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Amal Chatterjee (migrant, grumbler)
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Writer. Fellow, Royal Historical Society. Coming Up: "Prisoners of Empire: How Former Colonies Were Set Up to Fail" (Hurst, 2026); also "AcrossTheLakes", "RepresentationsOfIndia,1740-1840" etc plays, Tutor, Creative Writing,Oxford Uni.; Migrant, grumbler.
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zacksbrother.bsky.social
#GaryLineker went on to state that Jim #RATcliffe can have a moan about immigration 'when he starts paying his taxes'.

He shoots, he scores. Gary Lineker has made the most of his new-found freedoms since leaving the BBC

www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/doe...
'He is a migrant himself... an economic one': Gary Lineker rips into Jim Ratcliffe
Gary Lineker went on to state that Jim Ratcliffe can have a moan about immigration 'when he starts paying his taxes'. Ooft...
www.thelondoneconomic.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
Hi friends,

As many of you know, ICE is operating in ways that tear families apart, enter homes without warrants, and traumatize innocent people. This is not law enforcement — this is terror and an abuse of power.
February 13, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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tyyoung617.bsky.social
And yet, it still makes sense.
February 13, 2026 at 3:06 PM
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phillipspobrien.bsky.social
Rubio’s speech at Munich was a massive free dose of fentanyl to an addict desperate not to get clean. And it worked. Europe is full of suckers.
February 14, 2026 at 9:53 AM
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wutangforchildren.bsky.social
The other day Manchester United’s co-owner Jim Ratcliffe said the UK had been "colonised by immigrants"….today there’s this billboard outside of Old Trafford 🔥….way to go Manchester 💪!
February 13, 2026 at 9:33 PM
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thecolfax.bsky.social
Slavery is white history, how we survived it is Black history. - Malcolm Jamal Warner

Pic of the day

#photography
A storefront in Hollywood glows during the golden hour. Some palm trees line the street it’s on. Circa 2005 maybe? They used this building on Beverly and Gardner as the Peach Pit in the newer version of 90210. I drove or walked by it every day so would see them filming. One day while driving by, they weren’t actively filming and I saw Tristan Wilds. I leaned out the window and yelled “yo Omar’s coming.” He liked that so he smiled and waved. I don’t usually take pictures within the city, but the last one seemed to be liked so here goes. I’ll be back to mountains, rivers and oceans soon enough I suppose.
February 13, 2026 at 3:44 PM
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pollypw.bsky.social
We’re going to have to increase prison capacity.
February 14, 2026 at 7:27 AM
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scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social
This Valentine’s Day, ask your MP to choose compassion over cruelty.

Dehumanising language around asylum fuels fear and division, putting refugees and welcoming communities at risk. Let’s stand together for kindness and safety for all.

Write to your MP here: https://ow.ly/ZCaK50Yfc5n
February 14, 2026 at 8:15 AM
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myrthehilkens.bsky.social
En dan moet ik zijn verloofde als een toonbeeld van feminisme zien. Een man die belasting ontduikt in Puerto Rico en gelijktijdig Bad Bunny een nep-Amerikaan vindt, die ICE support, van wie jonge vrouwen beweren dat ze door hem misbruikt zijn, etc. Lees zelf ff.

www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/i...
Influencer, bokser, pleitbezorger van Trump: Jake Pauls culturele invloed is niet te onderschatten
Als een heuse hoogwaardigheidsbekleder werd Jake Paul uitgebreid in beeld gebracht op de tribunes van de Olympische Spelen. Maar wie is deze influencer, die zich tot de inner circle van Donald Trump b...
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February 13, 2026 at 11:39 PM
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dezedus.bsky.social
Worstelen?
Eén duidelijk front vormen tegen FvD, PVV en ander extreemrechts gespuis is de boodschap!

De gevaarlijkste partij voor onze democratie is overigens nog altijd de VVD die in stemgedrag en uitspraken extreemrechts normaliseert.

www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
Kamer worstelt met rechts-extremisme bij Forum voor Democratie
Parlement: Partijen van links tot rechts vragen zich af of zij zich luider moeten uitspreken tegen de ontwikkelingen bij FVD. De partij heeft openlijk rechts-extreme kandidaten op lokale kieslijsten e...
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February 13, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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dutchnewsnl.bsky.social
At least 645 Dutch nationals have been serving in Israeli army www.dutchnews.nl?p=263611
At least 645 Dutch nationals have been serving in Israeli army
www.dutchnews.nl
February 14, 2026 at 7:04 AM
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bramvangendt.bsky.social
De kopvoddentaks, het sluiten van moskeeën, het verbieden van heilige boeken en ga zo maar verder waren allemaal helemaal prima, maar bij FvD trekken we een grens. Die grens was al lang overschreden bij de opkomst van andere populistische partijen in de afgelopen twee decennia.
bramvangendt.bsky.social Bram van Gendt @bramvangendt.bsky.social · 1d
Ik zie uiterstrechtse figuren die nu FvD bekritiseren of zowaar aanwijzen als een reëel gevaar niet als potentiële bondgenoten in de strijd tegen antidemocratische krachten.

De PVV, waar dezelfde ideeën slechts wat implicieter of latenter worden geuit, werd door diezelfde mensen genormaliseerd.
February 13, 2026 at 8:32 PM
amalkc.bsky.social
The rules proposed are punitive and impossible. Every member of Parliament who votes for this should be stripped of their nationality and subjected to the same rules, without recourse to any of the exemptions. Sounds ridiculous and harsh? it's what they want for others, let them feel the same pain.
sundersays.bsky.social Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 23h
Remigration by stealth? The government’s settlement proposals will mean 10 or 15 years extra to settle - but are they designed to make people leave? The reforms combine with other policy changes to mean many people here would have no route to stay in/beyond 2030

ukandeu.ac.uk/remigration-...
Remigration by stealth? The government’s earned settlement proposals - UK in a changing Europe
James Bowes analyses the potential impact of the UK government's proposed changes to its settlement schemes to both new migrants and migrants already in the UK.
ukandeu.ac.uk
February 14, 2026 at 7:15 AM
amalkc.bsky.social
The suffering and the dead, being Iranian , are of no concern, any more than they are to the Republicans.
dropsitenews.com Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 1d
“Just weaken their economy… because they do have support in the rural areas… We have to make them feel the pain as well.”

— Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the 2026 Munich Security Conference, on how she prefers to bring about regime change in Iran.
February 13, 2026 at 10:55 PM
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willythepeople.bsky.social
Zahawi is claiming that migrants who have come to the UK recently to work have been “a huge burden on public services and the economy”.

Would that be the same Zahawi who dodged £5 million pound in tax?

But I guess multi-millionaire tax dodgers aren't a drain on the economy eh?
February 12, 2026 at 3:42 PM
amalkc.bsky.social
Tax dodger is very polite
bladeofthes.bsky.social BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1d
They are trolling Jim Ratcliffe.
February 13, 2026 at 9:24 PM
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bladeofthes.bsky.social
They are trolling Jim Ratcliffe.
February 13, 2026 at 7:25 PM
amalkc.bsky.social
D66 and CDA are now fully onboarded with the far right.
wileikelboom.bsky.social Wil Eikelboom @wileikelboom.bsky.social · 1d
Wow dat gaat rap met D66
stemvizier.nl stemvizier @stemvizier.nl · 2d
De motie van Lisa Westerveld (#GLPvdA) c.s. over uitspreken dat de strafbaarstelling van ongedocumenteerden ongewenst is, is verworpen. (36800-XX-16) #TweedeKamer

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February 13, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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thecanaryuk.bsky.social
The Committee to Protect Journalists, a press freedom org, is accused of bowing to pressure from Zionists after dropping its Impunity Index

By @skwawkbox.org
Press freedom org accused of dropping 'Impunity Index' after Israel topped the list
The Committee to Protect Journalists, a press freedom org, is accused of bowing to pressure from Zionists after dropping its Impunity Index
www.thecanary.co
February 13, 2026 at 3:29 PM
amalkc.bsky.social
Yes, it's this off the effing wall now.
jonathanstea.bsky.social Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 2d
The head of the US health care system:

“I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.”
February 13, 2026 at 4:45 PM
amalkc.bsky.social
The picture says a thousand words with three.
scotnational.bsky.social The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 1d
Palestine Action’s legal win against its terrorism ban has been hailed as a 'monumental victory' freedom – but it is by no means straightforward

Read our full analysis here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
February 13, 2026 at 4:44 PM
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olivia.science
Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
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Abstract: Under the banner of progress, products have been uncritically adopted or even imposed on users — in past centuries with tobacco and combustion engines, and in the 21st with social media. For these collective blunders, we now regret our involvement or apathy as scientists, and society struggles to put the genie back in the bottle. Currently, we are similarly entangled with artificial intelligence (AI) technology. For example, software updates are rolled out seamlessly and non-consensually, Microsoft Office is bundled with chatbots, and we, our students, and our employers have had no say, as it is not considered a valid position to reject AI technologies in our teaching and research. This is why in June 2025, we co-authored an Open Letter calling on our employers to reverse and rethink their stance on uncritically adopting AI technologies. In this position piece, we expound on why universities must take their role seriously toa) counter the technology industry’s marketing, hype, and harm; and to b) safeguard higher education, critical thinking, expertise, academic freedom, and scientific integrity. We include pointers to relevant work to further inform our colleagues. Figure 1. A cartoon set theoretic view on various terms (see Table 1) used when discussing the superset AI (black outline, hatched background): LLMs are in orange; ANNs are in magenta; generative models are in blue; and finally, chatbots are in green. Where these intersect, the colours reflect that, e.g. generative adversarial network (GAN) and Boltzmann machine (BM) models are in the purple subset because they are both generative and ANNs. In the case of proprietary closed source models, e.g. OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Apple’s Siri, we cannot verify their implementation and so academics can only make educated guesses (cf. Dingemanse 2025). Undefined terms used above: BERT (Devlin et al. 2019); AlexNet (Krizhevsky et al. 2017); A.L.I.C.E. (Wallace 2009); ELIZA (Weizenbaum 1966); Jabberwacky (Twist 2003); linear discriminant analysis (LDA); quadratic discriminant analysis (QDA). Table 1. Below some of the typical terminological disarray is untangled. Importantly, none of these terms are orthogonal nor do they exclusively pick out the types of products we may wish to critique or proscribe. Protecting the Ecosystem of Human Knowledge: Five Principles
September 6, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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internethippo.bsky.social
They taught Al how to talk like a corporate middle manager and thought this meant the Al was conscious instead of realizing that corporate middle managers aren't
February 13, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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scholarsatrisk.bsky.social
As of Feb. 8, assistant prof. Mostafa Mehareen of the Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, has begun serving 8 yrs in prison for openly calling on #Iran’s leader Ali Khamenei to resign in June 2025.
www.radiofarda.com/a/33671293.h...
حکم حبس مصطفی مهرآیین، جامعه‌شناس و استاد دانشگاه، برای اجرا ابلاغ شد
مصطفی مهرآیین، جامعه‌شناس و استاد دانشگاه که به‌دلیل نامه‌هایش به علی خامنه‌ای محاکمه شده بود، از تأیید حکم حبس در دادگاه تجدیدنظر خبر داد و اعلام کرد باید خود را زندان معرفی کند.
www.radiofarda.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
As the rat infested Palace of Westminster literally sinks into the mud, there's talk that British parliamentary democracy might follow suit.

It's all lightness and larks in my latest for @noosphere.app

www.noosphere.app/has-britain-...
Has Britain become Ungovernable?
News direct from reporters you trust.
www.noosphere.app
February 13, 2026 at 1:26 PM