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Emma Yeomans
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News reporter at The Times.

Prior winner, Paul Foot Award, 30Under30 etc. One eye on the waves.

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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · Nov 12
Hi. I'm Emma. I work for The Times, where I write about everything from criminal money to charity shops. I take particular interest in refugees and asylum, mis- and disinformation, and security. I'm late to Bluesky because I hate change, and now I want to introduce myself properly.
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zackkopplin.bsky.social
Two Congressman named a group of men as Epstein's co-conspirators. While two of them, Sultan Bin Sulayem and Les Wexner, are well known associates of Epstien, the other four appear to have no connection to him at all.

There are dangers in carelessness

www.occrp.org/en/news/powe...
"Powerful" Epstein Accomplices Named by Congressmen Appear To Be Ordinary New Yorkers
Two crusading U.S. Congressmen, Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie, released the names of six men they claimed were "powerful" people tied to Epstein. But no clear evidence ties them to the disgraced financi...
www.occrp.org
February 13, 2026 at 11:28 PM
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seankemp.bsky.social
This piece in The Spectator by @shippersunbound.bsky.social has an absolutely mad detail that I was not previously aware of spectator.com/article/auth...
McSweeney pressed for his mentor to get the job. One of the most bizarre shortlists of all time was drawn up: Mandelson, George Osborne and the rugged TV survivalist Bear Grylls, since it was believed he would appeal to Trump, also a star of reality TV. Starmer initially backed Osborne but McSweeney got his way.
February 12, 2026 at 1:12 PM
yeomans.bsky.social
Scoop: A woman with ties to Andrew proposed buying a modelling agency for Epstein to "access what you are looking for" and getting a license to recruit 16-year-olds

www.thetimes.com/article/woma...
Woman with Andrew ties tried to buy modelling agency for Epstein
The aim was for the paedophile financier to have easy access to 16-year-olds
www.thetimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:09 PM
yeomans.bsky.social
The Epstein files are also a rare chance to see how the richest people in the world seem to talk about business in the same way that your schoolfriend on Facebook advertises her MLM. Except they're playing with billions.
February 11, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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thetimes.com
🔺 EXCLUSIVE: Peter Mandelson got five-figure payoff for sacking as ambassador
Peter Mandelson got five-figure payoff for sacking as ambassador
www.thetimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 10:25 PM
yeomans.bsky.social
After all the reporting, its still hard not to be shocked by how women and girls were just livestock to Epstein and his class. They "would have been good five years ago... find new"
February 6, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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pickardje.bsky.social
BREAKING:

The Metropolitan Police:

"Following this (Epstein) release and subsequent media reporting, the Met has received a number of reports relating to alleged misconduct in a public office. The reports will all be reviewed to determine if they meet the criminal threshold for investigation."
February 2, 2026 at 7:23 PM
yeomans.bsky.social
Nice to be reminded that it's almost a year to the day since Peter Mandelson texted me to tell me to "stop bothering" him with "ridiculous nonsense"
February 2, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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gtconway.bsky.social
"Fico seemed to be 'traumatized' by his encounter with Trump, one of the European diplomats said. Fico characterized Trump as being 'out of his mind,' a diplomat said, using the words briefed to them by their leader, who was directly involved in the conversation."
politico.eu POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 17d
Slovak PM Robert Fico was left shocked by Donald Trump’s state of mind after a recent meeting with him, he told his European counterparts at a summit last week, according to five diplomats briefed on the conversation.
European leader spoke of shock at Trump’s state of mind after Mar-a-Lago meeting
The Slovak PM, a Trump ally, told leaders at last week’s EU summit he was concerned about the way the U.S. president spoke to him, European diplomats said.
www.politico.eu
January 28, 2026 at 2:44 PM
yeomans.bsky.social
Russia is putting "all vessels at risk" by jamming and spoofing satellite systems, according to 13 governments. Research by the Royal Institute of Navigation found, among ships impacted by interference, 14% ended up in an "illegal or unsafe" situation as a result
www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/a...
Russia ‘putting all ships at risk’ by jamming navigation systems
The UK and other countries have called for maritime bodies to recognise the threat to safe navigation of GPS jamming and position spoofing
www.thetimes.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:52 PM
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drewharwell.com
No one writes like @adamserwer.bsky.social

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone. In Minnesota, all of the ideological cornerstones of MAGA have been proved false at once. Minnesotans, not the armed thugs of ICE and the Border Patrol, are brave. Minnesotans have shown that their community is socially cohesive—because of its diversity and not in spite of it. Minnesotans have found and loved one another in a world atomized by social media, where empty men have tried to fill their lonely soul with lies about their own inherent superiority. Minnesotans have preserved everything worthwhile about “Western civilization,” while armed brutes try to tear it down by force.
January 27, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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jeffrueter.bsky.social
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."
Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti “We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
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jamesrball.com
This is the memes-to-murder pipeline in action.

A far-right influencer reignited a years-long scandal over welfare fraud, which led to Tim Walz to abandon a third term and to Trump to send in ICE. It all stems from that.

The stuff happening online has consequences. And it’s getting worse, fast.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21d
All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.
January 24, 2026 at 5:28 PM
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asharangappa.bsky.social
I am watching what is happening in Minneapolis on Ali Velshi and one of the ICE officers (off camera) literally says, “It’s like Call of Duty. Pretty cool huh?” as they shoot whatever it is they are shooting. Agents walking around, guns unholstered for no reason. This is insanity
January 24, 2026 at 4:45 PM
yeomans.bsky.social
I've been thinking about this story for days. Now @thenation.com has tracked down the student who ate another student's AI-generated art.

"That’s part of why I spat it out, because AI chews up and spits out art made by other people."
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Meet the Alaska Student Arrested for Eating an AI Art Exhibit
A conversation with Graham Granger, whose combination of protest and performance art spread beyond campus. “AI chews up and spits out art made by other people.”
www.thenation.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:18 PM
yeomans.bsky.social
The Royal Navy confirms it sent out HMS Severn, HMS Mersey and Wildcat helicopter to monitor Russian warship Boikiy and tanker as they transited the English Channel on Tues

Pic of the Boikiy from last year by Eddie Mitchell, when he and I approached it by fishing vessel
thetimes.com/uk/defence/a...
Russian warship escorts oil tanker through English Channel
The General Skobelev has direct links to the Kremlin and took part in the ‘Syria Express’ route, delivering fuel to the Russian military
thetimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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richard.wickedproblems.earth
Bravo @ben-cooke.bsky.social. Brilliant scoop, and hard to imagine a more important one.

“This government is hiding the true danger of climate change from the people”. Spooks don’t mess about when they leak.

www.thetimes.com/article/4a1c...
The internal version also warned that collapsing ecosystems could motivate acts of eco-terrorism in Britain, as well as drawing NATO into conflicts over remaining breadbaskets in Russia and Ukraine. Described as a reasonable worst case scenario the report said that many ecosystems around the world were so stressed that they would soon pass a tipping point after which they were an inexorably degrade no matter what humans did to protect them. forests in Canada and Russia might pass a tipping point by 2030 as my glacier in the Himalayas that fed Rivers on which 2 billion people dependent the report suggested. Intelligence chiefs warned that the decline of Himalayan rivers would almost certainly escalate tensions between China India and Pakistan potentially leading to nuclear war. Britton which imports 40% of its food including a fifth of its animal feed from South America, which struggle to feed itself unless it made expensive investments in its supply chains the authors said. These investments could include lab grown meat a new crop varieties. “This government is hiding the true danger of climate change from the people” a source close to the development of the report claimed. “We need to have an honest conversation about the risks we face to our prosperity and how to mitigate them.”
January 23, 2026 at 9:58 AM
yeomans.bsky.social
Britain sent HMS Dagger to monitor the Grinch as it passed through Straits of Gibraltar, and aided with intelligence gathering and tracking, Defence Sec John Healey says.
yeomans.bsky.social Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 23d
France has seized the falsely-flagged tanker Grinch with help from Britain and other allies. French Forces said allies including Britain's Permanent Joint Headquarters helped plan the raid.

Grinch has history of dark activity, including STS transfers near Kerch.

www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/a...
UK helps France seize Russian-linked oil tanker in Mediterranean
Forces descend on the Grinch from helicopters in French navy mission ‘conducted in co-operation with our allies’
www.thetimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:51 PM
yeomans.bsky.social
France has seized the falsely-flagged tanker Grinch with help from Britain and other allies. French Forces said allies including Britain's Permanent Joint Headquarters helped plan the raid.

Grinch has history of dark activity, including STS transfers near Kerch.

www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/a...
UK helps France seize Russian-linked oil tanker in Mediterranean
Forces descend on the Grinch from helicopters in French navy mission ‘conducted in co-operation with our allies’
www.thetimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:16 PM
yeomans.bsky.social
Newsom selling knee pads for world leaders who roll over for Trump.

Which I'm sure will be remembered really nicely by his world allies if he secures the nomination.
www.thetimes.com/article/efb9...
January 22, 2026 at 10:32 AM
yeomans.bsky.social
Russian military-linked cargo ship Kapitan Danilkin taking a detour off the normal traffic routing in the English Channel... Anyone got any ideas? Weather diversion?
January 21, 2026 at 9:10 PM
yeomans.bsky.social
In light of Trump's remarks that Nato has never done anything for the US, this piece - featuring the families of Danish soldiers who died fighting the US's war - makes for hard, sad reading.

www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
January 21, 2026 at 2:29 PM
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jamesrball.com
The UK did this deal, btw, at significant political and financial cost, so that the US could keep operating a crucial regional military base at Diego Garcia.

Donald Trump and Marco Rubio both welcomed the deal. There is nothing in it for the UK other than helping the US relationship. So: hmmmm.
alexpartridge87.bsky.social Alex Partridge @alexpartridge87.bsky.social · 25d
Trump on his website laying in to the UK over Diego Garcia as an act of “GREAT STUPIDITY”, cites it as a reason the US should “acquire” Greenland
Shockingly, our "brilliant" NATO Ally, the United Kingdom, is currently planning to give away the Island of Diego Garcia, the site of a vital U.S. Military Base, to Mauritius, and to do so FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER. There is no doubt that China and Russia have noticed this act of total weakness. These are International Powers who only recognize STRENGTH, which is why the United States of America, under my leadership, is now, after only one year, respected like never before. The UK giving away extremely important land is an act of GREAT STUPIDITY, and is another in a very long line of National Security reasons why Greenland has to be acquired. Denmark and its European Allies have to DO THE RIGHT THING. Thank you for your attention to this matter. PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP
January 20, 2026 at 12:41 PM
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anneapplebaum.bsky.social
The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:
January 20, 2026 at 12:47 PM
yeomans.bsky.social
I would really like to hear what native American leaders think of Trump's pronouncement that Denmark might not really own Greenland.

"Why do they have "right of ownership anyway"? There are no written documents, only a boat landed there hundreds of years ago".

😶
justinling.ca Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 26d
There are, I promise you, still serious and important people who think that Trump is playing 3D chess — putting on an act to convince his laggard NATO allies to pony up their fare share.

But stuff like this is pretty clear evidence that he's *the* immediate risk to our collective security
Tweet from PBS correspondent Nick Schifrin: NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials: Dear Ambassador: President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state] “Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT”
January 19, 2026 at 9:49 AM