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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Stories like this have, for ages, treated men's desire to harm women as a sort of background noise, a weather we just normalize and accept and try to work around. Feminism is among other things a process of denormalization.

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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.

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Ultimate Pullahoko @pullahoko.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Actually disgusting that nurses were treated like utter shit, overworked and dying during the pandemic and now RFK is on TV telling everyone that didn't happen. I can't even imagine a more thankless, hostile job right now.

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Nettlecake @nettlecake.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.

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Isabel Rogers @isabelrogers.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Can't be the first to say this, but (and yay UEFA - brilliant) this works equally well if you swap out "football" for maybe "water" or "a stable climate". Look at me being the revolutionary socialist. "No one has the moral authority to sell what they merely hold in trust for the next generation."

The moment external investors acquire ownership interests in
FIFA competitions, football changes forever. Commercial return becomes a permanent obligation. Investor expectations become a daily pressure. From that moment onwards, every decision on the international calendar, every decision on competition formats and every decision shaping the future of football is no longer driven by what best serves the game, but by what best serves shareholders.
This model has no place in world football. Football's future cannot be dictated by the expectations of those whose first duty is to maximise financial return. Nor can the interests of national associations, leagues, clubs, players and supporters become subordinate to investor returns. Football cannot mortgage its future for financial gain.
Europe's position is clear. We will never lend this model our legitimacy. No one has the moral authority to sell what they merely hold in trust for the next generation.

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Marc Hudson @marchudson.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

From the LinkedIn of an academic I have a lot of respect for.

Last week, I emailed a (previously?) respectable journal in my field to let them know that a recent article I had been hoping to cite had hallucinated hashtag#AI references and that the author should be asked to update their article with credible citations to support their arguments.

Someone from the admin team responded to say, basically, that they weren't going to do anything about it.

I feel like this is how academic credibility dies. The main recourse I have in the face of AI slop is academic papers. If you can't trust journal articles to contain established evidence (even though the system has never been perfect) then I don't know how we can make policy recommendations, advise NGOs and charities, design credible experiments, etc., etc.

My only hope is that this is the trigger that begins to kill the profiteering publishing system and the 'quantity over quality' performance criteria under which we all are drowning - but I have a feeling that all of academia will need an overhaul to maintain any kind of credibility.

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

A betting account in the name of George Cottrell, the convicted fraudster who bankrolled Nigel Farage, received almost $9mn in cryptocurrency from unidentified sources while he was providing gifts to the Reform UK leader great work from @annasophiegross.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/b74c...

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Betting account in George Cottrell’s name received $9mn in crypto from unidentified sources

Deposits in Polymarket wallet came as convicted fraudster was providing gifts to Farage

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𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

This is how to speak to every single one of those sycophants.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Thank you! At an event last night I said "If the word hope doesn't work for you try, 'Never fucking surrender.'" The word hope seems too sunny to a lot of people, but the heart of it as I'm interested in it is: we make the future in the present, if we show up, and that never surrender part.

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Nefarious Means @nefariousmeans.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Never did I think I would see a cure for sickle cell in my lifetime. A friend of mine in fifth grade died from this disease. My parents kept me home from the funeral because they thought I was too young to handle it. Modern science is a miracle. www.wafb.com/2026/06/23/n...

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New Orleans man becomes first in Louisiana functionally cured of sickle cell disease

Daniel Cressy, 23, underwent gene therapy at Manning Family Children’s Hospital.

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Mariano delli Santi @marianods.eurosky.social · 19/06/2026

1. Today, brave brave John Edwards ran away. To thank the UK Information Commissioner for all the fish, here are FIVE EPIC FAILURES he's made during his tenure. Or, to paraphrase his own words, the five best attempts at humor that were inappropriate. Thread below 🧵 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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ICO boss John Edwards announces resignation following investigation

Edwards has been the boss of the data watchdog since January 2022, and said he had made inappropriate attempts at humour.

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Lori Emerson @loriemerson.net · 05/06/2026

"The funniest possible outcome of the AI mandate era is about to be HR departments discovering that 'sincerely held religious belief' under Title VII has a much lower bar than they assumed, and Pope Leo handed every Catholic employee a written excuse" www.businessinsider.com/worker-got-r...

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She won an exemption from using AI at her tech job. The Pope's remarks could fuel similar appeals.

Legal experts say employers must take AI-related religious objections seriously, as a 2023 ruling raised the bar for denying such accommodations.

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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

"The Imperial need for authority is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear"

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Tom Jenkins @tomoljenkins.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

@ituc.bsky.social welcomes ICJ confirmation of the right to strike is protected under @ilo.org Convention 87. The ITUC expects that all constituents will undertake this exercise in a constructive spirit and in good faith (⬅️message to the employers😉) www.ituc-csi.org/ITUC-welcome...

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Shaun Lintern @shaunlintern.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

In research from the OECD group of developed countries, Britain ranks joint bottom for nursing pay when compared with the average UK wage.

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Plaid Cymru have tabled an amendment to the King’s Speech in Westminster calling for a new Wales Bill. The amendment from Wales' governing party sets out calls for stronger powers, inc. devolution of rail infrastructure, the Crown Estate, justice and policing, water and social security to Wales.

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emma-lowri.bsky.social @emma-lowri.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

🇬🇧 British Political Spectrum Quiz My result: Social Democrat Economic: collectivist Social: progressive Sovereignty: strongly cosmopolitan Military: hawkish Authority: libertarian Constitutional: reformist Take the quiz: quiz.jmoxley.co.uk

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British Political Spectrum Quiz

Find out where you sit on the British political map across six dimensions.

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The Root @therootdotcom.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

A Louisiana resident who identified himself as Marshawn delivered a fiery, emotional speech to lawmakers during a state Senate hearing over redistricting Monday, accusing Republicans of trying to “cheat” Black voters out of political power.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Nigel Farage's beaming face is featuring heavily in the local elections coverage, but the truth is that the real architect of Reform's gains is the man whose disastrous 'Blue Labour' strategy we were confidently told would prevent them bylinetimes.com/2026/05/08/l...

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Local Election Results 2026: Morgan McSweeney’s ‘Blue Labour’ Legacy Lives On

Keir Starmer's former adviser's strategy of focusing on Reform-sympathetic 'hero voters', whilst spurning Labour's natural supporters on the left, has led to a disastrous set of local election results...

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

His closest aide sentenced to 10.5 years for spying for the Russians. Failing to disclose £5m donation and how he bought a house in Clacton. A decade of school antisemitism and racism. Cavorting with Neo Nazis and planning mass deportations. What is the media love about Farage?

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 05/05/2026

While the world’s eyes are on fashion’s biggest night, we’re turning ours to the garment, retail, and warehouse workers who keep the industry running. From true love found on the picket line to a free tailoring school out of a Brooklyn basement — meet the New Yorkers who make it all possible.

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 13/02/2026

Never been a better time to be a pervert or a stalker or both. Ban the pervert glasses

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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 09/02/2026

“ICE messed with the wrong profession.” National Nurses United is honoring ICU nurse Alex Pretti after his killing by federal agents—and joining calls to abolish ICE. @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social reports on-the-ground from the D.C. vigil.

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“Ice Messed With the Wrong Profession”: The Country’s Largest Nurses’ Union Honors Alex Pretti

In the wake of an ICU nurse’s murder by federal agents, National Nurses United has joined calls to abolish ICE.

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Jerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

In an interview with NPR, Melinda French Gates confirmed that she ended her marriage with Bill Gates because of allegations contained in the Epstein files.

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

"There is a global wave of governments being captured by big money, whether that’s big crypto money or big tech money." Great to talk to @oliverbullough.bsky.social about how money laundering has gone global - and it's capturing our politics democracyforsale.substack.com/p/dirty-mone...

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Dirty money is buying up democracy

I talk to Oliver Bullough about how corruption and money laundering have gone global - and are capturing our politics

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

The nurses are pissed

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Let us not forget, it was the same administration that reduced us to wearing trash bags as protective gear while we watched the hospital go up in flames around us during the pandemic that just murdered one of our own on the streets in broad daylight. As a nurse & as a person, I will never forgive. I will never forget. I will never back down. This was never about border control.
This is about total control.
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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

This is a fantastic article with a lot of simple explanations in it of everyday counterintuitive bullshit, just as you’d expect from Cory Doctorow. Yeah AI is a bubble. But what sort of bubble? Who puffed it up? And what do we do? www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

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AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow

AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its roots

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

1/ I recently wrote about Frances Perkins—FDR’s Labor Secretary and first woman cabinet member. She is best known as the architect of the New Deal but she had a lesser-known achievement: She dismantled her era’s version of ICE.🧵

President Roosevelt signing the Social Security Act into law on August 14, 1935, with Perkins among those witnessing the signing (third from right)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Signing_Of_The_Social_Security_Act.jpg

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/01/2026

Walz: "I couldn't help but think, and it scares me a bit -- 'The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most important directive.' It certainly feels like that in this moment."

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

NEW But what about international law? What happens to an international legal order when a superpower goes rogue Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/but-what-a... Personal Blog: davidallengreen.com/2026/01/but-...

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But what about international law?

What happens to an international legal order when a superpower goes rogue?

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Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Special Caerphilly by-election podcast is out. I need to go to bed now. youtu.be/RrEwC62ujFY?...

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Shock Caerphilly By-Election Result | For Wales See Wales

YouTube video by For Wales See Wales

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Deirdre O'Shaughnessy @deshocks.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

“The paracetamol theory is only the latest chapter in a long history of misogyny and blame dressed up as science. Before this it was vaccines. Before that it was the poisonous 'refrigerator mother' theory” www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

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Ciara Reilly: My autistic child is not a political pawn

This paracetamol theory is only the latest chapter in a long history of misogyny and blame dressed up as science. Before this it was vaccines. Before that it was the poisonous 'refrigerator mother' th...

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RCN Lothian and Borders @rcnlandb.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

If you are an RCN member and need to contact the advice team, call 📞 0345 772 6100 8.30am - 8.00pm on weekdays 9.00am - 4.00pm on weekends If you would like to JOIN the world's largest union and professional body for NURSING , click the link ⬇️ rcn.org.uk/membership

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Randy Rainbow @randyrainbow.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

If he’s “America first” then I’m Sabrina Carpenter. 💋📉#FeesFeesFees #Tariffs #NewVideo #Parody

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Fees, Fees, Fees, - A Randy Rainbow Song Parody

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Shaun Lintern @shaunlintern.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

The govt has rejected a plan for a separate nursing pay spine, despite 94% of nurses who responded backing the idea:

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Shaun Lintern @shaunlintern.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

This is really important in the context of NHS budgets being cut across the hospital sector...many hospitals are short of the nurses needed to provide safe care: www.channel4.com/news/factche...

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FactCheck reveals: England’s missing nurses

These are the secret NHS files you weren’t supposed to see.

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Matt Cagle @mattcagle.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Imagine thinking these things should not be banned as a matter of corporate policy

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Big tech is now formally in league with the far-right. The resistance to it will be personal and political iandunt.substack.com/p/how-to-res...

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How to resist the tech overlords

Big tech has now made its position clear. It is on the far-right. Here's what happens next.

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Royal College of Nursing @rcn.org.uk · 16/01/2025

Today we've released a devastating report on the crisis of patients being treated in inappropriate settings in our NHS. With over 5000 testimonies from nursing staff, the report reveals how widespread this crisis has become, and how it's putting lives at risk. Read more: bit.ly/3WiS8wB

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Nicola Ranger launches the RCN Corridor Care Report

RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger launches the RCN report on corridor care in the UK.

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Ethan Jacobs 🇺🇦 @ejacobslaw.com · 08/01/2025

LA fires are a good reminder that the only difference between me and any refugee is luck.

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Denise K ☘️💜📚👩🏼‍🎓✊🏻 @dkell999.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

392 patients waiting to access a hospital bed in NI. The moral injury to staff, especially out of hours, is devastating. Patient acuity doesn’t decrease at night, yet we’re left with skeleton staffing for half the year. The frustration of being unable to provide safe, effective care is unbearable.

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