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nytimes.com
A record number of Americans applied for British citizenship in the first three months of this year, and for the right to live and work in Britain indefinitely, according to official data.
Record Number of Americans Apply for British Citizenship
www.nytimes.com
May 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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carlbergstrom.com
This is absolutely terrible news.

With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately.

h/t @merz.bsky.social
Moderna withdraws application for COVID-flu combination vaccine
Moderna said on Wednesday it has withdrawn an application seeking approval for its flu and COVID combination vaccine candidate after discussions with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
www.reuters.com
May 22, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
“.. Around 2:30 a.m. on Friday, Mr. Musk shared the post written by an X user that said, ‘Stalin, Hitler and Mao didn’t murder millions of people. Their public sector workers did.’”

@nytimes.com $TSLA
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/t...
March 15, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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iandunt.bsky.social
UK food and drink exports to the EU down 34% since Brexit www.theguardian.com/business/202...
UK food and drink exports to the EU down 34% since Brexit
Food and Drink Federation say businesses are struggling to deal with added ‘complexity and bureaucracy’
www.theguardian.com
March 14, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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fbermingham.bsky.social
Big news:

Chinese tech giant Huawei is at the centre of a new corruption case in Europe’s capital. On Thursday, Belgian police raided the homes of its lobbyists, Follow the Money and its media partners Le Soir and Knack can reveal.

www.ftm.eu/articles/hua...
Huawei targeted in new European Parliament corruption probe
Chinese tech giant Huawei is at the centre of a new corruption case in Europe’s capital. On Thursday, Belgian police raided the homes of its lobbyists, Follow the Money and its media partners Le Soir ...
www.ftm.eu
March 13, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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sethabramson.bsky.social
Fascism is here.

The list of words Trump is banning from government is the most stunning document of our time. Click the image below to see how many words Trump and Musk have canceled as part of their new Reich.

🔗: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
March 10, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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owenwntr.bsky.social
Good morning S&P 500
March 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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kbeninato.bsky.social
Cambridge Misinformation Susceptibility Test shows under 30's score worst on detecting fake headlines.

I scored 20 / 20, so that journalism degree finally paid off!

The test: yourmist.streamlit.app
The Misinformation Susceptibility Test
Misinformation test: ‘very online’ US Gen Z and millennials most vulnerable to fake news
www.cam.ac.uk
December 13, 2023 at 2:47 AM
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russellscott1.bsky.social
Today, we revealed ⤵️

Conservative Peer Lord Feldman Helped ‘Good Friend’ of Michael Gove Win VIP PPE Deal

Documents released by the Covid Inquiry reveal a network of connections between senior ministers, advisers and those handed lucrative Covid contracts

bylinetimes.com/2025/03/07/c...
Conservative Peer Lord Feldman Helped 'Good Friend' of Michael Gove Win VIP PPE Deal
Documents released by the Covid Inquiry reveal a network of connections between senior ministers, advisers and those handed lucrative Covid contracts
bylinetimes.com
March 7, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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russellscott1.bsky.social
🚨The Covid Inquiry has now published the emails confirming Michael Gove’s (referred to as CDL) involvement in the Dyson Contract.

👀Gove “INSISTENT we place an order with Dyson”

👀”I do fell CDL (Gove) is being unreasonable”

Emails here and full report below ⤵️
March 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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goodlawproject.bsky.social
👀 Gove is incredibly rattled and under pressure at this afternoon's covid inquiry hearing.

It didn't take long for him to have a pop at us and our director,
@jolyonmaugham.bsky.social

Could it be something to do with this by any chance? 🧵
goodlawproject.org/michael-gove...
Michael Gove opened the door to biggest VIP lane firm | Good Law Project
Fervent prayers for ‘the Conservative Party’ and a promise to ‘follow up!’ How Michael Gove’s emails greased the wheels of Unispace’s £679m PPE deals. with Russell Scott
goodlawproject.org
March 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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jopurvis.bsky.social
Up today, Mitchell and Gove. Watch, or maybe catch up later.
#CovidInquiry #SupplyChains #Procurement
March 10, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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jessicaelgot.bsky.social
No exodus to state sector after VAT added to private school fees, say English councils

Most say they have seen no impact on applications for year 7 places, despite warnings from those against policy

www.theguardian.com/education/20...
No exodus to state sector after VAT added to private school fees, say English councils
Most say they have seen no impact on applications for year 7 places, despite warnings from those against policy
www.theguardian.com
March 10, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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mrjamesob.bsky.social
Oh.
jessicaelgot.bsky.social Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · Mar 10
No exodus to state sector after VAT added to private school fees, say English councils

Most say they have seen no impact on applications for year 7 places, despite warnings from those against policy

www.theguardian.com/education/20...
No exodus to state sector after VAT added to private school fees, say English councils
Most say they have seen no impact on applications for year 7 places, despite warnings from those against policy
www.theguardian.com
March 10, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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brianmoore666.bsky.social
Of course he did,
bylinetimes.bsky.social Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · Mar 5
🔴Michael Gove Told Officials to Buy 10,000 Ventilators From Dyson During Pandemic in ‘Affront’ to Procurement Rules

Covid Inquiry evidence reveals the Conservative Minister was “insistent that an order” was placed with leading Brexiter Sir James Dyson’s firm

bylinetimes.com/2025/03/05/m...
Michael Gove Told Officials to Buy 10,000 Ventilators From Dyson During Pandemic in ‘Affront’ to Procurement Rules
Evidence published by the Covid Inquiry reveals that the Conservative Minister was “insistent that an order” was placed with leading Brexiter Sir James Dyson’s firm
bylinetimes.com
March 5, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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acyn.bsky.social
Crockett: This is not what we should be doing. I don’t even know why we’re fighting with Greenland. We’re fighting with Greenland, Canada, and Mexico—yet we’re in love with Putin?!
March 5, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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premnsikka.bsky.social
Donald Trump has banned UK from sharing US military intelligence with Ukraine.

US troops, weapons, listening posts are in the UK, but the govt can't share intelligence with allies.

Can't recall the UK holding a referendum to become the 51st state.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news...
www.mirror.co.uk
March 5, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
BREAKING: Federal judge finds that Trump's effort to fire Cathy Harris as a member of the Merit Systems Protection Board was illegal, issues a declaratory judgment that she remains in office and a permanent injunction against her removal unless Trump follows the removal provisions.
Because the MSPB falls within the scope of Humphrey’s Executor, Congress has the power to specify that members of the MSPB may serve for a term of years, with the President empowered to remove those members only for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office. The President thus lacks the power to remove Harris from office at will. Because the President did not indicate that he sought to remove Harris for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or Case 1:25-cv-00412-RC Document 40 Filed 03/04/25 Page 15 of 35 16 malfeasance in office, his attempt to terminate her was unlawful and exceeded the scope of his authority.5 DECLARED that Plaintiff Cathy A. Harris remains a member of the Merit Systems Protection Board, having been confirmed by the Senate on May 25, 2022, and sworn in on June 1, 2022, and that she may be removed by the President prior to the expiration of her term in office only for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 1202; and it is FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff Cathy A. Harris shall continue to serve as a member of the Merit Systems Protection Board until her term expires pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 1202, unless she is earlier removed for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office under that statute. Defendants Secretary Scott Bessent, Deputy Director Trent Morse, Director Sergio Gor, Acting Chairman Henry Kerner, and Director Russell Vought are ENJOINED from removing Harris from her office without cause or in any way treating her as having been removed without cause, denying or obstructing Harris's access to any of the benefits or resources of her office, placing a replacement in Harris's position, or otherwise recognizing any other person as a member of the Merit Systems Protection Board in Harris's position;
March 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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goodlawproject.org
Leicestershire Police publicly disclosed they had given a contract to Palantir, then sought to cover it up by scrubbing the public record, and are now refusing to answer any questions or publish the contract. www.leicester.news/leicestershi...
­Leicestershire Police blocks freedom of information request to release Palantir contract
The police refused the request on “law enforcement” and “national security” grounds.
www.leicester.news
March 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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bestforbritain.org
Javier Milei just deleted from his socials every trace and photo of this June 2024 visit, during which he awarded Volodymyr Zelenskyy the Order of Freedom medal. ~AA
Javier Milei giving the "thumbs up" with Volodymyr Zelenskyy in June 2024. Javier Milei awarding Volodymyr Zelenskyy the Order of Freedom medal in June 2024.
March 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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nicholasgrossman.bsky.social
Believe me now?

www.thebulwark.com/p/youll-miss...
"The range of outcomes Donald Trump’s second term could have on the international order is broad. As always, the worst-case scenario is nuclear war, but that remains subject to mutually assured destruction. A less apocalyptic, though more likely scenario of systemic degradation is still alarming. The theory here is simple: Trump will do what he has repeatedly promised to do and what he started doing in his first term. He will impose widespread tariffs, undercutting the postwar open trade regime, which disincentivizes conflict by promoting economic interdependence. He will break commitments to democratic allies and cozy up to authoritarians. Defenders of the U.S.-led international order from Trump’s first term, such as Secretary of Defense James Mattis and White House Chief of Staff John Kelly won’t be there to slow it down. In their stead will be enablers, including Russia sympathizers. The administration will act without fear of impeachment, legal punishment, or loss of re-election, because Trump already overcame all three." From: https://www.thebulwark.com/p/youll-miss-pax-americana-when-gone-trump-postwar-international-system "The earliest big impact will be in Ukraine. Trump’s affinity for Russian leader Vladimir Putin is well known. Trump praised Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022 as “savvy” and “genius.” He, Vice President-elect JD Vance, and top surrogate/donor/adviser Elon Musk have all advocated a “peace” plan for Ukraine that amounts to “give Russia what it wants.” From December 2023 to April 2024, congressional Republicans blocked military aid for Ukraine, with Trump’s encouragement. He is likely to reduce if not outright stop U.S. military support for Ukraine, to not agree to the security guarantees Ukraine wants to ensure that Russia doesn’t attack again, and to pressure the Ukrainians to make a deal with—that is, surrender to—Putin." From: https://www.thebulwark.com/p/youll-miss-pax-americana-when-gone-trump-postwar-international-system
March 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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newseye.bsky.social
NEW: The S&P 500 has officially ERASED ALL gains since the November election.

Over $3 trillion in value has been wiped from stocks in less than a fortnight. Average DAILY losses are currently $330 billion.

Trump promised lower prices. Instead, he crashed the economy in less than 6 weeks.
A graph from Investing.com showing a rapid collapse in the S&P 500 in over the last month, from over 6100 pts to less than 5800. A map of S&P stocks. All are showing losses in the red
March 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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muffindoin.bsky.social
more sewage water and $10 eggs, let's gooooo
mjsdc.bsky.social Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · Mar 4
The Supreme Court's first and only opinion today is San Francisco v. EPA. The majority substantially weakens the Clean Water Act's limitations on raw sewage discharge. It is 5–4 in relevant part, with Barrett, Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson dissenting. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
March 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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suzannezeedyk.bsky.social
What would a trauma-informed analysis of the Trump-Zelenskyy meeting look like? I think it would pay attention to body language. It would consider what was happening biologically. Here's my THREAD tracking changes over the 50 mins.
Here's the link I'm working with:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEOv...
March 2, 2025 at 9:10 AM