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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 7h

This is the owner of Time Magazine. nypost.com/2025/10/11/u...

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 6h

Pathetic.... and what about X?

Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 8h

4chan has ghosted Ofcom, and is ignoring the UK regulators' pleas to comply with the Online Safety Act. Ofcom says it will fine them £100 a day until they answer their email.

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Ofcom fines 4chan £20K for Online Safety Act failings

: Regulator warns penalties will pile up until internet toilet does its paperwork

www.theregister.com

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R Phelps @greygosling.bsky.social · 6h

A very good interview with Mike Kofman, an in depth update on the situation on the front in #ukraine and lots of unusual questions. youtu.be/eTbvtbSuy9s?...

Following the Russo-Ukrainian War : A Conversation with Michael Kofman

YouTube video by Le Collimateur

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Olesya Khromeychuk @okhromeychuk.bsky.social · 7h

Istoria: Lessons for the Present. Full course: buytickets.at/ukrainianins...

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Olesya Khromeychuk @okhromeychuk.bsky.social · 7h

I’m thrilled that @ukrinstitute.bsky.social's Istoria course is back! It’s been such a joy curating it and bringing together friends and colleagues who are leading experts in Ukrainian history. We start on 28 Oct, and there’s an early bird discount until 19 Oct. See you online! Link👇

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R Phelps @greygosling.bsky.social · 7h

US and UK far right cash is flooding through UK politics and it barely gets any attention.

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 7h

Elon Musk is paying Tommy Robinson's legal bills.

The British media and political establishment is still on X and maybe this is the wake up call they need.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Far-right activist is accused of refusing to comply with counter-terrorism police request at Channel tunnel

www.theguardian.com

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Justadutchguy 🇳🇱🇺🇦 @justadutchguy.bsky.social · 7h

The last Vatnik soup from Pekka. He will be missed, but work on X has become nearly impossible. Take a break, my man!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qhi...

@vatniksoepnl.bsky.social
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Final Soup With Pekka As a Chef

YouTube video by Vatnik Soup

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R Phelps @greygosling.bsky.social · 9h

Well earned

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R Phelps @greygosling.bsky.social · 9h

Do u think the armoured assaults are back because they're not getting enough volunteers?

R Phelps @greygosling.bsky.social · 9h

Seen speculation that this is because the volunteers are becoming more scarce?

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R Phelps @greygosling.bsky.social · 9h

Been true since 2014

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 12h

we are once again locked in a worldwide ideological struggle. kinda sucks but it is what it is. time to pick a side kids

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Europe Elects @europeelects.bsky.social · 11h

Italy, Tuscany regional elections:

2356/3922 polling stations counted

Giani (PD-S&D): 54.0%
Tomasi (FdI-ECR): 40.9%
Bundu (*~LEFT): 5.2%

➤ http://europeelects.eu/italy

#Toscana #Regionali2025

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PeteGulls @gullssinceaboy.bsky.social · 11h

Many questions for Dubai Dick Tice and Farage to answer. hopenothate.org.uk/2025/10/13/r...

Richard Tice failed to register lavish hospitality from former Russian finance minister's wife – HOPE not hate

IN BREACH OF PARLIAMENTARY RULES: REFORM UK’S RICHARD TICE Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice has broken parliamentary rules by failing to register lavish hospitality...

hopenothate.org.uk

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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 14h

At the briefing, Kallas announced that the EU is allocating €10 million for the special tribunal on Russia’s aggression and another €6 million to help abducted children.

"This means that the victims of these crimes will receive all the necessary support and care." - Kaja Kallas.

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · 16h

Look at what we can do if we want to.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Nexperia: Dutch government takes control of China-owned chip firm

The move, which is aimed to protect supplies of technology, could raise tensions between the EU and China.

www.bbc.com

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R Phelps @greygosling.bsky.social · 16h

This plus it was already evident by June 2016 eg Trump candidacy, rejection of TPP by both Clinton and Trump & NAFTA backlash, TTIP struggling, populist moment in IndyRef, Orban, Fico etc. Many said at the time this was a moment for holding gains not fantasies of deep FTAs w India and the US.

David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · May 24

While broadly agreeing with this @anandmenon.bsky.social long read, I find "Brexit, through no fault of Britain’s, was thus spectacularly badly timed" a rather odd statement given Brexit is the UK's backlash against globalisation so why wouldn't others follow? www.ft.com/content/f725...

Britain and Europe are moving beyond Brexit. Now for the real trade-offs

This week’s ‘reset’ deal is a welcome return to pragmatism. But both sides must go further in facing up to the new world order

www.ft.com

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 18h

Really good piece from Jane Bradley and co at NYT.

Earlier this summer Democracy for Sale revealed how anti abortionists, including ADF, were pumping money into the U.K.

Free Speech Union still hasn’t responded to our queries. Funny that…

democracyforsale.substack.com/p/us-antiabo...

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Szabolcs Panyi @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social · 19h

💥Orbán-ally EU Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi told Ursula von der Leyen he was “not aware” of spying operations against EU institutions at Hungary’s Brussels EU mission, which he led for 4 years, per @politico.eu.

Here's our investigation into Hungarian espionage in 🇬🇧: www.direkt36.hu/en/sulyos-ug...

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 1d

I don't think people are "betting against Bari Weiss" the concern is that she will succeed in transforming CBS News into regime-aligned propaganda.

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 1d

This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe there's something in this Nigel Farage and Nathan Gill Russian bribes story....

Lots of stories about Nathan Gill and Russian bribes.

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Tochnyi @tochnyi.info · 1d

🎙️ Join us today for Tochnyi Weekly!

We’re live now with the latest updates, analysis, and key developments from Ukraine and and on the russian economy with @delfoo.bsky.social

🕒 21:00 Kyiv | 20:00 Berlin | 2 PM NY
📺 Live on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORmR...

EU Buys More Russian Natural Gas - Tochnyi Weekly October 12th 2025

YouTube video by Tochnyi

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 1d

The kind of stuff I’d always posted stopped doing numbers. The kind of stuff I liked seeing stopped getting posted. The site stopped sending people to stuff I write. I stopped getting commissions from it. The fun stopped ages ago. And crucially, it got *boring* to spend time there.

Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 1d

This is an exact encapsulation of why I moved to Bluesky.

No amount of handwringing in the Atlantic about how I owe some eternal Promethean suffering to the discourse is going to make me stay on a site I hate, that stopped doing anything for me professionally years ago.

Well – no. Bluesky may or may not be, as one centre-right friend who felt unwelcome put it, “self-righteous island”. But the idea that’s why we went is nonsense. That I’ve largely stopped posting on a site that’s done more to shape my career and social circle than the rest of the internet combined is less about avoiding rival opinions (I love arguing with people who are wrong!) than with the fact the site simply became unusable. It stopped generating the things (good jokes, interesting debate, clicks) I wanted; it became extremely good at generating the things (racists, pornbots, racist pornbots) I did not.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 1d

New post just out:

The relationship between Russia and the European radical right goes well beyond Reform's Nathan Gill being bribed.

In this post I trace the history back to the 1990s and look at the threat it poses now.

(£/free trial)

open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/r...

Russia and the rise of the radical right

Marine Le Pen meets with Putin before the 2017 French Presidential election (Photo credit Mikhail Klimentyev/AFP via Getty Images)

open.substack.com

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R Phelps @greygosling.bsky.social · 1d

And the long term costs of not choosing could be immense.

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R Phelps @greygosling.bsky.social · 1d

Desperate flailing. Magyar is coming.

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