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theoretical2.bsky.social

@theoretical2.bsky.social
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Academic. Humanist. Animal lover. Likes history and historical walks. Past editor of PRI and Journal of Communication Management.

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Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
A Reform councillor has been recorded calling for King Charles to be decapitated because he “is a Muslim”, while another one said of Asian people: “drag out of their homes, stick them on planes and **** them off to Pakistan.” It’s part of an undercover investigation by ITV Exposure
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theoretical2.bsky.social @theoretical2.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Hillarious
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Leonardo Carella @leonardocarella.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
In other words, a 10 percent contraction in one of Britain’s most successful exports. If it were steel or fish or other infinitely less profitable sectors, people would be having a meltdown.
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Seth Masket @smotus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Interviewing the inventor of napalm about his hats
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Anna's hummingbird: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFu...
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
From the new Private Eye
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🔴 Reform UK Donations Overwhelmingly Have Overseas or Tax-Haven Ties Analysis of the latest Electoral Commission filings shows 87% of the £5.4m in donations newly-declared by Nigel Farage’s party came from donors linked to offshore jurisdictions bylinetimes.com/2026/09/10/r...
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Reform UK Donations Overwhelmingly Have Overseas or Tax-Haven Ties
Analysis of the latest Electoral Commission filings shows 87% of the £5.4m in donations newly-declared by Nigel Farage's party came from donors linked to offshore jurisdictions
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LadyFluffyOrca 🫍📎 🇬🇧🇵🇸🇺🇦 @ladyfluffyorca.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
@mandolinmama.bsky.social thought you’d like this, isn’t he magnificent. Constable Sukhvinder (Suki) Singh Sunger of the Vancouver Police Pipe Band. He made history as the first person of colour to join the Pipe Band and gained acclaim for commanding the Edinburgh Castle Esplanade during the tattoo
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Daniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
Map showing Lower Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I've been reading Reform UK's constitution so you don't have to. The party’s founding documents reveal the extraordinary levels of power Nigel Farage wields over Reform UK, making it all but impossible for party members to remove him: bylinetimes.com/2026/08/18/c...
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Chairman Farage: How Reform UK Operates as a Democratic Party in Name Only
The party's founding documents reveal the extraordinary levels of power Nigel Farage wields over Reform UK, making it all but impossible for party members to remove him
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theoretical2.bsky.social @theoretical2.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Poor guy. NF has a great record of sorting things out for people. Not
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theoretical2.bsky.social @theoretical2.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I don’t know if history repeats itself but some things in history do. I remember when Labour came into power in 1997 and started literally patching up the public infrastructure (schools, hospitals) left in a terrible state by the long reign of Conservative governments. And here we go again
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 02/07/2026
President Donald Trump made more than 21,000 securities trades in his first year back in office, often in intense bursts tied to market events he created.
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Trump Financial Disclosure Shows 21,000 Trades in 2025
President Donald Trump made more than 21,000 securities trades in his first year back in office, often in intense bursts tied to market events he created.
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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 19/06/2026
"Pathetic!" @mrjamesob.bsky.social reacts to JD Vance's IQ test claim.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 16/06/2026
Lord Heseltine: "We must not have Reform or Restore or anything like it anywhere near the corridors of power in this country. I’ve seen it all before. [Oswald] Mosley in the 30s, Enoch Powell in the 60s."
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Lord Heseltine: 'We Must Not Have Reform Or Restore Anywhere Near The Corridors Of Power'
Lord Heseltine speaks to Noah Vickers about regenerating Britain’s cities, the devolution agenda and why Margaret Thatch
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The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
We have made the decision to formally close our X social media account. Once a vibrant platform to promote the interests of authors, we feel X is no longer a trusted place for balance, community support, and reliable information.
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DBeach @beachnic.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Follow the money. One of Trump's biggest donors. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Trump’s Venezuela move could deliver a big win for this MAGA billionaire
Hedge-funder Paul Singer, whose firm acquired Citgo at a bargain price, has much to gain from Nicolás Maduro's ouster.
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Chris Cook @chriscook.news · 29/11/2025
a big deal on the geopolitics around Ukraine — we’ve found a Chinese drone supplier taking a stake in a Russian military supply company: www.ft.com/content/e907...
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Chinese parts supplier takes stake in leading Russian drone maker
[FREE TO READ] Tie-up marks new level of co-operation between Moscow and Beijing’s military industrial complexes
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Dreamcatcher @dreamcatcher01.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Carolina Wren Now that is an interesting proposition...
A peach, white, and brown Carolina Wren is perched on a small branch.  The background is blurry leaves and tree limbs.
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theoretical2.bsky.social @theoretical2.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Last thing the country needs is someone like that in charge.
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theoretical2.bsky.social @theoretical2.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
It’s so important to understand- as Arthur explains here - that the so called peace plan is not only a disaster for Ukraine but a threat to all of Europe
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theoretical2.bsky.social @theoretical2.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Thank you for saying this loudly, clearly and publicly. There are clear historical parallels to such “peace” plans.
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Dreamcatcher @dreamcatcher01.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Green Heron Ready to fly...
A maroon and green Heron is perched in a tree. There are green grasses all around.
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theoretical2.bsky.social @theoretical2.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Before talking about damages, foes he actually have a case to bring to a court?
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theoretical2.bsky.social @theoretical2.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Vast majority of criminals serving prison sentences are white see researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN...
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
'I am not done' - Kamala Harris tells BBC she may run for president again
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Brexit was not a one-off hit. It’s bleeding us money and lost opportunity every day we stay in it.
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theoretical2.bsky.social @theoretical2.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Terrible consequences of irresponsible release of technological innovation. Public must have a voice as it pays the price
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theoretical2.bsky.social @theoretical2.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Thank you, Lord Haseltine. Absolutely NOT “out of touch”.
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theoretical2.bsky.social @theoretical2.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Spot on.
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theoretical2.bsky.social @theoretical2.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Another excellent piece from John Burn-Murdoch in the Financial Times. Sadly, Neil Postman’s 1985 “Amusing Ouselves to Death” still stands. Is there hope for the end of “enshitification” of social media and public discourse?
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theoretical2.bsky.social @theoretical2.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
No words…
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Media figures who cheerlead & champion Nigel Farage every minute of every day are freaking out about Keir Starmer telling a few home truths about the whiny little liar’s racism. And how the racism he disseminates every day affects real people in the real world. tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx
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James O'Brien Daily
Daily News Podcast · Updated daily · Welcome to the best bits of James O'Brien's LBC phone-in show. Listen back to all the highlights in a 60-minute bite sized chunk of his show with new episodes ever...
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 01/10/2025
“Enshittification” was a term coined by Cory Doctorow, in 2022, to describe how the technologies that dominated our daily lives seemed to be all getting worse at the same time. Now, in a new book, he expands on the word that has become bleakly relevant.
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The Age of Enshittification
In a new book, the technology critic Cory Doctorow expands on a coinage that has become bleakly relevant, in Silicon Valley and beyond.
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Greenpeace EU @greenpeace.eu · 01/10/2025
Happening right now: Greenpeace activists are blocking the liquified gas terminal at Zeebrugge, Belgium in protest at the EU's imports of Putin's and Trump's gas The EU's gas dependency has bankrolled Putin's war – the EU must fully phase out fossil fuels, not swap for imports from another bully
Sailing ship with a rainbow and dove on the side, a yellow banner with trump and putin's face reads: they love gas, you pay the price

another banner reads: stop fossil gas

in the background, some industrial facility in a portpeople in kayaks hold up yellow signs reading: stop fossil gas

behind, an inflatable model of a ship floats in the water with giant caricatures of trump and putin, which says 'fossil gas' on the side
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theoretical2.bsky.social @theoretical2.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Good!
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theoretical2.bsky.social @theoretical2.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
A very calm statement given the explosive topic.
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Andrew Burton @burtonad.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
There is a thing I used to call the racism syllogism that works here: all racists are evil; I am not evil; therefore, I am not a racist. You can substitute my dad, my friend or anyone else and it works just as well.
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theoretical2.bsky.social @theoretical2.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
This is appalling: both the deliberate and prolonged pushing of the boundaries on the part of the Russian aggressor and the irresolute response from the countries who ought to know better. There is nothing new here and surely lessons should have been learned. Not a step further!
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theoretical2.bsky.social @theoretical2.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Absurdly funny?
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Quite apart from the fact that this is garbage, I see that Mr Free Speech "will not stand for" people teaching interpretations of the past that he doesn't agree with.
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Dreamcatcher @dreamcatcher01.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Black Swallowtail Butterfly Elegance...
A black and blue butterfly is hovering on delicate pink flowers.  The background is blurry grey.
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theoretical2.bsky.social @theoretical2.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
In other words, scientific evidence and responsibility for public health (responsibility to public interest) do not natter. What does? What is the point of such a public office?
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Next they'll be rewriting textbooks to say Japanese American internment camps were delightful summer resorts.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 01/09/2025
Sometime between the fall of 1963 and the late summer of 1964, the actor and photographer Dennis Hopper stopped at an intersection in L.A., took out his Nikon, and made history.
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The Dennis Hopper Photograph That Caught Los Angeles
The actor stopped at an intersection, took out his Nikon, and made history.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 25/08/2025
Video shows a blanket knitted by Irish activists as a tribute to Palestinian children killed in Gaza. Each square of the blanket represents 10 of the nearly 19,000 children killed by Israeli forces in the besieged enclave.
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theoretical2.bsky.social @theoretical2.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Tell me this cat is not scary 😀
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theoretical2.bsky.social @theoretical2.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Someone has forgotten rhetorical basics: ethos. It isn’t going to work if your words say one thing, but your actions, character say something else. Or is this not about persuasiveness, but self-pleasuring by being rude? www.theguardian.com/law/2025/aug...
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Trump administration accuses UK of failing to uphold human rights
US state department says Labour government ‘repeatedly intervened to chill speech’ online after Southport attack
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Dreamcatcher @dreamcatcher01.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Downy Woodpecker Not sure I want to move...
A black and white Downy Woodpecker is on the side of a tree trunk. The background is blurry brown.
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