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[email protected] @stavvy.bsky.social · 11h

Dubbed “Pacific Eyes”, the proposed intelligence-sharing alliance could help to plug institutional gaps that “external powers” – particularly Beijing – were eager to exploit.
www.scmp.com/news/china/d...

Call for ‘Pacific Eyes’ intelligence body to offset China’s growing presence

Think tank proposes dedicated alliance – initially with Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Fiji – to avoid being ‘blindsided’.

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Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social · 11h

"no basis exists for characterizing the hostilities between the United States and any drug cartels as a NIAC. Trafficking is simply not the sort of activity contemplated by the law of armed conflict as potentially triggering an armed conflict." www.justsecurity.org/122756/drug-...

Attacking Drug Cartels in the Territory of Another State

U.S. lethal operations against suspected cartel-affiliated individuals to date stretch applicable international law beyond recognition.

www.justsecurity.org

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[email protected] @stavvy.bsky.social · 13h

The blizzard of paperwork is a byproduct of two consolidated lawsuits accusing Snap Inc.’s Snapchat; Meta Platforms Inc.’s Facebook and Instagram; ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok; and Alphabet Inc.’s YouTube of knowingly designing their platforms to addict users
www.seattletimes.com/business/mas...

‘Massive legal siege’ against social media companies looms

The first bellwether trial is scheduled to begin in Los Angeles Superior Court in late January.

www.seattletimes.com

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[email protected] @stavvy.bsky.social · 13h

"Even though we see worrisome trends in the Chinese economy, the news these days is not how the PRC leadership coming up with good or big packages to bring their economy up from the slump, it's about the purge of top PLA generals,"
www.reuters.com/world/china/...

www.reuters.com

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[email protected] @stavvy.bsky.social · 13h

Hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi was elected Japan's first female prime minister on Tuesday, shattering the political glass ceiling and setting the country up for a decisive turn to the right.
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

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[email protected] @stavvy.bsky.social · 14h

The misunderstanding on American Airlines Flight 6469 came about because the intercom that pilots and flight attendants use to speak to each other had been left on by accident.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US pilots make emergency landing after mistaking static sound for plane invasion

Flight returned to Omaha airport minutes after departing for Los Angeles, after intercom was left on by accident

www.theguardian.com

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Baron Smudge - Roy Tonkin 🇪🇺🌹🎨🌟💙 @baronsmudge.bsky.social · 15h

I don’t know where this came from, but very good! 😂

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Grumpy Philosopher @stevecooke.org · 18h

It looks like Labour are saying that refugees must be net economic contributors or face deportation. Or that members of the Windrush Generation, who were invited to permanently settle here by the government, get deported if they fall on hard times or suffer long-term sickness. Get in the bin.

Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 18h

“We welcome those who come to this country, legally, and give more than they take. We believe the right to stay here must not be automatic, but that those who play their part should be able to earn that right."

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 18h

On Zack Polanski’s Bold Politics podcast. Has Brexit damage gone away? No - we’re bleeding money & opportunities every day because we are structurally in a bad place now.

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 1d

Any investment in oil —any— is an investment in the destruction of the climate.

www.cnn.com/2023/10/02/e...

Head of OPEC warns of a ‘dangerous’ lack of investment in oil | CNN Business

The head of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries — a group of the world’s major oil producers — told CNN Monday that a lack of investment in the oil industry posed a danger to global ...

www.cnn.com

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 18h

Robert Peston, "Where are you on the banning of Maccabi fans?"

Zack Polanski, "I'm Jewish, I take antisemitism really seriously"

"I don't think banning Maccabi fans is antisemitic at all"

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 18h

I’ve never seen Iain Duncan Smith slapped down better than this. Well played Ian Byrne MP. 👏

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Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦 @pravda.ua · 15h

⚡ Zelenskyy on Russia's energy terror: Threat of Tomahawks can bring Putin back to diplomacy

Zelenskyy on Russia's energy terror: Threat of Tomahawks can bring Putin back to diplomacy

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stressed that diplomats and international partners must work as actively as possible to increase pressure on Russia, which continues to strike Ukraine's energy infras...

www.pravda.com.ua

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[email protected] @stavvy.bsky.social · 15h

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 20h

Suggest you jump in on this poll.

—> xd.wayin.com/display/cont...?

And share…

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 20h

So when Farage rails against the latest migration figures, he's railing against a monster of his own making. The EU didn't impose uncontrolled immigration on us; it offered a framework that reflected geography, economics and reality”

ie - control.

www.thelondoneconomic.com/opinion/peop...

People are just realising that we had a better grip on immigration within the EU

They gave us bar staff and builders - we gave them sunburnt pensioners and seaside property booms. It was win-win.

www.thelondoneconomic.com

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[email protected] @stavvy.bsky.social · 1d

CHP is reporting that a cruiser parked on an onramp of Interstate 5 was hit by falling shrapnel after an artillery round exploded midair, far earlier than intended, forcing an early end to the artillery demonstration.

Who'd have thunk?

MAGA

www.latimes.com/california/s...

How military’s ‘safe’ plan to fire munitions over Interstate 5 went off the rails with CHP cruiser hit

An artillery round exploded over Interstate 5 at Camp Pendleton, cutting short the military's live-fire exercise.

www.latimes.com

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David Tomkins @davidctomkins.bsky.social · 2d

Real time data coming out of the world’s climate measurement systems should be stopping us in our tracks. The latest estimate shows that, this week, the Earth is 1.9°C warmer than before we began burning fossil fuels.
#climatecrisis #ClimateEmergency #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/we-re-t...

We’re Touching 1.9°C - And It’s Only 2025

Real time data coming out of the world’s climate measurement systems should be stopping us in our tracks. The latest estimate by climate scientist Dr Karsten Haustein shows that, this week, the Earth ...

www.lyrebirddreaming.com

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 1d

Russian President Vladimir Putin is once again trying to seize through political backchanneling what he has failed to capture by force. So what is Donbas? And why is Russia so obsessed with it?

Why does Russia want Donbas? 6 things to know about the region Ukraine is being pressured to give up

Russian President Vladimir Putin is once again trying to seize through political backchanneling what he has failed to capture by force. According to the Financial Times (FT), Putin once again is tryi...

kyivindependent.com

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 1d

Left: Labour's Rosie Wrighting, "I voted to remain, I respect the decision of the vote.. Shouldn't reverse Brexit as its a decision made by the public"

Right: The public have recognised Brexit was a mistake, so why is Labour living in the past?

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[email protected] @stavvy.bsky.social · 1d

#Reform clowns on Kent county council were seen in the footage, complaining about “backbiting” and being ignored by their leader, Linden Kemkaran, who told them to “fucking suck it up” if they did not agree with decisions made by her.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Reform suspends four Kent councillors after Guardian publishes leaked video of fierce infighting

Members of Reform’s showcase county council will be investigated after ‘evidence that they brought the party into disrepute’

www.theguardian.com

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[email protected] @stavvy.bsky.social · 1d

Last year the Israeli army launched a criminal investigation, which is continuing, into the deaths of 36 prisoners detained at Sde Teiman.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

At least 135 mutilated bodies of Palestinians had been held at notorious Israeli jail, say Gaza officials

Documents indicate they came from Sde Teiman, which already faces allegations of torture and unlawful deaths

www.theguardian.com

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Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 2d

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

We talked about this tonight and said that in any other Western European country Farage + Johnson would be in prison as they’ve both sold out on their country: it’s treasonous.
Also let’s never forget the RW press/media are in this crime scene up to their necks.