Also the social capital - ie the friend of my parents friend who can hook me up with a meeting with a key person who might invest in my idea either with $$ or with more social connections - what Granovetter calls the "strength of weak ties"

🇨🇦Tadhg Dalaigh@tadhgdalaigh.bsky.social · 16h ago

Another dimension of this: the Gaza genocide can only be properly and fully understood as a joint venture between the far right Netanyahu government and its centrist enablers in Washington, primarily, but also in London, Berlin and elsewhere.

Guardian US@us.theguardian.com · 2d ago

"Many people prefer to believe the brutes and the sadists are responsible, largely because they are not like 'us,'" writes @omerbartov.bsky.social. "But modern genocide is the product of the technocrats, bureaucrats and cold planners of extermination, who don’t get their hands dirty."

The Bjg Time Chatlie account seeking to identify & incite vs RNLI staff as traitors was run by a recruitment consultant in Worcestershire who is a Restore donor & Cromwell Club member. He hss now deactivated the anon troll account after being publicly identifird www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Recruitment boss accused of being behind ‘doxxing’ campaign against RNLI and anti-racism activists

Tom Watson, of Worcester, alleged to be behind Big Time Charlie X account that created so-called Traitorbase

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West Bank: Two Palestinians shot, farmers blocked from olive harvest - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/two-palestinians-shot-israeli-forces-block-olive-harvest-west-bank

West Bank: Two Palestinians shot, farmers blocked from olive harvest

<article data-history-node-id="449100" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/two-palestinians-shot-israeli-forces-block-olive-harvest-west-bank" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/two-palestinians-shot-israeli-forces-block-olive-harvest-west-bank" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">West Bank: Two Palestinians shot, farmers blocked from olive harvest</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Two young Palestinian men were shot at and injured during an Israeli military raid on the city of Jericho on Friday night, Wafa news agency reported.</p> <p>Medical sources told Wafa that Israeli forces opened live fire at Palestinians after raiding the city centre, injuring one in the thigh and the other in the foot. Both were taken to hospital for treatment.</p> <p>Meanwhile, Israeli forces on Saturday morning&nbsp;prevented Palestinian farmers from harvesting olives on their land in the town of Kafr Ni'ma, west of Ramallah, Wafa reported.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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This was, predictably, an absolute flop for "Bristol Rises". A few dozen pissed up fascists surrounded by hundreds of police for their protection, while around 300 antifascist counter protesters eventually saw them off back to their cars so they could fuck off back to Yate or Thornbury or wherever.

👻 🎃 🦇 Boola Lughosti's Dad 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸@belalugosisdad.bsky.social · 2d ago

Bristol Rises' far right "protest" has resulted in the postponement of the annual Shine Night Walk, a women-led charity event that raises money for Camcer Research, with a day's notice. Avon & Somerset Police are more willing to facilitate a dozen fascists than 2k+ women raising money for charity.

Two of the press staff arrested under the Terrorism Act at yesterday’s peaceful vigil at Leicester’s UAV Systems work for @pressgazette.co.uk Five were eventually de-arrested onsite, two others were taken all the way to Northampton and held in cells for hours. pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/fi...

At least five journalists arrested at Palestine Action protest

At least five journalists were briefly arrested while covering a pro-Palestine Action protest in Leicester on Thursday.

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#OtD 9 Oct 1945 the UK Labour govt defended its jailing of 226 Spanish Civil War and anti-Nazi resistance fighters, describing them as "members of an enemy paramilitary organisation". Some killed themselves, others were deported to Spain for execution stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1094...

As expected, @mehdirhasan.bsky.social's "Hannibal Directive" piece pissed off all the right people. Good news: you can watch the FULL 22-minute exposé on the Israeli military's secretive order that saw Israel kill its own civilians on October 7th on Zeteo's YouTube.

Hey Platforms: Your Violent Content Policies Are About To Meet The Pentagon’s Firing Squad There is plenty of coverage everywhere you look about how Pete Hegseth and... https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/09/hey-platforms-your-violent-content-policies-are-about-to-meet-the-pentagons-firing-squad/

‘I’d rather die than go back’: A Palestinian teen’s 10-month nightmare in Israeli jail At 15, Zaid was separated from his parents, beaten, and starved. He is just one of hundreds of Palestinian children detained amid a post-Oct. 7 surge. www.972mag.com/palestinian-...

A Palestinian teen’s 10-month nightmare in Israeli jail

At 15, Zaid was separated from his parents, beaten, and starved. He is just one of hundreds of Palestinian children detained amid a post-Oct. 7 surge.

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Rubio says the US is sanctioning the ICC to stop it from prosecuting service members, border patrol, and elected officials. The ICC has never even charged an American or hinted it will pursue the Trump admin. It's an admission that he knows DHS and DOD are committing international crimes.

“"Israel has weaponized information to such a dystopian degree that many Palestinians feel they cannot utter a word, type a thought, or twitch an eye without fearing it could be seized upon,” said Amjad Iraqi, senior Israel and Palestinian Territories analyst for the International Crisis Group.”

Rima I Anabtawi@rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 2d ago

A US charity plans to use AI to monitor its Gaza classrooms for 'hateful' speech A U.S. charity in Gaza is worried that teachers at its schools might stray from a curriculum it says promotes peace and tolerance abcnews.com/amp/Technolo...

Saudi Arabia reopens Riyadh airport after Houthi attack kills three https://aje.news/il7wmf

This is a really interesting piece with some fascinating insight and a few things I hadn't heard before. Thanks to @tonytassell.bsky.social for flagging. www.ft.com/content/bae7...

Manchester City: too big to fail?

The sport is still shaped by the club’s acquisition in 2008

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New blog: there are rumours swirling that the Warm Homes Plan and particularly the Boiler Upgrade Scheme (the heat pump subsidy) will be cut in the Budget. Scrapping it would be a disastrous decision, leaving UK climate and energy policy in disarray www.nesta.org.uk/blog/four-re...

Four reasons why scrapping the Boiler Upgrade Scheme would leave the UK’s energy policy in disarray

Four reasons why scrapping the Boiler Upgrade Scheme would leave the UK’s energy policy in disarray

nesta.org.uk

Thank you Holborn & St Pancras. Our second best byelection result ever. 💚

But what if a guy who would never vote green doesn't like him, but does have a newspaper column

“An AI tool used to speed up the processing of thousands of asylum cases is failing basic accuracy tests…” The idea that synthetic text generating “AI” can be a useful aid in determining refugee status is ridiculous. We should challenge the automation of decision-making and erosion of our rights.

AI tool used in thousands of asylum claims failing basic accuracy tests

Exclusive: MPs, charities and rights group warn that accuracy should not be sacrificed for speed in ‘life and death’ asylum decisions

independent.co.uk

Former @bardcollege.bsky.social President and friend of Jeffrey Epstein, Leon Botstein, has finally resigned all his college positions after emails emerge in which he asked Epstein if a trafficked woman was “for me.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/u...

Leon Botstein, Former Bard President With Epstein Ties, Resigns From College Positions

Leon Botstein had already retired from the presidency of the liberal arts college this spring, after emails showed he had maintained a longtime friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.

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Meanwhile this week the homes of asylum seekers in Salford were attacked and South Asian taxi drivers were racially abused on the street. Burnham did not condemn this racism and said the violent racist thugs in Gosport were “intimidation” but didn’t say “racist”, he talked about their “concerns”

The Waco torture and lynching of Jesse Washington in 1916 has stuck with me for years after reading the details. 10,000 people came to watch him be torn to pieces, and burned alive over the course of hours. Exactly 100 years ago.

"In the first 6mths of this year water companies in England failed to report.. more than 50,000 sewage discharges within the legally required time frame" Over 4,000 affected bathing waters. So even if you check its safe just before you go in, you might still be swimming in sh*t

Mike Lewis, director of TaxWatch: “We were surprised that publicly available documents completely contradicted a major news story. Sadly, these kinds of stories dominate the UK’s public and political conversation about our tax system.” www.theguardian.com/news/2026/oc...

‘I reside in Monaco’: billionaire said to have quit UK over potential wealth tax had already left

TaxWatch contradicts claims about David Reuben’s departure and questions stories of super-rich exodus

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The mayor of Saint-Denis, Bally Bagayoko, literally used himself as a human shield to protect students from police violence

🔴 SCOOP: The chair of a lobbying firm paid by the UAE sits on a government council advising ministers on how Britain uses sport and culture abroad. As Man City's verdict puts Abu Dhabi in the spotlight, our latest investigation 🧵 democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-u...

Revealed: UAE lobbyist advising UK government on sport and foreign policy

FGS Global chair Roland Rudd accused of "blatant conflict of interest" for advising ministers on foreign affairs while his firm lobbies for UAE embassy

democracyforsale.substack.com

Google has been ordered to temporarily stop work on two datacentres in Finland after failing to do the necessary environmental impact assessments on its construction sites. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Google told to halt work on datacentres in Finland over environmental concerns

Order on two construction sites comes after Google failed to carry out environmental impact assessments

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"Suggest you google this guy" Manchester City Council responded to my 2013 Freedom of Information request for details of their deal with Manchester City by flagging my background to City's chief communications officer. Deeply inappropriate (and that's being generous).

HYPERSCALE tells the full story of the data center buildout and the backlash it’s facing. It’s out in just two weeks — but I need a favor! If you’re planning to buy it, it would make a huge difference if you place a preorder. Get your copy today: bookshop.org/a/18331/9798...

Hyperscale is out in two weeks!

Preorder your copy to get the full story on the AI-fueled data center buildout

disconnect.blog

'The University of Nottingham has confirmed that it will close its music and languages departments as it presses ahead with more than 500 job cuts despite widespread opposition from staff and students.' A blight on East Midlands and UK higher education.

Nottingham confirms course closures with hundreds of jobs affected

Languages and music departments to close despite strikes and protests but university insists it has addressed staff concerns in revised plans

timeshighereducation.com

While serving as Trump’s AI czar, David Sacks pushed to weaken AI safeguards as his own venture capital firm invested in AI startups that could profit from those looser rules — and now the firm is raising a new $1 billion fund.