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ValG

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Retired busybody. Quite nosy...not noisy. Prolific re poster. Interested in news, politics and cat pics. Lefty, witchy & wokey 😘

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
From the new Private Eye
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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 22/09/2026
6/23 So once a rescue operation is underway, this is no longer simply “some boats sailing around the Channel”. There is an organised maritime emergency response taking place. This is a costly, emotionally charged and time-consuming venture (I know having done it myself).
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 19/09/2026
as.ft.com/r/f257abde-7... Morning all
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Daniel C. Blight @danielcblight.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
***URGENT PLEASE SHARE*** University of Brighton management have announced today that they ‘give notice of termination of all collective agreements’. This is a fundamental erasure of workers' rights. Management have announced the termination of all contractual documents, which includes:
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Danny Fearns @dannyfearns.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
OK, I've posted this already. More than once. But it's undeniably very good indeed. The words of grandpa Simpson but the spirit of the Don. Laughing at the president may eventually help to bring him down. 
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dillo saint dillo @dillo.media · 14/09/2026
this is gpt6 astra btw
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Tracey Anderson @traceydoesscience.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
You can switch off the stupid AI summary by putting -ai at the end of your search string. Not infallible but works most of the time.
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It's a rare policy that would be welcomed by both business and trade unions - and at the same time would *improve* the UK's fiscal position. Dropping these proposals - for which there is no economic, moral or political case - would be one. www.ft.com/content/8a00...
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Unions demand softening of UK immigration reforms
Proposals will ‘punish’ low-paid migrants doing essential work in public services and create a new staffing crisis in social care, says motion passed at TUC
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
#FoodSystem #PublicHealth
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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 11/09/2026
Honestly, the best way of understanding what's happening in AI right now is to set aside 30 minutes to read and digest "The AI Revolution: The Road to Superintelligence" which Tim Urban wrote in 2015. It is becoming less and less theoretical by the day. waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/arti...
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The AI Revolution: The Road to Superintelligence
Part 1 of 2: "The Road to Superintelligence". Artificial Intelligence — the topic everyone in the world should be talking about.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This just in:
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Anthropic details bad actors’ efforts to misuse its AI for bioweapons
The 154-page report comes two days after former employee Jacob Coxon resigned due to Anthropic racing to improve its models that would cause human extinction by 2030
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Bradley Wall @bwallarthur.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Honestly baffled by anyone's opposition to a tourist tax. I've been paying them on the continent for years. It's pennies and goes towards ensuring the area I visit looks nice and runs well. An absolute win win.
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Eh? Palantir was *always* part of authoritarianism. Where did they think the name came from?
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Phil Sturgeon 🌳🚵⚓️ @philsturgeon.com · 08/09/2026
🚨 THIS IS BAD! 🚨 Palantir’s stated goal is to disrupt democracy by getting control of the systems in the name of technofascism. Their MO is wedging people into positions of power then shoehorning themselves into critical infrastructure. Now they control the grid. www.ft.com/content/f6a2...
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Britain’s grid operator gave Palantir contract without inviting rival bids
Neso cited a legal exemption that removes the requirement to consider other suppliers if dependencies leave no alternative
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 09/09/2026
Holy shit! An AI researcher quit Anthropic with a warning that the companies building the most powerful AI on Earth are “gambling with our lives.” Jacob Coxon says the people inside these labs genuinely believe AI could kill humanity by the end of the decade.
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Andy Burge 🇬🇧🇪🇺 @andygjburge.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This is the scum violently protesting at Dover and Portsmouth. Thanks to Nick and @hopenothate.org.uk for the link. hopenothate.org.uk/2026/08/13/p...
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Patriot Platform: Danny Tommo’s “handpicked” men convicted of violence against women  – HOPE not hate
HOPE not hate exposes the violent men “handpicked” by Danny Tommo for his new ‘Patriot Platform’. Despite being subject to “rigorous checks” and prioritising “quality...
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𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Charlotte Wainwright restoring and saving old/ancient books. www.wainwrightbookbinding.com
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
In case you had any doubts about the judgement and moral standards of my (former) Chief of Staff, Dan Jukes, here he is with Andrew Tate.
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Reece Dinsdale @reecedinsdale.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I’m going for a viewing at #SquareChapelArtsCentre Halifax tomorrow, to see what state it’s in after it fell into darkness. Even if I’m unable to save it (& I’d dearly love to) let’s hope there’s some kindly, art-loving benefactor out there who cares enough about it to do so! 🙏🏻 🤞 🙌
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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Masked Far Right Wing Thugs blockading roads in Dover today intimidating people. No arrests Nearly 3,000 unmasked protesters including senior citizens have been arrested at Palestinian Action Marches I’ll just leave that there ..
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LeithMotive @leithmotive.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
These are great photos. Really captures the essence of Reform.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Still scarcely any mainstream coverage of this massive story, despite the new and separate scandal involving James Orr. This is not just double standards. I'm struggling to detect any standards at all.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
A six-month investigation by Byline Times reveals that with the support of Palantir's Peter Thiel, Reform's policy chief James Orr has used the University of Cambridge as a student recruitment ground for a hard-right, theocratic political project aimed at bolstering talent in Farage’s party
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Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel and Reform UK's Cambridge University Recruitment Pipeline Project Revealed
The world-renowned academic institution has nothing to say in response to a six-month investigation by Byline Times raising serious concerns about the safeguarding of students and foreign influence at...
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
it’s weirdly fortuitous that the FT Magazine just happened to run a brilliant deep dive into James Orr yesterday morning, hours before the scandal broke: www.ft.com/content/c2d0...
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Natasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
PhD researcher Stephanie Lamy’s forensic breakdown of exactly what happened to Prof Jason Arday should be required reading. Explains how he was targeted by a well-funded, racist, eugenicist network and why his fear and ‘paranoia’ were completely justified. broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-killin...
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The killing of a black man
A French researcher exposes the network of “race realists” who hunted Jason Arday like prey and the media who fell into their trap
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
It is always the same betrayal: the public interest is sacrificed for the sake of immensely wealthy people. And Andy Burnham has already gone and done it. My column on how Burnham needs to defy the ultra-rich if he's not to follow Starmer out of the door. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Andy Burnham has already made a mistake that will cost him his premiership: he lost his nerve over political donations | George Monbiot
Being subservient to the interests of the wealthy now means that his hands are tied, and he will be unable to tackle Britain’s most pressing issues, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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shakeystephens.bsky.social @shakeystephens.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Anybody know a pub in Altrincham open before noon on a Sunday that isn't the Spoons?
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keven-pittsinger.bsky.social @keven-pittsinger.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Harry & Megan could use a welcome boost in this Mirror poll. Only on at c 20% at present. But then the rags have been gunning for them from the get go & even more so since Harry took their gutter tactics on. www.mirror.co.uk/news/royals/...
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Mirror readers debate whether Harry and Meghan are right to move back to the UK
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are planning to relocate back to England after six years in California, as Harry continues to mend his relationship with King Charles
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Iona Fyfe @ionafyfe.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I need to shift 60 last tickets for my Fringe show to break even. I’m a Scottish folksinger, performing self-penned, trad ballads and translations in Scots My shows are 21 and 23. Any support/reposts would go a long way. ❤️ 🎟️ Tickets → bit.ly/fringeif
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
🟡 From This Month’s Magazine Reform UK and Big Tech Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel’s ‘Political Pipeline’ Recruitment Project at the World-Renowned… By Byline Times raising The academic institution has nothing to say in response to a six-month investigation by Byline Times raising serious…
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Reform UK and Big Tech Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel’s ‘Political Pipeline’ Recruitment Project at the World-Renowned University Revealed
The academic institution has nothing to say in response to a six-month investigation by Byline Times raising serious concerns about the safeguarding of students and hard-right and foreign influence at Cambridge…
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Usman-Smith @usmansmith.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Aye tha moors strangely still Thick smoke hangs like drying washing Too hot even fer a morning chill Burning fields, distant bells ring Tha' cobbles coated in black ash Donkey stoned steps now dulled A summer wi' no work or cash Daan tha' snug no pints pulled Hazy sun & moon sickly shine Summertime
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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Ulez has delivered remarkable public health gains in a short period. Sadiq deserves more credit than he’s had for defying Labour pressure to U-turn after Uxbridge. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Ulez led to better lung size and function among London children, study finds
Researchers find capacity stunted by pollution restored after introduction of ultra-low emission zone
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Here‘s the real story from @nafeez.bsky.social The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday bylinetimes.com/2026/08/18/t...
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The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday
The media's coverage of the academic's life was fuelled by the campaign of an established far-right network
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Every single journalist in Britain should read this searing essay by Will Self
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Jason Arday: J'Accuse the British Media
After the death of Jason Arday, Will Self asks what happens when the media machine mistakes what interests the public for the public interest.
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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
People who Self accuses of contributing to Jason Arday's death Nathan Cofnas (Substack/Times Radio) Allison Pearson (Telegraph) Camilla Long (Sunday Times) Sarah Ditum (Times) Madeline Grant (Telegraph) Melissa Kite (Spectator) Dominic Green (NY Post) Nigel Biggar (Times) Kathleen Stock (Unherd)
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Jason Arday: J'Accuse the British Media
After the death of Jason Arday, Will Self asks what happens when the media machine mistakes what interests the public for the public interest.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
🔴 NEW The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday By @nafeez.bsky.social Read below. ↓
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The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday
The media's coverage of the academic's life was fuelled by the campaign of an established far-right network
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Health Nerd @gidmk.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The Jason Arday saga made me furious and sad in equal measure so I wrote about it. The whole thing is deeply unpleasant. gidmk.substack.com/p/the-jason-...
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The Jason Arday Saga Is Terrible And Everyone Involved Should Be Ashamed Of Themselves
The whole thing makes me furious
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16/08/2026
The first anti-AI protester to be jailed has a message for OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta: ‘Regain your humanity’
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The first anti-AI protester to be jailed has a message for OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta: ‘Regain your humanity’
Wynd Kaufman, 69, chained and locked the front doors of OpenAI’s headquarters last year with members of StopAI
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Bob Hawkins @bobhawkins.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I dare say you could find a PIP claimant who’s abusing the system.. just as you could find one Reform politician who’s paying all the tax they should. #bbcbh
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JointheDots @joiningupthedots.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Aaron Banks back in the news, Cadwalladr paid the price of discovering the inconvenient truth too early, a truth largely rounded on by the right wing press and often viewed with suspicion by the left. 10 years of democracy lost because the patriarchy didn’t get there first.
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JointheDots @joiningupthedots.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Peter Thiel, Palantir and … wait for it. Cambridge University.
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Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel and Reform UK’s Cambridge University Recruitment Pipeline Project Revealed
The world-renowned university has nothing to say in response to a six-month investigation by Byline Times raising concerns about the safeguarding of students and foreign influence at Cambridge. Why?
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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
White professor ‘ MattGPT ‘ whose most recent book contained fabricated quotations, non-existent source references, & left ChatGPT URLs accidentally embedded in footnotes is sad about Jason Arday’s death but still wants Arday & all black academia held to higher standards than his own writing .
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Ok, some thoughts, as an olde tyme academic, on the Arday tragedy. First, allegations about causes. We don't know what was in his mind, but many people are keen to blame him, or woke lefties/academia, or the media. Some people are absolutely certain that the media are faultless. 1/
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Jamie Klingler @jamieklingler.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Tragically, Jason Arday has died after a vicious press campaign over the last few weeks.The Government must urgently launch an inquiry into the rotten culture of the press, and any role it had in his death. Add your name: hackedoff.org/campaign-actions/demand-an-inquiry-into-the-culture-of-the-press
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Demand an inquiry into the culture of the press
Jason Arday died after being relentlessly hounded by the press. Demand an inquiry into press culture now.
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Shadow Home Secretary @missfairhurst.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Especially when there is a much, much bigger and more concerning story about Cambridge University that the MSM are ignoring. www.bylinesupplement.com/p/palantir-c...
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Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel and Reform UK’s Cambridge University Recruitment Pipeline Project Revealed
The world-renowned university has nothing to say in response to a six-month investigation by Byline Times raising concerns about the safeguarding of students and foreign influence at Cambridge. Why?
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
A week or two ago, the vast majority of people had no idea what academic plagiarism even was - particularly the media. Suddenly they became experts, and used it to become a mob. Just to say, this was media led, not social media. Let’s not pretend only the internet is harmful.
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Ian Quayle @ianhquayle.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I misread that headline as if the author's name was part of it (and commas isolating the phrase also missing).
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