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Stephen Baker @stephenbaker.bsky.social · 8m

Thoughtful, interesting thread 👇

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I've been trying to word my feelings between fascism and AI and this just sums it up beautifully, better than I could ever word it.

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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 11h

Most TV is just this now.

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Stephen Baker @stephenbaker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Fuck knows how. Universities are struggling to alleviate redundancies on campus for staff.

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Stephen Baker @stephenbaker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Lee nails it in this thread. 👇

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Stephen Baker @stephenbaker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Tom Nairn, in the 1970s, referred to Ulster unionism's lumpen middle class leadership. Committed to what he referred to as "Bible fundamentalism and Union Jackery", it was incapable of developing a political intelligentsia that could apply itself to government. It's as true now as then.

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Sarah Creighton @saraita101.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Wallace Thompson on Twitter (former DUP man) summed it up for me

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Stephen Baker @stephenbaker.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Jon Burrows, UUP leader "We need to bring out those who stay at home, earn back those who have moved elsewhere and give young people a reason to vote unionist for the first time." Is any of this possible while unionism's de facto leader is Jamie Bryson? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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UUP conference: Unionism 'stands at a crossroads', Burrows to tell party

Jon Burrows will make his first conference speech as Ulster Unionist leader on Saturday.

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Stephen Baker @stephenbaker.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Every year there should be a "Blue Bin Award" for pyrrhic victories. The equivalent of Dusty Bin, the consolation prize for losers on ITV's old 3-2-1 quiz show.

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Sarah Creighton @saraita101.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Unfortunately Drumcree is now the election. Want to talk about healthcare and housing? Sorry, what's your view on Drumcree. And that is not the fault of nationalists.

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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“If the crisis is caused by the funding model, why are workers only fighting its consequences?” The #UKHE permacrisis needs a national response. tribunemag.co.uk/2026/09/brit...

For years, sector employers, represented represented by the Universities & Colleges Employers Association (UCEA), had already laid the ground for such an escalation: during national negotiations, they repeatedly claimed that casualisation, workload and equality could not be resolved at the institutional level. As the financial crisis deepened, senior managers and UCEA itself went further, arguing that the underlying funding model was unlikely to change and that redundancies were therefore unavoidable. In other words, these issues could not be resolved by institutions themselves, with meaningful progress instead ultimately requiring state intervention.

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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Danny Tommo slashes a RNLI rescue dinghy with a volunteer onboard who was completing final checks on the boat. This was in the English Channel this evening. I don't know anything about maritime law, but surely that's still criminal damage and unlawful use of a knife. I hope he gets done for this.

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Stephen Baker @stephenbaker.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Surely, this leads to a prosecution.

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Sarah Creighton @saraita101.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Blueskyers of the Northern/Irish persuasion, look at this site if you want a good laugh this morning securebritishfuture.com

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Tommy Greene @tommygreene.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Look forward to discussing my forthcoming book 'Troubled Waters' with Sam McBride and others as part of this event on Sunday. Tickets are still available and there's more info at the @shhomeplace.bsky.social event link here: seamusheaneyhome.com/event/a-loug...

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A Lough Neagh Sequence - Seamus Heaney Home

Inspired by Seamus Heaney’s enduring connection to Lough Neagh, this special afternoon presents a sequence of events exploring the beauty, fragility and future of Ireland’s largest lake. Experience A ...

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Stephen Baker @stephenbaker.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

No one… abso-fucking-lutely no one - is pinning their hopes for a united Ireland on Trump’s support. That some unionists mistook him for their guy, just joins a long list of poorly judged alliances and coat-tailing exercises that unionism has engaged in.

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Stephen Baker @stephenbaker.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Piddington has a song and an accompanying video. It's called the Battle for Britain. Both music and visuals are Ai generated, which really tells you something about the state of contemporary English nationalism.

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Bex Luther @superbreeze.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

BREAKING: Ed Sheeran to represent Piddington at Eurovision

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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

In the movie version of this, after Piddington runs out of food water and money as a result of leaving the UK, the residents apply for asylum and end up housed in a military base, with HILARIOUS consequences. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Piddington in Oxfordshire votes to leave UK over asylum plans

Piddington residents voted over proposals to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers nearby

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Dr. Sarah Wagner @sarahwagner.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Northern Ireland watching this 👀

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Stephen Baker @stephenbaker.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

“The cryptocurrency tycoon Christopher Harborne has given £36m to Reform UK, matching a donation from fellow billionaire Ben Delo.” Taking back control. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Christopher Harborne matches £36m Reform donation of Ben Delo

Party leader, Nigel Farage, ‘humbled’ by contributions from billionaires as Harborne addresses ‘media speculation’

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Stephen Baker @stephenbaker.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Form Tom Nairn’s The Break Up of Britain. Published in 1977. 2026. There are men in balaclavas on English streets.

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Stephen Baker @stephenbaker.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

If you’re working in UKHE at an institution that doesn’t support time for research and scholarship, then you’re not working in a university. You’re working in a sort of debt processing plant that issues certificates and awards.

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John Nichols @nicholsuprising.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Dolly Parton logged a combined total of 115 years of union membership. Throughout her working life, the “9 to 5” singer/songwriter carried the union cards of two major unions: The American Federation of Musicians Local 257 in Nashville — for 58 years. SAG-AFTRA — for 57 years. HAPPY LABOR DAY!

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Opinion | Celebrate Dolly Parton's working-class solidarity

John Nichols: She carried two union cards, sang Woody Guthrie songs and mocked the bosses in "9 to 5."

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Stephen Baker @stephenbaker.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Dear England, You’re playing with fucking fire here.

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Ray Cunningham @ray-cunningham.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I don't know what the issue is, we have a list here...

the Derry Girls Protestants vs Catholics, British vs Irish blackboard

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Stephen Baker @stephenbaker.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Are northerners Irish enough for ya?

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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

One of those pseudo-Andrew Tate types has turned up to tell me my work is full of “gay feminine anxiety”. Nothing wrong with gay or feminine. Of course, in his avatar, he’s got a big old cigar clamped between his lips. Freud, as ever, would have a field day.

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End Deportations Belfast @enddbelfast.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Dover was not a spontaneous protest, or Portsmouth, they've been long in the planning. That the UK PM hasn’t addressed a paramilitary-style shut down of key infrastructure tells you everything you need to know about a cowardly state response. Intelligence services were absolutely across this.[1/n]

Danny Thomas in Belfast. A Masked man in Dover. And text: Danny Thomas, architect of dover paramilitary-style monilisation flew to Belfast for June 9 pogroms.

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Memorial Device @memorialdevice.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Billions spent on MI5, GCHQ and the security services and this went completely under the radar?

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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Were I the prime minister, right now the chief constable and police & crime commissioner for Kent would be in my office having a meeting strictly without tea or biscuits, and this evening I’d be doing a broadcast reassuring the nation that fascist mobs will not be tolerated on our streets.

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Sarah Creighton @saraita101.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Gerard McCarthy's response to Maureen Lipman is so fucking good

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Stephen Baker @stephenbaker.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Reform banned journalists from its conference for fear of interrogation, at a time when the leader and party are engulfed in financial scandals. So, if I’m honest, I’m not at all surprised that a university VC would attend its conference. Reform and university VCs are good company for one another.

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Stephen Baker @stephenbaker.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

For as long as I can remember, The Sun has constructed a version Englishness that mistakes itself for the font of good humoured common sense when it is in fact ignorant, bigoted and revolting to many of its neighbours.

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 02/09/2026

Everybody should support the Cuban Sandwich Factory, not only because of what America is doing but because they make amazing sandwiches

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Louth For Ever 🦋 @louthforever.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Everyone in Irish politics can name what’s wrong with the unity project, accurately and in detail. Nobody will name a price their own side would pay. That’s the mechanism, and the essay includes me in it. 💭✍🏼 #Spéirghorm #IrishUnity forlouth.medium.com/the-vice-eve...

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The Vice: Everyone Can Name The Problem. Nobody Will Pay For The Answer

The gate is shut from outside and the door is held from inside. Everything else is commentary, including this.

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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

"Collective memory is always short." 🧵1️⃣ 11 years ago, the lifeless body of Alan Kurdi, three years, became the symbol of the failure of European migration policies. Since 2025, over 25,000 migrants have lost their lives in the Mediterranean. Alan's story

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The Seldom Seen Kid @seldom-seen-kid.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

They're all dead, Dave.

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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Behind a paywall, but it’s “Mum and Dad” as you’d expect from a publication with its finger on the pulse of the nation.

The Times: I'm a teacher earning £36k.
Here's how I'll become a millionaire'

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Claire Mullaly @clairemullaly.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

👏👏👏 'Belfast actor Gerard McCarthy has pulled out of his Soho Theatre performance due to his co-star’s differing views on the Palestine conflict. The Fall actor announced that he would be leaving the production of ‘Right Before I Go’ following the addition of actress and comedian Maureen Lipman.'

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Belfast actor pulls out of London stage performance due to co-star’s stance on Palestine conflict

Belfast actor Gerard McCarthy has pulled out of his Soho Theatre performance due to his co-star’s differing views on the Palestine conflict.

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Matt Spry @mattdspry.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Koffi ha kows rag dyskoryon #Kernewek ha Kernewegoryon yn #Aberplymm dy'Gwener 28ves a vis Est 5.30-7.30pm yn Caffeine Club. Pubonan yw wolkom! @kowethas.bsky.social @saykernewek.bsky.social @plymouthherald.co.uk @cornwalllive.com @speakcornish.bsky.social @cornishlanguage.bsky.social (1/2)

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Stephen Baker @stephenbaker.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

This isn’t a politics. It’s a neurosis. There’s nothing to debate here, or reason with. And there’s certainly no point trying to find common ground, or to partner with any group that has such a fearfully impoverish view of the world and regards others so contemptuously.

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Stephen Baker @stephenbaker.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

We are necessarily multicultural. It matters not whether Dean believes in it or not.

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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 26/08/2026

Off to work 😭

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Stephen Baker @stephenbaker.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

What kind of ‘win’ is this? Will it draw people to the cause? Illicit support or empathy? Will it encourage partnership? Because it looks designed to solicit one response from large swathes of the public: “Fine. Fuck off then.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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High Court quashes decision to restrict Orange Order parade

The Parades Commission had banned the July parade from entering the mainly nationalist Garvaghy Road - a move which reflected every decision it has made since 1998.

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