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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 1d

Why does this tax exile 'foreigner' think our government should discuss policy with him? He should feck off back to Monaco. Made his choice based on his own interest, to avoid tax. Anything he has to say will be only in his own interests, again.

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Miliband refused to discuss North Sea with me, says Ratcliffe

Ineos owner urges policymakers to reform net zero taxes or risk ‘irreversible decline’

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 58m

'Our University would do well to stop neglecting the threats to humanities education, and start publicly taking up the banner of the humanities.'

Could (and should) be said of so many universities, across the globe.

Harvard Can’t Afford to Neglect the Humanities | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson

Harvard exists to promote the highest intellectual pursuit in every discipline — it can’t leave the humanities behind.

www.thecrimson.com

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 1d

Same day. Same plenary session. Same visit to Gill’s office. Same Farage, Same Gill, same wife of sanctioned pro Russian agent.

Six days after the first bribery charge

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Rick @flipchartrick.bsky.social · 22h

I'm a trustee of 2 charities. One has stopped posting on X, the other is hanging on in there. Neither got the traction that they had 4 years ago. Is seems that anything not on Musk's agenda is pushed so far down the stack it sinks without trace.

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Alastair Meeks @alastairmeeks.bsky.social · 1h

An admirable article that is as insightful as the libel laws permit given present publicly available information.

Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 2h

New post just out:

The relationship between Russia and the European radical right goes well beyond Reform's Nathan Gill being bribed.

In this post I trace the history back to the 1990s and look at the threat it poses now.

(£/free trial)

open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/r...

Russia and the rise of the radical right

Marine Le Pen meets with Putin before the 2017 French Presidential election (Photo credit Mikhail Klimentyev/AFP via Getty Images)

open.substack.com

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Birmingham Climate Justice Coalition @brumcjc.bsky.social · 13d

Statement from Brummies United Against Racism:

“We are deeply alarmed by the rise in racist attacks taking place across our city…”

Click on the image to read the full statement (in alt text)

#brumunited #fightracism #noplaceforhate #standuptoracism

Statement from Brummies United Against Racism

We are deeply alarmed by the rise in racist attacks taking place across our city, including the rape of a woman in Oldbury and the attack on a 12 year old boy in a park in Yardley. Birmingham has long stood as a proud symbol of diversity, solidarity, and community — but these recent events threaten that identity.

We are especially concerned about the growing anti-migrant and xenophobic narratives being pushed in political discourse and the media. These narratives are not just words — they are fuelling racism and directly contributing to the uptick in racist abuse, harassment, and violence we are now witnessing on our streets.

Let us be clear: this is not acceptable, and it must not be allowed to continue.

We call on our political leaders — the Leader of Birmingham City Council, the West Midlands Mayor, and the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner — to break their silence. We urge them to publicly and unequivocally condemn these racist attacks and the toxic narratives that are enabling them.

Racism is not a fringe issue. It is a threat to the safety, dignity, and cohesion of our communities. Our leaders must show moral courage, not political convenience.

We also call on all Brummies — of every background — to stand united against hate. We must not allow division to take root in our city. Now, more than ever, we need collective action, solidarity, and leadership that reflects the values of justice, equality, and humanity.

Brummies United Against Racism

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 1h

WELL THEN IT'S NOT MEANINGFUL IS IT, NICK www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 1h

this is sociopathic behaviour and I think we need to treat it as such! just because something has become easy to do doesn't mean it has become less creepy, or more acceptable!

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The Rejoin EU Party @therejoineuparty.com · 8d

🔴 If Gill took Kremlin cash to say it...why was Farage saying the same things? 🐻🇷🇺🪆

This looks Bad! This looks identical!

#Brexit #Putin

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Rick @flipchartrick.bsky.social · 2h

This is a question I keep asking. There is a disconnect between economic and management academic studies.
Economists are now at panic levels over productivity but it’s not something you hear discussed in businesses. A lot of organisations don’t even measure it according to its economic definition.

George Kean Proudfoot @pojmasta.bsky.social · 3d

Given the productivity puzzle has now been a thing for decades, is anyone doing deep empirical work on it - e.g. ID'ing cohorts of high/low productivity firms in the UK and then digging into differences and drivers in their operations, ways of working, strategies etc. via proper observation?

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 8h

This Is Fascism

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3h

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Heather
just a mom from Portland wanting to make the world better. Free Palestine. Ice out of Portland

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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 3h

Another extreme escalation. A protester was pinned and shouting in pain and calling for help, struggling to breathe with officers on top of them. Crowd was pushed down the block. 12 gauge flashbangs shot from shotgun I believe. Tons of gas. Residents in the area shouting from balconies that…

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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 6h

Tons of right-wing influencers also at the Portland ICE facility, including January 6th insurrectionist David Medina.

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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 5h

Portland police arrested a right-wing agitator at the ICE facility. Protesters say this man punched a woman in the face on video. I’ll update if I see the video, but it seems very likely given how fast PPB responded and what everyone is saying.

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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 5h

Feds on the roof just threw teargas within a couple feet of me. Loud explosion. They seemingly threw it because a couple people were sitting on the little wall in front of the facility.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 5h

Chicago

sevedge @sevedge.bsky.social · 12h

photo of a Do Not Enter traffic sign on a Chicago street, but someone has altered it to say Do Not -Let ICE- Enter

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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 4h

Massive escalation at the Portland ICE facility. Worst I’ve ever seen. More pepper balls than I can count. Teargas in the middle of crowd. Violent arrests. Some type of either noise or rubber bullet shotgun fired into the air then later aimed at protesters chests/heads at near point blank range.

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timoconnorbl.bsky.social @timoconnorbl.bsky.social · 2h

This is…

Well. You don’t want to be the people blocking a priest doing this. You don’t. Not politically, not theologically, just not.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 16h

Father Larry attempts to walk toward the detention center.

ISP prevent people from moving forward. Lieutenant Col Bradley says he's making a call and dialing the ICE facility, but also says people may be waiting a while.

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timoconnorbl.bsky.social @timoconnorbl.bsky.social · 2h

I know many have made this point but, for those who believe in Catholic theology, this is the physical presence of Christ appearing on the door of the US Government and being denied as that agency ran away from Christ.

The symbolism alone of that hits very hard for anyone raised as a Catholic.

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 16h

Outside of the Broadview ICE facility, a state trooper tells the delegation attempting to have communion with detainees that ICE has denied their request.

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 2h

“Don’t fall for the authoritarian hype – Reform and the hard right can be stopped in their tracks”

Don’t fall for the authoritarian hype – Reform and the hard right can be stopped in their tracks | Gordon Brown

From the US to Europe and Asia, grievances are being exploited to gain power. But moderate voices are still in tune with the majority, says former prime minister Gordon Brown

www.theguardian.com

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esmeraldastrongarm.bsky.social @esmeraldastrongarm.bsky.social · 2h

During the post referendum madness I told many who were high on Brexit that we had a choice between three power blocs: the US, the EU, and China. And that leaving the EU would make us vulnerable to the worst tendencies of China and the US. They just laughed. And I bet they’d still dismiss it 😥

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 2h

‘Why are British politicians afraid to call China our enemy?’

As alleged links between government advisers and Chinese espionage emerge, @matthew-wright.bsky.social asks Professor Anthony Glees why Starmer won’t stand up to Beijing.

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Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH, SM @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social · 9h

Some of these people have now been fired and rehired TWICE since January. The current state of dysfunction is mind boggling.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 11h

OOOPS! UPDATE: Two HHS officials tell me that disease detectives, measles response officers, global health officials and the MMWR staff were laid off by mistake and will be reinstated. But Washington office is still RIFed

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Dora Martink(ova) @doramartinkova.bsky.social · 3h

Farage: "We must break free of the EU and take back control of our borders." I’ve always wondered about that, since the UK was the only place in the EU where I had to use my passport.

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