Penny Creed
@pencreed.bsky.social
Event Content and Project Director. Londoner.
Love the arts, football, food and Portugal.
Love the arts, football, food and Portugal.
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My daughter REALLY couldn't get why the commentator keeps referring to Bi Athletes.
February 11, 2026 at 3:05 PM
My daughter REALLY couldn't get why the commentator keeps referring to Bi Athletes.
Whoever came up with the biathlon?!
February 11, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Whoever came up with the biathlon?!
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rotisserie chickens are the new avocados, pass it on
Gen Zers and millennials are swimming in student debt and may never own homes, but they’re splurging on gut-healthy juices and rotisserie chickens.
The Booming Business of Luxury Grocery Stores
A new crop of gourmet grocers has hit the city, drawing lines of trendy TikTokers, MAHA-curious health fiends and Instacart devotees who want to pop in for a treat.
on.wsj.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:12 PM
rotisserie chickens are the new avocados, pass it on
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"Switzerland’s military has terminated its contract with Palantir… following a security audit… concluded that U.S. intelligence agencies could potentially access sensitive Swiss defense data… significant reputational warning for the data analytics firm"
www.newscase.com/palantirs-sw...
#R4Today
www.newscase.com/palantirs-sw...
#R4Today
Palantir's Swiss Exit Highlights Global Data Sovereignty Challenge | NewsCase
Switzerland's military has terminated its contract with Palantir Technologies Inc. following a security audit. The review concluded that U.S. intelligence ag
www.newscase.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:05 AM
"Switzerland’s military has terminated its contract with Palantir… following a security audit… concluded that U.S. intelligence agencies could potentially access sensitive Swiss defense data… significant reputational warning for the data analytics firm"
www.newscase.com/palantirs-sw...
#R4Today
www.newscase.com/palantirs-sw...
#R4Today
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The same shopping centre that also appeared in the opening credits of Terry & June, although not so many people are recreating the escalator shot from that one...
Taylor Swift fans flock to Croydon shopping centre to recreate new music video after 'secret' shoot
www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/tayl...
Taylor Swift fans flock to Croydon shopping centre to recreate new music video after 'secret' shoot
www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/tayl...
Taylor Swift fans flock to Croydon mall to recreate music video after 'secret' shoot
Swifties have been flocking to the shopping centre in south London, which is the stage for the singer’s Opalite video, to take selfies
www.standard.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 7:01 AM
The same shopping centre that also appeared in the opening credits of Terry & June, although not so many people are recreating the escalator shot from that one...
Taylor Swift fans flock to Croydon shopping centre to recreate new music video after 'secret' shoot
www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/tayl...
Taylor Swift fans flock to Croydon shopping centre to recreate new music video after 'secret' shoot
www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/tayl...
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One step closer to the Euro becoming the default global reserve currency if they pull it off.
Europe's $24 Trillion Breakup With Visa and Mastercard
A 130-million-user payment system backed by 16 major banks just launched to challenge Visa/mastercard
europeanbusinessmagazine.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:55 AM
One step closer to the Euro becoming the default global reserve currency if they pull it off.
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February 11, 2026 at 7:08 AM
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It is so embarrassing that it has taken nearly a decade for a British minister to say this, a statement of the absolute bloody obvious
February 11, 2026 at 7:40 AM
It is so embarrassing that it has taken nearly a decade for a British minister to say this, a statement of the absolute bloody obvious
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Nurses’ families fear being torn apart in UK immigration crackdown, survey says
Nurses’ families fear being torn apart in UK immigration crackdown, survey says
Exclusive: Most people in charity’s study say they worry about being separated from relatives under Mahmood plans
Families of nurses and carers have said they fear being torn apart under an immigration crackdown condemned as “an act of economic vandalism”.
A survey of more than 1,000 people, many of whom moved to Britain to work or study, found that three in five worry about being separated from their relatives. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Nurses’ families fear being torn apart in UK immigration crackdown, survey says
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A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
February 11, 2026 at 3:43 AM
A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
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More reports of Gmail turning over email content to ICE are coming out now.
techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/g...
techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/g...
Google sent personal and financial information of student journalist to ICE | TechCrunch
The tech giant handed over the personal information of a journalist and student who attended a pro-Palestinian protest in 2024. This is the latest example of ICE using its controversial subpoena power...
techcrunch.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:46 AM
More reports of Gmail turning over email content to ICE are coming out now.
techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/g...
techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/g...
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New, by @lorenzofb.bsky.social: Google sent personal and financial data about a student and journalist, who attended a pro-Palestine protest in 2024, to ICE agents in response to an "administrative subpoena," which had not been approved by a judge.
Google sent personal and financial information of student journalist to ICE | TechCrunch
The tech giant handed over the personal information of a journalist and student who attended a pro-Palestinian protest in 2024. This is the latest example of ICE using its controversial subpoena power...
techcrunch.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:48 PM
New, by @lorenzofb.bsky.social: Google sent personal and financial data about a student and journalist, who attended a pro-Palestine protest in 2024, to ICE agents in response to an "administrative subpoena," which had not been approved by a judge.
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February 10, 2026 at 9:25 PM
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new most bizarre moment of the Olympics just dropped
Norwegian biathlete wins bronze medal, then, totally unprompted, reveal he cheated on his GF, she left him, and he wants to apologize publicly hoping she takes him back
www.vg.no/sport/i/vr5g...
Norwegian biathlete wins bronze medal, then, totally unprompted, reveal he cheated on his GF, she left him, and he wants to apologize publicly hoping she takes him back
www.vg.no/sport/i/vr5g...
February 10, 2026 at 5:05 PM
new most bizarre moment of the Olympics just dropped
Norwegian biathlete wins bronze medal, then, totally unprompted, reveal he cheated on his GF, she left him, and he wants to apologize publicly hoping she takes him back
www.vg.no/sport/i/vr5g...
Norwegian biathlete wins bronze medal, then, totally unprompted, reveal he cheated on his GF, she left him, and he wants to apologize publicly hoping she takes him back
www.vg.no/sport/i/vr5g...
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"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 10:09 AM
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
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Irish man held in ICE detention says he fears for his life and asks Ireland for help
Irish man held in ICE detention says he fears for his life and asks Ireland for help
Seamus Culleton describes conditions as ‘torture’ as he pleads with taoiseach to raise his case with Donald Trump
An Irish man who has been held by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement for five months despite having a valid work permit and no criminal record says he fears for his life and has appealed for help from Ireland’s government.
Seamus Culleton said conditions at his detention centre in Texas were akin to “torture” and that the atmosphere was volatile. “I’m not in fear of the other inmates. I’m afraid of the staff. They’re capable of anything.” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Irish man held in ICE detention says he fears for his life and asks Ireland for help
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No-one seems to have noticed, but many of the core developments in the Mandelson/Epstein story these last few days have been broken on this website. @pickardje.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social are both posting each breaking development on BlueSky, not X.
February 10, 2026 at 11:40 AM
No-one seems to have noticed, but many of the core developments in the Mandelson/Epstein story these last few days have been broken on this website. @pickardje.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social are both posting each breaking development on BlueSky, not X.
Doesn't mean we can't make a start to reduce reliance on US tech.
Thousand mile journey - single step and all that.
Thousand mile journey - single step and all that.
EU national capitals have a sobering message for Brussels:
Europe runs on American technology, and that won’t change for years.
Europe runs on American technology, and that won’t change for years.
EU capitals say deleting US tech is not realistic
Europe is dreaming of digital independence but every country runs on American gear.
www.politico.eu
February 10, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Doesn't mean we can't make a start to reduce reliance on US tech.
Thousand mile journey - single step and all that.
Thousand mile journey - single step and all that.
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Macron: Europe is now dealing with an “openly hostile” American administration, which wants its “dismemberment”.
economist.com/europe/2026/...
economist.com/europe/2026/...
Emmanuel Macron declares a European state of emergency
He urges the EU to move fast or be swept aside
economist.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Macron: Europe is now dealing with an “openly hostile” American administration, which wants its “dismemberment”.
economist.com/europe/2026/...
economist.com/europe/2026/...
We really should be doing this!
‘I saw the writing on the wall’: Austria offers safe haven for US academics as Trump wages war on universities
‘I saw the writing on the wall’: Austria offers safe haven for US academics as Trump wages war on universities
Other countries benefit from the Trump brain drain as administration wages war on academia and research
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:00 AM
We really should be doing this!
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Emerald Fennell, the director of Wuthering Heights, has heard of subtlety, and she's not having it. thecritic.co.uk/wuth...
February 10, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Emerald Fennell, the director of Wuthering Heights, has heard of subtlety, and she's not having it. thecritic.co.uk/wuth...
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Have a read of this. Great scoop, obviously, but it’s also an absolute masterclass in how to report on these jokers. Plenty of London-based hacks could learn a lot from Martin Shipton here. If they actually wanted to…
nation.cymru/news/the-new...
nation.cymru/news/the-new...
The new leader of Reform UK Wales lives in Bath, not Wales
Martin Shipton The newly appointed leader of Reform UK in Wales hasn’t moved back to his home town in the Valleys, but has bought a £1m house near Bath, we can reveal. Dan Thomas, the former Conservat...
nation.cymru
February 7, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Have a read of this. Great scoop, obviously, but it’s also an absolute masterclass in how to report on these jokers. Plenty of London-based hacks could learn a lot from Martin Shipton here. If they actually wanted to…
nation.cymru/news/the-new...
nation.cymru/news/the-new...
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We recording with Mike Rankine tonight. Questions welcome.
February 10, 2026 at 8:30 AM
We recording with Mike Rankine tonight. Questions welcome.