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@paulftremlett.bsky.social
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Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies at the Open University & President of the British Association for the Study of Religions (BASR). Religions; places; literacies; alternative futures. Bad at chess, worse at table tennis.

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Daily Stage Play Festival Contests @stageplaycontests.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Submit to these contests via Submittable. Full feedback on every submissions. Winners get their play performed by professional actors and made into a promotional video. festivalreviews.org/daily-stage-... #stageplay #plays #writingcontests
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Daily Stage Play Contest Deadlines
Submit to these contests via Submittable. Full feedback on every submissions. Winners get their play performed by professional actors and made into a promotional video. 1st – TRUE CRIME STAGE…
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Motion passes by miles in the hall, and online. The motion is carried - the Lib Dems are the first major party* to explicitly reject the EWRC guidance. *The Greens oppose it but I more meant the big three in parliament
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We met with the new Science Minister Chris McDonald yesterday. He indicated his strong support across all R&D disciplines which was great to hear. He is keen to get to know the social science, humanities and arts, and has offered to meet with our community which we'll take forward
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Daniel C. Blight @danielcblight.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
To enable such an unprecedented attack on our rights, management have also today announced the de-recognition of the UCU and Unison. The scale of this assault is so extraordinary that the General Secretary of UCU has called a demo on campus tomorrow.
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Daniel C. Blight @danielcblight.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
***URGENT PLEASE SHARE*** University of Brighton management have announced today that they ‘give notice of termination of all collective agreements’. This is a fundamental erasure of workers' rights. Management have announced the termination of all contractual documents, which includes:
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Shannon McSheffrey @medievalmcsheff.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
JOB!! The Department of History at the University of Ottawa invites applications for a position in medieval and/or transregional history, 7th-16th centuries. French or English, bilingualism an asset. universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/...
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Police say they are "ready to use every power at our disposal" against further Patriot Platform protests, following a meeting with the home secretary But complex human rights balancing exercises are still needed to use them - even for those with "obvious malign intent" inews.co.uk/news/no-mask...
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No-mask zones and face scanning: Inside the operation to derail small-boats demos
Police have been told they are expected to make full use of their powers to stop protesters wearing face coverings following disturbances in Dover and Portsmouth
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
New YouGov: 62% of Britons believe the UK Government should invest more in nature restoration to address future extreme weather, while 74% believe the government is not preparing the country well for such events. 1/
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Women’s History Association of Ireland @whaireland.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
We are now receiving applications for the Anne Parnell Travel Grant. This year we have increased the value of the grant to €500. The application form can be found in the link below. Closing date for applications is 31 October 2026. womenshistoryassociation.com/grants-prize...
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The Anna Parnell Travel grant
landowner, and Delia Tudor Stewart Parnell. Michael Davitt’s proposal to establish an Irish Ladies’ Land League led him to propose Anna as its organiser as he had previously worked alongside Anna P…
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Jenn the Queen @jennb.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"How sad it must be, believing that scientists, historians, scholars, and journalists, would devote their entire lives to deceiving you. But a con man proven in court to be a lying felon is your beacon of truth and honesty."
—Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Another compilation video from yesterday's fascist paramilitary 'storm' action in #Dover town and at the Port of Dover. #FarRight Some national security-related observations below.
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Soviet Mole @edcarver.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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paulftremlett @paulftremlett.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Data centres are springing up everywhere, using massive amounts of energy and water. I’ve signed @friends-earth.bsky.social’s petition calling for a pause on new data centres until the government gets a grip on the situation. Will you join me? action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/put...
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Stop data centres draining our precious resources
Add my name Data centres are springing up all over the UK – using massive amounts of electricity and, in many cases, huge amounts of water. The UK is already facing water shortages, high energy demand...
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Adrian Ramsay @adrianramsay.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Climate breakdown is a national security threat. Nature loss puts our food, water, health, economy and stability at risk. The Government no longer has the luxury of time. We need urgent action and a dedicated Climate Protection Unit. We need a Number 10 for the future.
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Dominic Pettman @dominicpettman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
`I don't even have an e-mail address. I have reached an age where my main purpose is not to receive messages.' --- Umberto Eco
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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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Colin Lorne @colinlorne.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
OpenSpace Research Centre: Doreen Massey Annual Event 2026 // Thursday 3rd September 6pm onwards Public exhibition & roundtable discussion (with Dave Featherstone) RGS/IBG fringe event Metroland Studios Kilburn, London, NW6 6PS Food & drink provided This event is free & open to everyone
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Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World @sociusjournal.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Is religiosity too WEIRDS to generalize? @landonschnabel.bsky.social's new #Socius research compares and challenges the extension of religious facts from Western, educated, industrialized, rich, democratic, and #secular (WEIRDS) societies to #religiosity globally. Read: doi.org/10.1177/2378...
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Impressive chutzpah from JWS here: 4000 words on the spread of the "Great Replacement" theory in the UK without a single mention of his columnist/friend Douglas Murray, who wrote a whole book endorsing it...
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Ok, some thoughts, as an olde tyme academic, on the Arday tragedy. First, allegations about causes. We don't know what was in his mind, but many people are keen to blame him, or woke lefties/academia, or the media. Some people are absolutely certain that the media are faultless. 1/
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Baudrillard Warned Us @baudrillardwarned.us · 15/08/2026
"As ethnology collapses in its classical institution, it survives in an antiethnology whose task it is to reinject the difference fiction, the Savage fiction everywhere, to conceal that it is this world, ours, which has again become savage in its way, that is to say, w..." - Simulacra and Simulation
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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
‘The search for life outside our solar system has taken another twist as researchers revealed they have discovered an atmosphere around an Earth-like planet 49 light years away that could have liquid water on its surface.’ www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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Earth-like exoplanet found to have an atmosphere
Scientists discover the first confirmed atmosphere around rocky planet outside our solar system that is within the habitable zone
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Anupama Ranawana @msamrc.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Incredible statement from the Church in Wales on the ignominious Code of Practice: "The Church in Wales will not use equality law exemptions to exclude trans people from our worship, our sacraments, our pastoral care, or our common life." www.churchinwales.org.uk/en/news-and-...
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Statement of the Bench of Bishops of the Church in Wales on the publication of the EHRC Draft Code of Practice - Church in Wales
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Amongst many important points in @jdportes.bsky.social article is the succinct explanation of why universities are vital to a coherent economic strategy.
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Parsing Farage’s démarche farce. A day earlier than usual, new post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog on what little Brexit news there is but mainly on Farage's 'resignation' and the deeper issues of defining democracy and of cryptocurrencies: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/pars...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10/07/2026
This thinktank exposed fat cats and obscenely high pay. Guess what has happened to it? | Polly Toynbee
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This thinktank exposed fat cats and obscenely high pay. Guess what has happened to it? | Polly Toynbee
The High Pay Centre revealed the excesses of CEO wages. But then anti-diversity winds blew in from across the Atlantic, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
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Benjamin Alvarez @benjalvarez1.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Danish reporter Rasmus Svaneborg grills NATO's Rutte over his silence when US President Trump talks about conquering Greenland and lashes out at Spain. "Does this have any effect on your self-respect when you sit next to him like that and say nothing?"
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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Reminder: we are war crime-ing Cuba right now because Trump and Rubio want to collapse their government. Not a major part of the media discourse but it should be.
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Martin Nutbeem @martinnutbeem.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
"I will make a statement on my future in public life at 2pm"
Vincent Price as Dr Phibes. A middle aged white man with a moustache looks pained and ill. He has large bags around his eyes.
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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
So it turns out the "contract" teenagers signed for their student loans wasn't actually a contract at all, the government always had the right to retrospectively change the terms, and at no point was this explained to those taking out the loans... www.newstatesman.com/politics/edu...
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Government mis-sold student loans to a generation, report finds
A new Treasury Committee report has found that the state did not sufficiently communicate the terms and conditions
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Baudrillard Warned Us @baudrillardwarned.us · 04/07/2026
"The religious, metaphysical or philosophical definition of being has given way to an operational definition in terms of the genetic code (DNA) and cerebral organization (the informational code and billions of neurons)." - The Ecstasy of Communication
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Cricket, warm beer and excess mortality are the markers of national character. This week's column is about the ignorance, snobbery and cruelty in the billionaire press, triggered by last week's heatwave. And about the grim condtions children now face in schools. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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When the right promotes heat-stress denial, ask yourself this: whose children’s lives is it willing to risk? | George Monbiot
The class politics of extreme heat are very real and very dangerous – but that doesn’t stop the billionaire press from peddling its agenda, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
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paulftremlett @paulftremlett.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Hop Suisse!!! #worldcup
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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 24/06/2026
++BREAKING++ Leading climate scientists in the UK have written to senior editors in broadcast media - and OFCOM and IPSO: "To express our concern about recent media coverage of extreme weather, climate change and net-zero and to urge you…to inform public audiences of the scientific links"
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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 24/06/2026
Letter in today's Times by climate scientist Sir Brian Hoskins: "The discourse around net-zero is increasingly decoupled from…science and our changing weather. "Net-zero is not an arbitrary slogan, rather it is dictated by the laws of physics."
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
🌹 81 Labour MPs - 20% of the PLP - have now signed @alexsobel.co.uk's amendment calling for a National Commission on Electoral Reform. ⚖️ First Past the Post is not fit for purpose. We need Proportional Representation for fair Westminster elections. bills.parliament.uk/bills/4080/s...
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Amendment NC31 to Representation of the People Bill to Representation of the People Bill - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament
Alex Sobel's amendment (NC31) to Representation of the People Bill, proposed during Report stage
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Louvain Rees ⚰️ @hellohistoria.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
An interesting read about the 1976 heatwave 🌞 The suggestion that “we all had a wonderful summer and survived” is misleading. It was reported that “200 people a day were apparently dying who would not have died if the weather had been normal”. theconversation.com/the-dangers-... #heatwave
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The dangers of romanticising Britain’s 1976 heatwave
By sentimentalising the summer of 1976, we strip away its lessons.
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Boycott Bloody Insurance @insuranceboycott.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Help us build the pressure & write to the Aviva management to demand they rule out the project. actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Aviva Execs: Rule out insuring LNG expansion in the Amazon of the seas
Today, at Aviva’s HQ, we heard from a frontline protector from the Philippines about why it is so important to protect the Coral Triangle: “People are depending on these waters for their livelihoods a...
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Boycott Bloody Insurance @insuranceboycott.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
📣 “People are depending on these waters for their livelihoods and their food.” Listen to Anj from @ceed speak about Aviva’s role in supporting LNG and fossil fuel expansion.
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La Libre @lalibre.be · 22/06/2026
"Plus de 200.000 victimes en quatre ans": l’alerte de l’Organisation mondiale de la santé sur la canicule en Europe
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"Plus de 200.000 victimes en quatre ans": l’alerte de l’Organisation mondiale de la santé sur la canicule en Europe
La canicule qui touche actuellement plusieurs pays européens, dont la Belgique, s’accompagne d’un nouvel avertissement de l’Organisation mondiale de la santé. ... %
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HIEROTOPOI @hierotopoi.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Hello #ScienceSky! 🏛️✨ We are excited to launch the Bluesky profile for the project HIEROTOPOI We study how ancient Mediterranean societies sacralised their landscapes hierotopoi.hcommons.org Looking forward to connecting with fellow archaeologists, historians, and enthusiasts! #AncientReligion
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Both the government and the Court of Appeal now treat protesters as terrorists and terrorists as protesters. It's hard to accept that a "Labour" government is imposing rightwing authoritarianism on the UK, but please read this column to see what's happening.+🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Belfast riots, Palestine Action protests. What is terrorism now – and why the hypocrisy? | George Monbiot
The right is obsessed with ‘two-tier policing’. This is indeed a two-tier government – but the real victims are progressives, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
A massive shift is taking place here. Well-organised far-right terrorism is being treated as ordinary criminality, while conscience-driven protests against genocide are treated as terrorism. A highly conservative (and deeply weird and fantastical) Court of Appeal ruling embeds this shift.
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Laura McAtackney @lauramca.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
When people assume the brightest and best are at places like Oxford and Cambridge i remind them of their continued facilitating of the Far Right, including sham ’debates’ like this and reframe that as most the privileged and ambitious. searchlightmagazine.com/2026/06/oxfo...
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Oxford Union's race to the bottom - Tommy Robinson 'debate' to go ahead | Searchlight
Oxford Union president Arwa Elrayess has rescheduled her platform for racist criminal Tommy Robinson to 17 June, surrounding him with shabby collaborators a ...
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Caroline Lucas: "We need to recognise that what happened on the streets of Belfast was being orchestrated by the far right, by Elon Musk, by a network of people who actually want this to happen, so it wasn't quite as spontaneous as it looked.. and that has to be stopped"
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Dr Nafeez Ahmed @nafeez.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
EXCLUSIVE: @bylinetimes.bsky.social exposes the Russian neo-Nazi network – promoted by Tommy Robinson – pushing 'White Lives Matter' propaganda to sow division and race war across the UK and Europe. Founded by a sanctioned oligarch close to Putin bylinetimes.com/2026/06/10/r...
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Revealed: The Russian Neo-Nazi Network Pushing ‘White Lives Matter’ Division in Britain – Promoted by Tommy Robinson
As riots spread across Belfast, Tommy Robinson promoted a movement founded by a sanctioned Russian oligarch, which has pushed white supremacist propaganda about the death of Henry Nowak
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 09/06/2026
Israeli attack on Tyre in Lebanon kills eight as evacuation ordered for Christian quarter
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Israeli attack on Tyre in Lebanon kills eight as evacuation ordered for Christian quarter
People flee historic district of ancient city after airstrikes hit residential areas and damage archaeological sites * Middle East crisis – live updates Israel has bombed the city of Tyre, killing eight and injuring at least 32 people, and struck dozens of other villages in south Lebanon as it issued forced evacuation orders for the historic Christian quarter of the ancient city for the first time. Israel struck the al-Masaken neighbourhood without warning on Tuesday morning, sending smoke plumes high above the city’s buildings and igniting fires. Further airstrikes were carried out across the city and a series of bombings hit Abbasieh, a village north of Tyre. Continue reading...
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