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James Murphy @jamespmurphy.bsky.social · 3d

First, they came for the puppies, but I did not speak up.

Masked, shadowy ICE officer points gun towards camera.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3d

1/2 Torturers also say this.
2/2 Different point. By this logic Vance himself should stop complaining all the time. Everything has been handed to him, and yet he’s a grievance machine.

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 4d

Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.

Tweet from the VP:
Joy Reid has had such a good life in this country. It's been
overwhelmingly kind and gracious to her. She is far wealthier than most.
Yet she oozes with contempt.
My honest, non-trolling advice to Joy Reid is that you'd be a much
happier person if you showed a little gratitude

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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 4d

This just a few weeks after many of Robinson’s supporters were doing Nazi salutes and shouting Nazi slogans at his march in London. Absolutely insane stuff.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 5d

This Israeli government decision to host Tommy Robinson will widen the growing gulf between the Netanyahu government and the British public, including the broad majority of Jews in Britain (3/4 of whom dsapproved of Netanyahu, before this new link to this anti-Muslim racist UK far right convict).

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 4d

Big "Hurrah for the blackshirts!" moment for the Express.

Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 4d

Batshit.

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James Murphy @jamespmurphy.bsky.social · 4d

Tonight in #WestCork

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The Onion @theonion.com · 6d

Trump Asks JD Vance To Research Whether President Allowed To Kill Vice President https://theonion.com/trump-asks-jd-vance-to-research-whether-president-allowed-to-kill-vice-president/

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 7d

Farage, Trump, Musk: your boy Javier Milei just took one hell of a beating. Why so quiet? | Aditya Chakrabortty www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Farage, Trump, Musk: your boy Javier Milei just took one hell of a beating. Why so quiet? | Aditya Chakrabortty

The wild politics and chainsaw made Argentina’s president an economic hero for the right. And now, with his nation’s finances in chaos: silence, writes Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 8d

Can someone ask Farage or Zia Yusuf why, if they're so concerned about incitement to violence, they had Lucy Connolly as a guest star at their conference?

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James Murphy @jamespmurphy.bsky.social · 8d

Having looked at the Daily Mail, we can see that Farage and media allies saw this day coming and had their lines prepared.
Which does not make any of them true or even reasonable opinions.
Good to see them being called out, but this needs to be sustained for *years* if necessary.

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 8d

If Farage doesn't hate modern Britain, then perhaps someone could provide one single good thing he's ever said about it.

James Murphy @jamespmurphy.bsky.social · 9d

Lovely piece

Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 9d

😮 “There are dozens, possibly hundreds, of different sorts of galls on oak trees. In Britain alone, more than 70 species of gall wasps are responsible, and each one creates a distinct structure.”

The secret lives of oak gall wasps

Oak trees and gall wasps have a marvellous secret symbiotic relationship

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James Murphy @jamespmurphy.bsky.social · 9d

Most ironic name for an animal. Nothing sweet about a honey badger! But he has a thick skin, can metabolise snake bites and ignore thousands of stings. Hope you do too.

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James Murphy @jamespmurphy.bsky.social · 11d

Brilliant 😊

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Rosie Holt @rosieisaholt.bsky.social · 13d

Reform MP backs up Nigel Farage claims that migrants are coming for your birds.

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 14d

I don’t love the “feud” framing, as much as I do appreciate the mayor standing up to Trump. Sadiq Khan is not feuding with anyone. He was the target of a vicious, racist attack and is standing up for himself and others.

Sky News @news.sky.com · 14d

Donald Trump is 'racist, sexist and Islamophobic', says Sadiq Khan amid feud with US president

Sadiq Khan has branded Donald Trump "racist, sexist, misogynistic" and "Islamophobic" following the US president's latest attack on London.

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partyfavour.bsky.social @partyfavour.bsky.social · 14d

Thalidomide was not approved by the FDA. In the UK, the Thalidomide debacle led to the creation of the medicines act and setting of standards for evidence and review of risks and benefits of medicines. The case he's citing is exactly why experts approve drugs, not politicians and journalists.

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James Murphy @jamespmurphy.bsky.social · 16d

Happy equinox to all who take pleasure in tracking the earth’s movement through space and time!

James Murphy @jamespmurphy.bsky.social · 16d

It’s like he’s always speaking to Homer Simpson.

James Murphy @jamespmurphy.bsky.social · 16d

I suspect it’s more to head off Tommy Robinson chewing into their more extreme supporters, or possibly just to show potential American backers that they are the right sort of immigration hawks.

James Murphy @jamespmurphy.bsky.social · 16d

I think we may find that the media commitment to Reform, immigration hatred and the rehabilitation of Tommy Robinson intensified significantly after J D Vance ‘visited the Cotswolds’.

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 16d

For 56 minutes Sky News and BBC News interrupted everything else and carried a Reform UK feed live, uninterrupted, unchallenged. The stream spluttered, froze, pixelated - dozens of times - still they stuck with it. FOR ONE HOUR.

This is an editorial choice. No other party gets this coverage. ~AA

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James Murphy @jamespmurphy.bsky.social · 17d

Tthis is well wirth your time if youre leading change in a turnaround school. Advice and intentions won’t cut it - you have to prove over and over to everyone that you’re serious. substack.com/@ebithomasj/...

Fixing the Plane while it’s in the Air (2)

On the compelling mission

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James Murphy @jamespmurphy.bsky.social · 19d

Grafters make the difference!

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Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · 19d

I love this- something positive from my son @samfr.bsky.social , talking with the new director of the @theifs.bsky.social , a long-term colleague of mine, @helenmiller.bsky.social !

The Institute for Fiscal Studies @theifs.bsky.social · 20d

'I'm more worried about the adults than the kids'

@samfr.bsky.social joins us on the final episode of our 'Are the kids ok?' podcast series to give a more optimistic assessment of the state of education in the UK.

🎧 Listen here: ifs.org.uk/articles/are...