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Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 17h

www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-psycho...

The Psychology of the New Far Right: Privilege, Fear, and Media Power in the Rise of Authoritarianism

Fear, belonging, and power are being manipulated into a frightening new age of populist outrage and algorithmic media, argues Dr Russell Jackson

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Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 1d

Selenskij: Russland plant großen Krieg in Europa für 2029-2030

Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 1d

Crime, welfare, abortion: Where could Reform threaten Labour next? labourlist.org/2025/11/refo... – via LabourList

Crime, welfare, abortion: Where could Reform threaten Labour next? - LabourList

Crime, abortion, net zero. Is Reform campaigning on the best issues to threaten Labour - or is it's voter coalition too fractured?

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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 1d

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Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 1d

What will be delivered by the envisaged EU-UK agreements over the coming year following the EU-UK summit and the Common Understanding agreed between the Commission and the UK government on 19 May 2025?

DER SPIEGEL @spiegel.de · 1d

News des Tages: Menschenrechte, Diktatoren, Kulturpaläste: Britische Fernsehleute wollen Hitlers DNA entschlüsselt haben. Das EU-Parlament weicht das Lieferkettengesetz auf. Und der Entwurf für Hamburgs neues Opernhaus ähnelt einem Kreuzfahrtschiff. Das ist die Lage am Donnerstagabend.

News des Tages: Menschenrechte, Diktatoren, Kulturpaläste

Britische Fernsehleute wollen Hitlers DNA entschlüsselt haben. Das EU-Parlament weicht das Lieferkettengesetz auf. Und der Entwurf für Hamburgs neues Opernhaus ähnelt einem Kreuzfahrtschiff. Das ist die Lage am Donnerstagabend.

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Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 2d

#ChooseEurope

European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 2d

239 researchers. 66 teams. €684 million in @erc.europa.eu Synergy Grants.

Now poised to explore science’s toughest frontiers, from DNA nanomachines to climate resilience.

🇪🇺 is backing bold ideas with global reach. Because the future of research starts here.

#ChooseEurope

→ link.europa.eu/Wx7Vww

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Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 2d

If middle powers want to be resiluent and retain their autonomy, they must cooperate - #Airbus showed the way www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/p...

Public AI Is the New Multilateralism

Jacob Taylor & Joshua Tan envision a new model of international cooperation grounded in shared infrastructure for problem-solving.

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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 2d

239 researchers. 66 teams. €684 million in @erc.europa.eu Synergy Grants.

Now poised to explore science’s toughest frontiers, from DNA nanomachines to climate resilience.

🇪🇺 is backing bold ideas with global reach. Because the future of research starts here.

#ChooseEurope

→ link.europa.eu/Wx7Vww

Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 4d

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i... when it is installed in a health sector that prizes efficiency, surveillance and profit extraction, AI becomes not a tool for care and community but simply another instrument for commodifying human life.

What we lose when we surrender care to algorithms | Eric Reinhart

A dangerous faith in AI is sweeping American healthcare – with consequences for the basis of society itself

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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 4d

‘A process of intimidation that the BBC’s supporters have long feared has been playing out behind closed doors is now unfolding in plain sight’

The Observer view: political interference at the BBC

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The Observer view: political interference at the BBC | The Observer

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Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 5d

Correct. A point that ethicists have been making for over a decade. Now govts must act not just listen and dismiss. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

What we lose when we surrender care to algorithms | Eric Reinhart

A dangerous faith in AI is sweeping American healthcare – with consequences for the basis of society itself

www.theguardian.com

Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 6d

another piece that disregards AI water cooling needs and use; along with water company culpability for under investment and customer rip offs www.theguardian.com/environment/...

England facing drastic measures due to extreme drought next year

Government and water companies are devising emergency plans for worst water shortage in decades

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Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 7d

York MP has whip restored www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/

Whip restored to Labour MPs who rebelled over welfare reforms

Chris Hinchliff says his focus remains on contributing to

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Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 7d

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Democrats should celebrate this week’s victories, but beware: Trump is already plotting his revenge | Jonathan Freedland

The Maga machine is clicking into gear to ensure that defeat is all but impossible in next year’s midterm elections, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 7d

Ethical critical thinking and not using old, biased, corrupted data for LLMs matters. #AI4Trust we know that when identical medical info and Qns are put into 4 different AI ‚doctors‘ the divergence and misdiagnoses are legion

Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 7d

www.euronews.com/2025/11/07/u...

UK court jails James Bond fantasist for attempting to spy for Russia

Bethan David, head of the Crown Prosecution Service’s Counter Terrorism Division, said the conviction sends "a clear message to anyone considering spying for or assisting Russia."

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Glasgow For Europe @glasgowforeurope.bsky.social · 7d

study showing that exports to the EU from UK-based SMEs fell 30 per cent after Brexit, with more than 16,000 small firms ceasing EU exports altogether.

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Glasgow for Europe on X: "“The ability to trade with Europe is very difficult – we lost our markets due to Brexit, & trading with the US is very hard & expensive due to tariffs & business uncertainty”, a small service firm told the British Chambers report.⁦@William_Bain⁩ https://t.co/P3STZwfsY0" / X

“The ability to trade with Europe is very difficult – we lost our markets due to Brexit, & trading with the US is very hard & expensive due to tariffs & business uncertainty”, a small service firm told the British Chambers report.⁦@William_Bain⁩ https://t.co/P3STZwfsY0

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Pulse of Europe @pulseofeurope.bsky.social · 7d

Till Mayer berichtet seit 2017 aus 🇺🇦. In unserem #EuropaSalon zeigt er Fotos & erzählt Geschichten dahinter: authentisch, direkt & zutiefst menschlich.
Er macht deutlich: Der Krieg betrifft uns & die 🇺🇦🇪🇺 Zukunft gemeinsam. #StandWithUkraine Anmelden: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🎫 12.11. 19:30👇🏼

Niall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social · 7d

Accession is a good thing, Andrew.

Millions of people, many who suffered behind the Iron Curtain, now have open borders to Europe.

This is to be celebrated, not attacked.

There is no 90/180 day problem.

Sue Wilson MBE @suewilson91.bsky.social · 7d

Any concessions agreed as part of Starmer's so-called 'reset' will come at a price.
Surely it would be better to pay more & get much more back in return, not least our EU citizenship?
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...

EU demands UK pay into budget as part of relationship ‘reset’

Growing tension between London and Brussels just six months after summit set out to build stronger ties

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 7d

Majority of people not proud of post-Brexit Britain, new survey reveals

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Majority of people not proud of post-Brexit Britain, new survey reveals

Attitudes poll also suggests people increasingly believe UK is divided, that ‘culture wars’ exist and life was better in past

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European Movement in Scotland @euromovescotland.bsky.social · 7d

Brexit bonus for Rosslare Europort has seen a more than six-fold increase in direct European sailings since Brexit, with many freight and delivery companies shifting from using the UK landbridge to more direct sea routes with the European Union.
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New customs control facility opens at Rosslare Europort

A new customs control facility and border control post has been officially opened at Rosslare Europort in Co Wexford.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 7d

EU investing €546 billion for high speed rail by 2040

E.g. Lisbon to Warsaw, from 38 hours today to 12 hours

Pricing to compete with low cost flights

Reduce emissions by 80%

Jokes on them, they don't have Brexit sovereignty 🤷‍♂️