Bob
@bobherc.bsky.social
War Studies at KCL alum.
Cyber, Maritime, CNI Defense.
Journalism, Film, Music.
I know a lot about cocktails.
ILoF.
Cyber, Maritime, CNI Defense.
Journalism, Film, Music.
I know a lot about cocktails.
ILoF.
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Lots going on but from outside it seems that at least part of the calculus was that flight disruption for middle class and up travelers matters more than life disruption for untold numbers who’ll be deprived of health care.
November 10, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Lots going on but from outside it seems that at least part of the calculus was that flight disruption for middle class and up travelers matters more than life disruption for untold numbers who’ll be deprived of health care.
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Ghislaine Maxwell, the Epstein confidante and child sex trafficker, is being waited on “hand and foot” by the staff at her minimum security prison camp while she prepares a request that Donald Trump commute her sentence, according to whistleblower revelations. More on @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Ghislaine Maxwell, the Epstein confidante and child sex trafficker, is being waited on “hand and foot” by the staff at her minimum security prison camp while she prepares a request that Donald Trump commute her sentence, according to whistleblower revelations. More on @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social
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To fight communism, America bombed Laos more heavily than any country ever in history. It lost. It took in the refugees who managed to make it out. Now it has changed its mind and is shipping them back. What kind of government does this
A longtime Tucson physical therapist has been deported to Laos, the country he fled with family at age 6 in the 1970s. Vone Phrommany, 53, said he's arrived at a distant relative's home following five days of exhausting travel, while shackled at the wrists and ankles. tucson.com/news/local/s...
Tucson physical therapist deported to Laos after multiple, 'chaotic' flights
For Star subscribers: A longtime Tucson physical therapist has been deported to Laos after spending three months at the Eloy Detention Center.
tucson.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 AM
To fight communism, America bombed Laos more heavily than any country ever in history. It lost. It took in the refugees who managed to make it out. Now it has changed its mind and is shipping them back. What kind of government does this
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-Myanmar blows up KK Park scam compound
-Yanluowang ransomware IAB pleads guilty
-US CBO hacked by foreign APT
-Singapore to punish scammers with cane beatings
-Chrome will remove XSLT support for security reasons
Podcast: risky.biz/RBNEWS502/
Newsletter: news.risky.biz/risky-bullet...
-Yanluowang ransomware IAB pleads guilty
-US CBO hacked by foreign APT
-Singapore to punish scammers with cane beatings
-Chrome will remove XSLT support for security reasons
Podcast: risky.biz/RBNEWS502/
Newsletter: news.risky.biz/risky-bullet...
November 10, 2025 at 8:33 AM
-Myanmar blows up KK Park scam compound
-Yanluowang ransomware IAB pleads guilty
-US CBO hacked by foreign APT
-Singapore to punish scammers with cane beatings
-Chrome will remove XSLT support for security reasons
Podcast: risky.biz/RBNEWS502/
Newsletter: news.risky.biz/risky-bullet...
-Yanluowang ransomware IAB pleads guilty
-US CBO hacked by foreign APT
-Singapore to punish scammers with cane beatings
-Chrome will remove XSLT support for security reasons
Podcast: risky.biz/RBNEWS502/
Newsletter: news.risky.biz/risky-bullet...
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See what’s happening. A Trumpist US media company has taken over Channel 5. Another US company is gunning for ITV. Our social media is saturated by Musk’s calls for civil war in the UK. The BBC is the last thing standing, and Trump/Johnson are trying to bring it down
November 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
See what’s happening. A Trumpist US media company has taken over Channel 5. Another US company is gunning for ITV. Our social media is saturated by Musk’s calls for civil war in the UK. The BBC is the last thing standing, and Trump/Johnson are trying to bring it down
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📣 British Academy Early Career Researchers Network launch event
Are you an Early Career Researcher? You are invited to the network launch on 24 Nov from 10.30am-5pm at the Cambridge Union, to hear about the fantastic opportunities the network offers
Join and register at https://bit.ly/43byupL
Are you an Early Career Researcher? You are invited to the network launch on 24 Nov from 10.30am-5pm at the Cambridge Union, to hear about the fantastic opportunities the network offers
Join and register at https://bit.ly/43byupL
November 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
📣 British Academy Early Career Researchers Network launch event
Are you an Early Career Researcher? You are invited to the network launch on 24 Nov from 10.30am-5pm at the Cambridge Union, to hear about the fantastic opportunities the network offers
Join and register at https://bit.ly/43byupL
Are you an Early Career Researcher? You are invited to the network launch on 24 Nov from 10.30am-5pm at the Cambridge Union, to hear about the fantastic opportunities the network offers
Join and register at https://bit.ly/43byupL
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10th, November 1979 an article on Mods by Garry Bushell other journalists and members of bands. "And in mod they are creating something for themselves, scenes of their own.
November 10, 2025 at 8:49 AM
10th, November 1979 an article on Mods by Garry Bushell other journalists and members of bands. "And in mod they are creating something for themselves, scenes of their own.
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Even a simple factoid like this gets overlooked, but it was not long ago that *everyone* directly knew multiple examples of people taken away by this at something preposterous like age 22
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Even a simple factoid like this gets overlooked, but it was not long ago that *everyone* directly knew multiple examples of people taken away by this at something preposterous like age 22
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The latest in IR - Autumn book round up 📚
Check out the fascinating books our BISA members have published! 🎉
Including: Thomas Gregory, Rosie Walters, Dr Claire Yorke, University of Exeter Press Bloomsbury Politics & Area Studies and so much more! 🌟
Find out more here 👉 https://ow.ly/PqE450Xp8Xu
Check out the fascinating books our BISA members have published! 🎉
Including: Thomas Gregory, Rosie Walters, Dr Claire Yorke, University of Exeter Press Bloomsbury Politics & Area Studies and so much more! 🌟
Find out more here 👉 https://ow.ly/PqE450Xp8Xu
The latest in IR - autumn book round up
Each quarter we bring you updates on the latest book releases from BISA members.
www.bisa.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The latest in IR - Autumn book round up 📚
Check out the fascinating books our BISA members have published! 🎉
Including: Thomas Gregory, Rosie Walters, Dr Claire Yorke, University of Exeter Press Bloomsbury Politics & Area Studies and so much more! 🌟
Find out more here 👉 https://ow.ly/PqE450Xp8Xu
Check out the fascinating books our BISA members have published! 🎉
Including: Thomas Gregory, Rosie Walters, Dr Claire Yorke, University of Exeter Press Bloomsbury Politics & Area Studies and so much more! 🌟
Find out more here 👉 https://ow.ly/PqE450Xp8Xu
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Not long after I left school, in the late 70s I worked in the admin (personnel) dept for Merseyside Fire Brigade, and the Firefighters still took courses to earn the title "Merryweather Turntable Ladder Operator", so this photo and story fascinated me as I had no idea of the history of Merryweather!
The story of the first East Ham Fire Station and Fire Brigade, from a time when the service recruited only ex seamen and naval personnel as the Brigade was run on Naval discipline and familiarity of climbing rigging and working at heights, more at alondoninheritance.com/london-histo...
November 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Not long after I left school, in the late 70s I worked in the admin (personnel) dept for Merseyside Fire Brigade, and the Firefighters still took courses to earn the title "Merryweather Turntable Ladder Operator", so this photo and story fascinated me as I had no idea of the history of Merryweather!
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"The date on which the monarchy fell in 1918, Hitler staged his failed coup attempt in 1923, the Nazis and antisemitic mobs attacked synagogues and Jewish homes and businesses in 1938, and the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, Nov 9 is known as the 'day of destiny' in Germany." DW
www.dw.com/en/november-...
www.dw.com/en/november-...
November 9: A fateful day in the history of Germany – DW – 11/09/2025
From the end of the monarchy to the 1938 pogroms to the fall of the Berlin Wall, November 9 is a significant date on the German calendar.
www.dw.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:50 AM
"The date on which the monarchy fell in 1918, Hitler staged his failed coup attempt in 1923, the Nazis and antisemitic mobs attacked synagogues and Jewish homes and businesses in 1938, and the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, Nov 9 is known as the 'day of destiny' in Germany." DW
www.dw.com/en/november-...
www.dw.com/en/november-...
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Kyiv tonight . Blackouts are back because of Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy systems. That’s Russia’s plan: to leave Ukraine with no power and no warmth when winter comes .
November 9, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Kyiv tonight . Blackouts are back because of Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy systems. That’s Russia’s plan: to leave Ukraine with no power and no warmth when winter comes .
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My annual post about how the Morning Star reported the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989
hatfulofhistory.com/2014/11/07/h...
hatfulofhistory.com/2014/11/07/h...
November 9, 2025 at 9:02 AM
My annual post about how the Morning Star reported the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989
hatfulofhistory.com/2014/11/07/h...
hatfulofhistory.com/2014/11/07/h...
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OSINT International
Links to online resources for gathering information about more than 50 countries around the world.
start.me/p/7kDabv/osi...
By Mario Macias
#osint #geoint
Links to online resources for gathering information about more than 50 countries around the world.
start.me/p/7kDabv/osi...
By Mario Macias
#osint #geoint
November 9, 2025 at 10:09 AM
OSINT International
Links to online resources for gathering information about more than 50 countries around the world.
start.me/p/7kDabv/osi...
By Mario Macias
#osint #geoint
Links to online resources for gathering information about more than 50 countries around the world.
start.me/p/7kDabv/osi...
By Mario Macias
#osint #geoint
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This needs to be Democratic party messaging 24/7.
$40B of your money to this guy, so he can dance at CPAC at Mar-a-Lago while Americans wait for their paychecks, hoping the money actually comes.
November 9, 2025 at 10:21 AM
This needs to be Democratic party messaging 24/7.
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I have five tickets for Starlight Express TODAY at 14:30 (theatre is near Wembley). If you can use all / any please shout - would love them not to go to waste. 🚂💫
November 8, 2025 at 10:06 AM
I have five tickets for Starlight Express TODAY at 14:30 (theatre is near Wembley). If you can use all / any please shout - would love them not to go to waste. 🚂💫
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I've just recieved this spam message in my DMs too.
Lads, you've literally sent it to someone who writes about cybersecurity for a living...
Lads, you've literally sent it to someone who writes about cybersecurity for a living...
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 AM
I've just recieved this spam message in my DMs too.
Lads, you've literally sent it to someone who writes about cybersecurity for a living...
Lads, you've literally sent it to someone who writes about cybersecurity for a living...
Yes:
Wow! Just discovered a high-quality recording of Kraftwerk performing Autobahn live on the Midnight Special in 1975. Watch it here
🚘📺▶️ youtu.be/UYi30uTkYHU?...
🚘📺▶️ youtu.be/UYi30uTkYHU?...
November 8, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Yes:
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We’re at Highgate Art Fair this weekend with my work. Pop along and say hello if you’re in the area.
November 8, 2025 at 11:05 AM
We’re at Highgate Art Fair this weekend with my work. Pop along and say hello if you’re in the area.
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Also hilarious bc the neocons that the MAGA nationalists claim to hate basically see the world as always 1939 too
November 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Also hilarious bc the neocons that the MAGA nationalists claim to hate basically see the world as always 1939 too
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Two new releases kick off our 2026 slate this January at the PCC – Joachim Trier’s SENTIMENTAL VALUE and James Sweeney’s TWINLESS. Alongside these new gems, we’re proud to present a 4K restoration of DUEL, and NIGHT OF THE JUGGLER!
🎟️ : buff.ly/YKohcKD
🎟️ : buff.ly/YKohcKD
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Two new releases kick off our 2026 slate this January at the PCC – Joachim Trier’s SENTIMENTAL VALUE and James Sweeney’s TWINLESS. Alongside these new gems, we’re proud to present a 4K restoration of DUEL, and NIGHT OF THE JUGGLER!
🎟️ : buff.ly/YKohcKD
🎟️ : buff.ly/YKohcKD
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Europe’s data center push could deepen inequality and strain already fragile energy systems. Tech Policy Press fellow William Burns asks why energy is devoted to data centers when it’s needed so desperately elsewhere.
Europe Promotes Energy Use in Data Centers While Millions Go Cold | TechPolicy.Press
Data centers strain energy, raising questions of fairness, sustainability, and survival in a continent already struggling with scarcity, writes William Burns.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Europe’s data center push could deepen inequality and strain already fragile energy systems. Tech Policy Press fellow William Burns asks why energy is devoted to data centers when it’s needed so desperately elsewhere.
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The Open Visualization Academy's newsletter is expanding! New contributor: Melissa Strong, who is also co-designing the OVA's website. Her first article in a series of 6: 'How Open Source Fuels the Future of Data Visualization (Part 1)
' openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com/p/how-open-s...
' openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com/p/how-open-s...
How Open Source Fuels the Future of Data Visualization (Part 1)
Free software is a matter of liberty, not price. Think of “free” as in “free speech,” not “free beer.” — Richard Stallman
openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The Open Visualization Academy's newsletter is expanding! New contributor: Melissa Strong, who is also co-designing the OVA's website. Her first article in a series of 6: 'How Open Source Fuels the Future of Data Visualization (Part 1)
' openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com/p/how-open-s...
' openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com/p/how-open-s...
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Join us in person or online for The Lower Decks 2.0: A Symposium on Janeway and Open Access Publishing / @janewayolh.bsky.social
21–22 May 2026
Dublin City University Library
Free |Open to all
Call for Papers now open!
📅 Deadline: 9 January 2026
Full info here:
21–22 May 2026
Dublin City University Library
Free |Open to all
Call for Papers now open!
📅 Deadline: 9 January 2026
Full info here:
The Lower Decks 2.0: A Symposium on Janeway and Open Access Publishing
Theme: Users and Community Location: Dublin City University Library, Glasnevin Campus, Dublin, & hybrid streaming online Dates: 21st – 22nd May 2026 Cost: Free Sign-up to attend Janeway is an …
www.openlibhums.org
November 7, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Join us in person or online for The Lower Decks 2.0: A Symposium on Janeway and Open Access Publishing / @janewayolh.bsky.social
21–22 May 2026
Dublin City University Library
Free |Open to all
Call for Papers now open!
📅 Deadline: 9 January 2026
Full info here:
21–22 May 2026
Dublin City University Library
Free |Open to all
Call for Papers now open!
📅 Deadline: 9 January 2026
Full info here: