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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 10h

‘Farage ending up in Downing Street would be of a piece with the confusion, complacency and contradictory political behaviour that led Britain first to stumble into Europe and then to stumble out again.’

David Runciman on the road to Brexit: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

David Runciman · Down the Rabbit Hole: Britain’s Europe Problem

From Macmillan to Wilson to Heath to Thatcher to Major to Blair to Cameron, a succession of prime ministers persuaded...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22h

The forever chemical PFNA is so hazardous that the EPA struck an agreement with 8 companies to phase it out nearly two decades ago.

Now an EPA report on its harms sits in limbo, and the Trump administration won’t say when it will be released.

By @fastlerner.bsky.social

Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.

Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 13h

‘Like James Baldwin, she thought social revolution required a reckoning of all relationships, including the individual’s relationship to herself.’

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (@keeanga.bsky.social) on Audre Lorde: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor · I do not have to be you: Audre Lorde’s Legacy

Lorde never had to persuade her comrades about a strategy, tactic or new idea, lose an argument in order to maintain a...

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Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · 13h

For National Coming Out Day, read about the National Lesbian and Gay Survey #NationalComingOutDay #LGBTHistory #QueerHistory womenshistorynetwork.org/everyday-gay...

Everyday Gays, Ordinary Queers, and the National Lesbian and Gay Survey – Victoria Golding

Pride 1987, 10.10am: ‘Helped E. to throw pills down the cat with cystitis. Washed breakfast dishes. Brought Gay Vegetarian placard up from cellar. Fed goldfish.’ (Correspondent No.157)[1] This Nat…

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Council for the Defence of British Universities @cdbu.bsky.social · 19d

We are pleased to publish our Position on the Unsustainability of UK University Funding Models. Visit our website to read it in full:

The Unsustainability of University Funding Models | CDBU

cdbu.org.uk

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Jeff Asher @jeffasher.bsky.social · 23h

San Francisco had the fewest murders in a year since before 1960 last year and murder is down 20% this year. It's almost impressive how divorced from reality these deployment suggestions are. YTD change in SF crime as of Oct 5:

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Rianamator 🦇🎃👻 @riana.bsky.social · 22h

"Stanford's Pfefferkorn warns that while US tech companies are not state-controlled, they have in her view become 'happy handmaidens' when it comes to 'repressing free speech and dissent.'"

www.wired.com/story/apple-...

Apple Took Down These ICE-Tracking Apps. The Developers Aren't Giving Up

“We are going to do everything in our power to fight this,” says ICEBlock developer Joshua Aaron after Apple removed his app from the App Store.

www.wired.com

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 1d

Today my daughter's preschool is holding a farewell assembly for one of her classmates whose mother has no choice but to self deport. The school is hoping it will be joyful in tone, so we might make this less upsetting for this 3 year old.

There's just no words for the uselessness of this cruelty.

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Forbes @forbes.com · 1d

James said the charges against her were “baseless” and added, “The president's own public statements make clear that his only goal is political retribution at any cost.”

‘President’s Desperate Weaponization Of…Justice System: Letitia James On Her Indictment

James said the charges against her were “baseless” and added, “The president's own public statements make clear that his only goal is political retribution at any cost.”

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 1d

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to advance democracy “in the face of ever-expanding authoritarianism in Venezuela.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/w...

Who Is María Corina Machado, Winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize?

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Gaby Hinsliff @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social · 4d

Fascinating marker of how far the Tory target voter has shifted from ‘middle class parents wanting their kids to go to uni’ to ‘old people who didn’t go and don’t see what anyone else should either’. (Obv there’s a solid case for apprenticeships, but not convinced that’s what this is about)

Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 4d

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch is expected to announce plans to cut the number of UK university places by about 100,000 annually by reintroducing student number controls, reports Patrick Jack #edusky
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/badenochs-number-caps-plan-would-cut-100000-university-places

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JWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 3d

I learned all the skills that have served me well for 35 years of working life studying medieval English history at university. I helped build what is now a very big British business on the back of them. Training people to think critically, analyse evidence and present arguments is never a waste.

Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 3d

The Rees Moggs will still do History degrees. The Johnsons will still do Classics.
Sadly, the Wilsons from South Bank in Middlesbrough won't get the intellectual stimulation of studying a subject of interest for a degree.

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Chris Hanlon @chrishanlon.bsky.social · 19h

actionnetwork.org/petitions/un...

University Administrations: Reject Trump's "Loyalty Oath" Compacts

The Trump administration is trying to blackmail schools to let him and his unqualified bureaucrats run our schools. They want to dictate what schools teach, who they admit and hire, what researchers s...

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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 1d

Hell YES MIT 🙌 this is how you do it

Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 1d

MIT's response to the Trump admin's proposed "compact" is excellent and should be a model for other universities. orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 1d

In 2024, ALA tracked 821 attempts to censor library materials, targeting nearly 2,500 unique books. That’s 10× more than five years ago.
Join the fight for the freedom to read: UniteAgainstBookBans.org
Donate to ALA: ilovelibraries.org/1984
#BannedBooksWeek

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J. Michelle Coghlan @jmcoghlan.bsky.social · 1d

A meeting of the Higher Education arm of the National Exec of my union brought me to London today, & as luck would have it, the walk there allowed me to make a brief stop at this most sacred spot this morning.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 2d

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

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J. Michelle Coghlan @jmcoghlan.bsky.social · 2d

I’d say put the institution that invited you, because you were speaking there (albeit virtually), but I’m interested to hear what others say!

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J. Michelle Coghlan @jmcoghlan.bsky.social · 2d

Grateful for the inspired and inspiring talks that @libankerdc.bsky.social @posypoet.bsky.social @mbpearl.bsky.social gave at today’s “Resistance in the Age of Trump 2.0” roundtable today & for the great student turnout!

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 2d

Adelita Grijalva won her election fair and square.

Now House Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in because she would be the final signature to release the Epstein files.

Mr. Speaker, respect democracy. Obey the law. Swear Representative Grijalva in immediately.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 3d

“In the letter, the government said it would be “reprioritising” the funding of post-16 education in England to focus on “larger than normal maths and high-value A-level programmes to support the pipeline of students for priority sectors””. Grim.

Labour cuts funding for state school IB diplomas

The sudden decision may mean the IB program is only available in private schools

observer.co.uk

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 4d

Whoa! The shutdown’s ripple effect starting to hit.

Burbank Airport in LA County has no air traffic controllers on duty due to sick calls, last-minute day-off requests, and staffing shortages.

If you’re flying anywhere in the country, check for delays.

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