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Clare Wenham

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readywriting @readywriting.bsky.social · 7h
Anyone have access to this article (or one like it) about wanting knobs and buttons and dials back in cars? www.forbes.com/sites/joshma...
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Knobs Returning To Some Automakers’ Vehicles, To The Relief Of Many
Auto companies are listening to the complaints of consumers, who want their knobs and buttons back.
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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The RNLI has said the abuse of volunteers in Portsmouth has forced it to close the lifeboat station there and stop operating since September 10. Nearby stations have been providing cover to the area instead. One of the UK's largest coastal cities without a lifeboat because of the far-right.
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Chris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"RNLI crew members had been forced to take their permits off their cars after their tyres have been repeatedly slashed. Most of them have been pilloried at the school gates or turned away from local pubs. One man who worked in search and rescue had been beaten unconscious and hospitalised"
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North East Bylines @northeastbylines.co.uk · 17/09/2026
Prisoners at HMP Kirklevington Grange, near Yarm, are building new cells and learning new skills at the same time | Peter Morris
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Prisoners turn builders to tackle overcrowding and prepare for release
Prisoners at HMP Kirklevington Grange, near Yarm, are building new cells and learning new skills at the same time
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Quiet Majority @majorityquiet.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"There was research in the 1980's.... the number one finding was that the first victim of an extremist or terrorist is the woman in his own home. We have forgotten that. We haven't built on that." So, we knew this already didn't we, but it nice to know there is actual research.
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Andrew Lewin MP @andrewlewinmp.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
We don't need to play by Elon Musk's rules. In the Commons yesterday, I commended Lisa Nandy on her decision to leave X and take DCMS off the platform. I left more than a year ago, for reasons that will be familiar to people on BlueSky. I would like to see the whole government follow her lead.
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Ben Schwarz @benschwarz.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Australia’s eSafety commissioner buried a report (released Friday afternoon) that shows the under 16 social media ban didn’t tangibly reduce teen social media use, and also resulted in parents tuning out of kids usage. We traded our privacy for no reason. theconversation.com/more-than-80...
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More than 80% of kids still using social media despite ban, new eSafety report finds
The report provides more evidence Australia’s world-leading social media ban isn’t going to plan.
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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This Neo-Nazi is attempting to target RNLI volunteers. The police have to act, and the Prime Minister should be making a public statement.
Neo Nazi attempts to target RNLI volunteers
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
One reason England does so well is our second generation immigrants outperform their peers which is not true in most OECD countries. We are also very good at integration. And it's v sad that this is never acknowledge in debates on immigration.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
📌 ICYMI: Lest we forget — the key roles of James Orr, Nathan Cofnas, Toby Young and the Free Speech Union in the persecution of Jason Arday One of this month’s most-read stories.
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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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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
📌 ICYMI: People keep on asking us if there is any connection between the persecuted Cambridge Professor Jason Arday, and the disgraced Reform UK policy head James Orr. There are many One of this month’s most-read stories.
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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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Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Farage's grinning response says it all. Every day Reform and its supporters reveal themselves for who they are and yet the media continues to treat them as just another normal political party.
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Seems the difference between ‘protestors’ and ‘terrorists’ is that protestors wear balaclavas while terrorists hold placards.
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
"champions of free speech" latest
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Mike @mikem51.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Barely mentioned on the news or in the media but every briefing reported as fact with no factual checks.
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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Is Trump working on reducing health care costs? Helping with child care expenses? Relief on gas prices? Nope. Nope. And nope. Just more performative BS to soothe his fragile and pathetic ego. #ResistTrump
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Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
For the girls in Ceuta who shared their thoughts, writing in Arabic and Darija, Spanish, French and English, the same aspirations surface repeatedly: to finish their education, to work, and to have a greater say over decisions that will shape their adult lives. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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‘We want to find a better future’: teenage girls on why they risked their lives to reach Spain
More than two dozen teenagers stuck in the Spanish territory of Ceuta shared their reasons for joining the treacherous mass crossing in July
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Yet TODAY, the Times can publish a piece today, citing the fraudulent marathons that Arday ran "on a broken leg", a claim he never made. It was a hairline fracture *that was reported at the time*. And the headline of the piece? You cannot make this stuff up. 5/
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Where are the articles reflecting on the media's failures? Or any honest attempt to fill gaps in the reporting? Why has no mainstream outlet followed up on newly unearthed facts about the marathons, reported first by @bylinetimes.bsky.social & @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social & now Emma Monk? 8/
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Let’s just make this plain as day. 90% of the British press — including the FT, Private Eye, Guardian, Times, Telegraph even the BBC — have “put feelings before facts”. The question is, why?
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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 21/08/2026
Penistone East (Barnsley) Council By-Election Result: 🌹 LAB: 51.6% (+14.4) ➡️ RFM: 23.8% (-6.7) ◼️ RES: 6.5% (New) 🌳 CON: 11.6% (-7.6) 🔶 LDM: 2.1% (-3.6) 🌍 GRN: 1.7% (-5.6) 🙋 Ind: 2.6% (New) 🙋 Ind: 0.2% (New) Labour GAIN from Reform UK. Changes w/ 2026.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The banality of media evil
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
🔴 BIG MONEY IS CORRUPTING UK POLITICS From Farage's £5m gift to record donations, money in British politics is off the charts. Today, Democracy for Sale launches a video series w/ @transparencyuk.bsky.social on how super-rich buying UK democracy - and what can be done 🧵 youtu.be/Dn-G0nAlVwY?...
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How big money is corrupting UK politics | Going, Going, Almost Gone, Ep. 1
YouTube video by Transparency International UK
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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
A wild story that sums up so much about this moment. Rare books bought up by a hyperscaler, driven across the country by truck, scanned and fed into the woodchipper by low wage workers so the rich can build and own systems that squeeze, surveil, and automate labor and control knowledge generation.
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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Always find it fascinating how long it takes for Whitehall to figure out the blindingly obvious when it comes to relations with the EU
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PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Our world-leading music industry faces many challenges, and one in particular poses a major threat: AI and copyright I know the PM is a music lover. He must step in to protect the next generation of artists he loves, writes Labour peer @baronesskeeley.bsky.social
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Our music industry needs stronger protections against the threat of AI
The PM must step in to help the next generation of artists.
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
There are 71 Lib Dem MPs in Westminster. There are 8 Reform MPs. When was the last time a Lib Dem press release led the BBC News headlines or was the main story on the BBC News website? (Rhetorical question)
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 16/08/2026
Israeli settlers and soldiers besiege Qusra families for eight days, blocking water and aid.
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‘Water and salt': Qusra residents trapped in Israeli settler siege
Israeli settlers and soldiers besiege Qusra families for eight days, blocking water and aid.
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Dennis Detwiller @drgonzo123.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
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Quiet Majority @majorityquiet.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1 We're all signing this petition
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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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Kevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Sky News legend Jon Craig points out that Nigel Farage is the first by-election winner not to turn up for the count since IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands in 1981. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/nigel-...
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Nigel Farage Easily Wins Clacton By-Election – But Dodges Result Declaration
The Reform UK leader said police had told him “there is an organised campaign to disrupt” the announcement.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Farage spotted near the by election declaration
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Monty Python: Run Away! Run Away!
ALT: Monty Python: Run Away! Run Away!
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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I recall having a conversation with an American anti-vaxer who'd asked me do we get all our kids vacinated & my reply was "Just the ones we want to live"
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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
🧵George Stephenson died OTD 12 August in 1848, leaving a lasting legacy in Yorkshire. As the "Father of the Railway," his pioneering engineering reshaped the region's economy and landscape. Stephenson conquered the rugged North York Moors to build the Whitby and Pickering Railway (1836),
45212 at Fen Bog on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. The locomotive was taking part in the 175th Anniversary of the Pickering to Whitby line. 30th April 2011 Image: Cooldudeandy01 CC BY-SA 2.0
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William Cullerne Bown @williamcb.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
It does however chime with the broader approach already hinted at privately by Johnnie Reynolds william.cullernebown.uk/johnny-reyno...
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Johnny Reynolds and the Department of Economic Affairs
In his first speech to staff, Johnny Reynolds compared his new department to the one George Brown had under Harold Wilson
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Hardeep Matharu @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
It remains striking that Cambridge University – which has rightly found itself subject to immense scrutiny in recent days over its academic appointments process – did not answer any of Byline Times' questions re Cambridge Professor James Orr, Reform's Head of Policy, and his activities there. Why?
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
WTF? Amazon received a permit from the state of #Texas allowing its new gas power plant to emit 33 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere — the largest single source of pollution in the United States. newrepublic.com/post/214111/...
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Amazon Is Creating the Biggest Pollution Source in the Entire Country
Amazon has bought a site in Texas where it plans to build a data center campus.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 08/08/2026
“The new gas-burning plant, if built to specifications, would be permitted to release more planet-warming gases than any other power plant in the country.”
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New Amazon Data Center Is Set to Have the Most Polluting Power Plant in the U.S.
The tech giant is investing in the natural-gas-burning power plant as part of a huge data center in Texas, even as it pledges to honor climate commitments.
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
A few days ago Morocco sent a cargo of gasoline to Russia, where it's in desperately short supply as a result of Ukrainian attacks. A few days later, Morocco mounts a disinformation campaign that leads to tens of thousands crossing into Spanish territory. 🤔 arthursnell.substack.com/p/ceuta-the-...
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Ceuta - the Moscow Connection
Much remains unclear, but Russia's improving relations with Morocco and a recent energy deal offers a partial explanation of recent events
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Ever get the feeling you're living through the intro sequence to a disaster movie?
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Alix Mortimer @alixmortimer.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
So this was a right wing misinformation campaign. He says Facebook and instagram. Who bought those ads and where does the money go back to? This boy’s face, it’s heartbreaking 💔
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 01/08/2026
🚨Two Polish citizens, who have lived in the UK for 80yrs after their parents fled the second world war, were told they didn't have post-Brexit rights to return to UK & refused boarding by Ryanair www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/j…
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‘Ryanair refused to let us on’: how a couple who’ve lived in UK for 80 years got stuck in Krakow
Maria and Czeslaw Krupa, who arrived in 1947 and 1948 as dependents of displaced Polish service members, were told they
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marybeard @wmarybeard.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Here Tom Hiddleston (Loki, Night Manager) tells what he gained from studying classics at uni. He is both eloquent and surprising. I was a bit in trepidation as I was one of his teaches (and was a bit worried about the mark I wd get!). www.youtube.com/watch?v=i71H...
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Classic Chats: Tom Hiddleston on Pompeii
YouTube video by Instant Classics
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Just want to remind folks that this keeps happening. Burials of assumed-important ancients discovered to be women via genetic testing, after decades of them simply being assumed to be male. The patriarchy is incompatible with reality.
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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 28/07/2026
After weeks of record-breaking weather, 55% of Britons expect that most summers will be like this from now on Most summers will be like this from now on: 55% Some summers will be like this, but it won't the norm: 34% Only a few summers will be like this: 4% yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
The Burnham findings are obvs at a specific moment Farage's ratings have deteriorated remarkably trails 24% to Badenoch trails 11% to Ed Davey (Marginally trails Polanski)
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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 27/07/2026
++BREAKING++ The Daily Telegraph has... *rubs eyes* ...published something sensible about climate change: "I’m coming to the view that the Online Right is going wrong, eschewing compassion or charm, talking itself into corners of angry irrelevance. Take climate change."
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I have a modest proposal for a new tax. It involves a deck of cards and a monkey throwing darts. Here are the rules:
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Ben Mitchell @bmitchellwrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Terrific column. Makes all the 'how are you going to pay for this?' commentary a bit pointless. First impressions count for everything.
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