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❗️Dozens of dignitaries walked out of Russia's speech to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva in support of Ukraine. In the hallway, they unfolded Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar flags (today is Day of Resistance to Occupation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea).

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☀️ We've got a big new report out today☀️ A subset of the Russian info op known as "Portal Kombat" appears to be constructed not for human consumption, but machines. It's seemingly grooming LLMs to spit out RU propaganda precisely when we're taking our eyes off the regulatory ball. ⤵️

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Elon Musk, who has said the beneficiaries of federal spending are a "parasite class," runs businesses that have pocketed $38 billion in taxpayer-funded subsidies, loans and contracts www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...

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These alternatives to popular apps can help reclaim your online life from billionaires and surveillance

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So he was drunk or lying.

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… I mean when you're testing on a device nobody uses might as well use a background style (Apple Music "No Playing") nobody uses yet – it will catch on eventually.

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Caroline Lucas, "A hard choice for Starmer would be a wealth tax" "Why are the poorest people paying for increase in defence spending?" @carolinelucas.bsky.social #Newsnight

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Wow – amazing news this morning. Getting to net zero will be even cheaper than we previously thought & could save households £700 a year on bills, with more savings from switch to EVs. This is win-win-win for people in the UK and govt must commit to making it happen.

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The government could save households £100s a year on their energy bills by making these three changes ⬇️ Why wait?

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The first of these is especially bonkers, and it’s something the Octopus CEO has also repeatedly slammed. (He also adds a fourth change: some level of regional pricing, because that then somewhat deals with NIMBYism re wind farms/solar farms and cross-country infra ‘wiring’ problems.)

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Key chart from today's advice to UK govt from Climate Change Committee on emission cuts to 2040 After initial upfront investment, energy system will get cheaper as running costs fall Classic case for where long-term low-cost capital from the state can make sense www.theccc.org.uk/publication/...

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Your periodic reminder that until economies get to net zero global temperatures will keep rising right up to and beyond the point where the Earth becomes practically uninhabitable for human civilisation.

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This is true. And yet The Royal Society saw fit to make him a fellow, one of the highest honours in science. And they have yet to comment on his role in the destruction of science in the USA

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To the vatniks, campists, fascists and self-described "pragmatists" saying "maybe Trump has got a point": There is one nation and one nation alone that should decide the terms for peace in Ukraine. Ukraine.

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The UK government says it wants peace in the Middle East but appears to be helping Israel prepare for a return to war. The RAF has sent spy flights towards Gaza on all five ceasefire days that Hamas released hostages, Declassified has found👇 www.declassifieduk.org/is-the-uk-sp...

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We saved our local library from closure by organising a strong campaign in Bollington. We found it was used more than most in its category in Cheshire East, so why try to close it? Savings were minimal We mobilised the community including our children The voice of the people does make a difference

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"What made me very cross was when [Defence Minister] Luke Pollard keeps saying 'this was a hard decision'" The Green Party's Caroline Lucas responds to the Government's decision to cut foreign aid to fund an increase in defence spending. #Newsnight

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Tesla isn’t going to survive. Sales are down nearly 50% in Europe. Keep the boycott going. Your protests are working. #3E #endoligarchy #boycotttesla

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I dunno why pickles are such a thing at the moment but I'm here for it. Also very please with enhancements to the implementation of background style tweak controls under the hood driven by fixing a bunch of hover effect issues for visionOS. 🌈

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Seems a good time to point out that @shareshot.app for Mac will be available just like the iOS and visionOS versions - free to use & a Pro subscription Universal purchase of just $14.99 😀 So all existing paying users will get all the Pro features on the Mac version for no eztra cost on March 10th.

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1/4 I’ve been working very hard for the last two months on the latest @plinky.app update, with two big features: Link Reminders & Pinned Folders and Tags. These features have been so useful to me, and have struck a chord with beta testers, so I’d love to tell you a bit more about why.

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Up close and personal with @shareshot.app on Vision Pro!

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School breakfast clubs in England will be used to justify keeping the two-child benefits cap. Breakfast clubs welcome, won't end child poverty Children need decent housing, food, clothes, shoes, more End two-child benefit cap, redistribute. 1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined

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I hope that all those who dismissed Russian interference in Brexit and Trump 9 years ago are finally realising that it wasn’t a hoax, it wasn’t exaggerated, and for all their doubts then are doing their best to make up for it now by supporting Ukraine

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Youth gender divide, German edition: Young women more than twice as likely to vote for the Left vs young men. Young men almost twice as likely to vote AfD vs young women.

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Labour’s 1.5m homes will be dominated by private equity firms charging huge rents. Profiteering, high debt, substandard service, tax dodges are private equity norm. Let councils, not-for-profit organizations build homes. Don't deregulate. Build homes, not slums.

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The man on stage chillingly says: „She spoke up and now she doesn’t want to suffer the consequences“, mocking her, as unidentified men drag a woman and zip-tie her under the sheriffs orders, because she had dared to peacefully speak out during a town hall. This is fascism.

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EU spends more on Russian oil and gas than financial aid to Ukraine – report - www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f... "Europe estimated to have bought €22bn of fossil fuels from Russia in 2024 but gave €19bn to support Kyiv" crazy

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Peter Thiel and his fellow venture-cultists are trying to reboot the god-king system. www.thenerdreich.com/peter-thiel-...

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Gearing up for our Stroud Illustrators Collective Exhibition starting next weekend. We’re also so proud to be part of the brilliant Stroud Film Festival. Here’s my piece for this years Horror themed show

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And this is why private companies should not get public contracts involving data collection.

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Exploited migrant farm workers in UK paid for picks, not hours. Workers not paid for in-work travel, time spent moving between workstations, team meetings, receiving instructions on equipment use. Employers violating employment rights. Need effective enforcement, not deregulation.

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Whit?

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Get. Him. Out. Of. Our. Government.

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What if I told you that lawyers associated with the Heritage Foundation reached out to me before I left X to offer legal assistance with the harassment my wife and I experienced? It's things like this that inform my opinions on "disclosure." My statements are not just based on public information.

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This is so unconscionable. Elon Musk is personally extorting Ukraine to get access to their minerals for his car batteries. Once again, Elon Musk is an existential threat to everyone on this planet. www.reuters.com/business/us-...

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Britain can provide Ukraine a nuclear umbrella and Putin will immediately withdraw from Ukraine.

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Wrote a little something in the mighty @rollingstone.com about #TeslaTakedown. In anticipation of our upcoming second weekend of protests! Join or create an event for ANY day and ANY country at Teslatakedown.com. Download our flyers and background to get informed and get involved!

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It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

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And today's corruption is...

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Confirmed: The OnePlus Watch 3 has a typo in the back: Meda in China 🫠

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Apple Lawyers: "are we sure it's OK to train our LLM on this code? The license says 'attribution required'…" Apple Engineers: "no problem:"

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