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Sean Wallis @seanawallis.bsky.social · 22h

Not sure which is less surprising: that 75% of Daily Mail readers think that Brexit has been a failure, or that Daily Mail pollsters can't do fractions. Back to school!

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Priyamvada Gopal @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social · 22h

All ethnonationalism is racism. Sorry to burst bubble. You can't run around criticising boat stabbers for their 'English patriotism' and then say 'oh but all ethnic groups deserve their own homeland' like @owenjones.bsky.social What, anyway, is an 'ethnic group' if not race by another other name?

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Alice in Zombieland @thealice.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Them: I want a secret police force to round up and disappear all the people I dont like. Me: Let's bridge this divide

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Serendipity @serendipityinfl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Power to the People Music concert..Joan Biaz, Jack Black,Bruce Springsteen, Tom Morello,Foo Fighters,Dave Mathews,Dave Grohl and tons of others promoting Voter registration and take back our country!

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Elsa @erli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I can't stop thinking how wrong the tech bros have understood creativity and creators. Or even just having hobbies. #erliart

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I swear social media has addled the brains of so many parents, its terrifying to behold. What do you mean youre feeding the photos of your underaged children into this app

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Who’s ready for No Kings? We’re getting an early start on making signs! ✊💚

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Birmingham UCU @birminghamucu.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

UCU Birmingham is calling for the University's new Redeployment Policy to explicitly include health, safety and wellbeing safeguards. Redeployment can significantly affect workload, role clarity, support and psychosocial risk. 1/2

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I really enjoyed recording this one, having met Maggie and Shahir at a workshop in August about teaching critical thinking in STEM in the current environment. www.rustbeltscience.com/episodes/pis...

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Episode 31: The AI Con: A Conversation with Dr. Emily M. Bender on the Power of Language and AI — RUST BELT SCIENCE

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Sean Wallis @seanawallis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Quick, buy .xi webdomains for "extreme intelligence", Donald. He's not a president, he's an April Fool.

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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

None of the Black patients who appear in the photos is named. I wonder what they made of their time in this city, in a country which they'd crossed an ocean to help defend, and where they found nothing much better to fight for than they had back home. /end

The photo that started this thread. The nurse is Miss Thomson, the matron of the Fourth Scottish General Hospital. What was that man's name?

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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This picture from a Red Cross photoshoot in 1918 is an uncomfortable reminder of the time when Glasgow had a racially segregated hospital. A wee thread... 📷: Library of Congress

A Black man in a hospital bed, reading a newspaper while a (white) nurse looks on.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This is what it was like for all scholars before you could just take a snap of the text with your phone. ANONYMOUS FOLLOWER OF CARAVAGGIO First half of 17° century St. Jerome

St Jerome, painting of naked upper half of body, unkempt hair and beard making notes from a large book on a bookstand.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Oh dear. I broke the Ecosia browser’s AI search by asking for the most progressive Republicans.

• Overviews
The provided search results do not contain a list of the most progressive Republicans.
Source [2] identifies Lisa Murkowski as the second-most liberal Republican in the Senate, and Source [4] defines Rockefeller Republicans as having moderate or liberal views, but no specific list of "most progressive" members is provided.

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Gautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Now here’s a kind of book I’ve never read before: Palestinian gothic horror, set in Haifa, and explicitly about the ‘48 Nakba and its consequences.

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Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 @xunlingau.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Impressive that Taipei's LGBTQ community could mobilise so many people & groups so fast, against the homophobic actions of the police. The head of the police inspection team came out to respond to the protesters but seems his response was erm poor...

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Sean Wallis @seanawallis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Crowd gathering for the 90th anniversary of the battle of Cable Street addressed by @rmtunion.bsky.social They shall not pass. #TowerHamlets #CableStreet

Large gathering of people rallying outside Tower Hamlets town hall, 4 October 2026 to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the battle of Cable Street which defeated Moseley's fascist Blackshirts.

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Sean Wallis @seanawallis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It is good that today's Labour Party front bench wish to commemorate the Battle of Cable Street. All are welcome in the fight against fascism. But in 1936, the Labour Party urged people to stay away, and "leave it to the police". Thankfully, ordinary members ignored that instruction.

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Massimo @massimovl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Please, dear friends, read the message below and share it. This woman needs us. Let's help her. If you can, please donate. Thank you

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

'David Robinson, who led the writing of safety reports that accompanied the ChatGPT developer’s product releases, explained his resignation in an essay headlined, “I quit OpenAI because its culture is broken”.'

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OpenAI safety leader quits, warning AI company’s culture is ‘broken’

David Robinson joins other insiders in urging industry to take more care over rapidly developing technology

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I wish it weren't the case that India's social media userbase is stuck on Twitter (and Meta platforms), but there's no denying that the existent non-mainstream information infra that was built up there despite the IT cell & censorship is still very much hanging on despite even further repression.

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It is wild the degree to which being on Bluesky (as opposed to Twitter, which feels like walking into the clamour of an Indian railway station) feels like hitting mute on India right now, with the whole nation at a turning point.

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Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026

Please, if you have a vote on Thursday, vote for Zack. Whatever progress ‘Labour’ has shown, ditching Starmer included, has happened not because people have suddenly found their inner conscience , but because of pressure from the left: from the Greens, PC, SNP: all of us. Don’t give up now.

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Dundee UCU @ducuuo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Day 10 of 26 of our strike action. After the incredible support from politicians, members and students at ours Holyrood rally yesterday, we return to Dundee and our picket line outside the Tower Building. Join us and make the University of Dundee a better place.

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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

getting a little boost of new followers so it's worth mentioning that i'm tidying up the ol patreon, giving her little updates here and there patreon.com/hannahvardit

patreon about me text, it reads as follows:

Hello.

Welcome.

First of all, congratulations on clicking on the About Me section. Look at you. Reading. Learning. Investigating. You little scholar you.

My name is Hannah, I've been making comics forever and I've had Patreon for nearly as long. Neither has proven particularly profitable, but I continue doing both. At this point you might be realizing I'm not very bright and have never had my best interests in mind. Again, I commend you for your intellect.

On my page you'll find all kinds of nonsense. Comics, fan art, sketchbook pages, characters I swear up and down I'll do something with, then never do, that sort of thing. I've structured the payment tiers to be identical in their rewards, with a pay-what-you-want style.* Who am I to determine whether a peek into a sketchbook or a polished piece of fan art is worth, really.

A pledge at any level is appreciated, but you can continue to support me for free on social media if you prefer. I won't stop you. I physically cannot, I wouldn't even begin to know how.

*Except the NSFW tier, for what I hope are obvious reasons.

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Paul Halpern @phalpern.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

In the golden age of Vienna, two brilliant thinkers vied to shape the future of physics. Their passionate struggle led directly to the quantum and relativity revolutions. History of science at its most gripping! THE GREAT ATOM DEBATE Preorder now www.amazon.com/gp/product/1... greatatomdebate.com

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Yale AAUP @aaupyale.org · 01/10/2026

Tell President Maurie McInnis: Defend Yale’s public mission. Email president@yale.edu. Ask her to reaffirm public service and an ethical, diverse community, protect academic freedom, and give faculty, students, staff, and New Haven residents a meaningful voice in Yale’s future. 5/5

Cream AAUP Yale graphic with an illustration of a hand pressing “Send” on a phone displaying an envelope. Heading: “Tell McInnis: Defend Yale’s public mission.” Text: “Email Yale President Maurie McInnis: president@yale.edu.” Readers are urged to ask her to reaffirm Yale’s commitment to public service and an ethical, diverse community; protect academic freedom from political interference; and ensure faculty, students, staff, and New Haven residents have a meaningful voice in shaping Yale’s future. Closing text: “And read more at bit.ly/CHE_WhatAilsHigherEd.”

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Yale AAUP @aaupyale.org · 01/10/2026

Higher ed under pressure: What are elite universities choosing to change? The Chronicle (@chronicle.com) examines reports from Yale, Cornell, and Vanderbilt/WashU—and whether they offer meaningful reform or institutional self-protection. bit.ly/CHE_WhatAilsHigherEd 🧵 1/5

Cream AAUP Yale graphic with dark green text and a black-and-white hand holding a magnifying glass. Heading: “Higher ed under pressure: What are elite universities choosing to change?” Text: “New reports promise to address higher education’s problems. At Yale, the response includes narrowing the university’s stated mission.” Reporting credited to Francie Diep and Annika Bereny, The Chronicle of Higher Education, September 24, 2026. A right arrow indicates more slides.

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Paul Halpern @phalpern.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

In 1954, Albert Einstein was so upset by the Oppenheimer hearing and the McCarthy era attacks on the loyalty of scientists, that he said that if he were just starting out he'd become a plumber or peddler, instead of a physicist. He soon got an invitation to join a plumbing firm! #Einstein #science

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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

With hours left before the funding expires, the Trump administration is pushing to direct more than $175m of the state department’s flagship human rights fund to a slate of awards that includes a huge $40m grant for an anti-communism fund, support for a group advanci... TAT: [Undermining democracy]

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Trump administration diverts human rights funds to push far-right agenda abroad

Support such as for white Afrikaners and anti-communism reveals how US is redefining what qualifies as human rights

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Together Alliance @togetheralliance.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This October, thousands across the country will meet. To organise, collaborate and build. Against the far right, and against dividing our communities for profit and power. Join us at Organise Together. Manchester: 17 October London: 24 October 💚 togetheralliance.org.uk/organise-tog...

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Sean Wallis @seanawallis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Good. This is a start. But a trade union is a collective. Where is the call-out from UCU to build solidarity? What about a solid guarantee to support strikers with proper strike pay for the duration of each strike? For example, organising a solidarity tour around other UCU branches would be easy.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇

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Sean Wallis @seanawallis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Postulate: Critical thinking is an intellectual enterprise, not a 'language skill'. Discuss.

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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

So many different people, groups, and organizations have come together to push back against the attack on the freedom to read, including students themselves. Read more about what students in Florida are doing here:

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No more book bans: how Florida students are pushing rightwingers out of school boards

Local communities are fighting back against the influence of conservative groups like Moms for Liberty in education

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Jessica Winter @winterjessica.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

P.S. Please revisit this mordant @brianphillips.lol essay about how the president of Cornell backed into students with his car and what that says about the politics and priorities of the higher-ed industrial complex. Absolutely brilliant piece www.theringer.com/2026/05/22/n...

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Who’s to Blame When an Ivy League President Drives Into His Students?

“Ah! He just ran over my fucking foot!”

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The political will to do something about student loan burdens may have evaporated but the pain still affects real people's lives

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Kind of beside the point, but there's an interesting study in contrasts in the two parts of this op-ed we didn't have control over: >>

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University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

What a gorgeous day to stand in solidarity with your community. Thank you all for standing with us and showing this university what courage and determination looks like. Here's to our strength as the fight continues. But more importantly, here's to us winning. Solidarity, UoNUCU

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roterote @roterote.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I was speaking to my wife about the death penalty in regards to several of the high profile sexual assault cases and she was shocked when I told her about the Innocence Project and the hundreds of death row inmates released because they were imprisoned wrongly. Most people don’t know these facts.

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