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Recovering Louisiana logger. Norn Iron. Economics. Politics. Tech. Househead forever, at least until I die.

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Chris Shaw @chrisdshaw.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Oh dear @radiofreetom.bsky.social
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Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 30/09/2026
During Xi’s state dinner last week, UHRP joined Uyghurs, Tibetans, Hong Kongers, and supporters to march to the White House, raising our voices to make clear: the CCP’s human rights violations cannot be ignored. Thank you to everyone who marched and stood with us.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.
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Chris Shaw @chrisdshaw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
WTAF BBC News! Poor wee mite is only protecting his country 🤷‍♂️ 🤮
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Chris Shaw @chrisdshaw.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Suddenly David Willetts doesn't seem nearly so special
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CNN @cnn.com · 09/09/2026
"South Park" is changing its name in what is the latest satirical jab at the White House, following President Donald Trump's spree to rename a gulf, lakes and, most recently, even a state after "America." cnn.it/4gQR7VW
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 08/09/2026
Did Kent Police ignore Dover blockade 999 call? We can reveal the story that undermines the public statement of Kent Police. 🧵
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this.
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Chris Shaw @chrisdshaw.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Framing this as if Canada was the provocateur....Why are you doing this, BBC?
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Zanny Minton Beddoes, "You say things like: civil war in Britain is inevitable" Elon Musk, "On the current trends, yes" ZMD, "I live there, that is not true.. London is a much safer city than any city in the US"
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Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · 20/07/2026
Unless this “honesty” involves the recognition that immigrants are *not* the root cause of the UK’s problems *but* actually a part of the solution to them, this will be completely pointless. I cannot stress this enough. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Burnham to say UK must be honest about its challenges as he prepares to become PM
Labour leader will visit king to accept role on Monday and will start making cabinet appointments that afternoon
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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 15/07/2026
12/12 The full article is intended as both a forecast and an explanation of the method behind it. Please read it as a structured set of possibilities rather than a single prediction, and ask questions where the reasoning or assumptions need further explanation. #TheHormuzCrisis
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Iran-USA Scenario Analysis: From Maximum Escalation to Maximum Walk-Back | Ash Oro
Scenario analysis is one of the most common tools used in military planning, emergency management, intelligence assessment and commercial risk management, but it is often misunderstood outside those f...
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Chris Shaw @chrisdshaw.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Getting very awful The Say The Earth Caught Fire vibes youtu.be/IUFtgep9sj4?...
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The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961) Trailer | BFI DVD / Blu-ray
YouTube video by BFI
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 07/07/2026
Belgian team celebrating their win in the locker room.
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Belgian Red Devils @belreddevils.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Overturn this! 😎
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 06/07/2026
Infantino must go. No matter where it’s held, the World Cup belongs to the fans – not gangsters like Trump. We need someone who’ll finally kick corruption out of FIFA.
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CNN @cnn.com · 06/07/2026
Officials from the Nashville Zoo say a planned data center just beyond its perimeter could introduce constant noise, light and industrial activity that may disrupt the environmental conditions critical for the more than 3,000 animals that call the zoo home. cnn.it/4visczU
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Robin Wigglesworth @robinwigglesworth.ft.com · 05/07/2026
Even for FIFA — one of the most nakedly compromised organisations on the planet — this is incredibly gross. It remains a travesty that a game we love is overseen by an unashamedly corrupt clown show. www.football365.com/news/fifa-ap...
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Balogun ban suspended as FIFA bow to Donald Trump
United States striker Folarin Balogun got a straight red card but his ban is now suspended. What a surprise...
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Must read piece by Allison Arieff on how SF needs arts to thrive (and how little tech money is doing to support it) www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/arti...
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S.F.’s recovery is missing one of the hardest things to bring back
Opinion: Nostalgia can’t bring back San Francisco’s thriving arts community. New eras demand new approaches, writes columnist Allison Arieff.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
"Fourteen Years in Prison for Quoting Hamas? New Law Could Criminalise Journalists" Starmer is rushing legislation through parliament that experts say threatens free speech, reports Paul Holden for Zeteo UK. Read/share/subscribe:
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Fourteen Years in Prison for Quoting Hamas? New Law Could Criminalise Journalists
Starmer is rushing legislation through parliament that experts say threatens free speech, public interest journalism and international humanitarian aid.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 02/07/2026
BREAKING: We’re suing to stop Florida’s baseless designation of the country’s leading Muslim civil rights group, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, and its Florida chapter as “domestic terrorist organizations.” If the court doesn’t intervene, they’ll be required to shut down in the state.
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Chris Shaw @chrisdshaw.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
A worrying “All power to him” tone so in keeping with the modern CBS- I mean BBC- News From Truman's pension to Trump's billions - a White House windfall unmatched by any president www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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From Truman's pension to Trump's billions - a White House windfall unmatched by any president
Historians say Trump's $2.2bn income last year is unprecedented and blurs the line on conflicts of interest.
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Caitlin Moran @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Am racking my brain to think of ways we can all keep the pressure and heat on this story. Meta & Mark Zuckerberg - one of the richest men in the world - are putting unfathomable legal and financial pressure on whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams. Pretty sure most people are on her side - not their's
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Chris Shaw @chrisdshaw.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
JFC. This is the world’s biggest news story. Nothing else is important.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
TW ⚠️— CLARKSVILLE: “Hey man get the dog off of him!” An officer has been suspended “pending an internal investigation” after using a K-9 dog to bite an unarmed Black man for a full minute as they arrested him. More: www.wsmv.com/2026/06/30/v...
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 30/06/2026
“They’ve silenced her. “This is an attempt to punish someone who spoke the truth.” The "bizarre" moment @maitlis.bsky.social is forced to ask Facebook whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams to leave the studio.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Few people understand the scope of the powers UK governments have granted themselves, to criminalise us as terrorists for expressing an opinion. Fewer still understand how illiberal the Court of Appeal judgement is. But @davidallengreen.bsky.social does.🧵 www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
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What the Palestine Action appeal decision tells us about terrorism law
An already broad law is now matched with broad ministerial powers
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 28/06/2026
NEW STEWART LEE COLUMN It’s not been a great week for denying climate change. But the global far-right tried anyway! www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

“As London boiled in the record-breaking heat, the anti-net-zero ‘Alliance for Responsible Citizenship’ were in town. Let’s hope they remembered to hydrate”: Stewart Lee on climate change deniers
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Guy De Launey @guydelauney.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
That includes Warsaw and Prague as well as Western Balkans, Croatia and Slovenia. 13 countries between us. 6 weeks' notice for me, after a 32-year association. No severance, redundancy, words of appreciation or apology. But there's a lot of anger from my colleagues. www.linkedin.com/posts/guydel...
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Thank you to everyone who has sent messages of support over the past day. I have worked for the BBC for 32 years - 22 of those as a foreign correspondent on a rolling annual freelance agreement… | Guy...
Thank you to everyone who has sent messages of support over the past day. I have worked for the BBC for 32 years - 22 of those as a foreign correspondent on a rolling annual freelance agreement. Yeste...
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
sorry what?
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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The comments on this post 🔥🔥🔥. Deservedly. Apparently, Tim Shipman wrote this ridiculous piece.
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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
As we cheer on our Socceroos let’s keep cheering after the game in support of refugees and welcome! It’s #WorldRefugeeDay and our Telethon starts at 7am. You can donate on - line now at: asrc.org.au/telethon
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Chris Shaw @chrisdshaw.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
First time I’ve ever supported Australia #USAAUS
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
NEW What the Palestine Action appeal decision tells us about terrorism law An already broad law is now matched with broad ministerial powers The Weekly Constitutional at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
And last week it turned out the Court of Appeal was not happy either. In a rare move the bench was expanded to five, including the Lady Chief Justice and the Master of the Rolls. The strong bench below would be met with an even stronger bench above. And those five appeal judges unanimously sided with the government.

Their judgment is a depressing read from a liberal constitutionalist perspective. The judges defer to the home secretary on issues of national security in terms which it is difficult to imagine them ever not doing so on any proscription decision. The court as a check and a balance becomes illusory.

The impact of the proscription on the right of free expression is then waved away by saying that the protesters have the right to express support about other things. The judges even do some historically illiterate dabbling about the suffragette movement, in what would be howlers in an undergraduate history essay.

It is not an impressive judgment, but it leaves an impression. The decision is reminiscent of the notorious wartime judgment of the House of Lords in Liversidge v Anderson, which upheld illiberal detention powers, leaving Lord Atkin to famously dissent that his fellow law lords were “more executive minded than the executive”. The combination of this judgment with the government avoiding a direct parliamentary vote on the proscription showed that the law here has no meaningful checks and balances.
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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
i really don't think people are ready for how weird international politics are going to be in the next decade
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Chris Shaw @chrisdshaw.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Spain’s assets in US targeted by international investors during World Cup.
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Spain’s assets in US targeted by international investors during World Cup
Blasket Renewable Investments secures rights to pursue funds over dispute linked to ending of renewable energy subsidies
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Mr Halloween Name @willmill82.co.uk · 10/06/2026
Ed - write a final tweet, something like "We are no longer on X. For more information see @eddavey.libdems.org.uk and @libdems.org.uk on BlueSky.". Pin it. Leave account open but never post again.
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Take a stand - get off X. You never know, it just might do you and your party a world of good.
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Tariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
In his first interview since being kicked out of the US, FIFA referee Omar Artan tells’s the NYT’s Matt Bigg that the biggest dream of his professional life has been shattered. The World Cup ref was questioned for 11 hours, held in a cell and then dumped on a plane. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/w...
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Somali Referee Says His World Cup Dream Is Dashed After U.S. Denies Entry
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Possibly the pettiest loser government in the world. The US has withdrawn Iran’s allocation of World Cup tickets for supporters days before the tournament starts, Iran’s football federation said.
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Chris Shaw @chrisdshaw.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Excellent 👏👏👏
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Chris Shaw @chrisdshaw.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Incomprehensible
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Shona Murray @shonamurray.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
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Trump Walks Off Meet the Press Interview With Kristen Welker
An irate Trump pulled the plug on his Meet the Press interview Sunday — lashing out at Welker and calling NBC "a one-sided crooked network."
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Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 @marikamikiashvili.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
“Against Violence and Impunity,” today’s Saturday march states. #GeorgiaProtests Day 556, consecutive. 📷 MOSE
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 06/06/2026
Senior researchers at a meeting of the American Diabetes Association were handing out copies of an editorial, published in the association's journal, condemning Trump administration cuts to diabetes research. Police came to arrest them. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/w...
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Police Remove Diabetes Experts From Conference for Distributing Critique of Trump Administration
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Penny Stuart @lostindisco.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Sky's Cathy Newman on online abuse she's had since Reform UK interview over Henry Nowak case news.sky.com/video/share-...
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Sky's Cathy Newman on the online abuse she's had since discussing the Henry Nowak case
Since interviewing Reform UK's Zia Yusuf over the death of Henry Nowak Sky News presenter Cathy Newman has had death threats and misogynistic abuse.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
The absurdity of contrived BBC 'balance' on full display here. Apparently choosing not to politicise a tragic murder is somehow the same as choosing to do so.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
If you say "I support Palestine Action", they might put you in jail. If you incite a racist riot, they put you on the news.
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🍀🇮🇪🇵🇸🇱🇧
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Today I ‘interviewed’ Facebook whistleblower on stage at Hay…& she couldn’t say a word. Facebook took legal action to prevent her speaking. What pathetic, pointless vindictiveness. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Meta legal action forces Facebook whistleblower to sit in silence at Hay festival
Sarah Wynn-Williams did not speak during event after lawyers warned of possible sanctions from tech firm
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