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📚 CULTURE & IDEAS (Edition 90) Stephen Unwin is bringing back ‘Man to Man’ almost 40 years after first working on the seminal play with Tilda Swinton. What’s changed? Read the full piece below.
📌 ICYMI — Why Did Polymarket Trading Surge an Hour Before the Iran War Started? — @iainoverton.bsky.social
There was a major spike in Polymarket bets predicting the Iran War, an hour before Trump's strikes began, new analysis finds
🔎 From the archive: Putin’s Plot Against ‘Great’ Britain – And How He Got Away With It Now Andy Burnham has revealed there was key evidence Russia interfered in the Brexit Referendum
So, finally, a PM who admits there **was** Russian interference in the Brexit Referendum — after all the evidence amassed by myself @carolecadwalla.bsky.social @lukeharding1968.bsky.social Sergei Cristo, J Patrick et al — dismissed as conspiracy for ten long years
Truth is the daughter of Time
📊 TECHNOLOGY & FUTURE (Edition 90) @johnmitchinson.bsky.social explains why Tolkien’s ‘The Lord of the Rings’ is the wrong role model for Big Tech Read the full piece below.
🟣 SUBSTACK ‘End the War! Cut Off Funding!’ By Paul Niland Read below. ↓
🗞️ MEDIA & DEMOCRACY (Edition 90) The newspaper of record failed to distinguish between corrections and retractions in the work of the late Cambridge University academic… Read the full piece below.
📌 ICYMI — Why Did Polymarket Trading Surge an Hour Before the Iran War Started? — @iainoverton.bsky.social
There was a major spike in Polymarket bets predicting the Iran War, an hour before Trump's strikes began, new analysis finds
📚 CULTURE & IDEAS (Edition 90)
After the phenomenal success of the Michael Jackson biopic this year, @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social sat down with Dan Reed, the director of ‘Leaving Neverland’ – which documented…
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Foundation Chaired by Reform UK’s James Orr Hosted Sanctioned Israeli Minister
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🟡 From This Month’s Magazine Directed by History By History appeared first Stephen Unwin is bringing back ‘Man to Man’ almost 40 years after first working on the seminal play with Tilda Swinton. What’s changed?
📌 ICYMI — Russia’s Plan to Target Ukraine’s Water Supply Would Set a Dangerous Precedent — Brynn Tannehill An attack on water supplies this winter would cross a new line in the war, with consequences that would stretch from Russia to Iran
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Reform UK’s James Orr’s Foundation Hosted Sanctioned Israeli Minister
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🟡 From This Month’s Magazine Upside Down By @johnmitchinson.bsky.social John Mitchinson explains why Tolkien’s ‘The Lord of the Rings’ is the wrong role model for Big Tech
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Reform UK’s James Orr’s Foundation Hosted Sanctioned Israeli Minister
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Reform UK’s James Orr’s Foundation Hosted Sanctioned Israeli Minister The latest National Conservatism conference, held in Jerusalem, was co-sponsored by an Israeli NGO sanctioned by the EU and Canada...
📌 ICYMI — Green Party Would Force Daily Mail Owner to Sell Up Papers — @josiahmortimer.bsky.social
Zack Polanski's party also backs plans to force media companies to operate under a licence granted by a regulator
🟣 SUBSTACK No Hiding Place for War Crimes: Bringing Torturers to Justice with The Reckoning Project By Aliide Naylor Read below. ↓
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Money Talks
Adam Bienkov explores what the downfall of Reform senior advisor James Orr means for the future viability of the Nigel Farage project
📌 ICYMI — Green Party Would Force Daily Mail Owner to Sell Up Papers — @josiahmortimer.bsky.social
Zack Polanski's party also backs plans to force media companies to operate under a licence granted by a regulator