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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 18/08/2026

A Cambridge professor is dead after facing extraordinary scrutiny over alleged PhD errors. The Times, Telegraph and Mail published 111 articles about Jason Arday. Edward Higgs asks what lay behind this campaign when other plagiarism cases attracted far less attention.

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Jason Arday and the ‘new’ old racism

The tragic death of Jason Arday has sent shock waves worldwide, but there are grim and dark reasons why it is not surprising

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Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

We need two Arday inquiries: 1) Into racist (and misogynistic) bullying by UK press and social media accounts (see also Diane Abbott); and 2) into the duty of care that HE has for its minority staff - a duty of care that in my repeated experience is reserved primarily for white male sex offenders.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

'Stand Up to Racism, which organised the vigil, estimated that 30,000 mourners had gathered in the square to listen to emotional speeches from MPs, friends and campaigners on Arday’s life and legacy and join in a minute’s silence.'

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Tens of thousands pay tribute to Jason Arday at Trafalgar Square vigil

MPs, friends and campaigners gathered to remember former Cambridge professor after his death on Friday

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figgypud.bsky.social @figgypud.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Sadly, I'm not surprised... youtube.com/shorts/bV99y...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/07/2026

Ossoff: "I think it's time for the president to do something of value for the American people instead of lining his pockets while he's in office"

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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Release The Epstein Files NOW!

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figgypud.bsky.social @figgypud.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

How many thumbs does Mitch McConnell have? Because in that photo he has only one.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

This moment asked so little from them. All they had to do was pay their respects, express their sadness and join the chorus of horror about the manner of Widdecombe’s death. But even that was evidently beyond their moral capacity inews.co.uk/opinion/fara...

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Farage just can't stop himself behaving abysmally, can he?

Ian Dunt: Reform is turning a tragedy into a circus

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026

NYC, high heat is back. Today the city will feel like nearly 100 degrees. This heat wave will not be as long or intense as the last one, but it can be dangerous without the right precautions. Stay cool, stay hydrated, and check on your neighbors — especially older adults and people without AC.

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NYC Cool Options

Find childcare providers in NYC

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figgypud.bsky.social @figgypud.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Isn't AI wonderful? All sorts of nonsense can be memorialised for no good to humanity.

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Phillip Anderson @phillipanderson.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I'm just so sick of this shit day in and day out I genuinely do not believe we can take another 2.5 years of it

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AnarchoTerran @anarchoterran.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Hold the CEOs of corporations whose products induce suicide, commit crimes, or cause financial harm responsible for the actions of those products, including AI! I don't think the charges laid against CEOs for the crimes of their AIs should be civil only. They should face criminal charges.

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The Verge @theverge.com · 14/07/2026

A blockbuster lawsuit filed by Apple accuses OpenAI of stealing confidential documents, spying on hardware prototypes, and tricking one of its trusted partners into performing a proprietary product design technique. Read more from @emroth08.bsky.social:

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The 6 wildest claims in Apple’s lawsuit against OpenAI

Apple makes several scathing claims against its former employees and OpenAI.

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Stephen Miller For Prison.......!

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 14/07/2026

Minnesota stands with Maine. I spoke with Governor Mills last night to offer my support after the fatal shooting of Joan Sebastian Guerrero at the hands of ICE.

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Unlock Democracy @unlockdemocracy.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Over 160 MPs - including 88 Labour MPs from all parts of the party - have now put their name to the call for a commission on changing the voting system. The momentum is growing every day. As one Labour MP put it: "You don't have to be Harry Kane to see what an open goal this is."

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Is Labour about to scrap UK's 'first past the post' voting system?

Some 88 Labour MPs - more than a fifth of the party's presence in the House of Commons - have so far backed a bid to set up a body to investigate electoral reform.

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IndiaWilloughby @indiawilloughby.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

1/ We are increasingly living in a world where super wealthy forces can bend or silence international organisations like Amnesty - whose decades-long existence demonstrably prove they stand for fairness, justice and equality.

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Why the wealthy pay less tax than you do - and how to fix it youtu.be/2Ys9m1t8lN4?... The tax system is fundamentally biased in favour of wealth. Let's change that right before doing a wealth tax, or the bias will remain.

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Why the wealthy pay less tax than you - and how to fix it

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Update: E. Jean Carroll has now collected more than $5.6 million after court records show the funds were electronically transferred to her law firm, following an order from Judge Lewis Kaplan. Source: MeidasTouch

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figgypud.bsky.social @figgypud.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Might as well tax people for being human. Folly is part of the human condition. It just needs the right circumstances to show itself. And one of the biggest buttons that is easy to press is fear.

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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

The poll puts Labour comfortably in the lead, with the Greens in second place, as Reform drops into third leftfootforward.org/2026/07/labo...

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Labour predicted to ‘comfortably’ win Manchester mayoral election again, new poll finds

The Greens’ predicted vote share has also gone up, while Reform’s has dropped

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Mr. Fox @smart-as-a-fox.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Here's an interesting irony about Trump's claim of election rigging in 2020. When he won in 2016, Obama was in office. No rigging. And when he won in 2024, Biden was in office. No rigging. But when he lost in 2020, he was in office. So, did he rig the election against himself? Duh!

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Supertanskiii @supertanskiiii.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

A reminder

As you hear the latest news of Tory greed and corruption from the Covid inquiry, don’t forget that we had THREE pandemic preparedness exercises, the biggest, exercise Cygnus, in 2016.

Findings showed the UK was scarily unprepared for a pandemic. The Tories didn’t just fail to act on the findings they refused to fully participate in the exercise including making life or death decisions.

Ultimately, they favoured ideological austerity over replenishing stockpiles. Four years later Covid hit and instead of acting fast they thought about how their donors and mates could profit as our NHS workers used fucking BIN BAGS while attending to patients.

To add insult to injury the fuckers partied and got coked off their tits in Westminster as millions died and suffered in isolation.

Never forget what those scumbags did.

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figgypud.bsky.social @figgypud.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Sorry love, but you can get useful stuff out of Temu. Farage... Not so much...unless you need organic compost.

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figgypud.bsky.social @figgypud.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Britain’s voting system is broken. 70 MPs are backing an amendment to finally review it. But to make an impact, we need many more. I’ve urged my MP to support it with this tool. Can you contact yours too? actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...

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Ask your MP to back the amendment to fix our broken voting system.

Last month’s elections have shown just how broken our voting system is. 70 MPs have just supported an amendment demanding a total review of this system, and a change to proportional representation. B...

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figgypud.bsky.social @figgypud.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

You know you're walking in a minefield, right? Botticelli never saw a blond, white woman around in Italy, never mind in Greece.

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figgypud.bsky.social @figgypud.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

So please, don't think I'm patronising you or jumping on your stage. I just want those who are being manipulated to free themselves of their delusions about what and who they think they are winning. Allons y!

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figgypud.bsky.social @figgypud.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Honestly, I'm in my mid 60s now, and the race grifters are still the same bourgeoisie using the same imperial colonisation schtick, as they did the first time, and their manipulation is to serve themselves against poor people, who are ALICEs, who can't get steady and secure work that pays enough.

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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 29/05/2026

Strangling Cuba until it collapses into chaos, or launching a cinematic special-ops mission to rendition a 94-year-old autocrat, isn’t a strategy. It’s a weapon of mass distraction from Epstein, ICE, inflation, Iran, the J6 terrorist immunization fund … The real move is magnanimity.

figgypud.bsky.social @figgypud.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

The Financial Times of London wrote about what the global insurance industry already knew and was preparing for in 2023, I think. Their actuaries have already calculated the risks and premiums are being priced accordingly. So, California might not be the best choice according to that metric. 🤞

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figgypud.bsky.social @figgypud.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

It is not about you. It's about their bottom line. But yours is still pretty tho' girl. 👀 No matter what.👍 So get jiggy with it, and shake it like a Polaroid picture. Get writing.

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Parkrose Permaculture @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Tom Homan has said he will get an order to force-feed the Delaney strikers. ICE has been doing this for years. They have a facility in Texas known as the "force-feeding hub". Involuntary force-feeding is torture. It's a human rights violation.

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ICE is about to do something horrific to the Delaney Hunger Strikers

YouTube video by Parkrose Permaculture

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figgypud.bsky.social @figgypud.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Someone plug him into the mains, please.

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figgypud.bsky.social @figgypud.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Yes, non-whites were singled out for "special treatment", but the regions blighted by deindustrialisation were mixed communities where everyone was abandoned by the Neoliberal state. That was a policy decision made by largely white politicians, not from the working class. Go figure. 2/2

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figgypud.bsky.social @figgypud.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Trouble is the biggest source of prejudice and bigotry against white people is... Other white people. I mean where were they when the mostly white working class were labelled as welfare queens, lazy, or benefit cheats by mostly white politicians? Hmm... I wonder why....? 1/2

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figgypud.bsky.social @figgypud.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Parkrose Permaculture uploaded this: youtube.com/post/UgkxseW...

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H. K. Swearingen @newnavigate.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

OK, America, let's go.

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Christian Petersen @iwantyoustudio.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Hurrah!

A PENGUIN WITH THE WORDS:
A WONDERFUL END
TO A HORRIBLE WEEK.
THANK YOU HUNGARY,
WE REALLY NEEDED THIS.

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