Iran is winning the propaganda war against Trump – brick by brick Tehran’s viral videos satirising a Lego-style president have harnessed the power of AI – and Maga’s debasing of political discourse – and turned it against the US, writes disinformation expert Nina Ja...

Thrilled to share my first piece for @thenerve.news—an incredible woman-led team reporting on tech, politics, and culture, founded by the inimitable @carolecadwalla.bsky.social —on why Iran is winning the information war

www.thenerve.news/p/nina-janko...

Peter Mandelson, the Russian superyacht and the scandal we completely misread When Britain's most powerful political fixer was caught on an oligarch's boat in Corfu, we called it Yachtgate and moved on. The Epstein files now reveal the full picture: a web of Russian money, paed...

It becomes clear that the Epstein octopus is entangled with the Londongrad octopus, via figures like Peter Mandelson. Great dot connecting from @professorshaw.bsky.social www.thenerve.news/p/peter-mand...

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Masked thugs, sneering elites and terrified citizens: a picture of the US today. We used to have a name for this | Marina Hyde Truly, I am the country’s biggest fan. But in the spirit of free speech its leaders apparently love, here’s a few things the rest of the world needs them to know, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Masked thugs, sneering elites and terrified citizens: a picture of the US today. We used to have a name for this | Marina Hyde
#Trump

From Minneapolis to Paris: No One Is Illegal!

Where Tech Leaders and Students Really Think AI Is Going We asked tech CEOs, journalists, entertainers, students, and more about the promise and peril of artificial intelligence. Here’s what they said.

We asked tech CEOs, journalists, entertainers, students, and more about the promise and peril of artificial intelligence. Here’s what they said. www.wired.com/story/for-fu...

No to Palantir!!

The Alan Turing Institute quietly published its annual report late last year.

We found that the Turing paid more to its highest-earning staff in 2025 than it did the year before, amid a reform programme that put large numbers of employees at risk of redundancy.

Right to protest is under attack in England and Wales, reports warn Human Rights Watch and Justice say recent legislative changes have had a chilling effect and should be repealed

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Elon Musk versus Wikipedia continues an age-old battle over truth Musk’s Grokipedia wants to take us back to a time when established knowledge was controlled by one opaque voice

great piece from @ethanz.bsky.social on grokipedia: "it promises a backward-looking dystopia where one conspiracy-minded individual can overturn established knowledge, and where all other individual voices eventually blur into one opaque voice."
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/techno...

Supporters asked to flood BBC with texts to support hunger strikers URGENT - supporters of the political prisoners on hunger strike are urged to ask the BBC to stop their deadly silence on Palestine

Supporters asked to flood BBC with texts to support hunger strikers...

Milky Way and Aurora over Ruataniwha

A smaller aurora over Lake Ruataniwha.
Just giving it a little Glow-Up to make it pretty.

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"Look with your eyes. See with Soul."

#Aurora #Galaxy #Astrophotograph #Nightscape #Landscape #EastCoastKin #Stunday #Bucketlist #PureNZ #Epic

Welcome! You are invited to join the global launch of the Earth Rover Program and the release of our inaugural report, which explores how a new scientific concept, ‘soilsmology’, is shaking up our und... We are delighted to invite you to the global launch of the Earth Rover Program and the release of our inaugural report, ‘Soilsmology: Transforming our Understanding of Soil’, which explores how an eme...

Last chance to register for our webinar on the Earth Rover Program, starting at 14.00 GMT. Intro by the brilliant Kate Raworth, then explanations of the concept and the science by some of our scientists and technicians. Register to obtain link. Hope to see you there
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Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The super-rich rightwing are pouring money into Reform. Do ordinary voters really think their aim is to even out social inequality and make their lives better? Do they think they’re doing it so Farage invests in infrastructure and public services? Ffs. Democracy being beaten to death in plain sight.

Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’ The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit

Nigel Farage’s Legacy — Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’

The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)… confirms the Treasury’s 2016 analysis, claiming a relative fall in GDP of between 6% and 8%.

yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/brex...

Solar now the world’s cheapest power source - Energy Live News University of Surrey researchers say solar is driving the global shift to clean energy as costs continue to fall

#solar - world's cheapest power www.energylivenews.com/2025/10/08/solar-now-the-worlds-cheapest-power-source/

Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions | George Monbiot The case of a planned Cumbrian coalmine shows how governments around the world are being threatened by litigation in shadowy offshore courts, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

I wish more people were aware of this. Considering the scale of the threat, the media's near-silence is both remarkable and culpable.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Right #highereducation colleagues and students! 🤩 If you are interested in #playfullearning come connect to RE:PLAY. It’s a wildly collaborative doing-and-learning #ESRC funded UK study on playful learning in HE. research.northumbria.ac.uk/replay/
@re--play.bsky.social

Winston Peters and NZ First Hand Victory to ACT over Corporate Bill of Rights - Greenpeace Aotearoa Despite ACT failing to pass three earlier versions of the Regulatory Standards bill, they have succeeded passing it into law today, due to the backing of NZ First and the…

What a betrayal!

Winston Peters has handed victory to ACT by supporting the Corporate Bill of Rights that is the Regulatory Standards Bill

Like ACT and National, NZ First is putting corporate interests ahead of everyone else.
#nzpol
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It remains quite funny that, as the Tories regale us with their fourth female leader, and their second of colour, the Labour Party is still punching itself in the face over which hideously bland white man might save them.

Today's 🇪🇺Parliament vote has transformed the government of the EU.

🇪🇺President Von der Leyen's party has abandoned the centrist governing majority. We now have a new coalition driving EU policy.

A huge victory for Meloni, Le Pen, Wilders & Orban

As @alemanno.bsky.social put it today:

How Palantir infiltrated the state At a moment of national emergency, the government handed our data to Peter Thiel’s controversial company

Peter Thiel is in the Epstein emails, enjoying himself.

Peter Thiel is an overt, convinced, outspoken Nazi.

Peter Thiel's company is being paid by the UK government to crawl all over YOUR personal data.

Oswald Mosley's grandson runs his UK operation.

You can't make it up.

Petition: Transparency and Review of the free zones and ports impacts To ensure full transparency by releasing data on governance, funding, and operations of free zones. Plus a public review to assess impacts, such as job displacement and value for taxpayers money

URGENT: 6 WEEKS LEFT - We're 743 signatures away from forcing a Government response
The UK Government is rolling out freeports and free zones nationwide with billions in taxpayer money, yet operates with an alarming lack of transparency. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

This is very good

Hannah Ritchie's new book on net zero is a breath of fresh air Clearing the Air answers all your burning questions about the net-zero transition, with optimistic, data-led insights designed to address misinformation about climate change, says Madeleine Cuff

Clearing the Air answers all your burning questions about the net-zero transition, with optimistic, data-led insights designed to address misinformation about climate change, says Madeleine Cuff

A history of Pacific nuclear testing and the successful campaign to stop it - Greenpeace Aotearoa Despite a name suggesting peace and tranquillity, about 325 nuclear weapons were detonated in the Pacific region by the governments of the USA, Britain and France between 1946 and 1996. The total cumu...

If you need something to read while AWS failures make the internet all wonky, this is incredible.

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The clear waters at Elafonisi beach, the #1 rated beach in the world according to Trip Advisor. I agree #greece #beach #landscape #crete #mediterranean

The people who build their heaven on your land are telling you that yours is in the sky. - Nina Simone

Pic of the day

#photography

FT graph showing massive UK public support for the opinion that it was wrong to vote to leave the EU.

Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…