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Mary Carson

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Curious, opinionated watching. London by Derry | Have previous @guardian @BBC @Channel4 @Discovery @L_Sentinel | Producer MyFriendLanre | Handy with a camera |

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Mary Carson @carsonmaryc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Chris Bryant either taking a position or showing gross ignorance of Northern Ireland as it is today. It didn't matter what you called yourself any more. Identity was protected and respected til Britain forced Brexit on us And to leave McGuiness out of the list of peacemakers list is telling.
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Middle East Monitor @middleeastmonitor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Updated satellite imagery on Google Maps on Monday revealed the scale of widespread destruction caused by Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip. Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260928-sat...
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Mary Carson @carsonmaryc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Prosecutor reopens probe into Cornell gang rape allegations after accuser files lawsuit apnews.com/article/corn...
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Prosecutor reopens probe into Cornell gang rape allegations after accuser files lawsuit
A New York prosecutor has reopened an investigation into gang rape allegations at a Cornell University fraternity in response to a lawsuit.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
📌 ICYMI — Rupert Murdoch Flew Kemi Badenoch and Her Deputy to Mediterranean for Summer Trips Worth £12,000 — @josiahmortimer.bsky.social The Conservative leader and Alex Burghart MP held "off-site meetings" with the billionaire media mogul in August
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Rupert Murdoch Flew Kemi Badenoch and Her Deputy to Mediterranean for Summer Trips Worth £12,000
The Conservative leader and Alex Burghart MP held "off-site meetings" with the billionaire media mogul in August
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband told critics of Labour’s policy on Palestine: “We hear you. You were right.”
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"President Donald Trump suffers ego injury from mild-mannered Canadians, initiates geopolitical standoff with Canada and issues annexation threats" is a mid-tier South Park plotline from 2005 unleashed on the world
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Mary Carson @carsonmaryc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
FFS!
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404 Media @404media.co · 28/09/2026
Facial recognition is everywhere. It’s in surveillance cameras; it’s soon going to be in Meta’s RayBan pervert glasses, and some students modded did that. @josephcox.bsky.social spoke to NYT journalist and author @kashhill.bsky.social about what that means for us. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUFn...
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Beautiful everyday Ladybird things Before the blue Smartie Artist: Harry Wingfield (First Picture Book, 1970)
Photo-realistic illustration of a tube of Smarties with Smarties spilling out onto a white background 
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Mary Carson @carsonmaryc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
All of this
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Mary Carson @carsonmaryc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Pissed that Restore canvassers failed to ring my doorbell. I have soooo much I would like to say and soooo many questions.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Corporations spend more than $1.5B a year on union-busting. That’s $1.5B they could have spent on higher wages, better benefits, and improving workplace safety. Remember: if they weren’t so scared of worker power, they wouldn’t fight so hard against unions. Kudos to these Autozone workers.
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Mary Carson @carsonmaryc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Young people being out into subsidised jobs that fill holes, no talk of taxing the Uber rich, threatening the one benefit that actually works to get people in work - PIP - & no account taken of the impact of AI! Same old, same old. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Healey signals welfare reform push and new apprenticeships scheme
Chancellor sets out measures to support jobs and growth in Labour conference speech but vows fiscal discipline in budget
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Mary Carson @carsonmaryc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
There is a solution to this. The Orange Order realises the gross insult of even thinking about marching down this road and sticks to it's alternative route. Traditions change. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Police block Orange Order from controversial parade route
They had been unable to make the permitted parade on Sunday morning because protesters had gathered on the mainly-nationalist Garvaghy Road.
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Mary Carson @carsonmaryc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
There the Tories go again with their feckless people rhetoric. This is disgusting, classist snobbery at its worst www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Tories would prevent long-term jobless spending benefits on alcohol and cigarettes
The proposals would also see benefits cut for people who are able to work but have failed to hold down a job.
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Mary Carson @carsonmaryc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Shit just for real. We are past the red flag stage. Governments have to step up. This is still self regulation - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Anthropic boss Dario Amodei calls for AI development to slow down
The call comes amid growing concerns that AI models may become able to inflict serious damage worldwide.
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Mary Carson @carsonmaryc.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Tell me this why do the bond markets only get jittery when public spending goes up but think financing debt ridden private AI projects a good thing. Make it add up. Tax the Uber rich. Am done with this stupidity. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Burnham tries to calm bond market fears as sell-off threatens crucial first budget
Prime minister promises his government will make decisions ‘grounded in fiscal responsibility’
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 01/09/2026
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., renewed his push late Monday to release more of the government's investigative files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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𝕃𝕒𝕦𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕄 @biglarry2k23.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I doubt we’ll ever see war break out with two opposing armies in identifying uniforms , rolling across battlefields in heavy armour.. it’s going to be by stealth and deception, using infiltration, hacking and terrorism type tactical operations.
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Mary Carson @carsonmaryc.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
#RIPHelch www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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HRH Helch: the graffiti artist who left an indelible mark on high-rise Britain
He upset Queen Elizabeth II, defied the developers and had to scrap for every inch of graffiti space in a gentrified, urban landscape
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The Verge @theverge.com · 01/09/2026
Flock cameras and other automated license plate readers must be removed from state highways within 30 days. www.theverge.com/tech/987353/...
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Florida blocks Flock cams on state highways
Flock cameras and other automated license plate readers must be removed from state highways within 30 days.
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Middle East Monitor @middleeastmonitor.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
WHO warns of deteriorating water quality, rising disease risks in Gaza ahead of winter
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WHO warns of deteriorating water quality, rising disease risks in Gaza ahead of winter
The World Health Organization on Tuesday voiced concern over the deteriorating water quality and the disease risks rising with it in Gaza ahead of the upcoming winter, Anadolu reports. “What …
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404 Media @404media.co · 01/09/2026
Simon Weckert designed digital camouflage as a response to the proliferation of AI-powered surveillance cameras that detect people, vehicles, animals, bicycles, and other objects in their field of view. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports. Read now: www.404media.co/this-digital...
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 01/09/2026
Provisional Met Office data shows this summer was the hottest ever on record. Thousands of deaths due to dangerous heat. Crops destroyed by drought. Homes threatened by fires. Labour must not approve Rosebank or Jackdaw in this new climate chaos. No new oil and gas.
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 01/09/2026
Who are the people behind hate networks, and who funds them? On Thursday, Bellingcat researchers will explore methods for mapping personnel and financial connections, focusing on how these networks enable organised hate groups to operate across borders. Join us live: discord.gg/bellingcat?e...
Mapping Hate Networks Across Borders, Bellingcat Stage Talk , Thursday 3rd of Sept, 5pm CEST/11am EDT discord.com/invite/bellingcat
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Spain's Pedro Sanchez says Russian and Israeli networks helped spread disinformation over the deadly migrant crisis in Ceuta, while denying Moroccan involvement:
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Spain’s Sanchez blames Russia, Israel for Ceuta disinformation
Spain’s Pedro Sanchez says Russian and Israeli networks helped spread disinformation over the deadly migrant crisis in Ceuta, while denying Moroccan involvement
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Mary Carson @carsonmaryc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Moratorium until ways of doing this responsibly with local communities. The speed and scale of this build is all to do with profit, rents & Nvidia chips. Think of the chemical legacies of 1970s plastic production & then think again www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... #datacentres
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‘Never seen this level of objection’: Scotland pushes back against datacentre boom
Holyrood ‘inching towards moratorium’ amid concerns over massive proposed developments in Auchtertool and beyond
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Nialler9 | Niall Byrne @nialler9.com · 25/08/2026
Denise Chaila announces first Irish tour nialler9.com/denise-chail...
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Denise Chaila announces first Irish tour | Nialler9
Denise Chaila brings the An Seo Tour to fruition this October, sharing a message about the upcoming dates, which are:
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Mary Carson @carsonmaryc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The same is true of the mental health system for young people. No transition. You're on your own. This is appalling - ‘He was left on his own’: the care-leaver lives lost to a system that abandons them at 18 | Social care | The Guardian share.google/uQK0AvE45Fl1... #careleavers
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‘He was left on his own’: the care-leaver lives lost to a system that abandons them at 18
One-fifth of deaths of those in care occur at 18, in what experts call a ‘care cliff’, as vital support is lost
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Mary Carson @carsonmaryc.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
@bylinetimes.bsky.social doing the journalism nobody else bothered to do. They joined the dots. The rest are complicit. This is the establishment in motion. Obsequious to power, weak and devoid of ethics. bylinetimes.com/2026/08/18/t...
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The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday
The media's coverage of the academic's life was fuelled by the campaign of an established far-right network
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 18/08/2026
UN peacekeeping force recorded an average of 137 projectiles fired daily in the region over the last two weeks.
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Civilians paying price as Israeli military raises stakes in Lebanon: UNIFIL
UN peacekeeping force recorded an average of 137 projectiles fired daily in the region over the last two weeks.
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Mary Carson @carsonmaryc.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Tens of thousands pay tribute to Jason Arday at Trafalgar Square vigil
MPs, friends and campaigners gathered to remember former Cambridge professor after his death on Friday
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Mary Carson @carsonmaryc.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1
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Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Alan Stedman @alanjstedman.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Well, who'd have thought Toby Young and James Orr would be lurking somewhere in the background
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Mary Carson @carsonmaryc.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-invisi...
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The Invisible Women
We're here. You just can't see us. And that's a problem for you, not us
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Paul Harkin @paulharkin.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
A moment of profound shame for academia and self-righteous integrity barons. #jasonarday #rip According to Sayre's Law, academic politics are so vicious precisely because the stakes are so small. This seems cruelly inaccurate today. We need to be kinder to everyone.
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Jason Arday found dead after resigning from Cambridge over plagiarism claims
Academic was pronounced dead at his home in south London after police called to address after 3pm on Friday
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 26/06/2026
“This book is both social history, but also fundamentally a critique made in good spirit” Read our interview with Symeon Brown. 👇
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Symeon Brown looks at the aspirations of the Black middle class with his new book
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Mary Carson @carsonmaryc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Go buy The Good, The Black and The Boujie.
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Mary Carson @carsonmaryc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
And still out leaders do nothing. Israel deliberately starting wildfires in southern Lebanon, firefighters say www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Israel deliberately starting wildfires in southern Lebanon, firefighters say
Emergency services, residents and environmental groups say military dropping flares to destroy forests and crops
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Fiona Harvey @fionaharvey.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
A handy guide to ten things Andy Burnham could do right now to safeguard climate, environment, people and vital national infrastructure www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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From grey water to cool spaces: 10 climate crisis policies Britain needs right now
Rejecting North Sea drilling licences and protecting nature are just some measures Andy Burnham must implement to ready country
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Darren Carver @dazza1639.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Eclipse from #Manchester earlier this evening taken with my #seestarS30 #Eclipse #Astrophotography #Space #MoonHour
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Mary Carson @carsonmaryc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
As long as this pattern recognition system - I refuse to call it intelligent, it's not, yet - remains in the hands of private, unregulated, money mad men (mostly), it will take, take, take. The technology isn't the problem. #AI
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Mary Carson @carsonmaryc.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Don’t despair about what’s happening to our planet. That’s what they want you to feel www.theguardian.com/membership/2...
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Don’t despair about what’s happening to our planet. That’s what they want you to feel
There are social tipping points when the seemingly impossible suddenly becomes inevitable. Good journalism plays an essential role in helping drive these shifts and shows us how real change can happen
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Mary Carson @carsonmaryc.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Anyone suggested the data centres switch off yet? No? I'll wait www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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UK weather live: Burnham to hold Cobra meeting on ‘national emergency’
Southern Water pushes for rare drought order banning filling of non-domestic swimming pools
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Keith Purtell @keithpurtell.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Fund for lynched black woman…. www.gofundme.com/f/help-honor...
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Donate to Help Honor Tasia Fortune, organized by Etta Avolio
Tasia Fortune was a beloved daughter, sister, and friend whose passing has left her family devast… Etta Avolio needs your support for Help Honor Tasia Fortune
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 07/08/2026
This is incredibly disturbing. The number of cases in Mississippi alone of Black people who met their deaths in dubious/highly suspicious ways, only for authorities to shrug it off and do a piss poor job if investigating...there are so many names
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Tasia Fortune Identified as Woman Found Hanging in Tree Behind Vacant Jackson Home
The woman whose body was found hanging from a tree behind a vacant Jackson, Mississippi, home is 29-year-old Tasia Fortune, the Hinds County Coroner’s Office said.
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Mary Carson @carsonmaryc.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Good ‘I’ve definitely lost followers’: influencers face backlash over Meta ‘pervert glasses’ content www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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‘I’ve definitely lost followers’: influencers face backlash over Meta ‘pervert glasses’ content
Using ‘spy glasses’ made by Facebook owner leads to floods of negative comments, say content creators
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