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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 5h

American fascism is now embedded. Hegseth’s speech is an incomprehensible mix of techno-‘military’ jargon and flat out fascism. www.thebulwark.com/p/not-to-ala...

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Not To Alarm You, But Trump’s Brain Is Melted

And Hegseth’s neo-fascism is out in the open.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Michael Caine "I voted for Brexit... I'd rather be a poor master than a rich servant... You get lost, and then you find your way, and it will be alright." This Brexiteer lives in LA, has never been a poor anything, and there are zero consequences for his actions on him.

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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Cornell’s fraternity history under the spotlight after alleged gang rape A gang rape allegation at Cornell University has brought fresh scrutiny to the Ivy League school’s history of misconduct www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

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Cornell’s frat history under the spotlight after alleged gang rape

A gang rape allegation at Cornell University has brought fresh scrutiny to the Ivy League school’s history of misconduct

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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 28/09/2026

I think students should read full books.

Norman Rockwell's "Freedom of Speech," from "The Four Freedoms," 1943
https://prints.nrm.org/detail/260937/rockwell-freedom-of-speech-1943?srsltid=AU7gw4V4FH-u5tF-MWC6kxNw8lDeOazTP-7MNiQoCo3kEiIMRLgK7l7-

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UK Politics News // Papernaut @ukpolitics.papernaut.co · 28/09/2026

THE INDEPENDENT: Shabana Mahmood reopened refugee resettlement routes, including for Afghan women, girls and Palestinians, while defending tougher settlement rules critics warn could leave refugees in lifelong insecurity. - by Holly Bancroft

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Shabana Mahmood: I feel revulsion and fear at the sight of masked racists

The home secretary announced new routes for refugees to come to the UK at her speech in Labour conference in Liverpool

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duncan-a-scott.bsky.social @duncan-a-scott.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

💯 this! Racism and thuggery are the real plague, not small boats

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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐞: 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐝, 𝐑𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝, 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 & 𝐅𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬🚨 British-born lawful permanent resident of 50 years, Donna Hughes-Brown details the horrors & #ICELawlessnes she was subjected to in detention including days with no toilet paper & retaliatory punishment for speaking out.

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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

No, no, absolutely no! Big-tech has had free pass after free pass on everything from mass theft of intellectual property to water, energy appropriation & environmental destruction. Now EU is now being asked to stand aside for the plunder of human data? Ireland/EU, exercise some proper leadership!

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Eamonn Sweeney @sweeneyagonistes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Look. Here is good news about good people. I remember growing up in Ireland in the eighties when nothing seemed surer than that the forces of repression would always win. They didn't. It's a long road that has no turning.

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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Cos ‘liberal’ is a pejorative term connoting ‘weak’, indecision & compromise. Thatcherite rhetoric amplified by the right, absorbed by factions in Labour as common sense. On the contrary: liberalism entails a commitment to equality, rights, democracy. Authoritarians are the spineless wimps.

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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"There's a danger 6 companies, none of them European, let alone British, will control access to information and the creation of misinformation. The BBC and its apps and services should be the antidote to the algorithm. Everywhere else is driven by commercial interest." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Some BBC channels and radio stations 'may well' have to close, director general says

The BBC's financial situation "may well mean" some channels and stations close, Matt Brittin says.

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Dr Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The fact that the entire funding pot for the SFI was allocated within mere hours of applications opening demonstrates the huge ambition of our farmers to invest in sustainable practices - but without proper support from the govt to do so, countless farmers will be left unable to take on this work.

I am writing about the closure of Window 2 of the Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026 (SFI26)
and the farmers who have been left without an agreement - despite making genuine efforts to
apply. The window opened yesterday morning, 22nd September, and closed at 15:48, after the
£233 million budget had been committed. The fact that the entire fund was allocated within hours
is striking evidence of the level of demand from farmers for support to adopt and maintain
sustainable, nature- and river-friendly farming practices.
Farmers have contacted me directly. One told me they pressed the application button at around
16:00, only to find the budget had already been exhausted. Another, whose SFI23 agreement
expires in November, encountered a Rural Payments Agency (RPA) functionality problem,
followed RPA advice to re-apply, and ultimately found SFI26 closed before they could secure the
support they had been trying to obtain. A further farmer described confusion over the status of
their different applications within the RPA system. These cases raise immediate questions about
how farmers who made every reasonable effort to apply will be treated. But they also point to a
wider issue - the speed at which the funding was taken up suggests that the problem is not a lack
of willingness among farmers to deliver environmental outcomes, but a lack of sufficient, reliable
public investment to enable them to do so.
I therefore ask that your Department urgently:
1. Provides a remedy for farmers who made genuine and timely attempts to apply but were
unable to secure an agreement - particularly those whose existing environmental
agreements are expiring before the next SFI opportunity.
2. Reviews cases involving technical or administrative problems, including farmers who
followed RPA advice to withdraw, reject, or reapply - and ensure that farmers who lost
access to funding because of such problems have a route to redress.
3. Publishes a clear account of Window 2,…

4. Sets out what support is available to farmers with expiring agreements who have been left
without a new agreement - rather than simply asking them to wait for SFI27. Your
Department specifically created an early application mechanism for farmers with eligible
agreements, so I hope you will agree that continuity for these farmers needs to be
addressed quickly.
5. Uses the evidence from SFI26 to set a significantly more ambitious level of funding for
future environmental farming support. The fact that £233 million was committed in less
than six hours should be treated as evidence of substantial unmet demand. I would be
grateful if you could set out how the Government will ensure that farmers who want to
improve soil, protect nature and rivers, build resilience and produce food sustainably have
the resources to do so.
In July, you said that you remain committed to bringing greater stability and predictability to the
SFI, and that your Department will keep the core offer largely stable for the remainder of this
Parliament to help farmers plan ahead - but that stability will only be meaningful if farmers can
also have confidence that sufficient funding will be available to participate.
In North Herefordshire and across the nation, farmers are stepping up to deliver environmental
outcomes for the public, and the response to yesterday’s window shows clearly that many are
willing to do so. As Government policy should meet that ambition, rather than creating a system in
which the available support disappears within hours, I would be grateful for a response on (1)
what urgent action you will take for those affected by Window 2, and (2) what assessment your
Department has made of the level of investment required to meet the evident demand for
sustainable, nature- and river-friendly farming.

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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Depriving women of reproductive rights and health are at the root of so many personal and social problems. Now that MAGAid has slashed funding for this, the UK’s intervention is very welcome.

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UK Politics News // Papernaut @ukpolitics.papernaut.co · 23/09/2026

THE GUARDIAN: A Joint Intelligence Committee report found ecosystem collapse could fuel conflict, migration and food shortages. Downing Street suppressed it before publication, and ministers have resisted releasing the full report. - by Fiona Harvey

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UK shares damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 23/09/2026

Higher education is under attack and that is exemplified by the treatment and targeting of international students. Mark Pendleton speaking on No Shortcuts podcast mic

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Authoritarians want to consolidate state power over what information the public can know. Just a timely reminder.

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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

You can see the UK’s comparable access to higher education nosedive from #2 to #3 after fees tripled. But the talk of ‘too many young people go to university’ is deeply and exclusively classed. ‘Too many at Uni’ = ‘too many of other people’s children are at Uni’. vm.tiktok.com/ZN8MC4FTx/

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TikTok - Make Your Day

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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

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TikTok - Make Your Day

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Adam Watson Brown @awb58.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

‘The risk is the emergence of a migration ‘doom loop', in which political pressure to reduce migration leads to policy choices that weaken economic performance and public services, thereby intensifying the very political discontent that fuels anti-immigration sentiment.’

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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It’s time for a zero tolerance crack down on far right thugs. They’re costing the taxpayer, soaking up police resources, intimidating peaceful communities & delaying the measures that are reducing the asylum backlog & its cost. Enough is enough. End the menace. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

theguardian.com

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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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 22/09/2026

A seminal book on the role of women in society, The Second Sex by French existentialist and humanist Simone de Beauvoir is a classic that examines the status of women and challenges the deeply ingrained social norms that perpetuate gender inequality. #Humanistbookshelf

‘Woman is shut up in a kitchen or in a boudoir, and astonishment is expressed that her horizon is limited. Her wings are clipped, and it is found deplorable that she cannot fly. Let but the future be opened to her, and she will no longer be compelled to linger in the present.’

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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

www.reddit.com/r/NextGenReb...

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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Clever ruse by Nick Candy & Sunil Sutiya to reduce tax on property sale, depriving public sector of £18 million. Here’s an article on how they might not be as clever as they’d like to think. taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/09/22/n...

taxpolicy.org.uk

Nick Candy, Suneil Setiya, and £18.5m stamp duty avoided

Nick Candy’s £265m mansion was the UK’s biggest-ever house sale. We reveal how adding five small flats appears to have avoided £18.5m of stamp duty.

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Jay Bird @jayflew.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

'The “generally held view,” a former U.S. official told Filkins, is that Russia has offered administration officials and their allies business deals in exchange for their supporting Russian demands against Ukraine.'

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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

👇 Heroes and Zeros 👇 The former risk their lives to save lives The latter spend their lives trying to ruin others lives

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Nicola Carr @nicolacarr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Kafkaesque and cruel - Minister opposes Gaza student’s challenge over refusal of visa to study at Trinity www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...

irishtimes.com

Minister opposes Gaza student’s challenge over refusal of visa to study at Trinity

Student who got fully-funded five-year scholarship is among more than 100 denied visas

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Laura Phillips @lauraphillips.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Such an excellent, thoughtful piece. Why is @johnharris1969.bsky.social never invited to participate on BBC panels? @mattchorley.bsky.social @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social, pls invite him on for something fresh and hopeful. He understands people’s concerns, has his ear to the ground, yet inspires hope.

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Dejan Pantic @serbianism.com · 20/09/2026

Commissar: Comrade Stalin! The elections returns are in. And you received 98% of the vote! Only 2% didn't vote for you. What more could you ask for? Stalin: Their names.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The Humanities disciplynes are beautiful & useful by cause thei amplifye our humanitye. Undir the care offerid by focused & specialized researche & studye, workes of the present are given more momentum, and thryve. Artefacts of the past blossom ynto newe ydeas. The Humanityes care for the worlde.

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404 Media @404media.co · 18/09/2026

It’s easy to see why the AI companies wanted to hide this from the public. The statements are some of the most damning indictments of the ways LLMs were trained, how they work, and the immediate threat they pose to human labor. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports. www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...

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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Cartoon by Nick Anderson

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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

While on the subject of billionaires spouting nonsense, I would honestly like to read a good study on why as some people get old and rich, they also become mean and wrong. Or is all best insight already out there in great novels?

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1/2unemnx Bumpy. @wizardssleeve.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

the same sort who did these 💚💚💚

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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Don't know who made this. But we love you for making it ❤️

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Kaz Self 🏳️‍⚧️ @kazself.com · 17/09/2026

Out in Bristol Central last night and there’s a lot of enthusiasm for Labour under Andy Burnham’s leadership. One thing was clear to me - Labour can regain Bristol Central and give its constituents the hard working MP they deserve. #HopeInEveryHeart

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Mike Bailey @linusd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Typical blinkered Tory, disconnected from the reality of half the population, unable to imaging what it feels like to have housing insecurity. Badenoch claims £2700 a month plus council tax for a six bedroom farmhouse in her constituency. Queen of let them eat cake.

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Bob Lynn @boblynn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Sarah Frances Whiting: The Physicist Who Taught Women to Read the Light A forgotten physicist speaks. Sarah Frances Whiting taught women to hold light and read its secrets. The silence ends here. voxmeditantis.substack.com/p/sarah-fran... #WomenInSTEM #STEM #Physics #Spectroscopy #Optics

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Sarah Frances Whiting: The Physicist Who Taught Women to Read the Light

She gave women the light. Sarah Frances Whiting built the first physics laboratory where women could hold light in their own hands and read its secrets. Forgotten. Now she speaks.

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Broken Politics 🌍 @landofbritain.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Never mind Count Binface... vote for the Mr Potato Head party! #ukpolitics #r4today #Piddington

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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

At least Passport to Pimlico had a legitimate complaint. #Piddington en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passpor...

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Passport to Pimlico - Wikipedia

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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

@snp.org @plaidcymru.bsky.social @sinnfein.bsky.social take note: all it takes is a referendum and a declaration and you can secede. Good luck. ✊🏻✊🏽

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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Bet the Plaid/Sinn Féin/ScotNat leaders were looking on in envy at how easily Westminster caved. #Piddington

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