There's no authorised exit poll for the elections tomorrow in Moldova so best to check Electoral Commission site for any provisional results. First results after ~18.30 GMT but these from small population voting centres. Full results by Monday morning. a.cec.md/en

One thing I've learned from the Internet is that a lie needs 0% proof to be believed, but the truth requires thousands of pages of proof and still won't be believed.

In other news, my cat is working on a practical warp drive!

This is interesting—I see a lot of these tells in my work with writing scams, where the use of chatbots in scam solicitations and impersonations has become ubiquitous.

Oh no you weren't . #aras25 #aras2025

Maria Steen failed to get even 8% of TDs and Senators to vote for her.

Five years ago, @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social and I did a story about rural Oregon's fever dream that Antifa was coming to their town from Portland. Hundreds showed up armed downtown because they heard on Facebook that "Antifa buses" were coming. No buses came so they said Antifa "retreated."

A small plane crashed in Brazil recently; amongst the wreckage was the body of a former Melbourne stockbroker and 200kg of cocaine. Bellingcat and @thetimes.com reveal how the deceased Australian pilot was linked to an associate of the notorious Kinahan cartel: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/09...

War ravaged Portland

A story that’s attracted surprisingly little attention in our media: Ex-Reform politician admits Russia-linked bribery charges www.bbc.com/news/article...

George Galloway detained under terror law at Gatwick airport on way back from Moscow www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

‘Misinformation pandemic’ has become ‘a threat to democracy’, warns Irish academic

Kids in life find some one who loves you the way the Irish Times loves Maria Steen.

This only happens to you once

Makes you wonder how much people in the british media establishment are getting bribed to keep Farage on the front page.

Putin's People Party gets caught in the act again www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This platform is failing. I mean Blue Sky. I publish updates about news from Gaza, and the accounts are deleted even though they do not violate the standards. So thank you, my friend. He published what I documented this time.

I would go further. The vast majority of people have a biometric passport. Those who don't are, mostly, the poor, the old, the young, homeless, etc. In short, the people who are constantly CHALLENGED to prove their identity. To those people, an ID card is an empowering document, not a dangerous one.

Oh look. Same time frame? www.theguardian.com/world/2019/o...

I wonder what attracted him to a party led by a massive Putin fan… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Want to know how the new digital ID system will work? Good news! I’ve explained how it will almost certainly work here: takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/britcard

The tankie candidate. Where's the criticism of the Russian arms build up?

🤯🤯🤯 Trump: I think Ukraine, with the support of the European Union, is in a position to fight and WIN all of Ukraine back in its original form.

People say "autism never used to exist" and then you go to the Natural History Museum and the exhibit has a caption like "Born in 1762, The Revd [name] was famously irascible, steadfast in his routine, and dedicated his life to collecting 25,000 rare beetle specimens".

Some very obvious cases that Farage and Yusuf need to be hammered on: 1. 78 year old pensioner on ILR for last 30 years who obviously cannot get work visa 2. 35 year old born in UK to non-nationals, never got UK citizenship because of cost, loses job and has to move to country they've never lived in

The government is, y’know, the government. They could announce policies of their own in Monday’s papers, which the media would cover. But instead they just leave an endless news void, and end up chasing their tails trying to keep up with Reform on its strongest issue. It’s woeful.

An Israeli drone strike on a car in southern Lebanon has killed five people, including three children and their father, Lebanon’s Health Ministry has said jrnl.ie/6823429

Very good explainer/analysis in FT yesterday on whether Netanyahu will annex parts of West Bank. www.ft.com/content/def5...

Labour must finally stand up firmly against a Reform policy. Call it out for the obscenity it is. Starmer has recently finally spoken out against populism and division. What could be more populist and divisive than this? Nor for heaven's sake, don't dodge it, or excuse it. Challenge it.

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This would strike directly against any British notion of fairness People who would have followed all the rules having those rules switched up on them overnight and then being punished - in spite of not doing anything wrong

This does not look like “impartiality”. It looks like propaganda. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/how...

Your regular reminder that a NATO country shot down a Russian jet after it violated NATO airspace for *17 seconds*. What results? Russia didn’t start WW3 Russia didn’t carry on violating Turkish airspace. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Ru...

America plunges headlong into Onion territory Oklahoma lawmakers introduce legislation requiring every public university in the state to construct “a Charlie Kirk Memorial Plaza”, with a statue and a sign calling him a “modern civil rights leader" Or get fined www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

i strongly encourage parents not to post photos of your children on the internet

"The Russians are testing the doorknobs... and what they're discovering is the US President is not at home." Senior Editor at the Atlantic, David Frum, on President Trump's response to Russian jets violating NATO airspace. #Newsnight

Fearful Americans Stockpiling Facts Before Federal Government Comes To Take Them Away https://theonion.com/fearful-americans-stockpiling-facts-before-federal-gove-1819579589/

How Arjen Lubach (Dutch late night talk show host) reacts to Kimmel being canceled by Trump

A second group of students from Gaza are due to arrive in Ireland this morning to begin their studies at four universities here

Companies are willing to degrade any and all experiences with the premise of “what if we could constantly harass you into consuming more.”

When Karl Rove is the voice of reason you really know US democracy is in big trouble

The reason left-wing censorship originally got so much attention was it was "man bites dog". All the articles a decade ago were based on the premise that we expect this from the right but the left should be better. So when the right does it, it's not a reaction — it's what they've always done.

If we’re going to have Chinese style autocracy in the US, I’d also like the renewable energy infrastructure, high speed rail, electric vehicles, investment in science, and good food.

New statement from Irish foreign minister Simon Harris: "There is a genocide taking place in Gaza and the findings of the UN Commission of Inquiry earlier this week make clear that this is the case. The need for action has never been more urgent. In fact, it is long past due."

🇺🇦🇵🇱 The Poles won't be able to save people if they have a massive attack. We had 810 drones flying, we shot down 700. They had 19 - shot down 4. And there is no missile attack. They are not at war, so they are not ready for such things, — Zelensky

An abandoned plan to visit another star highlights the perils of billionaire-funded science

Great writeup by Sarah Scoles @sarahscoles.bsky.social on the apparent demise of Breakthrough Starshot

Genocide. The finding of the most comprehensive, most damning report to date into the conduct of Israel in Gaza. Our report for @virginmedianews.bsky.social - including the increasing cultural and sporting push to move away from “business as usual” with Israel.