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Dogs, football, running, history. Not necessarily in that order #STFC

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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 5h
Every single sentence in this piece denotes a kind of tone-deafness and solipsistic ignorance of the rest of society that only comes to the privileged who can't understand why they are not more privileged than they already are.
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It’s about time high earners had a tax break
A salary of £100,000 is not the lavish payday it used to be — politicians need to stop penalising the aspirational
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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 5h
"The £100,000 tax trap is a perverse cap on ambition and a penalty for hard work". Go tell that to nurses and teachers and firefighters and the poor fuckers who deliver hot curries to your flat at two a.m.
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Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It's that time of year again when we need to remind National Trust members that Restore Trust is a dark-money funded right-wing astroturfing entryist outfit. Please vote, and vote for literally anyone else.
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 04/10/2026
Ninety years ago today, Oswald Mosley tried to march his Blackshirts through the Jewish East End. 🧵 He had thousands of uniformed fascists behind him and 6,000 police clearing the way. But the people of the East End got there first.
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Martin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
* And no one, of course, believes that City's cheating was confined to the period under investigation.
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AshfromEnfield @ashfromenfield.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Nigel Farage has not just made the UK ugly. He has made many British people comfortable with showing just how ugly they’ve always been… 😡🤬
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Sam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The City case should be a starting point for naming and understanding the ways in which football has been colonised by economic and political power and how we might resist them. By @davidgoldblatt.bsky.social for @josimarfootball.bsky.social josimarfootball.com/2026/10/01/y...
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You're Manchester City and we know what you are - josimarfootball.com
The City case should be a starting point for naming and understanding the ways in which football has been colonised by economic and political power and how we might resist them.
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 02/10/2026
The chart explains AI hype more than any chart that's ever been charted.
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 29/09/2026
Last weekend, Rupert Lowe MP called on "the establishment" to stop referring to Restore Britain as “somehow ‘nazi’”. Unfortunately for Lowe, we have repeatedly exposed the neo-Nazis, fascists and ethnonationalists within the party. 🧵 hopenothate.org.uk/2026/09/29/r...
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Restormtroopers: Restore Britain’s Nazi problem in pictures – HOPE not hate
Warning: this article includes offensive language and imagery Last weekend, Rupert Lowe MP, leader of Restore Britain, called on “the establishment” to stop referring to...
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Paul D @pauld70.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Jonathan is paraphrasing obviously but he's not distorting what a UK govt minister is saying. Absolutely shameful
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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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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Mahmood's rationale remains the same. Fewer (legal, working) migrants => less racism Nothing to do with integration. No evidence. I'd add this *doesn't* show she hates immigrants (FTAOD don't think she does). It shows her contempt/distrust/fear of ordinary Brits.
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Even the GB News presenter is thrown by his guest's suggestion that all asylum seekers be castrated. This is what happens when the narrative marches ever rightwards. It drifts out of everyone's control and requires individuals involved to suddenly realise 'no wait, f***, that's mad'.
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
this isn't conjecture. This is the EXACT reason why one of the quickest ways to shut down a fash with a camera is to start shouting: "this video is brought to you by SquareSpace!" INSTANT demonitization. Because the streaming/social platforms already protect their advertisers more than the state.
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Ian W @ianwest1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A personal story about that phrase “young men of fighting age” applied to asylum seekers. As many of you know I took in a young Ukrainian woman under the Homes for Ukraine scheme. As part of that process, soon after she arrived we were visited by the local authority rep and a Fire Brigade rep.
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Paul D @pauld70.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Far-right extremists are targeting RNLI volunteers, publishing their personal details online and harassing them simply for saving lives at sea. We are putting together a thank you card to show these brave crew members that the majority stands with them. actionnetwork.org/forms/share-...
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I just shared a message of thanks for the RNLI volunteers
Far-right extremists are targeting RNLI volunteers, publishing their personal details online and harassing them simply for saving lives at sea. We are putting together a 'thank you' card to show th...
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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Alienate your core supporters, fight on your opponent’s favourite terrain, validate your opponent’s talking points and policies. This looks familiar, doesn’t it?
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Nick McGeehan @ncgeehan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I was on a ferry from Belfast to Scotland in July along with groups of young immigrant families who were being sent away to avoid getting petrol-bombed out of their homes on the celebrations for "the 12th". Real tough guys these, going after terrified and traumatised young women and children.
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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This government reminds me of Joe Biden. Biden didn't want to be the prosecute Trump president, he wanted to pass an infrastructure bill. Burnham doesn't want to be the take on the hard right PM, he wants to do social care reform and devo. But you have to do the task you're set or face disaster.
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FairSquare @fairsqprojects.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The UK government, the Opposition, and large sections of the UK media have enabled the rise of violent racism in the country. It is time for a firm and principled stance, and an organised and robust pushback against those funding and fuelling it.
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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The chief vectors of the fascism ascendant in Europe are the richest man on Earth via his social media platform, the Presidency of the United States, and the Kremlin. A multi-pronged assault on liberal democracy and liberal democracy seems incapable of rising to the challenge or even recognising it.
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Hardeep Matharu @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Now 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?
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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Ah, but they had to hound the black guy all the way to suicide but leave this stuff lying around in plain sight.
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Molly Scott Cato @greenpartymolly.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
There could be no clearer signal that Reform propose to be a fascist government The purpose of a state of emergency is to suspend constitutional requirements Politicians and journalists who are committed to democracy should understand and act accordingly www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
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Nigel Farge set to declare 'national emergency' in huge Reform speech
Nigel Farage will make his keynote speech at Reform UK's conference - follow live
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Paul D @pauld70.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I presume we will now see a pile on around Orr's position at Cambridge from the usual suspects in the media like we did for Jason Arday? Over to you, Telegraph, Times, TalkTV etc
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Just a reminder, Professor James Orr, Reform UK head of policy, teaches 'ethics' to undergraduates at Cambridge University youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI
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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 04/09/2026
With all respect to the BBC, the reason this story "matters" is not about whether it distracts from Reform's conference. It "matters" because it is important our leaders are not conspiring to break the law.
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RPU @loathedstrangers.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
#STFC www.justgiving.com/page/rockinr...
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Rockin Robin is fundraising for the Swindon Town FC Community Foundation Disability Programme
Help Shane Hewlett raise money to support Swindon Town Community
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Ancient History 101 Podcast @ancienthistory101.org · 16/08/2026
Are you enjoying the podcast? Do you want to support public engagement projects? Both? (Both is good.) Please consider donating to Ancient History 101 so that we can continue to produce weekly crash courses with guest experts. ko-fi.com/anchist101pod
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Duty Torturer @dutytorturer.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Trump fuming as Canada renames Lake Michigan as Strait of OurMoose.
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 27/08/2026
How many signatories of the open letter defending "academic freedom" for white supremacist "race realists" came to the public defense of Maura Finkelstein, a tenured associate professor at Muhlenberg College who was fired for reposting on Instagram a statement from a Palestinian American poet?
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Tenured Jewish prof. says she's fired for pro-Palestine post
Pennsylvania’s Muhlenberg College may have become the first institution since Oct. 7 to oust a tenured faculty member for such statements, though the professor is appealing the decision and still rece...
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This is not misinformation. That's what I normally cover - something out of context, an opinion quoted as fact, or a deliberate misinterpretation... This is none of those. This is full-on disinformation. Because that is NOT from the Express. It is entirely fake😱 🧵 1/10
Lembit Opik tweet:

Burnham's big migration plan: take 4,000 stranded migrants from Ceuta, bring them to the UK and put them up in luxury hotels. Americans look at Europe in despair. 

Express Headline: Burnham's migrant, Campbell, 1,000 stranded in Ceuta to be brought to UK. The Prime Minister proposes flying thousands of stranded migrants from Spanish enclave to Britain and housing them in London hotels. 

Monk Debunked stamp on top of both
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John Michael White @johnmichaelw.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
And I think of the glee now some seem to have that Reform are on course to destroy the Tories, even if they don't win power themselves. It should horrify us all.
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Will Norman @willnorman.co.uk · 19/08/2026
💥NEW RESEARCH: Scientists say they've been "stunned" by how quickly young children's lungs began to recover and grow after @mayoroflondon's ULEZ scheme was introduced in London. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Dr Tess Machling @tessmachling.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Now it makes sense... great work by Byline, as usual... 👇 bylinetimes.com/2026/08/18/t...
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The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday
The media's coverage of the academic's life was fuelled by the campaign of an established far-right network
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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
It’s a beautiful place. But it’s also a drained, scoured, denatured place with snares and gunmen who kill everything that might interfere with a blood sport. What should protect us from floods in winter and drought in summer is kept in a state of ecological servitude. This must change.
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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
It's worth remembering that colleges and universities began as, "what if all of our strange nerds gathered together?" and only then did someone notice 'oh, if we send students to that, it seems to work out.' They began as colleges - collects of colleagues - moreso than schools.
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Mallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 16/08/2026
It's not just one man (with all respect to Sunder). There are networks of anti-fascists across the country resisting these fuckers in many cities and towns. You can find your local group and support them, build links with people in asylum seeker housing and defend them, bring toys to the children.
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Paul D @pauld70.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Jesus. There's a lot of people in the right wing press who should be examining their consciences right now and asking themselves some very hard questions. They won't, of course, they'll just move on to their next target
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Two weeks ago... "I cannot stand by when an autistic man is on the ground and the kicking continues. This is relentless bullying of a vulnerable autistic man and raises safe-guarding issues." — Simon Baron-Cohen, cognitive neuroscientist at Trinity College, Cambridge www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Cambridge professor at centre of plagiarism row defends his work
Prof Jason Arday admitted errors in his work but said he was not a liar after attracting criticism online.
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The British History Podcast @thebritishhistorypodcast.com · 14/08/2026
This shows Musk killing more than the holocaust. The “it was an awkward gesture” lie is as shameless as the “he is a rocket scientist” lie. Trust your eyes. It’s clear what he is.
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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I mean, he was literally accused of blasphemy for Life Of Brian, it was banned in some countries. And of course it’s different when you’re criticising a religion you were raised in. As for skeptic? Fuck off. Everyone thinks they’re being skeptical.
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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
If you think about politics as a game where the goal is winning elections, throwing trans people under the bus is a rational strategy. But politics isn't a clever game, winning elections is only one piece of politics, and throwing folks under the bus tells even the unaffected you have no principles.
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The British History Podcast @thebritishhistorypodcast.com · 11/08/2026
I’m gonna throw this out there. If you’re stumped by something that kids read in 8th grade, maybe being a writer isn’t for you. Axios disagrees, obviously.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
“But just hours after Farage suggested the possibility of working with Estonia on this, the nation ruled out any deal”… confirming that, yet again, Farage is just making up shit as he goes along… Frankly embarrassing to ever believe a single word he says. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ref...
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Reform's prisons policy already falling apart as nation rules out deal
The Estonian government has ruled out working with Reform on their plan to deport foreign criminals in UK prisons.
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AshfromEnfield @ashfromenfield.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I’m just thinking they probably should have made Tupperware the colour of spaghetti sauce in the first place.... Just thinking out Loud
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Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Not a linguist and it's not that hard a concept comprehend, really. Kind of anti-intellecualism to not even try to understand it and just declare no one does.
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Bat Terror @mattthr.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Got a letter from my local water company yesterday full of handy hints on saving water in these drought conditions. Meanwhile this has been going on outside my house all weekend and they won't send anyone to fix it. Public ownership, now.
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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
A little bear figurine carved from amber some 6,000 years ago! 🐻❤️ Named ‘Słupcio’ (‘little guy from Słupsk’) through a children’s naming competition! A hole through its torso suggests it was worn or suspended from a cord, perhaps as a hunting amulet. 📷 National Museum in Szczecin #Archaeology
Photo by G. Solecki/A. Piętak of a small figurine of a bear carved out of amber between 9600 and 4100 BC. The amber is a deep translucent orange. The display lighting makes the amber glow. The bear's head is carved to show ears, mouth, nostrils and eyes. A hole runs through the bear's belly, suggesting it was threaded onto a cord. Dimensions: Length 10.2 cm, Height 4.2cm

It was discovered in Słupsk during peat mining in 1887. According to the museum catalogue record "Shortly after its discovery, the figure underwent conservation work to restore its original appearance as it was covered with a layer of dull patina from the exposure to the minerals contained in the peat. Already at that time, at the end of the 19th century, it was assumed the restoration had gone too far. The figure was stripped entirely of patina, the anatomical features of the animal were emphasised, the eyes and nostrils were sharply drawn, and the amber was carefully polished".

In 2013, a competition was organised by the Education Department of the National Museum in Szczecin, for children to choose a name for the bear. The winning name was 'Słupcio’, an affectionate diminutive meaning ‘little guy from Słupsk’.
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