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The Onion @theonion.com · 1h

Passenger Glued To Airplane Window Like It Fucking 1956 https://theonion.com/passenger-glued-to-airplane-window-like-it-fucking-1956-1832728158/

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 1h

Israel making Russia look like amateurs.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 1h

Disinformation, now in 3D.

Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 3h

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 10h

"This surveillance supersystem," Thiel wrote, could act as “a political framework that operates outside the checks and balances of representative democracy as described in high school textbooks.” www.wired.com/story/the-re...

The Real Stakes, and Real Story, of Peter Thiel’s Antichrist Obsession

Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt. They’ve been a road map for the billionaire ever since.

www.wired.com

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Dr Eric Levi @drericlevi.bsky.social · 10h

Every instrument in my surgical tray has been designed with a clear purpose in mind. The scalpel, scissors, needle holders and retractors all work together for a bigger purpose. They are merely tools, but in the master’s hands they become instruments of healing. #ENTsecrets #ENT #surgery #surgeon

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 7h

Watch Claire Magone, MSF General Director, share the harrowing reality of hospitals in #Gaza, from inside #NasserHospital.

We call for an immediate halt to the violence and concrete measures to protect civilians. Israeli authorities must ensure safe access to humanitarian aid.

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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 4h

Withdrawal from the European Convention on Human Rights would represent a grave attack on the basic values of fairness, dignity, and equality that underpin our democracy.

humanists.uk/2025/10/08/h...

Humanists alarmed by further attacks on the European Convention on Human Rights

Humanists UK has condemned the Conservative Party’s commitment to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) if they win the next election. The announcement comes only weeks after Re...

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 4h

Human clinical tests will need to authenticate its stability, safety, and protection levels in real-world situations. However, early results suggest that 04_A06 might ultimately play the role of a bridge between regular medication and the much-desired HIV vaccine.

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 4h

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have discovered a powerful antibody, known as 04_A06, that is able to neutralize 98.5% of MORE THAN 300 different HIV strains AND permanently reduce HIV viral load to undetectable levels, making it one of the broadest-acting antibodies against HIV identified to date.

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Adam Kucharski @adamjkucharski.bsky.social · 11h

Now he’s wrapped in up in a more flexible package {overshiny}, which makes use of Epiverse {epidemics} package and its ability to automatically handle complex social mixing and demographic structure, which in turn is powered by {odin}, allowing users to customise models if needed.

Try it out here:

Tutorial: Overlays for interventions in epidemic modelling

nicholasdavies.github.io

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Adam Kucharski @adamjkucharski.bsky.social · 11h

Want to build an interactive dashboard so others can explore epidemic scenarios? For COVID, @ngdavies.bsky.social spearheaded a great drag-and-drop approach, which made use of the JavaScript-based nature of RShiny... 1/

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Prof Devi Sridhar @profdevisridhar.bsky.social · 11h

I don't get the fixation on skin colour- like Jenrick's comments on 'no white faces'. It's the least interesting & most superficial aspect of someone. From my new book: www.penguin.co.uk/books/458539...

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Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 11h

Just watched an Insta excerpt of a podcast interview with a man who says he 'got very close to doing the wrong thing' then says it's not in his nature to want 'younger, smarter, hotter, whatever' than his wife and oh. my. lordy. the comments section.

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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 11h

Who is reviewing post-boxes and why do the reviews vary so wildly?

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 12h

Lithuanian authorities emphasized that Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya remains an official guest of the state and that Vilnius's stance toward the Belarusian regime led by Alexander Lukashenko remains unchanged.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 12h

⚡️ Lithuania scaling down exiled Belarusian oppositon leader's protection, her office suspends work.

Lithuania scaling down exiled Belarusian oppositon leader's protection, her office suspends work

Lithuanian authorities emphasized that Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya remains an official guest of the state and that Vilnius's stance toward the Belarusian regime led by Alexander Lukashenko remains unchan...

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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 12h

Make no mistake.

The recent incursions in our skies are part of a pattern of growing threats.

It’s time to call it by its name.
This is hybrid warfare.

Europe must get the capacity to respond and protect our skies.

Work has begun.

→ link.europa.eu/4Fxrqr

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 12h

Russia's disinformation campaign is now using deepfaked audio of Holocaust survivors to attack Armenia, in videos published on the 2nd anniversary of the Hamas October 7th attack on Israel.

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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 13h

Bit niche I think, but apparently this parking spot is reserved for female rock climbers.

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mr dog @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social · 13h

Trees! Everyone loves trees... but they love their property values even more! Booooo www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Nobody hates trees more than coastally adjacent narcissists. Here’s how we should deal with them | First Dog on the Moon

A deterrent is one thing but I want revenge!

www.theguardian.com

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 13h

Uncharacteristically sloppy reporting of a very important issue, this from the FT. It quotes "Fair Civil Justice" without mentioning it is a front for the US Chamber of Commerce and it quotes CMS without mentioning it is Fair Civil Justice's lawyers. on.ft.com/48gOSZv

Drop in class action cases sparks warnings over litigation funder curbs

Investors behind collective lawsuits say limits to their share of damages hamper public access to justice

on.ft.com

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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 12h

The pro-infection advocates have now reached the stage that they are denying saying that kids can be used to boost adult immunity… by infecting them and spreading it into households… schools.

Too late now. It’s on the record.

The shame of it.

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 15h

Link: www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli....

Gender critical activists accused of ‘hateful’ remarks about trans women

Labour MP Richard Quigley said he was ‘appalled by the comments, but not surprised’

www.independent.co.uk

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 15h

Because of the unforgivably appalling decisions of the Charity Commission, these hate groups, Sex Matters and LGB Alliance, are funded from your taxes.

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 15h

I wrote about whether the hideous Thames Water bailout plan - which lets it off fines for up to 15 years - is lawful or will need the support of MPs. open.substack.com/pub/jolyonma...

Is the Thames Water bailout plan - which relieves the company from fines for up to fifteen years - lawful?

A group of Thames Water’s senior creditors, London & Valley Water (“L&VW”), has submitted to Ofwat proposals for them to be relieved from fines for past or future sewage dumping for a period of up to ...

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