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UK 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇦 □ @ukbastard.bsky.social · 1h

Russia's industrial titans furlough workers as its war economy stalls

From railways and automobiles to metals, coal, diamonds and cement, some of Russia's biggest industrial companies are putting employees on furlough or cutting staff

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Papillon19 @papillon19.bsky.social · 43m

A "friends" tweaked version of the sporting 👌

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 1h

Just extraordinary to witness this nature-hating government sabotaging Labour’s own legacy. And for absolutely no reason: nature protection isn’t blocking development - it’s a necessary prerequisite for it (& for everything else, come to that…)

Plans to weaken protections for national parks will have ‘disastrous consequences’ say green groups

Exclusive: Letter from 170-plus organisations calls on government to drop proposed changes to planning law

www.theguardian.com

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Stephan Faris @stephanfaris.bsky.social · 3h

Latest Brussels scandal just dropped

Commission to probe reports that Orbán’s spies targeted EU officials in Brussels www.politico.eu/article/orba...

Commission to probe reports that Orbán’s spies targeted EU officials in Brussels

Hungary’s current European Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi was in charge of the country’s embassy at the time of the allegations.

www.politico.eu

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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 5h

The national picture shows waiting times for gender identity clinics that far exceed the NHS's recommended maximum of 18 weeks.

But drilling down into the data from our investigation, 'The Gender Clinic Files' reveals huge disparities across the UK

👉 www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...

THE GENDER CLINIC FILES
12 YEARS
England
58 YEARS
Scotland
2 YEARS
Wales
41 YEARS
Northern Ireland
The average waiting times across the UK according to QueerAF analysis shows they vary wildly around the UK:

Estimated wait time for a first appointment as of March 2025 (in years) based on QueerAF analysis of data from FOIs

🔴 England - 12 years
🔴 Wales - 2 years
🔴 Scotland - 58 years
🔴 Northern Ireland - 41 years

This data is shown in an infographic with a map of the UK alongside logos of QueerAF and What The Trans?!

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Papillon19 @papillon19.bsky.social · 54m

My old sporting in black , 130k in 3yrs .

3months after buying , fiat released the 100hp ,

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Papillon19 @papillon19.bsky.social · 55m

I bought the panda sporting 1.3 multijet , never less than 55mpg , foot to the floor driving on the motorway. Tyres were rubbish - a set of yokohama's improved grip ,

130k in 3 yrs ,
Servicing and tyres, all that was required, at 90k new timing chain replaced .

D/S Seat replaced by a Recaro

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Xtra @xtramagazine.com · 1h

New provincial legislation in Alberta means girls—both cis and trans—may have to give up sports they love.

Alberta’s new policy is forcing girls—cis and trans—out of school sports | Xtra Magazine

Gender forms mandated by Bill 29 are forcing families into tough decisions around whether to put their daughters in sports

xtramagazine.com

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Claire Mullaly @clairemullaly.bsky.social · 5h

This impacts around 150k people. Importantly - confidential equality data including protected characteristics, including trans people's identities, were breached in June. Members of this union and Prospect Union were told today, almost 4 months later. The Information Commissioner's Office ..

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Bectu Members’ Personal Data & Bank Details Breached In “IT Security Incident”

The personal information of potentially thousands of Bectu members has been breached in an "IT security incident" at its parent trade union Prospect.

deadline.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2h

Not only are we at record numbers of members and growing every day - this is our highest ever poll rating.

We're just getting started.

This is the politics of the 99% Vs the 1% for a country we can all afford to live in - plenty of room to grow.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 2h

Westminster Voting Intention:

RFM: 32% (-3)
LAB: 17% (-2)
CON: 17% (+3)
GRN: 15% (+4)
LDM: 12% (=)
SNP: 3% (=)

Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 8 Oct.
Changes w/ 1 Oct.

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 13h

An analysis of dozens of Israeli army animations, used to justify Gaza strikes and amplified by international outlets, discovered digital assets sourced not from classified intelligence but commercial libraries and content creators

www.972mag.com/israeli-army... @972mag.com

How a Scottish maritime museum ended up in Israel’s 3D propaganda

An analysis of dozens of Israeli army animations discovered digital assets sourced not from classified intelligence but commercial libraries and content creators.

www.972mag.com

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Libération @liberation.fr · 20h

Pays-Bas : des explosifs datant de la Première Guerre mondiale découverts dans une caisse d’oignons française

Pays-Bas : des explosifs datant de la Première Guerre mondiale découverts dans une caisse d’oignons français

Les autorités néerlandaises ont trouvé en avril des grenades à main dissimulés dans une cargaison d’oignons de provenance française. Elles seront prochainement détruites en Belgique.

www.liberation.fr

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Papillon19 @papillon19.bsky.social · 20h

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Albert Einstein Letter: Refuge for Jews in Peru Before WWII | Shapell Manuscript Foundation

View Albert Einstein's letter on the proposal to create a Jewish homeland in Peru prior to WWII. Find out more online at the Shapell Manuscript Foundation.

www.shapell.org

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Papillon19 @papillon19.bsky.social · 20h

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Proposals for a Jewish state - Wikipedia

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Papillon19 @papillon19.bsky.social · 20h

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Uganda Scheme - Wikipedia

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Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 1d

"Why would OpenAI and Microsoft spend $23 million to give 'free training' on how to use AI to teachers? Because they love teachers? No. Because they want to get their products into public schools in an attempt to cultivate the education market." — @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social

Thinking of AI as a Social Problem

No need to know the unknowable. The knowable is bad enough.

www.hamiltonnolan.com

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 21h

They are spending HUGE sums of money to make people DEPENDENT on their product so that they can eventually FORCE them to pay for it and get back the EVEN LARGER sums of money they owe their investors.

If you can't see this, you are an IDIOT.

Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 1d

"Why would OpenAI and Microsoft spend $23 million to give 'free training' on how to use AI to teachers? Because they love teachers? No. Because they want to get their products into public schools in an attempt to cultivate the education market." — @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social

Thinking of AI as a Social Problem

No need to know the unknowable. The knowable is bad enough.

www.hamiltonnolan.com

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Libération @liberation.fr · 21h

Gisèle Pelicot au procès en appel des viols de Mazan : «Je pensais qu’en un an, il aurait fait une introspection»

«La seule victime dans cette salle, c’est moi ! En aucun cas, vous avez été victime de M. Pelicot, arrêtez de vous cacher.» martèle-t-elle à l’accusé

Gisèle Pelicot au procès en appel des viols de Mazan : «Je pensais qu’en un an, il aurait fait une introspection»

Au troisième jour du procès en appel de Husamettin Dogan, à Nîmes, l’accusé a continué à nier tout viol, se présentant lui-même comme victime d’une manipulation. Une posture dénoncée vivement par la victime.

www.liberation.fr

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 21h

A man who often posed as a road traffic lawyer on TikTok has been convicted of killing a pensioner in a fatal car crash

Tik Tok creator Leigh Sutherland convicted of killing pensioner in horror crash

www.thenational.scot

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 22h

Paying off angry investors is becoming a profitable trade on.ft.com/4gZDQu1 | opinion

Paying off angry investors is becoming a profitable trade

Lawyers are telling boards it is cheaper to purchase forgiveness instead of permission

on.ft.com

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Papillon19 @papillon19.bsky.social · 1d

a man with a mustache is wearing a suit and tie .

ALT: a man with a mustache is wearing a suit and tie .

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 1d

Just arrived, 'Complicit - Britain's role in the destruction of Gaza' by Peter Oborne.

As Miriam Margolyes says on the rear side cover, "Gaza is being murdered, Britain is guilty. Here's the proof"

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 1d

Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey has written an open letter to One Nation Conservatives who feel abandoned by their party urging them to join the Liberal Democrats, following Kemi Badenoch’s conference speech today

Full text of the letter:

Dear friends,

Our country is at a crossroads.

The Conservative Party under Kemi Badenoch is becoming more extreme and out of touch, chasing Nigel Farage instead of focusing on the issues that really matter to people. Meanwhile, Reform UK is growing in strength - threatening the tolerant, decent values that hold our communities together.

I know many One Nation Conservatives are deeply concerned about the lurch to the hard right in our country and under Kemi Badenoch’s leadership. Her plans to tear up the Climate Change Act and withdraw from the ECHR show she is abandoning traditional British values of tolerance, decency and the rule of law.

So my message to the millions of One Nation Conservatives who feel let down by their party and reject the divisive politics of Badenoch and Farage is to come and join us. Help us save our country and defend the values we all hold dear.

We will stand strong where others back down. We will not pander to Reform. We will fight to protect our environment, stand up for decency and the rule of law, and stop Trump’s America from becoming Farage’s Britain.

So if you share those values, now is the time to join the Liberal Democrats.

With best wishes,

Ed Davey

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Hughster @hughster.bsky.social · 1d

This is great. It could've helped seal the deal in many cases to have mentioned the fact that any candidates who don't support ECHR withdrawal will be blocked at next election, so their days left of being welcome in the party are numbered anyway

In an interview with The Camilla Tominey Show on GB News, she said: “I was very clear at the shadow cabinet where we agreed completely, it was unanimous, that we cannot have a party where people do not abide by manifesto commitments.
“If you do not agree with leaving the ECHR, then you should not and cannot stand as a Conservative candidate at the next election. They can be in the party but they cannot stand as MPs.”

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Robin Moira White @robinmoirawhite.bsky.social · 1d

I always find it encouraging when the antis attack me for something I have written rather than the substance of what I have written.

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