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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Arrest and prosecute “Danny Tommo” or lose the country to the Fascists. That’s the choice here

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Julia Laite @julialaite.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Old ladies immediately arrested and imprisoned for holding up signs to protest the deaths of tens of thousands of innocent civilians. Far right thug uses what looks like an illegal knife to slash a boat, endangering a life. And here I am many hours later waiting for any kind of police action.

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I’ve written to my MP, the Home Secretary and the PM this morning demanding that the government take action to defend the RNLI and clamp down on these far-right “activists”, who need to be arrested and charged for the criminal offences in this thread alone, as well as others in recent weeks.

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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It’s time for a zero tolerance crack down on far right thugs. They’re costing the taxpayer, soaking up police resources, intimidating peaceful communities & delaying the measures that are reducing the asylum backlog & its cost. Enough is enough. End the menace. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

theguardian.com

Far-right activist Daniel Thomas slashes dinghy in Channel with blade while rescue worker onboard

Thomas called followers to protest against arrival of asylum seekers in Gosport, but Border Force instead transported them to Dover

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 18/09/2026

What on earth is happening?

This had become the new normal. RNLI crew members had been forced to take their permits off their cars after their tyres have been repeatedly slashed. Most of them have been pilloried at the school gates or turned away from local pubs. One man who worked in search and rescue had been beaten unconscious and hospitalised, recognised for TV interviews he had done.

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George Morley @georgeisediting.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Bruce is everything that's good in the world. #70Up

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026

Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.

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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I’m just a person on my fucking knees begging the government to use its absolutely massive majority to do something extremely fucking popular: save our democracy.

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George Morley @georgeisediting.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Fuck me, but it's all awful. Again. Taking consolation from having sorted things out in the cellar, moving a pot of dahlias in the garden and planning a(nother) trip to Mexico. We take our comfort where we can.

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I want the Prime Minister to look into a TV camera and say the RNLI are heroes, that we do not change policy by street violence in this country, and that he expects any criminal action to face the full force of the law. That's it. That's all he has to do.

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Dr. Sandra Duffy Golden @sandraduffy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I don't know if it's just that this UK government missed the context of growing up in Ireland in the 90s, but they should probably be aware that gangs of lads in balaclavas don't have the best intentions for the public.

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Gloria Steinem died with fewer rights than she had during her lifetime. That fact needs to be front and centre of every media report, every dedication, every discussion of her death.

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George Morley @georgeisediting.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

In news that should surprise precisely no one I follow or who follows me, Furious is absolutely bloody brilliant.

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George Morley @georgeisediting.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I'm biased, since this was one of the last books I edited before retiring last year, but it is really very good indeed.

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George Morley @georgeisediting.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Spent much of today reading Carlo Gébler's excellent and moving memoir of the decline and death of his mother, Edna O'Brien, No One Tells You, out next week.

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George Morley @georgeisediting.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

There are other eighty year olds. Just saying.

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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I am annoyed that this is now my most popular post here on Bluesky. If you want more, I wrote a book about scientific racism called How to Argue With a Racist, and another one called Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics. www.adamrutherford.com/allbooks

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All — Adam Rutherford

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George Morley @georgeisediting.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The palaver of updating addresses with every institution is quite something. They all do it very slightly differently but almost without exception the process is extremely circuitous. And if you're not phone or computer literate, god help you.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I genuinely cannot understand how the Labour government has now had two, genuinely cultured prime ministers who both looked at Lisa Nandy’s record there and went “I’m pleased with this. I want this to continue.”

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George Morley @georgeisediting.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

This is insane! So yes please Mr Burnham. Tax the buggers who should pay but don't.

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George Morley @georgeisediting.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

The prettiest sky tonight here in Whitstable.

The sky and the sea at Whitstable an hour after sunset

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George Morley @georgeisediting.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Farewell, dear Tess. Pretty, vain and characterful. Seen here in the waste paper basket. I did say characterful.

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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I've signed and sent a letter - from authors, broadcasters, journalists, artists, scholars and performers - to express our deep concern at @exeter.ac.uk’s troubling plans to make mass redundancies within the Humanities Dept @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social. I would love it if you read and shared widely.

Dear Vice Chancellor, Provost, Pro-Vice Chancellor and Executive Dean for the Faculty of Humanities,
Arts and Social Sciences and Chair of Council (cc Director of Human Resources and Chief Financial
Officer)
We write, as authors, broadcasters, journalists, artists, publishers, academics and performers in the public
sphere, to express our deep concern at the University of Exeter’s plans to make redundancies within the
Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS). The cuts come at a point when Exeter is not in
deficit, and they are not distributed equally across the university. With 114 of the proposed 153 FTE
academic redundancies falling within HASS, the University is dismantling areas of established excellence
and international renown in a Russell Group University whose reputation is known to be outstanding in the
Humanities. Several of the disciplines subject to the proposed cuts, including Classics and Ancient History,
English and Creative Writing, History, and Theology and Religion are among the UK’s strongest according
to league tables, the Research Excellence Framework (REF), the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF),
and other recognised indicators, including QS World Rankings.
The extent of the proposed cuts is both shocking and misguided. Exeter is seeking to make up to 20
academics redundant in English and Creative Writing, out of a headcount of 62. In Languages and Visual
Culture upwards of 17 colleagues will be made redundant, decimating subjects including Art History and
Visual Culture, French, German, Italian, Hispanic Studies, Russian and Chinese. 5 posts will go or have
gone in Classics and Ancient History (2 academics have already left), out of a staff body of 20. In Theology
and Religion up to 5 academics will be made redundant out of a group of 13. In History over 17 colleagues
will be made redundant, out of a staff body of 53. In the Institute for Arab and Islamic Studies staff are
facing a headcount reduction of almost a third (6FTE out …

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George Morley @georgeisediting.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

A people vs the establishment by-election. So he's resigning and re-standing. Hey ho.

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George Morley @georgeisediting.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Is he simply going to bore us all to death?

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George Morley @georgeisediting.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Permit a retired person a moment's boasting. So very pleased that my lovely former author @susannahstapleton.bsky.social won the non-fiction dagger last night & I was there to see her do so! #ThatDarkSpring is a perfect summer read too. So off you go ...

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 26/06/2026

This is remarkable.

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George Morley @georgeisediting.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Just trudged upstairs to find that the fan in our bedroom which shows the temperature is reading 31 degrees ...

Bedroom fab showing the temperature: 31 degrees.

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George Morley @georgeisediting.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Thank the lord for Brindisa's gazpacho, prosciutto and melon straight from the fridge.

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George Morley @georgeisediting.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

My friend (& former author) @proffrancesca.bsky.social is set to lose her job, along with her colleagues across the humanities. That successive governments & now even the Russell Group cannot value these vital subjects is a disgrace. We need the humanities even more than ever.

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Francesca Stavrakopoulou @proffrancesca.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Guess what? I’m at risk of redundancy. My job - and those of my colleagues in my department and across our wider faculty of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences - is one of those currently targeted for cuts. I received a personal letter today. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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University of Exeter in talks to cut about 150 members of staff

The university says it is consulting with colleagues over "limited and specific potential changes".

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George Morley @georgeisediting.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Mickey Mouse ramekins? Jesus, the tragic paucity of ambition and imagination. I mean - a Rolex; a Cartier tank; a diamond ring; a Ferrari ffs. But £39 ramekins, Mickey Mouse ramekins at that.

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James Barr @jamesbarr.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Keeping asking this question.

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George Morley @georgeisediting.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Brixton Market is at risk of being bought by private equity developers. Locals are launching an emergency counter-bid to bring it into community ownership by June 22. Add your name to help keep it independent: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/bu...

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Back the community bid to keep Brixton Market independent

Private equity developers are trying to buy Brixton Market. Support the local traders' emergency counter-bid to keep it in community hands before the June 22nd deadline. Add your name to the petition:

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David Benedict @eggsbened.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Nightmare for a friend of mine in London. Please share.

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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

My goodness, Ed Luce is furious giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

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George Morley @georgeisediting.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Friends for supper again. Apricot tart again. Made my own pastry rather than thriftily (and stupidly) thinking pepparkakor dough would be a good substitute. And I think it might have worked. @shaunwhiteside.bsky.social is on main course duty - poulet basquaise since you ask. With rice and salad.

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George Morley @georgeisediting.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

This morning in the garden, poppies, peonies, roses.

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