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Trump posts an image of him holding a sign that reads, “Trump 2028, yes!”
November 28, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Trump posts an image of him holding a sign that reads, “Trump 2028, yes!”
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Being thankful is the ultimate win-win: If the person being thanked feels happy, the person doing the thanking feels happier still. Arthur C. Brooks suggests three tips to make gratitude boost your well-being:
The Right Attitude to Gratitude
Being thankful is the ultimate win-win: If the person being thanked feels happy, the person doing the thanking feels happier still.
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November 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Being thankful is the ultimate win-win: If the person being thanked feels happy, the person doing the thanking feels happier still. Arthur C. Brooks suggests three tips to make gratitude boost your well-being:
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"A single, reusable bottle can replace 20 to 50 single-use bottles"
Imagine how much pointless, dreary, polluting junk we could remove from our lives if we had well-structured re-use systems like this 👇🏾
Imagine how much pointless, dreary, polluting junk we could remove from our lives if we had well-structured re-use systems like this 👇🏾
‘We like it a lot’: how Romania created the largest deposit return scheme in the world - great way to tackle excessive single-use plastics www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘We like it a lot’: how Romania created the largest deposit return scheme in the world
In the two years since the system was launched, beverage-packaging collection and recycling has risen to 94%
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
"A single, reusable bottle can replace 20 to 50 single-use bottles"
Imagine how much pointless, dreary, polluting junk we could remove from our lives if we had well-structured re-use systems like this 👇🏾
Imagine how much pointless, dreary, polluting junk we could remove from our lives if we had well-structured re-use systems like this 👇🏾
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The state media regulator said it was imposing new restrictions on the messenger, which it claimed is being used to organize terrorist activities.
Roskomnadzor Warns WhatsApp Could Be Blocked Over Alleged Legal Violations - The Moscow Times
Russia’s state media regulator said Friday that it was imposing new restrictions on WhatsApp for what it called repeated violations of Russian law, and warned the messaging service could be blocked en...
www.themoscowtimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The state media regulator said it was imposing new restrictions on the messenger, which it claimed is being used to organize terrorist activities.
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I joined @cwarzel.bsky.social on the Galaxy Brain Podcast to explain some of the reasons why America, and a lot of other Western democracies, are sliding into authoritarianism and why it's probably inevitable
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvFh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvFh...
America’s Slide Toward Simulated Democracy with Eliot Higgins
YouTube video by The Atlantic
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November 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I joined @cwarzel.bsky.social on the Galaxy Brain Podcast to explain some of the reasons why America, and a lot of other Western democracies, are sliding into authoritarianism and why it's probably inevitable
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvFh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvFh...
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For nearly a decade, sceptics have dismissed allegations that Bannon’s Cambridge Analytica and Prigozhin’s troll farms successfully intervened in the Brexit referendum and Trump’s election in 2016 - now the argument is over
pdjukes.substack.com/p/how-online...
pdjukes.substack.com/p/how-online...
How Online Radicalisation Works: What the New X Study Reveals About Cambridge Analytica, the IRA, and the Dark Triad Machine
The debate is over. A major new experiment show how effective Cambridge Analytica and Russian troll farms were in shifting political emotions with hostile, anti-democratic content online
pdjukes.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
For nearly a decade, sceptics have dismissed allegations that Bannon’s Cambridge Analytica and Prigozhin’s troll farms successfully intervened in the Brexit referendum and Trump’s election in 2016 - now the argument is over
pdjukes.substack.com/p/how-online...
pdjukes.substack.com/p/how-online...
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#OpEd As draft peace proposals suggest handing Russia Ukraine’s Donbas, we cannot ignore the human rights abuses Moscow committed in occupied territory, warns Natalia Morozova.
Make No Mistake – Handing Moscow the Donbas Condemns Its Inhabitants - The Moscow Times
Opinion | Remember how everyone recently laughed at the UN for publishing a tearful report saying that no one reads its reports?
www.themoscowtimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
#OpEd As draft peace proposals suggest handing Russia Ukraine’s Donbas, we cannot ignore the human rights abuses Moscow committed in occupied territory, warns Natalia Morozova.
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Reports that Trump favors recognizing 🇷🇺 control over Crimea and other occupied territories. This would reverse formal US policy of not recognizing efforts to change borders by force, reaffirmed by the 1st Trump administration in 2018 in the "Crimea Declaration."
2017-2021.state.gov/crimea-decla...
2017-2021.state.gov/crimea-decla...
November 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Reports that Trump favors recognizing 🇷🇺 control over Crimea and other occupied territories. This would reverse formal US policy of not recognizing efforts to change borders by force, reaffirmed by the 1st Trump administration in 2018 in the "Crimea Declaration."
2017-2021.state.gov/crimea-decla...
2017-2021.state.gov/crimea-decla...
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David Lammy was right in 2020 when he called the jury system fundamental to our constitution.
Now the government wants to remove juries from all but the most serious cases. It is dangerous and wrong and the Prime Minister must reverse it.
Now the government wants to remove juries from all but the most serious cases. It is dangerous and wrong and the Prime Minister must reverse it.
November 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
David Lammy was right in 2020 when he called the jury system fundamental to our constitution.
Now the government wants to remove juries from all but the most serious cases. It is dangerous and wrong and the Prime Minister must reverse it.
Now the government wants to remove juries from all but the most serious cases. It is dangerous and wrong and the Prime Minister must reverse it.
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Today marks 55 years since the murder of Ukrainian artist Alla Horska. Over half a century later, Horska’s life is a lasting symbol of the resistance against Russia’s centuries-long campaign to destroy Ukrainian culture.
Alla Horska’s life and death in Ukraine’s struggle against Russian annihilation
Editor's Note: This story was originally published in The Kyiv Independent's first-ever print edition, titled "The Power Within." You can order a copy in our e-store.
Carrying a portrait of Ukrainian...
kyivindependent.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Today marks 55 years since the murder of Ukrainian artist Alla Horska. Over half a century later, Horska’s life is a lasting symbol of the resistance against Russia’s centuries-long campaign to destroy Ukrainian culture.
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History tells us that any deal that doesn’t come with cast-iron security guarantees for Ukraine is not worth the paper it is written on.
Ukraine: deal or no deal?
History tells us that any deal that doesn’t come with cast-iron security guarantees for Ukraine is not worth the paper it is written on.
tcnv.link
November 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
History tells us that any deal that doesn’t come with cast-iron security guarantees for Ukraine is not worth the paper it is written on.
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Scientists solve the mystery of the prehistoric 'Burtele Foot' reut.rs/4pFZjeE
Scientists solve the mystery of the prehistoric 'Burtele Foot'
Scientists have solved the mystery of 3.4 million-year-old fossils called the "Burtele Foot" discovered in Ethiopia in 2009, finding they belonged to an enigmatic human ancestor that lived alongside another closely related species during a poorly understood time in human evolution.
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November 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Scientists solve the mystery of the prehistoric 'Burtele Foot' reut.rs/4pFZjeE
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All of the AI chatbots are learning which in most cases lead to eventual correction and debunking of Russian propaganda yet it goes without saying that Russia will keep investing in these capacities.
For more details read this Riddle Russia
ridl.io/taming-the-m...
For more details read this Riddle Russia
ridl.io/taming-the-m...
Taming the Machines: How Russian Propaganda is Training AI Language Models – Riddle Russia
Anna Andreyeva on how Kremlin-aligned disinformation is seeping from obscure websites into the responses of popular chatbots
ridl.io
November 28, 2025 at 8:17 AM
All of the AI chatbots are learning which in most cases lead to eventual correction and debunking of Russian propaganda yet it goes without saying that Russia will keep investing in these capacities.
For more details read this Riddle Russia
ridl.io/taming-the-m...
For more details read this Riddle Russia
ridl.io/taming-the-m...
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The future of Russian #propaganda is messing with AI tilting it towards Russian narratives.
In fact, there are already hundreds of Russian websites that generate millions of articles a year that almost no one reads - the goal is to feed this content to AI systems
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In fact, there are already hundreds of Russian websites that generate millions of articles a year that almost no one reads - the goal is to feed this content to AI systems
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November 28, 2025 at 8:17 AM
The future of Russian #propaganda is messing with AI tilting it towards Russian narratives.
In fact, there are already hundreds of Russian websites that generate millions of articles a year that almost no one reads - the goal is to feed this content to AI systems
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In fact, there are already hundreds of Russian websites that generate millions of articles a year that almost no one reads - the goal is to feed this content to AI systems
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A new ‘national forest’ is promised by government for the Oxford-Cambridge corridor, with a new ‘forest city’ to be located east of Cambridge. Millions of trees are to be planted as part of a £1bn commitment to support the forestry sector, enhancing nature and driving economic growth.
What about new forests, then?
Is “forest” the new “sustainability”? just another catchword, to sell mass commercial development to a sceptical local population?
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 6:42 AM
A new ‘national forest’ is promised by government for the Oxford-Cambridge corridor, with a new ‘forest city’ to be located east of Cambridge. Millions of trees are to be planted as part of a £1bn commitment to support the forestry sector, enhancing nature and driving economic growth.
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Rachel Reeves was frustrated that a Sussex development was delayed by “… some snails … a protected species or something, that are microscopic; you can’t even see them…”
The snail in question is one of Britain’s rarest and most endangered freshwater species, the lesser whirlpool ramshorn.
The snail in question is one of Britain’s rarest and most endangered freshwater species, the lesser whirlpool ramshorn.
Living alongside nature: humans must get better at it
The first of two articles inspired by COP30 explores some problems and the need to seek inclusive and nature-aligned solutions.
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Rachel Reeves was frustrated that a Sussex development was delayed by “… some snails … a protected species or something, that are microscopic; you can’t even see them…”
The snail in question is one of Britain’s rarest and most endangered freshwater species, the lesser whirlpool ramshorn.
The snail in question is one of Britain’s rarest and most endangered freshwater species, the lesser whirlpool ramshorn.
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Peaches: ‘We need lube to smooth out the friction of the world’
Peaches: ‘We need lube to smooth out the friction of the world’
The Canadian electroclash icon on No Lube So Rude, her first album in a decade, the state of global politics, the ‘punk energy’ of the older generation and her love of ping-pong
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Peaches: ‘We need lube to smooth out the friction of the world’
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“This isn’t about choosing between the economy and the environment. It’s about recognising that the economy is embedded within the environment, and that the health of the nation depends on the living systems that sustain us.”
https://bit.ly/4ajrZW5
https://bit.ly/4ajrZW5
Scientists warn of severe climate-related risks to UK economy and security
Experts lay out scale of changes needed in ‘first-of-its-kind national emergency briefing’ in Westminster
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:27 PM
“This isn’t about choosing between the economy and the environment. It’s about recognising that the economy is embedded within the environment, and that the health of the nation depends on the living systems that sustain us.”
https://bit.ly/4ajrZW5
https://bit.ly/4ajrZW5
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⚡️Occupation authorities to send 400 Ukrainian children to Russia for mandatory 'exchange' program.
Approximately 400 Ukrainian children will be sent to Russia from occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast for a mandatory "exchange" program by year's end, the Center for National Resistance reported on Nov. 27.
Approximately 400 Ukrainian children will be sent to Russia from occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast for a mandatory "exchange" program by year's end, the Center for National Resistance reported on Nov. 27.
Occupation authorities to send 400 Ukrainian children to Russia for mandatory 'exchange' program
"Such trips take place in conditions of a complete lack of transparency and control mechanisms. Parents have no opportunity to influence the organization of such exchanges," Ukraine's Center for Natio...
kyivindependent.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:03 PM
⚡️Occupation authorities to send 400 Ukrainian children to Russia for mandatory 'exchange' program.
Approximately 400 Ukrainian children will be sent to Russia from occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast for a mandatory "exchange" program by year's end, the Center for National Resistance reported on Nov. 27.
Approximately 400 Ukrainian children will be sent to Russia from occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast for a mandatory "exchange" program by year's end, the Center for National Resistance reported on Nov. 27.
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As the Trump admin fine tunes its peace plan, Putin sets out his own ceasefire terms for Ukraine: “Ukrainian forces will withdraw from the territories they occupy... If they don’t, we will achieve this by military means.” meduza.io/en/feature/2...
‘We will achieve this by military means.’ Putin calls Trump’s peace plan a ‘basis’ for future talks — and then demands Ukraine surrender territory. — Meduza
The Trump administration has laid out a possible “basis” for a peace deal with Ukraine, but signing an agreement with the current leadership in Kyiv is “legally impossible” in Russia’s view,…
meduza.io
November 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
As the Trump admin fine tunes its peace plan, Putin sets out his own ceasefire terms for Ukraine: “Ukrainian forces will withdraw from the territories they occupy... If they don’t, we will achieve this by military means.” meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation
Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation
Study finds that a week of political content can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years
Small changes to the tone of posts fed to users of X can increase feelings of political polarisation as much in a week as would have historically taken at least three years, research has found.
A groundbreaking experiment to gauge the potency of Elon Musk’s social platform to increase political division found that when posts expressing anti-democratic attitudes and partisan animosity were boosted, even barely perceptibly, in the feeds of Democrat and Republican supporters there was a large change in their unfavourable feelings towards the other side. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation
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Opinion: There is nothing that China wants to import, nothing it does not believe it can make better and cheaper, nothing for which it wants to rely on foreigners a single day longer than it has to. on.ft.com/4irbwkS
November 27, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Opinion: There is nothing that China wants to import, nothing it does not believe it can make better and cheaper, nothing for which it wants to rely on foreigners a single day longer than it has to. on.ft.com/4irbwkS
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Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign
A prominent former MEP for Nigel Farage's old party denies taking bribes in a pro-Russian campaign.
www.bbc.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign
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Russia has declared the global branch of the Anti-Corruption Foundation a “terrorist organization,” banning the activities of the New York-based nonprofit founded by the late Alexey Navalny to support his activism in Russia. This was their response.
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Russia just declared the late Alexey Navalny’s nonprofit a ‘terrorist organization.’ This was their response. — Meduza
On Thursday, Russia’s Supreme Court declared the global branch of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) a “terrorist organization,” banning the activities of the New York-based nonprofit founded…
meduza.io
November 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Russia has declared the global branch of the Anti-Corruption Foundation a “terrorist organization,” banning the activities of the New York-based nonprofit founded by the late Alexey Navalny to support his activism in Russia. This was their response.
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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“There are costs to performatively deploying members of the military,” Juliette Kayyem writes, “one of which is the risk of endangering them”:
A Terrible and Avoidable Tragedy in D.C.
Trump was warned that members of the military could be attacked.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
“There are costs to performatively deploying members of the military,” Juliette Kayyem writes, “one of which is the risk of endangering them”: