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UK Government logo. Date: 30 October 2025. Large heading: JAMAICA. Subheading in red box: BRITISH NATIONALS. Text: The UK government has chartered a limited number of flights from Jamaica for British nationals who are unable to fly home commercially, following the impact of Hurricane Melissa on the island. All British nationals who have already registered via the Register Your Presence portal will automatically be contacted and provided with a link to the booking portal once airports are open. Red button at bottom: REGISTER YOUR PRESENCE.

The UK Government is arranging flights for British nationals who can’t leave Jamaica on commercial routes.

If you or someone you know hasn’t been able to book a flight home, register your presence now

📞 +1 (876) 936 0700
📞 +44 (0)20 7008 5000

www.register.service.csd.fcdo.gov.uk/jamaica-2025...

CATS Report 2025 | CATS Report | Cats Protection Read our CATS (Cats and Their Stats) report 2025 to see the cat statistics across the UK. Find out more.

The title of this report “Cats and their stats (CATS)” makes me unreasonably happy www.cats.org.uk/about-cp/cat...
Also, who are these people who don’t talk to their cat?

Jaywick in Farage's Clacton constituency named as most deprived neighbourhood in England - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

“The sky is falling?”: Company linked to Russian oligarch Deripaska bought American Swiwin engines for use in jet-powered Shahed drones In late 2023, the first reports emerged that Ukraine had shot down a Shahed-238 drone equipped with a jet engine. As The Insider later discovered, Russia has purchased American-made Swiwin engines ass...

“The sky is falling?”: Company linked to Russian oligarch Deripaska bought American Swiwin engines for use in jet-powered Shahed drones

The scale of the purchases suggests plans to reverse-engineer the engines. Swiwin USA replied with a sarcastic joke.

Twitter remains a haven of harassment

By @aetiology.bsky.social

Grateful to her for highlighting a perspective not addressed in our commentary of whether ID specialists should remain on Twitter

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Brilliant and disturbing piece

Los residentes de Nueva York sin ciudadanía se enfrentan a una ley electoral fallida - Bolts This story was originally published in English. Read it here. Antonio Alarcón, de 30 años, residente en Queens, se considera partidario de la candidatura de Zohran Mamdani a la alcaldía de... Read Mor...

Last week, we reported on the hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers who were supposed to have the right to vote this year — noncitizens with legal status who'd been enfranchised by a 2021 reform, until a court struck down the reform this spring.

This week, we also published that article in Spanish:

“Back to 1902”: Virginia Governor Revives Lifetime Ban on Voting - Bolts Governor Glenn Youngkin just gave himself a lot more power to pick and choose Virginia voters. The Republican governor’s administration told state lawmakers in a letter last week that he... Read More

Virginia is currently the only state where anyone convicted of any felony loses their right to vote *for life* unless the governor approves rights restoration. This was not the case for many years in Virginia prior to Youngkin’s election, but he brought the system back. boltsmag.org/virginia-gov...

Most likely don’t have this on the Election Day radar, but felony disenfranchisement is on the ballot next week in Virginia, an unusually harsh state for denying voting rights to people with criminal records. Major reform may be coming there, and Tuesday is pivotal.

Here’s what you need to know:

Graph from NetBlocks showing network connectivity in Jamaica from October 12, 2025, to October 28, 2025. The y-axis represents normalized connectivity, ranging from 0% to 100%, and the x-axis represents the dates. The green line representing Jamaica's connectivity remains stable most of the time period, with a sharp drop on October 28. The drop in connectivity aligns with the landfall of Hurricane Melissa. The minimum and current connectivity levels are indicated as 42% and 42%, respectively. The chart has a dark background with a red circle highlighting the decline at the end of the period.

⚠️ Update: Network data show widening internet outages in #Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa makes landfall near the town of New Hope, resulting in damage to infrastructure and power outages; overall national connectivity is down to 42% of ordinary levels 🔌

Oof! Mark (responsible for the fantastic Primitive Percussion Youth Orchestra of Calder Valley schoolkids & a trilogy of releases about West Yorkshire's geology) has made a tribute album and zine devoted to Time Team, which I am sure will appeal to many of you (cc @durotrigesdig.bsky.social)

British summer time started in the family | Letters Letters: Julian Harber on William Willett, who came up with the idea of changing the clocks. Plus a letter from Jennifer Gale on seasonal affective disorder

British summer time started in the family | Letters

UNESCO launches the World’s First Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Three years after its announcement at MONDIACULT 2022, UNESCO is launching an innovative initiative: the Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects. This global platform harnesses cutting-edge digital

Fascinating - Unesco has launched a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects, presented in a futuristic, dreamlike virtual exhibition. Worth exploring (although they don't tell much about how/where things were stolen, and its a very curious juxtaposition of items): museum.unesco.org

Unmasking Visegrád24: Tracing the People, Money, and Political Connections - VSquare.org Visegrád24 became famous for its anti-Muslim and anti-migration stance as well as waves of disinformation. A recent report by the Centre for Information Integrity in Africa (CINIA) brings to light a previously little-mentioned person tied to the network.

⚡️🔎 Visegrád24 built its fame on anti-Muslim rants, anti-migration posts, and disinformation waves. A new report unmasks the people, money & political forces behind this Central Europe-based—but globally connected—propaganda machine. @vsquare.bsky.social

Keepers give update on three lynx released illegally into Highlands

A trio of lynx who were rescued after they were illegally released into the Highlands earlier this year have settled 'incredibly well' into their new home, keepers have said

YouTube video by Professor Christina Pagel 10 things you should know about that have happened in America this weekend

10 things you should know about that have happened in America this weekend

youtu.be/onI_z18AP_w

Elections Mailbag: Your Questions on Next Week's Races, Answered - Bolts Why can’t New Yorkers rank the candidates? What are school boards to watch? Is sewer socialism back? We’ve got answers.

Are you wondering why New York City isn’t using ranked choice voting in next week’s general election, like it did in the primary?

I heard that question from many of you, so I set out to answer it today: it’s one of six questions in my new “elections mailbag” where I answered reader questions.

A person sits at a desk facing two computer monitors and a smartphone displaying digital padlock graphics, symbolizing cybersecurity. Text on the image reads “United Nations Convention Against Cybercrime – Strengthening the EU's ability to combat cybercrime with international partners,” with the EU flag and European Commission logo in the corner.

The fight against cybercrime is a priority for the EU.

We've signed the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime, to step up the fight against cybercrime with our international partners while protecting fundamental rights.

More info: link.europa.eu/NQxxNw

A silver studio microphone stands on a desk covered with newspapers. At the bottom of the image is a blue banner with the text “Supporting Independent Media – €13.8 million for cross-border journalism partnerships and media pluralism” next to the European Commission logo.

Independent media are essential for protecting and promoting democracy in Europe.

That's why we have made €13.8 million available for cross-border journalism partnerships and media pluralism.

More info: link.europa.eu/NQxxNw

Please sir I am just a small soybean farmer and a common man

I can’t take election analysts who are spending this week talking about races that’ll be decided in 2026 too seriously when there’s so many decisive elections in 9 days.

My selection of the roughly 185 key ones: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...

Did you get a letter from HMRC saying your child benefit is being stopped after going on short trip abroad?

If you are in NI, England, Wales, Scotland I'm interested if your benefit has been wrongly stopped.

May be other benefits have also been stopped.

lisa.ocarroll@theguardian.com

Data is an asset. Companies can change; or go bankrupt & such assets get sold. Cyber assets can also just get broken into. We need better thinking about the risk / benefit tradeoffs for storing data, & better restrictions on data sharing & legacies – some kind of enforceable data access denial.

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Nighthawks Nighthawks is a photography project which captures elements of isolation, melancholy and disconnection which can pervade busy towns and cities at night. In crowded places people often appear oblivi…

In case there is interest you can now see something about my Nighthawks series here. It will be my next exhibition after ‘Rebellion!’ and I may do a book.
marcdavenant.com/nighthawks/

very cool that the police commissioner’s family is involved!

In the heart of the Kentish Weald, at the centre of the village of Charing, lies a collection of ancient flint buildings that comprise the remains of a majestic archbishops’ palace dating back to the eighth century. Read the full story:
spitalfieldslife.com/2025/10/26/a...

Had a lovely afternoon celebrating 60 years of @churchillfship.bsky.social and was reminded to mention that next year's travel grant applications are now open until early November so you should pull your finger out and apply.