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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

2015: Global condemnation of ISIS executions on YouTube 2026: And we go live to Pete Hegseth with this week's live stream of a firing squad.

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Hugo Clement Reporting for Quotidien

ALT: Hugo Clement Reporting for Quotidien

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

A shadowy network of hedgehogs and owls, operating at the highest levels of the British establishment.

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The Fossil Files Podcast @thefossilfiles.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Did mammals evolve live birth more than once?! New fossils discoveries from South Africa and Argentina reveal some cute Triassic mammal babies, one *in ovo* and one captured in histology. So where DID mammal babies come from? 👶🥚🦡 1/2

a, photograph of the specimen; b, 3D digital reconstruction of the segmented bones; c, live reconstruction by artist Sophie Vrard.

"Triassic Mothers," a life reconstruction of a group of Chiniquodon theotonicus individuals, a pregnant female (left) as well as a female (right) breastfeeding few, relatively large neonates. Credit: María de los Ángeles Miceli Baro.

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

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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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

GB News exists only to drive the UK further right and radicalise the elderly and unwary, who get sucked in with 1980s daytime TV stars and nostalgia, and drip fed fear, anger, hate to make them xenophobic enough to vote for a man like Nigel Farage who serves only himself and his rotten backers.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot

Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026

MLK said in TWO PLACES that the ultimate logic of racism and segregation was the genocide of the segregated. I feel like folks intentionally forgot this extremely basic fact for the sake of political expediency.

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

“I want to draw your attention to another reality: Right now, the US economy & our financial futures are riding on Silicon Valley's bet that Al will soon be immensely profitable… that bet isn't looking good. The formula for a profitable business isn't complicated: make more than you spend…“

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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

What's important is how the image is perceived and how they were poised to have deniability of what they were trying to say without saying it. That image is VIOLENT. Highly recommend "The Unseen Truth: When Race Changed Sight in America", by Prof. Sarah Lewis, art & cultural historian at Harvard.

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Sarah Lewis on Ways of Seeing Race in America

“When it comes to the unspeakable facts in the history of America, it's largely the artists who've been willing to show us what others would not,” the art historian said in an interview with Hyperalle...

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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This was intentional. alt-text: Converse ad showing a woman wearing a white cotton dress holding a pair of black Converse sneakers. A shadow on her dress suggests a KKK hood and frames the sneakers as a person "hanging". She is standing on a 5 pt white star surrounded by 3 pairs of black sneakers.

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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

You know what isn’t a “legitimate concern”? Feeling enraged about migrants living near you, women rejecting your advances, trans people using a public toilet, gay folks holding hands on the street. You know what is a “legitimate concern”? Rampant racism, misogyny, homo/transphobia. Just saying.

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I've done a deep-dive on the Harborne and Delo mega-donations over the weekend, and whether they may have to be handed back From my reading, a lot of unlikely things have to be true at once for the two £36m 'gifts' to be allowed once the (retrospective) Representation of the People Bill becomes law

bylinetimes.com

Why Reform UK Could Be Forced to Hand Back Their £72m Donations From Crypto Billionaires

Christopher Harborne and Ben Delo gave a record £36 million each over the weekend to Nigel Farage's party, but a new law means they may have to take it all back

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Good THREAD: the war on trans people really is a class war. The obscenely rich against one of the most marginalized groups in the world.

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Abra / Jessica Conwell, Carmella Creeper's Gender Doula🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"The Transformers do not endorse the views of the President" okay, great, yeah, it's very normal that you had to say that. This is an ordinary world where things make sense. It's normal that I'd wake up to an official statement from cartoon robots denouncing the man who has the nuclear codes.

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

At least a couple of mathematicians are convinced that OpenAI is using their interactions with ChatGPT as the basis for 'original' work done by their agents. If true, it severely undercuts the idea that AI has *independently* made major progress on specific math problems (including Navier-Stokes)

Andreas Thom Candreasthom@mathstodon.xyz

Otristanbuckmaster 1/3 I want to record a number of points that I realized after reading up on the controversy. In fact it recalls an exchange I had with OpenAl after its non-sofic-group announcement. It exposes a serious, unanswered question about whether researchers can trust OpenAl with unpublished mathematics. I wrote in an email to Mark Sellke and Sebastien Bubeck shortly after the surprising finding of a non-sofic group using the methods of Kun and myself: "Another point is that | and a colleague in Dresden were discussing the expander matching problem and various extensions of the work with Gabor Kun actively over the last months with ChatGPT, so that we are of course curious if that was part of the training data or accessible to the reasoning process. There is a certain (frankly unacceptable) lack of transparency here; and I fear it will damage the communal process of math more than the new Al-generated results will benefit the subject." Mark Sellke's complete answer was: "Regarding your conversations with ChatGPT: that did not happen." I had explicitly asked about two different things: (1) whether our conversations entered training data, and (2) whether they were accessible to the solving process. The categorical answer now looks as though it addressed only direct access under (2). No such qualification, explanation, or evidence was given. I take this as dishonesty to say the least. OpenAl now says in the Buckmaster-Alpöge case that no specific user data was accessed, but adds that it "cannot rule out that de-identified data derived from their usage of our products helped improve our models." Sep 09, 2026, 11:09 AM • • • Web

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Otristanbuckmaster 2/3 OpenAl is drawing a distinction that its answer to me erased, despite the fact that my question explicitly made that distinction. We are not required to reverse-engineer OpenAl's internal training pipeline to establish what happened. Only OpenAl has the relevant data for that. If Sellke and Bubeck give a categorical denial, it must disclose the basis: product and privacy settings, relevant datasets and checkpoints, and what "de-identified data derived from usage" means. I disabled model training on 29 June. That control is still only a promise whose implementation users cannot audit, and it is prospective: it does not answer what happened to earlier conversations or to derivatives already selected. OpenAl's answer did not mention the setting or any account-specific check. There is also a mathematical parallel, though a less explicit one. The approach of Kun and myself was not the main line of attack on non- soficity, in fact there were other more promising approaches along the line of quantum games etc. OpenAl's detailed command of our techniques therefore made me wonder how the model found this route. If nonpublic research supplied by users improved a model and the provider then used that model to race those users to publication - without informed consent, disclosure, or credit - that would be ethically indefensible. De-identification may remove a name; it does not remove the intellectual content of a mathematical idea. Sellke and Bubeck seem to be blind to this simple moral aspect. Sep 09, 2026, 11:10 AM • • • Web Last edited Sep 09, 11:10 AM

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3/3 Sellke's categorical answer was, at minimum, unjustifiably broad and materially misleading; looking back it was plainly dishonest. Bubeck's acknowledged attacks and his attempt to exclude Alpöge from a proposed OpenAl-proof paper deepen the concern that there is a loss of moral compass. Taken together, this raises serious questions about their judgment and personal integrity. Sep 09, 2026, 11:10 AM • • • Web

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

90 years ago, Parliament responded to the rise of Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts by passing the Public Order Act, which banned political uniforms, private militias and the threat of force for political objects. The debates make very resonant reading today. Here's the Liberal Robert Bernays. (Short 🧵)

You cannot conduct a fair match when one side is playing with a ball and the other with bombs and, if democracy is to survive, it must be conducted according to definite and recognised rule. One of them is that no political party should resort to any weapon other than reason and argument. The introduction of private armies, as I see it, strikes at the root of democracy. I know it is contended that the Blackshirts are not armed and, therefore, are not an army, but I do not think that argument can be upheld. … Uniformed men in military formation suggest, and are meant to suggest, the idea of force. It is no argument to reply that at this or that demonstration no force is intended. It is an inescapable fact that a uniform in politics symbolises force, to be used either now or in the future.

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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Looks like Brexiteers 'Take back control' has become 'Take back control and give it to foreign billionaires who profiteer from UK violence and emergencies' meme via Bring back news to the UK

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Just Ryan Bridge from Raise the Colours at the Conservative Party Immigration policy launch while on multiple bails in multiple English counties including for wounding "Thank you to the Home Shadow Secretary, Chris Phelps for inviting myself and Siobhan down today" www.facebook.com/reel/1184777...

Screenshot of Chris Philip from the perspective of Ryan Bridge of Raise the Colours in the audience

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Facebook: RAISE THE COLOURS

Hearing the Conservatives, Shadow Home Secretary's new Immigration Policy and how they intent to implement this. This policy has been accepted by the Party+

Raise the Colours have the original copy of this policy from the Conservatives.

Thank you to the Home Shadow Secretary, Chris Phelps for inviting myself and Siobhan down today.

#illegalimmgration

#raisethecolours

#stoptheboats

#siobhanwhyte

#Immigrationpolicy

#chrisphilp

#standtogether

#MassDeportationsNow

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Dr. Jey McCreight 🏳️‍⚧️🧬 @jeymccreight.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I'm really relying on a little extra GoFundMe money to get me through this month's bills If you'd share with your networks who may want to help out a struggling trans science communicator, I'd deeply appreciate any extra support www.gofundme.com/f/help-trans...

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Donate to Help trans activist Jey McCreight recover from hate crime, organized by Jey McCreight

I am a transgender activist and science communicator who was v… Jey McCreight needs your support for Help trans activist Jey McCreight recover from hate crime

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ᚔᚅᚄᚓᚏᚈ ᚄᚉᚐᚏᚍ ᚅᚐᚋᚓ @ciara2001.eurosky.social · 30/08/2026

It's utterly heartbreaking that in the past two years trans kids have been so specifically targeted by Labour: Told they can't have medical treatment, only conversion therapy Told they are not allowed play sports with their friends Schools, even if they want to be supportive are not allowed to be

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David/Kung Fu @bigkungfudave.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Also, apparently, there have been 300 parkruns where a trans women beat a cis women. Since the event began. Over a million parkruns runs ago. Less than 0.03% of events. Anyway, let’s all wear pride flags at our next parkrun to show our support for the lgbtq+ community! 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈

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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

"My marriage ended because I refused to stop fighting for the rights of my wife" is an absolute hall of fame all-timer

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I think what I find really depressing about AI in higher education is how so many people didn't even wait for the evidence/research before we decided on telling students "how to use AI responsibly" which often includes things like checking grammar, and obviously, we shouldn't have been

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Kush @kksoodlaw.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Interesting fact: despite all of these countries functioning under common law legal systems, it's only the white countries' caselaw that is given any credence in each others' courts. This has uncritically been taught at law schools. Yet people wonder why decolonisation's imperative.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

At least in Terminator, the humans all eventually agree letting Skynet kill everybody was bad

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Cool, cool, I have a couple quick questions -- who's in charge of preventing food-induced illnesses right now and how good a job are they doing?

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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I know it's tempting to laugh and gloat about Milo falling victim to the very thugs he encouraged and the immigration crackdown he endorsed... So, go for it. No time like the present.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 28/08/2026

the leopards are really clear about one thing: they will eat your face

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The Onion @theonion.com · 27/08/2026

Lawyers Say Andrew Tate Rented Brother To Appear Loved Online theonion.com/lawyers-say-andrew-tat…

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The “fraud” allegation against Arday is gone. Regular “fabulist” is fading. What is left is his paranoid reaction to the two academics hounding him for three years — calling the police, engaging Carter Ruck. “Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you”

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I know it’s hard to watch all these beautiful things be carried away by time and see the wrong things growing in their place. But listen. Listen. We have to be the beautiful things now. It has to be us. It has to be us. Courage.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today.

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johnedwinmason @johnedwinmason.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

One more great thing about Dolly. She was a paid-up union member — American Federation of Musicians, Local 257, Nashville. And she had been for 58 years. www.afm.org/2026/08/afm-...

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AFM Statement on the Passing of Dolly Parton

Today, the entire community of professional musicians mourns the loss of an irreplaceable icon and a generous heart: Dolly Parton. While the world knows her as a global superstar and philanthropist…

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

cool things Dolly Parton did that you may not have known: a thread. supported families after the Gatlinburg fires:

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Amadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Remember that if you got the Moderna Covid vaccine, you have Dolly Parton to thank, she gave the largest individual contribution toward their research to make it possible.

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Benjamin Pope @benjaminpope.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

well trod path: a way to advance a stalled career is to torch your existing job in such a way as to get the attention of right wing culture warriors

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The Newromancer @tehsamantha.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Read through the article The only evidence of any scandal is people are being referred for surgery, which is a normal function of the WGS, and one mother doesn't like that her adult child is getting treated by the WGS That's it...

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professor tools for commensality (red scare edition) @inquiline.myatproto.social · 23/08/2026

this is why signing that letter is *only for marks and racists*. note the beliefs being attributed to signers, even the ones who insisting they signed for other reasons. you're being claimed as a team-member and you should have seen that coming

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I think this is a complete misread, actually. On the occasions she writes about things outside what she now sees as a salvation issue, it’s all firmly Milibandite. I think the real issue is that neither her nor Ian are actually very good at being self-forgiving. (Pointlessly long thread incoming)

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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The logic of this is that over on X people debate and duke things out and their views change, at least occasionally, in the direction of the people they are debating with. Which, as we all know, is absolute horseshit. Instead they tend to get more entrenched and more extreme, left or right.

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

“Some people have suggested this is the press’s “Milly Dowler moment”, [when] murdered schoolgirl’s phone had been hacked and sparked a public inquiry. But she was already dead. This is so much worse. Jason Arday was alive. And maybe he still would be. If it wasn’t for us.”

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Dire reporting from BBC which frames people seeking asylum as de facto criminals, along with a pretty patronising and derogatory booklet from the Home Office. This fairly obviously, as Reform's comments show, plays into a narrative people seeking safety are a "threat". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Asylum seekers told rape and harassment illegal in UK in new Home Office booklet

The nine-page booklet covers issues including respect in public, sex and consent, and gender equality.

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Mallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 21/08/2026

This is something that seems increasingly a problem in the NHS. Because of the effort by transphobes to stigmatise trans healthcare, normal doctors have been persuaded that any care intervention for us needs to be handled by specialists no matter what.

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

This is a disturbing development - not nonsense about immigration from an actual newspaper, but nonsense about immigration from a website falsely pretending to be that newspaper. One step beyond the false Guardian headline generator (which too many people were credulous about).

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This is a cracking piece by the estimable @drdeanburnett.bsky.social - do #follow him for the best commentary on such things.

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Mallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 21/08/2026

"it doesn't matter what you think of Cofnas or his work" here is misdirection intending to make you think this is a question of your opinion on Cofnas or his work, rather than the facts of Cofnas, his work, and his explicit intentions to use his attacks on Arday to create a white supremacist academy

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