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Heather Stewart @guardianheather.bsky.social · 17m

If this isn’t evidence of an AI bubble I don’t know what is 🫧

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 21m

Rishi Sunak’s twin appointments mean he will be advising rivals in the push for AI breakthroughs. on.ft.com/3KNw22e

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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 15m

Not yet.

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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 17m

By next year Trump might have started another US civil war. The Nobel committee's job might be very easy.

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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 19m

@bbcr4today #AsItHappened Friday 10 October 2025

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Record of the items on BBC Radio 4 Today on 10 October 2025

Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 27m

I wonder about the extent of the Office for Students' free-speech-labelled powers, and the coincidence of yesterday's hate crime figures.

www.gov.uk/government/s...

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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 41m

I think it's true that the UK has made contributions to various things going on on the sidelines - we get credit for working on the New York Declaration organised by France and Saudi Arabia - but she was depressingly, flatly, uninspiringly, overdoing it.

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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 46m

Very. It would be so far away from "the way we do things" I wonder how difficult it would be to set up, but I have ideas which I can normally suppress.

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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 50m

The trial has collapsed under this government, and the explanations are all as clear as mud.

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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 54m

The 20 point plan is a composite of several plans that have been discussed since January and before.

Arab countries and Turkey have been increasing pressure on Hamas for months - bullying.

What finally made the difference was Israel attacking Qatar, which made Trump bully Israel.

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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 59m

I don't want to look around for a copy of his speech, so I was just reacting to a couple of lines quoted by the Guardian.

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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 1h

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

The Conservatives have pledged they will increase the number of deportations to 150k/year

- while significantly reducing the size of the civil service
- without increasing government spending and taxation.
- and opposing mandatory identification.

migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/co...

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Jim Hawkins @jimallthetime.bsky.social · 1d

Robert Jenrick says he’s an Anglofuturist. What does that mean?

(hint: it’s not good)

via @hopenothate.org.uk

hopenothate.org.uk/2025/10/08/r...

Robert Jenrick says he’s an Anglofuturist. What does that mean? – HOPE not hate

In late June, the shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick took the stand at a conference. Addressing the crowd of Tories and radical-right political figures, he made an unusual statement. “I am what c...

hopenothate.org.uk

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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 1h

At least somebody mentioned that the EU EES will work differently after the first time you pass through.

travel-europe.europa.eu/ees/ltr/how-...

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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 1h

According to a representative of the Qatar foreign ministry, agreeing the list of prisoners to be released was what held up the Israeli cabinet meeting yesterday.

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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 1h

If I don't get the Peace Prize, this means war!

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Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says

www.theguardian.com

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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 1h

When discussing the larger parts of the "20 point plan", yes, but not today.

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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 1h

I wonder, were they imported?

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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 2h

No complaint about him - informative and enthusiastic.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 2h

What are the tariffs on Finnish icebreakers?

CNN @cnn.com · 5h

The US Coast Guard is buying four icebreaker ships from Finland, further bolstering America’s ability to put military assets in the Arctic at a time when Russia and China’s influence in the region is growing — and as experts have worried the US is not moving quickly enough. https://cnn.it/4h7JcmX

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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 2h

Arif Ahmed (Office for Students) "was part of a network of academics associated with Peter Thiel and the online magazine Quillette"

(Wikipedia)

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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 2h

Others have likened him to William Hartnell as Dr Who.

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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 2h

Nigel Farage is also Co-founder and Chairman of Action on World Health LLP

www.actionwh.org

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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 2h

When Amol Rajan says "it's good that we got that line back", he means "we had to stop trying to use a video call (which would be useful to programmes on TV) because the line was bad, and used the phone instead".

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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 2h

Amol Rajan "hasn't read Papers In Paleontology for a while".

I wonder exactly when he last did.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2056...

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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 2h

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saltydon.bsky.social @saltydon.bsky.social · 19h

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