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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It’s remarkable how many people can move on a street when those people don’t feel the need to always take a massive car with them. Mobility in cities is about space.

Busy European street with buses filled with people in a long line of people on bikes, waiting for the light to change in a separated, protected bike lane. Imagine if all those people or each in a separate car.

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National Education Union @neunion.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

📢 Free NEU CPD webinars this October! 📚 Take a look at what’s on our programme this month. From developing strategic thinking and bringing Shakespeare to life to supporting learners with maths difficulties, there’s plenty to explore.

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Phil McDuff @mcduff.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Lord Walney of the Labour Party there, elevated for services to kicking the shit out of the left by Boris Johnson, and decreed an expert on political violence and extremism. How, we might ask, could such a person - a self evident massive whopper - be a permanent fixture in UK politics?

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Sara Gibbs @sararoseg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

He imposed Shania Law

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Times continues to push on scything public pensions, a thing they can do because they do not have to worry about public opinion. Their audience is the country’s ruling class, not you.

Juliet Samuel • @CitySamuel • 21h
My @thetimes column:
In 1908, the Daily Express asked: "Is Britain going to surrender her maritime supremacy to provide old-age pensions?"
Pensions and old age benefits now soak up three times as much as defence.
Serious countries don't behave like this.

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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

@boontavista.com well ahead of the small time BBC

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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If you’re moved by this guy crying boy oh boy are there some other images and videos you should check out

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Daniel Weissmann @danweiss.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

There is no economics of never again because in Germany antisemitism as the only real warning sign of fascism has been conceptualised as an individual worldview/belief system and not as a force that emerges under specific economic conditions.

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

As a pragmatic centrist, I read the Niemöller poem differently. After each group mentioned I pencil in what percentage of the population they are, and if it’s a small number I cross off their names as disposable. Poetry is fine but math wins elections!!

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IDF Hannibal Brigade @hannibalbrigade.biz · 21/09/2026

Looks about right www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...

TIMES EXCLUSIVE
Trump Gets Caught in a Dilemma Over a Saudi Plea for Military Help
The president vacillated but decided on Sunday not to join Saudi Arabia, for now, in joint strikes against the Houthis in Yemen. But he also needs the kingdom's cooperation in his war against Iran.

Mr. Trump had met with advisers just the day before and told them he did not favor strikes. But after speaking with the Saudi crown prince, he reversed himself and told the Pentagon to prepare for airstrikes against the Houthis.
But by midday Sunday, the president appeared to have reversed himself again. There would be no U.S. airstrikes against the Houthis — at least not for the time being, according to administration officials. The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss military planning.
The White House press office declined to discuss Mr. Trump's deliberations for the record. A senior administration official would say only that "the U.S. has a defense agreement with Saudi Arabia and we will always defend our allies."

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Jan @janhopis.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

wow, extremely unusual event which has been happening constantly for decades

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Jordan aka Jirdan @slclunk.com · 20/09/2026

I honestly can’t think of a better metaphor than the Department of War inviting a guy who padded his boxing records with scrubs right until he got hospitalized by someone who could actually fight

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Last Thursday, we welcomed Logan and Jake Paul to the Pentagon to meet with our warriors.

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Again, I would just choose to remain silent here and retain some dignity.

Shadi Hamid v @shadihamid
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It's technically true that the US has killed more civilians than al-Qaeda as @hasanthehun says but that's because the US is a superpower of 350 million people and al-Qaeda is a relatively small terror group. It's comparing apples and oranges. Also, key difference: US policymakers for all their faults do not deliberately try to kill Muslim civilians. Al-Qaeda does.
^ Axios
@axios • 1d
• • NEW: @hasanthehun joins @alexthomp on the Season 3 premiere of The Axios Show in what Piker called "the most contentious interview" he's done....

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

To put this in perspective: the infamous Soviet crackdowns on Hungary and Czechoslovakia killed fewer than four thousand people, and various left wing people who stood by the Soviets for doing it were regarded as despicable pieces of shit. This is worse than that, on a barely comprehensible scale.

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Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming “There was only one thing threatening her nefarious ploy to change her gender to beat several girls at a regional swimming competition… which is that she doesn’t know how to swim.”

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Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming

STOCKTON, CA—Cackling as the steps of the dastardly plan crystallized in her mind, local trans teen Brie Chandler told reporters Tuesday that she had hatched a nefarious plot to undergo years of medic...

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steviebaby🫡 @steviebaby.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

what if people did this but for trans kids in their community

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Ashleeee 🌊🪭 @reactiveashley.cat · 19/09/2026

This is what the supreme god botherers’ court had in mind when they repeated “unworkable” like a set of broken records.

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Important to understand: Tom hasn’t *just recently* taken a job promoting and protecting the interests of Labour’s corporate friends, by getting his journo mates to print articles bigging up their business and shitting all over the left. That was always his job.

theguardian.com

Former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson joins Palantir

Peer takes full-time position at the controversial company as it fends off pressure from both Andy Burnham’s government and Sadiq Khan

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JT 👻 @jazztee.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Scab, landlord, plagiarist, genocide denier… I’m sorry your first wedding dance song was Ed Sheeran.

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

And we should be absolutely clear here: The Economist means *the type of person who reads and listens to the Economist* should fund a political party. They absolutely to not mean the pig people, the great unwashed.

The problem with big money in British politics is that there isn't enough of it
@TheEconomist says this week that liberals who are outraged about Reform's cash bonanza should dig into their own pockets
Better funding is crucial to prepare opposition parties for power
Leaders | Political giving
There is too little money in British politics, not too much

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Very, very few wealthy people or businesses give significant donations to political parties - last year the Donkey Sanctuary raked in more than every major party combined
This is what gives the tiny minority who do give the potential for outsized influence
Rules must be followed, including those on donations from abroad. But people who care about the health of British politics should not try to restrict the flow of legal money into it. Britain suffers not from an excess of political donations, but from a severe lack of them.
One reason not to block money is that, after a certain point, cash cannot simply buy victory in elections (see Britain section). And even if it could, restrictions on campaign spending in Britain are a leveller. In the case of Reform, the windfall could grow poisonous as factions already at war within the party struggle for a share of the spoils.
The other reason is that British politics needs money. Last year the Donkey Sanctuary, a charity in Devon that cares for down-on-their-luck equines, received more than every major political party combined. So did the Royal Opera House.
Or compare Britain with America. Reform's £72m windfall is worth less than the money spent on this year's Republican Senate primary election in Texas.

Opposition parties operate on a shoestring
And it's hard to attract more donations - because if giving to politics is stigmatised as spivvy, only spivs will be happy to do it
We're calling for a culture change
Impoverished British parties are barely able to prepare for power. The victor of a general election wins control of more than f1.3trn in public spending; those vying for this prize do so on a shoestring. Most shadow ministers rely on teams of two or three staffers to put together a programme for government. Reform boasts that it will use its new infusion of cash to double the number of policy researchers it has
—to a grand total of 20. If so, it would be a start.
Although British voters prefer the asses in Devon to the asses in Westminster, their blanket cynicism about politics is unwarranted. Britons seem to assume that any donation must be corrupt, because why else would the donor hand over their cash? But if giving to political parties is stigmatised as spivvy, only spivs will give.
Politics would benefit from a wider pool of public-spirited donors to fund the lawyers and wonks who prepare parties for office.
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'If you are an opponent of Reform, instead of reaching for the statute book you should shun the donkeys this year and pick the party you would most like to win. Hold your nose with one hand, and reach for the chequebook with the other.'

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KeelahButts @cruxfat.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Pangolins are like if a dragon was a slap bracelet.

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Captain Howdy @captainhowdy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Each day stranger than the last.

The Distracted Boyfriend meme, but the boyfriend is now Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon, his girlfriend is a furious Hitler and the object of his attention is Ed Sheeran.

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Goodness me: the suspect arrested a few months ago in the Putney Pusher case has been found dead. He had been widely named online already, but now has been named officially. www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

standard.co.uk

Millionaire banker Putney Pusher suspect, 44, found dead at home in west London

Millionaire banker Nicholas Brandram found dead after being arrested earlier this year by police investigating shoving of female pedestrian into path of bus on Putney Bridge

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Rob Lugg 🇵🇸🔻 @roblugg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

My guess is they’ll reject him but purely for reasons of class and decorum, not because they materially disagree with anything he says.

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Stop School Cuts @schoolcuts.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

📣VICTORY: Government U-turns to fully fund teacher pay this year 🔥 This is the direct result of educators and parents standing up for our schools. We welcome this first step from this Government. Now, they must urgently begin restoring the £4.5 billion cut from school budgets since 2010.

Bright breaking-news graphic announcing the government will fully fund teacher pay this year, paired with a BBC headline dated 16 Sep 2026: "Schools in England get extra £500m in bid to avoid teachers' pay strike."

Guardian headline reading "Union claims victory as ministers agree to fully fund pay rise for teachers in England" and a celebratory confetti icon.

Breaking news: government will fully fund teachers' pay rise for 2026–27, shown as a Schools Week headline and short article excerpt announcing the government's commitment to cover the pay increase.

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Tom Holbrook @thomholbrook.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

What is it that these billionaire tax-shy donors see in the anti-establishment Reform Party? Oh: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Reform-linked thinktank ‘to call for big tax cuts for the rich’

Centre for a Better Britain will urge abolishing inheritance tax and phasing out capital gains tax, report says

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BDS movement @bdsmovement.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Today marks 44 years since the Israeli-sponsored Sabra and Shatila massacre in Beirut. It is high time to suspend Israel’s membership in the UN, at the very least, and impose lawful broad sanctions against its regime of settler-colonialism, apartheid, occupation and genocide.

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shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

it is remarkable that this has happened despite a near-unanimous effort from mainstream politicians and news media to prevent it from happening. there's some hope there

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Well this explains some things. Sheeran’s played Robert Kraft’s wedding three years AFTER Kraft was arrested for patronizing massage parlors staffed with sex trafficked women, and described Kraft as “super sweet.” 🤢 www.soapcentral.com/entertainmen...

soapcentral.com

Ed Sheeran performed at Robert Kraft’s wedding and described billionaire as “super sweet” four years before dropping Macklemore from tour

Macklemore has been dropped from Ed Sheeran's tour.

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 15/09/2026

lol and i must emphasize this: lmao

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Euan @euan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

as a big fan of celebrity notes app apologies that make everything worse this is Ed Sheeran’s best work yet

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Blue sky nice ghost @rajandelman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Fascinated by the mind that thought "this will help"

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Yes - in most focus groups where Lowe comes up they've seen him on Facebook.

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

European gas is above €82/MWh - the highest since late 2022. Hormuz remains largely shut and gas storage is at 68% going into winter. None of this started in Europe but we pay for it. The only exit is using less gas. Heat pumps, electrified industry, insulation.

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DB Maggi @dbmaggi.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Ed "I don't take sides and do politics" Sheeran

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Colin @colin-fraser.net · 14/09/2026

I think something that’s getting lost in all of this is that, as far as we can tell, it is possible to stand up walls that withstand hacking attempts, even by highly motivated hackerbots. It takes care and expertise but it can be done (and perhaps motivated hackerbots can even be of assistance here)

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National Education Union @neunion.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Educators are leaving the profession in droves - and it’s not because they’re retiring. One in four teachers leave the profession within three years of receiving their qualification.The government is sitting on its hands instead of taking action. Get ballot ready here 👉 bit.ly/4dd5CSR

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UNISON @unison.org.uk · 14/09/2026

💷✊ It’s time for a bailout of our public services. Ahead of the government’s first budget under Andy Burnham, UNISON GS Andrea Egan calls for bold investment to restore public services and public service pay. Read more ⬇️ buff.ly/larLhNY

"Public services and public service workers must be put at the centre of the government’s approach to growth and improving living standards." - Andrea Egan, UNISON general secretary

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Geoffrey Hughes @geofffhughes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Absolutely bizarre moral panic happening right now in the UK: they think it's far too easy to get a clean fade on your local high street at a reasonable price from a Middle Eastern gentleman who insists on calling you "boss"...

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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 14/09/2026

Shocking development from a European leader who has never seen a genocidal regime indiscriminately slaughtering Muslims that she didn’t love

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LiLBazula 👻 🎃 @lilbazza.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

No crackpot racist talking point floating around on Fashbook left unindulged

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EH Bildu @ehbildu.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Saludamos la declaración conjunta suscrita hoy en Cardiff. Seguimos los procesos de soberanía de Escocia, Gales e Irlanda con atención y sumo interés, desde la solidaridad. Las naciones de Escocia, Gales e Irlanda tienen derecho a decidir libre y democráticamente su futuro político.

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Dr Matt Lodder @mattlodder.com · 13/09/2026

I wish people like Hadley used their big private school brains and thought about the politics of drag for like... a single second. The performativity and excess of drag is a criticism of patriarchy, Hadley. It's (in small part) a condemnation of the social norms imposed on women.

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

An entire politics and worldview animated by a lively terror that somewhere, somebody might be eating a free cheese sandwich

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Accept they're not free really are they? The cost the tax payer, when giving children a breakfast can be achieved for 50p at home. The cost to the tax payer is far far higher per breakfast than
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Labour has delayed its plans to allow new North Sea drilling until after the Holborn and St Pancras byelection. A Green win on 8th October will add pressure on Labour to reverse this shortsighted and dangerous plan. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...