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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 22h

10 October 1943 | After the selection of 1,000 Jews deported to Auschwitz from Drancy, 491 people were immediately murdered in the gas chamber. One of those killed was Charlotte Salomon, a German-Jewish artist from Berlin. The author of the autobiographical series "Life? or Theater?: A Song-play".

A girl, Charlotte Salomon, painting outsite. She is sitting surrounded by grass.

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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

FYI: Right now, the US continues to be a HUGE net exporter of diesel fuel. High prices are NOT caused by a shortage here in the USA. High prices are caused because international markets set prices and Trump's insane war of choice has disrupted those markets.

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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Former Labour Deputy Leader Lord Thomas Watson, now Senior VP at Palantir UK, wrote to me defending their public contracts. Instead of trading letters, I’ve challenged him to an open, public debate. He can defend Palantir’s ethos; I’ll argue for public accountability. Will you accept, Tom?

Formal letter from Clive Lewis MP, Member of Parliament for Norwich South, to Lord Thomas Watson of Wyre Forest, Senior Vice President of Palantir Technologies UK Limited, dated 7 October 2026. In the letter, Lewis challenges Watson to a public debate regarding Palantir's role in government contracts and public institutions. Lewis rejects Watson's claim that criticisms malign software engineers, stressing that elected officials must scrutinize corporate power, democratic control, and public accountability. He proposes a debate with an impartial chair, equal time, and audience questions.

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Frank Beck @diehoren.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Pleased to hear that Anne Carson has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Look at the way she breathes life into this fragment of a poem by Sappho:

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"Whoever he is"

Anne Carson Whoever he is who opposite you sits and listens close to your sweet speaking and lovely laughing--oh, it puts the hear...

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Today, selling a £1m house and moving to a £400,000 flat won’t change your children’s IHT. The estate is the same size. Under the Tory proposal, the £1m house was exempt from IHT, but the £600,000 you released is fully subject to IHT. Your house move caused £240,000 IHT.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

There aren't many days when you can kayak off Start Point, renowned for one of Britain's most dangerous tidal races. But yesterday the stars aligned, so I bunked off work. Delighted to see Rupert Kirkwood (the Lone Kayaker) out there. He took this picture of me +1. Before you ask: yes, it's real. 🧵

In my kayak, watching a bluefin tuna leaping beside me.

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 29/09/2026

Democrats seem headed for big wins, but one avenue for self-sabotage would be adopting R's framing on trans rights. @billiejsweeney.bsky.social spoke with insiders incl Lanae Erikson of Third Way and Rep. Sarah McBride for this substanial piece of new reporting. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

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Democrats Lose by Punching Down on Trans Issues, Strategists Say - Assigned Media

Insiders, including at centrist think tank Third Way, are cautioning Democratic candidates against echoing Republican talking points on trans rights.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

As long as the Tories are threatening to leave the ECHR, they aren’t a serious party. Consider it the ultimate red flag. Any party who’d take this entirely unnecessary and ruinous risk with our rights and our country’s security and wellbeing should never get its hands on power. (Letter, Times)

Value of the
ECHR
Sir, In dangerous times, serious countries do not retreat into splendid isolation. They build alliances, multiply their influence and strengthen institutions. Key among those is the 46-member Council of Europe, at its heart the European Convention on Human Rights.

As former independent reviewers of terrorism legislation we have seen at close quarters that the ECHR is not just a human rights instrument. It is a national security asset. Terrorist networks, hostile states, organised crime gangs and people smugglers do not respect borders. Tackling them requires arrangements for the closest possible co-operation with our neighbours, including through joint investigations and police access to European passenger, fingerprint, DNA and vehicle data.

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Ashleeee 🌊🪭 @reactiveashley.cat · 05/10/2026

1/🧵 A serious analysis. This is disingenuous. We all know there are two legal meanings of the EHRC Code: a generous one and a fair one. The generous legal meaning is that it suggests that trans-exclusionary provision is “legally” safer. The fair one is that it requires trans-exclusionary provision.

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Priyamvada Gopal @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

All ethnonationalism is racism. Sorry to burst bubble. You can't run around criticising boat stabbers for their 'English patriotism' and then say 'oh but all ethnic groups deserve their own homeland' like @owenjones.bsky.social What, anyway, is an 'ethnic group' if not race by another other name?

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Are we living in a computer simulation? Scotland’s Astronomer Royal provides the answer I talk to Professor Catherine Heymans about her new book exploring the possibility that the entire universe is a virtual world created in an experiment My mind is still blown In @heraldscotland.bsky.social

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Are we living in a computer simulation? Scotland's Astronomer Royal gives her answer

Could the Big Bang have been the launch of a cosmic computer programme? Scotland’s Astronomer Royal Catherine Heymans explains the science.

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Bradley Hillier-Smith @bradleyhsmith.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It was great to be featured on the @polphilpod.bsky.social with Toby Buckle to discuss what an ethical response to refugees would be, and how it may be possible www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/refugees

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What we owe refugees with Bradley Hiller-Smith

With the world becoming more repressive, what would an ethical policy even look like?

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Sir Ian McKellen orates 'The Stranger's Case' from 'Sir Thomas More' by Shakespeare about the Evil May Day xenophobic riot of 1517 in London. This passage was written 400 years ago, but times never change. Humanity refuses to change its unwarranted bias against 'others'.

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Rev Karen @revkarensethuraman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

**OVER 1000 SIGNATURES** Friends, we have reached over 1,000 signatures - we are absolutely blown away! A huge thank you to everyone who has taken the time to sign the letter. We will be closing the link tomorrow evening, so if you haven’t signed yet, there’s still time. Blessings, Rev Karen

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Geneva 🇨🇦 @geneva1111.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I saw the clip of Judge Judy too. I wanted to punch her through my phone

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Treblig 🇺🇦 @camtreblig.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

“We were elected to make tough choices, and today we have made the tough choice to not make any tough choices”

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elizabeth: witch? 🧙 vamp? Both? 🎃 @thatelizabeth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I can’t speak from the position of being a person of catholic decent in Northern Ireland but let me speak about being one here in Scotland and exactly why the orange order is a fascist organisation which should not be tolerated in a modern society

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Sam ooOOooOoo Turner @renrut-mas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I'm not sharing the Braverman posts because every single one of them addresses the wrong problem. The problem is not a fringe politician expounding on her 19th century racial science theories. The problem is a publicly funded broadcaster platforming and normalising them. Several times a day.

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 01/10/2026

On this day of action against Palantir, here’s a handy thread of the Nerve’s ongoing Palantir investigation. From the web of gigantic state contracts to the revolving door between government/ civil service and their top team, with a manifesto for technofascism along the way… 👇👇👇

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Billie Jean Sweeney @billiejsweeney.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Bacon: “The problem is that lots of liberal activists and elites are having their perspectives shaped by the nyt in 2026.” Me: For the past 4 years, the nyt has consistently misshaped news about trans ppl, promoting medical falsehoods and repeating right-wing fabrications.

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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I don't wanna COUCH my words here: I know JD Vance, his eyeliner, and absent Ashley Moody are used to running away from people when things get tough because they care more about themselves and their billionaire buddies than the people they represent. But this is my home. /1

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Bettina Struff #Woke #NHS #RejoinEU @bettinastruff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"His remarks are particularly likely to be welcomed by EU members, who have been frustrated by the UK’s inability to have an honest conversation with itself about its relationship with the bloc." An excellent article from @alexhh.bsky.social in @bylinetimes.bsky.social And already....

Screenshot from the Financial Times of a photo of Macron and Sanchez shaking hands, above the text: Emmanuel Macron, French president, and Pedro Sánchez, Spain's prime minister, both said the UK would be welcomed back into the bloc, which it voted to leave in the acrimonious Brexit referendum in 2016.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 01/10/2026

I talked to Jake Sullivan and Jon Finer about the radical transformation of US foreign policy, away from a process designed to help all Americans and towards the interests of a few people in the administration or close to the president youtu.be/vn4i_Jk_khc?...

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Anne Applebaum on the Grifters and Ideologues Behind Trump’s Agenda

YouTube video by The Long Game Podcast

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Nicolas Chinardet @zefrog.eu · 01/10/2026

#R4Today is normally so obsessed with small boats and catching smugglers...

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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

One thing that really struck me during my book research is just how many big contentious topics of British politics (the voting system, Brexit, the organisation of the armed forces, social cohesion) ultimately lead back to one topic that still gets far too little attention:the future of the union.

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Integrating into the Single Market and a Customs Union but not full membership for the UK should be the realistic target set by Brussels. If UK state elites as well as voters can't cope with either the trade-offs of full membership or lack of input on Single Market rules without it, well tough.

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Christian Bettges @chbettges.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"Was Habermas meinte, war dies: Eine demokratische politische Kultur sollte auf universalistischen Prinzipien erbaut werden. Aus dem Gedanken ergab sich für Habermas sein Gegenmodell zum Nationalpatriotismus: der Verfassungspatriotismus." www.fr.de/kultur/gesel...

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Habermas antwortet auf Noltes Thesen: „Der einzige Patriotismus, der uns dem Westen nicht entfremdet“

Im Juli 1986 veröffentlicht Jürgen Habermas seine Replik auf Ernst Noltes Thesen zum Nationalsozialismus in der „Zeit". Nolte hatte den Holocaust als Reaktion auf den Bolschewismus erklärt und ihm dam...

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Drumcree Orangemen desecrate the memory of the dead Seven people - three men, one woman & three children - were killed by loyalist terrorists because of Drumcree in the 1990s. I covered the terrible events. Is this forgotten? What’s happening now mocks their loss. In @heraldscotland.bsky.social

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Shame on them: Drumcree Orangemen desecrate the memory of the dead

Our Writer at Large covered the Northern Ireland Troubles extensively. Here, he remembers the lives lost over Drumcree and says Loyalist protestors…

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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's remarkable to watch people on the left launch with gusto into a campaign to delegitimise and undermine trade unions, using lawfare and relentless media attacks, because they've been persuaded that hating trans people should be their top priority. The right must be rubbing their hands with glee.

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Scotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The true human cost of the Drumcree dispute. 21 lives lost between 1996-1999, all in the name of forcing an Orange march through a nationalist area. There is an alternative route available, The alternative route runs via Dungannon Road & Corcrain Road. #NoMoreOrangeMarches #GivePeaceAChance #Respect

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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It really sets in stark relief the asymmetry of coverage of the "debate" over trans and women's rights across our media. On the GC side court losses are reported as wins, racism is glossed over and hate is endlessly sane-washed. Meanwhile successes on the pro-trans side are met with silence or lies.

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is *not* the result of "the success of Mahmood's reforms", but of earlier measures/other factors. Her proposals could make it considerably *worse* in future years. A few other points linked below.. archive.ph/0psJ8

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 significantly undershot projections from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).

The Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank estimated last month that the success of Shabana Mahmood’s reforms, which have seen net migration cut to the low hundreds of thousands, could cost Healey some £4bn.

Labour sources familiar with the budget process, however, said that the figure was now closer to £6.5bn. The OBR’s migration forecasts have been consistently higher than real numbers in recent years.

Treasury officials, who have long expected Mahmood’s reforms to cause a hit to headroom, described the number as “pure speculation” but did not deny that Healey would have to contend with a larger funding gap than expected because of falling migration

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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.

Patrick Maguire
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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
Mahmood's
reforms, which have cut net migration to the low hundreds of thousands, could cost Healey some £4bn.

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is absolutely correct IMO. (The only reason that the Reeves announcement didn't cause resignation is that the Cabinet's Heathrow opponents all took the view that it was never going to happen)

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is marvellous. High art for low income families. What an enlightened politician. Compare and contrast to the barbarians in command of Britain

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Cwiar Cymru @cwiar.org · 23/09/2026

Meet Juliet Brown. She cancelled hundreds of evidence-based gender-affirming surgeries across all of Wales three weeks ago. Brown isn't a doctor. Or any sort of clinician. She's a businessperson, formerly a director of the service commissioning Tavistock.

•• Cwiar
Cymru
Cymraeg →
Meet the person that cancelled hundreds of surgeries for trans people
Juliet Brown, NHS Wales
Chief Commissioner

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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Trump hasn't helped. Brexit has been worse: in real terms, UK food and drink exports down well over 20% since that deal was struck www.ft.com/content/82b3...

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Brexit and Donald Trump’s tariffs push UK’s food and drink trade deficit to £21bn

In the first half of 2026, the sector’s export volumes fell 11.7% to hit their third-lowest level on record

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Gàidheal Gèidh @grumps2772.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Russia doesn’t need physical threats to the UK – it just needs gullible Brits online The cheapest weapon Russia has at its disposal isn't a tank, a missile or a drone - it's a gullible Brit on social media. www.thelondoneconomic.com/opinion/russ...

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Russia doesn't need physical threats to the UK – it just needs gullible Brits online

Russia doesn't need to fire a shot to cause damage in the UK - all it needs is bots and some gullible, angry Brits.

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This old wall on the banks of the Clyde in the East End of Glasgow might not look like much, but it's got a great story behind it, and its one that still has an impact to this day. Cont./ #glasgow #glasgowhistory #harviesdyke #publicrightofway

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.

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Lady Luddite (KJ Colt) @moistenedtart.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The same culture that produces MAGA produces you centrist illiberal Dem cvnts that throw invisible disabilities under the bus while misusing science language this way. You’re not that far removed from MAGA in my opinion.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

ExcuseMeSorryWhatPardon. Republicans tried to HURT the election chances of this <checks notes> superhot gay marine veteran, by publishing his youthful risqué photos, and he is standing as a Dem for Congress in <checks notes again> New York? 😂😂😂 I reckon this translates into a ten-point poll bump.

THE QUEER POST
The Queer Post
They leaked his old photos to try to shame a gay veteran out of a congressional race. He's still running.
Chris Gallant flew Black Hawk helicopters in the Middle East, enlisted at 17, and now volunteers as a firefighter on Long Island.
The New York Post thought leather modeling pics would end his campaign.
Gallant didn't apologize. He called it exactly what it is: "This is a coordinated political hit meant to drive me out of the race, and this represents everything that is wrong with our politics today."
"I am very proud of who I am, and I won't be shamed into silence."

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Brynn Tannehill @brynntannehill.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Republican House members Nancy Mace and Ronny Jackson have called for all transgender people to be rounded up and forcibly institutionalized. They want us gone, but will they let us escape? trib.al/S5fGeof

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The Fascists Want Trans People to Leave. I Left. But Should We All?

I moved north. Polls show many trans Americans would leave if they could. Should Canada make us an offer we can’t refuse?

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A much better thread than @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social's original article

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