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James King

@lapsed-heathen.bsky.social
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Jazz Liberal. Moves carefully & fixes things. Mature student of Law & Business @ Open University

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James King @lapsed-heathen.bsky.social · 17h
Why the boundaries of judicial review matter emptycity.substack.com/p/why-the-bo...
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Why the boundaries of judicial review matter
The High Court has expanded the province of administrative law a little bit more
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Lance Parkin @lanceparkin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The next President can presumably redesignate Mar-a-Lago as 'Some Shithole or Other' and punish media companies who refuse to use the official name.
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Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Man named Hitler Mussolini elected mayor in Peru
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Man named Hitler Mussolini elected mayor in Peru
The left-wing candidate won a narrow victory in a remote district in the Peruvian Andes, exit polls show.
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
They must be absolutely knackered.
One migrant crossed Channel every six minutes in first week of October
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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · 09/10/2024
Happy Hangul Day! It's a Korean holiday honoring the best and easiest alphabet in the world! Everyone in Korea gets the day off work to contemplate it, but it only takes fifteen minutes to learn! So today, learn to read Korean in 15 minutes!
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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James King @lapsed-heathen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Scientists grew living human skin around a robotic finger www.sciencenews.org/article/robo...
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Scientists grew living human skin around a robotic finger
In the hopes of one day building super realistic cyborgs, researchers built a robotic finger that wears living human skin.
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Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is a really important point. The narrative is all "Kemi Bounce" on the right. I listened to The Spectator podcast from Tory conference the other day and you'd think they were on 45 points the way they were talking. They're polling worse than they have in 100 years.
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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I just refused to get on the plane to London because they said it was a TRANSatlantic flight and I refuse to engage with this socialism driven forced sex change endeavor.
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James King @lapsed-heathen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Has Anyone Been More Vindicated Than Sam Harris? americandreaming.substack.com/p/has-anyone...
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Has Anyone Been More Vindicated Than Sam Harris?
In the wake of 9/11, Sam Harris made a prediction about where our politics was headed. Two decades later, he wasn’t just right: what he warned about has become a defining feature of modern politics.
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Duncan Mackay @theduncanmackay.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Rod Hull, time traveller. Villa Romana Del Casale.
Roman mosaic depicting man carrying a large bird like an emu.
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
FUCK IT. Let's give away 3 more signed paperbacks of my latest novel, each with fab linoprint bookmarks, made by my mum Jo. Repost & reply to enter! You might like it if you like: Folkloric creatures Old records Intricate psychedelic stories The idea of circular time All shares much-appreciated!
My latest novel Everything Will Swallow You, next to the sea, where some of it takes place.
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Gerard @groverxv.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
What was all the Greenham Common shit for then? The women of GC just needed to nick some farm fuel and the Pershings would’ve gone back across the Atlantic with their little missile tails between their little missile legs
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Nick Garcia @nwgarcia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This thought is a product of bad ideology, but is also classic stupid guy thinking. The Catholic Church has still never been forced to gay marry anyone, dumbass. You just mean that you should get to force your religion on everyone else.
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 02/10/2026
Hey, Suella, leave them kids alone. A school's job is educate children, not force them into religious worship. Keep Christian Nationalism OUT of assemblies, classrooms, and the curriculum. Agree? Sign our petition today 👇 humanists.uk/action/keep-...
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Keep Christian Nationalism out of our schools
Reform UK wants to force every school to sing Christian hymns – and says there will be ‘consequences’ for schools that refuse. Add your name and help us defend inclusive education. Reform UK has unvei...
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An Anarchist Who Tried Her Best @nataliereed84.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yeah it’s that beautiful feeling you can only get from literature, art, and archaeology of reaching out across big gulfs of space and culture and time and recognizing ourselves, and feeling recognized. Makes us feel less alone, more connected to the continuity of the universe. Makes death less scary
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Project Liberal 🗽 @handle.invalid · 04/10/2026
This image contrasts globalism and isolationism. The top section depicts globalism with a cargo ship filled with containers, a man and woman smiling, and the text "WE HAVE ACCESS TO GOODS FROM AROUND THE WORLD." The bottom section shows isolationism with nearly empty store shelves, two crying Wojak characters, and the text "WHY IS EVERYTHING SO EXPENSIVE."
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kaybell27.bsky.social @kaybell27.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
For years I've heard of a large bloke in a red suit flying around in December, being pulled by a herd of reindeer, who breaks into peoples houses, strangely I don't believe that either🙄
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Alan Owlport 🦉 🎃 @alanallport.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Seems to be a recurring problem in global Green politics that their foreign policy ideas are consistently dogshit.
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Life-changing vindaloo recipe. I made this with pork, but the masala would be great with the meat or veggie protein of your choice.
youtube.com
The BEST VINDALOO RECIPE
YouTube video by SharMissCooking
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
An important thread from the brilliant @joannahs.bsky.social
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A man builds an IED. He sets it off in a busy public street. Shrapnel flies about hitting cars, homes and a child's bedroom. It's a miracle nobody is injured. And Reform MP Sarah Pochin calls his imprisonment "disproportionate" and "two tier justice."
It does raise this point of two-tiered
justice..


Reform's Sarah Pochin believes the
sentence handed to the 64-year-old who
blew up a ULEZ camera was
disproportionate'.
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James King @lapsed-heathen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Christa Pike’s botched execution is the death penalty at its worst @UnHerd unherd.com/newsroom/chr...
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Christa Pike’s botched execution is the death penalty at its worst
As a supporter of the death penalty, I wish the US would just stop executing people. I have quite enough trouble with those who tell me that Lucy Letby — whose case I seek to reopen — would be hanged ...
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Andy Mackenzie @andymack.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Good morning. 'Batman's aff his Nut' by Robert Florence.
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Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
New from me on Political Sandbox: The Bit Nobody Noticed Triple lock: 615 articles. The EU: 186. Changing how we elect every government from now on: 61. The commentariat missed the seismic bit of Burnham's speech. politicalsandbox.substack.com/p/the…
A noir illustration of an empty House of Commons chamber in shadow. Between the long green benches a round table circled by a dozen mismatched empty chairs sits in a single spotlight, while a row of press cameras on tripods stands behind it facing a bright open doorway.
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Sharpie @sharpinsky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I suppose the Free Speech Union will be all over this… won’t they? Is anyone there?
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 01/10/2026
Bad news, everyone - Brexit has apparently caused the entire United Kingdom to detach from Europe and drift several thousand miles west. We are now slowly approaching Newfoundland. Can someone please let Eurostar now there might be some issues.
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NEW The diabolical defending of Manchester City Understanding an aggressive litigation strategy By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk (Prospect paywall is down currently.) www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th... #MCFC
What can explain such an aggressive and counterproductive approach? To an extent the answer may be in the facts and the evidence. Perhaps the view was that the only chance of getting out of this was to be unhelpful as well as robust. In respect of an earlier dispute with Uefa, an internal communication at the club apparently said “Uefa doesn't respond to anything other than aggression”. Maybe the view was taken that this would work here too. Maybe the club still thinks it will work in the end, with the league being pushed into settlement on appeal or at the doors of the High Court.

But this does not offer a total explanation. What may work with Uefa may not work with other adversaries. The structure of the league’s investigation and the disciplinary approach meant that aggression would not only be unhelpful, but would count heavily against the club. An appeal on the law or procedure at the High Court in this sort of case only has a remote chance of success. It can be assumed the club was warned of all this.

There is a phrase in football punditry that “the defending is diabolical”. Here diabolical is, of course, a synonym for dreadful. But in its more literal sense, diabolical means bedevilled with wrongful purpose. And the strategy adopted by Manchester City in contesting this matter is also in this sense diabolical. The club will have known that it was unlikely to work, and that it would make things harder, but the club decided to do it anyway.
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You've seen fireworks that look like jellyfish, but what about a jellyfish that looks like fireworks? The E/V Nautilus filmed this rare Halitrephes maasi jellyfish glowing like a firework at a depth of 4,019 feet (1,225 meters) off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. (📷: Ocean Exploration Trust)
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National Secular Society @natsecsoc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We've reported this charity, the Hackney Islamic Community Centre, to the regulator - but it's just one of many charities who are promoting harm against women under the cloak of 'advancing religion'. www.secularism.org.uk/news/2026/09...
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Charity sermon says men can hit wives ‘to show who’s in charge’
Preacher at Hackney mosque condones death penalty for gay men and people accused of 'witchcraft'. Read More
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Reform want to indoctrinate our children. Freedom of (and from) belief is a human right. humanists.uk/2026/09/10/s...
humanists.uk
Reform UK Braverman promises 'consequences' if pupils don't sing hymns
Reform UK has said schools will face ‘consequences’ if they fail to make pupils regularly sing hymns and the national anthem under a Reform government. The party’s education spokesperson, Suella Brave...
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is so very funny youtu.be/SHUvSffmLIQ?...
youtu.be
Most TV is Just This Now
YouTube video by Michael Spicer
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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I keep seeing Americans losing it over the price of petrol so I just looked up what they're paying and it's the equivalent of £1.07 per litre. In the UK it's currently around £1.73 per litre. Other than during COVID, the last time fuel in the UK was that price it was over a decade ago.
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Finn @thegoblinpoet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
ngl "2 doggers, a lad out on the rob for diesel, a fly tipper and an actual terrorist get swept up into an international incident" would be a really funny premise for a slice of life British comedy
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James King @lapsed-heathen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Free speech will be a big concern for voters at the next general election, with the government’s current approach on the issue perceived by many to be bad for Britain, polling suggests" www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
theguardian.com
Failure to protect free speech could cost Labour votes at next election, says Liberty
Polling for rights group shows issue is concern for voters and many feel recent policies have had negative effect
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James King @lapsed-heathen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Space Race You Never Heard About open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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The Space Race You Never Heard About
Scientists raced to finish a new telescope before Trump could cancel the funding. And they won.
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It's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
*blackadder theme* His head is bigger than a fence He breathes, and everything gets warmer His urge to trample represents A nation's nuclear war trauma Godzilla! Godzilla! The scourge of beast and man! Godzilla! Godzilla! He's flattening Japan!
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James King @lapsed-heathen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A paper note held up by a hand in front of bookshelves saying "Leftists Against Other Leftists. Sorry but a lot of you are just really fucking annoying"
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The Life of Sharks @thelifeofsharks.com · 25/09/2026
So far today I've heard Danny Tommo described as Captain Thugwash, Vasco da Gammon and Sir Walter Wally. Well played Internet.
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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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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Armenian steel worker Arkady Mgdsyan takes advantage of the Leidenfrost effect. An insulating vapor layer temporarily prevents the molten metal from harming him. Original post
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James King @lapsed-heathen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Is the phrase “master bedroom” actually harmful? A new psychology study says no www.psypost.org/is-the-phras...
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Is the phrase "master bedroom" actually harmful? A new psychology study says no
Many universities and businesses now use language guides to eliminate supposedly harmful words like "master bedroom." However, a new study finds these bans may be misguided, as exposure to such terms ...
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Hayley Stevens @hayleystevens.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Oh this looks interesting 👀 forensicpsychology.substack.com
forensicpsychology.substack.com
Forensic Psychology Files | Hayley | Substack
Research notes on crime and justice notes by a forensic psychology MSc student in 2026. Click to read Forensic Psychology Files, by Hayley, a Substack publication. Launched 3 hours ago.
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Jonathan Pie @jonathanpienews.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The Tories’ election campaign boss admitted he cheated by betting on when it would be called. He actually placed bets. On the date he’d been planning the campaign around. I don’t know what’s worse - the lack of ethics, or that the thick cunt thought he wouldn’t get found out.
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Got to ask this guy if he watches Star Trek because he’s doing all the other things this website likes
POLITICS + JUSTICE
This R.I. state rep is lord of the ring
Known for his progressive politics, Providence lawmaker David Morales wins his first "real" fight.
BY KEVIN G. ANDRADE - MARCH 28, 2023
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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Honestly this is not a normal reaction to Dr Who
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Gareth L. Powell / G.L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Sunk cost fallacy is a real thing and it takes courage to realise the story you’ve been #writing just doesn’t work, and to go back to the beginning.
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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The secret to protecting next-gen spacecraft might be eggshells: Study finds that 3D-printed aluminum eggshell arrays filled with water proved more effective at impact resistance. arstechnica.com/science/2026...
arstechnica.com
How eggshells can protect spacecraft from space debris
3D-printed aluminum eggshell arrays filled with water proved more effective at impact resistance.
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James King @lapsed-heathen.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
‘This is dangerous’: slime moulds and the bitter debate over the nature of intelligence www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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‘This is dangerous’: slime moulds and the bitter debate over the nature of intelligence
The long read: Scientists are battling over whether supposedly simple organisms should be considered ‘intelligent’. The outcome could reshape our understanding of the natural world – and our own place...
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Burnham will be the first national leader since Labour’s James Callaghan in the 1970s to not co-operate with the Sun newspaper, and its former managing editor David Dinsmore is leaving Government observer.co.uk/news/politic...
observer.co.uk
Hurt over Hillsborough prompts Burnham to block out the Sun
The PM would become the first national leader since Labour’s James Callaghan in the 1970s to not co-operate with the paper
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