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Boston Review @bostonreview.bsky.social · 1d

As part of our ongoing efforts to broaden Boston Review’s reach during our 50th anniversary, we are working to expand our presence across libraries.

If you love our writing and want to see us on more shelves, please share this form with your library!

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Dr.MadalinaDay @madalinaday.bsky.social · 1d

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 2d

Visited a minefield in Ukraine with the HALO Trust to see their vital work clearing explosives and making land safe again.

Incredible professionalism and bravery from everyone involved.

#Ukraine #MineAction

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Dr.MadalinaDay @madalinaday.bsky.social · 2d

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 3d

Urgent winter clothing appeal for UK baby banks.

In 2024 charity distributed 6,752 coats, 14,163 pairs of shoes, 2,857 blankets, 1,472 items of bedding and 45,220 pairs of socks to families in need.

Low wages/benefits; high energy, water, grocery costs; unchecked profiteering take toll.

London baby banks appeal for urgent donations ahead of winter

Baby banks in London say supplies are running low due to more families facing increased financial pressures.

www.bbc.co.uk

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Foreign Office chief to visit China after collapse of high-profile espionage case

Exclusive: Oliver Robbins to visit China next week on ‘long-planned’ government business after collapse of trial of two men over spying charges The head of the Foreign Office will travel to China next week as ministers come under pressure over the collapse of a high-profile espionage case, the Guardian can disclose. Oliver Robbins, who as permanent secretary of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is its most senior civil servant, will visit China on “long-planned” government business. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 2d

Terrorism doesn’t work

States and individuals who kill the innocent will reap the opposite of what they wanted

By Andy Brown

@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
@andybrown1951.bsky.social

Terrorism doesn’t work

States and individuals who kill the innocent will reap the opposite of what they wanted

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Dr.MadalinaDay @madalinaday.bsky.social · 2d

Hmmm. No.

The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 2d

"On so many levels, there is no one who fits the bill less than Donald Trump in the entire world, and yet, 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘸 he's still the bookies favourite."

Is Trump's long-held ambition to receive the Nobel Peace Prize actually within reach?

www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/nobe...

Nobel Peace Prize: ‘No one fits the bill less than Donald Trump – yet he’s still the bookies favourite’ | The News Agents

Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of Donald Trump's peace plan, marking a major diplomatic breakthrough after two years of conflict. With the Nobel Peace Prize announcement due, is…

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 2d

The countdown to NYE is officially on: tickets for London’s NYE fireworks go on sale next Friday 17 October at 12 noon.
Don’t miss out on the chance to see this spectacular show in person. Follow us on WhatsApp to get a notification when the tickets go live.

www.whatsapp.com/channel/0029...

Poster for celebrating New Year’s Eve in London. The image features fireworks in the night sky above Big Ben. Bold white and pink text reads: "Celebrate New Year’s Eve in London. Follow our ‘Mayor of London’ WhatsApp channel to find out when tickets go live." At the bottom, there's a pink button with a WhatsApp icon and the text: "Join us on WhatsApp."

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 2d

UK Universities cut 12,000 jobs, more on the way.

40% of Unis in financial crisis.

Major exporter destroyed by successive govts

Obstacles for foreign students.
Low fees in England, lack of govt funding.
£267bn student debt.
Home student numbers down.

How will the UK compete with other nations?

Thousands more university jobs cut as financial crisis deepens

University workers will vote on national strike action this month over a 1.4% pay offer made in the summer.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dr.MadalinaDay @madalinaday.bsky.social · 2d

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Dr.MadalinaDay @madalinaday.bsky.social · 4d

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 4d

Just to be clear, an English degree - learning to critically assess texts - is actually one of the most dangerous for people such as Badenoch.

An educated population, able to bring hundreds of years of context to statements in a dawning age of AI slop and attention-seeking dishonesty is also vital.

The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 4d

So, the plan is to cut English, the arts, and sociology - the degrees that actually study culture - while on another part of your platform claiming to “defend” British culture.

It’s performance nationalism with a reading age of seven.

Badenoch: Curb students taking 'rip-off' degrees such as English
The performing arts, sociology and anthropology are among the subjects the Conservatives would like to cut

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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 4d

An informed public, understanding the UK money system, would be less duped by false framing | David Murray

@chartaist.bsky.social

Banks do not lend out deposits

An informed public, understanding the UK money system, would be less duped by false framing

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 4d

1,611 homeless Britons died last yr, including 11 children & babies under the age of one.

Contrary to Suella Braverman, homelessness isn't a lifestyle. It is a failure of society.

Yet govts cut wages/benefits, public services, local council funding; no curbs on profiteering.

How civilised are we?

'Abject failure' as UK's homeless deaths rise - including children

The government's homelessness minister, Alison McGovern MP, has described the increased number of deaths as an "abject failure that cannot be tolerated".

news.sky.com

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 4d

If we look at 20th-century China and Germany as examples, it actually takes a few decades to recover from the type of self-harm that the US is currently inflicting on itself.

And he called US President Donald Trump's efforts to reshape American science and health policy -- including mass firings to government scientists and steep slashes to research budgets -- an "immensely serious problem."

"This will cripple much of United States science research," he told AFP, adding that he knew people who have taken enormous funding hits.

"It is going to be disastrous if this continues," Clarke said. "Assuming that the present administration finally comes to an end, it may take a decade to get back to where we were, say, half a year ago."

"It's a huge problem" that's "entirely beyond any understanding of anyone who is a scientist," he said.

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 4d

At the start of the year, I declared London the undisputed global capital for women’s sport in 2025.

I’m proud that our city has so emphatically delivered, with more than a million fans in London coming to watch the best in the world compete.

Mayor Of London. 1.4 Million Spectators Attended Women’s Sport In London In 2025.

Image: six female athletes from different sports in action poses, with an orange gradient background.

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 7d

One of the biggest celebrations of the festival of light outside of India returns to Trafalgar Square on Sunday 12 October.

Everyone is welcome to Diwali on the Square - expect traditional dancing, activities for all the family and delicious food.

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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 7d

A split of moderate votes in the first round and the support of a party kingmaker helped propel Sanae Takaichi to a historic victory in the LDP’s presidential race.

How Takaichi won the LDP’s leadership race

A split of moderate votes in the first round and the support of an LDP kingmaker helped propel the former economic security minister to a historic victory.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 9d

Green party leader urges the Bank of England to stop paying interest on commercial banks' reserves.

ECB stopped paying interest on a portion of banks reserves.

The left has long urged Govt to stop this £20bn subsidy to banks, a consequence of QE.

What could govt do with £20bn?
archive.ph/LyP2e

Green leader calls for BoE to end interest payments to commercial banks

Zack Polanski echoes Reform UK’s push for central bank policy change

www.ft.com

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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 8d

BREAKING: Ex-economic security minister Sanae Takaichi on Saturday was elected the first female LDP leader — and is almost sure to become Japan’s first female PM — after defeating farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi in a runoff.

Takaichi wins LDP leadership vote; likely to become Japan's first female PM

Takaichi earned 185 votes against Koizumi’s 156 in a runoff after none of the five candidates in the party leadership race secured a majority in the first round of voting.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 8d

‘Motherhood penalty’ costs women an average £65,618 in pay by time first child turns five.

This is followed by gender pay gap, pension gap, health gap; slow career progression, harassment and violence, unpaid carer work, retirement insecurity.

All women deserve justice.

‘Motherhood penalty’ costs women an average £65,618 in pay by time first child turns five

Women’s average monthly earnings fall by 42% compared with one year before birth, ONS study finds

www.theguardian.com

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 9d

Israeli forces attacked Doctors Without Borders workers—who were all wearing marked medical vests.

They killed Omar, a 42-year-old occupational therapist and sole provider for his family.

He was killed at a bus stop, on his way to take care of other people bombed by Israel.

This morning, 2 October 2025, an attack carried out by Israeli forces killed Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) staff member, Omar Hayek, and seriously injured four others.
The attack took place on a street where our teams were waiting to take a bus to the MSF field hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza. All staff were wearing MSF vests, clearly identifying them as medical humanitarian workers.
We express deep sorrow and outrage over the killing, which occurs less than two weeks after another MSF colleague, Hussein Alnajjar, was killed by the Israeli forces in Deir Al Balah.
Our thoughts are with Omar’s family and colleagues at this tragic time. Omar, 42 years old, is the fourteenth MSF colleague to be killed in Gaza since 7 October 2023.
Omar was a quiet man of profound kindness and utter professionalism. Since June 2018, he had worked as an occupational therapist at an MSF clinic in Gaza City, dedicating his life to restoring strength and dignity to thousands of patients.
He remained in Gaza City before finally evacuating south on 13 September due to relentless attacks and forced displacement from Israeli forces, who claimed people would find safety there. Instead, he was killed at a bus stop on his way to work.
Omar was the sole provider for his family since his father passed away and his young brother was killed.
Multiple healthcare workers, MSF family members and MSF staff were also seriously injured in the attack this morning, including a physiotherapist, orthopaedic surgeon, supply officer and a finance assistant. One of our staff is in critical condition with shrapnel wounds.
In the moment of the attack, our colleagues were on their way to work amidst the ongoing relentless Israeli genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Health workers in Gaza have been killed, threatened or detained, including Dr Mohamed Obeid, an MSF surgeon still in detention with no formal charges.
While hundreds of thousands of people continue to be pushed from north Ga…

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Dr.MadalinaDay @madalinaday.bsky.social · 9d

Absolutely unbelievable...remarks...; Michelle Mone had 3 years ro eesign, now she has until 15th of October to pay back £122 millions and about same time to resign from HoL.. incredible impertinence...

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 9d

Michelle Mone accuses Rachel Reeves of inflammatory remarks over PPE ruling

Peer writes to PM over chancellor’s ‘vendetta’ comment after company ordered to repay £122m of Covid contract Michelle Mone has accused the chancellor of using “dangerous and inflammatory” language about her, after a company linked to the peer was ordered to repay millions of pounds for breaching a Covid-19 PPE contract. Mone, who has had the Conservative whip suspended, has faced cross-party calls for her to be stripped of her peerage. At a fringe event this week at Labour’s party conference, Rachel Reeves joked that she had a vendetta against Mone, adding: “Clearly she shouldn’t be in the House of Lords.” Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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