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Phil Burton-Cartledge @philbc3.bsky.social · 7h

"... what Holden has accomplished is a detailed, meticulous exposure of right wing perfidy. It sounds like a dossier of damnation, and one whose evidence could form the basis of civil and legal cases against the Labour Party in general, and McSweeney and his boys in particular."

Uncovering Starmer's Fraudulent Politics

I was privileged enough to score an invite to Tuesday morning's presser for Paul Holden's The Fraud , a forensic examination of the shenanig...

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 4h

From being son of a multimillionaire blood emerald mine owner in Apartheid South Africa, to being a multibillionaire who lives his entire life posting shit on Twitter, Elon Musk's life has been one long series of struggles.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 4h

Literally nothing coming from the Pentagon, DHS, or DOJ should be considered credible unless backed up by an independent source outside of government. (This, for the record, is a huge problem!)

MFordTheRiver @prynnford.bsky.social · 5h

Of all the things that didn’t happen

Screen shot of ABC article with the headline “cartels issuing bounties up to 50k for hits on ICE and CBP agents, DHS says.”

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Derek Bryant @derekbryant.bsky.social · 5h

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Mehdi Connects the Dots Between ICE and Gaza

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Minneapolis’s Mamdani? Meet the Socialist Muslim Mayoral Candidate Omar Fateh

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 13h

Juan González reports on Chicago's resistance against ICE.

Juan González on Chicago’s Grassroots Movement to Protect Immigrants from ICE

As Trump threatens to send more federal troops to Chicago, grassroots movements have mobilized to protect immigrants from ICE raids. Democracy Now!’s Juan González, who is based in Chicago, reports th...

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 14h

At least 19 Palestinian doctors are still being held in Israeli detention without charge.

Free Dr. Abu Safiya: Calls Grow for Israel to Release Imprisoned Gaza Healthcare Workers

Pressure is mounting for Israel to release many more detainees as part of the U.S.-backed Gaza ceasefire deal, including Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, who has been he...

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 14h

On Monday, as President Trump addressed the Israeli Knesset, a group of lawmakers briefly interrupted his speech, waving signs that said “Recognize Palestine.”

“Recognize Palestine”: Israeli Knesset Member Ofer Cassif on Protesting Trump, Netanyahu Speeches

As President Trump addressed the Israeli Knesset on Monday, he was briefly interrupted by two lawmakers who waved signs reading “Recognize Palestine.” The two Knesset members, Ayman Odeh and Ofer Cass...

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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 10h

Less Than The Dust (1916). #SilentFilm

Intertitle from 1916 film ‘Less Than The Dust’ which reads “M-E-A-T - - - - Cow!”

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Silent Movie GIFs @silentmoviegifs.bsky.social · 8h

Buster Keaton in Sherlock Jr. (1924)

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Marsh's Library @marshslibrary.bsky.social · 12h

We had a lovely class on 'The Grand Tour' this afternoon with the students from Lynda Mulvin's MA students from UCD. This 1567 edition of Vitruvius' 'Ten books on architecture' was one of the many volumes we looked at as we reimagined walking through 17th century Rome!

Title Page of I Dieci Libri delle Architetura, 1581 edition with commentary by Daniele Barbaro.

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 21h

lempedu, f.n: a lamprey. (LEM-peh-duh / ˈlɛm-pɛ-dʌ)
Image: Eel in Der Naturen Bloeme (I realise this may not be specifically a lamprey… feel free to share if you have a medieval lamprey pic); Flanders, c. 1350; Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KB, KA 16, f. 117r.
#OldEnglish #WOTD

Medieval manuscript illustration of a brown eel coiled up with a funny sort of grimace on its face.

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Derek Bryant @derekbryant.bsky.social · 8h

Former lord speaker faces suspension for ‘improper influence’ over speeding offence www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Former lord speaker faces suspension for ‘improper influence’ over speeding offence

Frances D’Souza wrote to Met commissioner in apparent attempt to evade sanction for exceeding 20mph speed limit

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Derek Bryant @derekbryant.bsky.social · 8h

Trump says list of ‘Democrat programs’ to be released on Friday as shutdown drags into third week – live www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

Trump says list of ‘Democrat programs’ to be released on Friday as shutdown drags into third week – live

President says programs to be cut are ‘never going to come back’ as Congress remains at an impasse on stopgap funding bill to reopen government

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Derek Bryant @derekbryant.bsky.social · 8h

Elite military unit says it has seized power in Madagascar www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Elite military unit says it has seized power in Madagascar

Announcement comes after country’s parliament impeaches president after weeks of anti-government protests

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 12h

No wraith way, no corpse lane is ever less than ghost-crowded. Yet just as roads to market or the races are thronged on certain days, as we approach Allhallowtide they become congested by spirits. From distant villages to the boneyard gates and lychgate termini a rush of spectres walk. – #CLNolan

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 16h

I am for ghosts at the glass. Ghosts of the twitching net curtain. I am for those wounds in time that discharge phantoms, leak glimpses of yesterday. If each pane is a haunted possibility, we may walk the city observed by a thousand spectral eyes. – #CJosiffe #Ghosts

A black and white photograph of an old window in an Ashcourt street. The bottom half of it is curtained with net, the top half reflects the Georgian terraced house across the street. The image reeks of phantoms and time as a sickness.

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Kate Devlin 🎃👻🍂 @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 1d

My 15yo child, unexpectedly: “Yeah, I have at least 3 LinkedIn accounts. All fake. I use them to check on my teachers’ qualifications. I keep getting job offers because I ticked something that said I used to work in middle management for Asda.”

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 16h

Frank was Antifa.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 17h

Frank Sinatra on what it means to be an American in 1945

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 12h

Who would have thought that 25 times as many people would be getting their daily news updates from a Boston College history professor (Heather Cox Richardson, who has 2.5 million subscribers) than from the Washington Post.

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 10h

This is who they are. Don’t look away.
“They referred to Black people as monkeys and “the watermelon people” and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies & driving them to suicide & lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.”

Politico @politico.com · 11h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 21h

Other work by the Ladybird artists
Autumn Scene
(Magazine cover, 1953)
Artist: Ronald Lampitt

This was the cover illustration for the weekly magazine John Bull. It looks down on a wooded incline where two working horses help clear a glade after felling.

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 16h

an elegant record of Ledsham’s noble past and the artistry of 17th- and 18th-century memorial design. See Alt for details of images. Photo credits Tim Green CC BY 2.0 and Storye-book (bottom image) CC BY-SA 4.0

The monument to Lady Mary Bolles (died 1662) in her shroud. Storye Book CC BY-SA 4.0

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 16h

monument by Thomas Cartwright; Lady Elizabeth (“Betty”) Hastings, shown in serene repose on a marble memorial by Peter Scheemakers; and Dame Mary Bolles, whose haunting “Shroud Monument” portrays her entirely wrapped in a carved winding sheet. Together, these sculptures form

Monument in Ledsham Church to Lady Elizabeth (Betty) Hastings Tim Green CC BY 2.0

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 16h

All Saints Church, Ledsham, holds a remarkable collection of marble memorials to the distinguished families of nearby Ledston Hall. In the North Chapel stand the most striking examples: Sir John and Lady Lewis, depicted reclining on a sarcophagus in a double

Monuments to Sir John and Lady Lewis (1677), in Ledsham church Tim Green CC BY 2.0

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