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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · Jan 28

Write the book you would like to see someone pull from a higgledy piggledy pile in a secondhand shop 63 years after your death and say, "This looks fucking weird. I think I will buy it for Joan."

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 2d

Most alcoholic drinks do nothing for Jim, but after a hard day, he does sometimes like to relax with a straight vodka.

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Katherine Denkinson @kdenkwrites.com · 2d

Sources:
www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/newsroo...

www.cdc.gov/autism/data-...

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Katherine Denkinson @kdenkwrites.com · 2d

RFK Jr claimed that circumcised boys are more likely to be autistic because they’d have been given Tylenol.

49.3% of American boys get circumcised. Only 3.2% of children are diagnosed w/autism.

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 2d

Trump just hosted an ‘Antifa roundtable’ at the White House. It was so much worse than you’re imagining

A meeting that, at one point, appeared to position people protesting against Nazis in the Weimar Republic as the bad guys, and at another saw Rump declare, ‘We got rid of freedom of speech’.

Trump’s ‘Antifa roundtable’ was so much worse than you’re imagining

Holly Baxter reports on a meeting that, at one point, appeared to position people protesting against Nazis in the Weimar Republic as the bad guys, and at another saw the president declare, ‘We got rid...

www.independent.co.uk

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Katherine Denkinson @kdenkwrites.com · 4d

Badenoch telling ITV that we can be multi-racial but “mustn’t become multi-cultural”. Multi-culturalism created London; it’s the beating heart of all our major cities.

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 4d

Utterly heartbreaking - the bullies thrive as the children die

m.youtube.com/watch?v=tENn...

‘Don’t Mention the Children’ | A poem for the children of Gaza, by Michael Rosen

YouTube video by SaveTheChildren

m.youtube.com

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Katherine Denkinson @kdenkwrites.com · 6d

The far right have spent years trying to convince everyone they’re “just ordinary people” (and roping in actual ordinary people while they’re at it). Badenoch appears to have decided to help them out.

Matthew Holehouse @matthewholehouse.bsky.social · 6d

Badenoch's intro video is scenes from the Robinson march interspersed with footage of migrant boats.

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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 6d

Badenoch: "Why couldn't we deport those foreign nationals who raped girls in communities across the UK? Why do we still allow them to remain in the very same town where their victims live?" Because, yet again, the bulk of them were UK nationals, many of them born here.

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Alona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social · 6d

A particularly sombre @standing-together.bsky.social rally this month in London, marking two years since 7th October, two years of atrocities in Gaza, and taking place only a few days after the deadly attack on a synagogue in Manchester

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Katherine Denkinson @kdenkwrites.com · 6d

This version of Christianity has been at the root of their operations for nearly 4 years:
www.vice.com/en/article/z...

bylinetimes.com/2023/03/29/t...

bylinetimes.com/2025/08/05/t...

Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 6d

For those who take a niche interest in the Americanisation of UK rightwing politics, formerly Tory-linked student group Turning Point are increasingly going down the Charlie Kirk-type evangelical path.

[Not the point, but I love the idea of 2025 Soho being some hotbed of sin]

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Katherine Denkinson @kdenkwrites.com · 6d

The trend for influencers calling all items of vintage clothing “pieces” can be added to that list. It’s a 2nd hand 1990s dress, not Marie Antoinette’s ball gown!

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Malcolm Nance, Leading Resister @malcolmnance.bsky.social · 7d

TERRORISM EXPERT HERE:

This statement is a clear example of what is known as “State Terrorism”: When the dictatorship will order all instruments of its state security & intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 7d

"Our credible plan is also an acrostic."

(This is, genuinely, the actual Conservative press release.)

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Katherine Denkinson @kdenkwrites.com · 7d

It’s not about Gaza, it’s not about the Jewish community, it’s about the deliberate limitation of public dissent.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 7d

Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office

Move follows arrest of almost 500 people at latest pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on Saturday Ministers are to give police new powers to target repeated protests, aimed particularly at cracking down on demonstrations connected to Gaza, the Home Office has said. The announcement, made the morning after almost 500 people were arrested in London for expressing support for Palestine Action, a proscribed organisation, could allow police to order regular protests to take place at a different site. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Katherine Denkinson @kdenkwrites.com · 7d

✨Looking for a thought-provoking read this autumn? Incel: The Weaponisation of Misogyny is out at the end of the month & available on pre-order from @aurorametro.bsky.social ✨

www.aurorametro.com/product/ince...

Incel: The Weaponization of Misogyny - Aurora Metro Books

A timely and much needed book in which the author explores the men behind the Incel movement and the misinformation that surrounds them. How has our misunderstanding of the movement made it even more ...

www.aurorametro.com

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 9d

Manchester synagogue victims named as home secretary says attacker was not known to police – latest

The men were killed when an attacker used a car to ram into the grounds of a synagogue in Crumpsall, then stabbed worshippers in a six-minute rampage

www.theguardian.com

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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 9d

Police have identified the man who carried out the Manchester synagogue attack as Jihad al-Shamie, a 35-year-old British citizen of Syrian descent

Counter Terrorism Policing said they are still "working to understand the motivation" and 3 people have been arrested
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Live Updates: Attacker at British Synagogue Identified

www.nytimes.com

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Zoë Crowther @zoecrowther.bsky.social · 9d

I spoke to a few people, including journalists, at Labour conference who had seen and believed claims on X that Multiverse – Tony Blair's son's company – had been chosen to run the government’s new digital ID scheme

@fullfact.org have checked this claim and it is untrue

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Katherine Denkinson @kdenkwrites.com · 13d

This may well be a distraction technique re other news, but the US President just turbo-boosted a conspiracy theory that has negatively affected the lives of 1000s of people. The video may be fake but the harm it does will b v real. www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news...

Donald Trump publishes AI video on medbed conspiracy theory

A video seemingly shows an AI-generated clip of Donald Trump making an apparently bogus announcement about the conspiracy theory claiming all manner of illnesses can be cured by a medical bed

www.mirror.co.uk

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Katherine Denkinson @kdenkwrites.com · 13d

What could possibly go wrong 😑

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 13d

YouTube will offer creators a way to rejoin the streaming platform if they were banned for violating COVID-19 and election misinformation policies that are no longer in effect, its parent company Alphabet said.

YouTube to start bringing back creators banned for COVID-19 and election misinformation

YouTube will offer creators a way to rejoin the streaming platform if they were banned for violating COVID-19 and election misinformation policies that are no longer in effect.

bit.ly

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Law Paw Calendar (Billable Hour) @lawpawcalendar.bsky.social · 14d

URGENT UPDATE! WE NEED YOUR HELP
Thanks to everyone who has entered, we've had some amazing pictures.
BUT we have not received enough entries!
We know social media is a mess & that you're all very busy, but we need your help.

Entries are now open until *5th October*

Law Paw Calendar (Billable Hour) @lawpawcalendar.bsky.social · Sep 5

The legal world’s favourite (/only) pet calendar is back for 2026, and looking for your entries!

Email [email protected] by 26th September to secure your pet’s place in the calendar.

A number of calendars featuring pictures of pets in legal themes

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Katherine Denkinson @kdenkwrites.com · 14d

Kruger fear-mongering about the “expectations” of Islam like he’s not spent the last 2yrs trying to meld Church & State or force Christianity into the curriculum. 👇🏻
www.thenewworld.co.uk/onward-chris...

t.co/JfWqrlkVUY

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 14d

Nathan Gill, the former Welsh leader of Nigel Farage’s right-wing party Reform UK has admitted to taking bribes in exchange for making pro-Russia statements while a member of the European Parliament.

Ex-Brexit Party MEP pleads guilty in Russia bribe case

Nathan Gill admitted to taking bribes in exchange for making pro-Kremlin statements while he was a member of the European Parliament.

www.politico.eu

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