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Steve Bullock @guitarmoog.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Public executions, rampant open corruption, election interference at home and abroad, extra-judicial killings and a President calling for ethnic cleansing would be grounds for an EU sanctions regime on any other country.
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 23h
All Trump’s overseas assets should be frozen. Hotels. Golf courses. Offshore accounts. Should not be permitted to enter the territories of the countries that are parties to ICC.
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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The Cupertino pilot is so good and this show should be able to run for a century on the quality plus the foundational premise of a law firm that exclusively fights against big Silicon Valley companies.
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On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
After ICE’s deadly surge in Minneapolis, Trump’s new DHS secretary said: “My goal in six months is that we’re not in the lead story every single day.” Jose Olivares from @us.theguardian.com takes us inside ICE’s more secretive new strategy. lnk.to/onthemedia/b...
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On the Media
The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger examine threats to free speech and government transparency, cast a skeptical eye on media coverage of the week’s big stories and unravel hidden political narratives in everything we read, watch and hear.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is Nazi rhetoric
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Caterina Froio @caterinafr.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Sadly very accurate!
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Matt Hodges @matthodges.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
There's growing experimental evidence¹˒²˒³˒⁴ that LLMs are unusually good at talking people out of entrenched false beliefs and conspiracy theories. ¹ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39264999/ ² pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41179846/ ³ sciety.org/articles/act... ⁴ connecticut.adl.org/resources/re...
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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I don’t think I’m ever going to get the appeal of pivoting to video for podcasts. I’ve been listening to podcasts for 20 years, and never once have I thought, my God, I need to SEE these people! I’m on a walk or doing the dishes, I don’t need video. 
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Hamgravy @mlapinski.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Republicans used to hide behind “dog whistle racism” - this is full on CLOWN HORN RACISM
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Past Glasgow @pastglasgow.co.uk · 04/10/2026
A great colour shot from 1961, with a number 9 Yoker tram passing Lewis's on Argyle St. Car geeks, is that a Vauxhall Victor? 🤔 📷 Jensen-lc #Glasgow #history #trams
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jockhigh.bsky.social @jockhigh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Badging this article by LK as "InDepth" is grimly amusing: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Laura Kuenssberg: Kemi Badenoch has cemented her image. Now she wants to take her party back to its roots
The Conservative leader is expected to set out a return to core conservative principles at the party’s annual conference.
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Áine Mc Caul ✍🏼 @ainemccaul.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Time has moved on and so should our solutions to contentious marches
Four Orangemen on the treadmill at PureGym wearing VR goggles.
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⤵️ @bryce.lol · 29/09/2026
because I dunno, but an independent auditor that signs off accounts covering multiple years that misreport more than £900m in revenue should maybe have a perspective
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Hugo Rifkind @hugorifkind.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I cannot think of one good reason they could have for doing this. Nor even a bad one. They should fix it.
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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Also helps you understand that political corruption isn't buying votes, it's buying attention, buying prioritization
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
counterpoint: no
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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How it started/how it’s going
Trevor Lee
@VoteTrevorLee
Thanks @nickshirleyy for hoodie.
We're cleaning up the fraud in UtahBREAKING: Utah state Rep. Trevor Lee has been charged with mortgage and communications fraud ksl.com/article/
516296... #utpol @KSLcom @KSL5TV
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Johnnie Johnstone @johnniejohnstone.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Half a century old today. And it still sounds brilliant.
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Dr Farbod @emergencybod.medsky.social · 28/09/2026
I remember the day after Brexit. I watched British-born women, doctors and nurses in hijabs being told “we voted for you to go home”. They were home. So spare me the fucking revisionism about what that moment unleashed. 🧵
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Chris Weatherspoon @cweatherspoon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Gabby Agbonlahor dead right on talkSPORT to bemoan City snaffling Gareth Barry, James Milner and Fabian Delph from Villa. Only Arsenal (four) lost more first-teamers to City in period of the main charges (2009-18). Everton lost three as well All were fighting near the top and had their stars nabbed
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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 27/09/2026
Millionaires who breathlessly announce that they are leaving the country because a social policy subject risks mildly inconveniencing them should never be allowed back over the border.
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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 27/09/2026
We’ve all been constantly clamoring to hear about, and from, the Emanuel brothers, and the press is finally catching on
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Chairman Moët @chairmanmoet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Another discussion about what Labour should think and how it relates to its voters and hard not to think about Thatcher slamming her copy of Hayek down, saying "this is what we believe". Maybe they did but I don't think anyone there said OK we polled Hayek and the key voters have never heard of him
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Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · 26/09/2026
Yeah, justice. Fairness. Consequences. Appalling. Think of the mess.
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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Your regular reminder that UK taxes are average by western standards and low on middle-earners. Labour figures, especially, should not fall into the trap of pretending that we have a “high” tax burden and that taxes are to blame for the living standards crisis. www.arguably.uk/p/the-tax-tr...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They are playing in our faces
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On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“I think in the end [Trump] is saying, ‘The White House is my castle, and I can let in who I want, and I can throw out who I want… without consulting anybody.’” – @rparloff.bsky.social on Trump’s motivations for the White House press ban lnk.to/onthemedia/b...
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On the Media
The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger examine threats to free speech and government transparency, cast a skeptical eye on media coverage of the week’s big stories and unravel hidden political narratives in everything we read, watch and hear.
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jockhigh.bsky.social @jockhigh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The Tuckman Ladder (Storming, Forming, Norming, Performing) is a well established description of group development. Nigel Farage has never got beyond the exciting first 2 steps without ripping it up and starting again. Tuckman's stages of group development - Wikipedia share.google/fD49Jz5sbpCl...
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Tuckman's stages of group development - Wikipedia
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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fundamentally, the median voter has had a tax cut since 2010 and the result is that nothing works.
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erin @speechlessari.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If you don’t like this album go listen to the other albums you love it’s not that hard
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Joe Walsh Is Right......
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026
I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
CARTOON OF THE DAY…
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jockhigh.bsky.social @jockhigh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
There are going to be employment tribunals where employees state their manager wanted them to demonstrate they could do the work and they used AI instead and what's the problem?
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Crazy Ass Moments in LatAm Politics @asslatam.bsky.social · 27/09/2024
Edgard Leblanc Fils, head of the Transitional Presidential Council of Haiti, drank water directly from a jug during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly.
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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
How I feel right now about the British/ 🇬🇧English( whatever) political landscape is that some one wrapped in a Union Jack could whack me over the head with a flag pole & the BBC would shove a microphone in my face asking why I provoked the attacker & the Home Sec would invite the attacker for tea .
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
It's not clear how the first and last par could ever be consistently held by one person. And it's kind of fascinating that she is able to write this stuff without recognising that.
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Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Incredible Facebook slop ad I just got
Horse pin with an illustration of a horse and the following text:
"Give a man a horse he'll eat in a day, teach a man to horse. and make him drinks water."
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Helen Barnard @helenbarnard.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Train announcement includes asking people to use headphones if listening to mobile devices. ✅ But only in how to be considerate in the Quiet Carriage. ❌ We shouldn't normalise idea it's ok to listen to stuff without headphones unless you're in a specially designated area!
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
Martin Kao, CEO of defense contractor Navatek, poses next to Sen. Susan Collins for a photo. Collins is holding a model of a boat in her hands. Behind them is a large sign with the Navatek logo.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
New post out: England's schools are now the second highest performing in the world outside the far east, according to the OECD's PISA study. Is this because of policy? Attitude to technology? Cultural factors like immigration? And where can we still improve? samf.substack.com/p/why-englan...
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Why England’s schools are doing so well
And what we need to focus on next
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Willard Foxton @willardfoxton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I think it's absolutely mad that today there's a *national news story* about 400 oil platform workers losing their jobs, and the government being blamed. 25% of the UK TV industry lost their jobs in the last 4 years and we never hear a peep about it! Some jobs are 'real jobs' I guess.
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Eamonn-Forde @eamonn-forde.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Oh, Viz.
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✫✫LVN✫✫ @urbanaudacity.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026
Adopting right wing language is always interesting to me. It starts ironically, and then they just use it normally.
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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
NASA picture of the day today is a real 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿beauty! This is a composite image of the ~5000yo Callanish Stones on the Isle of Lewis. The amazing Giuseppe Petricca has only gone and photographed the Sun at noon there, every few days, for a whole year. #Dedication 🔭🧪👌 ℹ️: science.nasa.gov/image-articl...
The imposing Callanish Stones stand talk with their shadows spanning out across the glass.  It's a super clear sky, but looks cold. Above the central stone is a strange figure-of-8 shape of dots.  This is the location of the Sun, at noon, on various different days across the year.
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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The future tense of the headline (“will pay him back”) conflicts with the past tense that the president used (“I hear he’s paid him back”). The story doesn’t tell us whether the Times attempted to confirm whether Don Jr. has done this or plans to do so. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/u...
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Trump Says His Son Will Pay Back Russian Businessman for Wedding Party
The president said his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., had decided to return the money, but defended the gift worth hundreds of thousands of dollars as “totally allowed.”
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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Lib Dem pledge to cut fuel duty by 10p is depressingly bad policy: poorly targeted, expensive (£5bn), and it weakens incentives to switch to EVs and reduce usage.
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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Used to work in a small cafe in Carlisle when I overheard a young man deliberating with his friend whether he should move to London or not and was waiting for a sign. I stuck London Calling on and the look he gave his friend stuck with me and I really hope he made it to London.
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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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John Lyon @johnlyon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The first rule of Overexplaining Club is you do not talk about Overexplaining Club because this is a secret club and we want it to stay a secret, but if you talk about it then people will know it exists, thus ruining the secrecy.
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