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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Excellent article in El Pais on the impact of Hormuz on electrification this morning. I told them “Electric cars and heat pumps are between three and four times more efficient [than their fossil equivalents]” archive.is/VfFsl
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Spooky Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Conservative party's joke Bayeaux Tapestry, whilst having some funny moments, is basically cringe. What is unforgiveable is the racism. #ToryRacism [H/T @eberlmat.bsky.social @generalboles.bsky.social @seanjones.org]
Part of the border of a scene from the Conservative party's joke Bayeaux Tapestry
Migrants who are clearly not white in a small boat
Rats from the small boat chase cats
Tax payers lying on the ground dead
The implication being the migrants brought disease with themA scene from the Conservative party's joke Bayeaux Tapestry
Keir Starmer giving money and a key to some non white peopleA scene from the Conservative party's joke Bayeaux Tapestry
Kemi Badenoch giving a key to a white couple
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/10/2026
I'm not good at math, is $800 million a lot?
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FedEx believes $300M electric truck spend will save them $800M in diesel
In a record-setting commercial truck deal, international shipping giant FedEx has placed an order for 2,000 all-electric box trucks from...
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Ian @ianrogers.uk · 03/10/2026
Everyone should give up on a literal definition of Qi - and then go watch Cliff Tan on YouTube 🙂 Absolutely clearest explanations of reality-based Feng Shui you can get..
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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 29/09/2026
The rush to speculate that asylum seekers are responsible for every crime in the news is a sort of opportunistic informational terrorism. Until it’s disproved it stokes fear and hatred. When it is disproved there are no adverse consequences and they know that they only have to be lucky once.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 29/09/2026
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Burnham: "Homes, water, energy, transport, care, broken up and sold off." "The British right talk about taking back control. Never let them forget they are the ones. That gave it away in the first place."
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Andy Burnham's speaking voice is v much about adopting Orwell's rules 2, 3, 4 and 5 fron Poitics & the English language, probably consciiously as well as instinctively. I think he is the first PM to be an English graduate. (But I expect he will break rule 1 quite happily, eg Bank of Mum and Dad)
Never use a metaphor, simile or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.

ii. Never use a long word where a short one will do.

iii. If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.

iv. Never use the passive where you can use the active.

v. Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.

vi. Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.
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Dr Cinzia Yates 🇮🇲🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @manxinwales.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
That he is pleading not guilty to his own activism undermines the power of that activism and makes him look like a cowardly, whiny little prick to supporters and detractors alike. Political activists pushing for change stand by their actions.
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 23/09/2026
Of all the books we've been recommended for our #HumanistBookshelf, Carl Sagan's The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark has been recommended more than any other. It's easy to see why.
‘I have a foreboding of an America in my children’s or grandchildren’s time – when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues... when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what’s true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness.’ Carl Sagan. Cosmologist, author, humanist.
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Bridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Reform UK has promised cuts of £100 billion, but provided no detail on where they'll be made. Now, Reform UK's favourite think tank has set out a blueprint – including getting rid of the state pension. Reform UK would take us in a dangerous direction. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Thinktank linked to Reform UK calls for abolition of state pension
‘Radical’ report likely to influence party’s platform also proposes abolishing inheritance and capital gains taxes
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 19/09/2026
A new mega poll by YouGov reveals that an overwhelming majority of constituencies want to rejoin the EU. Only 4 constituencies were not sure. It’s time to put EU membership on the table. bestforbritain.org/uk-membership-mo…
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
🎉 YES! This is a huge opportunity! Please use this link to write to your MP - and then share, share everywhere! —> www.europeanmovement.co.uk/contact-mp-a... #Rejoin #UK #Europe #EU
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
When I tell you this is one of the most riveting, concise and accurate depictions of the catastrophically defective thought processes behind Effective Altruism and the larger Broligarch Epistemic Universe... Run, don't walk, to read the whole thing (link below), which concludes thus:
Example of the problematic thinking behind Effective Altruism.
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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Don't know who made this. But we love you for making it ❤️
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Here's a French video (with English subtitles) about what would happen if the far-right racists got their way and all foreigners and people of colour were forced to leave.
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Daniel Thomas sent his Patriot Platform militia to the Daily Mail today because they published this exposé on him archive.ph/LlO4H
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The convicted kidnapper leading sinister migrant protesters
Daniel Thomas's solidly middle-class upbringing appears to be very different from the men he claims to represent.
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Justin Webb is doing the ‘you’re not a *proper* Jew, are you?’ thing to Ed Miliband on the Today programme right now.
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Rachel Rees @rachel-rees.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
As honoured as I am to see that The Times has picked up my Chagos article practically *word for word*, including my hard-gotten quotes, I’d prefer some credit — or for everyone to read my original FT piece! free link to read the evidently enviable article below (cheaper than a Times sub!) 🌴
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 01/09/2026
The Times just ran a whole piece on England's manufacturing collapse since 2020 - and didn't mention Brexit once. Our research is clear: EU membership would boost the very regions hit hardest by deindustrialisation. Easier trade helps manufacturers most.
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Removing basic amenities such as laundry rooms and cramming more prisoners in the same square footage doesn’t sound like it will help with the crisis in prison conditions. Which is fine if all you want from prison is temporary warehousing of people. Less so if you want to stop people reoffending.
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 31/08/2026
Nationalisation is routinely dismissed as unaffordable. But does the £100bn-plus price tag for taking water into public ownership tell the whole story? Economist Richard Murphy argues politicians fundamentally misunderstand what nationalisation actually costs. @eastangliabylines.co.uk
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The nationalisation taboo
Nationalisation is routinely dismissed as unaffordable, but does that argument fundamentally misunderstand what bringing essential services into public ownership costs?
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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 01/09/2026
We've published an explainer tackling some of the most common questions and claims we've seen about the benefits system and how much it costs, including: ▪️Can immigrants claim benefits? ▪️Are most people on Universal Credit in work? Read it here:
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How much is being spent on benefits? – Full Fact
We’ve answered some commonly asked questions about the benefits system.
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 01/09/2026
We need to get corruption out of our system. We need to get big money out too. We desperately need electoral reform to get rid of a voting system that often protects the very politicians who broke our system in the first place.
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 "LAKE ONTARIO vs TRUMP!" 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 via DemonFlyingFox.com [SOUND ON 🔊]
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Trump is so illiterate, he mixes up high and low case letters: "LAKe AMeRiCA".
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The “fraud” allegation against Arday is gone. Regular “fabulist” is fading. What is left is his paranoid reaction to the two academics hounding him for three years — calling the police, engaging Carter Ruck. “Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you”
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Carney schools Trump again. #LakeOntario
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Andrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int · 28/08/2026
Wow. If anyone asks what the European Convention on Human Rights has ever done for anyone, show them this👇 🔗 www.modernslaverypec.org/informing-th... Brilliant new explainer on how Hillsborough families have used the ECHR, through the Human Rights Act, to fight for truth and state accountability
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The white-supremacist Nathan Cofnas lied to the media about his job at Ghent University. But instead of double-checking it, the British media just took him at his word. ... Here are some relevant excerpts from Ghent University's letter to suspend him for what amounts to academic fraud.
Your employment contract (article 1) and the vacancy for which you were recruited (ref. LW01) define your research mandate as a study of 'the future of liberalism', specifically focusing on liberalism as a political doctrine emphasizing individual freedom and equality. The projects you publicly and repeatedly associate with your ffiliation at Ghent Universitv y, most notably you
'Guide for the Hereditarian Revolution' which advocates for racial barriers and segregation, fall entirely outside the scope of your official research mandate.

During a recent podcast interview with Winston Marshall published on 9 August 2026, you explicitly stated that you are currently continuing your work on 'race realism' and the 'hereditarian revolution' at Ghent University. These public claims, and the activities you describe, are fundamentally inconsistent with the contractual scope of your employment and constitute a manifest violation of your professional obligations towards this University.

The gravity of these cumulative breaches, involving deliberate public misrepresentation and the misuse of the University's reputation to promote ideologies that conflict with its core values, as well as your decision to continue your research into 'hereditary evolution' and 'racial realism' at Ghent University, contrary to the terms of your employment, concern a breach of your ethical duties as a member of staff at our University and therefore qualify as a disciplinary offence committed within the university context.
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Jeremy Millar @jeremymillar.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Problem: Hell’s Itch Solution: Baggy Trousers
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Truly a fitting punishment for Fraser Nelson. Compelled by his own inner demons to try, vainly, to use facts/evidence to argue with an openly racist Conservative MP, who was probably originally radicalised by Nelson's own Spectator.
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roterote @roterote.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Here is the full suspension letter from UGent that was sent to Nathan Cofnas, it shows ample reason for his suspension and potential termination. Including breach of contract, using the University of Ghent’s name and legitimacy to promote his racial supremacist views and causing reputational damage.
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Many centuries ago, people would boil down cattle hide, pig bones, fish scales and chicken gristle to make a paste that women would smear onto their faces, believing it contained the elixir of eternal youth. Oh sorry - that’s TODAY! Watch out for the collagen peddlers!
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Spooky Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
David Starkey talking with white supremacist Nathan Cofnas about the death of Jason Arday. Cofnas explicitly said he thinks black people are less intelligent, and re-started plagiarism accusations against Arday (he'd been cleared by 2 universities). Listen to their racist ghoulish glee.
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Jacob Aron @jjaron.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Intellectually I know this, but seeing it on a graph makes me wince www.ft.com/content/ec59...
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tinaki.bsky.social @tinaki.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Aug 25 vs Aug 26. Yes, at Costco, but also for Premium
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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
This must be the third video of wonderful voices singing global scales I have seen, and each is mesmerising and has taught me things I didn't know. Such as: That these scales exist and how they, the bare backbone of tunes, reflect and unlock whole world regions' music. This is amazing.
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Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 29/07/2026
This is a really beautiful website by @jdworkin.bsky.social on the everyday household items that were once only dreamt about – a music player, nightlight, family photos, clean water, ice, spices, and more. 10/10 would recommend exploring it! ordinaryabundance.com
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Ordinary Abundance
A walk through a modern apartment, through the eyes of the people for whom everything in it was new.
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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I have seen this done with two scales - amazing. Then with three - awesome. But the ease with which this lady sings four scales is out of this world and beyond beautiful. [Jowairia Hamdy was Egyptian finalist of The Voice Kids Arabia, season 1]
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 12/08/2026
Party on, dudes! 🎸
Be excellent to each other' Bill and ted.
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Alex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Eclipse playlist open.spotify.com/playlist/6Wf...
Eclipse playlist
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Ben Wallace is seeing combat on X Suella Braverman apparently doesn't know her ACRS from her elbow
Suella Braverman@SuellaBraverman

ARAP was launched in 2021- before I was Home Secretary.

It was an appalling scheme that put huge pressure on the Home Office and yet another mistake by the last Tory government. Ben was probably the biggest cheerleader for it in government.

So glad I've left that rotten party.

Rt. Hon Ben Wallace @BenWallace70. Aug 10

Replying to @ZiaYusufUK

oh dear you wrong as well. i didn't seek a super injunction for a start. I'd read the commons committee report if i was you. You'll note that at the time i directed officials we were not going to "cover up our own mistakes." secondly you

[Community Note] Readers added context

In June 2023, as Home Secretary, Braverman told Parliament she was "very proud" of Afghan resettlement, specifically citing 21,000+ people admitted through ACRS and ARAP and calling it "a good track record".

https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2023-06-05/debates/BFC40996-90DE-46DB-AE88-9AC048267380/IllegalMigration

https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5902/cmselect/cmdfence/69/report.html

10:04 AM Aug 11, 2026Rt. Hon Ben Wallace @BenWallace70

love the way you dont even know the different schemes. You were in charge of the ACRS scheme at the Home Office that did NO vetting and let in 20k plus. MoD ARAP was for those that helped Defence and Security and was fully backed by Nigel Farage and Richard Tice! ARAP did vet and it was in trying to vet that the data leak took place.

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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 12/08/2026
ANNOUNCEMENT: All our sundials will be out of order this evening between about 6pm and 8pm, we apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. Normal service will resume tomorrow. In unrelated news, enjoy the eclipse later... Photos: Mike Selby, Annapurna Mellor, Chris Davies, John Millar
A wall-mounted sundial inside a walled garden. Text on the sundial reads: "fear god, obey ye king"A traditional sundial on a plinth, formal gardens surround itThe sun beams down on a traditional sundial, with heather visible in the backgroundA shot of a sundial from above. It's mounted on a stone plinth. Text on the side reads "KEW BRIDGE"
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
It’s election week! At this important moment I would like to address your entire planet with a message to the people of Earth. And I think I found the perfect place to do it.
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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 09/10/2025
Higgledy piggledy Timothée Chalamet Has a name meriting Endless design Much like his forerunner Benedict Cumberbatch: Hexasyllabically, Easy to rhyme
tweet from childish branzino @absflora:
timothée chalamet is the new benedict cumberbatch in the sense that you can say ANYTHING and we know who you mean. tiffany chevrolet. timpanogos charlemagne. symphony cabernet. jiminy castaway.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
More recently, Lowe's statement that he is not into neo-nazis or ethnonationalism upset his core staff, who identify as open ethnonationalists (and say Lowe is a bit old + wrong to suggest rejecting that form of racism) bsky.app/profile/sund...
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Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Did a venn diagram of Strictly Come Dancing contestants
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Tom Haddon @tomh-analyst.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
On the rare point, enjoy it while it lasts. Wind is set for a 16 GW (!) ramp down in less than 24 hours.
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Attitude Evs 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @j-evs.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
One week to go. Come on Binface Binface putting out the farubbish
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Aunty Donna: Man Thrown in Trash Can
ALT: Aunty Donna: Man Thrown in Trash Can
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