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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
YouTube video by Musk
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 15/09/2026
Nadine Thomas, living with terminal cancer, said: 'We're not worried about dying, we know we're going to die. It's how we die... We are expected to suffer to our very last dying breath which is unfair, it's cruel, it's inhumane.' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
West Country assisted dying campaigners call MPs vote 'inhumane'
Terminally ill people in the West Country say they will continue to campaign for assisted dying.
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Sarah Collins @sarahelizacollins.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Please share amongst your network of new writers!
Prospect is looking for new voices who are prepared to work really hard on their writing. If you are interested, please email me at sarah.collins@prospectmagazine.co.uk with a single link to your best piece of writing. 

I don’t care where you have published your work, and I am not interested in prestigious bylines. I simply want to see one example of your writing style, whether that is on your own blog or Substack, for a student paper, in a zine, or anywhere else. And I am explicitly seeking new voices: if you are already writing professionally, this is not one for you—please pitch our usual inbox instead.  

Due to the volume of emails we usually receive at Prospect, I will only consider submissions that follow the exact format below—if you send me more links, or a CV, I will not consider your email. 

In the subject line: New Voices: Your name 

In the email: One single link to a piece of writing you are proud of. 

Unfortunately, I will only be able to reply to writers with whom I would like to discuss a future paid writing opportunity. If you don’t hear from me this time, please don’t be discouraged!
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Allan J @allanj69.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Thanks for the vibes. Same back to you.
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Here’s a great ep of Humanism Now, with Shay Leonia of American Humanist Association, talking to James Hodgson. Like many people, Shay hadn’t heard of humanism but suddenly realised it named the values she'd held all along. The same happened to me! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
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"Am I a Humanist?" Shay Leonia on Discovering Humanism in Public
Podcast Episode · Humanism Now · 23 August · 37min
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Allan J @allanj69.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Oh. I don't think I'd try those.
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Allan J @allanj69.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
It’s important to support local businesses
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Allan J @allanj69.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I cancelled most subscriptions. I’m now creating a list to do what you do.
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Allan J @allanj69.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Get round to getting that one day
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Allan J @allanj69.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Which platform/app is it on in the UK?
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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Thank you, Graeme Reid (UN Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity) www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel... @iesogi.bsky.social
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UK: Revised Code of Practice risks institutionalising discrimination against transgender and gender-diverse persons, warn UN experts
GENEVA – UN human rights experts* today warned that the UK’s revised Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions, and Associations, in force as of 5 August, may place transgender and gender-divers...
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Allan J @allanj69.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
There’s only one way to test that
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Allan J @allanj69.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
It’s like watching a load of little Patrick’s running around a pitch yelling at each other
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Allan J @allanj69.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Its Bin day. Put the rubbish out.
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Allan J @allanj69.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Is he hoping to get his supply direct ?
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Allan J @allanj69.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
That’s a big nope to the hate chicken
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Praṇay Manocha @pranman.com · 07/07/2026
With other parties confirming they're not fielding candidates in the by-election, Clacton now has the chance to do the funniest thing.
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Allan J @allanj69.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
that'll be an interesting addition (all is good here)
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Stop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Our excellent friends at @goodlawproject.org are *suing* Ofcom over its abject failure to enforce its rules with Rupert Murdoch's Talk TV: "Instead of keeping hate and misinformation off our airwaves, Ofcom is allowing TalkTV to serve as a megaphone for dangerous, far-right rhetoric":
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Force Ofcom to stop TalkTV broadcasting misinformation and hate | Good Law Project
Ofcom is letting Rupert Murdoch’s TalkTV poison public discourse with transphobic lies and fake climate news, so we're taking the regulator to court
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Allan J @allanj69.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Manc A Lago
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Allan J @allanj69.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
shift the comms unit there too - try to break the Westminster media bubble
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Chris Dillow @chrisdillow.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
If the state has the capacity to control who uses toilets, then it should have the capacity to attack the agents of hostile foreign powers who are inciting racist riots. And if it doesn't, then it is not fit for purpose.
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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 09/06/2026
“I mean, your society’s broken… Should we blame the rich, powerful people who caused it? No let’s blame the people with no power & no money & these immigrants who don’t even have the vote, yeah it must be their fucking fault.” —Iain Banks died #OTD, 9 June, 2013 www.theguardian.com/books/2013/j...
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Iain Banks: the final interview
Iain Banks died last Sunday, just before the publication of his final novel The Quarry. Last month he talked to Stuart Kelly about writing, politics and all the things still left to do . . .
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Ciaran Martin @ciaranm.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
In the course of today, His Majesty’s Government will do both of the following things: - moan loudly about X and blame it for the grotesque scenes in Belfast; - create huge amounts of content for X to monetise To govern is to choose.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 20/05/2026
“Project 2029 is only the latest example of a lobby group funded by dark money putting out rightwing talking points under the guise of education. It’s time for the Charity Commission to stamp out partisan propaganda outfits abusing their status as charities.” goodlaw.social/hgtk
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Rightwing think-tank launches plan to ‘reshape Britain’
Policy Exchange is already under investigation over political bias, but they’re launching a campaign to shift the UK to the right
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
The Daily Star have bought another lettuce 👀
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 12/05/2026
An investigation by the New York Times has found the Israeli government spent at least $1 million on Eurovision vote promotion campaigns over the past two years - and that the campaign likely earned them the top spot in several countries’ televotes jrnl.ie/7037548
jrnl.ie
How Israel spent $1m pushing Eurovision votes – and how it probably worked
The investigation found coordinated advertising and social media campaigns urging viewers to vote multiple times for Israel’s acts during the past two contests.
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WG Saraband 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇹 @wgsaraband.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
There are now more transgender MSPs now than there are Joanna Cherrys, a win for us all
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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
"In 1854, when a US magazine used the phrase 'climate changes', they couldn’t have imagined that this would be one of the most pressing matters facing the human race in 2026." Michael Rosen explores the history of the word "climate" in our latest edition:
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In a word: Climate
The latest from Michael Rosen's column on language and its uses
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Over the years of his unfortunate relevance I have sought in vain to find Nigel Farage defining what he likes about this country - and it’s astonishingly difficult to do – which is weird really because he is without a doubt the most influential and best known English nationalist of our era.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
It's a good night to read this excellent piece, on the Orban regime's network of financial support for the nationalist right in Britain. For many on the radical right, the tills are about to stop ringing. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/orbans-brits
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What happens to Britain's radical right if Orbán loses?
Inside the money, power and patronage connecting Hungary and the British right
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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Populism is a fundamentally dishonest form of politics, that attracts fundamentally dishonest people. It is a tissue of lies that validates the darkest prejudices, and covers up the most blatant greed and corruption. It generates wealth for the few, and suffering for the many.
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born miserable @bornmiserable.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
“manosphere” “mantasy” THESE ARE ALL NAMES FOR GAY CLUBS.
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terrible towelie @terribletowelie.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
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Allan J @allanj69.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
most mornings
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Allan J @allanj69.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
I always preferred Hounds of Love (the song) to Running Up That Hill. But an honourable mention also to Hammer Horror, which I always liked but got a boost one year when it was played at a club at Halloween and me and about 3 other people knew it enough to dance to it.
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Allan J @allanj69.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
so they learned all the wrong things typical
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Allan J @allanj69.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Thankfully I mostly work from home, so not a major thing for work. But, that's the station I use to go see my parents. & I wanted to go visit this weekend. We'll see how quickly it takes to open the station again. Its a dreadful thing to have happened though.
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Allan J @allanj69.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
I may have to go
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Allan J @allanj69.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Time to bring the Tower of London back into full use.
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Kamella Tate ❌👑 @kamellatate.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
My kind of SportyGuy! "Team GB skier Gus Kenworthy has launched a blistering attack on US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers by urinating the words 'Fuck Ice' on the snow just before the start of the Winter #Olympics." #FuckIce @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
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Winter Olympics Team GB skier targets ICE with graphic message written in snow
Team GB skier Gus Kenworthy has launched a blistering attack on US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers including a message written in the snow
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Allan J @allanj69.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
if they do a sugar free version then I need them to release it in Scotland
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Allan J @allanj69.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Love me an Opening Ceremony #WinterOlypics
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Allan J @allanj69.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
He is. He's at pains to remind us all, at every opportunity, that he's a top.
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Allan J @allanj69.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
It'd be funny if they sacked her too, for not having sufficient regard to HR approaches.
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
This LGBT+ History Month, pick up a celebration of queer history like you've never seen it before. To truly understand who queer people are today, we must confront the twisted tales of the past. 30% off as part of our @lgbthm.bsky.social promotion until 28th Feb. @sachacoward.bsky.social #booksky
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Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
www.glasgowbell.co.uk/cca-closed-w...
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Inside the final days of the CCA
Shock resignations, ‘absent leadership’ and an 80% drop in cash on hand. What happened?
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George Hahn @georgehahn.com · 30/01/2026
As consumers, we have tremendous power. My friend @profgalloway.com has provided a very simple set of tools. RESIST and UNSUBSCRIBE: www.resistandunsubscribe.com
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Resist and Unsubscribe
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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Poverty is deepening. 🔎 Our #UKPoverty2026 report was launched this morning. People in very deep poverty now make up the biggest group of people in poverty, at 6.8 million people. This is unacceptable for the fifth richest country in the world, and it has consequences.
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Allan J @allanj69.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Not really bothered until Tim Cook is dropped
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