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Caleb Ranson

@calebransonwriter.bsky.social
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Writer / Showrunner / Producer. TV & film. Created/written Night & Day, Around The World In 80 Days, Ordinary Joe, Bring Back Alice and lots of other stuff you might not have heard of 😊 theagency.co.uk/the-clients/caleb-ranson/

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Caleb Ranson @calebransonwriter.bsky.social · 5h
The new Prime Minister is writing a "10-year plan" for the UK. The arts & culture MUST be part of it. I've signed @campaignforthearts.org's petition urging @andyburnham.bsky.social to revitalise the arts – to revitalise the whole nation 🌱 Join me: www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/10-year-plan/
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Prime Minister – put the arts in your 10-year plan for the UK | Campaign for the Arts
Sign our petition urging the UK Government to build a country where the arts are available from childhood, accessible to all and thriving everywhere.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 23h
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 26/09/2026
Josh Babarinde MP: "Our volunteer lifeboat crews. These are people who put their lives on the line for us" 👏 "Anyone who should get in their way is pathetic, unpatriotic, and un-British. We're a country that prides ourselves in bringing people together."
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Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 24/09/2026
guys please stop falling for this, this is not “rogue AI” it’s “environments with lax cybersecurity controls”
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Concern? How about arrest the f*cker?? Cripes. If you or I hacked Medicare, the AFP would bash down our doors. AI does it? Oopsies! I am concerned! www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Anthony Albanese says OpenAI agent hacked Medicare and he expressed ‘extreme concern’ to Sam Altman
Prime minister says he told chief executive he was disappointed it had taken company ‘way too long’ to inform government of breach
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Elise Thomas @elisethomas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If an individual did this, we'd treat it as a crime. We should treat this as a crime too, and hold OpenAI liable for what its models, under its supervision, did. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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OpenAI agent hacked Medicare portal, PM says
Anthony Albanese says he has spoken to the Open AI chief executive to express his concern about the incident and the length of time it took the tech company to inform the government of the breach.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 22/09/2026
YouGov’s latest poll shows that 628 constituencies want to rejoin the EU. Only 4 don't. It’s time to talk about EU membership. bestforbritain.org/uk-membership-mo…
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/09/2026
Crush the arts (Kennedy Center), destroy the civil service (DOGE), control elections (gestures broadly), dismantle the press (gestures more broadly), decimate science (NIH), and demolish education (DeptEd). The authoritarian playbook.
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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Replacing television and film with Whatever All This Is has gone so well. The bright future that the disrupters came up with (a version of having a very big hard drive of indifferent content you can’t navigate and don’t value) has worked about as well as it did for music. We’re all so much poorer.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Obama: “Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps. You’re laughing, but this is what’s happening. It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent right now would have tolerated behavior like that from me.” Clip courtesy @meidastouch.com
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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
HE'S CENSORING THE MEDIA. THIS IS STRAIGHT OUT OF THE AUTHORITARIAN PLAYBOOK.
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 19/09/2026
The Kennedy Center crowd is singing America The Beautiful. This is what democracy looks like.
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Nicola Kelly @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I have spent weeks shadowing the RNLI and I can tell you, they do it out of nothing more than compassion. Wrote about the heroes I've met over the years in this free-to-read post. nicolakelly.substack.com/p/the-rnli-a...
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The RNLI aren't traitors; they're heroes
I have spent weeks shadowing lifeboat crews. Here's what they do and what it's like.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Heads up: The Russian government has been targeting Americans with covert online disinformation operations seeking to undermine public confidence the midterms — using a familiar playbook in an attempt to inject chaos into the voting season, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
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Russia Aims to Inject Chaos Into Elections, U.S. Intelligence Finds
The Kremlin is once again seeking to undermine confidence in American democracy with online influence campaigns, U.S. officials said.
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Caleb Ranson @calebransonwriter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/s...
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Jack Thorne warns some fellow scriptwriters are using AI ‘to cheat’
Adolescence co-writer criticises government inaction and calls for laws banning secret use of AI to generate scripts
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Trump promised in 2024 he would deliver a "brand new economic boom". Two years later, his economy is crumbling under record high debt and inflation. He's running the country like he ran his businesses — right into the ground.
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How Trump Killed Every Business He Touched | Robert Reich
Let’s set the record straight: Trump is not a “successful businessman.” He is, objectively, a business failure.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Thinking about how a girl at Christian summer camp asked me if my dad was in Al Qaeda and I got in trouble for asking if her dad was a Klansman bc “her question was understandable”
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
If you would like to add your voice to tens of thousands of people thanking RNLI volunteers for their work, 38 Degrees have organised this open letter to express public support (at a time when a hateful fringe have been intimidating & abusing RNLI volunteers) act.38degrees.org.uk/act/rnli-tha...
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An open letter in support of the volunteers and staff at the RNLI
This is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th...
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Ilikecaketoo (UK) @ilikecaketoo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Disgraceful that the RNLI have to say this today, but here we are 😞. If you would like to donate👇🏻. rnli.org/support-us/g... #RNLI #RNLISavesLives
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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
#Denmark built so much wind that some blustery hours the turbines out-produce what the whole country is using. When that happens, the extra power doesn’t sit idle. It moves through Denmark’s links into the wider European network and heads to neighbors like Germany, Norway, Sweden. #ActOnClimate
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Alastair Meeks @alastairmeeks.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Free speech latest.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
What a loss. Such a huge, American talent. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/a...
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Cassandra Wilson, Star Jazz Singer, Dies at 70
With a low and smoky voice, she conjured the blues tradition of her native Mississippi in both her own songs and in covers.
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Just ‘Steve’ 💙 @steveplou.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Remember not long ago when Google said they were going to close up shop in China, pull their apps, shut down their office, and recall employees? All because they were not going to tolerate censorship and cyberattacks. Fast forward to today and they caved over renaming a lake.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
CLOONEY: “I support @MarkRuffalo’s ability to speak freely. We’re not going to ban free speech. That’s part of how a democracy works. I like him. He’s a good man.” www.instagram.com/reel/Dcygpzp...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/09/2026
There’s a word for this… www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Israel ‘seeking Trump’s support for plan to expel Palestinians from Gaza’
Defence minister says he believes US backing could tip regional balance in favour of forced resettlement
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Reminder that any political party trying to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message: they can't win on their ideas alone. www.propublica.org/article/mail-vot…
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
A heartbreaking tragedy. Driven by racism and cruelty. Historians looking back on this shameful period will wonder how this was allowed. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/spring…
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Haitian student dies by suicide after ICE issued him an ankle monitor
Pierre Damas Bel, 20, of Springfield, Ohio, expressed feeling “shame and humiliation” at having to wear an ankle monitor
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
That is an incidence rate of… 0.00547% The voter fraud allegations you’ve been sold are blatantly and provably false.
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Caleb Ranson @calebransonwriter.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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The datacenter backlash is bringing the entire political spectrum together – against big tech billionaires
The movement against datacenters is uniting Americans because they perfectly illustrate how a few individuals hold all the power to control decisions that affect our lives
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 30/08/2026
The smoking gun evidence in the hush money trial that convicted Trump on 34 felony counts included a $50K payout to Red Finch Technologies. Red Finch artificially boosted Trump's polls. Just making sure no one forgets Trump has been fixing the polls for a decade.
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Just when you think you couldn’t love David Byrne more he goes to the Hollywood Bowl playing "Life During Wartime" projecting ICE raids 🔥
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Caleb Ranson @calebransonwriter.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
It’s shocking how water companies have gotten away with polluting our waterways with sewage. 319,000 of us have signed the petition demanding an end to the sewage scandal. Will you sign too? Thank you. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
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End the sewage pollution scandal
It’s shocking how water companies have gotten away with polluting our waterways with sewage. That’s why more than 319,000 of us have signed the petition demanding an end to the sewage scandal. We’re...
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TonyHQ @tonyhq1985.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Do as I say, not as I do.
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Caleb Ranson @calebransonwriter.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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RFK Jr lied in Senate confirmation hearings, newly revealed documents indicate
Letters obtained by Guardian and AP contradict testimony that 2019 visit to Samoa had ‘nothing to do with vaccines’
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DaughterOfDefiance @z-buck.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
And that folks, is how you do it.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Dolly Parton... -Gifted millions of free books to kids -Ensured musicians she worked with got union benefits -Helped fund medical research, including the COVID vaccine -Donated millions to communities hit by natural disasters -Quietly funded high school band programs We lost an incredible person.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Judge strikes down Texas ban on drag shows, tells people offended by them ‘just don’t go’
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Judge strikes down Texas ban on drag shows, tells people offended by them ‘just don’t go’
The federal judge, who cited Dolly Parton in his ruling, found that the state law violated the First Amendment.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Trump has made baseless claims that mail-in voting is “cheating,” “corrupt,” and “horrible.” During his bonkers primetime address in July he claimed, without evidence, that “mail-in ballots are inherently corrupt.” Utter horseshit. There is zero evidence of widespread fraud. Meanwhile...
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Tonight, the Empire State Building lights will sparkle pink at 9:25 to honor Dolly Parton. A global icon, her seven-decade career touched generations. She leaves a legacy through her Dollywood Foundation and Imagination Library, providing millions of books to children.
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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.
Sorry, I can’t type that.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/08/2026
The Empire State Building went pink at exactly 9:25pm for Dolly Parton. Because of course they made it 9 to 5. That’s how you honor an icon. 🩷
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
BREAKING: Two people have died of measles in Pennsylvania, the state's health department has confirmed. Both people were unvaccinated. They are the first such deaths in the U.S. this year, and the first in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 35 years.
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Two die of measles in Pennsylvania outbreak
The deaths are the first measles-related fatalities in the U.S. this year. Both people had not been vaccinated against the illness.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Reminder: Dolly Parton helped fund the Moderna vaccine for COVID.
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Dolly Parton, who helped fund the Moderna vaccine, gets a ‘dose of her own medicine.’ (Published 2021)
The country music star broke into song before she was inoculated, and urged her fans to “get out there and get your shot.”
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Snarkydoodle - #IAmAntifa🐸 @snarkydoodle.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Two unvaccinated people die of measles in Pennsylvania
Deaths from disease are first in state in 35 years and just one day after Maryland declared outbreak in three counties
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
GEO Group, the private prison corporation, secured two federal contracts with DHS worth more than $160 million each year. Weeks later, it donated $1.4 million to a Trump-focused super PAC. Cashing in on cruelty.
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Private Prison Giant Gave Trump-aligned Super PAC $1.4 Million After Landing Mega ICE Contracts
GEO Group made the donation weeks after securing two five-year immigration detention-center contracts expected to genera
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 25/08/2026
Devastated. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Dolly Parton, country music icon, dies at 80
Her death came after in May 2026 she announced she was canceling a Las Vegas show and said she’d been undergoing treatment for kidney stones for several years.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
He’s out of HIS MIND.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
First we had divorced parent Richard Tice saying that couples with children should be married. Now we've got divorced parent Matt Goodwin saying Reform will prioritise married couples with children. Who's up to mansplain marriage next? Henry the 8th?
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If you want to see how lost the UK has
become, look at how many journalists and
politicians are today opposing Reform UK's
very sensible policy of prioritising married
couples with children in taxpayer-funded
housing. These critics are not serious
people. England's birth-rate is 1.3.
Scotland's is 1.2. If we do not support
British families that have children then we
are done. We will simply not survive as a
country. This should not be controversial.


Vote Reform
Put British families first.


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@Loudmouthkid62 @loudmouthkid62.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton, Queen of Country Music, Dies 80 Source: Variety #RIPDolly We will always love you. variety.com/2026/music/n...
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Dolly Parton, Queen of Country Music, Dies at 80
Dolly Parton, considered by many to be the all-time queen of country music, and star of movies such as '9 to 5,' has died at age 80.
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