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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 2h

At some point these imbeciles are going to realise that arts courses are *funding* the courses they do like and if they cut those places unis will just go bankrupt so no maths or science either.

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 2h

feels like yet again time to mention that the *videogames* industry (that's a creative industry, which people do creative degrees in) brings in more than twice the amount to the British economy as the fishing and steel industries *combined*

Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 3h

I cannot understand what these people think the purpose of human life is?

It is *not* "pursue joy, deal justly, love well, try to understand as much and see as much of this beautiful world and of the deepness, richness and variety of human culture and experience as you can before you die"?

Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 3h

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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Corey Brotherson - ready for my close up--NOOO TOO CLOSE! @coreybrotherson.bsky.social · 1h

Hey kids!

Remember when the pandemic struck and eventually the (Tory) government told everyone to stay at home, and the arts and entertainment industries were one of the few things keeping everyone from pulling our own eyes out of our skulls from abject fear and boredom?

Remember that?

Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 3h

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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Suw @suw.bsky.social · 1h

It's absolutely nuts. How do they not understand our economy? The creative industry adds £124bn to the economy. Universities contribute £265bn. Sea fishing is variable but hovers around £500mn, ie £0.5bn. Steel is £1.8bn direct, £2.4 indirect (via supply chains).

These people simply cannot count.

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Craig Grannell @craiggrannell.bsky.social · 2h

Also, I find it incredible that successive governments keep trying to knacker industries where the UK punches above its weight, such as an awful lot of the arts.

Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 3h

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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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 11h

Current mood

A cartoon depicts a man and a woman walking side by side on a street. The woman wears a stylish dress and holds a purse, while the man is in a suit. The caption reads, "My desire to be well-informed is currently at odds with my desire to remain sane.”

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 3h

4000 people have signed up to sue poultry producers.

River Wye pollution prompts UK's largest environmental lawsuit

Livestock and water companies are accused of “extensive” pollution in the Wye, Lugg and Usk rivers.

www.bbc.com

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 3h

'The vote was triggered by the announcement of £30m-worth of cuts at the university this academic year, £25m of which will come from staff costs.'

Vote of no confidence in Swansea University vice chancellor over job cuts

UCU members at Swansea University pass a vote of no confidence in its vice chancellor due to job cuts.

www.bbc.co.uk

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 6h

So, the plan is to cut English, the arts, and sociology - the degrees that actually study culture - while on another part of your platform claiming to “defend” British culture.

It’s performance nationalism with a reading age of seven.

Badenoch: Curb students taking 'rip-off' degrees such as English
The performing arts, sociology and anthropology are among the subjects the Conservatives would like to cut

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 5h

There is something deeply broken in the UK and it has absolutely nothing to do with migrants, especially with 1 in 25 properties being vacant.
This should be the number one priority for the government. Instead more and more homeless individuals are dying.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

UK deaths of 1,611 homeless people in 2024 is record high

Most are linked to suicide or drugs, with spice and nitazines increasingly deadly.

www.bbc.com

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 4h

Reminder that basing funding on graduate income incentivises unis to close courses like nursing (too poorly paid), and to discriminate against female students and most minority ethnic groups (whose earnings on graduation are lower than white men).

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 4h

'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.' 1/3

Badenoch’s number caps plan would cut 100,000 university places

Tory leader to use conference speech to attack ‘debt trap degrees’ and pledge more money for apprenticeships

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Omar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social · 17h

I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter

Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them

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Dr Carole McCartney 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @ctmccartney.bsky.social · 12h

The mantra I drummed into my kids? Always take the moral high ground. It is always comfiest up there.

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 13h

The one choice that's always in your hands is to live a principled life

Dr Carole McCartney 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @ctmccartney.bsky.social · 12h

TBH, a lifetime of studying wrongful convictions leads me to the presumption that if you are a career prosecutor in the US, the chances that you have lied and acted without integrity, is pretty damn high actually.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Bondi to Blumenthal: "You lied. How dare you? I'm a career prosecutor. Don't you ever challenge my integrity. Do not question my ability to be fair and impartial."

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 13h

The one choice that's always in your hands is to live a principled life

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 15h

🚨 I’m only going to post this temporarily. If you think it has any value for you or anyone else, feel free to download, repost, share it, or tell your friends and family. If not, just ignore it.

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HigherEd Alicia @higheredalicia.bsky.social · 12h

Were paid government employees used to create this political opposition research? That’s a Hatch Act violation.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 14h

AG Bondi, here’s that correction you requested.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 14h

A MAGA AG dumping false oppo in an oversight hearing shows just how low they go. We usually expect Attorneys General to say true things. Seems like a reasonable expectation.

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 14h

AG Bondi, here’s that correction you requested.

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Modern Criminal Law Review @modcrimlrev.bsky.social · 12h

Just scheduled!

CRIMINAL LAW AND LANGUAGE

International & interdisciplinary panel featuring contributors to a new Mod Crim L Rev Special Issue (forthcoming in 2026)

Free livestream June 4, 2026 on youtube.com/@ModCrimLRev

Info crimlrev.net/2025/10/06/c...

This workshop brings together an international and interdisciplinary group of contributors to a forthcoming Special Issue of the Modern Criminal Law Review, showcasing a selection of cutting-edge work representing a wide spectrum of methodological approaches to the study of the intersection between language and the law and governance of crime and punishment, broadly construed.

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 12h

Not paying people remains one of the biggest through-lines of Trump's career.

That plus corruption, racism, and sexual assault.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/u...

White House Signals It May Try to Deny Back Pay to Furloughed Federal Workers

www.nytimes.com

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 12h

I know invoking Latin terms can be a bit esoteric, and "dementia" is fine and accurate, but I think there's real merit in zeroing in on the relevant legal concept: he is non compos mentis. Not just that he's a batty old man, he is debilitated in a concrete legal sense, fit for conservatorship.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 18h

Ruben Gallego on whether Trump is talking to Democrats:

“Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia, so I think there's a he's probably talking to himself, or think he's talking to a Democrat, but I sincerely doubt that that's actually he's actually physically talking to a Democrat.“

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Dr Carole McCartney 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @ctmccartney.bsky.social · 12h

Would this be one of those "repetitive protests" that our Labour govt wants to outlaw??

Rusudan Djakeli @rusudandjakeli.bsky.social · Jun 12

Day 197 of daily, nationwide protests in Georgia. Public anger is growing after a court handed down an unjust verdict against a 21-year-old protester.

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Rusudan Djakeli @rusudandjakeli.bsky.social · Jun 12

Day 197 of daily, nationwide protests in Georgia. Public anger is growing after a court handed down an unjust verdict against a 21-year-old protester.

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Dr Carole McCartney 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @ctmccartney.bsky.social · 15h

Yes, but this I fear is what makes me feel like giving up!