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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 5h

My son went shopping by himself and bought nice clothes but too big. He was digging in about not bringing them back until I told him he looked like Kris Kross and showed him the video for Jump and now he's bringing the clothes back.

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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 6h

I think people are amazing

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 6h

The fact that a few friends and family members of the president just kinda wander the world soliciting billion-dollar bribes ostensibly to "end wars" is a real "it would all be very unpopular if you could convince people it was happening" sorts of deals

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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)

President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...

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Liz Webster 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺 @lizwebster.bsky.social · 13h

Truly vile. At a public event, Mike Graham mocked Andy Burnham’s father for having Alzheimer’s, less than three weeks after Roy Burnham died and apparently on the day of his funeral. Just the lowest of the low.

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Alom Shaha @alomshaha.bsky.social · 8h

Of course it’s 88 feet long.

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Jacob Aron @jjaron.bsky.social · 9h

There is no such thing as a synthetic AI focus group, just a machine that tells you what you want to hear

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Ally Lester @cogenthippo.bsky.social · 11h

Look! Some good news!

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Viv Schwarz @vivschwarz.bsky.social · 11h

Where, and I'm asking that as a Brightonian, did they do this survey

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 18h

It’s ironic -or maybe deliberate in some cases- that so many of the thugs in riots have, themselves, a history of domestic violence. Not protecting women and children but increasing “A constant state of fear, and adjusted living and working, is just part of our everyday life now.”

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 18h

“Far from tackling violence against women, far-right activity has actively disrupted frontline women’s services – and ultimately left victims more vulnerable.” Including services aimed at providing protection against domestic violence. www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...

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‘Fear is part of our life now’: women’s groups thrown into disarray…

Anti-immigration protestors are disrupting services aimed at those they claim to protect

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Viv Schwarz @vivschwarz.bsky.social · 11h

All trying to work out how they averaged the food cost to over a fiver considering how many of the incidents must be "a chip".

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Mike McTimoney @miketually.bsky.social · 11h

Sounds a bit like the 'fact' that coconuts kill more people per year than sharks, which was based on stats from one hospital in a coconut growing region then extrapolated to the whole planet.

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Susan DuBose @houseofbast777.bsky.social · 13h

"Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whisky bottle in the hand of another..There are just some kind of men who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results." #Booksky

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Petra Boynton @petraboynton.bsky.social · 12h

6 years ago I wrote a book on academic wellbeing, based on my 20 prior years experience campaigning for research safety. Join me at 3pm (BST) on 06.10.26 to talk about building communities of care and academic solidarity. Please share widely and tell me what you think I should emphasise in my talk

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 13h

You'd think that the Democratic party would be making hay over their opposition's biggest donor fighting to let his bot keep making revenge porn.

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Candice Holmes @candiceholmes.bsky.social · 17h

If the UAE is really threatening billions over Manchester City, that’s exactly the kind of political influence that demands scrutiny. When wealth and power get special access, ordinary people deserve accountability.

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Alom Shaha @alomshaha.bsky.social · 13h

This is what happens when people who think they’re clever but actually are really not, do maths

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 13h

It creates a massive inequality around them where everyone is dependent, few are prepared to be honest with them, & on the rare occasions someone is they don’t have to accept it. They can have relationships with other super-rich people, but those people are just as messed up as they are

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 14h

This is one of the (many) reasons I believe societies should structure their tax systems to prevent people from becoming billionaires. It’s bad for society & it’s also extremely bad for them. Many of the super-rich are totally messed up because they can’t trust anyone & they’re right, they shouldn’t

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 14h

Jared Kushner is one of the blandest people I've ever seen. Apart from the insidious vibe, he seems to have no distinctive character whatsoever. This is a guy who's obscenely rich and still can't overcome the impression of being a vaguely malevolent shade of magnolia.

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Kim P @kimep.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Can't say how much I love this. As a child brought up in poverty, I didn't own a book until I was 11 yrs old. Mum valued education. Took us to public library every week. Dad was functionally illiterate. School libraries were great, too. Books have been central to my life. Share the joy if you can x

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 17h

Anyway, it's 2026 and there are people, in public, saying with their full chest that we shouldn't have fought Hitler and I don't know what you do about that without a set of politicians made of something a bit firmer than slime.

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Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 15h

I don't believe in the Great Man Theory of History, but I'm becoming increasingly convinced by the Giant Asshole Theory of History.

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Richard Smyth @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

GET YOUR BESPOKE CROSSWORDS HERE. Do you know someone who'd love a themed crossword puzzle as a birthday or anniversary present? You almost certainly do (in this country you're never more than 10 feet away from a #crossword geek). People seem to like 'em. richarddsmyth.com/custom-cross...

A gorgeous array of marvellous themed crossword puzzles at an irresistible price.

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Tade "Will Eat Your Heart in the Marketplace" Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 16h

They could have simply read Mary Wollstonecraft: "But, the welfare of society is not built on extraordinary exertions; and were it more reasonably organized, there would be still less need of great abilities, or heroic virtues." (A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, ch.4)

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Jacob Aron @jjaron.bsky.social · 16h

Nuclear power www.niauk.org/france-runs-...

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Nicolas Chinardet @zefrog.eu · 17h

The government needs to take as serious look at the radicalisation of older people on Facebook (mostly) as it does at the dangers of social media for young people

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Tade "Will Eat Your Heart in the Marketplace" Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 16h

Hi! Suggestions for Roman mythology books for kids, please? Must be a physical book. Can't be AI.

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Ben McKennaaaargh @benmckenna.bsky.social · 16h

Thing is, this isn’t about any deeply held conviction like ending an occupation or stopping another great injustice. Sarah’s just supporting this guy because he’s the sort of dangerous nutter that will vote for Nigel or Rupert. That’s the really dangerous thing.

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Jeff McMahon @jeffmcmahon.bsky.social · 16h

You’d think most people would stop at one

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Alom Shaha @alomshaha.bsky.social · 16h

Been for a run. 10k. Good time. In the park. Feel a bit better.

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Gail Davies @gailfdavies.bsky.social · 18h

On behalf of his daughter, thank you. I wrote a letter to my father in my 20s detailing every instance of casual then culturally acceptable sexism I experienced growing up, asking him to consider its cumulative effect, explaining how his views sustained it. I ended up apologising for upsetting him 🤷‍♀️

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Sarah May @sarahmay1.bsky.social · 18h

While I understand why you think anger isn't constructive, these guys need to see that saying things like that makes people angry. Of course they won't change their mind in the discussion, but imagine if they got the natural anger from everyone they pull that stunt on. Maybe they'd reflect some.

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Richard Smyth @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social · 19h

Sorry to hear about this mate. I am still not comfortable enough with you to reveal this.

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Softsoulcomplex @softsoulcomplex.bsky.social · 19h

This. I get it on a slightly different angle because I am disabled. I get 'free stuff' apparently. If they want my conditions, disabilities and all the associated costs and irritations to get 'free stuff', go right ahead! I too tend to get angry rather than explaining, so I empathise somewhat....

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Ali B @alic.bsky.social · 19h

A man of my acquaintance once got ragingly offended by the use of "give me the confidence of a mediocre white man" as a joke. Spent days insisting it was sexist/racist despite best attempts to explain concepts like privilege and intersectionality to him. He got pandered to in the end 🙄

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Alom Shaha @alomshaha.bsky.social · 19h

Still thinking about this. It’s 4th time in the past decade where a well-off white man I’ve made (sort of) made friends with gets comfortable enough with me to reveal that they hate the idea that people like them are somehow “privileged” and don‘t understand all the “fuss” about racism, sexism, etc

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A view of national/ethnic identity predicated on intra-group unity and intergroup incommensurability is literally and inherently racist. It is also a pervasive outlook with a long history, which means that many people have internalised it. Including those it most harms.

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The same British state ruled the UK and Mauritius for 158 years, but the two territories took very different "development" paths. This was not enlightened colonial generosity. This was exploitation. Exploitation justified by the same racism that Braverman has internalised and is now regurgitating.

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

Maple Sky Artist Josy Britton

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Alom Shaha @alomshaha.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Actually quite shaken up by this experience. I left telling him that he had non-white kids and a daughter and if he wants to be the dad he thinks he is, he needs to do some thinking about his views on the non-importance of racism and misogyny.

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Alom Shaha @alomshaha.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is the kind of white guy who needs one of those brown / black people who’ll be his mate and say “yeah, you’re right, racism isn’t that big a deal”. Plenty of them in politics apparently.

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Alom Shaha @alomshaha.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I am *such* a nice guy that racists get comfortable enough with me to start racisting

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Alom Shaha @alomshaha.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Just had a very distressing conversation with a former policeman, dad to mixed race kids, who complained about having “DEI shoved down my throat“ and I should really trust my instincts about these guys. Horrifying meeting IRL the kind of privileged white guy who thinks he’s the victim these days

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Alom Shaha @alomshaha.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The problem is there are too many of these dudes and they are still mostly running the western world

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Alom Shaha @alomshaha.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I may have used the same voice / tone / gestures I use with students who disappoint me.

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Alom Shaha @alomshaha.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Incredibly proud of my youngest brother who exemplifies what people living with disabilities can accomplish with appropriate support. He’s been very lucky and I wish we could make sure all people got what they need to flourish. Here he is talking about his hobby as a DJ

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Shalim Ali: music and arts give us all a chance to express ourselves

Sharing music through being a DJ brings people together, allows me to enjoy myself and recharge, and gives me a break from the serious demands of work

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