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Kate Hagen 🦂 𓋹 🦂 @thathagengrrl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Meanwhile, Jane Doe dropped out of Cornell and was denied her request to get her tuition refunded so that she could transfer to a different college. She hence faced more severe consequences than most of the men who she alleges gang-raped her." www.thecut.com/article/what...
thecut.com
What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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flaneuse1.bsky.social @flaneuse1.bsky.social · 23h
Bring it on! www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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A tight election looms in New Zealand. This time, overseas voters could be bad news for the big parties
More than 100,000 have enrolled to vote from abroad in the November poll, and many are unhappy with how things look back home
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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When Trump renames it "Huge Intelligence" ("huge" is one less syllable than "super"), they'll all start calling it "Huge Intelligence." Eventually it'll be whittled down to "Big Smart" - or BS for short.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hegseth plans to axe a fifth of generals and admirals. It’s clear he’s planning to cause so much damage it won’t be repairable by whoever comes next.
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Hegseth to cut more generals, admirals in bid to remake military’s top ranks — The Washington Post
The defense secretary is expected to announce that the number of top officers will be reduced by as much as 20 percent, officials said.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Left: Shabana Mahmood says funding social care is about 'giving elders across our country much more dignity in old age' Right: A 94-year-old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen OBE is arrested for non violent protest outside the Labour party conference
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Bernard Hickey @bernardchickey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Did you know... thekaka.substack.com/p/no-govt-ha...
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No Govt has ever been re-elected in NZ with falling real house prices & real wages. Treasury says they are now.
Treasury sees both real house prices & real wages falling in 2026/27. No Govt has ever been re-elected post-MMP with both falling; Formal bid lodged to cancel NZ-EU FTA over NZ’s climate back-sliding
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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I've written a review for the Listener of Agnes Obel's show last night at the NZ international convention centre. But while that makes its way online, a word for the remarkable light and video element of the performance. I've never seen anything quite like it.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Mourning NAVALNY😢 @jan-readsalot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I can’t wait for this day.
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locus @locuslebe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#MusicChallenge #CaptnCanadasMusicMonth #MusicSky Day 30: September 🍁 Forever Autumn – Justin Hayward 🎶Birds fly South across the autumn sky Like a song through the trees...a leaf on the breeze Through autumn’s golden gown we kick our way Those fallen leaves lie undisturbed now you’re not here
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Justin Hayward - Forever Autumn (Live in San Juan Capistrano, 04.04.1998)
YouTube video by Justin Hayward
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I hope Michiganders elect Abdul El-Sayed to the Senate. He would be good for Michigan and good for the United States. robertreich.substack.com/p/senator-…
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Senator Abdul El-Sayed
He would be good for Michigan and good for the United States
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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Tweed is such a beautiful fabric to wear this time of year because it produces, in Dolly Parton's phrasing, a coat of many colors. Even a solid-colored brown is not just brown, but bits of red, blue, and yellow to produce something that looks lifted off the Scottish landscape.
There are two photos taped together. The top shows a brown stone building with a brown thatched roof. It's surrounded by green grass, stone walkways, and blue-gray sea. Below is a checked brown tweed that reflects the colors in the landscape above it. There are two photos taped together. The one at te top shows a rocky hillside with green and straw-colored grass, gray rocks, and a tan sandy beach below. The blue waters are crashing at the shore. Below is a green herringbone tweed that reflects the colors in the landscape above it. There are two photos taped together. The top shows a field of green and straw colored fields with bits of purple flowers. Below is a a series of checked brown tweed that reflect the colors in the landscape above it. A swatch book of solid-colored tweeds. The green tweed has visible flecks of red, gold, and blue.
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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Unscheduled photo dump because I was treated on my walk to work today to two quite different "bird enjoys spring flowers" experiences. Tūī: "I shall delicately sip nectar yum yum" Kererū: "FEED ME FLOWER"
Tui reaches up to sip from a white blossomTui curls around a white and pink flower cluster, about to drink.kereru bends around a kowhai branch, about to snip a flower off with its beak.kereru attempts to stuff entire kowhai flower down its cavernous gob. It ate about another half dozen in the minute after I took this photo.
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BLISS USA FREEDOM FIGHTER @suziequark10.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith is a Hero and will NOT bend the knee to Trump Trash www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
yahoo.com
Ex-special counsel Smith tells senators he won't 'be silenced' by Trump's threats of prosecution
Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith, who brought two federal indictments against President Donald Trump, told lawmakers on Tuesday that he “will not be silenced by continued threats o...
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“When food prices go up because farm workers go missing, that’s the ICE Tax. When construction grinds to a halt because no one is left to build homes, that’s the ICE Tax. When our elders can’t get the care they deserve because their caretakers and nurses are gone, that’s the ICE Tax.” #EndtheICETax
americasvoicecnn.substack.com
CHC Chair: ‘ICE Is Not Just Busting The Budget, It’s Wrecking Our Economy’
Congressional Hispanic Caucus members joined America’s Voice to call for an end to the ICE Tax that’s making the lives of all working families more expensive.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Burnham aiming for a change to the UK’s voting system.
theguardian.com
Andy Burnham expected to say he will push ahead with electoral reform plans
Exclusive: Labour conference speech will kick off process that could replace current system with proportional representation
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Russia has one enormous strategic advantage of which it is taking advantage. It can daily attack civilian targets--hospitals, universities, markets--knowing that while Ukraine can do the same, the Ukrainians are too humane to do so.
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 29/09/2026
Can you work out where a photo was taken — and when? Learn methods for geolocation, satellite imagery analysis and chronolocation techniques with Bellingcat experts. 14–16 October 2026. Find the webinar details here: www.bellingcat.com/workshops/in...
Learn our methods... Uncover the █████.Learn to use shadows and background details to date, time and locate a photograph
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Chris Bryant, "I have this warning for Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch. They say they'll bin the European Convention on Human Rights" "They've clearly never read the Good Friday Agreement, or maybe they don't even care about it" "I promise you this: we will not dump the ECHR, we will stand by it"
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flaneuse1.bsky.social @flaneuse1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte: "Russia continues its reckless campaign of hostile actions against NATO allies. It is trying to weaken our resolve and stop our support for Ukraine.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Angela Rayner, "In the past few weeks the Prime Minister Andy Burnham and I promised a route off the street for every rough sleeper by Christmas" My view: This is an enormously consequential commitment if it is delivered.
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Illia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
…or, like Russia, spent every night tearing down Russian apartment blocks with sleeping residents inside with Flamingo missiles.
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Illia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just imagine the amount of squealing, hands thrown up to the heavens, and shirts torn open in righteous indignation if Ukraine, even once (!) responded to Russia’s mass killings and barbaric bombardment of historical heritage by striking the Bolshoi Theatre or the Hermitage…
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Angela Rayner, "Farage isn't standing up to vested interests, he's falling at their feet" "Does anyone really think that Farage's crypto billionaire sugar daddies are handing him millions because he's standing up for the working people of Britain?" "Give me a break"
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A new Democratic Congress needs to investigate this hateful man.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Lavrov threatens Poland. Russia's strategy is to threaten and intimidate. Asked about Russia’s response to Poland’s proposal to locate Patriot missile production on its territory, Lavrov said: "We have a military doctrine on this matter, which Putin has repeatedly cited.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"It’s just horrific. I don’t know how many animals survived... This is unforgivable." Russia struck an animal shelter in Odesa region. Volunteer Olha tried to rescue cats and dogs from the fire. Not all of the cats survived, she said. Poor animals... 📹: Olha Shylymina
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If the last 15 years of work on things like MH17 and chemical weapon use tells me anything is you'll need a lot more than mere evidence to change the mind of any denialist.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Massive Russian attack on #Kyiv continued throughout the night. Russia added missiles to the drones that are now attacking Kyiv almost 24/7. Residential buildings, vehicles, office building were damaged, transportation network damaged. In Kyiv region, private homes were on fire, two people injured
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Morning Bluesky.
Comics panel: a man and a woman talk
Man: I'M IN CHARGE! WE'RE THE LEGIONNAIRES OF EARTH!
Woman: YOU’RE IN CHARGE?
A MALE?
Man: OF COURSE!
Woman: YOU MEAN EARTH
STILL HAS A PRIMITIVE.
PATRIARCHAL SOCIETY...
RULED BY MEN?
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Lawrence Freedman @ldfreedman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Latest post considers the ‘forgotten war’ of Sudan. I consider the state of the fighting, the humanitarian crisis, and the logic of partition. This is another example of the difficulty of extracting a good peace from a bad war. (This one is free). samf.substack.com/p/the-sudan-...?
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The Sudan War: is there any way out?
Since April 2023 Sudan has been consumed by a vicious war that gets far too little attention in the West.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Police say they’re “keeping an open mind” about the incident at RAF Fairford. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio isn’t keeping an open mind. He said the incident “clearly involves” a foreign actor.
bbc.co.uk
RAF Fairford incident 'clearly involves' foreign actor, says US secretary of state
Speaking to US media, Marco Rubio did not provide further details but thanked the UK for being "cooperative". Five men, arrested on Sunday, have been released on bail.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Every month of 2026 has been warmer than average in the UK. #climatecrisis
bbc.co.uk
UK weather: Temperatures to hit 26C in burst of late September warmth
Temperatures are expected to rise well above the late September average on Tuesday with a very warm night to follow, as Simon King explains.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Odesa region: civilian and port infrastructure attacked by Russia. Eight people injured by that attack, and six more injured by an attack on a residential building in Odesa yesterday.
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Andrew Chakhoyan 🇺🇦 @andrewchak.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What is consequentialism? Connecting actions, or in the case of russia’s war, the West’s inaction, to what comes next. Every failure to meaningfully arrest moscow’s appetite for war is an INVITATION for russia’s war to move westward
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Ryan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 29/09/2026
Nicola’s ferries won’t arrive until 2029, if ever. IREX would’ve been sailing by now and cost less that just one of National’s new RONs, that they now also can’t build. You only have a few weeks left to enrol. If you aren’t enrolled, your vote is like Nicola’s ferries. non-existent. #nzpol
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Sophie these days @spiderandme.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The enshittification of public service broadcasting. RIP @rnz #nzpol
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“The police prosecutor said Finegan used full force when he kicked the victim in the head. It was a serious assault and the gravity of the offending was high, the prosecutor said.” #nzpol NZ where you get jailed for being homeless but if you’re the ‘right white type of bloke’ NO CONVICTION.
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Army officer attacked taxi driver after being asked for $20 fare
New Zealand Army intelligence officer Arthur Finegan denied a "nasty" assault - until he was confronted with CCTV footage showing an attack that left a taxi driver unconscious.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 28/09/2026
To the people complaining these sex abuse cases have created a world where men now have to think 10 times before they touch a woman. Yes, that's the point. It's called consent. Welcome to human decency.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm…
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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
While many here debate pros, & cons of manifestos, speeches, statements, & policies etc from leading political parties, & politicians, there's another, angry, & anxious discourse - entirely removed from MSM, & Bluesky commentary - influencing electoral outcomes in ways that are no less significant.
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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Additionally, ~120 election related emails studied from leading anti-vaxx, far-right, disinfo networks (now near indistinguishable from NZ First messaging), & fringe 'freedom' parties feature a constellation of conspiracies that appeal to anti-establishment, sov-cit, & libertarian ideologues.
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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Many examples supporting this, growing at pace. A recent one was posted to Facebook by leading anti-vaxxer, in turn promoting another asking Peters a question at one of NZ First's campaign meetings. The audience clapped loudly, a proxy indicator of who party now attracts. WP's answer was revealing.
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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NZ First/Winston Peters are, by order of magnitude more than in '23's general election, acting as a network bridging/bonding agent - linking to, & through party's health 'policy', invoking/courting leading anti-vaxx, conspiracy, & far-right network discourse, & related disinformation + conspiracies.
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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
You then have Family First, identified by @globalextremism.bsky.social as one of NZ's leading far-right networks, launching their general election related website today. There's an associated guide. Amongst others, one of the most significantly/explicitly targeted in it incl. LGBTIQA+ identities.
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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
An early reading of potential implications for electoral integrity, based on what VFF alone had promoted to date amongst a subscriber based of 100k (likely eventually touching 4-5X more) isn't, I'd argue, marginal. VFF knows this, but performatively underplay their influence to escape scrutiny.
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flaneuse1.bsky.social @flaneuse1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A nasty reminder of some bad old days.
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