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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 1m

This is devastating but hard to think of more important journalism. 18,457 children have been killed in Gaza (many more not accounted for). Here, The Guardian prints their names and beautiful faces and tells us what they were like before Israel stole their lives. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 1m

Incidentally English graduates are in demand by tech companies who need to translate what they do into understandable language for their business customers in particular.

But why let facts get in the way of a stupid soundbite?

Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 1h

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 1h

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes @lemoustier.bsky.social · 49m

English, Anthropology, Sociology... removing these options for the majority would of course help the class war substantially, by preventing most people from learning more in understanding and appreciating the real diversity of humanity, culture and its communication

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 11h

great piece and thread. We were also disturbed by this and published this back in March making similar points
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which led to an oped in the Guardian
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Donald Trump’s ‘war on woke’ is fast becoming a war on science. That’s incredibly dangerous | Christina Pagel

Contrary to claims by the US president, we have found that diversity initiatives result in better scientists and greater progress, says Christina Pagel, a member of Independent Sage

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 11h

agree. Also why Indie SAGE published this defending the importance of EDI in science back in March
independentsage.org/wp-content/u...

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 14h

The Bishop of Birmingham has written to the Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick about his comments about Handsworth

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 12h

Excellent letter from the Bishop of Birmingham to Robert Jenrick.

At a time when so many other voices have been silent, the bishops have been admirably outspoken against attempts to stir up division.

The churches do a lot of community cohesion work & do not want to see this trashed for party gain.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 14h

The Bishop of Birmingham has written to the Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick about his comments about Handsworth

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 15h

President Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have created new obstacles for many people seeking Covid vaccines. But it has been particularly difficult to secure shots for children, including infants and toddlers, who are at higher risk of severe illness from Covid even if they are healthy.

Parents Struggle to Find Covid Vaccines for Their Children Amid Regulatory Confusion

Children under 12 need different versions of Covid vaccines, but many pharmacies and pediatricians’ offices aren’t stocking them.

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Adam Squires @adsquires.bsky.social · 17h

Good thread, and also: you don't need to do them at the same time and in the same post.

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 17h

Mourning those murdered by Hamas isn't incompatible with mourning those murdered by the Israeli state.

Demanding that the hostages return isn't incompatible with naming & demanding an end to genocide.

Naming the power imbalance & impact thereof doesn't desecrate those murdered two years ago today.

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Adam Squires @adsquires.bsky.social · 15h

Re: October 7th - Listening to James O'Brien's podcast and he puts his finger on the point that for some people, it is the anniversary of the worst murder of Jews since the holocaust, and for others it's the start of a genocidal war in Gaza, and both are true. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 19h

good question...

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RogueNOAA @roguenoaa.bsky.social · 20h

A resource for Americans. Thank you @chrischirp.bsky.social

“We are documenting the actions, statements, and plans of President Donald Trump and his administration that may pose a threat to American democracy, since the start of his second term in January 2025.”

www.trumpactiontracker.info

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 20h

This is one of the issues London Labour insiders raised with me in this piece on Labour & London – Labour is taking the votes of the capital for granted, and is about to impose major local government austerity on councils who were hard hit first time round.

www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-l...

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 1d

This guy is in charge of US health care.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 1d

Katie Lam says there are some schools in London "where 3/4 pupils don't speak English to the standard needed to for education"

Are there? London school results are outperforming everywhere else, partly + migration/diversity effects

[CPS livestreaming this if want to check the quote.It was 915am]

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 1d

Sunday's actions were all about trying - and failing - and trying - and failing to deploy the National Guard to Portland and Oregon. It's really confusing, so I break it down in this video...

youtu.be/v4ZP_DJKkvE

Trump's authoritarian actions Sunday 5th October 2025 - all about the National Guard

YouTube video by Professor Christina Pagel

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A. Sleemi, MD, MPH @globalgyno.bsky.social · 1d

"WHO and UN agencies have reported at least 772 attacks on health care, with 94% of hospitals damaged or destroyed and more than 1500 health-care workers killed—the highest toll ever recorded." the silence is deafening.
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The Lancet @thelancet.com · 2d

On this week’s cover of The Lancet, a new letter: “Gaza’s healthocide: medical societies must not stay silent”.

Read the letter and more in our latest issue: tinyurl.com/5n85x448

Cover of The Lancet's Oct 4, 2025 issue. Cover quote reads: "Most medical and surgical societies worldwide have remained silent or issued vague statements about Gaza's healthocide [...] Staying silent while pretending to be neutral is, in effect, a form of complicity."

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 1d

Sunday's actions were all about trying - and failing - and trying - and failing to deploy the National Guard to Portland and Oregon. It's really confusing, so I break it down in this video...

youtu.be/v4ZP_DJKkvE

Trump's authoritarian actions Sunday 5th October 2025 - all about the National Guard

YouTube video by Professor Christina Pagel

youtu.be

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

Just a fucking disgrace that any president would say this to active duty military. But I expect it from this asshole, who has never respected the apolitical military tradition we’ve had since Washington. No, what’s more disgraceful is the silence of Republican vets in Congress.

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 2d

It hit a spike in traffic which crashed it! Back up now!

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P.W@ThePulseCheck @pav2.bsky.social · 2d

@chrischirp.bsky.social We can already see how the Trump effect is getting a hold in the UK

The Tories want to mimic ICE force & to withdraw climate change actions

Racial intimidation & slurs are even more prevalent

It’s telling how Russia has welcomed these domestic issues to violate int space

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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 2d

"the Bad Faith Threshold" is a great coinage.

The first wave of comments on a post, from those who do actually follow you, is usually interesting or fun or both.

But the later waves are of scolds, humourless reply-guys, "sorry to be pedantics", "whatabouts", and "why are you insulting".

Caroline Dodds Pennock @carolinepennock.bsky.social · 2d

Ah, I see this post has crossed the Bad Faith Threshold: that indefinable moment on social media when people stop behaving as if you’re a normal human person who, say, loves your child and is making a mildly humorous observation, and start responding with wild criticisms and imagined slights.

Caroline Dodds Pennock @carolinepennock.bsky.social · 3d

Yesterday my eleven-year-old daughter claimed that Taylor Swift had embraced a range of genres which included punk. The retribution was swift and included considerable mockery and a lesson on punk which probably took longer than she would have liked.

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 2d

She was arrested for holding a sign reading:

“I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action”

How that would warrant arrest is very unclear. I wonder if the police here even understand the boundaries of the bizarre law they’ve been forced to enforce.

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David Thompson @davesthompson.bsky.social · 2d

Well worth watching Professor Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social and her YouTube channel where she is currently documenting Trump's attacks on democracy. Here's a link to her most recent post: youtu.be/j44MxnNujgY?...

Trump's authoritarian actions - Sat 4th October 2025

YouTube video by Professor Christina Pagel

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