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Jillian

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 1h
NEW: We are one! The @thenerve.news is celebrating its first birthday today!!! With the news that we are financially sustainable!!! THANK YOU so much to the many, many people who helped us get here. Your support is everything! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 pressgazette.co.uk/news/the-ner...
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The Nerve reaches 5,000 paying subscribers in first year
Newsletter-led newsbrand from ex-Observer journalists now said to be financially sustainable.
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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 3h
If you're having trouble visualizing 57 men ignored an attack on another human, this might help. 57 people is 11 basketball teams + 2 5 football teams + 2 A school bus full of children Four 12-person felony juries, plus nine people. That's how many men failed to help this poor woman. #Cornell7
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 1h
From 2023 to 2026, Google Earth's updated satellite imagery shows what's left of Gaza. The images reflect what Human Rights Watch has already found: Israel has caused deliberate, widespread destruction throughout Gaza ⤵️
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Jillian @bookworm17.bsky.social · 1h
We need more men calling out misogyny, willing to stand with women, and take action. goodlawproject.org/s/748822
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It’s time for men to speak up - and act | Good Law Project
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 1h
The new case everyone’s talking about isn't an isolated incident. From Cornell to the London School of Economics, universities are failing women and protecting predators. We need to break the silence. Add your name👇 👇 👇 goodlaw.social/u6dj
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Dr Pauline McGonagle @pgmcgonagle.bsky.social · 1h
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Israel violates Gaza ‘ceasefire’ 5,147 times, kills 1,421 Palestinians as Smotrich reiterates genocide plans
In the absence of any concerted effort to stop the Israelis, the killings continue with total impunity, with no end in sight.
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 2h
A Scottish councillor has moved more than 3000 miles away, to Africa, without telling his constituents
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Scottish councillor moves 3000 miles away without telling his constituents
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Double Down News @doubledown.news · 3h
“THEY ARE NOT TELLING US THE TRUTH”: Lowkey Exposes RAF Fairford Cover-Up
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“THEY ARE NOT TELLING US THE TRUTH”: Lowkey Exposes RAF Fairford Cover-Up
The RAF Fairford Footage They Want To Ban — THIS EXPLAINS EVERYTHING!
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dr nicky imrie @njimrie.bsky.social · 3h
The AIDS Quilts Memorial exhibition is open until Sunday 4 October Glasgow Tramway. Check out @rosswhytemusic.bsky.social contribution of oral histories gathered @ourstoryscotland.bsky.social combined with his own music. ⤵️
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 8h
THE POLICE GAVE UP At 5am this morning, after over 150 arrests on terrorism charges and a stand off that lasted over 16 hours, Mersey Police left a group of eight people outside the Labour Party Conference still displaying their “terrorist” signs. defendourjuries.net/press-releases (27/09/26)
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 10h
This is so very funny youtu.be/SHUvSffmLIQ?...
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Most TV is Just This Now
YouTube video by Michael Spicer
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The IMEU @theimeu.bsky.social · 21h
Two authors are suing Los Angeles over the LA Public Library’s cancellation of a Read Palestine Week event meant to share Palestinian stories. Libraries censoring authors who write about Palestine sets a dangerous precedent that we must oppose.
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‘Dangerous precedent’: authors sue LA library over cancelled Palestine event
City of LA faces free speech suit after public library officials scrapped two writers’ Read Palestine Week book talks
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 8h
"Why are you crying?" "I am fed up" "From what?" "Life" Emir Nader: "Laras father was killed last year whilst searching for food.. UNICEF says nearly all children in Gaza require urgent mental health & psychosocial support"
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Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · 5h
Really recommend this!
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GVVT Bridgeton @gvvtbridgeton.bsky.social · 5h
This Weekend at Bridgeton! Over 100 buses and coaches, fire engines, lorries, Museum Archive, model bus displays, trade and memorabilia stalls, Clippies Cafe, Wee Happy Shop, driving simulators, free city centre shuttle buses & tours gvvt.org/events
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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 6h
Join us TOMORROW for a big rally outside Palantir HQ (📍Soho Square, London) at 6pm 🗣️ www.amnesty.org.uk/issues/inter... 3/3 🧵
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People vs Palantir – International Day of Action
On Thursday 1st October, patients, NHS workers and activists across England are taking action to say NO to Palantir in our NHS. Join a local action near you!
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Love Glasgow Hate Racism @lghr.bsky.social · 6h
Time to book those tickets! 🎟 ow.ly/ab5I50ZSZxz
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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 6h
🚨 BREAKING: Destroyed Palestinian ambulance unveiled outside Palantir HQ this morning with NHS workers protesting against Palantir’s links to Israel’s ongoing genocide. 1/3 🧵
DESTROYED PALESTINIAN AMBULANCE UNVEILED OUTSIDE PALANTIR HQ
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Pete Apps @peteapps.bsky.social · 7h
Breaking: the Met Police has submitted charging files to the Crown Prosecution Service resulting from its Grenfell fire investigation. The files cover 54 individuals and 20 companies and cover charges including fraud, misconduct in public office and manslaughter
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 6h
If Palantir are so trustworthy, why are they intimidating anyone who criticises them? www.thenerve.news/p/clive-lewis-tom…
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'We're watching you': MP Clive Lewis reveals Tom Watson has warned him over criticising Palantir
In a letter to his former Labour colleague, the peer, who joined Peter Thiel's AI company this month, writes: ‘You have made the case against the company more or less continuously'. By Carole Cadwalladr
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 8h
Richest 1% of Britons owns more wealth than the bottom 70% of the population combined. 50 richest families hold more wealth than the poorest half of the population combined. The concentration of wealth in fewer hands has not provided the necessary economic stimulus. Need redistribution.
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This is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardship
Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population
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The Glasgow Bell @glasgowbell.bsky.social · 7h
16-25 year olds we're giving away free subscriptions for The Bell🚨 To claim now just click the link below and get one before they run out! All you need is your ID and if you know someone in the 16-25 year old age bracket, send this to them! www.glasgowbell.co.uk/postcode-lot...
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Claim your free membership
Postcode Lottery is funding a free one-year membership of The Bell for readers aged 16 to 25, as part of their commitment to strengthening communities and supporting local journalism. Verify your age…
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 9h
"In the past 24hrs 10 Palestinians have been killed.. the number is expected to rise" Hind Khoudary reports on Israels latest attacks in Gaza, including on a tent housing displaced people in Al Mawasi, a woman asleep in her house in the middle of the night, & someone fishing for food
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 9h
Time to join the Pheasants’ Revolt… DEFRA have launched a Call for Evidence on the environmental & animal welfare impacts of the gamebird industry. If you care about this, PLEASE submit evidence - this @wildjustice.bsky.social blog tells you how: wildjustice.org.uk/defras-call-...
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Defra’s Call for Evidence on gamebird releases; what exactly is it asking for? – Wild Justice
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 9h
"Raseel was sleeping in her tent in Al Mawasi.. when witnesses say she was hit by an Israeli attack.. her 9 year old sister was killed.." Part of a report by Emir Nader on a 6 year old Palestinian girl, Rassel.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 10h
"This is the situation we live in, insecurity, poverty, [economic] strangulation, beating, torture" Mustafa Barghouti describes the impact of living under apartheid in the occupied West Bank.
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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 10h
"This? Oh, this is the _last_ client who mentioned ChatGPT in my presence." Happy Feast of St Jerome to all who translate.
St Jerome, by Lucas van Leyden (1521). A bearded chap pointing at a skull while wearing a very meaningful expression.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 10h
Here’s the moment @labourlewis.bsky.social read out the letter at a fringe event at Labour conference hosted by @the-citizens.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/the-...
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 10h
It’s pretty nuts. Tom Watson’s very first intervention in his new job at spytech firm Palantir is to write a letter to his former colleague @labourlewis.bsky.social detailing all the times the firm has monitored his anti-Palantir activities
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 11h
NEW: ‘It’s an implicit threat’. Lord Tom Watson of Palantir writes to one of its biggest critics -Labour MP @labourlewis.bsky.social - to tell him the surveillance firm is watching him. www.thenerve.news/p/clive-lewi...
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They’re saying: we’re watching you’: MP Clive Lewis reveals Tom Watson has warned him over criticising Palantir
In a letter to his former Labour colleague, the peer, who joined Peter Thiel’s AI company this month, writes: ‘You have made the case against the company more or less continuously’. By Carole Cadwalla...
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Jules or Τζουλς 🕊️🍉 @katsikajules.bsky.social · 11h
When will our politicians be held accountable for their actions which have devastating and immoral consequences on others. Novara media Michael Walker questions Yvette Cooper over her decision to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 11h
@zackpolanski.bsky.social asks, why is the govt reducing arms sales to Israel, we should be ending them completely.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 11h
@zackpolanski.bsky.social highlights the absurdity of Keir Starmer claiming his greatest legacy as PM was scrapping the two child benefit cap
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12h
Deloitte paid its UK-based partners £1.125m. Firm has 784 equity partners. Due to self-employed status of partners, employer national insurance (ENI) is not paid on profits shared. 150,000 ENI avoided on every £1m of profits shared. Billions lost across the country. Must end this privilege.
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Deloitte UK advisory arm rebounds to growth as new boss insists AI 'can’t replace lived experience'
Big Four giant Deloitte's new UK boss, Darren Graves, insisted AI “can’t replace lived experience” as the firm's advisory arms return to growth.
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Marwood @andmarwood.bsky.social · 11h
The energy price cap is going up *again*. Meanwhile, Ofgem posts pointless junk like this instead of properly protecting consumers. #OfgemIsCorrupt
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Jules or Τζουλς 🕊️🍉 @katsikajules.bsky.social · 11h
The children in this video along with thousands of others were killed by the on-going Israeli bombardment in Gaza. No words can ever convey the horror of what we have done 💔
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
BREAKING: Israel snatched an American teen from his West Bank home in the middle of the night — just days before his birthday and during his critical national exams. He's now been held for 3 months, with no charges. Netanyahu just came to the US for the *eighth* time since Trump took office.
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First Draft: Israel Has Kidnapped Another American Teenager
Abdalkareem Issa Ahmed Safi has Texas roots but languishes in a notorious jail, one more victim of Benjamin Netanyahu’s cruel impunity. Donald Trump, meanwhile, is losing some of his most ardent fans.
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 21h
Over 540,000 people have been deported since the start of the second Trump administration in January 2025. This has had a devastating impact not just on those detained, but on the children left behind. Human Rights Watch spoke to many parents in the aftermath of their deportations. Read more:
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Children in Anguish as US Immigration Arrests Surge
Teresa M., a 30-year-old Guatemalan woman, had just left home for her job manufacturing cabinets when she was stopped by Alabama police in June and asked about her immigration status. A colleague was ...
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Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social · 21h
Take note. Several universities cited.💡
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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 21h
Join the Empire Club: Unlock the full Empire experience – with bonus episodes, ad-free listening, early access to miniseries and live show tickets, exclusive book discounts, a members-only newsletter, and access to our private Discord chatroom. Sign up directly at empirepoduk.com.
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 22h
Three train stations in Scotland have been named in the UK’s top five as part of a new national study
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Three Scottish train stations named among five of the best in UK
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h
Roses are red If posts aren't loading and you're asking why
User reports show problems with Bluesky
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Charles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 23h
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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Did not realize my route would take me past this building but I guess I'll take the opportunity
Me giving the finger to the Trump building in Chicago
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Saltmarket from Bridgegate, Glasgow, 1868-1871, photo by Thomas Annan (National Galleries of Scotland).
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Scottish Refugee Council @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Would you like to experience a curated menu which showcases the best of both African & European Cuisine? Join us for an exclusive Chef-led fundraising event celebrating Nestor Masudi’s remarkable journey from child refugee to working in London’s top Michelin starred kitchens. 🎟️👉 ow.ly/fvPa50ZSJUM
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Child Poverty Action Group @cpaguk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The PM’s thinking about the long term is crucial but action is also urgently needed to remove millions of children from poverty now.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 29/09/2026
The government said they were wrong on how they handled the genocide in Gaza. But with over 160 arrests outside the Labour conference, it's hard to believe they're going to change … Is this a policy shift, or is this just damage control? 🗳️🇵🇸 Defend our right to protest 👇 goodlaw.social/aiar
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NevereverDave.bsky.social @nevereverdave.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Interesting #BethRigby says the #IFS say had that inflation or 2.5% been all there was the treasury would be richer right now by £9 billion. Worrying indeed. So longer term pensioner poverty may well return in years following 2030. Next generation then eh #Andy #SkyNews abuzz.
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Black folks don’t hang themselves from trees.
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