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Star Trek Deep Space Nine scene. Weyoun, a Vorta alien with ghostly pale skin and long and narrow ribbed ears that extend down on each side towards his chin, is down on all fours holding his head just above the carpeted floor like he's listening to an ant 🐜 give a exciting Ted Talk. Behind him, also crouched, is a reptilian fellow with scaley lizardly features. Lizard guy is also holding a tricorder and investigating the floor. Seems like they're in an apartment of some kind. No caption.

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OCCRP Investigative Editor @ingridgercama.bsky.social spoke at the iMEdD conference about her previous freelance work into the illegal trade of animals in Europe.

Watch a full interview where Ingrid explains how wildlife trafficking is often tied to organized crime: lab.imedd.org/en/unpacking...

@londonfunders.bsky.social great to get the London mental health funding network discussion underway today from @maudsleycharity.bsky.social with co chair Radhika of @impurbanhealth.bsky.social

Does Ian worry about TikTok? Err...

From the latest episode of Page 94, recorded live at Cheltenham Literature Festival

Tees Valley mayor Lord (Ben) Houchen promised renewal. Instead, Britain’s biggest regeneration project has turned into a taxpayer-funded scandal - enriching a few local businessmen while leaving public bodies on the brink.

Watch the latest episode of Page 94, The Private Eye Podcast, on YouTube.

I’ve just announced I’ll be leading a National Emergency Briefing on 27 November . At a time when climate is in free fall on the political agenda , it’s vital our leaders realise what is at stake if we do not accelerate a just , green transition for all .

@nebriefing.bsky.social 🇬🇧

So true and so inspiring and probably so under-reported … so pass it on ! “…showing that lasting health equity grows from the soil of justice and self-reliance.”

'Our job is only killing' - how Sudan's brutal militia carried out a massacre in el-fasher BBC Verify tracks how the RSF killed unarmed people in a massacre that humanitarian officials believe left 2,000 dead.

New from BBC Verify: 'Our job is only killing' - how Sudan's brutal militia carried out a massacre

Our team verified dozens of videos, analysed satellite imagery and tracked RSF fighters across social media to piece together how the mass killings unfolded www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Donald Trump once turned away from an unconscious 80-year-old man who had hit his head "Get that blood cleaned up, it's disgusting"

Nice anecdote… www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/culture/a...

Radio 4 - Listen Live - BBC Sounds Listen live to Radio 4 on BBC Sounds

Very interesting to hear Geoffrey Hinton speaking about corporate interests and AI. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... on Inside Science today.

Secret, *whisper : Dick Van Dyke will outlive ALL of us.

💯 this.

Just as I remember it

My chilling week on Roblox: sexually assaulted and shat on as a child avatar roaming the online world In seven days my young alter ego is cyberbullied and attacked while exploring clubs, casinos and horror games, all with parental controls in place. Is the platform safe for children – or an ‘X-rated p...

Don’t let your kids play Roblox, and dont okay it yourself www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...

YouTube video by FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth Zohran Mamdani victory speech: FULL

Great to see cost of living, democracy and mental health all getting a mention in the new mayor of New York’s speech. Also- quite a lot in here about democracy - worth watching the whole speech as a masterclass in political communication: youtu.be/nfdUn9H4gjA

Another great example yesterday - daily mail notably not featuring the “hero” story of the non white train guard from LNER on its cover. Wonder if a white guy had been the hero of the hour if he would have been featured…I think so

Check out this @mysociety.org event… always good topics for those interested in consideeed approaches to digital participation and public services

The Age of Constitutional Evasion.

Starting tomorrow! Join CDT & Stand Together Trust for The Age of Constitutional Evasion: Jawboning and Other Forms of Government Pressure to Control Private Speech — a 2-day virtual event exploring free expression & government influence online.

📅 Oct 28–29 | 12–3 PM ET
🔗 standtogether.swoogo...

Nice work if you can get it (due dil £20mil)

😆 - vid is channelling the vibes of upcoming office Christmas parties across the US…I am Spartacus/nathesman

There's a new job open: Democracy Fellows (US campuses) at Campus Vote Project.
Details: $1,600 stipend
US

Apply here:

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A $60 Mod to Meta’s Ray-Bans Disables Its Privacy-Protecting Recording Light Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses usually include an LED that lights up when the user is recording other people. One hobbyist is charging a small fee to disable that light, and has a growing list of customers ar...

people are already modding meta ray-bans to hide the light that tells other people they're being recorded www.404media.co/how-to-disab...

Made a short doc about a man in LA who still makes neon signs. He calls it “the lost and found art.” Check out the full thing on YouTube: youtu.be/SSNfDodj674?...

Betfred says gambling tax rise in budget will force it to shut all its UK shops Levies thought to be under consideration will kill profits, say bosses, as gambling firms ramp up lobbying efforts

Holding govts to ransom.

Billionaire owner of Betfred says if UK govts raises tax it will close gambling shops.

Wants someone else to bear social cost of gambling.

Less tax on gambling means more for shareholders, execs.

Any big business not holding govt to ransom?

No Kings-Austin,TX

frog and chewbacca dance to brass solidarity band, the band formed by community members around george floyd square, at no kings minneapolis

I have found the Antifa super soldiers (normal people and inflatable animals) at No Kings Chicago.

Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors “With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”

So for-profit AI companies have trained on the world's largest collaborative volunteer project and a precious free resource, to make money for their for-profit enterprises. They have crushed traffic to the volunteer project, starving it of donors and volunteers

www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...