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Isaac Samuel @rhaplord.bsky.social · 19h

What Did Africans Know About The Outside World? On British “Spies” and News from India www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/what-did-a...

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What Did Africans Know About The Outside World?

On British “Spies” and News from India

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emma burnett @slashnburnett.bsky.social · 21h

Writer friends: don’t give up. I was rejected 299 times before I got my 300th rejection.

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Gavin Chait; @gavin.whyqd.com · 03/10/2026

They fast you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the furious they had And add some extra, just for you.

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Gavin Chait; @gavin.whyqd.com · 03/10/2026

The fast is another country. They do things furiously there.

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Akiva Weisinger @misfittorah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I mean you wanna talk about a language that created an artificial sense of unity that enabled most of the colonial crimes of the past 300 years? תסתכל במראה, אנגלו

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Gavin Chait; @gavin.whyqd.com · 30/09/2026

"Fascinating" how RN repeatedly aggressively declares immigrants, Muslims, black French are sub-human & should be forcibly expelled from France or put in concentration camps & *that* is "just politics". Rude remarks about Jews? My fuck is that beyond the pale ... www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

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National Rally’s Jordan Bardella rails at ‘war’ on party after antisemitism claims

President of Marine Le Pen’s far-right party faces calls to resign over comments he allegedly wrote as a teenager

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Google maps has finally updated its Satellite photos of Gaza and it shows the most complete destruction of a city ever. A Genocide.

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Gavin Chait; @gavin.whyqd.com · 26/09/2026

The UN updated its UNHCR-mandated shit list of companies profiting from the ongoing Israeli genocide in Palestine www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul... There's not a lot we can do about Israeli-businesses, but these should know our displeasure: Airbnb Booking.com Expedia Motorola Re/Max TripAdvisor

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Andrew 🇿🇦 Davis @thrownintosol.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Oh fuck off, Rowling. The South African constitution and bill of rights protects trans people. It was drawn up during Mandela's Presidency. It is EXPLICIT.

Text that reads;

9. Equality

1. Everyone is equal before the law and has the right to equal protection and benefit of the law.

2. Equality includes the full and equal enjoyment of all rights and freedoms. To promote the achievement of equality, legislative and other measures designed to protect or advance persons, or categories of persons, disadvantaged by unfair discrimination may be taken.

3. The state may not unfairly discriminate directly or indirectly against anyone on one or more grounds, including race, gender, sex, pregnancy, marital status, ethnic or social origin, colour, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, conscience, belief, culture, language and birth.

4. No person may unfairly discriminate directly or indirectly against anyone on one or more grounds in terms of subsection (3). National legislation must be enacted to prevent or prohibit unfair discrimination.

5. Discrimination on one or more of the grounds listed in subsection (3) is unfair unless it is established that the discrimination is fair.
10. Human dignity

Everyone has inherent dignity and the right to have their dignity respected and protected.
11. Life

Everyone has the right to life.
12. Freedom and security of the person

1. Everyone has the right to freedom and security of the person, which includes the right

a. not to be deprived of freedom arbitrarily or without just cause;

b. not to be detained without trial;

c. to be free from all forms of violence from either public or private sources;

d. not to be tortured in any way; and

e. not to be treated or punished in a cruel, inhuman or degrading way.

2. Everyone has the right to bodily and psychological integrity, which includes the right

a. to make decisions concerning reproduction;

b. to security in and control over their body; and

c. not to be subjected to medical or scientific experiments without their informed consent.

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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

something has gone very, very wrong with the UK

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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

“Dear migrants, before I say any other word to you, I want to bow before your dignity. “You are not numbers or case files. “You are people — with a family and a home left behind, with dreams that no one has the right to scorn.” — Pope Leo XIV

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Gavin Chait; @gavin.whyqd.com · 17/09/2026

So, let me see if I understand the new US visa requirements for South Africans. If you can demonstrate that you are: a) white, and b) a racist You may be eligible for a visa. Or refugee status. Whichever you prefer. That about it? bsky.app/profile/caro...

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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Rubio plans to "revoke or reject visas from [those] found to be responsible for...uncompensated land seizures, race-based discrimination and the incitement of violence against minority racial/ethnic groups in South Africa." Easy enough. Since they aren't happening. www.cbsnews.com/news/us-sout...

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U.S. slaps South Africa with new sanctions due to alleged discrimination against White people

The Trump administration has announced that it will impose travel bans on officials it claims are responsible for discrimination against White people and other minority groups in South Africa.

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Gavin Chait; @gavin.whyqd.com · 17/09/2026

I did my electrical engineering degree so long ago, I coded with Java SDK1. The point of deterministic structured coding languages is so fabulously non-deterministic "human" ways of communicating may proximate predictability so that equally fabulously literal computers can produce expected outputs.

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Gavin Chait; @gavin.whyqd.com · 14/09/2026

Remember when EU carmakers lobbied for rules on electric cars to be loosened, & Chinese manufacturers went "we make cheap electric cars now, & they get 400km range & recharge in 5 minutes"? Anyway, so now US-techbros want to avoid mutually-assured carnage by calling for an LLM investment halt.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

“Guys, they want us to go home.” 🔥 🇫🇷 French short film about what would happen to society if all the immigrants listened to angry old racist white men and left (aka the Republican agenda)

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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Having reported on the climate crisis for 20 years I am here to inform you that warnings we've unleashed something with a >10% of destroying humanity will have less of an impact than you'd expect.

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

A reminder: Rabbi Mirvis studied in an illegal West Bank settlement between 1976 and 1978. It is not surprising that for him, today is a dark day. For many many other Jews in the UK, today's statement is long overdue.

Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis on X

Today our Government has chosen to ignore the deep concerns expressed by so many of us.

The measures announced amount to little more than political flag bearing for mendacious anti-Israel rhetoric and those who harbour a dangerous obsession with the Jewish State. These measures will succeed only in bolstering the very extremism they seek to target.

On the eve of Rosh Hashanah and at a time when our community is more vulnerable than ever to the wave of extremism that has been building over recent years, these sanctions do nothing to advance the cause of peace. Nor do they make anyone safer – quite the contrary.

Gesture politics of this kind feeds into an increasingly hostile discourse about Israel, and the cumulative effect of such punitive policies is to further embolden those, at home and abroad, who use hatred as a weapon against Jews.

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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This is an overtly political statement unbecoming for a chief rabbi that conflates Jews and Israel and does not represent the views of me or people like me I could say more, but it’s almost Rosh Hashanah and I don’t want to start the new year badly - and, frankly, its awfulness speaks for itself

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Israeli settlements in the West Bank are illegal according to international law. The hysterical response today to this common-sense move by the UK government is an indication to the level of impunity the settlement project has enjoyed.

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

If of interest, please sign up, please share. #migrantstrike #migrantstrike2028

With the AfD’s success in Sachsen-Anhalt, this is as good a time as any to mention #MigrantStrike2028 - that, as you read this, immigrants across Europe are organising to launch some of the biggest strike actions that the continent will have seen. They are doing this in response to the attempts by the far-right to take their lives and their labour for granted - particularly at a time when, due to Europe’s ageing population, it needs them more than ever. They refuse to be treated as scapegoats and this movement is just the beginning. If you would like to join the effort, please email migrantjusticecop@protonmail.com

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 05/09/2026

A canoe glided slowly across the waters of Lake Togo, carrying the mystical Aklima tam-tam drum to a sacred wood to herald a momentous event: the 363rd unveiling of the sacred stone.

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Glyn Moody @glynmoody.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Black-clad protesters in balaclavas block road at port of Dover in Kent - www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... hold a piece of paper supporting #palestine, get sent to prison; block roads, and the police "engage" with you...

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Black-clad protesters in balaclavas block road at port of Dover in Kent

Traffic on A20 in and out of port grinds to halt as Kent police say they are in attendance and engaging with group

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

A placard with "LEGITIMATE CONCERNS" in 24 point font and "about Netanyahu/climate change" in 10 point font might be worth a try

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La vida en viñetas @lavidaenvinetas.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

1 año en 100 viñetas 71- Jaakko Seppälä

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La vida en viñetas @lavidaenvinetas.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Francisco J. Olea

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Tauriq Moosa @tauriq.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Frankly I'm shocked the British Museum - that bastion of moral standing and respect for minorities - would do this

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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

this is gonna upset so many of y’all

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Your Moment of Zen: Martin Gregus Jr. captured this polar bear swimming alongside a pod of beluga whales on drone footage in the Arctic. Polar bears are occasional predators of belugas (ambush at airholes), but they know they can easily outrun the bear in open water. (📷: mywildlive on IG)

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Gavin Chait; @gavin.whyqd.com · 30/08/2026

Putin & Trump are giving each other massages while talking strategy. "Each of our soldiers eats 5,000 calories a day," boasts Putin. "Each of *our* soldiers eats 10,000 calories a day!" yells Trump. "Rubbish!" shouts Putin, dropping his soap again. "No-one can eat *two* sacks of potatoes a day!"

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ShouXin手訫 @shouxin.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

It’s the weekend! Let’s stretch a little with these cats. Cats seem to know better than we do how to truly relax. Stretch your legs, loosen up, and let go of the week’s tiredness. I hope these little cats bring a bit of ease and a good mood to your weekend😊 #shouxinsketch #cat #sketch #sketchdaily

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Julia Cushion @juliacushion.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Should public data have to pay for itself? 🤑 We think charging for data risks reducing the value of public data and locking useful datasets away for the long term. Quick summary of our response to the government’s call for evidence: www.mysociety.org/2026/08/27/t...

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The problem with making public data pay for itself

The government is looking at whether public bodies should have more freedom to charge for access to their data, and we've responded to its call for evidence. There are good reasons to be cautious abo...

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Gavin Chait; @gavin.whyqd.com · 27/08/2026

Oh, thank fuck. I was starting to think being a pathological monster was a path to immortality.

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Natasha Joseph @tashjoeza.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

”‘Cause I've seen blue skies, through the tears In my eyes And I realise, I'm going home.” Thank you, Tim Curry, for everything.

Tim Curry as Dr Frankenfurter, backlit with blue, singing I'm Going Home

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Jason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours.

Miss Piggy and Dolly Parton in fancy dresses posing together

photo of Tim Curry surrounded by muppets, smiling for a photo. A quote from curry is added “it didn’t go very well. It didn’t survive the shoot. She felt I wasn’t being faithful to her” it’s him discussing his ill fated affair with miss piggy

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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

3 minutes of Tim Curry holding back laughter while filming scenes for Red Alert 3

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samuel @quilombo.eurosky.social · 26/08/2026

You were a “Wild and Untamed Thing”. R.I.P. Tim.

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Gavin Chait; @gavin.whyqd.com · 24/08/2026

And is that "inability to scale" predicated on an EU regulatory environment that is much more defensive against the sort of predatory monopolies that US regulators protect & favour?

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The FT, bringing you racism as entertainment for the erudite, thanks but no thanks.

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Gavin Chait; @gavin.whyqd.com · 17/08/2026

Won't someone think of the poor property owners whose houses are worth <calculators frantically> £5 million 😭

The average price of a home coming up for sale in Britain’s richest borough has dropped by almost £100,000 in a month as fierce competition among sellers in many areas prompts some to slash their price expectations, data shows.

The property website Rightmove said that for Britain as a whole, average newly listed asking prices for homes had fallen by 2% over the past month, the largest August price drop in eight years.

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Mattilda B Sycamore @mbsycamore.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

"Intimacy is what happens when bodies come together in all of their messiness and ambivalence and are affirmed and cared for." --Margeaux Feldman, TOUCH ME, I'M SICK @beaconpress.bsky.social

possibilities for care and interdependence that make life not just possible, but pleasurable? Intimacy is what happens when bodies come together in all of their messiness and ambivalence and are affirmed and cared for.

Intimacy does not have to be threatened by hysteria. In fact, all intimacy is hysterical because intimacy requires that we might be deemed "too much" for someone else. But if we willingly situate our relationships within a landscape of hysterical intimacies, ambivalence and excess and the full spectrum of emotions are welcome: Within this exchange, in which I expose myself before you and you choose to stick around, you celebrate my too muchness-it might even turn you on. When it comes to hysterical intimacies, there's no such thing as oversharing, no pathologization of affects. If what I share "exceeds" the boundaries of what is deemed "normal" or "healthy," you, my intimate person, do not feel that what I've shared is too much. In fact, you'll respond by asking for more and you'll offer yourself up to me, letting me into those dark depths, so that the closeness we foster is built upon a reciprocal exchange. Neither of us is forced to be more or less vulnerable than the other.

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 15/08/2026

We are writing to the Prime Minister, and the Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy, calling for an immediate public inquiry into the British press, following the tragic death of Jason Arday. Sign here 👇

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Jason Arday Letter | Good Law Project

Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 14/08/2026

Cambridge University should have known better, Fleet Street should have known better, the people hungrily absorbing every bit of news about it, making newsrooms feel like they had to keep going with it as a story, should have known better, horrible horrible horrible

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👻 Jack Djinn Wail 🧞 @jacktindale.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The Arday affair is disastrous and only made worse by how clearly avoidable it was. An absolute and total failure of any sort of ethical behaviour at every stage of the proceedings, entirely based around massaging the egos of senior figures at the university.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Indeed. SS embodies the whole sorry mess, in that hardly anyone in it ever saw Arday as a person. For Cambridge he was a way to buff their credentials, to be discarded when he became embarrassing. For Sodha he was a prop to air grievances about “gender ideology”.

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Gavin Chait; @gavin.whyqd.com · 14/08/2026

The Guardian covering themselves in shit.

All the stories The Guardian wrote on Jason Arday as they, along with every other British newspaper, drove this young man to take his life.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 14/08/2026

This is the coverage of Arday **just in the Telegraph** in the UK. This is only the first four pages of results, just in one outlet.

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Jason Arday found dead
2 hours ago — Mr Arday was found •unresponsive• at an address in Battersea. south London. on Froy
afternoon. He was uter pronounced dead at the scene. A Read rnore
Jason Arday says he was an illiterate, mute child. His .
6 hours ago — Jason Arday says he was an i&erate. mute child. Cambridge's youngest-ever black
professor in 2023. Arday attended from the age of four to 11
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A PhD is no longer a sign of brilliance — take it from Dr Arday
1 day aeo — Juon Arday resigns from the Unwersity of Cambrdge after The Telegraph reports he had
falseb• claimed to have pubåshed a book
We are all Jason Arday now
S days ago — Jason Arday resons from the University of Cambridge after The Telegraph reports he had
falsew cGimed to have published a book Aug 7.2028. Read more
Cambridge professor claimed he was on Seven Up..
2 Aug 2026 — He was not bom until 1985. Prof Arday is at the centre of a row about academk
plagiarism after The Tekgragh that he had been accused
The Jason Arday 'memoir' that now appears to be more .
7 days ago — Instead of tales of triumph over adversity. the now-fomer Cambridge professors
autob"qraphy is a case study in self-rnythobgising,
Arday failed to mention 'months-long coma' in autobiography
8 days ago — Jason Arday toz publishers he was k•ft a three-month coma fohwhg a car gash. but
never wrote about the ordeal his memoirs_
Jason Arday is living proof that you reap what you sow
6 Aug 2028 — The Cambridge professor feed plagiarism alegations and made fantastical clä'ns about
his life. so what did he expect woUz happen? Read rmre
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Arday 'accused student of Miite privilege' after she
4 days ago — Forrner Cambrdge professor alleged* htplied that Roehamptm student was racist after
cornplaint about essay SOOre.
Jason Arday is rnerely a symptom of the Leffs corruption
Aug 2026 — Lab-curs on school standards is on the same toxic assumptions that created his
academic career.
Cambridge hired Arday after 'listening to black stu…

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