Craig Nelson
@craigne.bsky.social
Interested in politics, religion, philosophy (especially German Idealism).
Politics mainly centre Left, Social Democrat. Labour Party member.
Posting from 🇬🇧 UK.
Politics mainly centre Left, Social Democrat. Labour Party member.
Posting from 🇬🇧 UK.
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Jamal Khashoggi. Say his name.
November 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Jamal Khashoggi. Say his name.
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As a resident of a Raleigh suburb I’d like to say “Immigrants make us great, Christians love their neighbors, and patriots oppose ICE.”
November 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
As a resident of a Raleigh suburb I’d like to say “Immigrants make us great, Christians love their neighbors, and patriots oppose ICE.”
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If you attend a church in North Carolina and they aren’t loudly and clearly opposing ICE, leave that church. They have no
interest in Jesus.
(Correction, if you attend a church in America…)
interest in Jesus.
(Correction, if you attend a church in America…)
November 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
If you attend a church in North Carolina and they aren’t loudly and clearly opposing ICE, leave that church. They have no
interest in Jesus.
(Correction, if you attend a church in America…)
interest in Jesus.
(Correction, if you attend a church in America…)
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In a spell-binding move, Reform run, cash-strapped, Kent County Council repaints the yellow 'Keep Clear' lines outside a school that closed 10 years ago
news.sky.com/story/reform...
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Reform council repaints road markings for school which closed in 2016
Kent County Council sold the disused school site to a government agency in March, but has repainted yellow zigzags and "School Keep Clear" warnings.
news.sky.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:25 AM
In a spell-binding move, Reform run, cash-strapped, Kent County Council repaints the yellow 'Keep Clear' lines outside a school that closed 10 years ago
news.sky.com/story/reform...
news.sky.com/story/reform...
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There were 93 homicides in London last year: population 9 million
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
November 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
There were 93 homicides in London last year: population 9 million
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
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I'm not religious, but this Pope seems like a really good dude.
ground.news/article/pope...
ground.news/article/pope...
Pope returns 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada as part of reckoning with colonial past
The Vatican on Saturday returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada as part of the Catholic Church’s reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture in the Americas. Pope Le...
ground.news
November 16, 2025 at 5:46 AM
I'm not religious, but this Pope seems like a really good dude.
ground.news/article/pope...
ground.news/article/pope...
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My friend Chrissy Hansen just published a wonderful discussion of the transmission of the “sons of God” reading of Deut 32:8 in the Latin West & it’s open access. Check it out here:
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/sblpress/tc/...
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/sblpress/tc/...
A Note on the “Sons of God” in Latin Quotations of Deut 32:8d
Abstract. This paper draws attention to previously undiscussed transmissions of the “sons of god” reading from Deut 32:8d being preserved in various quotations and paraphrases throughout history. The ...
scholarlypublishingcollective.org
November 15, 2025 at 9:38 PM
My friend Chrissy Hansen just published a wonderful discussion of the transmission of the “sons of God” reading of Deut 32:8 in the Latin West & it’s open access. Check it out here:
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/sblpress/tc/...
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/sblpress/tc/...
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Mike Johnson is a liar, fraud, and fake Christian who has held leadership positions in multiple organizations that have covered up sex abuse.
November 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Mike Johnson is a liar, fraud, and fake Christian who has held leadership positions in multiple organizations that have covered up sex abuse.
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This photo will go around the world and is the perfect illustration of Donald Trumps America .
Rev. Michael Woolf, a faith leader and minister at Lake Street Church of Evanston, detained by Illinois State Police while protesting immigration policies outside the Broadview facility in Chicago.
Photo by Jim Vondruska/Reuters
Photo by Jim Vondruska/Reuters
November 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This photo will go around the world and is the perfect illustration of Donald Trumps America .
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Russian war criminals destroyed the Evangelical Church in Kostiantynivka,Donetsk region.
In total, during the war,the Russian army has already destroyed about 600 temples&churches of various denominations.
This is what Putin's "defense of Christian values" looks like.
📷: Vitalii Stulniev/Facebook
In total, during the war,the Russian army has already destroyed about 600 temples&churches of various denominations.
This is what Putin's "defense of Christian values" looks like.
📷: Vitalii Stulniev/Facebook
November 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Russian war criminals destroyed the Evangelical Church in Kostiantynivka,Donetsk region.
In total, during the war,the Russian army has already destroyed about 600 temples&churches of various denominations.
This is what Putin's "defense of Christian values" looks like.
📷: Vitalii Stulniev/Facebook
In total, during the war,the Russian army has already destroyed about 600 temples&churches of various denominations.
This is what Putin's "defense of Christian values" looks like.
📷: Vitalii Stulniev/Facebook
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Trump’s funding cuts to international efforts to end the global threats of malaria, TB and HIV, will result in millions of preventable deaths.
Each death is someone’s son or daughter, husband, wife, parent or friend.
Each death is someone’s son or daughter, husband, wife, parent or friend.
When Trump’s aid cuts robbed them of HIV drugs, these people died
Special Report: Three people have died at just one community centre on the outskirts of Senegal’s capital, Dakar, following US aid cuts to HIV care. Rachel Schraer meets the women fighting to stop mor...
www.independent.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Trump’s funding cuts to international efforts to end the global threats of malaria, TB and HIV, will result in millions of preventable deaths.
Each death is someone’s son or daughter, husband, wife, parent or friend.
Each death is someone’s son or daughter, husband, wife, parent or friend.
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#GVerse Um. WTF???
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: "Pilots need to stop depending on air traffic controllers. They need to suck it up and go with their gut feelings."
This is the stupidest and most dangerous administration in history.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: "Pilots need to stop depending on air traffic controllers. They need to suck it up and go with their gut feelings."
This is the stupidest and most dangerous administration in history.
November 9, 2025 at 2:24 AM
#GVerse Um. WTF???
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: "Pilots need to stop depending on air traffic controllers. They need to suck it up and go with their gut feelings."
This is the stupidest and most dangerous administration in history.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: "Pilots need to stop depending on air traffic controllers. They need to suck it up and go with their gut feelings."
This is the stupidest and most dangerous administration in history.
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I've been talking about this on here for a while. We just assume it will always rain enough, so the management of water in the UK is totally disastrous. Now, after a relatively few dry months, we are approaching a calamity. We have done it to ourselves. Yet again. We are a deeply unserious country.
England facing drastic measures due to extreme drought next year
Government and water companies are devising emergency plans for worst water shortage in decades
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I've been talking about this on here for a while. We just assume it will always rain enough, so the management of water in the UK is totally disastrous. Now, after a relatively few dry months, we are approaching a calamity. We have done it to ourselves. Yet again. We are a deeply unserious country.
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Please consider signing against this nonsensical absurdity! c.org/vGgNqmXhNx
Sign the Petition
Stop the removal of Modern Languages courses at the University of Nottingham!
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November 7, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Please consider signing against this nonsensical absurdity! c.org/vGgNqmXhNx
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Did you know that our Labour government are delivering the biggest boost to social housing in a generation?
£39bn investment committed so far.
Isn't that what you all wanted to see?
It's the difference a Labour government makes!
£39bn investment committed so far.
Isn't that what you all wanted to see?
It's the difference a Labour government makes!
November 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Did you know that our Labour government are delivering the biggest boost to social housing in a generation?
£39bn investment committed so far.
Isn't that what you all wanted to see?
It's the difference a Labour government makes!
£39bn investment committed so far.
Isn't that what you all wanted to see?
It's the difference a Labour government makes!
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Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath?
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
November 7, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath?
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
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Chicago’s Pope Leo XIV calls on US authorities to respect migrants' spiritual needs.
"He cited Matthew 25, recalling Jesus' admonition that, at the final judgment, people will be asked how they treated ‘the foreigner’ — whether they welcomed him or not.”
www.ncronline.org/vatican/vati...
"He cited Matthew 25, recalling Jesus' admonition that, at the final judgment, people will be asked how they treated ‘the foreigner’ — whether they welcomed him or not.”
www.ncronline.org/vatican/vati...
Pope Leo calls on US authorities to respect migrants' spiritual needs
Pope Leo XIV appealed for greater consideration for the "spiritual rights" of migrants in the United States, saying church ministers should be allowed to provide pastoral care to detained people.
www.ncronline.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Chicago’s Pope Leo XIV calls on US authorities to respect migrants' spiritual needs.
"He cited Matthew 25, recalling Jesus' admonition that, at the final judgment, people will be asked how they treated ‘the foreigner’ — whether they welcomed him or not.”
www.ncronline.org/vatican/vati...
"He cited Matthew 25, recalling Jesus' admonition that, at the final judgment, people will be asked how they treated ‘the foreigner’ — whether they welcomed him or not.”
www.ncronline.org/vatican/vati...
This is pretty shocking and definitely part of a worrying trend. This University has a very long history of language learning and study.
I am hearing that @uniofnottingham.bsky.social is suspending (i.e shutting down) *all modern language courses* in 2026-27. One of the largest departments in the UK. A shocking short sighted move that damages regional and national prospects @britishacademy.bsky.social @hetanshah.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
This is pretty shocking and definitely part of a worrying trend. This University has a very long history of language learning and study.
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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BBC News bulletins leading on the story of an Algerian man being mistakenly released by the prison service.
Funnily enough I don't remember these cases ever leading the bulletins when an average of ten prisoners were mistakenly released a month in the final year of the last Government
Funnily enough I don't remember these cases ever leading the bulletins when an average of ten prisoners were mistakenly released a month in the final year of the last Government
November 5, 2025 at 2:55 PM
BBC News bulletins leading on the story of an Algerian man being mistakenly released by the prison service.
Funnily enough I don't remember these cases ever leading the bulletins when an average of ten prisoners were mistakenly released a month in the final year of the last Government
Funnily enough I don't remember these cases ever leading the bulletins when an average of ten prisoners were mistakenly released a month in the final year of the last Government
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Super important. Thank you
NEW: Children faced more risk of rare heart problems after Covid-19 infection than they did after taking the Pfizer/BioNTech mRNA vaccine, a big three-year study of under-18s in England has found.
Important evidence for debates over vaccine safety, particularly in the US.
www.ft.com/content/231d...
Important evidence for debates over vaccine safety, particularly in the US.
www.ft.com/content/231d...
Covid jab less likely than virus to cause rare heart issue in children
Largest study of its kind shows health risks of refusing vaccination
www.ft.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Super important. Thank you