Jane Thackel
@janethackel.bsky.social
Lives in Scotland, grew up in Michigan. Alpha Wolf to Ziva David (border terrier, not Mossad), foster Alpha to Ember until she grows up to be a Hearing Dog. Left wing politically. 40 yr career in higher ed. Puts two spaces after a full stop/period.
And me.
Others have noted that this means foreign-born people are LESS likely than UK-born people to be in prison. What I want to note is that The Times is now referring to foreign-born UK citizens as ‘foreigners’. This includes Boris Johnson, Sir Mo Farah, Emma Watson, Rory Stewart and little old me.
August 1, 2025 at 9:02 AM
And me.
Afghan-wise, this is what we should be talking about: "The super-injunction had been lifted by a judge in May 2024, the day before Rishi Sunak called the general election, but the then-Conservative government successfully appealed that decision." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
July 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Afghan-wise, this is what we should be talking about: "The super-injunction had been lifted by a judge in May 2024, the day before Rishi Sunak called the general election, but the then-Conservative government successfully appealed that decision." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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We can't let them silence us. Be loud. Be relentless.
July 9, 2025 at 6:21 AM
We can't let them silence us. Be loud. Be relentless.
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ICE is going to get someone killed.
This was outside 100 Montgomery in SF’s Financial District.
If you needed proof these rookie hires aren’t trained, here it is. Real feds de-escalate. They call for backup. They don’t drag people down the street w/a car.
Hope everyone’s OK.
(Multi-angle footage)
This was outside 100 Montgomery in SF’s Financial District.
If you needed proof these rookie hires aren’t trained, here it is. Real feds de-escalate. They call for backup. They don’t drag people down the street w/a car.
Hope everyone’s OK.
(Multi-angle footage)
July 9, 2025 at 2:10 AM
ICE is going to get someone killed.
This was outside 100 Montgomery in SF’s Financial District.
If you needed proof these rookie hires aren’t trained, here it is. Real feds de-escalate. They call for backup. They don’t drag people down the street w/a car.
Hope everyone’s OK.
(Multi-angle footage)
This was outside 100 Montgomery in SF’s Financial District.
If you needed proof these rookie hires aren’t trained, here it is. Real feds de-escalate. They call for backup. They don’t drag people down the street w/a car.
Hope everyone’s OK.
(Multi-angle footage)
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Much as I would not dare to predict the consequences of this war, I do think we can summarize it thusly so far:
A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.
A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.
June 22, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Much as I would not dare to predict the consequences of this war, I do think we can summarize it thusly so far:
A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.
A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.
US ex-pat, living in the UK. Just got a STEP security alert: "The conflict between Israel and Iran has resulted in disruptions to travel and periodic closure of airspace across the Middle East." Funny, no mention of the US's part in the 'conflict'.
June 22, 2025 at 8:59 PM
US ex-pat, living in the UK. Just got a STEP security alert: "The conflict between Israel and Iran has resulted in disruptions to travel and periodic closure of airspace across the Middle East." Funny, no mention of the US's part in the 'conflict'.
From FB, can't find him on here.
June 20, 2025 at 9:51 AM
From FB, can't find him on here.
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Sure Start centres saved UK government £2 for every £1 spent, study finds
New Labour initiative created ‘remarkably long-lasting’ health and education improvements, says report
and the Tories destroyed them
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
New Labour initiative created ‘remarkably long-lasting’ health and education improvements, says report
and the Tories destroyed them
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Sure Start centres saved UK government £2 for every £1 spent, study finds
New Labour initiative created ‘remarkably long-lasting’ health and education improvements, says report
www.theguardian.com
May 22, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Sure Start centres saved UK government £2 for every £1 spent, study finds
New Labour initiative created ‘remarkably long-lasting’ health and education improvements, says report
and the Tories destroyed them
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
New Labour initiative created ‘remarkably long-lasting’ health and education improvements, says report
and the Tories destroyed them
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Hey Bluesky
I'm a fiction editor at BBUK. Currently looking for more
🏴 writers and stories from Scotland
❤️ romance (spicy and sweet)
💃 women's fiction
🏰 historical fiction
🕵♀️ mysteries and clever thrillers
Send me your submissions!
I'm a fiction editor at BBUK. Currently looking for more
🏴 writers and stories from Scotland
❤️ romance (spicy and sweet)
💃 women's fiction
🏰 historical fiction
🕵♀️ mysteries and clever thrillers
Send me your submissions!
May 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Hey Bluesky
I'm a fiction editor at BBUK. Currently looking for more
🏴 writers and stories from Scotland
❤️ romance (spicy and sweet)
💃 women's fiction
🏰 historical fiction
🕵♀️ mysteries and clever thrillers
Send me your submissions!
I'm a fiction editor at BBUK. Currently looking for more
🏴 writers and stories from Scotland
❤️ romance (spicy and sweet)
💃 women's fiction
🏰 historical fiction
🕵♀️ mysteries and clever thrillers
Send me your submissions!
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Hard to fathom that the legacy of 14 years could stretch beyond 10 months.
I think it should not be beyond the wit of the BBC to employ a chief political correspondent with object permanence.
May 22, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Hard to fathom that the legacy of 14 years could stretch beyond 10 months.
Lost again eh Felon47?
May 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Lost again eh Felon47?
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Given that most, if not all MAGA merch is made in China, I'll be really curious to see what happens to their pricing and availability 😁
May 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Given that most, if not all MAGA merch is made in China, I'll be really curious to see what happens to their pricing and availability 😁
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Florida: Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez (20) is being held in the Leon County Jail, charged with illegally entering Florida as an “unauthorized alien."
Lopez-Gomez is a U.S. Citizen, born in the USA. He showed his U.S. birth certificate in court. The judge held him in jail anyway.
This is Fascism.
Lopez-Gomez is a U.S. Citizen, born in the USA. He showed his U.S. birth certificate in court. The judge held him in jail anyway.
This is Fascism.
April 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Florida: Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez (20) is being held in the Leon County Jail, charged with illegally entering Florida as an “unauthorized alien."
Lopez-Gomez is a U.S. Citizen, born in the USA. He showed his U.S. birth certificate in court. The judge held him in jail anyway.
This is Fascism.
Lopez-Gomez is a U.S. Citizen, born in the USA. He showed his U.S. birth certificate in court. The judge held him in jail anyway.
This is Fascism.
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You saw the video of the ICE agent breaking a car window near the border, right? He wasn’t an ICE agent. He’s the founder of Veterans on Patrol, a FAR-RIGHT MILITIA patrolling the border for migrants. They’re basically deputizing militias to act as federal agents. This is dangerously out of control
April 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
You saw the video of the ICE agent breaking a car window near the border, right? He wasn’t an ICE agent. He’s the founder of Veterans on Patrol, a FAR-RIGHT MILITIA patrolling the border for migrants. They’re basically deputizing militias to act as federal agents. This is dangerously out of control
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"nobody in Europe is even casually implying they will invade other countries.There is no Brussels quip about turning an unwilling neighbour into “our 28th state” (on the contrary, many of the eu’s neighbours are desperate to join the club)"
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
Top Charlemagne column
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
Top Charlemagne column
The thing about Europe: it’s the actual land of the free now
Europe’s very real problems don’t look so bad by comparison
www.economist.com
April 15, 2025 at 7:11 AM
"nobody in Europe is even casually implying they will invade other countries.There is no Brussels quip about turning an unwilling neighbour into “our 28th state” (on the contrary, many of the eu’s neighbours are desperate to join the club)"
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
Top Charlemagne column
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
Top Charlemagne column
Don't throw away your shot.
This. Write your name in the history books on the right side of the ledger.
Four R senators and four R House members could announce they're caucusing with the Dems for now, and will vote for Schumer for Majority Leader and Jeffries for Speaker, because the threat to the rule of law is dire. Meanwhile, they'll work with Democrats to construct guardrails against dictatorship.
April 15, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Don't throw away your shot.
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I don’t think a better headline could have been written about what happened yesterday.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
April 15, 2025 at 5:48 AM
I don’t think a better headline could have been written about what happened yesterday.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
I wish @umich.edu had the same integrity.
After faculty files lawsuit & under public pressure from leaders & community, Harvard will NOT comply with Trump’s unconstitutional nonsense www.thecrimson.com/thread/2025/...
Garber’s letter to Harvard
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25... beyond long overdue—but nonetheless better than never!
Garber’s letter to Harvard
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25... beyond long overdue—but nonetheless better than never!
Harvard Will Not Comply With a List of Trump Administration Demands
Federal officials said Harvard must enact “merit-based reform” in hiring and admissions and report international students who broke rules, among other steps. Harvard called the demands unlawful.
flip.it
April 15, 2025 at 7:41 AM
I wish @umich.edu had the same integrity.
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By the time major media agree that it's a dictatorship, it will be so far along that they'll be afraid to call it a dictatorship.
April 14, 2025 at 7:52 PM
By the time major media agree that it's a dictatorship, it will be so far along that they'll be afraid to call it a dictatorship.
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Every retailer in America should display the original price of an item along with the new tariffed price.
Let it sink in for the slowest in the herd.
Tariffs are a tax.
You're paying for them.
Let it sink in for the slowest in the herd.
Tariffs are a tax.
You're paying for them.
March 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Every retailer in America should display the original price of an item along with the new tariffed price.
Let it sink in for the slowest in the herd.
Tariffs are a tax.
You're paying for them.
Let it sink in for the slowest in the herd.
Tariffs are a tax.
You're paying for them.
Mind you, that’s how most Reform voters were created.
March 30, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Republicans are acting scared.
Why? Because the American people are speaking up and showing out. Don’t stop.
Why? Because the American people are speaking up and showing out. Don’t stop.
March 30, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Republicans are acting scared.
Why? Because the American people are speaking up and showing out. Don’t stop.
Why? Because the American people are speaking up and showing out. Don’t stop.