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James Duggan @dugganjr.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Fortune is talking about friction maxxxing. Reads like the Lauren Berlant these awful times deserve. Why my $150 million startup thinks it can solve the $406 billion loneliness problem | Fortune share.google/gPDqFid6ssCa...

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Why my $150 million startup thinks it can solve the $406 billion loneliness problem | Fortune

A global loneliness epidemic is quietly spawning a new trillion-dollar economy, and "friction maxxing" is key to its success.

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Lucy Burke @lucyburkemcr.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Other branches feel the same. At our regional committee last week, there was a motion from another branch in support of Marie and the disrepute into which we believe this situation brings our trade union. The chair of regional committee read out a statement prohibiting this motion. It was 5/12

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James Duggan @dugganjr.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Research as an Intense and Inconvenient Gift: Participatory Youth Research and the Co-Productive Imagination, just published in Qualitative Inquiry journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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James Duggan @dugganjr.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Already laughing at @trashfuture.bsky.social describing epstein as 'nefarious forrest gump'

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

If the Greens defeat Farage in Gorton and Denton, it'll change politics forever. I think that's worth donating a few quid to, don't you? donatetothe.greenparty.org.uk/parliamentar...

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James Duggan @dugganjr.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Loving labour acknowleding that ground rent is a scam, a relic from medieval times, and then only agreeing to reduce it to £250.

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Rutger Bregman @rutgerbregman.com · 25/11/2025

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

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James Duggan @dugganjr.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Loved More Weight by Ben Wickey. Densely researched and a monumental commitment to an ever relevant topic.

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Lucy Burke @lucyburkemcr.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Don’t be disabled, ill or get injured, don’t have a disabled child or dependent, get made redundant, or do a low paid but vital job in social care. And crucially - when falling bombs, rising temperatures, or war threaten your life - just stay put and wait to die because this Government hates you

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 18/11/2025

Pass the phone… to the 40,000 Young Greens! 📲 💚 We now have the largest youth and student movement in UK politics - AND the biggest Young Greens group in Europe 🥳 This is the generation that’s done waiting. Join us. ⤵️

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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 13/11/2025

It has been nearly a year since Starbucks has offered us a single proposal to finish the remainder of our union contracts. The company knows where we stand: we need fair wages, better scheduling, and an end to union-busting. Instead, Starbucks is fighting US, their workers.

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James Duggan @dugganjr.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Can we ban fascists from the olympics? If they believe they are genetically superior then surely that's an unfair advantage.

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Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online. It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

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The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands

The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.

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James Duggan @dugganjr.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

So the guy who thinks the UK is heading for civil war has a $1 trillion dollar incentive to put robot armies on streets around the world? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Tesla shareholders approve $1tn pay package for Elon Musk

Chants of ‘Elon’ erupt after compensation plan approved despite opposition from several high-profile investors

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 06/11/2025

Ready to merge sociology with art? Applications to the 2026 cycle of the Image-Maker in Residence series are now open! We seek to commission four online residencies that showcase experimental methodologies and ways to disseminate research beyond plain text. APPLY NOW – buff.ly/TD5raNw

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Northumbria UCU Branch @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

@unison.org.uk and @ucu.org.uk working together to get the vote out! Please share widely.

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Dr Rachel Broady @drrachelbroady.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

It's not a grassroots working class movement. "Wherever we looked for prominent flaggers and leaders of this movement, we found people smugglers and sex doll salesmen, people with dubious criminal pasts and people willing to put in a good word for Adolf Hitler." manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...

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The men who raised the flags

Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 19/10/2025

"We are coming for the Labour government and we are taking the fight to Reform.” Be part of it. Join the Green Party today! 👇

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James Duggan @dugganjr.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

I've been advised to write a book chapter in the historical present tense. As i only ever write about failed and discontinued policies, it reads as though i'm not willing to admit that the party is over.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion. As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

A new week - and a new huge milestone! @greenparty.org.uk now have 100,000 members!!! We are absolutely on track to next overtake the Tories - let's make hope normal again! Join.greenparty.org.uk

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

It’s pronounced cyclist.

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QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

So many Australian colleagues put through a year of worries and uncertainty. All because Nous Consultancy only thrives on a scarcity narrative? Bit if a reminder that those cuts can never be justified in pedagogical or academic term, whatever the spin.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Greta Thunberg has just been released and she is back on the warpath, exactly like our leaders should be. Israel will never silence her or the billions who oppose them.

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Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

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Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

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Co-production Network for Wales @copronetwales.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

📢 Exciting announcement 📢 Co-production and You, our flagship course, is now open for booking onto our January 2026 cohort! This 12 week online course will deepen your knowledge and allow you to reflect on your practice. Find out more and book now as there are limited spaces 👉 buff.ly/Bede6gA

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

I went to Labour conference - and then they revoked my press pass. I found a party defined by delusion - and literally running away from its record. Where to even begin. Watch it here 👇 youtube.com/watch?v=RLAp...

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They Kicked Me Out For THIS? Owen Jones Visits LABOUR CONFERENCE

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Apparently Israel’s genocidal acts are just “daft”.

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James Duggan @dugganjr.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Socialism is not about taking action to make a better society but having feelings and attitudes towards an unequal society. Got it.

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Institute for Children’s Futures @icf-mcr.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

#WeAreHiring! You could help us develop and manage a portfolio of partners in the field of research, community engagement and policymaking. Learn more about the role and apply by 8 October: manmetjobs.mmu.ac.uk/jobs/vacancy...

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Lykara Ryder @lykarar.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

How does this align with our democratically agreed principles & policies of solidarity with Palestine, trans rights, and well-funded universities as a public good? Who made this decision? Yet another reason why I’m backing andrea4gs.org.uk - we need new leadership and a review of Labour Link.

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Andrea Egan for General Secretary

Social worker. Straight-talking working class trade unionist. Campaigning to be the next General Secretary of UNISON.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Sickening behavior by this agent. The fact that Mayor Adams has rolled out the red carpet for ICE is a stain on our city.

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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

The digital ID card sounds like a trojan horse to link your use of public services to your finances, your health records to your shopping habits and finance and your location to the police, to me.

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James Duggan @dugganjr.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Yesterday I heard that my book contract is finally being finalised and then received an article rejection, for being vague and opaque. So I can use that for promotion

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Vicky Blake UCU (she/her) @vickyblake.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Why is @ucu.org.uk engaging in the very behaviour that we/it publicly call out when members’ employers employ such tactics? It is shameful. It undermines every branch of #UCU It’s utterly destructive to staff morale and our branches’ leverage Not in our name. Solidarity @uniteucu.bsky.social

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Dean Spade @deanspade.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

I'll be in Manchester on October 3rd at 6:30pm with Wu Tsang at @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social. Thanks to the Centre for the Study of Sexuality and Culture and the Centre for New Writing for co-sponsoring. Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/love-in-a-...

A picture of me smiling next to a photo of the cover of Love in a Fucked-Up World. Text reads: Blackwell's Manchester presents...Dean Spade in conversation with Wu Tsang, Friday 3rd October at 6:30pm, blackwells.co.uk/events

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

The truth: we need migration. The problem: too many politicians are terrified to say it. Why? They're led by a) toxicity of the charlatans & b) wealthy media organisations who demand these useful distractions rather than us talking about inequality. Reject it. Draw the line.

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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Reform party will eventually come after citizens, with parents who were born abroad, like myself. My friends and I have had this discussion for some time. Make no joke about it, if they get into power they will need to continue to enrage the British voting public, they need chaos to thrive.

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Nic Whitton @nicwhitton.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

My inaugural lecture for Northumbria University, State of Play: A History of Playful Learning in Ten Video Games, will be on 15 October 2025 online and in-person. All welcome. Guest appearance by everyone's favourite badger and drinks somewhere afterwards. www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/new...

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State of Play: A history of Playful Learning in 10 Video Games

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QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

This funding system doesn’t work for anyone, it is dependent on putting students in years of debt and on staff’s job insecurity. Information about moving towards a dispute with the Secretary of State: www.universityrankandfile.org.uk/campaigns

Dispute with the secretary of state? Funding model based on students’ future debt

At least 20,000 jobs cut across the Higher Education on top of disappearance of fixed-term contracts

100 UK universities restructuring and making redundancies

Deteriorating working conditions lead to worse learning conditions

Employers are emboldened to do nothing to save universities

We need a funding system that works for students, staff, and universities

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 19/09/2025

🚨 BREAKING 🚨 📈 The Green Party has just hit 75,000 members! 💚 There's no time to waste. Join the Green Party today ⤵️

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University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Strike action is ON!!! Next week will be the first of 4 weeks of striking from our members as we continue to say NO to the compulsory redundancies forced on us by the university for their poor financial choices. #StopTheCuts #SaveHE

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

It’s happening. The takedown of Jimmy Kimmel is likely the start of a campaign to use the murder of Charlie Kirk as a pretext to use the power of the White House to wipe out Trump’s critics and his political opponents. But we aren’t powerless. We can mobilize and organize. Now.

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James Duggan @dugganjr.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Paging Nathan Fielder: idea for Season 3 of Rehearsal. The launch of @yourparty.bsky.social

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