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William Duguid @williamduguid1.bsky.social · 5h

'The world is burning, the country is breaking, and those who suffer most are invisible precisely because attention is the currency of power.
It is time we stopped funding the circus and started funding the future.'
@richardjmurphy.bsky.social

While the world watches the circus, the country is falling apart

I have suffered from a very strong feeling of late, which is that it is becoming very hard to escape the theatre of political distraction right now. The lights are bright, the noise is relentless, and the cast is depressingly familiar. Whether it be Donald Trump and his shenanigans, Nigel Farage...

www.taxresearch.org.uk

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Catherine Black @catherineblack1.bsky.social · 5h

If the NHS matters to you, and that privatisation is increasing, listen to this, and do all the things that Julia and Everydoctor need us to do

Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 6h

Here’s hoping…

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Katherine Denkinson @kdenkwrites.com · 6h

How “pro-Britain” Facebook groups run from outside the UK are cashing in on anti-immigrant sentiment & sucking in Reform councillors. My latest for @theleaduk.bsky.social

national.thelead.uk/p/reform-cou...

Bots, AI memes and Reform councillors: How foreign Facebook pages are hijacking UK patriotism

Fake British “patriot” pages run from abroad are fooling thousands – including elected councillors.

national.thelead.uk

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 5h

Reading a book on mediaeval manuscripts, was startled to see an inkwell in an illumination casting a shadow on a desk. Mediaeval art has no shadows.

Then remembered Plato and the shadows in the cave. So people in the past *knew* about shadows. Why didn’t they paint them?

Enjoy this rabbit hole >>

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 5h

From Charlie Kirk to CCHQ, the right has realised they can lie and not be challenged. Why?

In this week’s column, Stewart Lee looks at the ways populists mislead modern voters

Picture of Stewart Lee and the text : Is the problem with modern politics that voters are stupid, or is it that no one pushes back against the populist sideshow acts that mislead them? And is it wrong to think the government should act? Stewart Lee on the lies told by right-wing populists

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Dan Hicks @profdanhicks.bsky.social · 6h

💥Come and hear me talk this week
Cork Mon 3rd
Dublin Tues 4th
Belfast Thurs 6th
Edinburgh Fri 7th
www.danhicks.uk/talks

Upcoming Talks - Dan Hicks — D A N | H I C K S

News of upcoming talks and lectures by Professor Dan Hicks of Oxford University - Professor of Contemporary Archaeology, Curator at the Pitt Rivers Museum and Fellow of St Cross College Oxford

www.danhicks.uk

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The Lead @theleaduk.bsky.social · 6h

Fake British “patriot” pages run from abroad are fooling thousands – including elected councillors.

Bots, AI memes and Reform councillors: How foreign Facebook pages are hijacking UK patriotism

Fake British “patriot” pages run from abroad are fooling thousands – including elected councillors.

national.thelead.uk

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The Lead @theleaduk.bsky.social · 6h

Journalist and mental health worker Katherine Denkinson speaks to Zoe Grunewald about how inceldom grows out of loneliness, lost community and political failure – and what it will take to stop it. Our latest edition of The Lead in Conversation

The Lead in conversation: Inside the Incel movement and what it tells us about modern Britain

Journalist and mental health worker Katherine Denkinson speaks to Zoe Grunewald about how inceldom grows out of loneliness, lost community and political failure – and what it will take to stop it.

national.thelead.uk

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Stanley Keen @stanleykeen.bsky.social · 6h

Exposing What’s at Stake for the NHS www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/exposing-w...

Exposing What’s at Stake for the NHS

With your support, we’ll shine a light on the facts before new government policies reshape our NHS.

www.crowdfunder.co.uk

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Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 6h

Here’s hoping…

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 7h

#WATCH | Amid the rubble and destruction, Gaza's children find small moments of joy.

(Parwiz Hamidi)

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Steve Howell @stevehowell.bsky.social · 7h

Trump makes fools of Britain’s China hawks.

The trouble with hanging on to someone’s coat-tails is that you fall off when they suddenly change direction...

While our media obsessed about Chinese spies, Trump did a deal with Xi. My post on Substack: therestisbullshit.substack.com/p/trump-make...

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Sylvia @sylvia-suffragette.bsky.social · 6h

The old Duopoly is gone.
Don’t just wish for real change, work towards it
#DeedsNotWords
#VoteGreen

The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 6h

One thing the rise of Reform & the Greens proves is that the desire for real substantive change is still there. The Establishment was able to undercut Corbyn & install more of the disastrous same with Starmer. That won't wash anymore. Whatever happens next election, it will dismantle the status quo.

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 6h

Brilliant.

thedailytism.com/new-autism-a...

New autism assessment criteria for girls to just ask about imaginary horse

Researchers have developed a new assessment tool designed to detect autism in girls and women, correcting decades of gender imbalance in the diagnostic process, it has been announced. Clinicians will...

thedailytism.com

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 7h

Amazon confirms 14,000 white-collar job losses.

Everywhere white-collar jobs culled, just like blue-collar jobs to increase profits for execs & shareholders.

Govts doing nothing. Must tax capital/wealth. Need universal basic income, free basic services.

Amazon confirms massive job losses in corporate division

The company says the opportunities provided by AI means it needs to be

www.bbc.co.uk

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 8h

“The researchers aim to show that the ‘inevitability’ of AI is just a marketing frame perpetrated by the industry and that pushback is a lot more possible than we often see.” Yes!

Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 17h

‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...

‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University

Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...

www.ru.nl

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Adil Ray @adilray.bsky.social · 1d

This week British Catholic priest Mark Rowles admitting sending racist messages in neo-Nazi chat room. He discussed bombing mosques and shooting black people in the head. He was given 150 hours community service. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Cardiff Catholic priest Mark Rowles sentenced for sending racist neo-Nazi messages

Father Mark Rowles was arrested by counter terror police for extreme right wing activity on social media.

www.bbc.com

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 7h

🇰🇷🇵🇸 #WATCH | A protest for Gaza and Palestine in Seoul, Korea

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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 7h

talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/02/s...

Scotland IS different as it protects unaccompanied children seeking asylum

Professor John Robertson OBA In the Guardian, today, the above and: More than 50 lone child asylum seekers who disappeared soon after arriving in the UK [sic] and while in the care of the authoriti…

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Josep Goded (New Main Account) @josepgoded2.bsky.social · 7h

40 aid groups say Israel’s registration system deliberately prevents deliveries to Gaza.

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mosababutoha @mosababutoha.bsky.social · 8h

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Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 26d

This is a very good discussion w/ @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social on the different meanings and politics of decolonisation - in particular, the dangers of cultural decolonisation shorn of any materialist analysis of capitalist imperialism. 1/2

www.returntobandung.com/episodes/pil...

Episode 18 - The Politics of Decolonization w/ Priyamvada Gopal — Return to Bandung

Listen to full episode :

www.returntobandung.com

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Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 7h

@priyamvadagopal.bsky.social What a pleasure to see you in my notifications, Priyamvada! Thank you for following me back.

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Devutopia @devutopia.bsky.social · 1d

What’s going on in the NHS dwarves anything to do with the royal family or small boats. Where is the media focus on this?
Via @sophiaeds.bsky.social

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