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Wendyleigh @raginpagan.bsky.social · 1d

Found em

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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 12h

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Sarah O @erniebufflo.bsky.social · 1d

Don't feel stupid, but also, if someone helpfully tells you "that's fake," the correct response is "oh shit, let me delete this" not doubling down and disabling comments.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t feel stupid if you fell for fake video. It can be really hard to tell these days. But we do have to try and be careful with what we share because there’s so much AI video out there.

It’s just the world we live in now.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 23h

'It is no secret that student attendance has plummeted in recent years, with near-empty lecture halls a staple of the post-pandemic world.'

Really? I lecture to all our 1st years. Lecture hall is full, not near-empty. Student engagement picked up last year and (early days) seems stronger again. 1/2

Fiction ‘brings lectures to life’ as academics face empty classes

University ‘whodunnit’ inspired by attempts to tackle poor attendance as scholars look for novel ways to engage mainstream audiences

www.timeshighereducation.com

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 23h

Every benefit cut is a cut to a high street, a care worker, a council service.

You can’t “balance the books” by burning the foundations.

That’s how you hollow out a nation.

Prof Richard Murphy reports

What happens when £47 billion disappears from Britain’s economy?

Tory Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride wants to take £47 billion out of the UK economy. That isn't prudence. It's managed decline

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Do they have a prize for blowing up boats in the Caribbean and then bragging that people who made their livelihood fishing there for generations are now afraid to go out on the water?

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Janey Salisbury @serendipitysmith.bsky.social · 1d

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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Janey Salisbury @serendipitysmith.bsky.social · 1d

Have they suddenly realised potholes don't fix themselves? And bin men actually need to be paid?

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Janey Salisbury @serendipitysmith.bsky.social · 1d

So maybe the left isn't extreme at all. Maybe those beliefs are just common decency. Maybe Telegraph it's you who are the extremists and out of step with humanity?

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Citizen Paul Templeman @paultempleman.bsky.social · 1d

Now we know the real reason why Trump is sinking Venezuelan shipping.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize

Leader of country’s opposition receives award after scrutiny surrounding committee and comments by Donald Trump

www.theguardian.com

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oooOOOooorbette @orbette.bsky.social · 2d

wow, so peacey, very chill

Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 2d

Trump “may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy” if he doesn’t get the Nobel peace prize!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says

www.theguardian.com

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 2d

What the hell does Farage thinks he’s doing, going off to America *again* to maliciously slag off British teachers at some private Christian college, while offering to peddle their courses over here?
What a repulsive, grubby little traitor.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Nigel Farage accuses teachers of ‘poisoning our kids’ on race issues

Exclusive: Reform UK leader’s remarks at event for private US college criticised as ‘grossly irresponsible’ by NEU leader

www.theguardian.com

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PeteSig 🇨🇴 🇸🇩 🇦🇺 @padreilpadrone.bsky.social · 2d

Antifa is not ANY sort of organisation. There is no such group. It is simply a political stance of being opposed to fascism. Banning such a stance and prosecuting people for it is completely Orwellian. It is a government which is actually seeking to make FASCISM a mandatory political view.

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Conor Lamb @conorlambpa.bsky.social · 2d

Last night Fetterman voted to allow Trump to execute people at sea, today he wants to give him a Nobel Prize. Just no core principles.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

FOX: Do you think Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize?

FETTERMAN: If this sticks. I think the whole point of having a Nobel Peace Prize is for ending wars and promoting peace. And if he brings the Ukrainian war to its end, I will be the Democrat leading the committee for his Nobel Prize Peace.

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 2d

So the immediate effect of abolishing stamp duty is that house prices rise, with a disproportionate benefit for people in £10m+ homes.

Abolition would literally be handing them £1m+

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 2d

Who benefits from the abolition of stamp duty land tax?

The first answer: people buying very expensive homes. Average saving for someone buying a £10m+ home is £1.7m. Average saving for someone buying a £250k-£500k home is £5k.

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Janey Salisbury @serendipitysmith.bsky.social · 2d

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Rollins: "We had an amazing cabinet meeting. President Trump walked in before the cameras were there. We all stood up & gave him a two minute standing ovation. There's so much love in that room & respect & just appreciation for him. No one could do what that man is doing today. So I was so grateful"

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Simon Nixon @nixonsimon.bsky.social · 2d

Byline Times journalists are now blacklisted by Putin and the Tories. A double badge of honour that shows that it is not afraid to expose the hypocrisy of authoritarian bullies

Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: The National Union of Journalists describe the Conservative Party's banning of Byline Times journalists from covering their conference as a threat to media freedom which "undermines the Conservative Party leader’s repeated pledge to fight for free speech"

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/08/c...

Conservatives Accused of ‘Trumpian’ Tactics After Barring Second Byline Times Journalist From Conference

The National Union of Journalists described the bans as a threat to media freedom which "undermines the Conservative Party leader’s repeated pledge to fight for free speech"

bylinetimes.com

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evy kwong @evystadium.bsky.social · 2d

hi hello unpaywalled

The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance

Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to ev...

www.wired.com

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Janey Salisbury @serendipitysmith.bsky.social · 2d

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 2d

President Trump, "I also did a cognitive exam. One of the doctors said he had never seen a perfect score. I had a perfect score"

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 7d

The first episode of Stingray was originally broadcast in selected ITV regions on this day in 1964.

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Jeremy Mohn @jeremymohn.bsky.social · 2d

If her baby is in her placenta, then the potential impacts of Tylenol during pregnancy are the least of her worries.

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Scary Mary Branscombe @marypcbuk.bsky.social · 2d

I want to say this is antisemitism but then I think how common circumcision is in the US compared to so many other places and I wonder if he's just seen some hospital bill for giving birth and is working his way down the list like a bad comedian

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, if everyone must defer to the president's lies, that is an unrestricted dictatorship.

If "that's just not true" has zero sway, then non-emergencies permit emergency powers, nonviolent actions permit war powers, and any behavior the president doesn't like is an act of war, permitting anything.

Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 2d

So the Administration is arguing there’s no actual threshold for dictatorial power besides the willingness to lie. You don’t have to demonstrate literally anything, just be willing to say it.

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 2d

You must defer to the president’s determination that there is an armed rebellion in Chicago, argues the govt’s lawyer.

That’s the Trump admin’s stance on everything. When the law doesn’t allow it, lie about the facts until it’s something that would be legal, then insist others live inside the lie.

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