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Jane Tinkler @janetinkler.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Our new question: Who gains from saving nature? If this question grabs you, write a response and a book outline, and apply for the @ninedotsprize.org. The Winner gets $100,000, a book contract with @universitypress.cambridge.org and a term at @crasshlive.bsky.social. Deadline is 27 January 2027.

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The Nine Dots Prize @ninedotsprize.org · 13/10/2026

A question can follow you anywhere. Across streets, stations, libraries and everyday spaces, we’ve been carrying one thought with us:

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The Nine Dots Prize @ninedotsprize.org · 09/10/2026

The question is here! For the sixth cycle of the Nine Dots Prize, we’re asking: Who gains from saving nature? We’re looking for bold, original responses from across disciplines and the globe. The winner receives $100,000 and a book deal. Find out more: ninedotsprize.org

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The Nine Dots Prize @ninedotsprize.org · 02/10/2026

One week to go. On Friday 9th October, we’ll reveal the question at the heart of the sixth Nine Dots Prize Cycle. One new question. $100,000. A book deal, and an invitation to think beyond the obvious. More to share next week!

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Raf Nicholson @rafnicholson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Shame on you Ollie Pope, Luke Wood, Moeen Ali, Reece Topley, James Vince, Tom Kohler-Cadmore and Laurie Evans for caring more about the money in your own pockets than the human rights of women and girls. This was a personal choice by you, and you chose wrong.

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England players told to think of 'daughters, sisters or mothers' before committing to Afghanistan Premier League T20 tournament

English cricketers aiming to play in a men's T20 franchise tournament organised by the Afghanistan Cricket Board have been urged to think about their "daughters, sisters or mothers".

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Professor Peter Matthews @urbaneprofessor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Kinda feel sorry for UKRI (probably minority of one). They're an underfunded agency, that's ended up becoming a focal point of our broken dual-funding system for research; governments' appalling higher education policies; and new technologies.

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The playing field is not level: “According to analysis by Newscord, 163 articles were published on Jason Arday in the week after he resigned – compared to 13 articles by the same media outlets on James Orr in the week after the broadcast of the undercover filming he was featured in”

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The Two Professors and a ‘War On Ideas’

The different stories of the Cambridge academics Jason Arday and James Orr reveal the wider cultural and ideological forces around hierarchies and structural power – and who gets to belong

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Report outlines worsening trends in repression of academics in 22 countries and documents 382 attacks on scholars, students, and institutions in 59 countries/territories www.scholarsatrisk.org/resources/fr...

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Free to Think 2026 | Scholars at Risk

Free to Think 2026 is the 12th installment of an annual report by SAR’s Academic Freedom Monitoring Project, and analyzes 382 attacks on higher education communities around the world.

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Bex Luther @superbreeze.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

BREAKING: Ed Sheeran to represent Piddington at Eurovision

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 03/07/2023

My favourite fact about Iceland is that we have many, many crime writers but only one forensic pathologist, and he was so busy answering all of their questions that he decided to have a small seminar for writers to get some peace. It immediately sold out so he had another one that also sold out.

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Ellie Harris @eleanorrrlouise.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A lack of agency is absolutely a big part of what’s going on for young people today. We spoke to 150 young people, who all had big aspirations but were struggling to realise them. This isn’t a character flaw. Agency is a skill that needs to be developed & practice. That requires opportunities.

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Jane Tinkler @janetinkler.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Unbelievably the @ninedotsprize.org turns 10 this year! Join us in Cambridge to celebrate on 22 October 2026. We will be asking why questions are so very important. Hearing from @gracehuckins.bsky.social Roger Martin and @lindayueh.bsky.social www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/52173/

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Nine Dots Prize Public Lecture: Questions for the next ten years - CRASSH

Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities

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Jane Tinkler @janetinkler.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

For anyone interested in the @ninedotsprize.org or creative non-fiction more generally, a podcast on ‘Questions for The Next 10 Years’ featuring @lindayueh.bsky.social J Jarpa Dawuni and Riccardo Rebonato youtu.be/rMuwLrLa-Qg

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Nine Dots Prize podcast - Asking Questions (01/26) (video version)

YouTube video by Nine Dots Prize

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Thomas I-G @thomasig.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

My legitimate concern is that this world leading success story of multicultural integration is being usurped by racist hoodlums and thugs who want to tear it all down, and many in power think that's just dandy.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

A suggested statement for Andy Burnham.

‘The British public decided in the 1930s that they would not tolerate black-shirted militias marching through their streets. They would cherish robust political argument; they would not accept thuggery and intimidation. When Oswald Mosley led his Blackshirts to Cable Street, local people turned them back. A new law – introduced by a Liberal, backed by Labour and carried by a Conservative majority – banned private militias, political uniforms and ‘the use or display of physical force in promoting any political object’. The British people are as determined today as in the 1930s that they will not accept the methods of Mussolini and the Munich Beer Hall. This government will uphold the law and defend the traditions of British democracy’.

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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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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

So, don't share your darkest fears like a mantra. They disempower and deflate others AND you! The nihilism of presenting him as inevitable IS their strategy. I know we can beat Farage, because we ARE beatING him. His numbers are shrinking. Now is the time for shoulders to the wheel - not apathy. 3/3

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Embargoing a dissertation is standard (even in normal circumstances) when the student hopes to turn it into a book.

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The Bridport Prize @bridportprize.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Have a story only you can tell? The Bridport Prize Memoir Award is open for entries. First prize £1,500 plus a mentoring package Your memoir does not need to be finished Open internationally to writers aged 16+ writing in English Find out more and enter: buff.ly/HUrOYv9 📅 Entries close 30 Sept.

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Daniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.

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Anna @superteadrinker.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

James Orr liked to undermine me by referring to me as an administrator or secretary. I always felt that the fact he thought that was an insult is an excellent illustration of how he relates to social status and authority.

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Natasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

PhD researcher Stephanie Lamy’s forensic breakdown of exactly what happened to Prof Jason Arday should be required reading. Explains how he was targeted by a well-funded, racist, eugenicist network and why his fear and ‘paranoia’ were completely justified. broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-killin...

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The killing of a black man

A French researcher exposes the network of “race realists” who hunted Jason Arday like prey and the media who fell into their trap

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Lewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The Capita civil service pension fiasco should be a much bigger scandal than it seems to be. There are people leaving work next week who won’t be paid their pensions as entitled and will have to claim Universal Credit.

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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Another great day for the Single Justice Procedure, which has seen the Mayor of London wrongly convicted - without a hearing - for not taxing a car he doesn't own The car seems to have been linked to him maliciously - potentially as part of an anti-Ulez campaign www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...?

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Sir Sadiq Khan convicted for not taxing car he denies owning

City Hall officials say the Nissan Micra does not belong to the mayor or Transport for London.

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Jane Tinkler @janetinkler.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

And all secondary school age children?

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

One of the first "outrageous" claims I saw as Jason Arday's media hounding unfolded was that he ran 30 marathons in 35 days! Wow! What a thing to claim! And the newspapers all suggested there was no evidence he actually did it. Well, they clearly didn't look very hard 🙄 🧵 1/26

Photo after Jason's final marathon taken from his archived blog showing Jason surrounded by supporters in orange charity t-shirts

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Prof. Virginia Braun (she/her they/them) @ginnybraun.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

This is a really useful deep dive into authorship and AI use policy of major academic publishers... from Janet Salmons janetsalmons.substack.com/p/what-do-ac...

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What do academic publishers say about using gen AI?

Review current guidelines and implications for your research.

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Maria Farrell @mariafarrell.eurosky.social · 19/08/2026

I find this incredibly moving; the London children's lung growth study post-ULEZ doesn't just show improvement in kids' lung capacity when the car emissions were cut, but RECOVERY. Our planet's biological capacities to sometimes <unfuck> damage is no panacea but my goodness it is inspiring.

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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

FFS, @Guardian. Max Pemberton is NOT an expert in #ADHD, he's a psychiatrist specialiseing in older patients, with a bizarre agenda against #Neurodivergence, a regular column in the Daily Mail, and a dangerous TV show to promote Remember when you had actual experts regularly writing for you?

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Not hard to see why Reform did not announce their plan to abolish Personal Independence Payment until *after* the by-election..

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Prof Dave O'Brien @drdaveobrien.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Here's me for Policy @ Manchester on "What the @dcmsgovuk.bsky.social Department of Culture, Media and Sport’s Refreshed Areas of Research Interest Mean for Researchers" www.policy.manchester.ac.uk/about-us/new...

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What the DCMS Refreshed Areas of Research Interest Mean for Researchers | Policy@Manchester | The University of Manchester

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Heartened to see that my university is ending its contract with Turnitin before the next academic year, because Turnitin is going to use student submissions to train AI models. Institutions can and should resist this stuff!

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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

BBC website leading with small boats I see, despite numbers down 43%. Just unacceptable.

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Melissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Peculiar vibes on campus. Outside: Fringe festival! Crowds! Fun! Sun! Laughter! Inside: Depression and anxiety as folks wait for the redundancy axe to fall (after nearly 3 years of waiting). Dont you love farce? Send in the clowns.

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Ali B @alic.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I am one of the 662 waiting for a new liver on this list. My current existence is a pale shadow of what it could be. It's so important for people to talk about this; imagine it was you, or a loved one, in need. You'd hope someone else would be that generous. Please read: liveruk.org/new-nhs-figu...

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New NHS figures highlight growing demand for liver transplants across the UK - Liver UK

For anyone living with advanced liver disease, or supporting a loved one through treatment, the wait for a liver transplant can feel overwhelming. NHS Blood and Transplant have today launched a report...

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Gavin Freeguard @gavinfreeguard.com · 07/08/2026

Good to see this serious issue getting some more attention - @mrosenbaum.bsky.social has already done some great work (eg rosenbaum6.substack.com/p/generative...), ditto @mysociety.org (www.mysociety.org/2026/04/14/r...), it came up at FOI Fest (www.mysociety.org/transparency...) and...

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Generative complaints

The UK's major complaints services are receiving increasing numbers of cases to investigate, and the use of generative AI chatbots might be a cause.

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Jane Tinkler @janetinkler.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

And so 9am lectures are difficult and expensive for commuting students (and staff)

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

"Sinking in Polls, Farage Plans Week of Attacks on Immigration" Reform plan to make next week Immigration Week It could finally be the moment for broadcast media to notice the > 75% drop in net migration since 2024. There is also a 42% drop in boat crossings

Bloomberg: Sinking in Polls, Farage Plans Week of Attacks on Immigration

Reform UK party is planning to hold multiple press conferences on immigration to turn public attention to the issue, despite the number of migrants arriving in the country nearly halving from the same time last year.
A total of 14,200 immigrants have arrived in the UK via small boats so far this year, down 44% compared to the same period last year, with the Home Office and National Crime Agency increasing seizures of small-boat engines and improving enforcement cooperation with the French.
The issue of immigration threatens to be riskier territory for new Prime Minister Andy Burnham, who is already facing disquiet from backbench colleagues over reforms proposed during his predecessor's tenure.

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Stuart Hoddinott @stuarthoddinott.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

This is a genuinely exciting announcement about Burnham's intention for public service reform There are some potentially massive changes to the way that services are funded and operate A few things that jumped out at me 👇 www.gov.uk/government/p...

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Rewiring the State – Cabinet Statement (HTML)

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Professor Peter Matthews @urbaneprofessor.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Ok, so here's how I understand what happened. The SG proposed creating the NCS by creating regional Social Care Boards which would parallel the NHS Boards. They would commission all social care services in their areas. And EVERYONE hated this. Councils hated it because they would just become the...

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Ben Zaranko @benzaranko.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Sensible policy klaxon 🚨 Currently, if a 16 year old chooses to stay in school/college, their family can keep claiming benefits as before (notably child benefit). If they opt for an apprenticeship, the benefits stop. The system discourages apprenticeships. The DWP just announced a fix 🧵

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

tfw you say you're willing to work cross-party on a total reform of social care but then rule out any of the revenue-raising steps needed to pay for it. #Cakeism is clearly alive and well.

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Kemi Badenoch tells PM not to raise taxes to fund social care

In a letter to the PM, the Conservative leader offers to work with him on adult social care reform.

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

It’s a rip-off price, the vendor is toxic, and it seems the software doesnt deliver: www.ft.com/content/cbd1... Palantir tool has not cut hospital discharge delays, study says

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Palantir tool has not cut hospital discharge delays, study says

Think-tank’s findings likely to add to calls for audit of NHS England claims around Federated Data Platform

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Paul Cairney @paulcairney.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Another of my interview affirmation strategies: mention co-authors while nodding @sekip.bsky.social

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Hard to think of a more deeply damaging start to Burnham’s premiership than giving green light to new oil & gas in N. Sea, if true. It won’t lower bills or lead to greater energy security but will drive an even hotter planet. What a terrible signal to give to rest of the world #ClimateVandalism

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BBC Breakfast (@BBCBreakfast) on X

Andy Burnham will announce plans for new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea when he becomes prime minister on Monday, the BBC has been told. The announcement will form part of a flurry of policy m...

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David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I think often about the Twitter account supposedly of a guy studying at Goldsmiths that spent a couple of years mildly prominent and very active in late 2010s student Corbynite Twitter circles (including DM groups) before being revealed as a teenage girl in Ireland who ran it as a strange hobby

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

The UK squandered £10bn on personal protective equipment during the Covid-19 pandemic, a public inquiry has said, as it hit out at the contentious “VIP lane” for procuring masks and gowns as “unfair” and “inherently biased” www.ft.com/content/2a56...

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UK ‘wasted’ nearly £10bn on PPE during pandemic, inquiry says

‘Vast’ sums squandered in health crisis, report finds, as it criticises so-called VIP lane for procurement

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