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Stephanie Migot (MsMigot)
@msmigot.bsky.social
Wannabe polymath. Hangs out at justthetalk.com. Posts may contain swears. Allergic to emojis. Reposts ≠ endorsement. Can be bribed with gin, cheese, cold cuts and trash telly.

🇰🇪 in Disunited Kingdom
UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, high court judges rule tinyurl.com/24o7s5s3 [Guardian]

Happy Friday, everyone!
UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, high court judges rule
Protest group’s co-founder wins legal challenge against decision to proscribe it under anti-terrorism laws
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February 13, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s network tinyurl.com/2cgr4ma8 [TheEconomist, archive link]
February 13, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Israel arrests two over Polymarket trades on military operations tinyurl.com/2dhbc76y [Cointelegraph]
Israel Arrests Two Over Polymarket Trades on Iran Strikes
Israel has indicted a reservist and a civilian, alleging the pair used classified information to place bets on Polymarket on when Israel would strike Iran.
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February 13, 2026 at 2:40 PM
BBC to make hundreds of millions of pounds in cuts over next three years tinyurl.com/242txpu9 [LondonStandard]
BBC to make hundreds of millions of pounds in cuts over next three years
Tim Davie, the outgoing director-general, told staff about the latest plans on Thursday.
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February 13, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Madagascar declares national disaster after Cyclone Gezani kills dozens tinyurl.com/2d52s6nm [Face2FaceAfrica]
Madagascar declares national disaster after Cyclone Gezani kills dozens - Face2Face Africa
Cyclone Gezani unleashes powerful winds and flooding, killing dozens and displacing thousands across Madagascar.
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February 13, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Ring calls off partnership with police surveillance provider Flock Safety tinyurl.com/25l5u57q [Engadget]
Ring calls off partnership with police surveillance provider Flock Safety
Ring has canceled its partnership with Flock Safety, after receiving backlash for running a Super Bowl ad touting its Search Party feature.
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February 13, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Date set for $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC by President Trump tinyurl.com/2yxtsa4r [NewsShopper]
Date set for $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC by President Trump
A 10 billion dollar defamation lawsuit brought against the BBC by US President Donald Trump will go to trial in 2027, a Florida judge has ordered.
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February 13, 2026 at 2:00 PM
How the War in Sudan Could End tinyurl.com/29yxvezq [ForeignAffairs]
February 13, 2026 at 1:50 PM
USA • ICE retreats from Minnesota after weeks of backlash tinyurl.com/26pgor6r [BoingBoing]
ICE retreats from Minnesota after weeks of backlash
The Trump Administration calls this "de-escalation," the rest of us recognize it assmash-and-dash federalism.
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February 13, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Warning as government gains new powers to check bank accounts tinyurl.com/25sjzdxg [Joe_co_uk]
Warning as government gains new powers to check bank accounts - JOE.co.uk
The Department for Work and Pensions can compel banks and building societies to share benefits claimants' account details.
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February 13, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Microsoft’s AI-Powered Copyright Bots Fucked Up And Got An Innocent Game Delisted From Steam tinyurl.com/2bkgvd8w [Techdirt]
Microsoft’s AI-Powered Copyright Bots Fucked Up And Got An Innocent Game Delisted From Steam
At some point, we, as a society, are going to realize that farming copyright enforcement out to bots and AI-driven robocops is not the way to go, but today is not that day. Long before AI became th…
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February 13, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Russia's Foreign Government Debt Has Grown To A 20-year High tinyurl.com/26ehvfsk [Charter97org]
Russia's Foreign Government Debt Has Grown To A 20-year High
The internal one is increasing as well.
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February 13, 2026 at 1:10 PM
European nations are now being judged on military credibility - and the UK is falling short tinyurl.com/22kxzxwr [SkyNews]
European nations are now being judged not just on how much they spend, but on military credibility - and the UK is falling short
A US defence official told NATO that it is not just about how much money a country spends but what the cash is spent on and whether input translates to credible military output.
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February 13, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Crypto use in human trafficking networks surged in 2025: Chainalysis tinyurl.com/29pzeyvy [Cointelegraph]
Crypto Use in Trafficking Surges, but May Help in Crackdowns
The use of crypto in trafficking grew 85% in 2025, with Chainalysis saying volumes reached “hundreds of millions of dollars across identified services.”
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February 13, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Reposted by Stephanie Migot (MsMigot)
Poo, Spew, Richer Than You, Cuntface, Dribble, Twat.
February 9, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Reform by-election candidate calls for ‘young girls’ to be given ‘biological reality’ check tinyurl.com/24r7qmgt [Independent]
Reform candidate calls for ‘young girls’ to be given ‘biological reality’ check
Exclusive: Matt Goodwin argued ‘young girls’ should be explained ‘the biological reality’ that ‘many women in Britain are having children much too late in life’
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February 13, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Waymo is asking DoorDash drivers to shut the doors of its self-driving cars tinyurl.com/28lltnja [TechCrunch]

*This* is the future all that VC money has been spent on???
Waymo is asking DoorDash drivers to shut the doors of its self-driving cars | TechCrunch
If a passenger accidentally leaves a Waymo door open, the vehicle can get stuck in place.
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February 13, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Four students solved a geometry puzzle by pretending squares were resistors tinyurl.com/28sb7z5m [BoingBoing]
Four students solved a geometry puzzle by pretending squares were resistors
Squaring the square: a geometry puzzle solved with circuit theory, a pseudonym, and a 40-year computer search.
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February 13, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Starmer’s avoidable Lords nightmare tinyurl.com/22zoapg4 [NewStatesman, archive link]
View this full article!
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2026/02/starmers-avoidable-lords-nightmare
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February 13, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Researchers Jailbreak #ChatGPT to Find Out Which State Has the Laziest People tinyurl.com/232ptcn5 [Gizmodo]
Researchers Jailbreak ChatGPT to Find Out Which State Has the Laziest People
You're not gonna believe this but it reflects common human biases.
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February 13, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Why Is the World Silent When the Gaza Genocide Is Not Over? tinyurl.com/2yf62esy [Zeteo]
Why Is the World Silent When the Gaza Genocide Is Not Over?
Diana Buttu on how Israel continues to kill, starve, and imprison Palestinians as the world remains distracted by the words ‘peace’ and ‘process’ and ‘boards’ and ‘plans.’
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February 13, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Farage and Starmer equally disliked by young people, poll finds tinyurl.com/24kw49cz [LondonEconomic]
Farage and Starmer equally disliked by young people, poll finds
Nigel Farage and Keir Starmer are equally disliked by young people, according to new polling carried out by ITV.
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February 13, 2026 at 11:30 AM
How Hate Groups and Terrorists Use Gaming Platforms to Recruit Young Children tinyurl.com/2yao9srx [NYTimes, archive link]
View this full article!
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/world/europe/online-extremism-gaming-children.html
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February 13, 2026 at 11:20 AM
South Africa will deploy troops to fight illegal mining, gang violence tinyurl.com/29eaewnt [abcNews]
South Africa will deploy troops to fight illegal mining, gang violence
President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa is sending troops into communities to crack down on illegal mining and gang violence
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February 13, 2026 at 11:10 AM