One True Sentence @nico0511.bsky.social · 30/09/2026@dorianlynskey.bsky.social @vickymackenzie.bsky.social @danigaravelli.bsky.social pls share widely, keen to up the state school prorportion of entrants this year…theme is ‘Acts of Courage’ 110
One True Sentence @nico0511.bsky.social · 30/09/2026For those with young aspiring writers (family, class) the 2026/7 Junior Orwell Prize has launched www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-y... They also need reviewers to provide feedback to entrants and help with long and shortlisting… it’s a fantastic experienceorwellfoundation.comThe Orwell Youth Prize | The Orwell Foundation“In a world where the young are increasingly taught what to think rather than how to think, we badly need some subversion. And what could be more subversive than George Orwell’s windowpane prose, and ... 033
Reposted by One True SentenceUrvi @theurv.com · 28/09/2026There were more men in a single documented gang rape at one school than the number of competitive trans athletes nationally. But I’ve heard a lot more politicians being asked about protecting girls from one of these scenarios and not another… I’ll let you guess which is which. 142518874
Reposted by One True SentenceAlex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I went no contact with my dad, no therapists involved. I decided I was done with his shit and ended all communication. This was 20 years ago, well before this moral panic. The only person making "adult children" go no contact is the toxic parent themself. 110814
Reposted by One True SentenceGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Pope Innocent III,who died in 1216, spoke of a certain kind of older man, who is "easily provoked", "will believe anything and question nothing", is "stingy and greedy" and "praises the good old days and hates the present." Reform UK's voter base has been knocking around for a very long time. 752932754
One True Sentence @nico0511.bsky.social · 24/09/2026A good post day! @bylinetimes.bsky.social @lrb.co.uk 010
One True Sentence @nico0511.bsky.social · 23/09/2026They are also almost always lying insofar as they have almost certainly never donated to any charity, let alone the RLNI 000
Reposted by One True Sentencecpuk (trampoline park connoisseur and occasional comic printer) @comicprintinguk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026If things get much worse for Ed Sheeran the people of Gaza will start a crowdfunder for him. 1152
One True Sentence @nico0511.bsky.social · 16/09/2026is the answer…money? www.theguardian.com/sport/no-hel...theguardian.comWhy are two college football teams playing at Wembley on Saturday?Kansas are taking on Arizona in the Union Jack Classic, with 60,000 young and noisy fans expected at Wembley 021
Reposted by One True SentenceEóin Cunningham @eoinmcunningham.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I’m reminded of the quote that if you read the British take on history, their slave trade seems to have been created for the sole purpose of heroically ending it. 17229
Reposted by One True SentenceFederica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 07/09/2026besides the point as "migration" has become a go-to issue oven-ready to justify aggressiveness, but if you travel to developing countries and talk to like *really* poor people, there is awareness of how much Europeans hate immigration and v little convincing that they will stop the flows. 193
Reposted by One True SentenceRichard Delevan @richard.wickedproblems.earth · 05/09/2026Chatting just now with local Kent winegrower at farmer's market. This year's grapes are "smaller than peas" - not going to bother to harvest. What did he think of politicians saying 'hey enjoy your English sparkling wine thanks to climate change'? "Fucking morons." 8808246
Reposted by One True Sentencesabokat.bsky.social @sabokat.bsky.social · 06/09/2026On October 4th 2026, we call on everyone to join the Autonomous Bloc at the 90th Anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street in East London. 066
One True Sentence @nico0511.bsky.social · 06/09/2026So…the 5 pillars (😉) of Patriotic Platform are: ‘freedom, fairness, family, faith, homeland’…WRT to 1, what freedoms have they lost, 2, join a union, 3, start with 1/5 of them stopping beating their own family, 4, don’t make me laugh and 5, after season 1 it went right downhill 000
Reposted by One True SentenceJacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 04/09/2026🚨 This is a stellar @bylinetimes.bsky.social investigation on #reformUK's head of policy and his activities at Cambridge University. Bleak but forensic reporting by @peterjukes.bsky.social & @nafeez.bsky.social. Major kudos but a real stain for Cambridge. 28741
Reposted by One True SentenceByline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 04/09/2026🔴‘Our Anger Over Jason Arday’s Death Is Not Enough’ As Cambridge University launch an inquiry into the case of Professor Arday, led by former Chief Prosecutor Nazir Afzal, Richard Sudan from The Voice argues his… bylinetimes.com/2026/09/04/our-ange…bylinetimes.com‘Our Anger Over Jason Arday’s Death Is Not Enough’As Cambridge University launch an inquiry into the case of Professor Arday, led by former Chief Prosecutor Nazir Afzal, Richard Sudan from The Voice argues his death must inspire action, accountability and lasting change 02614
Reposted by One True Sentenceebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Don-olds should say idgit! 22820
One True Sentence @nico0511.bsky.social · 04/09/2026www.patreon.com/originstoryp... worth a revisit in light of last 24 hours or so… @originstorypodcast.bsky.socialpatreon.comOrigin Story – Live at The Tabernacle, 13th Nov 2025 - AUDIO VERSION | Origin StoryOrigin Story – Live at The Tabernacle, 13th Nov 2025 - AUDIO VERSION by Origin Story on Patreon. Join Origin Story's community for exclusive content and updates. 000
Reposted by One True SentenceByline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 04/09/2026🔴 NEW Reform UK Sting Broadcast by Channel 4 Confirms Years of Byline Times Warnings By @iainoverton.bsky.social Read below. ↓bylinetimes.comReform UK Sting Broadcast by Channel 4 Confirms Years of Byline Times WarningsThe extraordinary footage echoes concerns raised by Byline Times over the sources and beneficiaries of money flowing into Farage’s party. 4326115
Reposted by One True SentenceHardeep Matharu @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Now James Orr has stepped down as Reform UK's Head of Policy after C4's report, questions remain for Cambridge – where he is Associate Professor. Byline Times revealed serious concerns about his activities there months ago. We all know there won't now be 200+ articles on him and his life don't we? 551915736
Reposted by One True SentenceSimon Parker @sparkerworld.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Or a University of Cambridge inquiry into Orr's appointment following an undisclosed donation to the university by Peter Thiel in 2019. Instead expect a wall of silence and that all press questions will be redirected by the university to Orr's lawyers. 06933
Reposted by One True SentenceMark Norman @mark60.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Now that James Orr has been forced to step down from his role at Reform UK, perhaps the rest of the media will, belatedly, wake up to the story unearthed by @bylinetimes.bsky.social about what he’s been up to at Cambridge. 311138
One True Sentence @nico0511.bsky.social · 03/09/2026@nafeez.bsky.social Breathtaking and heartbreaking piece in Byline Times this month. Reading at same time as alerts coming in about C4 Reform doc - hard to raise even a smile after reading your devastating piece. Great work that in a sane, humane world you’d never get to do…BW 020
One True Sentence @nico0511.bsky.social · 11/07/2026@simonrushton.bsky.social hi Simon, hope you’re well, long time and all that ! Are you free for a quick chat in the next week or so? Cheers, Dean 001
One True Sentence @nico0511.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Can we please have Sue Barker back…CB is unutterably bad. TA, MN, AK, MB, EB marvellous but fuck me she is a terrible broadcaster and she knows the square root of fuck all about tennis 000
One True Sentence @nico0511.bsky.social · 11/07/2026@ethnography911.bsky.social looking forward to the match? Any predictions? Fun fact…BBC just showed Ann Jones in the Royal Box…on nodding terms with the marvellous woman, we are members at Priory and walk our dogs around Edgbaston Reservoir, she’s utterly charming and 8 slams too!! 110
One True Sentence @nico0511.bsky.social · 09/07/2026@dogtorapproximate.bsky.social well you are my new hero! Guess I have Rupert Lowe to thank. Nico (profile pic) is half GSD and came after I lost Alfie (full GSD) to DM a few years back… 100
One True Sentence @nico0511.bsky.social · 09/07/2026@ethnography911.bsky.social well that was a bonkers tie break…poor CG is going to have nightmares about that match point 110
One True Sentence @nico0511.bsky.social · 09/07/2026@bearlypolitics.co.uk searching for art to hang over desk in my new home, saw this, and as they say I thought of you… 010
One True Sentence @nico0511.bsky.social · 08/07/2026podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... @esherukweku.bsky.social here you gopodcasts.apple.comAfrica’s Cold WarPodcast Episode · The LRB Podcast · 13 June 2023 · 49min 000
One True Sentence @nico0511.bsky.social · 08/07/2026podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... @esherukweku.bsky.social not this one but think you’ll enjoy this toopodcasts.apple.comOn Binyavanga WainainaPodcast Episode · The LRB Podcast · 23 October 2024 · 45min 000
One True Sentence @nico0511.bsky.social · 09/06/2026As a mediocre middle aged white man who loves his tennis…I give up…what a woman… SERENA! @ethnography911.bsky.social pls pls give her a wild card for Tuesday! 210
One True Sentence @nico0511.bsky.social · 09/06/2026I don’t give a f***…I’m watching Serena!! @ethnography911.bsky.social 010
One True Sentence @nico0511.bsky.social · 08/06/2026It feels as if there should be some sort of idiom…perhaps about being organised… 000
One True Sentence @nico0511.bsky.social · 06/06/2026podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p... @dorianlynskey.bsky.social have you listened to this?podcasts.apple.comOrwell’s War: The Nightmare (1938-39)Podcast Episode · Past Present Future · 12 April · 1hr 2min 000
One True Sentence @nico0511.bsky.social · 06/06/2026@esherukweku.bsky.social highlighted this early - feels like something you might appreciate! 110
One True Sentence @nico0511.bsky.social · 06/06/2026@clareweze.bsky.social looked your book up and the brief description referred to ‘displacement’…spookily I was reading Said on the ‘intellectual exile’ guess the universe is saying ‘buy the book…buy the book’ 110
One True Sentence @nico0511.bsky.social · 05/06/2026www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... I pray Farage and 30p are at the front of the queue for unnecessary screening (and all that entails)…utter morons. No surprise to see the Daily Mail leading the anti-public health crusade given its early promotion of Wakefield’s MMR BStheguardian.comThe right’s culture war over prostate cancer screening is damaging trust in medicine | Polly ToynbeeThe decision not to test all men and only screen the most at risk, including black men, is fact-based. Yet it’s been called ‘two tier’ – and labelled as misandry, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee 000
Reposted by One True SentenceLaleh Khalili @lalehkhalili.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Reading this bland and vague "local crime" story you'd never know that the guy charged with murder, Billy Allison, is the founder of flag-shagging Raise the Colours. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukMurder charge court appearance over Lichfield bar deathBilly Allison, 36, from Solihull, appeared at North Staffordshire Justice Centre on Wednesday. 37547
One True Sentence @nico0511.bsky.social · 27/05/2026@gavinyamey.bsky.social definitely worth a listen (these guys are great) @originstorypodcast.bsky.social 120
One True Sentence @nico0511.bsky.social · 27/05/2026@michelawrong.bsky.social a quick thank you. We met at latitude in 2010…I’d just returned from Kenya. In no small part inspired by you I start an MFA in September of this year! Thank you 100
One True Sentence @nico0511.bsky.social · 27/05/2026He does…just on bed no. 2 - not that he uses it 000
One True Sentence @nico0511.bsky.social · 26/05/2026www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... Surprised it’s so lowtheguardian.comOne in five people arrested over 2024 riots have since been reported for domestic abuseExclusive: Police data shows 21% of the 949 people detained in England and Northern Ireland were later accused of violence against intimate partner 020
One True Sentence @nico0511.bsky.social · 27/03/2026When they say we had no idea remind them (if you notice) that senior leadership in the NhS and c.350 people here did have an inkling. Be lucky people 010
One True Sentence @nico0511.bsky.social · 27/03/2026I got my voluntary redundancy approved! I retire in 187 days 000
