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Grant Kester @grantkester.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

If it was 1939 and Trump was President I’m pretty sure he would have already been negotiating deals with German companies to make himself richer, and offering the use of the American military to help set up the camps (for a price, of course).

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Trump Weighs Russia Deals Before Ukraine Peace

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Alona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The response in Israel to Naza is beyond unhinged. Mobs have shown up at the house of co-director Rachel Szor's family. All over social media the directors are being branded traitors and "not Jews". There is a frenzy of incitement to violence against them online www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

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Netanyahu seeks to strip citizenship from Israelis as threats to NAZA film directors intensify

Israeli prime minister to pursue new laws as directors of Guardian-produced film face threats from far-right officials and activists

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/09/2026

Okay everyone. Here’s the YouTube interview with @jimmykimmel.com and @jamestalarico.bsky.social You know what to do. Watch it. Share it. Donate. Bury them. youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...

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Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See

YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/09/2026

I haven’t been indicted yet.

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Grant Kester @grantkester.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Nice to see a woman who became wealthy by creating a form of entertainment oriented primarily to working class audiences doing everything she can to ensure that their children stay working class. We wouldn't want the prols to get any crazy ideas about social mobility in America...

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DeclanKavanagh.bsky.social @drdeclankavanagh.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Happy to share this statement from the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, which responds to recent comments about my position as Senior Lecturer in Eighteenth Century Studies and work I supervise. Solidarity with all marginalised academics under attack by the peddlers of a culture war.

Statement from BSECS
Published on: 18th Aug 2026
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The British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies supports the work of scholars of the period from all backgrounds and career stages, working in all disciplines. The Society has recently reaffirmed its commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, and its opposition to bullying and harassment.
As such, members of the Society have been deeply concerned about the public hounding of academics by sections of the media and on social media platforms.
In the current 'culture wars', universities and their staff
- and Black scholars in particular - have been targeted to score political points about EDI, 'woke' culture and progressive causes. This tragically came to a head last week with the death of Prof Jason Arday, who had been subjected to weeks of hostile commentary and personal attacks.

A recent article in The Spectator typified this trend. In this article, one of our own colleagues and his doctoral students were attacked for their work on queer readings of fiction. We stand in solidarity with our colleague, and strongly object to any such attempt to bully scholars and students in our field.
Furthermore, we insist that the study of sexuality is a legitimate and urgent academic endeavour, not least because many of today's attitudes towards sex and gender have their roots in the eighteenth century.
Indeed, current scholarship on the eighteenth century is very much alive to the challenges faced by society today, in fields such as race, gender, class and the environment, among many others. The British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies will continue to support those who carry out this important work, and we wish to assure our members that the Society will stand up to any attempt to harass them.
The Executive Committee of BSECS

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Money on the Left @moneyontheleft.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

We love to see it.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 29/07/2026

I get that most ppl won't know this, but this website is a News Corp site and this journalist in particular is a really really nasty piece of work. Please share the original @404media.co that NC is copying for clicks www.404media.co/ai-companies...

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AI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They're Free of AI Slop

ISBNdb, a company that sources printed books for AI companies to turn into training data, tells clients “the optics problem is real.”

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Ignacio GHOULlup-Diaz @igallupd.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

“A Penn professor thought she’d sell 1000 copies of her ‘Odyssey’ translation. She sold a million this year alone, thanks to Christopher Nolan.” “West Philly's Emily Wilson, who penned a highly acclaimed translation of the epic poem in 2017, is having a big summer.”

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A Penn professor thought she’d sell 1000 copies of her ‘Odyssey’ translation. She sold a million this year alone, thanks to Christopher Nolan.

West Philly's Emily Wilson, who penned a highly acclaimed translation of the epic poem in 2017, is having a big summer.

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ZFLTG @siarapita.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Let’s do it. Fuck ‘em. - We can build a wall. - Remove all military bases. - Sever all rail, road and air traffic. - Forbid them from using the dollar. - No FEMA, Social Security or Welfare money. - Cancel all passport held by Texans. - Withdraw U.S. citizenship from all Texan insurrectionists .

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

PASTOR LORAN LIVINGSTON (@CentralChurchNC): “There has never been a Christian nation, and never will be. You don’t live in one now. A Christian nation wouldn’t have killed and displaced 20 million Native Americans, or thought owning slaves was pleasing to God.”

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Grant Kester @grantkester.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

If our country survives the Trump regime without sliding into fascism and oligarchy, this era will provide fodder for satire and ridicule by artists, filmmakers and novelists well into the next century.

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Maureen Berzanski 🧷🇺🇦🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🟧🌊 🐾 @moberzan.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Today, our friend Jay USAF Major Jason Watson read his oath to the Constitution and demanded that Congress do its job to IMPEACH this President and cabinet. He was arrested on the Capitol steps. #DOOR @defendersofourrepublic.org @removalcoalition.bsky.social @citizensimpeachment.com

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Grant Kester @grantkester.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Just wondering how long it will be before Trump tries to rescind the Emancipation Proclamation and the SCOTUS agrees…

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Grant Kester @grantkester.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Republicans have been training their followers to shit on their own government since Ronald Reagan took office and this is the natural outcome. The idea that this grotesque display has anything to do with honoring our 250 anniversary as a country is absurd.

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$Thrump, Dana White, the UFC & Muhammad Ali- A Tale of Corruption

https://www.levernews.com/the-real-ufc-white-house-takeover At first glance, it may seem like one of these things is different than the others, but they are all connected. First, a bit of history: In…

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Who funded every business venture Elon Musk has launched? US taxpayers, involuntarily. What have they gotten from the investment? Nothing whatsoever.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

The Ellisons now own TikTok, Paramount, Warner Bros, CBS News, HBO, Comedy Central, and CNN, among other major channels. They are also the largest private donor to "Friends of the IDF." They also paid $7 billion for streaming rights to UFC, which is hosting an event at the White House.

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Grant Kester @grantkester.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Once significant research grinds to a halt here the billionaires who have funded the ongoing destruction of America's scientific and educational leadership, in pursuit of tax breaks for themselves, will happily fly to China for advanced medical treatment, leaving the rest of us to die.

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New OMB rule could break science in the United States

What a new proposed rule from OMB could mean, and how you can help

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Meiselas: Katie Miller has been posting about you. I want to give you the opportunity right now to respond. What do you want to say to her? Paulina Mangubat, Content and Creative Director for @TheDemocrats: I want Katie Miller to know that her husband is an ugly fuck.

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Grant Kester @grantkester.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

OK, so the guy in charge of HHS and pandemic response in the U.S. has the emotional maturity of a 12 year old boy trying to impress his friends, and is also too stupid to know how to pick up a snake. thehill.com/blogs/in-the...

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RFK Jr. wrangles pair of snakes as wife, Cheryl Hines, looks on: ‘Honey, let them go!’

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is doubling as a reptile wrangler, sharing a video showing him grabbing hold of a pair of mating snakes with his bare hands. The Health and Human Services secretary is s…

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Grant Kester @grantkester.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

These billionaires trying to convince graduates about the wonders of AI have only experienced capitalism as something that can make them obscenely rich. The problem isn’t just the damage AI will inflict on class divisions and the environment, but the amoral nature of the corporations who control it.

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Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt booed after AI remarks at Arizona commencement

Pew research shows Americans are more worried than excited about AI as graduates voiced fears over jobs

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Grant Kester @grantkester.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

It's really effing annoying that we've had to live through several decades of right wing anti-abortion idiocy just because Bob Jones University was pissed that they couldn't keep their tax exempt status while refusing to admit black students.

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

This is an excellent profile of a Christian nationalist sociopath.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.

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GreyBruceInfo- Part Owner of Canada 🇨🇦 @brucegreyinfo.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

In the ocean, humpback whales have surprised scientists with one of the strangest and kindest things seen in nature. When orcas, also known as killer whales, go hunting other sea animals like seals, sea lions, small dolphins, or even baby whales, humpback whales often arrive to stop the attack.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10/05/2026

A lot has happened, but not much has changed.

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Grant Kester @grantkester.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Our "President" is living the Boomer retirement dream as the world crumbles around him. He spends his days golfing, falling asleep at his desk and shitposting at 2AM.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Black people are giving it these Confederates raw and uncut. This is how it’s gonna be now. You wonder what we’re thinking? It’s this. I believe this is activist Gary Chambers again in Louisiana.

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

YouTube has removed one of my videos because I reported that women can still access abortion pills. I shared *factual & medically accurate* information about women's health—yet the platform says I'm "facilitating the sale of illegal drugs"

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Grant Kester @grantkester.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

It would be hard to find a more perfect example of the necessary interdependence of obscene levels of class privilege and vacuous cultural pretension than the Met Gala.

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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

No, no, no. Trump and Hegseth assured us that was 100% obliterated. Totally obliterated. Obliterated 7 times now. Ignore your geiger counters.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

This entire thing is ridiculous, but Lee also demonstrated extremely poor generalship at Gettysburg that resulted in a third of his Army becoming casualties. He also didn’t take over command of the Army of N. VA until 14 months after the war started.

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Kevin Morris @kevintmorris.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

This week, the Supreme Court finally killed off the Voting Rights Act of 1965. I've spent the past decade studying the VRA and the attacks on it, so I thought I would offer some historical perspective, and where I think we're headed. This will be a long thread; buckle up.

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Craiger @beartownboy.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Ya, the left really needs to tone down the rhetoric....

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Cyndi Suzy Paramore @cfohunny.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

I think this is 100% correct.

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joysters5.bsky.social @joysters5.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

List of 9 websites where you can download unlimited books for free: 1. gutenberg .org 2. standardebooks .org 3. manybooks .net 4. openlibrary .org 5. bookboon .com 6. freecomputerbooks .com 7. internetarchive .org 8. digilibraries .com 9. librivox .org

Poster of free downloadable video books sites

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RAOK @evolvingempathy.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

This is happening in the middle of Tel Aviv 👏🏼👏🏼👇🏼💙

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