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Pixelpollen @pixelpollen.bsky.social · 14h

Maybe no reason or rhyme,names for groups ot magpies, mischief,conventicle, tribe,charm,gulp,tidings.

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Alix @alixixix.bsky.social · 2d

My full review of Game (John Minton, UK, 2025), following Thursday's premiere at @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social:
25yearslatersite.com/2025/10/19/m...

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Pixelpollen @pixelpollen.bsky.social · 15h

Thanks,shall try to catch.

Pixelpollen @pixelpollen.bsky.social · 15h

Indeed “could include the construction of data centers or rare earth processing facilities, and it would be possible to exchange them for army-owned land and products of computing power”

News has been reported that the U.S. Army has requested investment proposals from large Wall Street .. - MK

News has been reported that the U.S. Army has requested investment proposals from large Wall Street private equity funds to improve infrastructure.According to the British business magazine Financial ...

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Pixelpollen @pixelpollen.bsky.social · 15h

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 18h

Today, Wales remembers the Welsh speaking village of Capel Celyn, which was drowned to create a reservoir to supply Liverpool and Wirral with water on 21 October 1965

Cofiwch Dryweryn: A nation remembers Tryweryn

Stephen Price Today, Wales remembers the Welsh speaking village of Capel Celyn, which was drowned to create a reservoir to supply Liverpool and Wirral with water on 21 October 1965. The Tryweryn flood...

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Bartelds @bartelds.bsky.social · 17h

A foreign actor infiltrated the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Kansas City National Security Campus through vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s SharePoint browser-based app.

www.csoonline.com/article/4074...

Foreign hackers breached a US nuclear weapons plant via SharePoint flaws

A foreign actor infiltrated the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Kansas City National Security Campus through vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s SharePoint browser-based app, raising questions a...

www.csoonline.com

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Pixelpollen @pixelpollen.bsky.social · 17h

Rocket turtle time.

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Pixelpollen @pixelpollen.bsky.social · 17h

Tetchy tedium is very trying.

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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 18h

The upfront cost for top scientists coming to work in the UK is more than 20 times higher than the average for other leading research nations, excluding the United States, according to data compiled by Fragomen for the Royal Society. @mikepeeljourno.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 19h

The costs of the UK’s Global Talent Visa looks a trifle high in comparison to competitor countries - largely through the Immigration Health Surcharge (which critics say is a form of double taxation as they contribute to the NHS through normal tax on their earnings)

Researchers applying for the UK's Global Talent visa face high upfront costs
Upfront cost of visa to applicant and
employer
in 2025
UK
Denmark
£692
India
£602
Australia
£405
Israel
£362
US
£305
Italy £235
Netherlands
1 £207
Germany | £170
Spain
1£144
Sweden | £117
South Korea | £98
France £84
Japan £21
£5,941
£O
£2,000
£4
Source: Fragomen for the Royal Society • Excludes ongoing costs such as mandatory healthcare premiums or fees such as language tests

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Pixelpollen @pixelpollen.bsky.social · 18h

Stockwell,Tooting Broadway.

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Pixelpollen @pixelpollen.bsky.social · 19h

😁

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Pixelpollen @pixelpollen.bsky.social · 19h

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East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service @eastsussexfrs.bsky.social · 5d

With less than 3 weeks to go, public safety is a priority for #Lewes #bonfire night celebrations on 5 November and travel restrictions will be in place - find out more at 👉 t.ly/t-b6A

If you’re from outside Lewes, please #ChooseLocal events instead!

#StaySafe #StayLocal #LewesBonfire

Pixelpollen @pixelpollen.bsky.social · 20h

deluded tyrants.

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Pixelpollen @pixelpollen.bsky.social · 20h

Compromised allies it isn’t even ‘mysteriously’ at this point.

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Pixelpollen @pixelpollen.bsky.social · 20h

Arts are first to go,lived with company as child in Cornwall.

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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Diwali. The world needs the light.

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Pixelpollen @pixelpollen.bsky.social · 1d

Firework season, just saying.

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Pixelpollen @pixelpollen.bsky.social · 1d

After crossing these lines, boundaries wise.,everyone does.

Pixelpollen @pixelpollen.bsky.social · 1d

Someone had to go there.

Pixelpollen @pixelpollen.bsky.social · 1d

Chicken soup 🍜

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Pixelpollen @pixelpollen.bsky.social · 1d

been awhile,can’t even pretend am still up to speed, certificate verification initially via DNS (?)
Someone knows better am sure.

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Pixelpollen @pixelpollen.bsky.social · 1d

The Cure, no proxy, no contest.

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Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social · 1d

A complete dismantling of the Trump admin's legal case for drug-boat strikes. "Unlike al-Qaeda, there is no objective support for the conclusion that Tren de Aragua intends to inflict death and destruction on the United States or its citizens..." warontherocks.com/2025/10/why-...

Why U.S. Strikes Against Drug Boats Matter

On Oct. 14, President Donald Trump announced on social media that the United States had once more attacked an alleged drug smuggling small boat in

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Pixelpollen @pixelpollen.bsky.social · 1d

Hired ladder from Monsieur Bricolage.

Louvre,Ladder. Newspaper Article
Police focus on ladder placed against the side of the Louvre. Andre Harding Paris correspondent,at the scene.

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