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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 02/10/2026

“a “both sides” diagnosis obscures the asymmetry between a faction seeking to reverse social progress and those resisting it. Polarization is this less the disease than democracy’s immune response to an unpopular, antidemocratic mvmt.” @lilymasonphd.bsky.social Yes. This is a prob in science too.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

That’s not the right way to think about it. Putting a Brit label on it but doing the same things that Palantir does is still wrong. We need a rethink of *what* as well as *who*.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It’s a mark of the corruption of our whole way of thinking about the world that trying to meet a planetary emergency is routinely described as “ideological”, while continuing to accelerate it is presented as “pragmatic” and “economic”.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Remarkable that the Telegraph is not screaming this morning about Burnham's pledge of a closer/rejoining EU relationship because Brexit has failed.

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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Big news from Labour Conference: the PM has announced the government's plan to scrap first past the post. Seats that match votes would change British politics for good, but only if it happens. I've added my name. Join me? action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/201578/...

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The PM used his big speech to promise to fix Westminster's broken voting system.

We've heard promises before. I've signed to make sure this one is kept. It takes 30 seconds

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Yvette d’Entremont @dentremy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Meta's new Muse AI agent blatantly ignores users permissions The advice to people concerned about this very thing was once "Well, if you don't like it, don't use it," writes Amber Neely. "But that doesn't protect you anymore. Muse can get access to your information via people who do use it."

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This Labour government could have responded to the genocide in Gaza in so many ways, instead they cut aid. This is a dereliction of duty.

Stuff of nightmares UK cuts aid to Un Gaza food operations by 78%

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Times - which has v much joined in the rightwing clamour to reduce immigration - now reporting that Mahmood’s “success” has cost the economy £4- to £7Bn. Would they like to now honestly confirm that fewer people = less spending power for all. There’s a high price to pay for this nasty obsession.

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Falling migration numbers could cost the chancellor as much as £7bn in fiscal headroom as he writes his first budget, The Times has been told.
Government insiders believe that John Healey, who already faced an uphill battle to balance the books next month, is likely to have an even bigger challenge after immigration undershot projections from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).
The Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank estimated last month that the success of Shabana
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reforms, which have cut net migration to the low hundreds of thousands, could cost Healey some £4bn.

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 26/09/2026

‘“Hard borders” are a creation of the modern age. Until the late 19th century, borders almost everywhere were more or less open, often fuzzy or undecided.’ Ferdinand Mount on immigration and emigration in the English imagination. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Ferdinand Mount · Modest and Misunderstood: Wretched Strangers

In the great immigration panics of today, sympathy is focused on the home team. We are the ones who are being hurt. It...

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Turing Police Andúnië Branch 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dov.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

For more or less the 763,109,456th time: you can only think that "the West created Vladimir Putin" if you essentially do not give a shit about any Russian history /up to/ 1989

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 26/09/2026

omg. i love this version so much

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Conor Sewell @ccsewell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is the most acceptable form of magical thinking in politics - believing things that are both untrue and unpleasant as justification for “tough but necessary” action which will achieve nothing and harm many.

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Air Budd Dwyer @airbudddwyer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

an absolute rainbow of wonderful Facial Expressions

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🔴 BREAKING: BP, Uber, Amazon and more paying Tony Blair's think tank $25,000 for “networking” opportunities with politicians and policy makers at party conferences Experts say "looks and smells like cash for access" Full story on Democracy for Sale democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-t...

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BREAKING: Tony Blair Institute’s $25,000 corporate network “smells like cash for access”

Exclusive documents show Tony Blair's think tank offers corporate members such as BP and Uber "networking" at party conferences and "a stronger voice" in policy debates.

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Joe Hodson @joehodson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Speak only in @nytpitchbot.bsky.social headlines and see if they catch on.

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Nicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"Absolute tosh" is the kind of British understatement I was looking for to describe this warped proposal of wanting to rejoin the EU, but not just the one that is there, and thinking an ex-member can dictate the terms of reforms... The more I think about it, the more absolute tosh it becomes.

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Nicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

No doubt the EU needs reforms. But calling both for a 'Europe of nations' and the EU as a global power is an example of where this 'big nations' thinking that led to Brexit has brought us.

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Joe Hodson @joehodson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

One wonders if these racist Daniels ever notice that they bear the name of a character from an oppressed minority background who rises to prominence, repeatedly refuses to compromise his roots even in the face of persecution, and is miraculously vindicated against those who resent him for it.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

bit weird given the play is written in early modern English but I'd pay to hear Ēalā Rōmēo, Rōmēo, for hwȳ eart þū Rōmēo? Wiðsace þīnum fæder and forsac þīnne naman; oþþe, gif þū nelt, swere mē þæt þū mīn lēofa sīe, and ne bēo iċ nā lenġ Capulēting.

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Grudging Signup @grudgingsignup.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I'm obviously far from the first to think of this, but do you remember when climate protesters were castigated because they might block an ambulance They never actually did Just the possibility was enough to justify imprisoning everyone concerned meanwhile, www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

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Far-right activist Daniel Thomas slashes dinghy in Channel with blade while rescue worker onboard

Thomas called followers to protest against arrival of asylum seekers in Gosport, but Border Force instead transported them to Dover

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Antony Carpen @acarpen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

One for lawyers - is there any case law on the state confiscating the proceeds of a criminal act where those proceeds are payments from social media firms connected to number of views of a video of a recipient committing a criminal act on video of which they were later convicted?

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Kate Bermingham @kate-evelyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I have legitimate concerns about this.

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I'll take the commitment of American Democrats to international law seriously once they commit as a party to putting the United States under the ICC's jurisdiction

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Deeply disappointing to see Libdem leader now supporting more drilling in the North Sea - it will add to global volume of climate emissions, drive climate breakdown & send a dangerous signal to the rest of the world

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Sir Ed Davey says Jackdaw gas field 'makes sense' as decision looms for government

A consultation on the gas field - located 150 miles northeast of Aberdeen - closed last month, with the prime minister set to make a decision.

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Joe Hodson @joehodson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Jesus was apparently "Lady Wisdom" incarnate, and also an undead lamb with seven horns and seven eyes. The ship for putting any such constraints on his portrayals sailed a long time ago!

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Joe Hodson @joehodson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We should certainly extricate ourselves as much as possible from dependence on the US and its industries.

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Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"The planet is telling us, in every region at once, that it is out of balance" theguardian.com/environment/... Time for PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF ENERGY - relying on a profit-driven system is driving up costs and jeopardising climate targets @tuedglobal.bsky.social tuedglobal.org/working-pape...

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‘Planetary boundaries’ necessary for flourishing of life have been massively breached, scientists warn

New report shows key indicators of Earth’s health are ‘outside the safe operating space’ as climate disaster looms

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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Even more important than the current figure is the TREND - the numbers wanting Britain to rejoin the EU have been rising slowly but steadily. It’s relentless.

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David Allsopp @doublehelix.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Reminder that intimidating or impeding the ICC is, in itself, a crime under article 70 of the Rome Statute

Article 70 - offences against the administration of justice:

1d) Impeding, intimidating or corruptly influencing an official of the court for the purpose of forcing or persuading the official not to perform, or to perform improperly, his or her duties

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Two state elections in Germany today, guess which one will be written up as representative of Germany/Europe and which one will be portrayed as unique to that specific state?

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Joe Hodson @joehodson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A rabbit-hole on Mary in the New Testament: For all the nativity-focused hagiography and pedestalisation of her motherhood, all the canonical accounts of her seem to point to a significantly strained or even sundered relationship with her most famous offspring.

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Dinah Rose KC @dinahrose.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Incredibly rich and detailed characterisation and performances, devastating depiction of the disintegration of democracy. Amazing period detail and world building, and great stories. And Lotte ❤️

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Dinah Rose KC @dinahrose.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Impeccable taste

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James Chalmers @jameschalmers.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

If you think parents have brought their children up so badly that the child’s crimes are the parents’ fault: child neglect is an offence! But it seems unlikely that in proceedings against a child courts can readily divine whether the parents were at fault or at their wits’ end trying to help.

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Joe Hodson @joehodson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

He got his knighthood for "services to business and investment" - seems a questionable category even if, unlike me, you're on board with having an honours system. Surely such systems are degraded if they can effectively be bought for large sums?

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Masked thugs have put lives directly at risk here. Beyond shameful.

RNLI suspends services in Portsmouth over anti-migrant protests". The standfirst beneath reads: "Volunteers were abused physically and online since bringing 120 migrants ashore earlier this month". Below are buttons showing 4,076 comments. The article's lead photo, taken from above, shows an orange and navy RNLI all-weather lifeboat moored alongside a floating pontoon. A large group of people is gathered on the lifeboat's deck wrapped in foil for warmth

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A short thread on “legitimate concerns”. The phrase is used repeatedly by UK government ministers. The Home Secretary is at it again this week. But only ever - as far as I can tell - in one context: people’s response to the arrival of asylum seekers. Please read whole 🧵before responding - thanks

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Joe Hodson @joehodson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Given that climate change is the biggest threat we are facing, it's interesting that Burnham can go right on this and yet be widely perceived as overall somewhat to the left of Starmer. Doesn't quite add up.

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Joe Hodson @joehodson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Will have to check out. But with Simon Russell Beale as Churchill - hope I'll manage to unsee him as Beria!

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RobWilliams100 @robwilliams100.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Andy Burnham s government has a choice. Democracy and liberalism or becoming a vassal state under American techbro fascism. I'm not sure the government is on the same page as the vast majority of the British people

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This post is making the rounds again for some reason and therefore I feel I must inform you that they’ve hired another one so there are now TWO forensic pathologists working in Iceland.

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Joe Hodson @joehodson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

They are at least more deserving of the collective noun "murder" than crows are. Crows aren't knowingly frying the planet for short-term individual gain.

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