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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 50m

Nick Tenconi has really remade UKIP as a full-on radical far-right party since taking over. Charlie Kirk would be proud.

selection of UKIP Facebook images which are hugely xenophobic and I'd rather not write them all out. Scapegoating migrants, deporting immigrants, lots of anti-Muslim hate.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 2h

Oh, babes. Have you got a big surprise coming...

Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️
@realchrisrufo
This is great news. We've hired the classicist Spencer Klavan to teach at New College of Florida. Goodbye gender studies; hello, Greek literature.
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Truly excited to be teaching an online survey course in Greek literature this fall semester @NewCollegeofFL. Even more excited that it's open to the public. Please join in here! We'll be reading Homer, Aeschylus, Aristophanes, and lots more.

https://ncf.edu/youngheretics/
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Robert Campbell @madman2.bsky.social · 14h

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 3d

After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season.

TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.

christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...

England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet

The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter

christinapagel.substack.com

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 21h

🚨The absence of media coverage of this natural disaster in Alaska, the lost/missing people, and the destruction of the aftermath is up to us to share. Please help if you can - even if it is just spreading awareness. There is no FEMA going to help them. 1/2

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Hedgehog Cycling @hedgehogcycling.bsky.social · 15h

I think Simon Jenkins is in a category of his own, and it's unfair to lump all opinion writers in with him.

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Robert Campbell @madman2.bsky.social · 15h

Add a rank to the example in your replies
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Robert Campbell @madman2.bsky.social · 15h

volte-face. /ˌvɒltˈfɑːs/

Just reply with your example of a pundit or politician saying one thing and then saying the complete opposite at some future occasion. Tag it with the individual in question or an appropriate link if you can. I'll start:

Ignore the prophets of doom.
Brexit will be good for Britain Simon Jenkins 2016
From the day Britain left the
EU, this reset was inevitable.
What a pointless waste of time money and effort
Simon Jenkins 2025

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Robert Campbell @madman2.bsky.social · 15h

volte-face. /ˌvɒltˈfɑːs/

Just reply with your example of a pundit or politician saying one thing and then saying the complete opposite at some future occasion. Tag it with the individual in question or an appropriate link if you can. I'll start:

Robert Campbell @madman2.bsky.social · 15h

We should just laugh and laugh and laugh at the stupidity and pointlessness of these "pundits"

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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 17h

“The propagandist's purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human.”

Aldous Huxley

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 20h

Buried inside the Big Beautiful Bill is a time bomb...one that detonates the balance of power. You weren’t supposed to read this clause. That’s why I did.

A single section hidden deep in the bill quietly neuters the courts. It’s that serious.🔥👇

www.jackhopkinsnow.com

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Huw C. Davies @huwcdavies.bsky.social · 1d

Reading Thiel, Yarvin, Peterson et al. makes you realise what passes for intellectual iconoclasm these days is all absolute bollocks. Why anyone gives any of these people the time of day let alone credibility is baffling.

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T-Rexit @t-rexit.bsky.social · 1d

FAO American Inflatables

#FightThePower

T-Rexit @t-rexit.bsky.social · 1d

Ahem….some of us have committed since 2016

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago answers this question brilliantly. 1/2

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 1d

🎉 We've done it. We've passed 100,000 Green Party members!

📈 But we're not stopping there.

💚 Let's make hope normal again! Join the Green Party today!

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 1d

Pope Leo says that American bishops need to be more vocal and support migrant communities from being abducted by ICE in US cities

"Important that we as church give a message of hope in the midst of these horrible struggles, what's going on in some cities in the US"

"The church cannot be silent"

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Robert Campbell @madman2.bsky.social · 1d

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We need to talk about Russia

So, yes, that means we also need to talk about Nigel Farage

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Robert Campbell @madman2.bsky.social · 1d

Is the riding or the camping the main objective. If the former, WarmShowers may be your friend.
(You may have to use a pseudonym if you head to the north east though :-) )

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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 28d

Can't come soon enough.

'The Transport & Environment thinktank has urged the government to use the autumn budget to bring in a levy on the largest vehicles, which it said would reflect the damage they caused to the environment and infrastructure.'

UK could raise nearly £2bn by taxing SUVs in line with European countries, study shows

Thinktank says an ‘SUV loophole’ means UK buyers pay up to 20 times less tax on biggest models than in neighbouring nations

www.theguardian.com

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Robert Campbell @madman2.bsky.social · 2d

This happened once in an organisation I once worked in. It was done by a bloke who had asked for and got root privileges by “support” because “he needed to fix a really hard problem and that his own login wasn’t working”

a cat wearing glasses and a bow tie is sitting on a laptop

ALT: a cat wearing glasses and a bow tie is sitting on a laptop

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 2d

THIS SHOULD BE CONCERNING TO EVERYONE

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Robert Campbell @madman2.bsky.social · 2d

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England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet

The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter

open.substack.com

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 4d

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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.

Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...

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UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation

Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Cab Davidson @gnomeicide.bsky.social · 3d

Didn't get to speak to you @mrjamesob.bsky.social but I tried. I did used to think ID cards were a good idea. I'm now of the view that is a TERRIBLE idea, and I can tell you why. Its because of who'll get asked to show their ID. It won't be you, and it won't be me...

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Robert Campbell @madman2.bsky.social · 5d

elmo from sesame street is standing in front of a fire and saying everything is fine .

Alt: elmo from sesame street is standing in front of a fire and saying everything is fine .

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 5d

No 10 blocks report on impact of rainforest collapse on food prices

Downing Street has vetoed release of an assessment that says the loss of the Amazon ecosystem could drive up food inflation as well as lead to mass migration

www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

No 10 blocks report on impact of rainforest collapse on food prices

Downing Street has vetoed release of an assessment that says the loss of the Amazon ecosystem could drive up food inflation as well as lead to mass migration

www.thetimes.com

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