That is not a happy conclusion. It is definitely different to when I first joined... That much I know.
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Prof Rob Dover
Профиль VivelyAcademic researcher in intelligence and security, currently Dean of Faculty, but posting in a personal capacity. Poor standard runner. Excitable cricketer. Prone to crunchy deductions....
The sec of state who has seen at least 15000 academics lose their jobs just said this. Out loud. Mercy me. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘It hurts to lose a job you love’: Starmer loyalist Bridget Phillipson fights on despite cabinet demotionExclusive: The former education secretary on her new role as Labour chair and continuing as the minister for women and equalitieswww.theguardian.com
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Firefighters in France and Spain are struggling to find enough airplanes to pour water on devastating wildfires. Preventing future blazes might depend on finding enough goats.
Europe turns to goats to prevent wildfiresAs abandoned farmland ignites around Europe, livestock and their appetites could be key to preventing wildfires.
www.politico.eu⟳ Репост от Prof Rob Dover
Russian defense and security firms are using supply chains in India to import thousands of security-linked goods originally made in Europe, new data tracking the scale of the trade shared with POLITICO shows.
Russia importing sensitive UK, EU tech through India, data showsResearchers tracked around 50,000 sensitive and dual-use goods reaching Russia via India since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, raising questions as Britain and the EU deepen trade ties with New Delhi.www.politico.eu
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"As Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei Asia found in a recent investigation, just five US tech giants — Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle — are hiding an estimated $1.65 trillion in debt that doesn’t appear on balance sheets. futurism.com/artificial-i...
AI Companies Are Trying to Hide a Staggering Amount of DebtAI companies are pouring tens of billions of dollars into enormous data centers. They're being built on top of a mountain of hidden debt.futurism.comZelensky seeking to join up conflicts, which might seem rational in the context of current US President but is, in essence, escalating to de-escalate or making the situation so dangerous to render it safe 😬 www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/u...
Behind Closed Doors, Trump Huddles With Netanyahu and ZelenskyThe visits by the leaders of Israel and Ukraine underscored just how deeply President Trump was enmeshed in conflicts he had promised — and failed — to end quickly.www.nytimes.comIt's very hard for nearly everyone to understand how the MPS doesn't understand that it completely lost the plot during this era and on this issue. As in it was so far from the plot it's embarrassing. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
How the Met police spent £2.5m hiding spycop from former partnerSpycops inquiry has revealed how Helen Steel was secretly monitored in her search for undercover officer who deceived her into relationshipwww.theguardian.com
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Bellingcat has built an incredible set of free online resources. Their wildfire tools are the ones I use the most at the moment: Want to see how these tools fit together? Our latest video shows how Bellingcat researchers use open source tools and data to reconstruct the timeline of a wildfire.
Monitoring Wildfires Using Open Source ToolsYouTube video by Bellingcatwww.youtube.comBellingcatOpen source tools can help track every stage of a wildfire, from the first reports through to assessing the damage once the flames are out. Throughout July, the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service helped researchers monitor how wildfire smoke spread across Canada and the US.
