Moscow to suspend Kazakh oil flows through key pipeline supplying Berlin Russian plan puts majority of German city’s supplies of petrol, kerosene and heating fuel at risk

Jesus. We come closer & closer to risks of war.

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Moscow to suspend Kazakh oil flows through key pipeline supplying Berlin

6 days after Trump made 13 celebratory posts in a hour claiming that Iran surrendered to all his demands and the war is over, he’s back threatening to blow up power plants and bridges.

Satellite images reveal scale of Israeli demolitions as Lebanese villages destroyed BBC Verify analysis found more than 1,400 buildings had been destroyed since 2 March.

Israel demolishes more villages in another sovereign country, hey ho.

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Every day, I write the same story: Russian strikes claiming lives. One person here, five there, a child, a grandparent... These tragedies have become so routine that the world is growing numb.

Iran’s Parliament Speaker MB Ghalibaf accuses Trump of lying, saying he made “seven claims in one hour, all false.” He adds Iran—not the U.S.—will control the Strait of Hormuz, with ships requiring “Iranian authorization” to pass.

Please don’t settle it with swords. No duelling at dawn please.

Absolutely stunning.

Oh dear @davidallengreen.bsky.social. We seem to be living in every kind of interesting times don’t we.

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This FT article is devastating. Find it where you can.

This FT article is devastating. Find it where you can.

While men in suits debate lifting sanctions and re-admitting athletes, Russia goes on exactly as before bombing Ukrainian families to death every night.

A good day to remind people that, around 2000 or so, Edward Said began routinely telling journalists and editors in his interviews that the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory was now the longest in modern world history, after having surpassed the Japanese occupation of Korea.

Woohoo! Go South Korea.

The Starmer-shaped hole where a prime minister should be Mandelson scandal shows he has never successfully made the transition from an opposition mindset to a governing one

Ah, it’s actually up already:

Cor.

He’s good isn’t he.

The Starmer-shaped hole where a prime minister should be Mandelson scandal shows he has never successfully made the transition from an opposition mindset to a governing one

On Starmer. Wow. Stephen Bush on firebb

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Interesting thread.

If AI removes the grunt work for junior lawyers (eg, due diligence for corporate lawyers and discovery for litigators) then it will affect social mobility, as well as other things.

It is how you learn to be a lawyer in those areas.

Senior Tory MP claims knife crime went up by 72% in London.

In fact offences fell by 11% in the year to September 2025.

Putin’s megaphone: Orbán’s far-right push into UK universities is fuelled by Russian oil Good Law Project has uncovered a network funded by Hungary’s authoritarian leader Viktor Orbán, that uses profits from refining Russian oil to platform far right and anti-trans campaigners in the UK

Its similar in the uk with two reform guys/academics having close links with hungary/orban, funded by russian oil money.

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Yes. This. It’s time we knew. ⬇️

Israel has now destroyed the last main bridge connecting southern Lebanon to the rest of the country.

From FT. Dateline c 11:00 GMT Thurs 16 April.

How (un)reliable are AI agents? Consistency matters more than average accuracy in safety-critical domains

O.M.G. AI reliability in safety-critical areas:

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Things I have seen in the rubble of Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon in the past week, part four.
At least 2,167 people have been killed in Lebanon since March 2 and 7,061 wounded. The dead include at least 172 children and 260 women.
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Why some argue cutting costs is the best way to cut carbon From heat pumps to offshore wind, the UK’s net zero push is facing growing scrutiny. Are rising costs undermining climate goals?

This is really interesting on why transitioning to renewables can bring extra costs. There are hidden costs in cleaning up UK (& global) energy. *Not* an ideological article, a good deep dive.

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No, I think it’s clear - Trump is driving Iran towards serious alliance with Russia & China. Which they’d avoided before. And *then* we’ll have a big problem next time Israel decides to have their little lawn-mowing flyover.

I’m not an economist, & I have no knowledge of real policy frameworks, but it seems to me from the good things I’ve read recently that raising tax, even corp. tax, has complicated consequences that can bugger things up. So - you may be right, who knows.

What does this mean? From BBC Live feed 14:00 GMT.

understanding Donald Trump via Walter Ong's philosophy of the Reformation A recording from Naomi Alderman's live video

had a great conversation last night with @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social on what our favourite philosopher of information - Walter Ong - can tell us about a historical moment when the most powerful leader in the English-speaking world is rowing with the Pope

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