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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 09/10/2026

Turnout in Holborn & St Pancras is 38.8% Low compared to recent Parliamentary By-Elections, but fairly solid historically speaking (above the ⅔ of General Election turnout threshold). GE2024: 54.1%

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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 09/10/2026

Holborn & St Pancras By-Election Result: 🌹 LAB: 45.2% (-3.7) 🌍 GRN: 32.8% (+22.4) 🌳 CON: 7.1% (-0.1) ➡️ RFM: 5.9% (-0.2) 🔶 LDM: 3.4% (-2.4) ◼️ RES: 2.5% ⚙️ WPB: 1.2% [1/2] No Inds (-18.9, -1.6, -0.1, -0.0), or SE (-0.2) as previous. Labour HOLD. Changes w/ GE2024.

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

A shadowy network of hedgehogs and owls, operating at the highest levels of the British establishment.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Brittin so far absolutely fucking hopeless. There are countless tech and discussion podcasts in the private sector. You and Yours was exceptional public interest journalism.

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Unlike cheap internet access or 3G phones (the true drivers of the 90s/2000s explosion) consumer AI is a means with no end. You can't sell that to consumers. Only to businesses that misunderstand the relationship between technology and profits/cost-savings. Because to them, it's magic beans.

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Most of AI (in business terms) is driven by a false belief that TECHNOLOGY is what drove the internet and telecommunications booms of the last two decades. Technology unlocked better communication and business processes. THOSE then drove the boom. Tech was a means to an end, not the end in itself.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Burnham scraps Starmer-era plans to curb jury trials. A victory for common sense. The Bill would have been defeated in the Lords. Due to Tory cuts, there is a backlog of over 81,000 Crown Court cases in England & Wales. Govt must invest in public services.

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Burnham scraps controversial plans to curb jury trials

The key policy idea announced by David Lammy when he was justice secretary will no longer go ahead.

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 04/10/2026

Following the vote on the anti-Zionist policy at Green Party Conference, the 5 Green MPs, the Leader and Co-Deputy Leaders have issued a joint statement

A green background with white text that reads: Joint Statement As Greens, we will always uphold universal human rights. We will never tolerate any form of discrimination or harassment. We will continue to stand in opposition to genocide, ethnic cleansing, apartheid and the illegal occupation. We will continue to call out the heinous crimes of the Netanyahu government. And we will continue to work to ensure that the Green Party is an anti-racist party in every way. We know there is no conflict between supporting the rights of Palestinians and the rights of Jewish people. Signed by: Zack Polanski, Rachel Milward, Mothin Ali, Sian Berry MP, Ellie Chowns MP, Carla Denyer MP, Adrian Ramsay MP, Hannah Spencer MP

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Tim Gray @upwardology.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Noticeably bonkers how trad media channels are popping up on my FB feed saying that if Polanski loses the Holborn and St Pancras by-election it's 'over' for him. I notice they tend to avoid specifying what that means. Obvs we're meant to understand he would be out as leader. But why would that be?

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Gavin Lingiah 🧬⚖️ @gav1nx.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Andy Burnham: We shall improve society a little bit. Conservatives:

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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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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It’s a mark of the corruption of our whole way of thinking about the world that trying to meet a planetary emergency is routinely described as “ideological”, while continuing to accelerate it is presented as “pragmatic” and “economic”.

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Tim Gray @upwardology.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It's quite odd to see how active climate talk (and to some degree, wider sustainability) is on LinkedIn. A platform I wouldn't think is a good fit for it, and that isn't exactly easy to use. I guess it's made for people to talk about their work, and an increasing number are working in those fields.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I talked this week about the mental health crisis afflicting young people, in particular the isolation and loneliness caused by the neoliberal smashing of society. Everyone needs community. Everyone needs belonging. We cannot survive without them.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Private equity controlled TalkTalk, UK's 4th largest broadband provider, facing administration. Loaded with debt by PE, asset-stripped, low investment, poor service. PE control of essential services damages economy and national security. Neoliberals eye a bailout.

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National security concerns as broadband giant TalkTalk 'could go into administration within days' | LBC

Security officials are warning that the Ministry of Defence could be impacted if the telecom provider goes under

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But Andrew Hickey Died Ten Years Ago This Very Night @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 24/09/2026

DVDs aren't low-tech. They're just things you can actually own, that won't disappear overnight, that don't require a monthly subscription, that won't suddenly get reedited, that won't start putting adverts in the middle and that won't sell your data to the worst people in the world.

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Dan Grey @dangrey.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

FYI over the weekend the Swedish election authority confirmed that the far-right lost the most votes in Sweden's general election, with the Green party and the Left gaining the most.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

If this piece is TLDR, just start with these two paras. The clearest summary of the west's decline that you will read.

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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Ireland's artist basic income returned €1.39 for every €1 spent. They made it permanent. South Korea just announced plans to follow. Now Scotland too.

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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Ezra Klein asked Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about AI making kids worse at math and reading. Huang’s reply: “Does it matter?” Then he said he doesn’t know his own address or phone number. “We’re going to lose some fine intellectual dexterity.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/o...

So the message of this research out of China, where you were seeing a lot of kids using A.I. to help them, was that when they were using the A.I., they were getting things done faster. But it turned out that the skills they were learning were not holding, that their actual personal performance, at least in the way we traditionally measure it, was degrading.

What do you think when you hear that?

The last part — I completely agree. Try to get a kid to do long division right now. The multiplication table is starting to be forgotten. Doing square roots, my goodness. Basic math is being forgotten. Does it matter?

That’s my question for you.

Yeah. I don’t think it does. I don’t think it does.

But there must be some set of skills that matter.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. But maybe not those. We’re going to discover new ones. Just maybe not those.

There are a lot of skills that don’t matter. My first confession, I actually don’t know my address.

And I ——

I don’t really believe that to be true.

It’s completely true. Janine will tell you and Lori will tell you.

One day I had to pump gas — it was a few years ago. They needed my ZIP code, and I panicked. I didn’t know my ZIP code. I don’t know my telephone number. I forget these things. I can live with it.

But let me take the other side because I don’t want to fall into a thing where, because some skills can be safely offloaded ——

Yeah.

I also can’t get anywhere without a mapping system now. Never could, frankly. But I’m a big reader. And one of the skills I really value, one of the capacities I have that I really value is an attention span formed on physical books.

You’re a big reader. I’ve read about the kind of reading you do. And there is, prior to A.I., a lot of concern and noticing among college professors and others that the way people use the internet has probably shortened attention spans.
Some skills can be safely given away. Others are valuable. They are capacities that are needed for that flexibility, for that creative thinking, for that focus. It can’t be the case that everything can be traded off.

Some skills can be safely given away. Others are valuable. They are capacities that are needed for that flexibility, for that creative thinking, for that focus. It can’t be the case that everything can be traded off.

Yeah. Well, I think that we’re going to lose some finer intellectual dexterity, but we’re going to be better systems thinkers.

Today’s engineers are far better systems thinkers than I was when I graduated from school. But I was a much better transistor thinker.

What do you mean by systems thinker?

They think of large systems. Today’s computers have trillions, hundreds of trillions of transistors in them. When I first graduated from school, the first chip I worked on had 200 transistors. I knew every one of them by name. No engineer does that today. Most engineers now work well above the transistor, well above the functionality, and they’re cobbling things together to do things.

So you need to think much more about systems and interactions of systems. So some of the lower-level knowledge is gone.

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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It will be the subject of a book out this fall, edited by @glennf.com, examining it from every angle. Which reminds me I need to write the introduction about how I FEEL about it all www.kickstarter.com/projects/gle...

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That One Matt Bors Comic

A book about how “we should improve society somewhat” conquered the discourse

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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.

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Dr Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Wildfires, drought, record heat, the worst-ever arable harvest: we have seen just recently what ecosystem collapse looks like in the UK, and we know it will only get worse. The govt must treat this existential threat as the national security issue it is.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Looking forward to reading The Nuance Drought by Natasha Devon, which is out on Thursday. She's a force for good. It's about how living in a world of binary choices and polarising narratives affects communities, society, our physical and mental health. Crucial stuff. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

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The Nuance Drought: Reclaiming Truth and Complexity in a Polarised World

The nuance drought is having a devastating impact on every area of our lives. It dictates the way our politics is done and how the media reports, it affects our physical and mental health, and it impa...

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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 07/09/2026

🚨 | The Holborn & St Pancras by-election is set to take place on Thursday 8th October.

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Dilek Sayedahmed @dileksayedahmed.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I wonder how many chronic illness and inflammation symptoms would ease, and how many nervous systems would “regulate”, if we woke up to the news that we’d all be getting a universal basic income. Just sayin.

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Action for Happiness @actionhappiness.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

It’s okay to be going places slowly. Just keep moving forward Image: www.instagram.com/katesmithcom...

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Tim Gray @upwardology.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I've been talking about nostalgism for a few years. Wonder whether this is the same? Those in high positions climbed the ladder under the old story of the world. They look backward to that rather than forward to the new story. The feeling that things will be OK if change can be stopped. (It can't.)

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 04/09/2026

Imagine trying to tell the modal elected Republican of, say, 1995 that one day the uncontested leader of their party will take the position "trade is bad."

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 04/09/2026

China's net greenhouse gas emissions *fell* this past quarter. Why? Because rapidly expanding electric vehicle use is putting a serious dent in oil demand. We could do that too. But we're not. We have the slowest EV update in the developed world, thanks to Trump.

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Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions fall in Q2 2026 due to plummeting oil use - Carbon Brief

China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell by 1% in the second quarter of 2026, as oil consumption plummeted amid the strait of Hormuz crisis.

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Spooky Hallowe'en Name @tgnprofessor.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Now they've done it, they've pissed off Aquaman *and* Swamp Thing.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 04/09/2026

First against Trump’s vanity project at the reflecting pool. Now against the apartheid state of Israel. Algae has been more effective against both than have corporate democrats.💀

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ScubaSuzyQ💙🦋 @susanmcgraw88.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

While our forests burn to the ground, leaving our precious and innocent wildlife dying or dead in its path, the profiteers, carpetbaggers, and oil companies don't care as long as they're banking big bucks. #ProudBlue #DemVoice1

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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The old order is not coming back. From the fracture, we can build something bigger, better, stronger, and more just.

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Channel 4 should hang its head in shame: A review of ‘The Great ADHD myth?’ www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/08... Was this the most ill-informed and utterly biased supposedly serious documentary ever broadcast? I can't be sure, but it must be considered as such; so bad was it.

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Channel 4 should hang its head in shame: A review of ‘The Great ADHD myth?’

I watched last night’s Channel 4 documentary, “The Great ADHD Myth?”. The programme was presented by Dr Max Pemberton, who explained he had been a consultant psychiatrist for around 25 years. He faile...

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

50 green groups write to Andy Burnham demanding he be clear that climate change is the cause of the current extreme heat crisis. Greenpeace, WWF, Friends of the Earth and others say "the British public deserves leadership that speaks honestly about the nature of the challenges the country faces"

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Farage is not at the count. He claims that's because of a threat against him but I suspect the real reason he is not here is because it is a circus jammed full of lunatic candidates. Which reveals how he truly thinks this whole thing has gone.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Farage wins Clacton byelection, as expected, by 22,239 votes to Binface's 9,455. That's actually an increase on his vote from 21,225 in 2024, although turnout is down from 58.4%in 2024 to 44.37% today. Still just about respectable I suppose.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Nigel Farage suggests the police advised him against attending the result of the Clacton by-election. Essex Police completely deny this, telling the BBC "we have a proportionate and robust policing operation to ensure the safety and security of all participants in the count"

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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 14/08/2026

Clacton By-Election Full Result: ➡️ RFM: 63.3% (+17.1) 🗑️ CBF: 26.7% (New) ⭐ REU: 1.4% (New) 🙋 Francis (Ind): 1.2% (New) 🙋 Walford (Ind): 1.1% (New) 🦊 REC: 1.0% (New) 🔴 SDP: 0.7% (New) 🙋 Pelas (Ind): 0.6% (New) 🤝 CNS: 0.5% (New) 🙋 Ingram (Ind): 0.5% (New) [1/4]

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Tim Gray @upwardology.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

If you look at Facebook posts relating to climate and the current UK situation, the comments are absolutely rife with people saying stupid things to deflect from sensible problem-solution discussion. Guessing a lot are bots. Or misinformation actors under fake identities. ...

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Worst we’ve known’: UK turns to imports as drought and heat hit vegetable crops. Food insecurity and higher prices would follow. Poor hit the hardest. Despite warnings, no plan for water shortages. Need reservoirs, water storage, better water management. Companies can't do national planning.

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‘Worst we’ve known’: UK turns to imports as drought and heat hit vegetable crops

Growers in dismay after scorching weather and lack of rain affect yields, sending wholesale prices rocketing

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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Only just found out about this For the record, you don't get multiple genetic markers and one of the most effective medications known to science with 'social constructs' Channel 4, this is, in scientific parlance, an absolute fu*king disgrace that will genuinely endanger lives #c4 #ADHD

New Channel 4 documentary, The Great ADHD Myth?, seeks to determine whether ADHD is a genuine neurodevelopmental disorder, or a social construct

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Fascinating change in BBC news bulletins about Reform. Farage announcement on small boats only gets the third spot and is balanced by critics saying he's trying to distract from allegations over his finances. Quite the change from the uncritical coverage earlier this year.

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 26/07/2026

150,000 marched yesterday in London for trans rights. Opened the Sky News app. Scrolled and scrolled. Nothing. BBC News app. Nothing. Guardian app. Nothing. This is what actual silencing looks like.

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Tim Gray @upwardology.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Oh good, we're getting a Minister for Shiny Mirages. I suppose this might help to show up the negatives.

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