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Institute for the Study of War
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4/ Russian milbloggers continue to warn that Ukrainian counterattacks and false reports of advances in other areas of the frontline are creating difficult situations to which the Russian military command cannot adequately respond.
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Institute for the Study of War
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NEW: The seniormost Russian military command presented a highly inaccurate assessment of the battlefield situation for the fifth consecutive month, absurdly claiming that Russian forces are advancing west of Kupyansk, which they have not, in fact, taken. More:
isw.pub/UkrWar051626
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I thought I'd have some fun with Facebook and type in a search for "male pattern baldness" Let's see what happens to my timeline over the next day or two 😅
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Brian Groom
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Manchester, 1976, photo by John Bulmer.
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Des
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Morning all Photograph by Steve Daniels, Ice cream van on the beach Whitby Tuesday, 17 May, 2016.
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“The first-past-the-post system has provided Britain with stable government for generations.” — Margaret Thatcher, Jan 1998. “FPTP has served Britain well. It has usually produced strong governments capable of taking decisive action” — John Major, Feb 2011.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Is it harder than ever to be prime minister?
Discontent with the political class is greater than ever - has the UK become ungovernable?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqjpe7q0j1xo
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@radartabs
14 days ago
Farage literally wrote the book on this…
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍
about 19 hours ago
The oxygen that keeps us alive comes from natural ecosystems: half on land, half at sea. It's not complicated: we are TOTALLY dependent on the living world. Yet it's still treated as nothing but 'resources', to exploit and destroy for profit.
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The UK has avoided the need for gas imports worth £1.7bn since the start of the Iran war, as a result of record electricity generation from wind and solar. 🔎 This is according to a new analysis by Carbon Brief.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-win...
#DonaldTrump
#ActOnClimate
#ClimateActionNow
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Led By Donkeys
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Immigration make Britain brilliant
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"King Arthur* is said to have transformed into a chough when he died" - The Guardian enters an alternative facts universe *Who never existed
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Choughs reappear at Tintagel Castle in Cornwall after decades of absence
King Arthur is said to have transformed into a chough when he died, its red feet and beak representing his bloody end
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/14/choughs-reappear-tintagel-castle-cornwall-king-arthur?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
about 22 hours ago
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36% chance that Starmer will not be challenged by Burnham?
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A Blairite, Brownite, Corbynite and a Starmerite went into a bar. The barman said "So, what are you drinking Mr. Burnham?"
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🦇 Harper 🔜 Midsummer Scream🦇
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Why are cybertruck drivers the WORST at parking
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Alex Andreou
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Sneaking a giant screen into the flagshagger march is one of the funniest things
@ledbydonkeys.org
have ever done. "STAY HYDRATED" 😂🤣😂
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Carl Ott
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Posted by Chinese media in the wake of Trump's failed summit.
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Robert Reich
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Cartoon by Nick Anderson. (Follow him on Substack:
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2023 “I can’t see a credible route back into EU” - Wes Streeting 2025 "I see this country rejoining the European Union.” - Andy Burnham Today: “I hope one day Britain rejoins the European Union.” - Wes Streeting*
#CopyCat
*When he heard that Andy Burnham had a chance of a by-election
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jenna newman phd
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“The rapid spread demands a rapid response, says
@annerimoin.bsky.social
, an epidemiologist at UCLA who has worked on disease outbreaks in the DRC for many years. ‘You want to be able to get in there and extinguish that fire as soon as you possibly can,’ she says.”
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Mark Pack
2 days ago
Another two gone!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Updated list:
www.markpack.org.uk/176783/how-m...
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Two suspended Durham Reform councillors quit party
Andrew Harrison and Kenny Hope say they will continue in their councillor roles as independents.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y04l3jdx7o
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Mark Pack
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Lib Dems top the Ipsos net favourability ratings for first time in this or previous Parliament.
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…or just don't buy an SUV tank to drive to work?
www.theguardian.com/money/2026/m...
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UK drivers struggle to get insurance for Chinese EVs such as Jaecoo
Firms do not offer cover for some models, or charge more than for equivalent petrol cars, research finds
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/may/16/uk-insurance-cover-chinese-evs-jaecoo-byd-xpeng?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Home instant fingerprick blood test for Alzheimer's is almost as reliable as GP venous draw
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Alzheimer’s Disease blood biomarkers measured through remote capillary sampling correlate with cognition in older adults - Nature Communications
This study shows that capillary blood sampling at home using fingerprick testing is feasible and provides reliable biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Disease. They correlate with cognition and can identify pe...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-71448-2?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_content=null&utm_campaign=CONR_JRNLS_AWA1_GL_PCOM_SMEDA_NATUREPORTFOLIO
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Starmer out by September, say the bookies
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Lib Dem MPs and Lib Dem Council? First approved Thames safe bathing area
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Munira Wilson MP
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Amazing news!!! Ham & Kingston is the first-ever official bathing water site on the River Thames in London. Massive thanks to the tireless work of local campaigners who made this happen.
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Michael Merrifield
2 days ago
Very cool analysis of names for geographic features in the UK. My former PhD student Tom Peterken may have moved on from astrophysics, but great to see him still using those data analysis and visualisation skills on such interesting things. 🧪
www.linkedin.com/posts/tom-pe...
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What's in a name? How we refer to a geographic feature depends very strongly on where we're from. There's a map which often does the rounds on here and elsewhere showing how town/village...
What's in a name? How we refer to a geographic feature depends very strongly on where we're from. There's a map which often does the rounds on here and elsewhere showing how town/village name elemen...
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tom-peterken-66028219a_whats-in-a-name-how-we-refer-to-a-geographic-ugcPost-7461086195972861952-EmpI?utm_source=share
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The crown prince is annointed...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Labour’s NEC approves Burnham’s byelection pathway back to parliament
If he stands in Makerfield there will also need to be a mayoral contest to replace him in Greater Manchester
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/15/labours-nec-approves-burnham-byelection-pathway-parliament?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Ed Davey
3 days ago
We won every seat on Richmond upon Thames Council last week. But that doesn’t mean we’ve changed our mind on electoral reform. It’s time the Government stopped defending a broken system out of self-interest and backed proportional representation.
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"Sick leave among patients reduced by 50%"
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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Weight-loss jabs could halve sickness absence and ease strain on NHS, study suggests
Research shows sick leave among patients prescribed GLP-1 injections over nine-month period reduced by 50%
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/14/weight-loss-jabs-sick-leave-wegovy-health?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Institute for the Study of War
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9/ Ukrainian forces recently advanced in the Slovyansk, Oleksandrivka, and Hulyaipole directions and in the Kostyantynivka-Druzhkivka tactical area. Read more:
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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 13, 2026
The Kremlin is doubling down on its demand that Ukraine withdraw from all of Donbas as a precondition for the resumption of negotiations.
https://isw.pub/UkrWar051326
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"Ukraine’s recent successes are accomplishing tactical, operational, and strategic battlespace effects that undermine Putin’s narrative" - ISW
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 13, 2026
The Kremlin is doubling down on its demand that Ukraine withdraw from all of Donbas as a precondition for the resumption of negotiations.
https://understandingwar.org/research/russia-ukraine/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-may-13-2026/
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Trump's Secretary of Commerce, Lutnick, had a lunchtime 'date' at Epstein's house three years after Epstein was convicted of sex offences against minors. Lutnick's wife was not present during the private event
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
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Oversight Democrats demand resignation of Trump’s commerce secretary after testimony over Epstein ties – live
‘Secretary [Howard] Lutnick spent his interview trying to cover up his lie and hide from the truth,’ Robert Garcia, ranking member of the House committee, says
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/may/14/donald-trump-china-xi-jinping-live-updates-talks-meeting-summit-visit-beijing-latest-news?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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BREAKING Labour’s Josh Simons MP to stand down so Andy Burnham could stand
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Labour’s Josh Simons to stand down as MP so Andy Burnham can ‘drive the change our country is crying out for’ - UK politics live
Simons says: ‘I am standing aside so that Andy Burnham can return to his home’
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/may/14/angela-rayner-says-starmer-should-reflect-on-stepping-aside-after-hmrc-clears-her-over-tax-affairs-uk-politics-live?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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So the UK Health secretary has resigned and this means that a decision on prostate cancer screening that was expected this month may very well be put back by months, even years...
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Dan Neidle
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Institute for the Study of War
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3/ Iran’s growing emphasis on the Strait of Hormuz reflects a broader, emerging consensus around the idea that the Strait of Hormuz must be central to Iranian strategy and deterrence in the future.
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Brandon Moore, PhD
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When flying through tight spaces, bees quickly scan for larger openings -- slowing down for close inspection when spaces become very small! 🧪
royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article...
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Is "B" a repeat of "A" ?
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Natacha
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Streeting (pictured left) appears about to resign.
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Nick Pettigrew
5 days ago
That Wes Streeting leadership bid in full:
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David KC
6 days ago
"Coronation Streeting" was RIGHT THERE
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Coalition for Aligning Science
4 days ago
Sewage is anything but waste. Scientific advances make it possible to detect diseases in wastewater—from respiratory & gastrointestinal viruses to fungal infections. Data collected by
@wastewaterscan.bsky.social
informs public & personal health decisions. 🧪 Learn more:
www.wastewaterscan.org/en
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Matt Brueseke
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good will always prevail. 🧪⚒️
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Been watching 'Believe Me' on ITV? The only reason a judicial review was allowed on the behaviour of the police in the Worboys taxi attacks on over 100 women was because of the Human rights act. And the Conservatives and Reform want to get rid of the Human rights act.
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Been watching 'Believe Me' on ITV? The only reason a judicial review was allowed on the behaviour of the police in the Worboys taxi attacks on over 100 women was because of the Human rights act. And the Conservatives and Reform want to get rid of the Human rights act.
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Believe me ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ for importance ⭐⭐⭐ for script adaptation ITVx Drama series Relating the horrible series of attacks that black cab driver John Worboys carried out on over 100 women The concatenation of cases into three women's experiences loses some detail, but an important case to understand
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Jennifer Ouellette
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Neanderthals drilled cavities to treat a toothache 59,000 years ago
arstechnica.com/science/2026...
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Neanderthals drilled cavities to treat a toothache 59,000 years ago
“Every time I go to the dentist, I think about that guy,” researcher says.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/05/neanderthals-drilled-cavities-to-treat-a-toothache-59000-years-ago/
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Despite copious evidence as to the viral dangers of large cruise ships, old people still flock to them in large numbers Why?
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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France confines more than 1,700 people to cruise ship after suspected norovirus outbreak
About 50 people on vessel carrying mostly British and Irish passengers have symptoms, say officials
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/13/france-confines-passengers-cruise-ship-norovirus-death-bordeaux?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Silvia Pineda-Munoz, PhD - Climate Ages
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Imagine discovering a 500-million-year-old animal covered in spikes, with feathery arms that looked almost impossible to explain. For decades, paleontologists wondered what these bizarre creatures were actually doing in Cambrian oceans. 🧪
#SciComm
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What a 500-Million-Year-Old Filter Feeder Reveals About Today’s Oceans
The story of a spiky Cambrian animal, tiny drifting plankton, and the invisible systems that keep oceans functioning
https://buff.ly/t3Uy1By
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