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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Just saw someone say their AI runs their fantasy football team and I can’t stop laughing. Like, I’m sure everyone’s doing it or something but it’s very funny to me that pretending to be a team manager was so hard that you needed to pretend to pretend to be a team manager

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Since the 'ceasefire' in Gaza, 1400+ Palestinians have been killed. 0 Israelis have been killed. The 'ceasefire' is not a Ceasefire but simply a protection for Israel, while Israel are allowed to go on killing.

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I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Simon Clarke MP was born on 28 September 1984. That's all you need to know. #r4today

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

What you have there is a project that - whatever its initial rationale, the intent of its pioneers, the justifications of its most liberal adherents now - is fully bent upon territorial expansion, the eradication of existing populations by whatever means are required, and horrifying racism.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Keir Starmer wanted to be remembered as Prime Minister for building homes. Instead he will be remembered for his complicity in destroying them. #GazaGenocide

Rafah, in Gaza, on Google Earth, in 2022, left, and in 2026, right. (from https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/google-earth-gaza-images-update-b3057562.html)

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Guido X Jansen @gui.do · 01/10/2026

It's always important to read what the graph axes say

Nicely plotted release dates of model numbers

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We're repeatedly told that asylum seekers pose a threat to the good people of our country... Reading about the threatening and violent treatment of elderly and open minded locals in Crowborough I get the impression that the real threat comes from closer to home. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

On Facebook and other platforms, people
who are known to support the asylum
seekers have been threatened with acid
attacks, petrol bombs and rape. The dossier.
which has been seen by the Guardian, also
claims that several local businesses have
been threatened by far-right agitators, along
with a church where some asylum seekers
worship. One man was punched in the throat
after he held up a "Love Thy Neighbour"
sign, while an elderly couple were falsely
accused of supporting sex offenders. In yet
another case, a 92-year-old church volunteer
was reportedly woken at 3am for two nights
in a row by a man standing outside her
home, shining a torch through her window
and shouting abuse

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FairSquare @fairsqprojects.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

“He’s quiet...and he’s always everywhere.” If you were worried about the UAE owning a football club, be extremely worried about the role they're playing in AI, spearheaded by the shadowy Sheikh Tahnoon Al-Nahyan. Brilliant and timely long read from Jack Shenker. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

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Fixer, financier, spymaster: how the UAE’s Sheikh Tahnoon is setting his sights on AI dominance

The long read: The Emirati royal is increasingly influential on the world stage. Some see him as a visionary. Others compare him to a Bond villain. Who is he?

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

You can see the genocide from space. Yet still it is widely denied.

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Council Estate Media @councilestatemedia.uk · 29/09/2026

Whatever the truth, I imagine we’ll be told it was a bunch of clumsy diesel thieves and the story will be quietly forgotten, but there is a lesson here. The establishment did not try to inform you while events were unfolding, it tried to manipulate you. www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/the-fairfo...

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The Fairford incident was either an embarrassing cockup or a failed false flag

The five men arrested over the Fairford incident have been released on bail, and as many have pointed out, that looks rather odd.

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Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This child is 13 and was testifying without an attorney present. Monsters.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Londoners say NO to Ray-Ban pervert glasses

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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

a typical 'blue' Labour's mistake. Labelling moderate people as insufferable, top knotted, sourdough starter making, lactose intolerant fruitarians, when in fact their stated views on international policy, welfare, education and transport are very aligned with core Labour values

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Sarah May @sarahmay1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

When did the UK decide it didn't need Higher Education? How did we move from deindustrialization, to a knowledge economy and then decide that we could do it all on vibes and 'entrepreneurial spirit'

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Andy Hockley @adhoc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Long and interesting essay by the chair of Jewish history at UCLA. I wonder to what extent these prominent Jewish intellectuals have any influence (but I presume they have more than me, shouting angrily and impotently into the abyss) shaulmagid.substack.com/p/gu...myers...

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Some people are saying the Far Right aren't fascist because they are getting elected Hitler was elected, and when he was being elected he promised exactly the same things as the Far Right parties, and when they get into power they will fix the elections exactly as he did It's fascism

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"Why now?" Perry Wilton asks why the UK govt has announced action against Israels illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, and he looks at the planned E1 settlement.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

History. Do you believe in historical facts? How dare you?

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The settlements and violent fascist militias are brazenly, uncontroversially illegal: there is no shred of doubt the Israeli government engaged in ethnic cleansing. This bullshit 👇 is why it was disastrously dishonest and stupid to make very right wing psychos authorities on racism in public life.

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Our response to the government's announcement of an import ban on goods from Israeli settlements.
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The government's increasingly punitive and unbalanced approach towards Israel does nothing to advance peace, risks harming Jewish life in Britain, and damages the UK's relationship with a vital ally.
The Foreign Secretary says that he will not accept the destruction of the two-state solution. Yet, through the trade ban announced today, the government is placing the overwhelming responsibility for that on Israel. There can be no genuine partner for peace while the Palestinian Authority continues its 'pay to slay' policy, handing monthly stipends to the families of terrorists, and while its education system incites violence and antisemitism. If the government is genuinely committed to upholding international law, it must be even handed and recognise that decades of Palestinian terror has been a major contributor to the current situation.
A ban on trade with goods from settlements also risks becoming a de facto boycott of Israel, giving legitimacy to those who reject Israel's very existence.
Indeed, today's announcement is not about advancing peace or the two-state solution. The government is simply yielding to pressure from the most extreme elements of British society. They will continue to push the government to take increasingly radical action against Israel, to the detriment of peace in the Middle East and community relations in the UK. The left-wing and Islamist extremists the government is trying to appease will never be satisfied, and no responsible government should bend to their demands.
In the run up to the High Holy Days, placing this increased target on British Jews is deeply irresponsible.
Jewish Leadership Council statement following the government's announcement of an import ban on goods from Israeli settlements

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The fact that Israel screams about the sanctions of their illegal settlements proves that they are Israel's and that they consider them permanent. Sanction Israel they are behind it all, as everyone knows.

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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The dark irony of people pearl clutching about the ethnic cleaning statements is if you actually spoke to the average hill top settler they would tell you: yes, we are ethnically cleansing - that is exactly what we are doing

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Andy Hockley @adhoc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Opposing genocide is not "a political position". It's a human one. There are not two sides on genocide. If you think supporting the slaughter in Gaza and Lebanon is OK you can go to hell

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Na'amod @naamoduk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Na’amod spoke to @haaretzcom about the @jlc.uk and Board of Deputies' disgraceful response to reports of UK government measures to sanction trade with illegal Israeli settlements.

Na'amod, an anti-occupation Jewish group, said it "welcomed" the measures reported this week, saying "it is the minimum response" to Israel's ongoing unlawful actions.

Na'amod, in a statement to Haaretz, said: "British restraint in the last three years alone has coincided with 68 new settlements, record settler violence, tens of thousands of Palestinians forcibly displaced and a land-registration regime Israeli ministers describe as annexation. This restraint has a map and a death toll."

The group also rejected the Board of Deputies' argument that focusing "narrowly" on Israeli government actions "fuels a climate of hatred [...] towards British Jews."

"That argument only works if British Jews are answerable for what Israel does. We reject that premise absolutely," Na'amod said.

"The harsh reality is none of these actions have had any influence on the situation on the ground," the JLC said, warning that "broad, untargeted measures may inadvertently become a wider boycott of Israel."

Na'amod rejected that argument as well, saying that "contrary to the Jewish Leadership Council's statement, Britain is not 'singling out' Israel. Britain already restricts trade with illegally occupied Ukrainian territory. What is exceptional is that Britain has spent years applying a different standard to illegal Israeli settlements."

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

It seems the Israeli government doesn’t distinguish between the fascist ethnic cleansing militias it’s armed and is protecting, and Israel as a whole. It’s hard to understand why anybody else should.

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Israel warns it will retaliate if UK imposes sanctions

The UK's Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband pledged on Tuesday to introduce a "comprehensive reset" of policy on Israel.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I know this isn't terrorism. You know this isn't terrorism. The authorities know this isn't terrorism. But, once again, they have labelled protesters "terrorists", as part of the long-running programme to ensure that no one dares protest about anything any more. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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Seven charged with damaging Trump’s Scottish golf course accused of ‘terrorist connection’

Course at Donald Trump’s Turnberry resort was painted with words ‘Gaza is not 4 sale’ and clubhouse was sprayed with graffiti

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

People can "just adapt" to a changing climate, a thousand rightwing voices keep telling us. Either they lack imagination or they don't care. Try "adapting" to this. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

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Nepal flash flood: more than 1,500 missing, mostly tourists, after disaster kills at least 165 at Tibet border

Entire populated areas swept away after glacial collapse causes catastrophic flood in mountainous region popular with trekkers and pilgrims

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Bard Of The Revolution @dndnerd69.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This is why you should never use AI. It is a corrupted as our governments

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Mallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 24/08/2026

Professor Michael Biggs, first on this list, is an Oxford Sociologist most notable for his work attacking the trans community after he was outed for running an anti trans troll account. Work he's done has been influential in British trans health and legal policy.

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Andy Hockley @adhoc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Got exactly the same. All 5 scores the same

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Katie @katiek.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Racism isn’t “viewpoint neutral” and claiming that it is is fucking lunacy

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Andy Hockley @adhoc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

But you patently are a racist right winger. You can't get out of that by simply flouncing off in a huff

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

There is so much more to say. Some of it here. We cannot let this lie. It's not politics. It's not ideology. It's not a culture war. It's a question of basic humanity. A man is dead. And he should be alive. And maybe he still would be. If it wasn't for us. ENDS

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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

One day, people in power will be asked what they did during the genocide and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians… And they’ll be able to say …we kept sending Israel arms, trading with them and issued a joint statement.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I don't understand how it would be possible to define racist in a way that would not include Cofnas's explictly expressed beliefs in a racial hierarchy. What does he think a racist is?!

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Google CEO tries to tell University students to love AI. They tell him to BOO off. This is what most people think of the hated AI, we don't want it.

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⳽ⳑⲇⳕⲛⲉ @sloanelysbeth.northsky.social · 20/08/2026

jon ronson has written a book about men who go crazy online and he's dedicated an entire chapter to graham linehan. graham is not going to like the observer review.

Ronson’s account of Graham Linehan is another harrowing tale of a man’s life ruined by the internet. Linehan was a beloved comedy writer, co-creator of Father Ted, and a prolific presence on Twitter, where he was well liked and respected. Then, in 2013, something began to shift, when an episode of his sitcom The IT Crowd, first broadcast in 2008, was repeated. In it, a man discovers his girlfriend is transgender and a brawl breaks out between the two. Viewers did not like the display of violence nor the supposed implication that the trans woman was “really” a man, underlying maleness bursting forth uncontrollably once she is angry.

Linehan responded to criticism with polite bafflement, then defensiveness, and finally overt anger. He began to research transgender issues and developed a singular obsession with the topic, which has since gone on to comprehensively destroy his career and personal life. Linehan, who believes trans activism and indeed ordinary trans existence pose an existential threat to women, talks of little else (except, these days, a fervent pro-Israel stance). He tweets near-constantly, cloaking his obsession with supposed concern for the wellbeing of cisgender women, but he does not balk at aggressively insulting those women who disagree with him.

Linehan’s self-ignited ruin stopped being satisfying for even his opponents to watch a while back, and now is only profoundly depressing. Ronson was once a good friend, but in refusing to endorse Linehan’s beliefs about transgender issues, he was added to his long list of his enemies. In The Castle, Ronson speaks to him directly, having been attacked countless times on Linehan’s social media feed. One thing that becomes clear, beyond the truly abject state of Linehan’s wellbeing, is that he is able to persevere with his campaign because he has convinced himself he is battling the greatest danger currently at play in the world. At one point he suggests that there are so many fewer serial killers nowadays because all the sociopaths have migrated to the internet in order to argue with him about trans issues instead. It reminded me of religious protesters screaming at me in Dublin once, as I walked into a reproductive-rights clinic that provided information about abortion. I was furious, but then forced myself to think about how I would feel or act if I truly, earnestly believed that every abortion is equivalent to the murder of a child. That might, indeed, drive me mad.

The Linehan chapter is brilliant: insightful, candid and moving. I’m still not convinced that any broader crisis of masculinity or male purpose had much to do with Linehan’s downfall, though. He wasn’t at a loss or empty of purpose when he began his campaign. He didn’t turn to vitriol because he didn’t have anything else to do. His case is, if anything, notable for involving a man with an enviable life and abundant success throwing it away for reasons that to many in the outside world may seem obscure or deranged.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

On BBC Radio 4's Moral Maze tonight: “Slavery - Right or Wrong?” Some people say it’s morally wrong. On the other hand, it makes a tonne of money. On the panel: Edward Colston, King Leopold II, Tommy Robinson and Matt Goodwin. Join us as we discuss one of the great moral dilemmas of the day.

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

So often what are called “culture wars” are one set of people saying “please can we live without perpetual persecution” and another saying “no, f*** you” but the press considering the latter group have “legitimate concerns” and must be perpetually platformed

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Andy Hockley @adhoc.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

This is brilliant. Savage, righteous, excoriating. I really recommend you read it all the way through. Fair warning: It is long and it is Will Self. There will be paragraphs when you will find that distracting and annoying. But keep going. Trust me, it's worth it substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Jason Arday: J'Accuse the British Media

After the death of Jason Arday, Will Self asks what happens when the media machine mistakes what interests the public for the public interest.

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Tom Davies @tomdaviese17.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

These are the *precise* same bellends who tell you to "keep the fucking politics out of football" if you object to racist, sexist or homophobic chanting or raise other human rights issues

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Young people really, really don't trust tech oligarchs. New polling shows that among adults age 18-34: -81% don’t trust Alex Karp -79% don’t trust Peter Thiel -71% don't trust Mark Zuckerberg -70% don't trust Elon Musk -69% don't trust Sam Altman

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Young People Hate AI CEOs So Passionately That It's Almost Hard to Believe

A new survey of 1,000 young adults in the US found that nine of the top tech executives are deeply loathed.

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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

NEW | I thought quite a lot about this… WHEN THE SNOWFLAKES PRETEND THEY PLAYED NO PART IN THE AVALANCHE Reflecting on the media coverage of Jason Arday. brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/when-the-s...

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When the snowflakes pretend they played no part in the avalanche

Reflecting on the media coverage of Jason Arday.

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