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Anne Applebaum
3 days ago
For a decade, Russia has been seeking to divide Europe and America, to undermine NATO and weaken the transatlantic alliance. This peace plan, if accepted, will achieve that goal.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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The Murky Plan That Ensures a Future War
Who will benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/11/trumps-war-peace/685024/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK30k2JUlp9n-5zk7mkKlWlEQ&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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John Sipher
4 days ago
I support the Priess Plan.
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NOELREPORTS
5 days ago
The full 28-point U.S. peace plan for Ukraine, reportedly backed by Trump, has been published by MP Honcharenko. This thread outlines the key points. What’s clear is that the so-called Witkoff plan heavily favors Russia while offering little to nothing for Ukraine. 1/9
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Austria’s enthusiasm to kill Ukrainians and prop up the Russian financial system is impressive Perhaps it’s all that neutrality
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Better than Mull of Kintyre
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Tristan
7 days ago
Worth keeping an eye on this story. It’s early days but I can see the “I Support Palestine Action” crowd looking a bit silly soon.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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'Palestine Action activist struck officer with sledgehammer', court hears
Six Elbit Systems protesters caused
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c79727zeqyvo
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The US administration has said passports must now reflect the numbers of legs attached to the waist This ends the decades old practice of all US administrations to allow citizens the choice of leg numbers on their official documents Quadrupeds say their lives will be impossible
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Henry Morris
9 days ago
If they don't call this the Quorn Laws then the country truly is gone.
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Laura Pascal
14 days ago
Sex Matters letter to BBC's board 👇 5 CALLS: Root out oppressive influence of transgender ideology in the BBC Replace gender ideology activist language Stop output normalising trans ideology ensure all BBC journalists can fearlessly tell the unvarnished truth. Retrain staff
#TimeToAct
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Germans are waking up I wish Britain would do likewise
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Steve Rosenberg
14 days ago
Today one Russian paper suggests the US midterms “could undermine Donald Trump’s power & hurt Russia.” Other papers focus on Russia’s economic problems: “Zero growth in the 4th quarter…a gradual increase in crisis phenomena in manufacturing.”
#ReadingRussia
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Russian paper suggests the US midterm elections could "hurt Russia"
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
https://youtu.be/vtJws3nZHtM
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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO
21 days ago
The UK Must Urgently Distance Itself From Elon Musk and Space X, Warns Parliamentary Report. Musk has used thousands of replies and quote-tweets to massively boost the audiences of pro-Russian accounts on X. He is working with Putin to destroy democracy.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/t...
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The UK Must Urgently Distance Itself From Elon Musk and Space X, Warns Parliamentary Report
The UK's infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could 'politicise' our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
https://bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/the-uk-must-urgently-distance-itself-from-elon-musk-and-space-x-warns-parliamentary-report/
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Steve Rosenberg
24 days ago
“All we were doing was bringing the music we like to a mass audience. We hope we’ll be home soon. It’s what we’re dreaming of most,” Stoptime vocalist Diana Loginova tells me. She & the other members of the band are still in jail after their street concerts. My report from St Petersburg.
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How teenager gave street concert and was caught up in Russia's repressive past
Diana Loginova sang songs critical of the Kremlin. The 18-year-old and her bandmate are now in court.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz91jyxj88ko
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Naomi Clifford | Historical Crime Fiction
25 days ago
TAYLORS BUTTONS: This type of shop has all but disappeared from London. Pls pls pls get behind the campaign to save this unique button shop. Details on screenshots of Gentle Author's post on Insta. The crowdfunder link is:
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/taylorsbut...
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UNITED24 Media
29 days ago
Kyiv said farewell to journalist Alyona Gramova and cameraman Yevhen Karmazin, killed by a Russian drone strike in Kramatorsk. 🧵 1/6 ⬇️
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Alexander Horne
about 1 month ago
I agree with Joshua that this intervention is by the Human Rights Commissioner is spectacularly badly timed. At a moment where two of the four largest political parties in the UK are advocating an exit from the Convention system, his criticisms seem tin eared.
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David Lewis
about 1 month ago
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North Ages
about 2 months ago
Beyond the Frontier: Unearthing the Secrets of Scotland’s Silver Hoard
www.historyhit.com/beyond-the-f...
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Beyond the Frontier: Unearthing the Secrets of Scotland’s Silver Hoard
In 1919, a discovery was made near Edinburgh that stunned the archaeological world: over 23 kilograms of ancient silver, one of the largest hoards of...
https://www.historyhit.com/beyond-the-frontier-unearthing-the-secrets-of-scotlands-silver-hoard/
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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦
about 2 months ago
❗️🇷🇴Romania ready to defend 🇲🇩Moldova in case of 🇷🇺Russian attack - Romanian Army Commander-in-Chief Gheorghiță Vlad “Romania remains a loyal ally of Moldova, we have a strategic partnership and we will definitely help the Republic of Moldova in case of attack”
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Stephen Bush
about 2 months ago
"We used to ring up our GP and get an appointment on the same day," says Kemi Badenoch. She does not add: we're all looking for the guy who did this!
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Dr. Ian Garner
about 2 months ago
Uh oh
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Rachel Cunliffe
about 2 months ago
"I hear again and again that the Israelis – the Jews – had it coming. Knowing allusions to Jewish influence, Jewish power. Stereotypes of Jewish cruelty." Written before today's attack on a Manchester synagogue. It's the kind of piece I never thought I'd write.
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
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The 7 October attacks changed what it means to be Jewish in Britain
The war in Gaza has exposed a level of anti-Semitism I didn’t realise was there
https://www.newstatesman.com/international-politics/society-international-politics/2025/10/7-october-attacks-changed-what-it-means-be-jewish-britain-israel
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Paul Frame is running "Santa in the City" on 3rd December
2 months ago
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Anton Gerashchenko
2 months ago
President of Moldova Maia Sandu: Russia doesn’t act alone.The Kremlin has allies in Moldova -people who have repeatedly proven in the past that for money they would sell even own country.They have no homeland.They’ve only masters. They don’t believe in Russia or in Europe.They believe only in money
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Things Europe Must Fix: Chapter 1
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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦
2 months ago
🇵🇱‼️ Sikorski: If another Russian missile or aircraft enters our airspace and gets shot down, don’t come here to whine. You have been warned.
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Mark Douglas
2 months ago
Great article by
@ejfoundation.org
on the unregulated (as in the second U of IUU Fishing) squid fishing happening In the South Atlantic - this picture shows 3 months of activity in the area by 105 fishing vessels - half of them Chinese flagged
app.starboard.nz/link/f89lzja...
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Andrius Kubilius
2 months ago
Russia is escalating its military provocations. We shall “escalate” the strengthening of our
#DefenceReadiness
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Ulrike Franke
2 months ago
French hospitals have been asked to prepare for a possible military engagement. Health minister rightly points out that this is part of preparedness (and resilience).
www.bfmtv.com/politique/vi...
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"Ça fait partie de l'anticipation": Catherine Vautrin réagit aux révélations du Canard enchaîné sur la demande faite aux ARS de préparer les soignants à un possible "engagement majeur"
VIDÉO - La ministre de la Santé Catherine Vautrin était l'invitée du Face à Face sur RMC et BFMTV. Elle réagit aux révélations du Canard enchaîné sur l'instruction faite aux directeurs des Agences rég...
https://www.bfmtv.com/politique/video-ca-fait-partie-de-l-anticipation-catherine-vautrin-reagit-aux-revelations-du-canard-enchaine-sur-la-demande-faite-aux-ars-de-preparer-les-soignants-a-un-possible-engagement-majeur_VN-202508270327.html
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South Downs National Park
2 months ago
Beachy Head Lighthouse looking epic. The lighthouse first became operational in October 1902. During construction, a temporary cable car was installed to transport workers & materials from the cliff top to a platform adjacent to the lighthouse site. 📷 Ania Woodgate
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Toomas Hendrik Ilves
2 months ago
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Revealed: How Russia’s GRU Plotted Europe’s Parcel Explosions - VSquare.org
These parcel explosions were stagemanaged by the GRU, Russia’s military intelligence service, via the social media platform Telegram.
https://vsquare.org/revealed-how-russia-gru-plotted-europe-parcel-explosions/
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Tim O’Brien
2 months ago
RIP, Robert Redford.
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Robert Saunders
2 months ago
Important piece by John Simpson in
@theobserveruk.bsky.social
, on the American money funding Yaxley-Lennon and the far-right in Britain.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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US cash turned Tommy Robinson into the poster boy of UK f...
Outside the Old Bailey in 2018, a reinvented Tommy Robinson flashed his perfect new teeth to 2,000 diehard supporters at a “free Tommy” rally on a stage ...
https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/us-cash-turned-tommy-robinson-into-the-poster-boy-of-uk-far-right
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Max Boot
2 months ago
When Russia introduced self-destructing drones from Iran into its war against Ukraine three years ago, Moscow made headlines around the world by launching 43 of them into Ukraine in a single strike. This month, in just one night, Russia sent more than 800 drones.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/w...
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Russia Made Drone Production a Supreme Priority. Now It Swarms the Skies.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/world/europe/russia-ukraine-drone-attacks-production.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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John Sipher
2 months ago
Musk is dangerous. “Speaking to the crowd… Musk said that the left was “the party of murder” and urged protesters to “fight back.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/w...
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Far-Right Rally in London Draws Huge Crowd and a Counterprotest
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/world/europe/london-far-right-rally-robinson.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦
2 months ago
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Standard issue Kremlin bullying of a small NATO state The Cold War is back, though it feels remarkably warm
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Dr. Ian Garner
2 months ago
I’ve been in London for over 2 hours and nobody has mugged me even once. Really disappointed. Where are all the no-go areas?
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24Hours Ukraine
2 months ago
Boooommm 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥 Fffiiiiiirrreee 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Ukrainian attack drones successfully hit the NPS “Vtorovo” fuel pumping station, a key facility partially responsible for supplying diesel fuel to Russia's capital, Moscow.
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Andrei Soldatov
3 months ago
Today, after 25 years and 5 days of existence, the domain
agentura.ru—
where we’ve investigated Russian secret services all this time—has been taken down. Not by the FSB, as we expected, but by Hostinger, a Lithuanian hosting company that cited sanctions. THREAD 1/7
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy
3 months ago
Common diabetes drug metformin cuts long covid risk by 64% in UK study A study of 624,308 adults, including 2,976 who began metformin after COVID infection, found a significant link between metformin use and reduced Long COVID risk. Initiators showed a 64% lower risk in intention-to-treat analysis.
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Common diabetes drug metformin cuts long covid risk by 64 percent in UK study
A large UK-based retrospective cohort study found that initiating metformin within 90 days of COVID-19 diagnosis reduced the risk of Long COVID by 64% in overweight and obese adults. The findings sugg...
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20250908/Common-diabetes-drug-metformin-cuts-long-covid-risk-by-64-percent-in-UK-study.aspx
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Trish Greenhalgh
3 months ago
There is *no evidence whatsoever* that the Covid vaccine causes cancer in *anyone*. I’m no royalist but I respect public figures’ right to privacy so won’t comment on the speculation around individual cases. I am horrified that other doctors have chosen to do so.
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Robert Hutton
3 months ago
Day Two of Reform conference, and we're getting the good stuff. At the Heartland Institute's fringe "Is Climate Realism Inevitable", we've learned that electric cars are part of a Marxist plot to control humanity, and heard calls for the abolition of the BBC.
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It’s a bad thing when you chop your own legs off and you go to prison. But it’s super good and to be celebrated when you amputate your penis or breasts. All clear?
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James Ball
3 months ago
Nigel Farage just repeatedly denied – under oath! – to
@raskin.house.gov
ever banning journalists he doesn’t like from his party’s conventions. This happened to me *literally today*.
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Alex Raufoglu
3 months ago
The Coalition Of The Killing 👇🏻
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This is America's great intellectual magazine? Next up - Since at least the Middle Ages, gastronomes have reflected on the deep, intuitive marriage of wheat-based bread and dairy butter
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James Ball
3 months ago
Nigel Farage is about to give evidence to the US Congress on threats to free speech in the UK. So here's one for him: Reform UK has just banned me (and
@thenewworldmag.bsky.social
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www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-w...
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Chicken Farage bans The New World
It claims to be the party of free speech, but this last-minute decision to stop me attending tells a very different story
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-why-has-snowflake-farage-banned-me-from-reforms-conference/
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