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Naomi McAuliffe

@naomimc.bsky.social
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Head of Policy and Research at Amnesty International UK. Scottish Women's Aid Trustee. Scottish by choice. I do swearing and tweed.

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Naomi McAuliffe @naomimc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
But garlic bread makes everything better! I had lasagna on Sunday and really hankered after some bread and butter to have with it 😁
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VidyaKumar 🕵️🪐🚀💫⚖️🇵🇸 @vidyakumar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Honoured to be asked to give a very short keynote on "Race and the UK Constitution" next week at this sold out event 👇🏾. ☺️ Public Law Project Annual Conference 2026 - Public Law Project share.google/RhivuSi3Ij3b...
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Public Law Project Annual Conference 2026 - Public Law Project
Our flagship conference, this year on Tuesday 13 October at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer, with the theme 'Law, Democracy & Civic Space'.
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
People are so broken they are now outsourcing fun to AI.
Just saw someone say their AI runs their fantasy football team and I can’t stop laughing. Like, I’m sure everyone’s doing it or something but it’s very funny to me that pretending to be a team manager was so hard that you needed to pretend to pretend to be a team manager
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Naomi McAuliffe @naomimc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I'm getting a new phone and the options for add-ons is 3 months of Disney+ or 3 months of Prime FML.
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Naomi McAuliffe @naomimc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If some academic is not charting far-right organising against the price of street cocaine, then what is the point of academia really?
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Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The major problem with this reporting - beyond its fundamental inaccuracy - is that when arrests are eventually made there will be no proper context and therefore it will seem like the state is smothering free expression.
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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“Danny Tommo“ arrested for criminal damage and reckless endangerment
searchlightmagazine.com
Danny Tommo arrested for criminal damage and reckless endangerment | Searchlight
Patriot Platform boss Danny Tommo has tonight been arrested on suspicion of serious criminal offences committed on Tuesday in the Channel
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Naomi McAuliffe @naomimc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Saving this to read later with a nice cup of tea and biscuits as a lovely treat.
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Naomi McAuliffe @naomimc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Spam messages when your Dad is dead. Absolutely fuck you cunts.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
As former Labour minister Tom Watson joins Palantir, please read this devastating exposé by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @lucasamin.bsky.social of how the company, with Peter Mandelson's help, wormed its way into the UK government to sell its dire & dangerous products. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHS
A decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...
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Naomi McAuliffe @naomimc.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
44!
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Naomi McAuliffe @naomimc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
😂
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Naomi McAuliffe @naomimc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I'm older than Madge and Harold Bishop were supposed to be when they entered Neighbours. It hurts, it hurts deep.
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Naomi McAuliffe @naomimc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Always, always follow the money. Even when it's hard, even when it hurts your side. Regulating dark money is always going to hurt, but it will only work if you apply it to your friends and your enemies.
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Naomi McAuliffe @naomimc.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Kathy Burke obvs.
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Polly Pallister-Wilkins @pollypw.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Colleagues at the Ghent University respond to Nathan Cofnas’ suspension. Please read and share widely.
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Naomi McAuliffe @naomimc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Sings 🎵 "One of these things is not like the others" 🎵
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Naomi McAuliffe @naomimc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Millionaires take note. This is how you get loved when you die, everyone fucking loved Dolly for good reason.
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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
You got it.
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Naomi McAuliffe @naomimc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A friend of mine is going through a rough time at the moment. I didn't know how best to let her know that I'm here for her. But I ordered this and they printed the message I wanted with no questions asked. Huge recommendation for Mademoiselle Macaron (based in Edinburgh). She loved it ❤️
A box of macarons with the message "Fuck this shit" printed on them.
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Naomi McAuliffe @naomimc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We already have robots faster than Usain Bolt. They are cars.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 24/08/2026
A Chinese humanoid robot outran Usain Bolt’s 100-meter sprint world record on the opening day of the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, posting a time of 9.39 seconds — 0.19 faster than Bolt’s pace in 2009.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Here’s 7k words about Palantir and the British state that @lucasamin.bsky.social and I wrote for @lrb.co.uk TLDR: it’s tech just isn’t that great, and yes the company’s avowed relationship to US state under Trump matters. Obviously. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHS
A decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Many years ago, when I first started writing for The Dark Side (Britain's oldest horror mag) we had a bit of a friendly pub quiz rivalry with Empire magazine for a while. We kept losing though. Until one week we discovered a secret weapon. /1
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Naomi McAuliffe @naomimc.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Ok, but I would watch that.
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It's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The 'ex' nazi standing down from standing as a Tory councillor candidate only for Kemi to make him a special advisor instead
Chidi from Good place saying 'OK but that's worse. You do know that's worse, right?'
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Ayo @darrylayo.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Guys like this don’t realize that they are the freak
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+ All the people who are anti-Al or want to slow Al progress, I have one question:
If Al disappeared tomorrow, could you still get through an entire workday without ChatGPT, Claude, or any other
Al tool?
Imagine Al was suddenly banned.
Would you actually be willing to give it up?
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Naomi McAuliffe @naomimc.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I absolutely agree, they're really good at what they do; easy, page turner, fun, shagging (or trashy crime/spy if that's your peckadilo).
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Naomi McAuliffe @naomimc.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I found it really hard to get back into reading fiction after my second kid. It almost became a "reading block" until I was advised to "just read trash" and it worked! Do NOT suggest something long and worthy to someone who already has a barrier to get over. Trashy romps is the way.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 04/08/2026
Palantir rides high on greed and fear — but mostly fear ft.trib.al/utspa8i | opinion
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Palantir rides high on greed and fear — but mostly fear
Given its prodigious growth and the belief that this will continue, the anxiety many feel is the fear of missing out
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Lady with an opinion @ladymitopinion.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
A data center was just shut down in Wisconsin after the town council refused to have private talks with the developer and told them everything would include public approval That’s how it’s done, folks
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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I recall we had a period of time where the response of Starmer and Cooper to concerns about these groups was ‘I like flags’
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Naomi McAuliffe @naomimc.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Wordle 1,868 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 It might be the only time this happens, so definitely sharing.
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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 28/07/2026
The Resolution Foundation is hiring! We are looking for an exceptional individual with a passion for improving living standards and the skills to lead a world-class research and policy organisation, to become a Director. Application pack available here ⤵️ buff.ly/xcFddMf
We're hiring - Director - To develop and deliver organisational strategy and lead 
research and policy programme
Apply by 08:59 on Friday 14 August 
£90,000 + dependent on experience
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Naomi McAuliffe @naomimc.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Thanks, this had been flagged to me. But appreciate the heads up!
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Important role here - Chair of the Information Commission (which will replace the ICO). £120k, 3 days a week. Apply by 19 August apply-for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk/roles/9276
Appointment details
Information
Commission Chair
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Dr Birgit Schippers @birgitschippers.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Excellent opinion piece by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the use of Palantir in the NHS & beyond
theguardian.com
I investigated Palantir’s foothold in the British state – and what I found should worry us all | Peter Geoghegan
Paid-for political access and threadbare regulations have helped to embed the US tech firm in the NHS – and beyond. But there is a way to free ourselves, says Peter Geoghegan of Democracy for Sale
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Simonetta Vezzoso @wavesblog.eurosky.social · 15/07/2026
"The department posted applications online on Monday for $1mn-$3mn grants for European civil society and non-governmental organisations as well as educational institutions and for-profit groups seeking to “address national sovereignty, migration, censorship, and lawfare challenges..." 🤡
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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
“The purpose of such interrogations has never been to determine whether someone needs disability benefits, but to make them reluctant to apply for it.” Today’s col. on Pip, its impending overall - and what a humane and effective system could actually look like. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Burnham has a chance to overhaul Pip. Here's what a truly progressive system could look like | Frances Ryan
Last week’s Timms report shows how disability is still vilified. But some pragmatic fixes would help both claimants and the economy, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
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Jon close @joeyclose.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
3 minutes and I'm at 'actually the hospital built it with palantir other hospitals had similar results with less evil companies.' and also 'cost is the biggest barrier.'
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/07/2026
Jack Smith: "I think we are facing an attack on the rule of law that is different in kind and scope to anything I've seen in my lifetime"
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Last week the BBC mentioned in local news that Ryan Bridge and Ben Cullen of Raise the Colours had been banned from putting up flags in Oxfordshire after a sustained documented campaign of intimidation This week Ben Cullen is on trial for making over 70 indecent images of children BBC: *crickets*
bbc.co.uk
Activists agree to stop hanging flags from Oxfordshire lampposts
It comes after Oxfordshire County Council lodged a High Court case to prevent the flag hanging.
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Naomi McAuliffe @naomimc.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Literally had this conversation with someone last week about how when we've received "feedback" on policy papers from those we less than respect; we've changed the font and/or first paragraph and they're happy. 💅
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Naomi McAuliffe @naomimc.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Andy Burnham also has a Gary Barlowesque Giant Son.
Picture of Andy Burnham, his wife, two daughters and giant son.
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Naomi McAuliffe @naomimc.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Yeah, totally wasn't a Nazi salute.
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Patrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
"Oh, so just because I'm specifically concerned about the ethnic purity of the German race, suddenly I'm a Nazi?"
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Crystal Fleming is on sabbatical @alwaystheself.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
I'm attending a digital humanities event in Montreal. There was a keynote on AI and something about the talk made me wonder if it had been written by Claude. I said as much in the Q&A. As I posed the question, the speaker shifted, looking slightly uncomfortable. What he said next shocked the room +
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Jon of The North @krauza.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
They removed CD/DVD drives from PCs. -Made physical media harder to buy and use. -Removed expandable storage from phones. -Pushed us into streaming subscriptions. -Made always-online normal. -Made unlimited internet necessary. -Slowly raised the price of everything. Ownership quietly became renting.
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Naomi McAuliffe @naomimc.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
For work, we are trying to make a list of reasonable right-wingers. Jeremy Hunt might be one. I'd really appreciate more suggestions. (Reasonable means pro-human rights and the Rule of Law. Ideally parliamentarians but at this stage, taking anyone)
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