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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 10h

begging with all my heart for more Democrats running in this election cycle to pick up what Jon Ossoff is putting down CALL 👏 THEM 👏 NAZIS 👏 TO 👏 THEIR 👏 FACE

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Paul Hebden @paulhebden.bsky.social · 4h

I've had a newsworthy piece of climate research spiked x5 TIMES this year by broadcasters, despite meticulous research into the localised impact of climate change on poorer working class communities, in a particular region of the UK . But climate sceptic comms get a free pass. Our media is a joke.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 20h

Thread. And yes, if we're going to bat back this nonsense then we have to all have each others' backs and say this is unacceptable.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I also think discourse around disinformation keeps falling into the trap of treating it as a supply side issue, rather than examining the demand side and what to do about that. That is a far more pressing, and far more complicated, problem.

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Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

they're all just lying, it is tremendous lying, but it is just lying

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 03/10/2026

Not to insomnia-weigh-in on the concept of restorative justice, but I thought long and hard ten years ago about what I would say if someone asked what Alex Kozinski could do by way of restorative justice. (Nobody ever asked.)

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

By Braverman’s definition: I am not English (half Armenian) nor is the mother of my kids (parents Welsh). In fact of my kids’ great grandparents — only one is English What do to do, Suella? There are probably 80 or so descendants of my great grandparents which by your benchmark aren’t English

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Since Braverman does not identify as English, its strange for her to insist that she could define for others the rules of an in group that she does not believe she can ever be a member of *and* to believe her intuition should trump a broad sustained consemsus amomg those who do identify as English!

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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Becca Good spoke publicly: ”I'm devastated by how many other lives have been destroyed, in this the darkest of times. From so many families dealing with the loss of their owned loved ones, to everyone who has to witness it, the pain of this moment extends so far beyond our family." (cont)

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Steve Akehurst @steveakehurst.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

NEW: How does Burnham’s conference speech land with voters when they see it it? In short, very well it seems. A thread on some new video testing of the PM’s speech among voters by @persuasionuk.bsky.social Top line findings and some caveats below! 🧵👇

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Michael Tracey seems to see himself as goring sacred cows, and interprets the resulting hate as proof he's a free-thinking iconoclast. The problem is, he's not smart enough to find actual sacred cows, so instead he just acts like a lout, then bizarrely celebrates being widely despised.

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I think this investigation needs an independent prosecutor to conduct a thorough, transparent investigation into Jane Doe's allegations.

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Elizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I will literally slag off Labour for their transphobia all day long - I've literally been door knocking for the Greens in H+STP, did press for my local Green which replaced a Labour council etc I'm also sceptical that yelling at Labour people who are actually trying to do something to fix the prob

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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It’s no accident community college dropout Chuck Kirk usually “debated” college kids: the few times he engaged actual experts, even just ppl his own age—he usually regretted it. I’m legit insulted UCLA (illegally) fired me for posting truth about this dumb ass bigot. www.gofundme.com/f/waiting-fo...

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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 29/09/2026

Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

In terms of messaging, this is very positive, and a big shift from the nature-hatefest of the Starmer administration. Mind you, most tree-planting is unnecessary: I'd like to see much more emphasis on natural regeneration. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Half a million trees to be planted in England in three years, says government

Exclusive: Environment secretary Angela Eagle to make pledge as part of efforts to protect against extreme weather

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Liar. Small boat crossings peaked under Johnson in 2022 reaching 46,000 in 2022. In current year they are 18,565 and falling. Also prior to Boris Johnson's Brexit there were none.

It's a disaster, and it can all be traced to
Labour ideology. Burnham has no mandate
from the people. He has no real ideas, and
no plan,

Johnson on X

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Jason Snell @snell.zone · 25/09/2026

Just to follow up on this with some stats: The podcast episode in question is 62 minutes long. More than an hour discussing a book. Six minutes in, they quote the opening paragraph of the book, a total of 71 words. It takes 20 seconds. What are we even doing here?

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🧵 As front-page headlines go, this has to be one of the most misleading I've seen in a long time It's an out-and-out lie But notice the trick they use to get away with it...👀 *They're* not lying - they're just quoting someone else who is👍🏻 In this case, the leader of the opposition🙄 1/33

Daily Express headline:

"More Freedoms Handed to New Arrivals than British Citizens"

Above an image of Kemi Badenoch

All with a Monk Debunked stamp on top

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Anyway. Reminder that if you're a historian - particularly a postgrad - doing a research project your brainworms tell you only you care about... DM me. It's more interesting than you know. Talk to me. We can do a pod ep. It's all about framing. I hope those who've been on already would agree.

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gabliotecaria @gabliotecaria.northsky.social · 26/09/2026

As the Beeb pretzels itself into absurdity over descriptors for violent racists (again), it's worth revisiting this superb piece. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/an-...

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Facepalm Pilot: Where Technology Meets Stupidity: An Interactive Guide to Ambiguous Grammar

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.

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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.

In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Something very strange and disturbing is happening in this country, of which Braverman is just the most pitiful example. iandunt.substack.com/p/the-return...

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The return of race politics

Ethnic minority politicians on the right are engaged in depraved acts of self-hatred, in order to capture a movement which will never accept them

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Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is a poor take that suggests Owen Jones doesn't know much about Russia in the 1990s, including Russia-US or wider Russia-West relations in the 1990s. By giving only one part of the story, he is repeating the Russian political elite's self-serving line that it was all the West's fault. Long 🧵

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Caroline Litman @alicemydaughter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I’ve been very quiet during #suicidepreventionawarenessweek because it’s shit being constantly reminded of all the things I might have done to save Alice. The “check-in” narrative is particularly distressing. I get that its’s appealing, plenty of people have an anecdote that it saved their life…

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

OBVIOUSLY the underlying issue of radicalisation amd anti-social behaviour needs addressing. but one way to do that is to stop "fash agitator" being a fucking paying job.

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Ten years of relentlessly hateful, comically elitist anti-democratic politics across the white people world, helpfully summarised. The wrong people are talking, the wrong people are deciding and it’s harming the careers of important people who actually matter. Smithers! Release the hounds

The incident fits a broader pattern in the discourse around 'free speech' and 'cancel culture': whatever comes from the top down is freedom; whatever comes from the bottom up is bullying and censorship. When Macklemore is dropped at the behest of the billionaire stadium owner Robert Kraft, it's an exercise of the freedom of businesses to 'demonstrate their values' by deciding whom to platform. But when Ed Sheeran's fans decide not to buy tickets to his performances, or even demand refunds, it's bullying, mob behaviour. Since most people are not billionaires and do not own stadiums, they can exercise meaningful power only collectively. The collective exercise of power must therefore be demonised.

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Them Fatale, @mxthemfatale.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Category is Books just had its window smashed in AGAIN. Fuck every person on the fence. Fuck every Just Asking Questions. Fuck every Labour MP, MSP, councillor and member.

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David Timoney @fromarsetoelbow.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"The incident fits a broader pattern in the discourse around ‘free speech’ and ‘cancel culture’: whatever comes from the top down is freedom; whatever comes from the bottom up is bullying and censorship." www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...

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victoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I know “haha funny furries” but that’s a sitting US Senator standing next to a podium labeled “Transgenderism Is A Mental Disease” so I’m not really sure all these cis people should be crackin’ up here

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

To be clear, while I don’t think this is widespread among Dems or reason to help Republicans win by not voting or voting third party, it’s abhorrent and unacceptable language and should be condemned universally by Dems.

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Jared @jaredmcclain.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

NEW: Leo Garcia Venegas, detained three times by DHS, just won a major victory in his case. The court stayed three DHS policies: Immigration agents can no longer raid construction sites without a warrant, round up workers based on how they look, and refuse to let them go after they show a REAL ID.

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Kara McNair @karamcnair.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

If they were elected with the position they held, positive reinforcement makes it LESS likely that they’ll change their positions after the fact!

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Tim @timblue.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

THIS is how you answer a culture war question. youtu.be/Oqf9C4O74l0?... Finally we're starting to see some democrats able to handle the most basic stuff.

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‘I Can Buy You The…’: Abdul El-Sayed Dares Mike Rogers For Debate, Then Gives Him This Offer

YouTube video by Hook Global

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Draculosity Jones: Ghost Skeleton @brainmage.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

What a fucking world where I find myself writing letters like this to my MP.

Letter to my MP:

Dear Fleur Anderson,

I am writing regarding the shocking scenes of masked far-right thugs blocking ports in Dover and, somehow more shockingly, forcing a Portsmouth RNLI station to close.

These scenes are horrific. Equally horrific is the rhetoric from some MPs and the press that these people have "reasonable concerns".

Just Stop Oil protestors have been swiftly stopped and arrested. The crux of their campaign is to ensure that the planet remains in a condition that is livable for humans. The existential threat of climate change is one of the most reasonable concerns one can imagine. Yet they were arrested and decried in the press.

Protestors opposing the genocide in Gaza have been equally swiftly arrested, with some even being proscribed as terrorist organisations. For opposing an ongoing genocide that has killed over 69,000 people - including 17,000 children - according to The British Red Cross. Stopping this appalling violence is another incredibly reasonable concern. Yet they are arrested and decried in the press, while others are proscribed as terrorists.

Preventing saving the lives of desperate people fleeing unsafe conditions is in no way a reasonable concern, yet MPs and the press talk about these masked thugs, preventing lives from being saved and swarming areas of key infrastructure, as having reasonable concerns. This is a shocking stain on this country.

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$Letter continues: Migration is a net good for the country, even before you take into account the ageing workforce. The anti-migrant rhetoric comes from dangerous and violent men, and is spurred on by a press that thrives on outrage. All human lives have equal value. Anyone preventing a lifeboat station - a lifeboat station! - from operating and saving human lives should be arrested and charged far more quickly than an elderly vicar sitting quietly and holding a sign. I urge you to use your power as an MP to speak out on this. To call these balaclava-wearing men what they are: violent, masked thugs who speak only for a tiny, hateful minority. These are not reasonable concerns of patriots. These are the words and deeds of vicious people who want to fracture this country. By way of reply, please confirm that you will raise this issue in parliament, and use your power to speak out against this disturbing rise of fascist violence. Yours sincerely, Guy Kelly$

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

As far as I can discover (please correct me if I’m wrong), no government minister in either this or the previous administration has used the phrase when discussing people’s protests about the genocide in Gaza. Or about climate breakdown. Or about any other protest that challenges established power.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"The same people who were rending their garments when Lord Alli bought a dress for Starmer's wife, screeching 'WHAT INFLUENCE IS HE BUYING?' now look voters in the eyes and insist the crypto bros giving them £72m want nothing in return. By all means, take the donation, but stop taking the piss."

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Fabian Nicieza @fabiannicieza.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Can you imagine if White House correspondents had the courage to support each other the way the opening acts on Sheeran's tour are supporting Macklemore...?

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The Ken Harbaugh Show @thekenharbaughshow.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Ukraine's military goes to extreme lengths to save injured soldiers. Meanwhile, Russia's wounded-to-killed ratio is worse than during WWI. My latest in The Atlantic (gift article):

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The Armored Sarcophagus Saving Ukrainian Soldiers

Unmanned ground vehicles are conducting once-impossible medical evacuations along Ukraine’s front lines.

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

It’s not an “impossible position”. Sheeran is a very wealthy, successful musician who was asked by a stadium owner to kick a fellow musician off his tour for political reasons. He could choose to kick Macklemore off or to say no thanks, we’ll play elsewhere. www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...

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Ed Sheeran in an ‘impossible position’ over Macklemore Gaza row, says Lisa Nandy

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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

“Intersex” is the “I” in LGBTQIA. Learned a lot, watching this.

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Darran Marshall @dmarshall.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

All of the remaining support acts on Ed Sheeran's US tour have quit, after the rapper Macklemore was dropped from the line-up for making pro-Palestinian remarks on stage. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Ed Sheeran's support acts quit tour in support of Macklemore

The star said he was not responsible for Macklemore being dropped from the line-up after he made pro-Palestinian statements on stage.

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Lauren Macdonald @maclauren.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

these people had so much more to lose than Sheeran, mad respect

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This is from the newsletter which has done most to uncover what's going on.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The blue maga idea that we want democrats to make a “big show about being mad” is the whole problem with the democrats. We don’t want a show. We want them to actually be fucking mad.

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Louise, Prof/Dr @louiselocock.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Oh blimey, here we go again. Time to vote in the National Trust AGM to keep so-called 'Restore Trust' off the council. Use the quick vote to ensure we don't split the anti-Restore vote. Or.... 1/2 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...

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Annual General Meeting

Your Annual General Meeting will take place online and in person on Saturday 7th November 2026 at the STEAM Museum, Swindon.

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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Honestly, with this film on X in the public domain, why an earth the police aren’t arresting Danny Tommo, charging him for harassment and intimidation God only knows If he supported Palestine, he would be in prison by now.. On a separate note, when is Farage going to become Nigel Tommo Farage 🤷‍♂️

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Nigel Farage: If You Want To

ALT: Nigel Farage: If You Want To

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Tommy Atkins @seakingsoyuz.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Should have also been charged with malfeasance in public office for that

England and Wales

Under English law, misconduct in public office is a criminal offence at common law that dates back to the 13th century. 21[31
The offence carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment. It is confined to those who are public office holders, and is committed when the office holder acts (or neglects to act) in a way that constitutes a breach of the duties of that office. Case law has established a broad definition of "public office holder" for this purpose that does not depend on the person holding a formal "office" as such, nor on being paid out of the public purse, though a government employee is more likely to be found to fall into the definition.
The Crown Prosecution Service guidelines on this offence set out the components of the offence as summarised by the Court of Appeal:
1. a public officer acting as such
2. wilfully neglects to perform their duty and/or wilfully misconducts themselves
3. to such a degree as to amount to an abuse of the public's trust in the office holder
4. without reasonable excuse or justification.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 11/09/2026

Don't let them distract you with scare stories of "A.i." becoming sentient and autonomous. The REAL danger is that it's literally controlled by very human, very right wing creeps who hate democracy.

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