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The Guardian
about 15 hours ago
Ella Baron on the killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis â cartoon
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Ella Baron on the killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis â cartoon
The 37-year-old nurse was shot dead by federal agents on Saturday
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/jan/25/ella-baron-killing-alex-pretti-minneapolis-cartoon?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1769370709
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Henry Mance
1 day ago
This is how not to write a headline. The story is that *the videos show agents killing an unarmed man.*
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Bellingcat
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Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was âarmed with a gunâ. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired.
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Ah! "Groundhog Day 2" the film they couldn't make! đ€Ș
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Itâs already yesterday again: the 20 best time-loop movies â ranked!
From commuters reliving disaster to teens stuck in deja vu â the time-loop movie turns repetition into revelation. We round up the best of this oddly resilient subgenre
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/22/best-time-loop-movies-ranked-groundhog-day-terminator-looper
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The Guardian
4 days ago
Experts warn of threat to democracy by âAI bot swarmsâ infesting social media
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Experts warn of threat to democracy by âAI bot swarmsâ infesting social media
Misinformation technology could be deployed at scale to disrupt 2028 US presidential election, AI researchers warn Political leaders could soon launch swarms of human-imitating AI agents to reshape public opinion in a way that threatens to undermine democracy, a high profile group of experts in AI and online misinformation has warned. The Nobel peace prize-winning free-speech activist, Maria Ressa, and leading AI and social science researchers from Berkeley, Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge and Yale are among a global consortium flagging the new âdisruptive threatâ posed by hard-to-detect, malicious âAI swarmsâ infesting social media and messaging channels. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/22/experts-warn-of-threat-to-democracy-by-ai-bot-swarms-infesting-social-media?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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It is interesting to see that Mark Stoneman ("Rocky") has joined us as a coach. I hope his discipline as a batter rubs off on our top order during the season. Solid batting, particularly in the first innings, could really propel us to the top.
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The Guardian
4 days ago
Grok AI generated about 3m sexualised images this month, research says
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Grok AI generated about 3m sexualised images this month, research says
Estimate made by Center for Countering Digital Hate after Elon Muskâs AI image generation tool sparked international outrage Grok AI generated about 3m sexualised images earlier this month, including 23,000 that appear to depict children, according to researchers who said it âbecame an industrial scale machine for the production of sexual abuse materialâ. The estimate has been made by the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) after Elon Muskâs AI image generation tool sparked international outrage when it allowed users to upload photographs of strangers and celebrities, digitally strip them to their underwear or into bikinis, put them in provocative poses and post them on X. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/22/grok-ai-generated-millions-sexualised-images-in-month-research-says?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Robert Saunders
7 days ago
"Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace". It's not said often enough what a very small man Trump is.
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Mark Pack
9 days ago
Can anyone give me an update on how this new stability is going? Ta.
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Tom âŹïž
10 days ago
History ... repeating itself ....
www.historyandheadlines.com/history-augu...
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August 19, 1953: CIA and MI-6 Conduct Iranian Coup, Reinstate the Shah - History and Headlines
On August 19, 1953, United States and British covert spy agencies CIA and MI-6 overthrew the government of Iran led by democratically elected Mohammad Mossaddegh and reinstated the Shah (King), Mohamm...
https://www.historyandheadlines.com/history-august-19-1953-cia-and-mi-6-conduct-iranian-coup-reinstate-the-shah/
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amanda moore đą
13 days ago
Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
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Ryan Enos
12 days ago
This is not the language of the government of a free country.
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The Guardian
13 days ago
Drugs and gangs exist in Venezuela, but donât be fooled. Trump arrested NicolĂĄs Maduro to plunder our wealth | AndrĂ©s Antillano
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Drugs and gangs exist in Venezuela, but donât be fooled. Trump arrested NicolĂĄs Maduro to plunder our wealth | AndrĂ©s Antillano
The US president invokes the usual suspects â drugs, organised crime, illegal migration â but this is simply a grab for resources and power, says AndrĂ©s Antillano, a social psychologist at the Central University of Venezuela
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/13/drugs-gangs-venezuela-why-donald-trump-arrested-nicolas-maduro?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1768318146
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Henry Mance
13 days ago
... Minneapolis or Tehran?
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Henry Mance
14 days ago
He was doing his best to do his job, and the fact that he called a woman a fucking bitch shortly after he killed her should absolutely not, in any way, cast any doubt on this.
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Padraig Reidy
16 days ago
Astonishing both-sidesing in The Times
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The Guardian
17 days ago
Reform UK accused of âbetrayingâ election pledges after council tax rises
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Reform UK accused of âbetrayingâ election pledges after council tax rises
Four out of five councils controlled by party have proposed 5% council tax rises, the maximum permitted by law Nigel Farageâs Reform UK has been accused of âbetrayingâ election promises to cut council tax after several councils it controls said they planned to increase rates close to the maximum allowed. They include Kent county council â the partyâs flagship local authority and one viewed by it as the âshop windowâ for what a Reform-led government would look like â which has proposed an increase of 3.99%. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/09/reform-uk-accused-of-betraying-election-pledges-after-council-tax-rises?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Ben Goldsborough MP
17 days ago
If a human was being paid to create this material, weâd rightly throw the book at them. So why should X get a free pass? Fine them to the hilt and if they wonât comply, shut it down. We wouldnât tolerate this offline. Why online?
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Elon Musk's Grok AI image editing limited to paid users after deepfakes
It comes after government urged Ofcom to use all its powers â up to and including an effective ban â against X.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c99kn52nx9do
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I'm delighted to see a report that James Rew has signed a new contract. I hope he will stay with the Club far beyond the end of this year.
17 days ago
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Ben Ansell
18 days ago
Excellent analysis of yesterdayâs shooting including ICE refusing to let a doctor check the victim and the ICE agent who shot leaving the scene of the killing soon afterwards. This killing will live in infamy.
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Drew Harwell
19 days ago
X basically industrialized the creation of fake porn of women who don't consent. Others did it first, but Grok made it normalized and centralized: publicly visible, instantly creatable by anyone, regardless of who's being targeted and dehumanized. Only question now is will X suffer any consequences
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@georgedobell.bsky.social
@melindafarrell.bsky.social
@thecricketer.com
#AskGeorge
& Mel In future years will you refer to this series as "Starc's Ashes", "Head's Ashes" or "Carey's Ashes"?
19 days ago
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Alex Partridge
20 days ago
Full White House statement to the BBC:
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Tired? After a day in the field? Bethell and his England colleagues need to play long form cricket for a season rather than flitting around the wack-a-ball leagues. Beaten teams always look more tired than winning ones. In this case well beaten.
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Bethell admits âtiredâ England need to âgraftâ after hitting Ashes wall in Sydney
Jacob Bethell admitted mental and physical fatigue is playing a part in Englandâs failings in the fifth Test
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/jan/06/jacob-bethell-england-hitting-ashes-wall-third-day-cricket
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A prescient comment, considering the graphic of bowling accuracy you posted today.
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One for tomorrow maybe. Joe Root has bowled 9 overs in this Ashes series, do you think this is lack of opportunity or is he choosing to only bat?
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Stephen Moran.
21 days ago
An Inuit greeting
#greenland
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Henry Mance
23 days ago
Mission Impossible 9: Donald Trump must speak for twenty seconds about Venezuela without mentioning the word "oil".
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Henry Mance
23 days ago
The Donroe Doctrine: If you send us cocaine, you sure as hell better send us oil too, or we will replace you, although not with someone who beat Trump to the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Robert Saunders
23 days ago
"if you are pronouncing a new law that wherever Communism reigns against the will of the people, even though it's happened internally, there the United States shall enter, then we are going to have really terrible wars in the world". Margaret Thatcher, 1983.
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Henry Mance
25 days ago
Worst idea of the year has already dropped
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Ed Hawkins
25 days ago
2025 was the warmest year on record for Central England in a dataset that starts in 1659. (Daily data available since 1772.)
www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadce...
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Bob
30 days ago
Winning when it matters (Australia) and winning when it couldnât matter less (England) is the difference between a mentally prepared team and one with a false and unrealistic sense of its own abilities and the task it is facing
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Private Eye Magazine
about 1 month ago
Number crunching: Telegraph editorial columns in December highlighting âthe unreliability of social mediaâ v corrections the Telegraph has had to publish so far this year due to inaccurate reporting From the new Private Eye, out now.
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Ramalina
30 days ago
FIFA's no worse than the Olympics
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Don Moynihan
about 1 month ago
I did not understand this: one of the five Europeans the US has barred from traveling to the United States...is a permanent resident who lives with his family in the US. Now he is worried about being arrested and deported for the crime of monitoring online hate.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...
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Judge Blocks Detention of British Researcher Who Scrutinizes Online Hate
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/us/politics/imran-ahmed-judge-order.html
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Henry Mance
about 1 month ago
Current special relationship is that Britain gives Donald Trump two state visits, and he attacks bans British citizens from entry to the US
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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UK social media campaigners among five denied US visas
The Trump administration bans five people who have called for tech regulation from entering the country.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp39kngz008o
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Tax Justice UK
about 1 month ago
The richest 0.001% (that's 60,000 people) hold 3x the wealth of the poorest 50% (that's 4,150,000,000 people). It's time to
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www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
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I'm pleased to see more support for multi-day, red ball cricket. Test cricket needs players to play competitive long form matches. This applies equally to men and women players.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
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Grace Ballinger column: Is it time for domestic women's red-ball cricket?
The Blaze seamer Grace Ballinger asks if it is time for domestic women's cricket to expand into the red-ball game.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/ckgdz4g0l7no
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Robert Saunders
about 1 month ago
The bit that gets missed in the scandal around Farage's schooldays is that his school made him a prefect - despite warnings from staff about his conduct. It's a recurring theme for Trump, Johnson, Farage & co. We can't be surprised at the way they behave, when their behavior is constantly rewarded.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays)
about 1 month ago
Matthew Goodwin objects to prosecuting this: âI think itâs time for the British to gang together, hit the streets and start the slaughter. Violence and murder is the only way now. Start off burning every migrant hotel then head off to MPsâ houses and Parliament, we need to take over by FORCE.â
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Somerset County Cricket Club
about 1 month ago
As Jewish communities celebrate Hanukkah, the heartbreaking incidents in Sydney have cast a shadow of shock and grief over many. The entire Somerset CCC family extends condolences to those who have lost loved ones, and our thoughts remain with everyone impacted by this tragedy.
#YouAreSomerset
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Henry Mance
about 2 months ago
just catching up with this - an amazing example of misleading statistics. Badenoch tries to blame the government for teacher numbers falling, but the fall was between November 2023 *and November 2024* (it's just that the figures were published in 2025). we don't have 2025 figure.
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Garry
about 2 months ago
âI am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI canât do it.â Ethan Hawke is a dude đđ»
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I do so agree. Nor can I offer much useful information about a product immediately after unpacking it. A pair of shoes - I might be able to offer a useful view after a year. A utensil maybe after a month.
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My petty gripe: why do we have to review everything now? | Ellen Smith
I donât really believe that companies would love my feedback, nor that my opinion matters to them. So why do they keep asking for them?
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/dec/11/petty-gripe-why-review-everything
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What is an "escort defender"? New terminology.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/d...
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Leicesterâs Parling backs crackdown on escort defenders as âpretty positiveâ
Leicesterâs Geoff Parling has defended the crackdown on escort defenders, saying the impact of refereeing changes that promote more kicking has been âpretty positiveâ
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/dec/10/leicesters-parling-backs-crackdown-on-escort-defenders-as-pretty-positive
about 2 months ago
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The Cricketer
about 2 months ago
"Like a child who realises too late they should have started their revision months ago, England are about to head into three almost back-to-back Tests knowing they need a miracle to pass" | âïž
@georgedobell.bsky.social
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How do England break the cycle of ineptitude? | The Cricketer
If England are to optimise the talent they have available, they require a more mature, more sophisticated management team
https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/ashes-premium/how_england_break_cycle_ineptitudehtml.html?t=639007926015840265
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Both Rew brothers in the Lions team at Canberra. Bravo! I see James is playing solely as a batter and Thomas is keeping. A sign of their future cricketing careers?
about 2 months ago
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Robert Saunders
about 2 months ago
"For the Kremlin, the Miami talks were the culmination of a strategy, hatched before Trumpâs inauguration ... By dangling multibillion-dollar rare-earth and energy deals, Moscow could reshape the economic map of Europeâwhile driving a wedge between America and its traditional allies".
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Robert Saunders
about 2 months ago
Diplomacy as real estate. Everyone from Putin to FIFA knows that you no longer need to appeal to American interests, let alone values; you appeal to the greed of its president and his circle. A more honest slogan than MAGA would have been "Make Donald Rich Again".
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
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Make Money Not War: Trumpâs Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europeâs dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/russia-u-s-peace-business-ties-4db9b290?st=V4zco4&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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