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06jank.bsky.social @06jank.bsky.social · 18h

via @huseyinedemir.bsky.social: Status of the mayors of Turkey's largest cities: 1. Istanbul: jailed 2. Ankara: free for now 3. Izmir: switched to AKP 4. Bursa: jailed 5. Antalya: jailed

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06jank.bsky.social @06jank.bsky.social · 17h

Soon it will be commonly understood that opposition politicians winning elections spend their next years in jail - it will be seen as a faintly absurd stunt to even try, like heroic investigative journalism

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 23h

I can assure Conor that the rest of us are also tired of this stupid conversation which would end if he and his mates fucked off back to the pit they crawled out of.

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Politico: "CCHQ is working to a strategy aimed at appealing to the center, then hoovering up right-wing support to kill off Reform...The plan centers first on winning back middle class Lib Dem & Labour voters" They're starting that by...pledging to abolish Natural England and the Environment Agency

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Alexander Christie-Miller @achristiemiller.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It quite possible this guy just thinks he’s talking to someone with the first name “Pope”, who happens to have a lot of followers.

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06jank.bsky.social @06jank.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Turkey has ordered X to block the account of the Freedom of Expression Foundation, which documents what sites have been censored

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I've been a member of the lobby for well over a decade. Not a single one of my lobby colleagues has said a word about the Conservatives banning me from their conferences, without any explanation. Contrast with the US where even Fox News stood in solidarity when Trump banned news outlets he disliked

bylinetimes.com

Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban

The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press

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Alexander Christie-Miller @achristiemiller.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is looking more and more like a state-backed assault on the UK’s critical dogging infrastructure.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Was interviewed by a US journalist today who asked if we were all panicking about terrorists at Fairford, which ended with me trying to explain dogging.

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

American Liberals and Leftists should not be surprised if America faces a lot of scepticism even after Trump is gone from Canadians, Europe and the rest of the world as long as Democrats and DSA preach norms of international law they refuse to implement towards their own country

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Stephen Miller can only be sent to the Hague once the US Congress legislates for America to finally sign on to the Rome Statute and accept jurisdiction of the ICC Yet for all their talk of respecting international law, the US Democrats aren't interested and not even the DSA views it as a priority

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 22/09/2026

Hard to explain how gobsmacking this is. The government opened applications for farm subsidies this morning at 10. And closed it just before 4 because they'd run out of cash. Applying for your livelihood like it's Oasis tickets. defrafarming.blog.gov.uk/2026/09/22/s...

defrafarming.blog.gov.uk

SFI26: Window 2 now closed

Window 2 of the Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026 (SFI26) has now closed. Thank you to everyone who took the time to submit an application.

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Good straightforward reporting from the Wall Street Journal on Musk's promotion of Restore/Rupert Low/civil war in the UK. Lots of detail, no polemics. The BBC could and should do this. Why doesn't it? archive.ph/eTOS5

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Alexander Christie-Miller @achristiemiller.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This is so powerful. It’s just mind-blowing to me that the concern and empathy of the Labour government appears to be with those expressing and feeding on this xenophobia, and not with the far greater number of people who are appalled by and fearful of it.

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Alexander Christie-Miller @achristiemiller.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

If we weren’t on Ironman mode, this is where we would probably reload saved game from… maybe 2000?

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Alexander Christie-Miller @achristiemiller.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

“I’VE COMMANDEERED A PEDAL CYCLE!!!”

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 13/09/2026

Trees work harder than you think. They cool our streets, clean our air and provide us with shade. We’re planting 5,000 more where heat risk is highest - growing London’s tree canopy for future generations. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Drought devastation: How to save London's parched trees

Heatwaves and drought make planting native trees and maintaining the existing canopy more and more difficult.

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Tom Wilson @feedthedrummer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This does suggest Britain is a) very good at integration b) actively attracts the world's smart and ambitious people who want to get on and do well for themselves Both of these are very good, competitive qualities to have and should be celebrated.

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I’m late to this corker of a longread by @willdalrymple.bsky.social on corporate empires from the East India Company to AI, but so glad I’ve caught up with it now. So much to chew on here www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/o...

nytimes.com

Opinion | What It Took to Dismantle the Most Powerful Company in the World

A playbook to curb the growing power of Big Tech.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This airline rules so hard

Ryanair will dispute passenger's claim he was sucked out of window
CEO Michael O'Leary tells reporters the businessman was sucked 'towards' but not out of the opening
Business live -latest updates
Gwyn Topham

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This is seismic news for fisheries scientists. Northern cod is *the* iconic symbol of total fisheries collapse due to overfishing (and other factors) *and* the iconic symbol of a complete failure to recover for decades afterwards. This is like announcing the complete recovery of bison on land.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

New PISA data out England is now top ten in all three areas (reading, maths, science) and the second highest performing country outside of east Asia (after Estonia). This is a huge public policy success.

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Alexander Christie-Miller @achristiemiller.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I volunteered for @carlsayer.bsky.social ‘s phenomenal Norfolk Ponds Project today (norfolkponds.org). Incredible work with inspired and interesting people.

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Norfolk Ponds Project

Visit the post for more.

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 07/09/2026

Yelling "stop the boats!" as I charge in to rob this NatWest at gun point so that I can later call the Home Secretary as a character witness and the BBC will spend two weeks telling all my potential future jurors how legitimate my concerns were.

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Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

feels like there’s a risk that if Labour keep having such a limp response to stuff like this, they lose support more permanently from their liberal core voters.

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Alexander Christie-Miller @achristiemiller.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I get sick of my jeans (Levi’s) falling apart after about a year… Can anyone recommend any genuinely hard-wearing jeans (that I can get in the UK)?

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Alexander Christie-Miller @achristiemiller.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

TBH I miss the days of just knowing the routes where I live by heart or jotting them down from a road atlas if I’m going somewhere new; the satisfaction of finding my way somewhere (though not the frustration of getting completely lost).

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Alexander Christie-Miller @achristiemiller.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Fascinating thread. I’d also add to these recommendations ‘Fools Crow’ by James Welch, which is an incredible novel about 19thC Great Plains native American society, reminiscent of ‘Things Fall Apart’…

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Spook-ass, Christ oh boo! boo! @loukas.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

This should be a warning to European countries embracing forms of repression for 'marginal' groups. You are building the really existing infrastructure of fascism that will 'suddenly' decide that violence is the real structure of governance. And you'll be surprised, maybe.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 25/08/2026

This girl I used to waitress with in Austin, we moved to New York together in 2003 on a literal Greyhound bus. Shared a fifth floor walk-up studio that, when it rained, had more leaks in the ceiling than we had pots and pans. We used to get drunk and smoke off the fire escape and do “sad-offs.”

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Hi. This is a horse premolar, and a pretty nice one. I think it's from a caballine, the horse group that includes the tarpan and domestic horses.

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Alexander Christie-Miller @achristiemiller.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Hi @tetzoo.bsky.social, my nephew just found this fossilised tooth on the beach in Norfolk. Any ideas?

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Alexander Christie-Miller @achristiemiller.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

@joshual951.bsky.social Hi Joshua, I was just wondering if there is any chance of another mock FISC being planned for next season? Where can I look out for one?

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Alexander Christie-Miller @achristiemiller.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I just watched the Odyssey. It’s clearly shit… why has no one said this??? It’s stupefyingly bad.

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Selim Koru @selimkoru.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

This was a wonderful episode to record! @nicholasdanfort.bsky.social and I sat down with @achristiemiller.bsky.social and Suzy Hansen to talk about their books on Istanbul, and Turkish politics more broadly. kulturkampftr.substack.com/p/can-you-ex...

kulturkampftr.substack.com

Can You Explain Istanbul?

Suzy Hansen and Alexander Christie-Miller on the decisions behind their books

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Nicholas Danforth @nicholasdanfort.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

In the latest Kulturkampf, Selim and I sat down with Alex Christie-Miller and Suzy Hansen to discuss their Istanbul books. kulturkampftr.substack.com/p/can-you-ex...

kulturkampftr.substack.com

Can You Explain Istanbul?

Suzy Hansen and Alexander Christie-Miller on the decisions behind their books

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

The thing that has been most surprising to me about the rise in racism are the people who don’t support it, don’t sit in mute silence, but instead are…visibly incapable of understanding why it’s a bigger problem than, say, changing the type of property tax I pay.

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Inclined to agree.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

No hell too hot. www.sunjournal.com/2026/07/13/i...

The little girl was still in Bluey pajamas.

No older than 3, she was trying to smell the flowers.

At her side, a pink rolling bag.

Her father, Joan Sebastian Guerrero, had just been fatally shot and yanked from a car he’d been driving. Now, he lay handcuffed in the street, where he would remain for five hours.

“You took her dad, you took her dad!” a woman nearby yelled, according to Cecelia Humiston, 22, who witnessed the interaction in Biddeford on Monday morning.

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Alexander Christie-Miller @achristiemiller.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

They hate us because they’re jealous of how awesome we are. There is really nothing more to it than that.

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Alexander Christie-Miller @achristiemiller.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Actually I think a people that voted for Boaty McBoatface are more than capable of sending Count Binface to Westminster… I think Reform should be genuinely worried.

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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I’m not saying the debate in the U.K. has moved to the right, but Ed Miliband is basically seen as Pol Pot for aiming for a climate target first agreed to by…I think Theresa May’s government? Definitely Johnson’s. And this chat is going on during the middle of a record-breaking heatwave

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Alexander Christie-Miller @achristiemiller.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Sorry to bother you yet again @jo-the-botanist.bsky.social. I found this odd bromus on my meadow… is it b. commutatus possibly? Lemmas glabrous, lowest branches on the panicle all more than 5cm long… (one on the left, right is b.hordeaceus for comparison…

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