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Feeling sorry for any future history students who have to set out the origins of the Third World War in a sequence of neat, ordered paragraphs. (‘If there is a future,’ types a reply-guy, fairly.)

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It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this

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REASON MAGAZINE: ‪A Popular Spanish-Language Journalist Is in ICE Custody After Being Arrested at an Atlanta Protest reason.com/2025/06/19/a... @reason.com #photojournalism #journalism #pressfreedom #journalismisnotacrime

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“Wherever a journalist is silenced, the democratic soul of a country is weakened. Freedom of the press is an inalienable common good. Those who conscientiously exercise this vocation cannot see their voices silenced by petty interests or fear of the truth.”

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Tell me that you read science fiction without ever thinking about the point the authors were trying to make E

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While tech CEOs keep going on about superintelligence, what we really need to worry about is the "stupid intelligence" we already have - my leader this week www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...

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If Mario Guevara’s case proceeds, it would represent a grim erosion of both freedom of the press and the rule of law. Journalists who are not U.S. citizens could be at risk of deportation without charges ever being tried in court. Read the letter: cpj.org/2025/06/cpj-...

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👀❗️ Pro-Palestinian activists broke into RAF Brize Norton and vandalized two Airbus Voyager refueling aircraft—spraying red paint into the engines.

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(1/2) With a heavy heart, I have written to the Prime Minister to tender my resignation as a whip. Whilst I will continue to support the government in delivering the change the country so desperately needs, I cannot vote in favour of the proposed reforms to disability benefits.

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The sudden normality of this in recent months is incredibly frightening

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Freelance Jun25: Saudi Arabia executes journalist Turki al-Jasser www.londonfreelance.org/fl/2506turki...

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Here's my submission to the Met Office name our storms competition. Let them know your choices at this link: www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o...

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How Negative Media Headlines About Small Boat Crossings Are Turning Brits Against All Migrants New research finds that disproportionate coverage of the relatively low numbers crossing the English channel is turning British people against all incomers bylinetimes.com/2025/06/19/h...

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NUJ urges greater transparency over Palantir technologies partnership with police forces. www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...

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I have my issues with this study (or rather, how people are overinterpreting it) but this is genius

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The Telegraph has published a homepage apology for publishing an unverified story about a rich family struggling with the cost of school fees misleadingly illustrated with stock images pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/n...

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CJEU, Big Tech/competition law Advocate-General's opinion: CJEU should uphold finding that Google breached EU competition law re Google Play, uphold €4.1 billion fine curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/...

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A global analysis of crop yields suggests that each degree Celsius of warming by 2100 will reduce the food available per person by about 121 kilocalories per day. Under a 3°C warming scenario “that works out to giving up breakfast for everyone”, says Andrew Hultgren. 🧪

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🚨🚨The White House is pissed off about this ad so you know what to do, share it everywhere! ICE is disappearing people just because of the color of their skin! No Warrant! No Due Process! This is not who we are as Americans! #MAGAKidnappers want an all white America, fuck that‼️

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Today's complaint about the AI in education discourse: Too much of it is framed around a future that is going to happen to us, as opposed to seeing the future as something we may have some agency to shape. I reject the deterministic view of AI, particularly genAI. It's a tool, not our master.

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It's ok, we can just scrap Finland and The Netherlands to make up the difference

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🚨IT’S NOT TOO LATE for the government to change course. Keir Starmer is being advised to urgently pause the Government's plans to cut disability & health benefits by Parliament's work & pensions committee who say they should not go ahead without a comprehensive impact assessment Contact your MP,NOW

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The same people demanding you present a photo ID to vote are perfectly fine with letting you be arrested, handcuffed & thrown into a van by armed men wearing plain clothes, face masks & presenting no identification of any sort.

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Center for Media Monitoring reports on BBC coverage at Parliamentary meeting...

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The president of the United States hears voices, according to one of his top lackeys.

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NYT backs up the CNN story. "Contrary to Israeli claims, senior administration officials were unaware of any new intelligence showing that the Iranians were rushing to build a nuclear bomb" www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/u...

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COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS: Australian writer questioned, deported from US after report on pro-Palestinian protests cpj.org?p=489842 @pressfreedom.bsky.social #photojournalism #journalism #journalismisnotacrime #pressfreedom

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I am saddened to follow up that the victim who was ran over in Riverside, CA, when an angry driver drove into a crowd of protesters, is not doing well. She is now in a medically induced coma. She has undergone multiple surgeries. /

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"Snow was general all over Ireland. In Stroud, there was some smack mixed in too."

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In this era of media disruption and falling trust, it can become unfashionable to point out that good journalists and good journalism are a thing. Great piece by @arusbridger.bsky.social, through the lens of the work done by the great Duncan Campbell:

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++HOW IS THIS FOR CYBER PUNK++

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The NUJ joined other unions & hundreds of people for an anti-racism rally in Belfast on Saturday. 📷credit: @kevinc55.bsky.social

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PAGING MR BETTERIDGE! Call for you on line 666... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Very good to stand in Solidarity with my NUJ and other union members and members of the public joining the Anti Racism Rally today at Belfast City Hall. A great turnout in spite of the weather. Stop the Violence, Stop the Hate. We are better than this.

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From a dear comrade who was kind enough to let me share their video. Veterans stage a sit-in on the US Capitol steps and say, “Military off our streets!” Hell yeah!

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