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Dave McPartlan

@drdavemcp.bsky.social
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Post Doc. Independent action researcher (YPAR) collaborating with young people. An advocate for young people as knowledge creators in schools! Mental health in schools. Toon fan ⚫️⚪️⚫️⚪️ and outdoor enthusiast 😎

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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 3h
'Newcastle City Council has confirmed plans to light up the Tyne Bridge and the Civic Centre to support Show Racism the Red Card, after two Reform-led neighbours pulled their backing for the charity' www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
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Landmarks to be lit up for Show Racism the Red Card after Reform pulls support
Newcastle City Council has confirmed plans to light up the Tyne Bridge and the Civic Centre to support Show Racism the Red Card, after two Reform-led neighbours pulled their backing for the charity
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 1h
If The Times’ political editor didn’t challenge Kemi Badenoch on her banning of @bylinetimes.bsky.social can the newspaper of record just make this simple correction?
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 3h
Sheep densities across Europe. Native to southwest Asia, these domesticates are possibly the most effective means of killing off forests and other natural ecosystems ever devised.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 14h
Conservative Helen Whateley, "Tax cuts have to be funded.. I'm doing work on what is the right way to bring down the welfare bill" My view: Why is the answer always more hardship for people who are already struggling, while vast wealth can be hoarded almost untouched?
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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 18h
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I'm sure this'll go down great at conference. I am absolutely not sure that scrapping an organisation called Natural England will go down so well at the election.
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Rethink the Wolf! (Don't believe the myth!) @rethinkthewolf.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
No predator survives when their are those that bait them for cash.
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Andy Hearn 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈⚽️🎶🌈 @andyhearn24.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Opposing a Genocide should not be this hard. Step one is calling it a Genocide because that's what it is. Step two is to stop arming and trading with the perpetrators. Many more steps can follow but I will never understand these two steps not being taken.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
How is it possible? Because he told a personal, emotive story, sure. But also he told a moral story: using the funds to help establish a care service. It feels fair. And the decision to opt for a branded institutional structure with strong echoes of the NHS makes it tangible.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is testament to No.10's frankly astonishing degree of political competence. A policy which was branded electoral suicide 48 hours ago now showing signs of robust popularity.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There was a chance here to look more grown up and it is entirely unsurprising that Badenoch did not take it.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Lord Walney: "The idea of calling this a genocide is repugnant.. the way that Ireland made a fuss about this [football match] is reprehensible" How does genocide happen? Because of people like Lord Walney. There is no genocide without genocide denial
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Helen Whatley MP spends every day bashing disabled people online and calling them scroungers. She has claimed for almost £2,000,000 on expenses since 2015. £300,000 of this are for her own travel and accommodation etc, yet she lives 50 miles from London. " via Harry Eccles
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ban Israel from UEFA.
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Dave McPartlan @drdavemcp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Great to share a paper I co-authored with @danestickney.bsky.social and other colleagues in the US and Greece 😎 doi.org/10.35844/001...
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Humanizing Higher Education: The Role of Participatory, Creative Practices in This Messy Moment | Published in Journal of Participatory Research Methods
By Rachel Kulick, Rachel Radina & 4 more. This paper explores how creative, art-based practices can help students find meaning and agency amid societal crises, using Participatory Action Research to a...
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Labour's Jonathan Reynolds slams Conservative Helen Whately on #BBCQT "Frankly there's no evidence to suggest that unemployed people spend all their money on fags and booze" "It's just a way of you saying you don't like poor people"
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Catherine 🇨🇦 🌎 @capeacadia.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Now, imagine the response to a column asking why a Premier League team has a Jewish supporters group.
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Why do Man Utd have a Muslim supporters’ group?
Sir Jim Ratcliffe must go, declares an organisation for the team’s Islamic fans. There’s just one thing puzzling
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John D. Lewis @johndlewis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Get #NUFC folks read this. She's one of us.
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Zee Zom @fnafilms.com · 19/09/2026
Didn’t realise Sports Direct is now selling NUFC kit. Honestly the 7 Keegan shirt is like an insult to the man.
Sports Direct page showing a NUFC away shirt with KEEGAN 7 on the back
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I love this woman. If only her words could reach all human ears. A must watch till the end, Speaker-Vandana Shiva is an Indian scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, ecofeminist and antiglobalization author. #WomeninLeadership IG: @maturedgirl
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
If you're a Zionist, please visit the West Bank, just go there for one time, in a tour or by car I used to be a Zionist up until 2019, my deconstruction started after I visited the West Bank, the things I saw will never leave me Same for my friends who went there, it changes you
Violent settlers pogrom, 2026, Yesh DinIsraeli forces detaining Palestinians in the occupied territories. 2023
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Steve Jackson @stja.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Palantir have just bought themselves a Labour Lord with close links to the Labour government. No other word to describe this other than corruption. How can Watson remain a member of the House of Lords and keep the Labour whip?
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Dave McPartlan @drdavemcp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Over the past few years I’ve tried to educate myself about the Palestine/Israel conflict. I have just read this book written by a Palestinian and an Israeli, both of whom had family members murdered by the other side and both committed to working together for peace. An inspiration, the book tells
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I'm not surprised but I'm truly disgusted that this narrative of "dangerous fighting age men posing a threat to women and children" is genuinely doing the rounds on the media with almost no push back at all. This is 1930s level stuff.
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The media treating this story as some hilarious 'village that roared' nighy-dench-mirren movie is pissing me right the fuck off. It's soft-selling fascism. We have become an inward looking, xenophobic joke.
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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I just saw this commercial on SNF, and I aint gon lie, it had my full attention. Wasnt expecting that
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Why can't they integrate?
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Quiet Majority @majorityquiet.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
We loved this so much we just had to put English subtitles on it, apologies to the French speakers for our translation. But this is what it would look like here in the UK if Farage or Lowe or another of their ilk got their own way.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This German comedy sketch (with English subtitles) perfectly captures so much of what is going on right now in the UK, the US, and across Europe. "Playing the 'Nazi Card' in the Third Reich", by Browser Ballett.
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NUFC Twitter Bot @nufcjournalistbot.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Joel Bland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (@JoelBlandSport) RT @JoelBlandSport: #NUFC fans it would be great if you could help out Vadim, one of Newcastle Uni students who is conducting his research on Newcastle United’s fan community. He has created this survey for supporters to fill in!🙌 t.co/RGkWwKnyYw
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The UK Chief Rabbi is wrong. It is not Ed Miliband endangering Jews but Netanyahu's govt and settler fascists giving antisemitic extremists all the content they need to radicalise people against Israel and Jews everywhere. We Jews must fight this poisonous ideology hijacking our state & religion.
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Colbobs.bsky.social "Col" he/him/his @colbobs.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Racists emboldener, at every turn.
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Farage’s call for face covering ban risks ‘emboldening racists’
NIGEL Farage’s calls for a ban on face covering risks “emboldening fascists and racists who target Muslim women,” warned Stand Up to Racism (SUTR) today.Anti-racists hit out after the Reform UK leader...
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Mike Hudema @mikehudema.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
There are only a few places on earth where thousand year old trees still stand. The west coast of Canada is one of them but every day they are logged. Time to stop the logging: buff.ly/CKJRcLy #ProtecttheIrreplaceable #ActOnClimate #nature pics @TJWattPhoto #cop16cali
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
A suggested statement for Andy Burnham.
‘The British public decided in the 1930s that they would not tolerate black-shirted militias marching through their streets. They would cherish robust political argument; they would not accept thuggery and intimidation. When Oswald Mosley led his Blackshirts to Cable Street, local people turned them back. A new law – introduced by a Liberal, backed by Labour and carried by a Conservative majority – banned private militias, political uniforms and ‘the use or display of physical force in promoting any political object’. The British people are as determined today as in the 1930s that they will not accept the methods of Mussolini and the Munich Beer Hall. This government will uphold the law and defend the traditions of British democracy’.
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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I am bloody proud to be an #RNLI supporter and member! These brilliant men and women have quite enough to cope with without being harassed by the scum of the earth. Their only concern is to help people in danger at sea - not check passports first! Which is how it should be. Please RT if you agree🙏
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Fascism on the streets of Dover
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NUFC Twitter Bot @nufcjournalistbot.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Newcastle United (@NUFC) “If it makes that little bit of difference, it’s all worth it” Celebrating ten years of @worflags 👏 (And trust us, it makes a massive difference 🖤🤍) t.co/t1rgr6Ezq8
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KimBo @zapperfan7.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Roger Gall "Israel has killed at least 4 times the number of civilians and 25 times the number of children as Russia, as Britain continues full sanctions on Russia while refusing any meaningful sanctions on Israel." Please RT this until Burnham's Labour Govt stops talking & acts. Thanks
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 04/09/2026
Three senior Reform figures were involved in those Channel 4 revelations we saw last night. Two have been kicked out. The third is Nigel Farage. Farage should be suspended while this matter is investigated. He has very serious questions to answer.
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Mark Norman @mark60.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Now that James Orr has been forced to step down from his role at Reform UK, perhaps the rest of the media will, belatedly, wake up to the story unearthed by @bylinetimes.bsky.social about what he’s been up to at Cambridge.
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Jean-Luc Picard @voiceofpericles.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Farage just admitted that Orr and Jukes have stood down because of the attempts to take £500,000 from an international donor which is illegal. The only problem is that he was there and they told him what the plan was, the plan they outlined was illegal and he thanked them for it.
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Just a reminder, Professor James Orr, Reform UK head of policy, teaches 'ethics' to undergraduates at Cambridge University youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I can't remember a clearer smoking gun than that Channel 4 News footage. Nigel Farage and his senior aides all filmed discussing apparent plans to break the law by funnelling foreign money into British politics, plans which at least partly went ahead. A criminal investigation surely must follow
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Robert Newton @roberttnewton.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Seems to me like a worthwhile petition to sign petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
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Petition: Ban foreign media ownership, enact a social media levy & new regulatory reform
Pass law to ban foreign & offshore ownership of UK media, enact a social-media levy to distribute media ownership across society & fund independent, local & cooperative-owned media. We believe democra...
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Politico journalist reporting Labour getting nervous already about their blank cheque for new data centres. Keep up the pressure folks. It's the people Vs the tech bros 👇🏽
Has Polanski already forced a major turn? The BBC has elevated the line I was given from a labour official about what developers "must" do to a government spokesperson. Afaik nothing ik current policy expressly mandates this.
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