Reposted by @rab181.bsky.social❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"The whole internet hates Dilkshake Muck, a loathesome bigot who loves misogyny. *5 seconds later* we regret to inform you Dilkshake Muck is assistant general counsel of the General Services Administration" 218828
Reposted by @rab181.bsky.socialEmmanuelle Chaze @emmanuellechaze.com · 28/09/2026My friend's office is next door, I wasn't sure where she was at the time. Just heard from her and thankfully she is unharmed. What is happening in Kyiv right now is truly horrific. Millions of people are at risk of dying at any time. I'm not quite sure this really comes across, abroad. 018492
Reposted by @rab181.bsky.socialSven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Spice must flow. Saudis at 6 million barrels per day in September, same as 2025 and above anything during current Iran war. P.S gg to AIS boys www.cnbc.com/2026/09/25/s...cnbc.comSaudi Arabia crude oil exports hit highest level since Iran war began despite pipeline outageSaudi exports are rising despite escalating attacks on its infrastructure from Iran-backed militants in Yemen and Iraq. 4608
Reposted by @rab181.bsky.socialAbilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 26/09/2026When farms stop yielding, hunger does not knock — it breaks the door. Across the Horn of Africa, soils that once fed nations are turning barren. This is not “bad weather.” This is climate change rewriting our food systems in real time. 5920501024
Reposted by @rab181.bsky.socialPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026No, arresting ‘Danny Tommo’ won’t make him a martyr. *Not* arresting him will fuel his agenda. 611253252
Reposted by @rab181.bsky.socialTom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The complete and total collapse of state function in the face of far right extremists. It is frankly ludicrous that Daniel Thomas continues to be at large given the series of crimes committed which he has literally filmed. 281172379
Reposted by @rab181.bsky.socialDylan Difford @dylandifford.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I mean, at this point, it's fairly unambiguously paramilitarism. You've got a non-state actor using violence to further political objectives. It's flagrantly in breach of democratic principles several times over. Inaction would be the most ultimate failure of a democratic government. 732170
Reposted by @rab181.bsky.sociala slug🍚🐝🌱🦌💽🫙🚉 @drunk.moe · 19/09/2026This is my favorite picture on the internet (Former French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe defeats children in a game of dominoes during a visit to a school, September 2019) 29773150
Reposted by @rab181.bsky.socialAlexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Again, a lot of political economy, economics and IR research needs to start assessing possible scenarios for the global economy where current key producers of commodities or supply chain nodes might through war and state failure cease to be significant exporters for years on end 524344
Reposted by @rab181.bsky.socialThe Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I feel like we are so used to living in a time of madness that we can't grasp just how insane the Kennedy Center dispute is. Trump took something that was running just fine and destroyed it because he couldn't put his name next to the murdered president whose memorial it is. That's completely nuts. 25693191
Reposted by @rab181.bsky.socialSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Higher Education risks irreversible damage, says British Academy president Prof Susan Smith, with humanities and social sciences disciplines disappearing in many cold spots. BA is tracking subject provision & calling for a comprehensive review www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/stateme...thebritishacademy.ac.ukBritish Academy President: UK higher education crisis risks irreversible damageAs course closures, shrinking provision and widening regional inequalities threaten the future of UK higher education and research, President of the British Academy, Susan J Smith calls for an immedia... 3146103
Reposted by @rab181.bsky.socialDylan Difford @dylandifford.bsky.social · 16/09/2026It's just a tantrum and should be treated as such, i.e. a meaningful punishment (blockade the parish until it gives up after 3 days, then double the size of the planned accommodation). Otherwise the govt are going to have to deal with these antisocial stunts anytime they need to do anything. 1112
Reposted by @rab181.bsky.socialDaniel 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: 13597704
Reposted by @rab181.bsky.socialJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Canada has a total ban on company/corporate donations. Only individuals who are Canadian citizens or permanent residents can make contributions and it's capped at $1,750 a year. They still have functioning parties and the sky hasn't fallen in. Quite the opposite... www.elections.ca/content.aspx... 419697
Reposted by @rab181.bsky.socialPhil Tinline @philtinline.bsky.social · 14/09/2026They do. We just don't tend to think of studying law, medicine or engineering at a Russell Group university as vocational training. www.thetimes.com/uk/education...thetimes.comLucy Powell: Middle-class children should take vocational subjectsThe education secretary says that curriculums tailored to the needs of the local economy should not be rejected because of snobbery 2297
Reposted by @rab181.bsky.socialAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/09/2026A trans man in the UK has been banned in the workplace restrooms after he was forced to use the women's restrooms to comply with the new EHRC guidance. The women complained because he is visibly male and so they told him he can't use any bathroom. 13850951543
Reposted by @rab181.bsky.socialNed Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 10/09/2026lol I just realized Trump is treating the voters like his construction crews on a building project. Tell them to do a job and then stiff them on the promised compensation. 61426282
Reposted by @rab181.bsky.socialCharlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I’ve reconciled myself to being to the left of any Labour government in my adult lifetime, but I didn’t anticipate that I’d also wildly diverge from them on whether masked gangs of fascist thugs should be allowed to break the law with impunity in the service of inciting racial hatred 16553103
Reposted by @rab181.bsky.socialTom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I know I have now said this three times in the last hour, but what do you mean they still haven't arrested Daniel Thomas? This is his third incident, the first two were definitely illegal, the last is clearly a breach of the peace, he is identifiable and has literally recorded himself planning it! 19488112
Reposted by @rab181.bsky.socialJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 09/09/2026Also, why is this basically written up as "quirky crowd make an embarrassing mistake" and not "violent racists form mob because Asian people use hotel"? 5133661131
Reposted by @rab181.bsky.socialJames Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Having reported on the climate crisis for 20 years I am here to inform you that warnings we've unleashed something with a >10% of destroying humanity will have less of an impact than you'd expect. 1019255
Reposted by @rab181.bsky.socialAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 09/09/2026The alarms are all flashing red. 1552324731
Reposted by @rab181.bsky.socialRobert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 08/09/2026On Andy Burnham's sudden bout of shyness. thecritic.co.uk/sanc... 19957304
Reposted by @rab181.bsky.socialThem Fatale, @mxthemfatale.bsky.social · 07/09/2026tldr - Nazis torched a building that was newly social housing affordable flats. They told everyone 'asylum seeker men' will be living there. People claiming asylum cant rent from HAs, they cant work and cant access UK benefits. 313697
Reposted by @rab181.bsky.socialTwlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I feel like the government’s mealy-mouthed response to this, which is very bad and should be condemned because they are, y’know, the government does serve to distract from how world historically awful the tory and reform responses are 29725
Reposted by @rab181.bsky.socialByline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 04/09/2026“If Republicans fail to hold onto the House or Senate in the 2026 midterms, the nearly inescapable conclusion is that they will reject the results. In fact, they may not even wait for the results to come in.” ✍️ Brynn Tannehillbylinetimes.com‘The 2026 Plan to Steal This Election, and All Those After’If Republicans fail to hold onto the House or Senate in the 2026 midterms, Brynn Tannehill comes to the conclusion that they will reject the results 910349
Reposted by @rab181.bsky.socialHK @hkesvani.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Are we going to get the 200 articles on James Orr then? Maybe read and interrogate the footnotes of his doctoral thesis? Is Cambridge going to have to issue out statements about its hiring standards? 12815252
Reposted by @rab181.bsky.socialLeigh Jones @leighsus.bsky.social · 03/09/2026A real test now of the media's appetite for Cambridge professors and their ethics. 8684206
Reposted by @rab181.bsky.socialLeigh Jones @leighsus.bsky.social · 04/09/2026OK, when is James Orr going to leave his role with Cambridge University? Are we still doing that? 235291
Reposted by @rab181.bsky.socialEd Morrish @edmorrish.com · 03/09/2026a lot of people doubted how much the british media genuinely cared about integrity in academia and now is a great chance for the british media to prove that they’re not just gullible racists! 2851276
Reposted by @rab181.bsky.socialJWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 29/08/2026If Le Pen becomes French President next year - and she's the big favourite - both the EU and NATO will change fundamentally. It will be a huge win for Putin (and Trump). 161
Reposted by @rab181.bsky.socialJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 29/08/2026"The language models are, like, total fucking narcs. They could just as easily be snitches as well." www.transformernews.ai/p/ai-surveil...transformernews.aiWe’re sleepwalking into an AI surveillance dystopiaThe technology needed for industrial-scale observation exists — and is already in widespread use 03016
Reposted by @rab181.bsky.socialThomas I-G @thomasig.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Mon fucking Dieu. Could they be any more obvious about being Kremlin stooges 53115
Reposted by @rab181.bsky.socialElke Schwarz @elkeschwarz.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Speechless. This feels more like a Beckett play than a tech news item 02613
Reposted by @rab181.bsky.socialJWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Sadiq Khan showed immense political courage in pursuing ULEZ in the face of intense, often immensely hostile, opposition - some of which came from the head of his own party. By facing this down, he delivered a huge benefit to millions of Londoners. That is true leadership. 14817
Reposted by @rab181.bsky.socialDreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 14/08/2026But he was black, right? Really important we make sure he's whiter than white because he's black. Can't let them get uppity. As somebody far wiser and better than I said, we'll have equality when we let people of colour fail in the same way we do white people. 01479
Reposted by @rab181.bsky.socialLucy Prebble @lucyprebblish.bsky.social · 14/08/2026One of the sad things about the death of writing is that we are going to be taking life advice primarily from visually attractive people now who don’t know shit. ideally you want the world filtered through awkward homunculi filled with rage who know the plural of homunculus 151126231
Reposted by @rab181.bsky.socialFederica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 13/08/2026For as much as we can dislike deterministic “the energy transition is a pipe dream” takes à la Fressoz, we gotta be as skeptical of “the energy transition is inevitable” takes. Another ex: 🇮🇳 is increasing coal mine proposals and overall coal production in 2026 www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comIndia fuels worldwide jump in planned coal productionRise in new mine proposals, mainly in states of Odisha and Jharkhand, comes despite plateau in global demand 51811
Reposted by @rab181.bsky.socialDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 11/08/2026"To wrap AI into the art of learning when we have overwhelming proof of the harm it does to developing minds is feeding snake oil to the people we should cherish most." www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...theguardian.com‘I hate what AI is doing to the minds and happiness of the young’: Katherine Rundell on the view from the classroomEducation is at a crossroads, argues the author and academic. Should we embrace new technology in the name of efficiency, or is it time to fight back? 121477
Reposted by @rab181.bsky.socialWill Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I've written about Neets for the LRB. It is odd listening to recent debates about this completely ignore the overwhelming fact of this current crisis, that it is one of inactivity, disability, mental ill-health and neurodevelopmental disorders (as I discuss) www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukWilliam Davies · Young People Are Different: What do Neets need?The majority of Neets are not looking for work, but living outside of the labour market and the education system,... 912359
Reposted by @rab181.bsky.socialCadence “Not A Coffee Civet” Andrysiak @supportourpoops.bsky.social · 28/04/2026This Particular Environmental Issue Is An Existential Threat To Life As We Know It versus Okay But Dealing With It Is Expensive 314825
Reposted by @rab181.bsky.socialZeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 02/08/2026I'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850. 9035131734
rab181.bsky.social @rab181.bsky.social · 01/08/2026@jamesrball.com you might enjoy this Nimby entry from the Nottingham Reddit page. Scroll down to the picture...https://www.reddit.com/r/nottingham/s/F3Pc4SBjAj 100
Reposted by @rab181.bsky.socialBen Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Glad someone senior from the sector is pushing back. Labour MPs need to understand the serious real anger from graduates and the people who produce them. And the dangerous financial situation they have allowed to fester, or indeed worsened, in one of Britain’s leading sectors.ft.comLabour has harmed universities as much as Trump, London School of Economics head saysLSE vice-chancellor Larry Kramer points to domestic student fees freeze, international student limits and rise in employers’ national insurance 9671278
Reposted by @rab181.bsky.socialEuan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 30/07/2026The book market at Pochainyi in Kyiv has been completely destroyed, gutted by fire, after being hit by a Russian missile. Another treasure of the Ukrainian capital destroyed by fascist Russia. 16130
Reposted by @rab181.bsky.socialThe New Voice of Ukraine @english.nv.ua · 30/07/2026💥 Russia launched a massive missile attack on Lviv, damaging more than 20 residential buildings. At least 26 people, including children, were injured after a direct strike hit an apartment building 📹: Andrii Sadovyi / Facebook 0128
Reposted by @rab181.bsky.socialWill Oremus @willoremus.com · 29/07/2026A glut of AI-written fiction is drowning out human authors, new research shows. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/b... 18362129
Reposted by @rab181.bsky.socialJoel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 29/07/2026They’re at the book burning stage, guys. This ends well. 28822
![A screenshot of a Reddit post from the r/LegalAdviceUK subreddit by user Dijstraanon, titled "FtM transgender facing two different issues at work? England."
The post text reads:
"Brother in law is trans FtM and presents fully as a man. He's now facing an impossible situation at work with his employer telling him that due to recent legislation he must use the toilet of his birth gender. BUT several female colleagues have raised a grievance about him using their gendered toilet.
His employer has told him that he cannot use the toilet while he is at work until they sort it out and cannot give him a timeframe to do so. They do [cut off] have disabled separate toilets.
In the mean time one of his female colleagues has accused him of sexual harassment because he was used their gendered toilet. His menstrual cycle meant he needed to use the toilet.
He's been with the employer for just over 5 years but only in this location for 18 months. The location is mainly male with just a handful of females, and his workshop only has male toilets.
I do not know how to support him and as he's not in a union there is no one to turn too right now."
The post has an orange "Comments Moderated" tag, 169 upvotes, and 134 comments.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:sefgphqp2xqwh2hawaixykwz/bafkreigy6jrfjxyegrf7h4wzz3yptwmzobhjrd3k5zjoxwd75r6ulxzsyq)
