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Tom Griffin
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Author of State-Private Networks and Intelligence Theory (Routledge 2022). Writing on intelligence history on substack. https://intelligencehistory.substack.com

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Ian Greaves @greavesian.bsky.social · 2d
The open letter is here and still open, but use the email at the top to do so. tinyurl.com/bbcwaccampaign

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 3d
Left: Greta Thunberg arrested for holding a placard in London

Right: Labour's Baron Hain, "This gov is treating Palestine action as equivalent to ISIS or al-Qaeda, which is intellectually bankrupt, politically unprincipled and morally wrong. I'm deeply ashamed"

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Paul Lewis @paullewismoney.bsky.social · 3d
Sigh. Really? bit.ly/4saL3fK if you’re going to dip your toe into the bitcoin stream makes sure it’s a toe you can afford to lose
British companies lose £80m after piling into Bitcoin
Businesses buying into cryptocurrency craze did so near the peak of the market, Telegraph analysis shows
bit.ly

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 3d
Holy shit practically the entire Heritage legal center resigned www.nationalreview.com/news/exclusi...

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Tom Griffin @tcgriffin.bsky.social · 4d
New post: The shifting politics of transatlantic influence
intelligencehistory.substack.com/p/the-shifti...
The shifting politics of transatlantic influence
The US National Security Strategy (NSS) published earlier this month has caused serious disquiet in Europe. Rather than isolationism, it sounds more like interventionism on behalf of the populist righ...
intelligencehistory.substack.com

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Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · 4d
The economic data in general isn't great but there is one exception.... Investment.

Business investment has grown significantly this year.

Either (i) there is more underlying confidence than appears (latest PMI backs this up) (ii) some statistical oddity.

Would love to hear thoughts.
Within GFCF, business investment is estimated to have increased by 1.5% in Quarter 3 2025, revised up from the first estimate fall of 0.3%. Business investment is now 2.7% higher compared with the same quarter a year ago.

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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 4d
Pleased to see this piece. Personally, I find these uses of synthetic data v concerning and I find the traction and endorsements that this work has to be quite baffling, esp given the well-storied role of algorithmic targeting in undermining democracy

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gquaggiotto.bsky.social @gquaggiotto.bsky.social · 4d
"We risk inheriting a future in which institutions answer to synthetic publics rather than real ones" rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/researc...
Research Radar: Synthetic Data Is Redefining Representation
As governments experiment with AI to simulate public opinion, new questions are emerging about who these systems truly represent. This Research Radar examines the Collective Intelligence Project’s Dig...
rebootdemocracy.ai

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Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 4d
Via Prisoners for Palestine… take action: linktr.ee/prisoners4pal #Palestine
HUNGER STRIKERS DAY 50 UPDATE from today's zoom call with prisonersApalestine EVERY HUNGER STRIKER HAS NOW BEEN HOSPITALISED Amu Hospitalised (location unknown) Bronzefield no longer providing thiamine and electrolytes Only provided with wheelchair one day before hospital transfer Missed GP appointment due to inability to attend physically Qesser - Day 50 Still on hunger strike - starting to lose her vision Got a 5 min social call (policy: if in hospital for over 72 hours she gets one) Heba - Day 49 Not receiving care Recovering from suspected COVID caught from being refused a mask Losing memory and decision making skills Kamran In hospital - Pentonville told his father they were taking him to hospital for a test and said he'd be right back but it's been 2 days without updates Teuta - Day 43 Dangerously low blood sugar levels (1.8-2), ketones averaging 3 Takes her 10 seconds to fully stand up then she blacks out Her skin is turning grey Lewie Has no medical assistance, hasn't seen GP in 3 weeks Managing his insulin and blood sugars alone Concerned in the spikes and lows of blood sugars Umer Refeeding in Wormwood Scrubs

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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 4d
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.

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Contingent Magazine @contingent-mag.bsky.social · 4d
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
Why Do Historians Still Have To Go To Archives?
Why do historians go to archives? Hasn’t everything already been digitized?
contingentmagazine.org

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4d
JD Vance: "When I say that I'm going to fight alongside of you, I mean all of you — each and every one. President Trump did not build the greatest coalition in politics by running his supporters through endless, self-defeating purity tests."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4d
Absolutely right.

AI might be able to summarize (poorly) what we currently know, but a major goal of historical research is to find the hidden surprises out there.

Let me illustrate …
spdbump.bsky.social David M Weigel @spdbump.bsky.social · 4d
Not a historian but like to research. The AI might summarize what I'm looking for, but it doesn't find what I'm *not* looking for. The book on the shelf next to the one I wanted. The insight in chapter 6 based on the quote I needed from chapter 4.

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David M Weigel @spdbump.bsky.social · 4d
Not a historian but like to research. The AI might summarize what I'm looking for, but it doesn't find what I'm *not* looking for. The book on the shelf next to the one I wanted. The insight in chapter 6 based on the quote I needed from chapter 4.

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Steffen Lüdke @stluedke.bsky.social · 4d
This
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 5d
🚨 The DOJ appears to have redacted Donald Trump’s name from the allegations made in this exhibit in the Epstein files.

Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out.

See for yourself.

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Dr. Dan Lomas @sandbaggerone.bsky.social · 5d
Appeal to all MI5 staff for information in BBC spy case

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Appeal to all MI5 staff for information in BBC spy case
The inquiry head says it is "surprising" that new material is being uncovered years after the case began.
www.bbc.com

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Lauren Harper @laurenleharper.bsky.social · 6d
Every agency, under every president, has hidden or classified politically inconvenient and embarrassing information.

This is partially bc there are no ramifications for overclassification - and there should be.

Things that may help include financial penalties for willful and habitual overclass.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 6d
NEW: "The Justice Department redacted the names and identifiers of victims. Fox News Digital has learned that the same redaction standards were applied to politically exposed individuals and government officials.” www.foxnews.com/politics/eps...
Epstein files explode open as DOJ details discovery of powerful figures and more than 1,200 victims
EXCLUSIVE: More than a dozen people and government officials' names appear in the hundreds of thousands of pages of Jeffrey Epstein files made public Friday, sources said.
www.foxnews.com

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 6d
Is that who I think it is……?!

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 6d
🚨 "The Justice Department redacted the names and identifiers of victims. Fox News Digital has learned that the same redaction standards were applied to politically exposed individuals and government officials. "

h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
Epstein files explode open as DOJ details discovery of powerful figures and more than 1,200 victims
EXCLUSIVE: More than a dozen people and government officials' names appear in the hundreds of thousands of pages of Jeffrey Epstein files made public Friday, sources said.
www.foxnews.com

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 7d
For Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, repeating every UAE talking point is the ultimate expression of British identity

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Tom Griffin @tcgriffin.bsky.social · 7d
Paul Marshall - the presiding genius of every British disaster from coalition austerity to Brexit. Blame the managerial class for failing to implement the whims of the donor class properly. Don't blame the whims.

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Dr. Jeevun Sandher MP @jeevunsandher.bsky.social · 7d
Farage and Polanski have something in common. They are both wrong about Britain.

Thread & link at the end 🧵

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Dom White @domw.bsky.social · 7d
Apparently Brexit is a failure because it wasn’t done properly.

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The Brexit implementation fiasco
It is not too late to reverse bad policy but that requires good governance
giftarticle.ft.com

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George Greenwood @georgegreenwood.bsky.social · 7d
A major Tory donor has been sanctioned in the UK and EU for his alleged role in the Russian oil trade.

The oil magnate Murtaza Lakhani was hit with a UK asset freeze and travel ban on the grounds that his activities were assisting Russia.

www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Major Tory donor sanctioned over role in Russian oil trade
The government sanctioning statement alleges that Murtaza Lakhani’s activities in the oil sector have supported the Kremlin
www.thetimes.com

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The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 7d
🔺 NEW: Sir Keir Starmer has appointed a career diplomat as Britain’s ambassador to the United States after Lord Mandelson was forced out over his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein
Career diplomat chosen to replace Mandelson as UK ambassador to US
He replaces Peter Mandelson, who was forced to step down from the posting in Washington after revelations about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein
www.thetimes.com

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Jason S. Canon @uncanonical.bsky.social · 8d
Now this is an abstract.

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Chris Dillow @chrisdillow.bsky.social · 8d
The government's keenness to protect "good jobs" in manufacturing contrasts with its inaction in the face of the destruction of "good jobs" in universities. What's going on here is something other than economics.

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Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 8d
EU-Mercosur is, my apologies, a no-brainer. The US no longer wants a close relationship with Europe. Everyone is shouting for diplomacy and engaging with others. But quite frankly: who would those others be outside Europe if we are not ready to engage with South America?