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David Knickerbocker @itsgorain.bsky.social · 1d

MAGA is all illusion. They have nothing else, not even strength. They are able to hurt people, but they are extremely weak and brittle.

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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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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 1d

Byline Times has been told by various sources that Farage has maintained a close interest in Ukraine’s conflict with Russia…
But Farage’s ignorance of this particular set of pro-Russian influencers around Nathan Gill is even more questionable….

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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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 1d

Tagging @redmonk.com - super article 👍

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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 1d

"One of the most innovative parts of the CRA [EU Cyber Resilience Act] is for the first time, in any piece of legislation in the world, it enshrines a role for an economic actor they call open source software steward." 💡❤️

Superb interview from Rachel Stephens

A RedMonk Conversation: CRA – The First Horizontal Regulation of the Software Industry

In this conversation, Rachel Stephens (Research Director at RedMonk) and Mike Milinkovich (Executive Director, Eclipse Foundation) discuss the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). Mike explains the law, …

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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 1d

Huge thank you to everyone who came along to the panel discussion on The Realities of Moving to the Product Operating Model, and to Hyperact for organising and facilitating such a great discussion 👉🏻 Dive deeper: https://www.hyperact.co.uk/blog/realities-of-moving-to-the-product-operating-model

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Chris Baraniuk @chrisbaraniuk.com · 6d

Absolutely fascinating.

www.wsj.com/world/ukrain...

Ukraine’s New Strategy for Keeping the Lights On Through a Winter of War

Top-secret sites house rows of batteries designed to support the country’s power grid during bombardments.

www.wsj.com

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Chris Baraniuk @chrisbaraniuk.com · 6d

The etymology of "battery" is worth thinking about in this context.

"The extension to 'electrical cell' (1748, in Ben Franklin) is perhaps from the artillery sense via notion of 'discharges' of electricity."

www.etymonline.com/word/battery

Battery - Etymology, Origin & Meaning

Originating from 1530s French batterie and Latin battuere, batter means the action of beating or unlawful assault, reflecting its legal and physical meanings.

www.etymonline.com

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Sustainable Us @havantenviro.bsky.social · 6d

Renewables are more secure during conflict.

1. No dependency on fuel imports which could be shut off or curtailed by an enemy
2. Distributed nature is more robust
3. Batteries help maintain supply if there is a problem
4. Offshore wind farms provide sensor platforms
5. Solar PV is easy to replace

Chris Baraniuk @chrisbaraniuk.com · 6d

Absolutely fascinating.

www.wsj.com/world/ukrain...

Ukraine’s New Strategy for Keeping the Lights On Through a Winter of War

Top-secret sites house rows of batteries designed to support the country’s power grid during bombardments.

www.wsj.com

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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 2d

Huge thank you to everyone who came along to the panel discussion on The Realities of Moving to the Product Operating Model, and to Hyperact for organising and facilitating such a great discussion 👉🏻 Dive deeper here : www.hyperact.co.uk/blog/realities-of-moving-to-the-product-operating-model

Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 2d

Are you ready to start scaling Team Topologies? With a carefully curated set of tools designed to work well with Team Topologies principles, our Success ToolKit can make the leap a little easier to make.

Success ToolKit™ — Team Topologies - Organizing for fast flow of value

teamtopologies.com

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Kathryn C-K @kathrynck.bsky.social · 2d

In which, as usual, prosody does almost all the indexical and semantic work at the same time and the lexical content is just along for the ride

chira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · Jun 1

whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing

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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 3d

Yeah. Interesting! 🧐😂

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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 3d

"you now have a obligation to provide that fix to the project, regardless of whether it’s a copy left license or not. "

That's a very interesting legislative move. Kind of a legal obligation to do the right thing wrt open source... 💡

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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 3d

"you now have a obligation to provide that fix to the project, regardless of whether it’s a copy left license or not. "

That's a very interesting legislative move. Kind of a legal obligation to do the right thing wrt open source... 💡

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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 3d

This is superb - thank you.

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Rachel Stephens @rstephens.me · 3d

I am biased and think you should consume all my work (😘), but this one really is important.

This regulation is going to have vast ripple effects across our ecosystems. Please give the interview a listen and learn more about what's coming.

redmonk.com/blog/2025/10...

A RedMonk Conversation: CRA – The First Horizontal Regulation of the Software Industry

In this conversation, Rachel Stephens (Research Director at RedMonk) and Mike Milinkovich (Executive Director, Eclipse Foundation) discuss the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). Mike explains the law, its...

redmonk.com

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 3d

NEW – IEA: Renewables have cut fossil-fuel imports for more than 100 countries | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @iea.org

Read here: buff.ly/moV7Tge

Share of national electricity supplies that depend on imported fossil fuels in 2023, actual (left) and in the IEA’s “low renewable-energy source” scenario (right), in 31 countries that are net importers of coal and gas. Source: IEA.

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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 3d

Haven't been able to read the article, but I love this.

High school in Maine offers hikes instead of detention. Teachers are seeing results. - The Boston Globe

The kids were skeptical. They would rather serve school detention in school than walk in the woods. But then they tried it.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Dave Farley @davefarley77.bsky.social · 3d

The core principles of software engineering are now MORE important, not less:

1. Work in small steps: actively constrain the AI.
2. Verify everything: after every small change, verify that the system is still working as expected.

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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 3d

Team Topologies reach beyond IT is a reminder that though our work may vary quite dramatically, many business lessons are more transferable than we realise.

It makes me wonder: what else could we learn from each other?

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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 4d

🚨 New workshop alert!

I'm excited to be hosting a roundtable session on bringing clarity and coherence to AI adoption later this month.

Register here: https://matthewskelton.com/all-events/workshop-bring-clarity-and-coherence-to-ai-adoption-via-team-topologies-and-active-knowledge-diffusion

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 4d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 5d

Here’s video of the incident

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 5d

A great breakdown of the numbers here, making clear the return was across society, not directly into govt coffers: bsky.app/profile/clar...

Clara Murray @claradoodle.bsky.social · 5d

Actually... from my reading of the artists' basic income report, the government did not earn money back from the scheme (although its costs were offset 37%)

Most gains were societal and came from putting the artists' improvements in wellbeing in € terms

assets.gov.ie/static/docum...

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 6d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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