Cedua
@cedua.bsky.social
Lawyer and philosophy student with interests in architecture, furniture design, and things French, Italian and Spanish.
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Cedua
@cedua.bsky.social
· May 29
I was a Green Party member way back in the 90s. I nearly rejoined 2 years ago. Today I did. I’m going to be backing @zackpolanski.bsky.social
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Incredible article which points out that it often collectively costs more to apply for scarce research funding than the funds awarded to the successful proposals.
What an absurd system we've built in the service of efficiency and competition.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What an absurd system we've built in the service of efficiency and competition.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
January 13, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Incredible article which points out that it often collectively costs more to apply for scarce research funding than the funds awarded to the successful proposals.
What an absurd system we've built in the service of efficiency and competition.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What an absurd system we've built in the service of efficiency and competition.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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The govt has launched a new TikTok that shows videos of people being handcuffed, bundled into police cars and frogmarched into detention centres. Why? It's a cruel, desperate bid for attention from a government failing to actually improve people's lives
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/labour...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/labour...
'The Government's Deportations TikTok Is A New, Deeply Disturbing Low'
Writing for HuffPost UK, Green Party MP Carla Denyer said it was a "gross dereliction of duty" and simply unforgivable".
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 5:16 PM
The govt has launched a new TikTok that shows videos of people being handcuffed, bundled into police cars and frogmarched into detention centres. Why? It's a cruel, desperate bid for attention from a government failing to actually improve people's lives
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/labour...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/labour...
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I mean, sure, if there was a war and they snuck up on some soldiers by adopting the trappings of civil aviation, you might call it a war crime. But since there wasn’t one and they snuck up on some civilians who were probably fishermen and at worst drug dealers, it’s just fuckin murder.
Breaking NYT:
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:25 AM
I mean, sure, if there was a war and they snuck up on some soldiers by adopting the trappings of civil aviation, you might call it a war crime. But since there wasn’t one and they snuck up on some civilians who were probably fishermen and at worst drug dealers, it’s just fuckin murder.
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Ukip have submitted a new logo and slogan to the Electoral Commission, swapping the £ pound sterling symbol for a cross, that looks very much like it is modelled on the Iron Cross used by Prussia & Germany 1871-1918 and Hitler's Nazi regime from 1933-45
January 13, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Ukip have submitted a new logo and slogan to the Electoral Commission, swapping the £ pound sterling symbol for a cross, that looks very much like it is modelled on the Iron Cross used by Prussia & Germany 1871-1918 and Hitler's Nazi regime from 1933-45
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Daily Mail confused again.
Not uncomfortable supporting women in Iran or calling out the regime’s digital blackout.
What is uncomfortable is the hypocrisy of those supporting genocide in Gaza while pretending to be champions of human rights.
Silent when journalists are banned.
Not uncomfortable supporting women in Iran or calling out the regime’s digital blackout.
What is uncomfortable is the hypocrisy of those supporting genocide in Gaza while pretending to be champions of human rights.
Silent when journalists are banned.
January 13, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Daily Mail confused again.
Not uncomfortable supporting women in Iran or calling out the regime’s digital blackout.
What is uncomfortable is the hypocrisy of those supporting genocide in Gaza while pretending to be champions of human rights.
Silent when journalists are banned.
Not uncomfortable supporting women in Iran or calling out the regime’s digital blackout.
What is uncomfortable is the hypocrisy of those supporting genocide in Gaza while pretending to be champions of human rights.
Silent when journalists are banned.
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I need you to join me in fixing this broken system.
I won't ask for everything from you, but a little help from everyone who cares about these issues is how we are going to save our state. Please pitch in today:
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I won't ask for everything from you, but a little help from everyone who cares about these issues is how we are going to save our state. Please pitch in today:
secure.actblue.com/donate/soc-j...
Become a Founding Donor to Mary Peltola's Campaign
Your contribution will help Mary Peltola win one of the most competitive Senate races in the country.
secure.actblue.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:06 PM
I need you to join me in fixing this broken system.
I won't ask for everything from you, but a little help from everyone who cares about these issues is how we are going to save our state. Please pitch in today:
secure.actblue.com/donate/soc-j...
I won't ask for everything from you, but a little help from everyone who cares about these issues is how we are going to save our state. Please pitch in today:
secure.actblue.com/donate/soc-j...
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It would be a shame not to let as many people as possible share Zahawi's thoughts on Farage.
Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
January 12, 2026 at 12:49 PM
It would be a shame not to let as many people as possible share Zahawi's thoughts on Farage.
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The best non-specialist Philosophy books of the decade @fivebooks.com? fivebooks.com/category/phi...
The Best Philosophy Books of the Decade - Five Books Expert Recommendations
It’s a golden age for popular books about philosophy, as the challenges of modern life encourage people to seek wisdom from those whose job—at least in principle—is to seek it. Whether it’s new reflec...
fivebooks.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:56 AM
The best non-specialist Philosophy books of the decade @fivebooks.com? fivebooks.com/category/phi...
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"I get your anger & in many ways you're right to be angry, but let's not fuel that anger, lets not make it even worse & punch down at the wrong people. Lets make sure that we're challenging power & wealth, & I'm absolutely your ally in that"
@zackpolanski.bsky.social to Reform voters
@zackpolanski.bsky.social to Reform voters
January 10, 2026 at 8:07 AM
"I get your anger & in many ways you're right to be angry, but let's not fuel that anger, lets not make it even worse & punch down at the wrong people. Lets make sure that we're challenging power & wealth, & I'm absolutely your ally in that"
@zackpolanski.bsky.social to Reform voters
@zackpolanski.bsky.social to Reform voters
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A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
January 10, 2026 at 3:24 PM
A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
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I am quite sure that the Trumpsters who tried to overthrow the government on January 6 we're asked to stop. The police officers did not shoot them in the head.
January 9, 2026 at 3:23 AM
I am quite sure that the Trumpsters who tried to overthrow the government on January 6 we're asked to stop. The police officers did not shoot them in the head.
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"The maximum time a prisoner can spend on remand is 182 days (six months). Yet Muraisi and Ahmed were arrested in November 2024, and are not due to be tried until June at the earliest, which means they will be remanded for 20 months."
Shameful.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Shameful.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 9:55 AM
"The maximum time a prisoner can spend on remand is 182 days (six months). Yet Muraisi and Ahmed were arrested in November 2024, and are not due to be tried until June at the earliest, which means they will be remanded for 20 months."
Shameful.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Shameful.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Frey: "This notion of inflammatory comments -- c'mon guys. I dropped an F bomb, they killed someone. Which one of those is more inflammatory? I'm going with the killing somebody."
January 9, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Frey: "This notion of inflammatory comments -- c'mon guys. I dropped an F bomb, they killed someone. Which one of those is more inflammatory? I'm going with the killing somebody."
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Telling someone to “go home” is not clumsy language
Reform's Chris Parry apologises for Lammy 'go home' post - BBC News
Reform mayoral candidate Chris Parry had posted that David Lammy's "loyalty lies" in the Caribbean.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Telling someone to “go home” is not clumsy language
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Y’know, police having ‘absolute immunity’ is pretty much the definition of a ‘police state’.
January 8, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Y’know, police having ‘absolute immunity’ is pretty much the definition of a ‘police state’.
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"We grilled Labour MPs as they walked into an exclusive London hotel for the annual Labour Friends of Israel lunch
Declassified editor Phil Miller asked senior members of Keir Starmer's government why they were still a 'friend of Israel' after 2 years of genocide in Gaza"
youtu.be/3TgN6dmFr-Y?...
Declassified editor Phil Miller asked senior members of Keir Starmer's government why they were still a 'friend of Israel' after 2 years of genocide in Gaza"
youtu.be/3TgN6dmFr-Y?...
Labour MPs caught attending Israel lobby lunch
YouTube video by Declassified UK
youtu.be
January 9, 2026 at 9:06 AM
"We grilled Labour MPs as they walked into an exclusive London hotel for the annual Labour Friends of Israel lunch
Declassified editor Phil Miller asked senior members of Keir Starmer's government why they were still a 'friend of Israel' after 2 years of genocide in Gaza"
youtu.be/3TgN6dmFr-Y?...
Declassified editor Phil Miller asked senior members of Keir Starmer's government why they were still a 'friend of Israel' after 2 years of genocide in Gaza"
youtu.be/3TgN6dmFr-Y?...
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"Spotted outside the US Embassy in London"
via Politics Joe
via Politics Joe
January 9, 2026 at 8:40 AM
"Spotted outside the US Embassy in London"
via Politics Joe
via Politics Joe
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How grotesque the mixture of ambivalence and retreat into useful lies has been to see from news shows , bigots , bots and right wing politicians talking about Renee Nicole Good
January 8, 2026 at 5:43 PM
How grotesque the mixture of ambivalence and retreat into useful lies has been to see from news shows , bigots , bots and right wing politicians talking about Renee Nicole Good
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An Israeli settler attack in Nablus in the occupied West Bank caught on CCTV cameras:
Video: Mosab Abu Toha via X (@MosabAbuToha)
Video: Mosab Abu Toha via X (@MosabAbuToha)
January 8, 2026 at 6:21 PM
An Israeli settler attack in Nablus in the occupied West Bank caught on CCTV cameras:
Video: Mosab Abu Toha via X (@MosabAbuToha)
Video: Mosab Abu Toha via X (@MosabAbuToha)
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AOC: What we saw today was a criminal murder a woman while she was trying to flee for her life. What we saw today was a manifestation of every American’s worst nightmare: their government turning into a tyranny.
January 8, 2026 at 12:20 AM
AOC: What we saw today was a criminal murder a woman while she was trying to flee for her life. What we saw today was a manifestation of every American’s worst nightmare: their government turning into a tyranny.
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The Palestine hunger strikers have been on hunger strike for over 60 days and are close to death.
They have not even been convicted of a crime - they are being held on remand (pre-trial) for more than twice the max time allowed, and counting…🧵
They have not even been convicted of a crime - they are being held on remand (pre-trial) for more than twice the max time allowed, and counting…🧵
January 8, 2026 at 3:30 PM
The Palestine hunger strikers have been on hunger strike for over 60 days and are close to death.
They have not even been convicted of a crime - they are being held on remand (pre-trial) for more than twice the max time allowed, and counting…🧵
They have not even been convicted of a crime - they are being held on remand (pre-trial) for more than twice the max time allowed, and counting…🧵
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I am horrified by the murder of a woman in Minneapolis by an ICE agent.
This is what fascism looks like in real time, where a far-right government emboldens a violent death squad to terrorise communities with impunity.
This is what fascism looks like in real time, where a far-right government emboldens a violent death squad to terrorise communities with impunity.
January 8, 2026 at 3:39 PM
I am horrified by the murder of a woman in Minneapolis by an ICE agent.
This is what fascism looks like in real time, where a far-right government emboldens a violent death squad to terrorise communities with impunity.
This is what fascism looks like in real time, where a far-right government emboldens a violent death squad to terrorise communities with impunity.
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For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
January 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM
For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies