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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · Jun 24

One of the great contests in world affairs is now between the attention span of the US president and the attention spans of those following the news.

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Stravaiger @stravaiger1.bsky.social · Jun 23

To repeat: an OBR prediction of £FORTY BILLION hit to public finances & a 4% UK productivity drop, was correct 💯 💥😳

Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · Jun 23

🚨🚨 #brexit anniversary: Office of Budget Responsibility predictions of £ 40 bn hit to public finances has proven correct according to research by top economist @johnspringford.bsky.social . www.thetimes.com/article/346e...

Predictions of £40bn hit to public finances from Brexit ‘correct’

Office for Budget Responsibility’s forecast of a 4 per cent productivity loss from leaving the EU has been largely borne out, says top economist

www.thetimes.com

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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · Jun 12

We're hiring a Commissioning Editor / Senior Commissioning Editor (dependent on experience) for a one-year maternity cover. The full job description and details about applying are at the link below. Applications close on Monday 30th June.
bit.ly/JobVacSCE #PublishingJobs #JobsInPublishing

Job vacancy: Commissioning Editor / Senior Commissioning Editor (Maternity cover)

Liverpool University Press is hiring a Commissioning Editor or Senior Commissioning Editor (dependent on experience) for a one-year maternity leave cover starting from 1st August 2025. The successf…

liverpooluniversitypress.blog

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Evan Schultheis @evanschultheis.bsky.social · Jun 14

Ended up going with "slit-eared" (IYKYK).

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Evan Schultheis @evanschultheis.bsky.social · Jun 14

15th. Go to the Military Museum as well. I still need to bribe my way into the back rooms of that one. There's rumors of even older stuff than the 14th century material.

But some of that material was almost certainly captured in 1453.

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · Jun 14

This is everywhere.

Every academic institution I know is held together by some exhausted woman in her early 40's who waits until the old white male professors have finished their vague rants and says, "alright, so concretely can I propose the following next steps..."

She makes half their salary.

Amy Jo (AJ) Cousins @ajcousins.bsky.social · Jun 13

A friend is getting involved in politics for the 1st time. Went to local mtg where guys in charge said: we want to have a concert in 6wks. She asked ?s They had no venue, no bands, etc. She made a PowerPoint on tasks needed & a realistic timeline. Them: You're too corporate, not progressive enough.

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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · Jun 14

🧵1/7 Proud to be one of the organisers (with @stipeo.bsky.social Ivana Bozicevic & Rieke van der Graaf), of an urgent open letter @thelancet.com signed by 479 health leaders from @who.int Collaborating Centres warning that cuts to WHO's funding are putting millions of lives at risk.

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Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · Jun 14

University is not a business, education is not a product.

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Averil Cameron @averilcam.bsky.social · Jun 14

Only showbiz honours now?

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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · Jun 11

Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · Jun 11

🚨🚨In a devastating but hardly surprising #betrayal, US defence secretary Pete #Hegseth has announced in a congressional hearing yesterday that the #US will reduce funding allocated for military assistance to #Ukraine in its upcoming defense budget. 🧵
kyivindependent.com/us-to-cut-mi...

US to cut military aid to Ukraine, Hegseth says

The U.S. will reduce funding allocated for military assistance to Ukraine in its upcoming defense budget, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a congressional hearing on June 10.

kyivindependent.com

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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · Jun 11

This is a long overdue change to the law in Wales and England. We also need to build the homes, and deliver support services, to tackle homelessness itself www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Rough sleeping to be decriminalised in England and Wales

The government plans to scrap the Vagrancy Act and bring in laws to focus on crimes like organised begging by gangs.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · Jun 11

This is really good news. The Renters’ Rights Bill will also help make private tenants more secure. I’m in favour of anything that helps us move towards the idea that housing is people’s homes, whether they buy or rent, and away from the idea that property is an investment.

Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · Jun 11

This extra housing investment is genuinely great.

There's far more that can be done- creation of a public housing bank to lower the cost of capital for LAs and HAs. And creating a public housing mission. The market/deregulation alone won't deliver what we need.

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

Rachel Reeves to unveils £39bn housing boost in spending review shake-up

Chancellor promises biggest investment in social and affordable homes in a generation to hit 1.5m target

www.theguardian.com

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · Jun 11

Within the last five years the government was capable of making it illegal to have your girlfriend stay over for a night.

This talk strikes me as being a cover for (a) a lack of ideas about how to wield power (b) poor ministers, and (c) the very existence of trade-offs.

John Rentoul @rentouljohn.bsky.social · Jun 10

Simon Case, recent cabinet secretary, to Harry Cole re OBR and giving power away

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jun 11

Ever-rising height of car bonnets a ‘clear threat’ to children, report says

High-fronted SUVs are more likely to kill and are on the rise in Europe with the UK an extreme example The bonnet height of new cars in the UK and Europe is rising relentlessly, a report has found, bringing a “clear and growing threat to public safety, especially for children”. Higher fronts on cars significantly increase the death rate when pedestrians are struck. The analysis also found that drivers in the tallest cars could not see children as old as nine at all when they were directly in front of the vehicle. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Mark Williams @mrfw17thc.bsky.social · Jun 11

The problem is that quite a lot of people (including parents, as far as the school run tells) when left with the choice of 'Absurd Urban Status Tank' or 'Not Killing Children' actually are happy choosing the former.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jun 11

Ever-rising height of car bonnets a ‘clear threat’ to children, report says

High-fronted SUVs are more likely to kill and are on the rise in Europe with the UK an extreme example The bonnet height of new cars in the UK and Europe is rising relentlessly, a report has found, bringing a “clear and growing threat to public safety, especially for children”. Higher fronts on cars significantly increase the death rate when pedestrians are struck. The analysis also found that drivers in the tallest cars could not see children as old as nine at all when they were directly in front of the vehicle. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Sam Heller | سام هيلر @abujamajem.com · Jun 6

Attoun leads Eid prayers at Syria's presidential mansion: www.sana.sy?p=2229404

السيد الرئيس أحمد الشرع يؤدي صلاة عيد الأضحى المبارك في قصر الشعب بدمشق بحضورٍ شعبيٍّ واسعٍ - S A N A

دمشق-سانا أدى رئيس الجمهورية العربية السوريّة السيد أحمد الشرع صلاة عيد الأضحى المبارك في قصر الشعب

www.sana.sy

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meave (sumud, sister) @meave.bsky.social · Jun 6

death to america
what an amoral country. isn't it enough our own soil is soaked in indigenous blood? we have to make sure palestine is as well?

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meave (sumud, sister) @meave.bsky.social · Jun 5

yesterday: newarab.com/news/israel-prepares-confront-gaza-bound-freedom-flotilla-ship
today: newarab.com/news/drone-spotted-over-gaza-aid-ship-israel-vows-block-entry
vs.
today's Post: "[Thunberg] glamm[ed] it up onboard in a keffiyeh" | the drones "appeared to actually be Greek coast guard devices"

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meave (sumud, sister) @meave.bsky.social · Jun 5

the post also notes the madleen is only bringing "token aid"—provably false 🔽

the "greek coast guard devices" are Heron drones, "a key tool in the…alliance between Greece, Cyprus, Israel, and the US…
…[S]urveillance data [from] these drones can be funneled to Israel." ▶️ instagram.com/p/DKfbXoTSlUG

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Sam Heller | سام هيلر @abujamajem.com · Jun 6

Syrian finance ministry readout of meeting with IMF delegation, including agreement on various forms of technical assistance: www.sana.sy?p=2229327

بعثة صندوق النقد الدولي لسوريا تختتم مناقشاتها مع المالية بالتفاهم على عدد من الأولويات - S A N A

دمشق-سانا اختتمت البعثة الاستطلاعية لصندوق النقد الدولي إلى سوريا مناقشاتها اليوم، بالتفاهم على عدد

www.sana.sy

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Dallas Nagata White @dallasnagata.bsky.social · Jun 6

So, apparently, the company that owns the Big 4 sewing pattern companies (and Perler fusible beads among other brands) just sold those assets to a liquidation company. Those are the last printers of tissue paper sewing patterns AFAIK. Kind of crazy.

craftindustryalliance.org/parent-compa...

Parent Company of the Big 4 Sewing Pattern Brands Sold to a Liquidator - Craft Industry Alliance

The legacy sewing pattern brands Simplicity, Butterick, McCalls, and Vogue, commonly referred to as the Big 4, have been sold to a liquidator.

craftindustryalliance.org

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · Jun 6

If you missed our brilliant session the other day on Marietta van der Tol important new book Constitutional Intolerance the other day, here is it.

www.youtube.com/live/n_DMI0c...

Blavatnik Book Talk: Constitutional Intolerance

YouTube video by Blavatnik School of Government

www.youtube.com

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Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · Jun 6

Beautiful and typically combative tribute to MacIntyre by Geuss newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

Raymond Geuss, Storyteller — Sidecar

Alasdair MacIntyre (1929-2025).

newleftreview.org

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · Jun 6

This Senate proposal advanced by Sen Cruz would cancel new and existing State laws on any aspect of tech use including civil rights, consumer protection, privacy, fraud, safety for kids, accessibility, and more. In short, we’d lose the few laws we have that ensure responsible AI use. #killthebill

Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · Jun 6

Don’t be confused: The Senate Republican AI language includes the EXACT SAME AI moratorium as the House bill. Almost word-for-word. This is a complete, 10-year ban on state AI regulation. Period.

A red circle around the AI regulation ban language reading: IN GENERAL. Except as provided in para
graph (2), no eligible entity or political subdivision
thereof may enforce, during the 10-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this subsection, any law or regulation of that eligible entity or a political subdivision thereof limiting, restricting, or otherwise regulating artificial intelligence models, artificial intelligence systems, or automated decision systems entered into interstate commerce.

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Henry Anderson @henryanderson1.bsky.social · Jun 5

Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves boasted of "fixing the foundations" of the NHS. But new analysis reveals the service's finances are in a parlous state ahead of the spending review and 10-year plan.

My latest newsletter:
www.hsj.co.uk/expert-brief...

Following the Money: ‘Uncomfortable truth’ ahead of spending review

HSJ's expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get back in the black. By finance correspondent Henry Anderson.

www.hsj.co.uk

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