Reposted by NNCharles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 21hIsrael is far from the only settler-colonial state in the world. But it is one of the few that is still actively fighting to eliminate the Indigenous people it displaced. 523484
Reposted by NNMartin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 09/10/2026OK, TBH been a while since I last read this, but I recall a handy definition in intro www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Buffet...berghahnbooks.comHaunted by History: Myths in International Relations | Berghahn BooksIndependent Publishing since 1994 121
Reposted by NNTim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Interesting as always from @robertshrimsley.bsky.social but worth noting that plenty of other European centre-right parties have tried the same strategy, slagging off their far-right rivals as extreme while adopting many of their policies and their rhetoric. Not sure it will work any better here.ft.comBadenoch’s punchy plan to reunite the rightIt was just a speech, but the Tory leader’s rejection of Reform reveals a new and determined strategy 66710
NN @ittleennon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I hate X. I hate endless messages. I hate people who don’t think their behaviour is inappropriate. Yes, I play to the crowd, but privacy and manners matter. There is a fundamental difference between looking reckless and being reckless.♥️💫 130
Reposted by NNIan Lance Richardson @ricojosh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026A bit late, but #Yorkshire Photo of the Day - Scarborough Belle. 0163
Reposted by NNJohn Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The Scottish Parliament has just overwhelmingly voted to support Scotland's future in the EU. Scotland is a proud European nation, and we want to be back. 🇪🇺🏴 14261103
Reposted by NNMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026'The University of Nottingham has confirmed that it will close its music and languages departments as it presses ahead with more than 500 job cuts despite widespread opposition from staff and students.' A blight on East Midlands and UK higher education.timeshighereducation.comNottingham confirms course closures with hundreds of jobs affectedLanguages and music departments to close despite strikes and protests but university insists it has addressed staff concerns in revised plans 8266199
Reposted by NNSvetovid @svetovid.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Well, that's a hell of a thing to leave next to a statue of Joan of Arc.😏 532754528
Reposted by NNSARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 05/10/2026🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Mexican researcher Eva Ramón Gallegos achieved a milestone that puts Latin American science at the center of the world medical debate: she managed to completely eliminate the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) in controlled clinical studies. 7038461118
Reposted by NNMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The problem with this entire “talking across difference” approach to politics is that it assumes a shared consensus about democracy that no longer exists b/w the 2 main 🇺🇸 political parties. You don’t need to have lunch with people who don’t believe in free elections, equal rights, & the rule of law. 31700141
Reposted by NNTim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 04/10/2026"A conference pledge is not the same as a change to the law. The struggle ahead will be prolonged and it will be fierce. Buckle up." As @andrewrawnsley.bsky.social says, fans of PR (I confess that includes me) shouldn't count our chickens.observer.co.ukFirst-past-the-post was built for a two-party Britain. Th...As politics fragments, Andy Burnham’s promise to overhaul the electoral system is welcome – but what comes next is far from settled 0116
Reposted by NNa3minutewonder.bsky.social @a3minutewonder.bsky.social · 04/10/2026#stainedglassSunday St Mary’s Church Putney 2475
Reposted by NNMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Justice Alito is confusing court reform with attacking the court. Many of us simply want the Court to be better. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comSupreme Court expansion is ‘a concerted effort to intimidate the court,' Justice Alito saysDespite Americans' eroding trust in the Supreme Court, Alito says he's not discussed growing calls for expanding the court and setting term limits. 69871881992
NN @ittleennon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It’s a cracking airport. I am looking for countries to move to because the U.K. is dreadful.♥️💫 021
NN @ittleennon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Et misericordia tua subsequetur me omnibus diebus vitae meae; et ut inhabitem in domo Domini in longitudinem dierum.♥️💫 010
Reposted by NNJulieW67 @juliew67.bsky.social · 04/10/2026#10minutesfromhome #ClassicMono #Stunday John Rylands Library Manchester 011311
NN @ittleennon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Weiser at Baltic Opera, any night except the premiere. I will follow this advice. Thank you. ♥️💫 020
Reposted by NNJules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 03/10/2026They want one woman to stand alone beneath the weight of seven names. Instead, thousands of us will stand beside hers. You wanted Jane Doe? Here we are. #IAmJaneDoe #Pinks ✨ 442262871
NN @ittleennon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I learnt something today which I should have know. Commenting on someone’s post when they don’t comment on yours is bad form. It’s poor manners and it looks weird. I hadn’t thought of it. It doesn’t apply to institutions or famous people, but it’s rude. My son told me. I’ll stop that now.♥️💫 110
Reposted by NNIan Lance Richardson @ricojosh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026#Yorkshire Photo of the Day - Stained Glass in Hull Minster. 311013
Reposted by NNTim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Sorry to be a (Conservative) party pooper, butcentrewrite.brightblue.org.ukThe Keminaissance is a myth. The Tories are still like a weird uncle.Badenoch’s increasing tendency towards being ‘extremely online’ has led the party to paint itself into an ‘anti-woke’ corner that, to the majority of Brits who do not spend much time online… 1415139
Reposted by NNLena @titsalena769.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Thank you for the reshares Have a great day 💋 I'm off to bed it's 430am I've been awake for 20 hours 😴😴😴 Happy 2nd day of Halloweenee month perverts 👻🎃🦇 011
Reposted by NNffrf.org @ffrf.org · 01/10/2026As many as 100,000 churches could close or be repurposed over the next decade. America isn’t losing its way. It’s becoming less religious. And no amount of Christian nationalism can force people back into the pews. www.cnn.com/2026/10/01/u...cnn.comA looming ‘tsunami’ of church closings is poised to remake America | CNNExperts project an estimated 100,000 churches in the US will close or be repurposed over the next decade. This dire forecast is outlined in a new PBS documentary series, “Christianity at a Crossroads.... 1315523
Reposted by NNMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Given many UK universities' decision to jettison Arts and Humanities (and some Social Science) subjects, it's interesting to see that top-ranking global universities tend to rank highly in these areas. MIT (ranked 2nd globally here) is ranked 1st in both Arts & Humanities and Social Sciences.timeshighereducation.comWorld University Rankings 2027: results announcedAsian universities’ resumed upward trajectory takes them past mainland Europe for the first time, as reputational lustre protects US and UK for now 25820
NN @ittleennon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I’m hiding here. I think that my DMs are my fault. I answer everyone who isn’t a psycho, and then it’s thirty messages from one man in one day. People interest me, but manners maybe aren’t a strategy. It’s a mini moan. It’s weird. Here is nice.♥️💫 120
NN @ittleennon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Watching a French news channel with subtitles from Poland so I can follow a Channel News Asia documentary about Black, Manafort and Stone.♥️💫 011
Reposted by NNDr Chris Smith @spyhistorian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Is it just me or are we creating a disaster in academia? For years we have churned out funded PhD studentships and even JRFs and research projects. Back in my day, it was very hard to get a permanent job. Now, it is basically impossible without connections. Yet we still advertise PhDs and JRFs. 141
Reposted by NNSr. Carolyn Morrison ra @srcarolyn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026O Lord, grant us a quiet night and a peaceful end. #Compline 1233735
NN @ittleennon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comReality pays a visit to the Labour party conference, but it’s the ‘Hope Again’ that kills youMost MPs are clinging to this year’s Beckettian slogan, but the chancellor brought his own brand of despair 010
Reposted by NNTim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 28/09/2026You can't keep a good zombie down.unherd.comMaurice Glasman: there is a void at the heart of BurnhamismLabour peer Maurice Glasman has claimed that there is a “strategic void” at the heart of Andy Burnham’s premiership. Speaking at a fringe event at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool on Sunday af... 5535
Reposted by NNTim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Can't help admiring Brits' persistent attachment to the idea that supply and demand doesn't operate in the housing market and their concomitant refusal to admit that a place is only ever worth as much as anyone is prepared to pay for it. 1629441
Reposted by NNTim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"Since Healey is in a Labour government that will not slash spending, this means higher taxes. The UK is not in truth a high-tax country, at least by the standards of its European peers. Labour must now dare to recognise that reality." Martin Wolf telling it like it is www.ft.com/content/aa0a.... 24113
Reposted by NNIain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Ripon Cathedral #Stunday #Photography #EastCoastKin 17310
Reposted by NNParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"The Bank of England was set up by Tony Blair" It's easy to forget that Tony Blair had been in power since 1694 when the Bank of England was founded. Good job Brain of Britain Liz Truss is here to remind us. 2381824480
NN @ittleennon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026It’s tacky, but the talent is immense. I don’t know the ballet company, but fuck, yes. 010
NN @ittleennon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Why do so few people use this to sell sex? It’s dull but seems much easier if you’re careful with language. UpScrolled is my favourite. You won’t know anyone except Jason Smith - they can read big words. NN @NNwon. Please. I’ll do anything you ask - from Scots poetry to a gang bang. 🔥♥️ 010