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Reuters @reuters.com · 29/09/2026
New York state prosecutors have reopened an investigation into an alleged 2024 gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity house, a district attorney confirmed on Monday, after a civil lawsuit filed this month by the alleged victim sparked renewed outrage.
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Prosecutors reopen investigation into alleged 2024 gang rape at Cornell University
New York state prosecutors have reopened an investigation into an alleged 2024 gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity house, a district attorney confirmed on Monday, after a civil lawsuit filed this ​month by the alleged victim sparked renewed outrage.
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born2balive.bsky.social @born2balive.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The New Yorker posted exactly how I interpreted the whole visit.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Comment on Reddit about this: "My mum tried to send a gift card to someone at the council who had helped her quit smoking. They turned it down because she wasn't allowed to accept gifts." And yet some MPs (and the authorities) think it's totally normal and fine to do this...
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Donald Trump has just proclaimed that China has massively cut aid to Iran because he asked them to. Either he thinks you are stupid, or he really is the stupidest US President ever. And that bar is pretty low.
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Lilian Edwards @lilianedwards.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The BBC's reporting of these "rogue AI" stories has been credulous to the point of execrable. Where are their competent tech savvy staff?? @billt.bsky.social @zsk.bsky.social
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
27 September 1903 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Rebecca van der Hoek-van West, was born in Amsterdam. In January 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive. --- Women at Auschwitz Lesson: lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en Podcast: youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
Black-and-white photo of  a woman seated comfortably, beside a table stacked with books and other items,.
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sam @samthielman.com · 27/09/2026
Remarkable piece here.
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EDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We Will
The Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Kemi Badenoch has said she would cut UC to 70% for every person who hasn't made enough NI payments. Which will include every single life long severely disabled person. She is a Nazi.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
So this story is WAY wilder than I thought The Trump post I flagged this morning because it includes Natalie Harp is actually based on the Getty photo you can see below. But there is one key difference -- MONICA CROWLEY'S FACE HAS BEEN EDITED TO LOOK LIKE NATALIE HARP'S WTF is going on here?
Getty pic of Xi and TrumpTrump TS post featuring the mentioned edit of Monica Crowley's faceoriginal pic image of MonicaTrump TS post which shows Natalie's face where Monica's is on the original. very weird
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The Bunker podcast – News without the nonsense @bunkerpod.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🫆 “Murder is down about 20% since 2010… but 6 in 10 people think it’s the same or it’s gone up.” 🫆 How demagogues and human psychology have convinced Britain we’re in the middle of an imaginary crimewave. 🫆 With @misszing.bsky.social & Prof @bobbyduffy.bsky.social 🫆 Listen – linktr.ee/bunker_pod
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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
According to Meta: Meta facilitating harassment by selling glasses that can be used for non-consensual filming is ok; Journalist doing a video to show that Meta employees don't want to be filmed themselves is not ok. Ok!
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
👏😂👇
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Reuters @reuters.com · 24/09/2026
US judge skeptical of Trump administration's Harvard admissions probe case reut.rs/47f8bjZ
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US judge skeptical of Trump administration's Harvard admissions probe case
A federal judge on ​Thursday expressed skepticism that President Donald Trump's administration should be allowed to proceed with a lawsuit seeking ‌to force Harvard University to turn over records for an investigation into whether it continues to consider race in its student admissions process.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 24/09/2026
"Attorneys for the D.V.D. plaintiffs filed an emergency motion for clarification Wednesday evening, asking the appeals court to weigh in on the claim. They cited the Prospect’s story about Doe and revealed they had learned the impending ICE flight was scheduled" prospect.org/2026/09/24/j...
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Judges Reject ICE’s Underhanded Attempt to Maintain Third-Country Removals - The American Prospect
An appeals court made clear deportation flights to third countries must stop immediately, but flight data showed ICE may be violating the order.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The British right has now descended to the point where 'the England team are not English' is becoming the consensus position
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Natalie Korach @nataliekorach.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The anonymous “senior administration official” behind one of the stories the White House cited to justify banning POLITICO was none other than Vice President JD Vance, @oliverdarcy.bsky.social scoops www.status.news/p/white-hous...
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The Source Behind The Ban
The anonymous source behind one of the stories the White House cited to justify banning POLITICO was none other than Vice President JD Vance, Status has learned.
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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
SCOOP: Justifying its ban of Politico, the White House said the news outlet used anonymous quotes from a "senior administration official." But those quotes were provided to Politico and other outlets by the White House during a background briefing. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
washingtonpost.com
The White House cited anonymous quotes in Politico ban. It was the source.
In a letter defending its ban of Politico, the White House critiqued a report based on a press call it conducted, where reporters were told not to name the speaker
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 23/09/2026
Five cops in Indianapolis were just criminally charged with abusing Flock to spy on their ex-wives, their wives' ex-partners and women they met on duty. Audit was triggered by us at the @washingtonpost.com, the prosecutor said. From last month: wapo.st/4yfNHng
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Israel has just banned all Arab Parties from running in their upcoming elections. Arabs make up 21% of Israeli Citizens they have now been banned from having any representation. Israel isn't like Nazi Germany. It is Nazi Germany.
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Anyone who deliberately puts the life of an RNLI volunteer in danger or damages an RNLI vessel should face a prison sentence.
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Paul Russell @pwrussell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The UK desperately needs an independent national news broadcaster that can be trusted by everyone. Unfortunately, the BBC is not it.
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Evan Maple VO @evanmaplevo.com · 22/09/2026
it’s been said a ton already but I really do appreciate mamdani so throughly dismantling the core democrat ideology of “we actually can’t ever do anything helpful or good because of. circumstances”
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Phil Burton-Cartledge @philbc3.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I guess this think tank doesn't care about Reform's appeal to pensioners. Brave.
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Thinktank linked to Reform UK calls for abolition of state pension
‘Radical’ report likely to influence party’s platform also proposes abolishing inheritance and capital gains taxes
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Nicola Kelly @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Yesterday Danny Thomas approached an RNLI crew in the Channel and repeatedly stabbed through a dinghy while one search and rescue worker was onboard. This goes beyond harassment to a dangerous new low. Very frightening moment.
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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 23/09/2026
The 'tax wedge' – taxes on earnings net of benefits – shapes incentives to work and to hire. In 2025, the UK had the OECD's largest rise in the tax wedge for an average worker. But it rose from a very low base, so the UK still sits below both the OECD and G7 averages 👇 buff.ly/UGrO4bY
Chart showing Tax wedge for a single earner on that country’s wage for an average worker: OECD, 2025
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 23/09/2026
am having to force myself to live in a state of at least partial denial because I find the currenty situation so deeply nauseating that constant knowledge of it would probably have a significant impact on my day-to-day
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
something has gone very, very wrong with the UK
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
23 September 1927 | French Jewish boy, Jacques Dresner, was born in Paris. He was deported to #Auschwitz from Beaune la Rolande on 5 August 1942. He did not survive. --- VIDEO: first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau - Bunkers I & II: youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
Black and white photo of a young man wearing a formal jacket and collared shirt, posing in front of a painted backdrop.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Large part of the UK press has been on the wrong side of history, fuelling hatred, social divisions, supporting authoritarianism. Their support for the current Blackshirts has a history (see below) as they continue to support the far-right stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8672...
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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is terrifying. The government needs to get a lot more serious about the rise of the violent militant and organised far right www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Far-right activist Daniel Thomas slashes dinghy in Channel with blade while rescue worker onboard
Thomas called followers to protest against arrival of asylum seekers in Gosport, but Border Force instead transported them to Dover
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Sophie Mac @sophiemac.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
There's also this. The Trump government's actions are truly horrifying
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Detained by Trump’s ICE and sent to Africa against their will
Arrested by ICE and deported to West Africa - this is how Donald Trump's immigration crackdown is sending people to countries they've never heard of.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Thinktank linked to Reform UK calls for abolition of state pension. Means-testing even though people have paid for it. Proposes abolishing inheritance and capital gains tax; cut corporation tax. Enrich the wealthiest. No means-testing. Chaos and cruelty inevitable.
theguardian.com
Thinktank linked to Reform UK calls for abolition of state pension
‘Radical’ report likely to influence party’s platform also proposes abolishing inheritance and capital gains taxes
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 22/09/2026
Joshua and Ashley Durham, a pharmacist and physician, have no health insurance after monthly premiums rose to nearly $1,600. “It’s nerve-racking,” said Joshua Durham. “It just takes, you know, one little accident, and then you got a big fat bill.”
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Even medical professionals are skipping health insurance because of high prices
A larger share of health care workers have health insurance than those in other fields. But they are feeling the pinch as health insurance costs rise.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Neoliberals want to end the triple-lock on state pension They inflict low wages, consign millions to poverty. Govt spending on state pension as % of GDP in G7 countries. Italy 12.8 France 12 Germany 9.8 Japan 8.9 USA 6.6 Canada 4.7 UK 4.7 UK has one of the least generous pensions in the G7.
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How does the UK State Pension measure up globally?
A global comparison of State Pension provision highlights the onus on individuals in the UK to build pension savings for their retirement, rather than leaving
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dpedin.bsky.social @dpedin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Feckin hell!
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Jason Kirk @jasonkirk.fyi · 21/09/2026
That 2025 stint when every institution scrambled to bow before the eternally beloved god emperor's million-year reich was weird at the time and only looks weirder and weirder in hindsight. Way way way weirder than any of the alleged excesses of Woke 1
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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Asylum seeking people don’t have the freedom to work, they don’t even have the freedom to shop using cash or choose where to shop, in temp accommodation they don’t have the freedom to cook or choose their own food - honestly this headline is batshit
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Hannan, like Rees Mogg, is a stupid person's idea of what an intellectual is.
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Luke Pollard on Today talking about “our friends in Saudi”. They’re no friends of mine, Luke. But then again, I don’t get positively horny talking about fighter jets either, you fucking ghoul.
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Nelly Probin @lillmagill.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I'll repost this. The triple lock is being weaponised, using it as an issue to divide the generations. If it's dropped, the real losers will be the future pensioners. For a currency issuing government keeping any cohort in poverty is is a political choice.
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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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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This clip is so unexpected it leaves you speechless before you can even say "damn
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The UK is in a bad state because we let billionaire wankers like this walk all over us. I'd take EVERYTHING off them, and then give them the worst jobs. Then they would have something to complain about.
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Ciaran Martin @ciaranm.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Absolutely right. Mr Burnham must run Britain just like Sir Jim Ratcliffe has run Manchester United. Like Britain, ManU was once a proud global giant. But like the UK, the club had entered a lengthy period of stagnation. Since Ratcliffe took over at Man Utd this once proud club has oh wait
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
There aren’t many perfect TV shows but Colin from Accounts is one of them. Just beautiful from start to finish
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The last few moments made me feel genuinely emotional in a way I was not in any way prepared for. Great use of Nick Cave, too.
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Council Estate Media @councilestatemedia.uk · 20/09/2026
Ed Sheeran: "This is the most complex political issue on the planet" The issue:
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Palantir should not have a seat in the house of Lords. Tom Watson shouldn't be allowed to work for Palantir and be a Lord he should be fired ASAP.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
What surprises me more is that the media happily trot out their words and opinions without pointing this essential paradox out.
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