Sameer Padania

Great story!

(On a related note, I’m dredging my deep 90s memories here, but I am pretty sure Beck used to claim that he once worked making “sound effects for Arabic kung fu movies” (this was well before the wave of factchecking organisations…)…)

For all #Kafka fans, @legorafi.bsky.social with a horrifying new take on Die Verwandlung (Metamorphosis):

Anyone know of any good solutions for leaving a bike battery somewhere safely in the Kings Cross area - as (I forgot) they are not allowed in the @britishlibrary.bsky.social?

#london #cycling #doh

BBC Radio 4 - Britain's Fascist Thread, Episode 1 Camilla Schofield explores the unbroken thread of fascism in Britain.

This BBC Radio 4 three-part doc on fascism as a continuous, and continuously opposed, thread in British life is very good and worth a listen. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Have you seen this upcoming OECD series of talks on ‘public understanding of public finances’, in which he is the last speaker?

www.oecd.org/en/about/pro...

Open Call for Proposals: Human Rights Defenders | Norad.no The purpose of this call is to protect human rights defenders and strengthen their work.

Please share - @norad.no open call (20 grants totalling 600m NOK/€50m in 2026-29) for regional, Norwegian & intl organisations that “protect #humanrights defenders and strengthen their work” in ODA-eligible countries - deadline 18 Nov 2025.

www.norad.no/en/for-partn...

#funding

#epistemicsecurity in a nutshell… 👇🏾

[and yes, also very fun at parties and meetings]

The Early Bird Show w/ PAM 7th October 2025 PAM, previously host of beloved NTS show Okonkole Y Trompa, joins you for a dawn chorus every Thursday. Traversing obscure rarities, globetrotting vintage pop and beyond.

Pam’s morning show on NTS is genuinely superb (he and Maria Somerville) #music

www.nts.live/shows/early-...

Brazil Points the Way Forward for Competition Policy and Digital Sovereignty in the Global South | TechPolicy.Press Brazil's competition bill marks the beginning of constructing a more equitable digital future, writes Paulo Henrique de Oliveira.

Brazil’s Digital Agenda is a first step toward tackling concentrated digital markets, writes Paulo Henrique de Oliveira, chief of staff at the Tribunal of CADE, the Brazilian competition authority. The competition bill isn’t a final answer—but it’s the start of building fairer institutions, he says.

Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics - Series 10 - Cleopatra - BBC Sounds Brilliant politician, ruthless leader, massive brain-box: Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt.

For your lunch break, on #Cleopatra:

Natalie Haynes: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

And BBC Radio 3 Artworks on major acting roles:

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

A thread of inspirational quotes from two of my idols: Kemi Badenoch and Ange Postecoglou

(uh-oh, I may have gotten some mixed up... or have I??)

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YouTube video by Parks and Recreation Did someone say… Government Shutdown?

Even Ron Swanson turned in the end:

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How Reform ‘misinformation’ campaign sank town’s refugee sanctuary plan Party accused of stoking divisions in Weston-super-Mare over scheme to improve support for asylum seekers

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Phenomenal tifo by @bodoglimt.bsky.social fans. 🙌

Algorithm Nation | Jacob Weisberg Fights about digital filtering tools have turned more and more bitter. That's because of their extraordinary power to shape both political opinion and mass culture.

“Viral propaganda tools were deployed against those attempting to limit the reach of viral propaganda tools. Cries of censorship were used to silence opponents, curtail research, and stop fact-checking. Investigating the weaponization of the government meant weaponizing the government.”

What the World Thinks About AI and Animal Communication: Findings from Our First Global Survey - Earth Species Project For the first time, we asked the world what it wants from a future where AI helps us understand animal communication. Surveying 1,057 people across 67 countries, we discovered remarkable global consen...

"The data reveal a complex global public curious about the inner lives of other species, while also grappling with the profound questions raised by AI and its potential impact on our relationship with the rest of nature."

www.earthspecies.org/blog/what-th...

Gerwig was of the Devil’s party and didn’t know it…

Facial Recognitions - The Ideas Letter Davies traces the political history of the human face, showing how it has become both a weapon and a site of contestation—from far-right mobilizations fueled by viral images to the…

I have a piece in The Ideas Letter on how the covering/uncovering of the face has become such a fractious political issue, in contexts such as protest, Covid, ICE agents etc www.theideasletter.org/essay/facial...

ICE unleashed tear gas on the street in Chicago’s Logan Square today and I tried to find meaning among the fog and my own anger about, well, everything. dansinker.com/posts/202…

Did you see this?

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34% collectés en 24h !

INCROYABLE🧡

Nous avons déjà atteint 34 % de notre objectif en seulement 24 heures ! 🧡

Ensemble, faisons grandir les médias indépendants.

Il reste un contre-pouvoir. Soutenez-le.
👉 fondspresselibre.org/soutenir

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The TikTok transfer raises worrying questions for allies like the UK The US takeover may allay fears of Chinese influence. But it sends a worrying signal to allies who are increasingly dependent on US technology.

@chathamhouse.org on TikTok, tech sovereignty and the implications for the UK (via @willperrin.bsky.social):

www.chathamhouse.org/2025/10/tikt...

"[Yesterday]’s attack is not only Britain’s worst attack on Jews for several centuries, but also appears to be the first antisemitic killing in #Manchester [...] since Jews first settled here in the 18th century." @manchestermill.bsky.social

manchestermill.co.uk/on-their-hol...

How faith drives bidder for Telegraph who wields growing influence on Tories Sir Paul Marshall, a co-owner of GB News, is building a media empire and accumulating political power

Anyway I don't think you understand what motivates Paul Marshall, the owner of GB News, without looking at the particular flavour of his Church of England faith. www.theguardian.com/politics/art...

So interesting that GB News is sticking with female archbishop story longer than BBC/Sky, going through her tweets live on air, starting to cancel her for being woke.

They keep talking about the Christian public taking it badly, fits with the growing US-style religious vibe of the British right?

My life in Gaza: ‘We burned our copy of Nineteen Eighty-Four to bake bread. What would Orwell think of us now?’ From fleeing Gaza City to a birthday in the family – Karim recounts a month in the territory

"I remember giving [my mother] #NineteenEightyFour by #GeorgeOrwell – we burned it for bread at the end of 2023 because we had no gas or wood to bake. What would Orwell think of us now? I like to imagine he’d forgive us. I wiped my tears in secret and kept going."
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Cc @hannahperry.bsky.social…

Yes to all of this piece, but it should also serve as Exhibit ♾️ for those (including in #philanthropy) who believe that #readerrevenue will save local and independent #journalism in the UK.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Deepfakes of @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com are both a thing that has already happened, and were used as a potential signal in a scenarios exercise I was part of last week…