“Mexico is worried enough about US election meddling that the ruling party recently pushed through a constitutional amendment to prevent it.”

Trump’s Efforts to Sway Foreign Elections are Missing Something

The president is being all-too-brazen.

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Banks permitted millions in suspicious transactions tied to Epstein—and former 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi had the story months ago. But the report would never air. trib.al/ZShZlIS

😳 On August 6, Argentina will vote on a proposed Land Reform Law aiming to facilitate the purchase of rural land in Argentina by private investors. It seems they are preparing to “celebrate” with Peter Thiel. The bill was written by Sturzenegger who will appear at this Sept event with Thiel. 1/

Bombshell report from the Wall Street Journal: DHS has been tracking down Americans at work and on the road who are critical of immigration policies, spending millions on contractors to surveil First Amendment protected speech and create political dossiers. Outrageous. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

How ICE Is Weaponizing Social Media Against Its Critics

The agency says its surveillance program searches for threats to agents, but critics see free-speech infringements.

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EXCLUSIVE: US has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war, sources say reut.rs/4gc28C0

EXCLUSIVE: US has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war, sources say

The U.S. Army has used up much of its stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles during its five-month war with Iran, according to three people familiar with the data, raising concerns about the military's ​readiness for future conflicts.

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Water pumped for farming has almost doubled in recent years - farmers need the tools to protect their farms from drought if they're to keep feeding people: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

How England’s outdated water tracking system leaves regulators in the dark

Experts warn accurately monitoring consumption by bulk users such as farmers, datacentres and businesses can be all but impossible

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Uefa says they have reason to believe that Trump, Joshua Kushner and Infantino hatched a corrupt scheme involving the privatization of Fifa, and they are suing for damages and the ouster of Infantino. They have issued an anti-spoliation letter today demanding preservation of documents..

So it's farewell to the History subject area at the University of Hertfordshire, not the first nor the last to go. One of the best departments in the country, just extinguished like a snap of the fingers. Think of the waste. (1/2)

🟡 From This Month’s Magazine: Reform UK and Big Tech Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel’s ‘Political Pipeline’ Recruitment Project at the World-Renowned University Revealed The academic institution has nothing to say in response to a six-month investigation by Byline Times raising serious… Read the…

Reform UK and Big Tech Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel’s ‘Political Pipeline’ Recruitment Project at the World-Renowned University Revealed

The academic institution has nothing to say in response to a six-month investigation by Byline Times raising serious concerns about the safeguarding of students and hard-right and foreign influence at Cambridge…

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Sir #DavidAttenborough “Things are going to get worse. This is the new extinction. We are in terrible, terrible trouble and the longer we wait to do something about it, the worse it is going to get." #ClimateEmergency

David Attenborough, the voice of Our Planet: “Things are going to get worse”

The voice of some of the most stunning nature documentaries ever made is pessimistic about the future of wildlife on earth.

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🧵On @thenewsagents.co.uk yesterday, school closures and the lab leak theory were offered as two examples of legitimate questions that were hard to ask. Both have in fact been asked constantly since 2020. But here's a thread on why I think they were wrong and dangerous on school closures 1/12

2/ "There have been more than 1,500 publications on outlets identified by analysts as a pro-Russian network, led by Pravda and RT. Pravda Spanish has posted almost 300 of them. Every language edition of RT has pushed more than 25 news items on the issue..." ⬇️

You probably weren’t planning to spend a few minutes reading about slime today. Trust us, you should. This astonishing organism has scientists questioning what intelligence really is. Genuinely one of the most fascinating things you’ll read today.

The slime that may be smarter than you

Slime mould may look like an unassuming fungus but it’s far from ordinary

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X views are a total mirage. Whatever Musk reports is certainly a lie. They won't let anyone study the platform for a reason: It's entirely fake; it's a billion Russian bots pretending to be your girlfriend.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 5d ago

The audience for pro-Trump content has fallen from its heights and, for some creators, has reached new lows, a New York Times analysis suggests. Views are dropping for many of President Trump’s greatest allies. nyti.ms/3TLV4TV

Today's environmental politics is tomorrow's cost of living. Why is this so hard? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘It’s too fast, too big’: speed of climate crisis is devastating crops, say farmers

Drought and extreme heat are killing plants, driving up prices while also making some farms economically unviable

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The web of dubious finance and lies that propelled Farage’s personal, & Reform’s political fortune is gradually being unravelled. Thanks to all the investigative journalists, not least @carolecadwalla.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The tangled financial web at the heart of Reform UK

Nigel Farage’s £5m gift, the Cottrell family’s links and donations, and Richard Tice’s business dealings form part of an increasingly clear nexus of relationships

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Exzellenter Thread 👇

Paul T. Levin@paultlevin.bsky.social · 5d ago

I’m not the only one suggesting that Ceuta might have been a case of migrant weaponization: “It is impossible for nearly 50,000 people to cross the border between Morocco and Spain in a single day without Morocco having a hand in it.” Lorenzo Gabrielli, Pompeu Fabra University.+

Thoughts and prayers for #ChrisMason this morning 😂. In danger of serious injury for the required mental gymnastics to spin a positive story for #Restore #Reform #Badenoch and a negative one for #Labour

The Govt has launched a call for evidence to protect the title 'nurse' in law. Big win and more progress for my campaign in Parliament, working alongside the Protect Nurse campaign. I encourage those with views to contribute and help shape the legislation. www.itv.com/news/2026-07...

Today university fees rise again, while thousands of academics across the country face job cuts, crushing workloads and shattered morale. Students deserve better than this broken system of unfair repayment that widens inequality. Abolish fees and fund universities properly!

“We're afraid of walkable distances now?” If you somehow missed the unhinged conspiracy about the common sense notion of 15-Minute Cities, listen to @brenttoderian.bsky.social’s National Australian Radio interview with @greenj.bsky.social. Very early on he called out the lies & tactics. #UrbanTruth

'We're afraid of walkable distances now?' — conspiracies and the '15-minute city' - ABC listen

The polite world of urban planning has become the latest target of conspiracy theorists. In recent weeks, the 15-minute city concept — where neighbourhoods provide life's essentials in 15 minutes by f...

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Breaking news: UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has called on Gianni Infantino to be replaced over Fifa’s controversial plan to sell a stake in a new commercial entity, adding to pressure on the president of world football’s governing body after one of his top advisers quit. ft.trib.al/dHg0aCI

Reiterating that Musk's literal voter bribery last time was an unambiguous go-directly-to-jail felony, for which people have been successfully prosecuted over vastly smaller amounts. It wasn't just pouring money into a PAC, whatever one thinks of that. It was a black-letter plain-as-day crime.

Yes, Elon Musk’s Vote-Buying Is Against the Law

People have gone to prison for comparable schemes.

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Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 6d ago

Musk got away with his $1 million vote-buying scheme in 2024. Why wouldn't he try something similar this November?

Google’s response to the outcry about this very dangerous new AI function is to claim “We take misinformation seriously”:

Eliot Higgins@eliothiggins.bsky.social · 6d ago

Google Earth, a tool often used as a source of satellite imagery to verify photos and videos, has added a feature that allows you to alter satellite imagery with AI, for reasons. blog.google/products-and...

Google Earth, a tool often used as a source of satellite imagery to verify photos and videos, has added a feature that allows you to alter satellite imagery with AI, for reasons. blog.google/products-and...

Our relationship to visual evidence is being profoundly disrupted by GenAI tools, which will impact how we know, what we can know, and what we think can be known about the world. A massive epistemological shift is upon us.

Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · 5d ago

I used to do some work on the ethical use of satellite and drone imagery for aid and disaster response, and it is genuinely hard to express in words what a dangerous, stupid thing Google is doing by making it easy to use GenAI to create faked satellite imagery:

@theokeeping.bsky.social you have been absolutely brilliant on #Newscast this week! Bravo.

I'm almost positive a deal was struck between the Saudi's and Trump, I don't know what Trump get's in return selling the US Military as-a-service, but I expect we will find that out soon.

Jordan H.@jordanehoser.bsky.social · 7d ago

EARLIER TODAY - Trump met with the Saudi minister of defense prince Khalid Bin Salman in Washington. TONIGHT - Trump orders the bulk of US strikes in Iran on near the border with Iraq, possibly targeting elements that support Iranian-backed militias in Iraq.

‘They’re part of folklore’: storks return to Derbyshire after 600-year absence

‘They’re part of folklore’: storks return to Derbyshire after 600-year absence

Conservationists are thrilled at the arrival of three juvenile birds at Willington Wetlands, hoping more will follow

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