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Ben Jennings @bjennings90.bsky.social · 19h
Illustration from today’s @theguardian.com to accompany piece by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social on the government’s Prepare campaign, which gives the public advice on how to avoid disasters whilst policies that lead us closer to crisis are given the green light www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Helen McCarthy @helenmccarthy51.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A major Japanese distributor has sold books to #Anthropic to feed its #AI theft without asking the publishers' permission, causing concern in the Japanese publishing world. japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/gene...
Flow chart from the Yomiuri Shimbun showing the work of Japanese authors flowing from a local distributor to a global ripoff.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/09/2026
RAJU: So you're not planning to help Paxton fundraise at all? CORNYN: Correct R: Why? C: This is the way majority parties become minority parties -- by nominating candidates that are less than appealing to a general electorate R: Does he deserve to be a senator? C: I'll let voters decide that
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teamhamiltonhq.bsky.social @teamhamiltonhq.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Meischa was Roger Marshall's patient. This is her story.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
lol holy shit I wouldn't talk about literally anything else if I was the guy running against him. —"What do you think about trans kids in sp-" —"Did you hear my opponent had his patient, who was 8 months pregnant, arrested in front of her son because she didn't pay a $50 medical bill?"
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I watched this last night. It's terrifying, but hopeful. I feel it's my duty, as a human, to share it. I'd appreciate it if you shared it too. It's specifically made for people in the UK, but it's about everyone, and, the more people see it, the better chance we'll have. www.nebriefing.org/the-film
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National Emergency Briefing
A 50-min film centred around the National Emergency Briefing. The frank facts, but also the huge opportunity if Government steps up and leads a WW2-scale response. Designed to be watched by communitie...
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Helen McCarthy @glider.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Reading mediaeval: always a good idea.
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Thomas Atcheson @thomasatcheson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Yes, but grannies holding placards about Palestine is much, much more dangerous than a fighting age man putting emergency workers lives at risk with a big knife. At least in BBC land nowadays.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🟡 Print Edition Jason Arday and the Story Behind the Story of the Times’ ‘Impossible Data’ The newspaper of record failed to distinguish between corrections and retractions in the work of the late Cambridge University academic, fuelling the media firestorm that engulfed him.
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Jason Arday and the Story Behind the Story of the Times’ ‘Impossible Data’
The newspaper of record failed to distinguish between corrections and retractions in the work of the late Cambridge University academic, fuelling the media firestorm that engulfed him.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 17/09/2026
Every day, the stories from the UK read like a dystopian novel.
​Screenshot of a Reddit post from r/transgenderUK titled "Excluded from school for supporting a trans girl." A parent describes their daughter, who has Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (CAIS), choosing to use the boys' restrooms in solidarity with a trans classmate who was forced to do so, resulting in her being excluded from school.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The RNLI rescued Luftwaffe pilots in WW2 because the organisation is there to 'save life at sea' - it's something to be immensely proud of. But as I've said many times before Farage and Co don't seem to have pride in Britain and its institutions beyond flags and crap Enoch Powell said 60 years ago.
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Ian Collings @bookamatic.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
#BookChallenge for September: Books I’ve discovered through BlueSky because their authors were brave enough to promote them. Let’s boost our favourites! 12/ Villager by Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social new book, Curious Events Lately Occurring In This Neighbourhood is also out now. #Booksky
Paperback edition of Villager by Tom Cox
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Dr Dave Clements @davecl.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Britain's future relationship with Europe is being debated in Parliament on 12th October. I've just asked my MP to attend. Will you ask yours? www.europeanmovement.co.uk/contact-mp-a...
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Ask your MP to stand up for our future in Europe
On 12 October, Parliament will debate the UK's future relationship with Europe, after a government petition got over 100,000 signatures. Will you write to your MP to ask them to attend the debate?
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16/09/2026
This is why Trump can’t stand Black women. They don’t take his shit. Let’s appreciate Rep. Joyce Beatty for being the fighter we need. Trump: “I think you’re incompetent.” Beatty: “I know you’re incompetent.” Then she reminded him: “You had more bankruptcies than anybody in the room.” 🔥
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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
ReformUK claim that their two crypto donors don’t want anything in return for their massive donations. Funny then that the first (and only) legislative proposal the party has come up with is on deregulating the crypto sector…
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 16/09/2026
⚡️Poland scrambles fighter jets, temporarily closes airports while Russian drones attack Ukraine. Around 7:00 a.m. local time, military aircraft took off and ground-based air defense and radar reconnaissance systems were readied in response to Russian drone attacks on Ukraine.
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Poland scrambles fighter jets, temporarily closes airports while Russian drones attack Ukraine
Air raid alerts were issued for residents of the Lublin and Podkarpackie regions
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Crypto billionaire Ben Delo has given Reform UK £36m, the largest donation to a British political party on record. Delo, who co-founded the crypto exchange BitMEX, says the business was honestly run and never lost customer funds. ➡️ Watch Page 94, the Private Eye podcast: youtu.be/GqNXMniIPMQ
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The Other James S @yokaibunny.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
If indeed "The only control or ‘guardrails’ that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT" then we are royally screwed.
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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Nigel Farage and his friends, allies and company.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Deeply upset with @wellcomecollection.bsky.social including AI "artwork" in their latest exhibition. This is "artwork" based on theft, and cheapens the work of every other artist contributing to the exhibition - I'm so angry I can't actually engage with the rest of it.
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Mark Slater @markslater.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
For years, Stephen Lennon has asked supporters to trust him and fund him. A Channel 4 Dispatches investigation, made with HOPE not hate, has raised serious questions about his finances. I’ve added my name calling for a full investigation. Will you? secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/199860/...
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CALL FOR AN HMRC INVESTIGATION INTO STEPHEN LENNON
A year-long Channel 4 Dispatches investigation has raised serious questions about Stephen Lennon’s finances. Add your name and call on the Government to refer them to HMRC for investigation.
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Muskrat 8647 @muskratjohn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
TRUMP: if yhe GOP wins, I will give every American $5,000 GOP LAWMAKERS: You may not hand out water to voters in hours-long lines. That would be influencing them…
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Since its foundation in 1824 the bravery of Royal National Lifeboat Institution volunteers has saved more than 146,700 lives at sea. Hundreds of those volunteers have died attempting to save others. They are the best of us.
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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 05/09/2026
Bears repeating. This one's for you.
'Don't cling to a mistake just because you spent a lot of time making it'
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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 02/09/2026
18 U.S. service members dead. 757 wounded. Pentagon numbers, updated last week. Ignorant Lutnick’s take this morning: the Iran war is “just an economic chokeout.” He didn’t misspeak. He just doesn’t think the bodies count if the bond market’s happy. No deaths, he said. Tell that to the families.
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DevinCow @devincow.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
May you make fleeting temples together tomorrow and always ❤️
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DevinCow @devincow.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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Make a donation and support Dolly Parton's Imagination Library in communities around the world and help put more books into the hands of more children.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Oh, honey . . . Dolly Parton disliked everything you are. You are a selfish, venal fool who mocks those with misfortunes, lies, and takes food and medicine away from children. She was a generous, incorruptible sage who comforted those with misfortunes, spoke the truth, and gave to children.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
NEW: I can't get this story out of my head. And I know I'm not alone. The attempt to cover up the complicity of the UK media's role in Jason Arday's death may be its sickest move yet. broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-jason-...
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The Jason Arday Reckoning
The attempts to cover up the complicity of the UK media’s role in his death may be its sickest move yet
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
“Only a new constitutional settlement, forged out of popular participation, can roll back the corruption of our public sphere and re-establish the legitimacy of the State, now an essential condition for its successful re-wiring.” ✍️ @anthonybarnett.bsky.social
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Is Andy Burnham About to Create a British Constitution?
The Prime Minister has just opened the door to a radical change to how we are governed, writes Anthony Barnett. Will he now walk through it?
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Helen McCarthy @glider.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I am totally in love with the idea that a group of Gandalfs is picketing Argentine #immigrant Peter Thiel's residence.
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Neil Schofield-Hughes @neilschofield.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Also worth remembering that in the Uxbridge by-election, Labour’s leadership were trying to strong-arm the Mayor over this. There are plenty of children who can be thankful that he showed the guts and character not to give in to McSweeney and Starmer.
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The Other James S @yokaibunny.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Is it unreasonable that when I buy something it stays bought? Why does it feel like I'm renting my life nowadays?
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Alan McGowan @alan1970.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
@mrjamesob.bsky.social #barneyfarmer #Leehealey the strip you were after
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Today is your chance to let Nigel Farage know what you think about this Clacton
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
3/3 The Odesa-Dnipro passenger train was in Berezovskyi district when Russia's criminals attacked it. In the charred remains of the cabin they found the driver's radio. He gave his last message moments before the drone killed him, to say all passengers were safely evacuated.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
🇳🇿 New Zealand imposes sanctions on Russia for child abduction and cyberattacks Restrictions apply to 33 individuals and organizations. Package focuses on Russian cyber actors, as well as individuals and entities involved in the forced displacement, abduction, and re-education of Ukrainian children.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
An important reminder to a nation full of pious busybodies:
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Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Incredible story: With the help of AI, U.S. officials created a map that mislabeled every country in Africa. www.reuters.com/world/africa...
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US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference
A U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a State Department presentation at ‌a global conference taking place in Brazil this week, causing a stir among attendees who took screen...
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Per Ahlberg @perahlberg.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
“I can’t stop drinking. Time for me to scrap zero alcohol and embrace cirrhosis.”
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 23/07/2026
⚡️EU agrees 21st sanctions package after Greece lifts veto. "The negotiations on this package have been challenging, but we found agreement on the remaining issues while maintaining EU unity as we have in the previous 20 packages," an EU diplomat told journalists.
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EU agrees 21st sanctions package after Greece lifts veto
"The negotiations on this package have been challenging, but we found agreement on the remaining issues while maintaining EU unity as we have in the previous 20 packages," an EU diplomat told journali...
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 21/07/2026
1. In an incredible new landmark review, the Health Council of the Netherlands has declared that gender-affirming care for trans youth works, reducing wait times is "morally urgent," and regret is rare. It is the latest of many Euro countries to advance care. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Landmark Official Dutch Review Recommends Trans Youth Care, Call For Expanding Treatment
The review finds that wait times must be shortened, that few people detransition, and that trans youth care has enormous benefits.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 21/07/2026
2. The council’s conclusions were universally positive for gender-affirming care: it endorsed the treatments as careful, lawful, and effective, framed quick access as a matter of the right to health, warned that “doing nothing” is harmful, cast aside the Cass Review as not applicable to Dutch care.
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Advies Transgenderzorg voor jongeren | Gezondheidsraad
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
“The moral of the story is Stephen Miller is a terrible neighbor, on a mission to take away our first amendment rights.” From @FriendsofUSAID: www.instagram.com/reel/Da_jjeu...
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Edinburgh University accused of breaking governance rules Business as usual across UK academia😉 Official line is they “do not recognise” the claims Not denied, not refuted, just a lawyered non-answer Different university, same playbook, every time www.heraldscotland.com/news/2628199...
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'Damn the consequences': Ancient university accused of breaching governance rules
Members of the university’s academic Senate did not recommend the changes, a key legal step under the institution's governing legislation.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
"Overall carbon emissions have increased" in the UK, because of Net Zero, Kemi Badenoch repeatedly tells the BBC, to no pushback. Just completely untrue
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