accepted that people settled here legally have legal status (which the 2025 Conservatives do not recognise) and so proposes voluntary incentives to leave.

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 1d

"OpenAI twice loosened ChatGPT’s rules for discussing suicide in the year before 16-year-old Adam Raine took his own life using a method the chatbot advised him on, according to an amended lawsuit filed by his parents on Wednesday."

OpenAI Loosened Suicide-Talk Rules Before Teen’s Death, Lawsuit Alleges

An amended complaint from the parents of Adam Raine, a 16-year-old who died by suicide, alleges the changes were part of a push to increase engagement.

www.wsj.com

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 20h

Sorcery in Caerphilly:
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social visits the Welsh valleys on the trail of a Russian spy, his wife, a Reform politician taking bribes, party leader Nigel Farage and a vanishing by-election candidate.
Here's a sneak peak of John’s film - coming tomorrow only in the Nerve

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 17h

Further to this - and once again I am doing the basic research that political journalists should have done six months ago - Lam said on the record in Parliament that this *does* apply to pensions/pensioners.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 19h

morally indefensible product sold by right wing billionaires

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 20h

At some point it has to become clear that this tech exists is to create a more toxic society and enrich its owners. These uses are not aberrations but rather the entire purpose.

OpenAI's Sora 2 Can Generate Videos of Celebrities Appearing to Shout Racial Slurs

OpenAI's Sora 2 video generation model can be exploited to push misinformation and depict public figures behaving badly despite promised guardrails.

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Duncan Gill @duncangill.bsky.social · 19h

They do bring balance to ecosystems, perhaps financial ones too.

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ICIJ @icij.org · 20h

Russia is using sensitive high-tech equipment it secretly acquired from European, U.S. and Asian companies to protect its nuclear submarine fleet in the Arctic, according to the new cross-border investigation #RussianSecrets. buff.ly/Djl8vrW

Russia secretly bought Western tech to protect nuclear subs

Russian Secrets, a new cross-border investigation, reveals the shadowy procurement network behind Russia’s surveillance program Harmony.

www.icij.org

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Will Jennings 🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 20h

It's more a foghorn than a dog-whistle.

Eleni Courea @ecourea.bsky.social · 20h

EXC: Conservative MPs have complained to party whips over Katie Lam's remarks that many legal immigrants should be deported to make the UK “culturally coherent”

“It’s either dog-whistle or it’s so vague it’s meaningless,” one Tory MP said

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Conservatives complain to whips about fellow MP’s comments on legally settled people

Exclusive: Criticism of Katie Lam comes amid widespread confusion in the party over its policy on indefinite leave to remain

www.theguardian.com

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Duncan Gill @duncangill.bsky.social · 20h

A Big Mac.

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Duncan Gill @duncangill.bsky.social · 20h

It’s all going a bit Mark McGhee

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 23h

"nearly half..." ???

it's an open book test.

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Cat Neilan @catneilan.bsky.social · 1d

Exclusive: Two of Nathan Gill's fellow Ukip/Brexit Party MEPs used the same pro-Russia talking points in European Parliament, after joining him on a paid-for trip to Kyiv

observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

‘Jail is inevitable’ for former Reform politician awaitin...

Two other MEPs joined Nathan Gill on a trip paid for by pro-Russian interests – and 6 weeks later repeated his talking points in Parliament

observer.co.uk

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 22h

BREAKING: Israeli forces have carried out massive bombing operations southeast of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic report from the ground.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/oiwpck

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

he's knocking down the literal white house and illegally murdering people by dropping bombs on international boats and the government has been shut down for weeks and it's just like....yep

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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 1d

“Lawyers and accountants warn Reeves against tax raid on partnerships”.

Great headline. Right up there with

“Turkeys against Christmas”.

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 1d

Never mind every other single abominable or corrupt thing to this miserable moment, the extrajudicial and unevidenced execution of 34 human beings by the U.S. Navy on the orders of a U.S. President acting in peacetime is sufficient for his impeachment and conviction.

If we were a republic, I mean.

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 1d

Three men arrested in UK on suspicion of assisting Russian intelligence www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Three arrested in UK on suspicion of assisting Russian intelligence service

Men, aged 44, 45 and 48, detained by Metropolitan police under section 3 of National Security Act

www.theguardian.com

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Duncan Gill @duncangill.bsky.social · 1d

Macbeth went to Rome in 1050, but I s’pose by ‘King’ the muppet meant ‘English King.’

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 1d

Should be a v simple choice for Badenoch’s LOTO - either withdraw this mad “Idi Amin x 20” mass deportation bill or they should be treated by everyone in politics as what they are - more extreme on immigration than the BNP or any democratic govt anywhere

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 1d

LOTO should obviously now withdraw this mad bill if they say they would design the conditions "carefully" since they clearly have either not read or not understood what the Shadow Home Secretary has actually drafted and put to first reading

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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 2d

• They can't say if it would apply to all other benefits eg statutory maternity pay.
• Won't say if it would apply to people with ILR who have UK national kids and/or spouse.
• Very few answers at all: "There are always going to be fringe cases & the policy will need to be designed very carefully."

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 1d

Philp said Farage went too far so must be unclear about his own bill

There are a small group (people who earn £38k-60k) who Reform would kick out who the Conservatives might keep. But the draft bill would kick most of them out too, and most spouses, parents because of the state support definition

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