@b-zu.bsky.social
Friendly reminder: Time for a screen break and a cuppa!
The letter was sent by someone who "had published no letters to editors of scientific journals until 2024. Suddenly, in 2025, he published 84 letters, on 58 topics."
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The Editor Got a Letter From ‘Dr. B.S.’ So Did a Lot of Other Editors.
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The letter was sent by someone who "had published no letters to editors of scientific journals until 2024. Suddenly, in 2025, he published 84 letters, on 58 topics."
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/s...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/s...
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Lloyds quietly builds £2bn rental portfolio to become major UK landlord on.ft.com/3JElrGQ
Lloyds quietly builds £2bn rental portfolio to become major UK landlord
UK bank has acquired 7,500 homes for rent since 2021 as it seeks to diversify income
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November 9, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Lloyds quietly builds £2bn rental portfolio to become major UK landlord on.ft.com/3JElrGQ
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Progressive Gen Z women recognize the existence of male loneliness, but aren't so sure that the solutions aren't also progressive.
@racheljanfaza.bsky.social discuss that and more with @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social on The Focus Group:
@racheljanfaza.bsky.social discuss that and more with @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social on The Focus Group:
November 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Progressive Gen Z women recognize the existence of male loneliness, but aren't so sure that the solutions aren't also progressive.
@racheljanfaza.bsky.social discuss that and more with @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social on The Focus Group:
@racheljanfaza.bsky.social discuss that and more with @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social on The Focus Group:
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As predicted, the EU is ready to dismantle its Digital Rulebook as it did with the Green Deal.
It does so upon US administration’s demand and under Big Tech pressure.
It’s a self-inflicted political decision putting the EU on a deregulatory turn on.ft.com/47vqFOl
It does so upon US administration’s demand and under Big Tech pressure.
It’s a self-inflicted political decision putting the EU on a deregulatory turn on.ft.com/47vqFOl
EU weighs pausing parts of landmark AI act in face of US and Big Tech pressure
Brussels is set to water down part of its strict digital rule book as it aims to make bloc more competitive
on.ft.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:07 AM
As predicted, the EU is ready to dismantle its Digital Rulebook as it did with the Green Deal.
It does so upon US administration’s demand and under Big Tech pressure.
It’s a self-inflicted political decision putting the EU on a deregulatory turn on.ft.com/47vqFOl
It does so upon US administration’s demand and under Big Tech pressure.
It’s a self-inflicted political decision putting the EU on a deregulatory turn on.ft.com/47vqFOl
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“Afghan women activists are advocating for what's happening in there to be recognised as a 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐝.”
Malala says countries should increase pressure on the Taliban, not "normalise" conversations with them.
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/mala...
Malala says countries should increase pressure on the Taliban, not "normalise" conversations with them.
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/mala...
Malala accuses world leaders of enabling Taliban ‘gender apartheid’ in Afghanistan | The News Agents
Malala, who was shot in the head by the Pakistani Taliban when she was 15 years old, has accused world leaders of normalising the oppressive Taliban rule in Afghanistan. She is now calling for…
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
“Afghan women activists are advocating for what's happening in there to be recognised as a 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐝.”
Malala says countries should increase pressure on the Taliban, not "normalise" conversations with them.
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/mala...
Malala says countries should increase pressure on the Taliban, not "normalise" conversations with them.
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/mala...
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Jon, @chrislhayes.bsky.social and @dplouffe.bsky.social discuss the importance of getting specific with how tax dollars are spent and tying money to value.
November 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Jon, @chrislhayes.bsky.social and @dplouffe.bsky.social discuss the importance of getting specific with how tax dollars are spent and tying money to value.
Q: "Can the more than trillion dollars of investment.. can it pay off without destroying jobs?"
Hinton: "I believe that to make money, you're gonna have to replace human labour."
youtu.be/e1Hf-o1SzL4?...
Hinton: "I believe that to make money, you're gonna have to replace human labour."
youtu.be/e1Hf-o1SzL4?...
'Musk will get richer, people will get unemployed': Nobel Laureate Hinton on AI
YouTube video by Bloomberg Television
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November 8, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Q: "Can the more than trillion dollars of investment.. can it pay off without destroying jobs?"
Hinton: "I believe that to make money, you're gonna have to replace human labour."
youtu.be/e1Hf-o1SzL4?...
Hinton: "I believe that to make money, you're gonna have to replace human labour."
youtu.be/e1Hf-o1SzL4?...
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Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
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“How did you receive the foreigner? And did you receive him and welcome him or not?”
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
November 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
“How did you receive the foreigner? And did you receive him and welcome him or not?”
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
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More than 200 studies have provided compelling evidence of a link between rising temperatures and adverse pregnancy outcomes, including premature birth, stillbirth, low birth weight, congenital abnormalities and hypertensive disorders in mothers on.ft.com/4oNPZEX
How a warmer world is making pregnancy riskier
Some scientists argue that the link between increasing heat and adverse maternal outcomes is quietly becoming a public health emergency
on.ft.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
More than 200 studies have provided compelling evidence of a link between rising temperatures and adverse pregnancy outcomes, including premature birth, stillbirth, low birth weight, congenital abnormalities and hypertensive disorders in mothers on.ft.com/4oNPZEX
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Ahem.
October 31, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Ahem.
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Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
October 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
Connecticut celebrates first Varian Fry Day.
"According to some accounts, Fry helped rescue around 1,500 people. That includes well-known names like Marc Chagall, Hannah Arendt, and Marcel Duchamp."
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"According to some accounts, Fry helped rescue around 1,500 people. That includes well-known names like Marc Chagall, Hannah Arendt, and Marcel Duchamp."
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Connecticut celebrates first Varian Fry Day: Meet the man behind the name
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Oct. 15 is officially Varian Fry Day in Connecticut. For the first time, the state is officially honoring the journalist, educator and activist who fought to save people from...
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October 29, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Connecticut celebrates first Varian Fry Day.
"According to some accounts, Fry helped rescue around 1,500 people. That includes well-known names like Marc Chagall, Hannah Arendt, and Marcel Duchamp."
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
"According to some accounts, Fry helped rescue around 1,500 people. That includes well-known names like Marc Chagall, Hannah Arendt, and Marcel Duchamp."
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
A retired Australian navy admiral "was paying about A$250 a month for electricity in his roomy family home on the Queensland coast. Today, he says he makes as much as A$300 a month...from the electricity he makes, stores and sells with his solar panels and batteries".
Cheaper, greener power is on the way on.ft.com/47AyuB5 | opinion
Cheaper, greener power is on the way
As long as anti-net zero populists don’t throttle it in the cradle
on.ft.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:30 AM
A retired Australian navy admiral "was paying about A$250 a month for electricity in his roomy family home on the Queensland coast. Today, he says he makes as much as A$300 a month...from the electricity he makes, stores and sells with his solar panels and batteries".
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One year ago, I went on CNN and expressed my concern that if Harris lost after not defending trans people that somehow the takeaway would still be that trans people were the reason. I hate being right! www.readtpa.com/p/watch-the-...
October 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
One year ago, I went on CNN and expressed my concern that if Harris lost after not defending trans people that somehow the takeaway would still be that trans people were the reason. I hate being right! www.readtpa.com/p/watch-the-...
“Where there is love,” he went on, “there is no room for prejudice, for ‘security’ zones separating us from our neighbours, for the exclusionary mindset that, tragically, we now see emerging also in political nationalisms.”
Catholic nationalists are on a collision course with the Vatican on.ft.com/3X31ufG | opinion
Catholic nationalists are on a collision course with the Vatican
Pope Leo’s cosmopolitan stance lays bare a tension at the heart of the Church’s teaching
on.ft.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:00 AM
“Where there is love,” he went on, “there is no room for prejudice, for ‘security’ zones separating us from our neighbours, for the exclusionary mindset that, tragically, we now see emerging also in political nationalisms.”
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Drug-trafficking is turning Belgium into a narco-state and the rule of law is under threat, an Antwerp judge wrote in an anonymous letter published today asking the federal government for urgent help.
Belgium is basically a narco-state, top Antwerp judge warns
“Extensive mafia-like structures have taken root,” judge writes in anonymous letter laying out how criminality seeps into every part of Belgian society.
www.politico.eu
October 27, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Drug-trafficking is turning Belgium into a narco-state and the rule of law is under threat, an Antwerp judge wrote in an anonymous letter published today asking the federal government for urgent help.
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The Farage Factor.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Racist incidents against UK nurses surge by 55%
Royal College of Nursing calls on government to stop using anti-migrant rhetoric, which it says emboldens racist behaviour
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:56 AM
The Farage Factor.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
"Conflict attracts attention, and we live in an attention economy”
To me, this shows how algorithms have damaged discourse. It has become more normal to come together to 'destroy' and 'own' rather discuss and find solutions to the very complex problems we face.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/b...
To me, this shows how algorithms have damaged discourse. It has become more normal to come together to 'destroy' and 'own' rather discuss and find solutions to the very complex problems we face.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/b...
Debate Shows Are Having a Moment. Here Come the Democrats.
www.nytimes.com
October 26, 2025 at 5:39 AM
"Conflict attracts attention, and we live in an attention economy”
To me, this shows how algorithms have damaged discourse. It has become more normal to come together to 'destroy' and 'own' rather discuss and find solutions to the very complex problems we face.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/b...
To me, this shows how algorithms have damaged discourse. It has become more normal to come together to 'destroy' and 'own' rather discuss and find solutions to the very complex problems we face.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/b...
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"It's a dangerous cycle": Munya Chawawa on populism, Britishness and inclusion
#Newsnight
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHqmLLXC3-A
#Newsnight
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHqmLLXC3-A
Munya Chawawa on populism, the danger of "creating enemies" and Britishness
YouTube video by BBC Newsnight
www.youtube.com
October 24, 2025 at 10:57 AM
"It's a dangerous cycle": Munya Chawawa on populism, Britishness and inclusion
#Newsnight
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHqmLLXC3-A
#Newsnight
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHqmLLXC3-A
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Der Diskurs über Flucht und Zugehörigkeit änderte sich zuerst in den sozialen Medien. Doch was im Internet passiert, macht sich in der Realität breit.
Hass gegen Geflüchtete auf Social Media: Erst ist es nur ein Sound, dann ein Trend
Der Diskurs über Flucht und Zugehörigkeit änderte sich zuerst in den sozialen Medien. Doch was im Internet passiert, macht sich in der Realität breit.
taz.de
October 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Der Diskurs über Flucht und Zugehörigkeit änderte sich zuerst in den sozialen Medien. Doch was im Internet passiert, macht sich in der Realität breit.
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"Such is their fear of jail, bankruptcy or reprisal, that most people I spoke to insisted on anonymity. This was in spite of the fact that many of the same people said Trump would only be restrained by powerful voices standing up to him." My Weekend FT essay. Please read it. on.ft.com/4hqblpr
The Trump Supremacy
[FREE TO READ] Opponents in disarray, allies in line, followers enthralled — the US president is already on his way to building a new world order
on.ft.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:41 AM
"Such is their fear of jail, bankruptcy or reprisal, that most people I spoke to insisted on anonymity. This was in spite of the fact that many of the same people said Trump would only be restrained by powerful voices standing up to him." My Weekend FT essay. Please read it. on.ft.com/4hqblpr
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"This plan limiting smartphone use during the school day...is about recognizing that the digital environment itself has become a public-health concern."
Elle Vidra, a high school senior and New York Teen Tech Council member:
Elle Vidra, a high school senior and New York Teen Tech Council member:
I’m a Teenager. Here’s How We Can Protect Kids From Online Harm.
Practical suggestions for schools and families.
www.thebulwark.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"This plan limiting smartphone use during the school day...is about recognizing that the digital environment itself has become a public-health concern."
Elle Vidra, a high school senior and New York Teen Tech Council member:
Elle Vidra, a high school senior and New York Teen Tech Council member:
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For over 50 years, the Booker Prizes have recognised the best fiction for adults. Now, we're delighted to announce the Children’s Booker Prize, supported by AKO Foundation.
Find out more: thebookerprizes.com/children
Find out more: thebookerprizes.com/children
October 24, 2025 at 7:14 AM
For over 50 years, the Booker Prizes have recognised the best fiction for adults. Now, we're delighted to announce the Children’s Booker Prize, supported by AKO Foundation.
Find out more: thebookerprizes.com/children
Find out more: thebookerprizes.com/children