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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.

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Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
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November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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the-independent.com
Israeli strikes overnight in Gaza kill at least 60 people, including children, local officials say
Israeli strikes overnight in Gaza kill at least 60 people, including children, local officials say
Israeli strikes overnight in Gaza kill at least 60 people, including children, local officials say
www.independent.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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profsaunders.bsky.social
This story is extraordinary even by 2025 standards. Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, made a deal with Bukele and agreed to renege on informant agreements in a years-long DOJ investigation into MS-13, totally undercutting credibility of such agreements.

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Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal
To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.
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October 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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hardeepmatharu.bsky.social
"Simple solutions assume nothing will go wrong at the moment, when the most likely thing that will happen is things will go really wrong in unprecedented ways"

If Trump can create alternative realities, can 'reality' catch up with him?

My essay, with insights from political scientist Brian Klaas 👇
Populist Simplicity In A Hyper-Complex World: Will Trump Overplay His Hand?
Hardeep Matharu dissects what the now infamous Oval Office meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky revealed about the American President’s approach – and speaks to political scientist Brian Klaas about why hi...
bylinetimes.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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anneapplebaum.bsky.social
And there it is: Doors are open for kleptocracy in America
February 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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lewisgoodall.com
Turns out that a man who entirely baselessly and bizarrely calls a British minister a rape genocide enabler and tweets random conspiracy theories day and night might neither be the most stalwart nor reliable political ally.
January 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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justinebayarea.bsky.social Justine 🫘 @justinebayarea.bsky.social · Dec 18
My favorite 😍 Christmas song 🎄 🎵 “White wine in the Sun,” Tim Minchin youtu.be/fCNvZqpa-7Q?...
White Wine In The Sun by Tim Minchin
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December 18, 2024 at 6:44 PM
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carolecadwalla.bsky.social
This is a long investigative piece. But let me skip forward to some of the highlights. This man sits on a Tortoise Media advisory board. I’m sure it’s ok though, right?
December 18, 2024 at 7:41 PM
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emmakennedy.bsky.social
I don’t want to hear another word from Farage about foreign interference. Hypocrisy you can see from space and I haven’t heard a single broadcaster call him out for it.
December 18, 2024 at 8:17 PM
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‘Gisèle is waiting for explanations’: the dark questions at the heart of the Pelicot trial
‘Gisèle is waiting for explanations’: the dark questions at the heart of the Pelicot trial
The evidence heard in court has horrified the world. But as the trial comes to an end, the questions it has raised about ‘ordinary’ men, French society, and rape culture have still not been answered In the four years after she discovered her husband had…
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December 15, 2024 at 5:15 AM
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newsagents.bsky.social
“He’s talking to the men who he thinks will rally around him, he can say: Guys, if you don’t back me up - you’re going to be next.”

Emily and Jon discuss Gregg Wallace’s “dog whistle” social media statements.
December 2, 2024 at 6:28 PM
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Gregg Wallace is the tip of the iceberg: This is what it’s like to be a woman…

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Gregg Wallace is the tip of the iceberg
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December 1, 2024 at 6:27 PM
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teedixie.bsky.social
You *have* to open the images to read properly.

This is hilarious 🤣
leastactionhero.bsky.social Microplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · Nov 22
nobody does more brutal fashion reviews than the irish
lady of sophistication @janky_jane Props to anyone who tries to be fashionable in ireland i wore a red beret once in waterford and someone called me super mario Andrew Beatty V @AndrewBeatty Replying to @janky_jane I once ordered a taxi in Belfast for a night out. The driver pulls up to my house and just says "yer not going out like that. Go back in and change, I'll turn off the metre." | swear I was wearing normal jeans and a normal jacket. Matthew @MrWeir Replying to @janky jane I once wore a silver jacket to college, turned up late for class, said 'sorry I'm late', lecturer said, 'that's ok' then waited til I was halfway across the front of the full class before following up with 'trouble with the spaceship again was it?'. Replying to @janky _jane My sister was in France sporting a new trench coat, thought was so stylish, but went into an Irish bar and got called Inspector Gadget by the first guy that saw her 15:53 • 8/16/21 • Twitter Web App was wearing my super-fashionable short trench coat. My friend took one look at me wearing the jacket and said, "Where are we off to now. Columbo?" Eoin O Neill @eoinjoneill Replying to @janky_jane Was wearing a vintage nike jacket in a very long que for drinks at a boxing match when a Belfast lad goes "furk me this is taking forever, your man has been here since the 80's" Loic Wright @dufflest Replying to @janky jane I wore a suit with a matching tie and pocket square to my first day of work at an advertising company (I thought I was going to be in Mad Men I guess) and the staff sent around and signed a communion card for me with a fiver in it. Eóin O Coileáin @L20_MTN Replying to @janky_jane I wore a white, wool turtle-neck jumper to the match once and a fella in the pub said 'Where have you parked the U-boat?'.
November 29, 2024 at 7:03 AM