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Al Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.social · 6h

Can you believe there is a contingent of people who think this Supernatural Season 7 villain is the future and a bunch of them post on here

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 22h

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 12h

the most delightful version of logging on to see what news you've missed

Dr Ramsdell, whose phone had been on airplane mode when the Nobel committee tried to call him, told the BBC's Newshour Programme that his first response when his wife said, "You've won the Nobel prize" was: "I did not."

To which Ms O'Neill replied that she had 200 text messages that suggested he had.

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 20h

I know this is uncomfortable to admit, but there is a small area in England's second city where people are just not integrated with the rest of society. Many of them hold views that arguably go against British values.

Yes, we need to talk about the Tory conference in Manchester.

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D Franklin @dlibris.bsky.social · 9h

I see the industry had a serious bout of backsliding last year, always disappointing
www.thebookseller.com/news/report-...

Report reveals 'stark inequalities' and 'precipitous decline' in representation in children's publishing

Literacy charity Inclusive Books for Children has published its annual Excluded Voices report, revealing 'stark inequalities' in UK children’s publishing.

www.thebookseller.com

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 3d

Like… it's kind of right there, no?

"AI" generated image of woman with dark hair sitting in a chair in front of posters with random shapes and symbols meant to look like images and text on movie posters, all superimposed with a post from k.w.bogen reading
"AI actresses can't negotiate. They can't say they'd prefer their bodies not be shown certgain ways. They can't refuse degrading scenes. They can't express distress about disturbing content. They can't ask the creators :why would you do that to me? Why put any woman through watching that? If AI film winds up being the path, we're about to see an entirely new generation (and more brutal depiction) of media misogyny."

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 6d

Israel has just arrested Greta Thunberg and many others.

Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:

“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 6d

Close to 65k watching the livefeed from the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Gaza.

Israel seems to be intercepting right now.

All eyes needed.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...

24/7 LIVESTREAM OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA

YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla

www.youtube.com

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D Franklin @dlibris.bsky.social · 7d

I know I'm late to this but FUCK YOU, SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT. @snp.org, remember when trans rights were a fucking manifesto commitment? Gonnae just completely reverse on that then, aye? Get all the way to fuck, you bunch of wanks.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Scottish government says schools must have separate toilets for boys and girls

Schools encouraged to also offer gender-neutral facilities for trans pupils or access to disabled and staff toilets

www.theguardian.com

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D Franklin @dlibris.bsky.social · 7d

No one told me I was getting a queer poly ghost story in my Cinderella retelling, @freyamarske.bsky.social! *Phenomenal*, Cinder House is just brilliant.

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D Franklin @dlibris.bsky.social · 8d

I see the US wants to establish a new Mandate in Palestine and may have even chosen their preferred British war criminal to lead it.

History really does fucking rhyme.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Postwar Gaza authority potentially led by Tony Blair ‘would sideline Palestinians’

Draft plan’s critics say it hands power to international figures and splits Gaza from Palestinian Authority in West Bank

www.theguardian.com

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D Franklin @dlibris.bsky.social · 10d

Oh shit that's PRETTY. Feels like a very different but also very accurate vibe!

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Cheryl Morgan @cherylmorgan.bsky.social · 11d

This petition gained a million signatures yesterday. If we can keep up that growth it will terrify people at the Labour conference.
#PapersPlease
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards

We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.

petition.parliament.uk

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D Franklin @dlibris.bsky.social · 11d

Surely surprising no one, What Stalks The Deep is extremely good; @tkingfisher.com's Sworn Soldier series remains top tier cozy horror, and the alienness of the entity is phenomenally fun. Really loved this one.

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D Franklin @dlibris.bsky.social · 12d

Well this feels... conveniently timed from @lighthousebks.bsky.social, @suchmayer.bsky.social!
lighthousebookshop.com/events/edinb...

Lighthouse | Edinburgh's Radical Book Fair 2025: Ecosystems of Change

lighthousebookshop.com

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Didi is a trans immigrant 🏳️‍⚧️ @didichanoch.bsky.social · 13d

How about a deal? You stop doing and saying nazi shit, and if you refrain constantly for a few years, we'll consider not calling you a nazi.

You nazi.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13d

Vance: "If you want stop political violence, stop telling your supporters that everybody who disagrees with you is a Nazi."

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Strahan Cadell 🇨🇦🇻🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱 @quincunctial.bsky.social · 14d

Chotiner: So you chose to kill your slavewomen as well as the suitors who had taken over your home. Why?

Odysseus: Well, I was in a frenzy understandably, plus they had probably slept with the suitors.

C: Ah. And as slaves did they do this voluntarily?

O: I didn’t ask because

C: They were dead?

Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · 14d

Odysseus had his crew lash him to the mast to keep him from doing an interview with Chotiner.

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Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · 14d

Odysseus had his crew lash him to the mast to keep him from doing an interview with Chotiner.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 13d

I have to assume this means he keeps everything hidden behind fabric and just thrusts wildly as she runs past.

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 14d

Katie Miller joked about her husband being a “sexual matador” in an interview with Jesse Watters.

Stephen Miller's Wife Drops Cringe-Inducing Sexual Brag

Katie Miller joked about her husband being a “sexual matador” in an interview with Jesse Watters.

trib.al

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D Franklin @dlibris.bsky.social · 15d

Who let the LLM write the posts without a human check stage...

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 16d

I’m no fancy politics guy, but i’d say any country where you can’t put a man in prison for accepting a literal bag full of cash in exchange for favors from the government is not, in fact, a functioning state.

Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 17d

it was literally in a bag

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...

Tom Homan, who was later named President Trump’s border czar, was recorded in September 2024 accepting a bag with $50,000 in cash in an undercover F.B.I. investigation, according to people familiar with the case, which was later shut down by Trump administration officials.

The cash payment, which was made inside a bag from the food chain Cava, grew out of a long-running counterintelligence investigation that had not been targeting Mr. Homan, according to the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe the case.

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sasha ↙︎↙︎↙︎ 🌹🏴 @2damntrans.bsky.social · 16d

Absolutely, but it is funny reading this in the Guardian, i.e. the paper that censored Judith Butler to appease the "gender-critical" fash.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16d

Judith Butler is being targeted by the US government. We must stand up | Joel Swanson

What is happening to Judith Butler – a Jewish intellectual – in the name of fighting ‘antisemitism’ is outrageous

www.theguardian.com

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D Franklin @dlibris.bsky.social · 17d

Amazing, that is phenomenal reading and weather timing

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 18d

Good chance of Israel being suspended from the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) this week. This move would have devastating implications for Israeli football, and would be the most significant move of cultural sanction against Israel in decades.

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helen, gender goblin @gendergoblinhelen.bsky.social · 18d

FWS are going to Brighton to do this for the same reason that Blackshirts marched through Jewish neighbourhoods in the 1930s.
Transphobes are, of course, special delicate birthday boys and girls (NOT ANYTHING ELSE NO THERE'S NOTHING ELSE) so it would be evil to say the words Cable Street.

SEEN Police Official Open Public Network @seenpoliceuk.bsky.social · 18d

‘Celebrating’ seeking our total eradication. Do we meekly look the other way.. or do we buy tickets and record every fucking word?
They’re only going to Brighton (UKs largest trans community) for triumphalist sadism and to provoke.

BTW… Susan Smith is trying to turn Europe against trans people

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Dr Jen Baker @jendeavour.bsky.social · 18d

Also, I am I the only one who thinks this sounds like *more* work?

Ernesto Priego @ernestopriego.com · 21d

Simply astonishing. Maybe Lecturer A should not have to mark over 100 essays in a two-week window in the first place? Invest in qualified staff and reduce impossible workloads FFS www.kcl.ac.uk/about/strate...

Screenshot. King's College London page. Examples of effective practice

The following scenarios follow the above guidelines and offer insights into ways that academic staff can use AI transparently and in an assistive capacity, always ensuring human oversight and judgment remain central.
Scenario A – Scaling feedback while maintaining quality

Lecturer A is responsible for marking over 100 essays within a two-week window.

Conscious of the limitations this workload places on the depth of individual feedback, they adopt a hybrid approach using their university’s approved or supported LLM tool, Copilot.

Without ever uploading student work directly, Lecturer A composes an anonymised summary for each student, noting which marking criteria were met and the approximate percentage achieved for each. They input this summary alongside the official rubric into Copilot, prompting it to generate supportive, criterion-referenced feedback. This feedback is then carefully reviewed, adapted, and personalised before being uploaded to the marking platform.

Students are made aware of this process in advance and shown a demonstration, reinforcing transparency and trust.

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D Franklin @dlibris.bsky.social · 21d

There was no way for @damianbarr.bsky.social to know about my feelings about or connection to Prospect Cottage. I don't think when he talked about it at the event my reaction was visible to him. But it as a site of queer art and beauty means a lot to me, so this postcard just has that extra layer.

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