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Ciara Brown

@ciarabrown.bsky.social
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Irish. Teacher of English and Politics. Passionate about all things books, edu, travel, all things sea-related. And also politics! Here to learn. Happy to be here & happy to reconnect with many tribes.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The response he deserved.
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Dem Senate Nominee Epically Calls Out Jesse Watters After Watters Asks If He Thinks It's Ok To 'Slash A Ding-A-Ling Off'
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Supertanskiii @supertanskiiii.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
We need to replace the grim reaper with a woman IMMEDIATELY. In the meantime, protect David Attenborough at ALL costs.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I didn’t realize that possession of a guillotine was illegal in DC. bsky.app/profile/macf...
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 26/08/2026
Meta will have to change as a result of today’s landmark settlement—but not as substantially as critics might have hoped, @kait.bsky.social writes.
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Meta’s Day of Reckoning
Instagram and Facebook will be radically different following a landmark settlement.
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
This is our future, ad infinitum…. For as long as we are dependent on fossil fuels and have deranged tyrants like Trump in charge, starting unnecessary wars they can’t finish.
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Arbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
If Dolly Parton can gift 20million books a year to children, why can’t Amazon, Apple and Microsoft do something like this??
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 26/08/2026
This is a really special feature on our co-founder Jordy, our story, and our new book, WTF America?!, from Pittsburgh City Paper. “We’re not striving for neutrality in a political landscape that demands moral clarity.” Give it a read:
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Pittsburgh’s Jordy Meiselas and MeidasTouch are fighting for journalism, and democracy itself
The Pittsburgh-based Meiselas and his two brothers have built a following of millions in just six years.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
My grandma died of pancreatic cancer and, as I recall, it's one of the swifter, more devastating forms of cancer. She was gone within a couple months of the diagnosis. This is absolutely incredible.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
This is important too from @thenerve.news. If you read that viral news piece from one anonymous student reproduced in Unherd, Times & Telegraph & pumped out as FB/Insta ads, you need to read this. What Professor Jason Arday's students actually thought: www.thenerve.news/p/jason-arda...
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Students remember Jason Arday: ‘People would say how much they were looking forward to his classes’
A viral article by an anonymous student suggested the academic was a “terrible” teacher. Undergraduates at Durham, where he taught between 2019 and 2022, tell fellow alumna Michaela Makusha that their...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/02/2026
AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."
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John Hurley @john-hurley.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
First post in a while. This one about the new Leaving Cert. john-hurley.com/2026/01/26/t... #speirgorm #edchat #edchatie
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The New Leaving Certificate – This Is Big
Across the country, secondary school teachers are engaging in CPD to prepare for the new Leaving Certificate. The new specifications for subjects are being introduced over a series of five tranches…
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Mark Goodrich @markgoodrich.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
I feel like I say this every week but it was just another great and fascinating episode. @adamboxereducation.bsky.social and @amymayforrester.bsky.social - congratulations on a great term of podcasts! (PS - can you get Liz English on this platform. Loads I would like to ask her!)
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
So everyone on Team MAGA has ended up on Team Genocide & Team Paedophile. Hard to fit all that on a baseball cap…
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Richard Littlejohn wrote about fly-tipping in yesterday’s Mail, today Boris Johnson turns his attention to a bus driver sacked for beating up a thief. Anything, literally *anything*, to avoid addressing the now utterly undeniable shame & humiliation of their pathetic cheerleading for Donald Trump…
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2BRing2 @2bring2.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Electing Nigel Farage would be like electing Donald the pedophile to a 3rd term! Please don’t!!!!!!
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Humphrey Jones @humphreyjones.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Nice summary John … #edchatIE
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Major Epstein update: Survivor told FBI Ghislaine Maxwell “presented” her to Trump and made clear she was “available.” More major documents relating to Elon Musk, Howard Lutnick, Steve Bannon, and more. I have the latest. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
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Major Epstein Update: Survivor Told FBI Maxwell "Presented" Her to Trump and Made Clear She Was "Available"
Good evening, everyone.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Huh. This entire administration is an Epstein Island afterparty.
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Canada is bigger, stronger, and more prosperous when we’re united.
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 31/01/2026
I endured the Melania film so you don’t have to – my only regret is not buying popcorn so one of my senses was entertained | Caitlin Cassidy
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I endured the Melania film so you don’t have to – my only regret is not buying popcorn so one of my senses was entertained | Caitlin Cassidy
‘Everyone wants to know,’ Melania says at the beginning of the two-hour extravaganza – but do we? It’s Friday afternoon at Hoyts on Sydney’s northern beaches, and the atmosphere is horrific. I am here to see Amazon’s $75m “documentary” on Melania Trump, which has already been condemned as a flop ahead of its release. When I arrive, I panic for a second that I have the time wrong. There are no Melania posters anywhere and the screening is tucked into the back bottom corner of the large movie theatre, like the weird leftover table at a wedding. Continue reading...
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Jan. 31, 2018: Paul Weiss Chair Brad Karp wrote, "I'm planning on coming" to a dinner with Epstein, Michael Wolff, and Miroslav Lajčák, but notes that he had to be on call with Citi's Audit Committee at 8:00pm. www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
To:
Jeffrey Epstein[jeevacation@gmail.com]
From:
Sent:
Wed 4/25/2018 1:30:36 PM
Subject: Brad Karp DID have dinner with Miro on Jan. 31, 2018
I show Brad Karp DID come to dinner on Jan. 31, 2018 w/Miro and Michael Wolff (as long as he truly did make it-I did not hear otherwise)
Wed. Jan. 31, 2018 NY
7:000m DINNER w/President Lajcak, Brad Karp and Michael Wolff (Pres. Lajcak:
(Brad
) (Michael
Begin forwarded message:
From: "Karp, Brad S".
Subject: RE: Jeffrey Epstein
Date: January 31. 2018 at 3:17:57 PM EST
To:
Cc: "jeffrey E." <jeevacation@gmail.com>
Hi
I'm planning on coming.
The problem is that I was just asked to make a presentation, telephonically or by video
conference, to Citi's Audit Committee at 8 pm.
Would it be appropriate/possible to come by at 6:45 and stay an hour -- or would that be
disruptive.
I'm so sorry; this just came up.
Brad
Brad S. Karp | Chairman
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
1285 Avenue of the Americas | New York, NY 10019-6064
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 30/01/2026
A judge has ordered the release of Twin Cities independent journalist Georgia Fort this afternoon, rejecting the U.S. government’s claims that her allegations constitute a crime of violence that necessitate keeping her detained.
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Live: U.S. opens civil rights investigation in Alex Pretti’s death
President Trump labeled Pretti an “agitator” after new video showed the Minneapolis man clashing with federal agents.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
This Epstein drop is HUGE and utterly disgusting. I don’t see how this man is allowed to remain in office. Where are the evangelical leaders, the soccer moms, the folks stocking up on eggs, the farmers, the small business owners. Decide. Who are you?
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Interesting …
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Portland, Maine www.pressherald.com/2026/01/30/l...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Whoa!
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
It's clear Trump is a deranged nutcase. At which point, it is no longer about him but about everyone still surrounding and supporting him. It is those people who need to be in the dock at the eventual 'Nuremburg trial'.
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Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Rep. McGovern: Well, he said a lot of crazy shit today. I think it’s time to take the keys away from grandpa. He doesn’t seem like he’s all there.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Carole Cadwalladr, "We cannot rely on the US for our security" Zack Polanski, "Brexit was party sponsored by Putin because he wanted to weaken Europe"
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Pippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
NEW: NEW: Standards commissioner finds Nigel Farage committed seventeen breaches of MPs code of conduct. He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
It's funny. I never thought watching a gibbering lunatic burn the world down would be so boring.
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 21/01/2026
please refer to your Davos phrasebook www.ft.com/content/ab4f...
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 21/01/2026
OPINION: After World War II, the U.S. contributed generously to the relaunch of the European economy. It also massively influenced new democratic institutions in the nascent European Community. Maybe now it’s Europe’s turn to defend these values — and that means taking action.
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This is what the EU’s trade bazooka was meant for
Having for once been prescient in endowing itself with a policy instrument in line with the times, it would be irresponsible for the EU to give up just because the coercion at hand comes from the most powerful country in the world.
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Blue-Eyed Samurai @blue-eyedsamurai01.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
UK Parliament should revoke Kushner's travel access to Britain, along with any intelligence they may have until the public know EXACTLY what these slimey assholes are doing.
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Trump son-in-law Kushner, envoy Witkoff plan to meet Putin in Moscow, Bloomberg reports
White House envoy Steve Witkoff and U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner are seeking to travel to Moscow to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesda...
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sedleybryden @sedleyb.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Oh the irony... Honest Bob, wounded by his failure at getting the top job, now wants us to believe his Damascene conversion Prepare for Zahawi & Jenrick jostling for position, elbowing out Tice & Farage Could be fun #ToriesGone to Reform #NeverReform #WeDidntVoteForThis
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/01/2026
damn -- CNN put together a video of Kristi Noem claiming ICE officers are "highly trained and skilled" and "gifted" alongside to a clip of them beating someone nearly to death in Minneapolis
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
President Trump refuses to say that the US will not engage militarily with NATO partners over Greenland
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Simple thing: the states are subordinate but separate sovereign powers in the US constitutional system. They have robust powers to self-govern and resist criminal and unconstitutional infringement from a corrupt, renegade federal executive. Tell the Feds to bring it.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Well, this is no good.
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 17/01/2026
Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests,
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A new survey reveals negative attitudes to Reform UK Ltd
Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests, provoking negative reactions
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 17/01/2026
The tech industry has a lot to answer for and we may run out of lamp posts.
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‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit...
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Phil Burrows @supergm.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
And yet the UK gov doesn't join. Wild
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17/01/2026
A federal judge asked the Trump administration to consider issuing a visa to Any Lucia López Belloza, a freshman at Babson College in Massachusetts, who was deported to Honduras in November in what the judge called a “a tragic (and preventable) mistake.”
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Judge Recommends U.S. Issue Visa to Student Who Was Deported in Error
A federal prosecutor apologized this week, saying an ICE officer made a “mistake” in deporting Any Lucia López Belloza, a college freshman in Massachusetts, to Honduras.
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EUwatch 🇪🇺 @euwatch.live · 17/01/2026
There are 290 days until the Midterms, 1025 days until the next theoretical Presidential Election, and 1099 days until the next optional Inauguration Day. Midterms progress: █████▒▒▒▒▒ 55% Presidency/Regime progress: ██▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ 26% Until Next Inauguration : ██▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ 24%
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Tracking Trump – everything that’s happened in the president’s first 100 days
Follow major developments of the second Trump administration’s first 100 days, brought up to date weekly
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Everything is just so bizarre and stupid
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Ben Tonra @bentonra.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Whether Tr*mp is mad, bad or most likely both… The US now poses an active threat to the sovereignty, security and safety of Europe and needs to be dealt with accordingly.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 14/01/2026
The muted response to the undressing of women and children by Elon Musk’s Grok is the latest symptom of a culture of impunity—and a chance to address that culture head-on, @cwarzel.bsky.social and @matteowong.bsky.social argue.
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Elon Musk Cannot Get Away With This
If there is no red line around AI-generated sex abuse, then no line exists.
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
A few tips for a more pleasurable experience here… Curate your own feed by who you follow but also don’t hesitate to block anyone who is rude or upsets you. Bluesky’s ‘nuclear block’ will remove them from your mentions so your followers will benefit too.
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