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Jenny Linford @jennylinford.bsky.social · 22h

That's how I think of it. And the giant kitten. 🐾

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 1d

America is in crisis.

So it's a small relief that the rest of the world is actually getting remarkable stuff done with energy. We just passed a huge milestone globally!

Now back to work on America.
billmckibben.substack.com/p/something-...

Something extraordinary just happened

But of course there's a but. Or two.

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 1d

Can’t believe I have to say this, but in Minnesota you will continue to have the freedom to get your COVID and flu shots.

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 1d

October 8, 2025

Yesterday, journalists observed members of the Texas National Guard at a U.S.

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Jenny Linford @jennylinford.bsky.social · 1d

I never did either.

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Jenny Linford @jennylinford.bsky.social · 1d

My thoughts exactly!

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 1d

Banned by Reform Party, Conservative Party, sanctioned by the Russian Government six times - what is @bylinetimes.bsky.social doing right?

Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 1d

Second Byline Times Journalist From Conference

Veteran award-winning investigative journalist @davidhencke has attended the Conservative Party conference since 1987, but is now hundreds of pounds out of pocket after being blocked from attending

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/08/c...

Conservatives Accused of ‘Trumpian’ Tactics After Barring Second Byline Times Journalist From Conference

Veteran award-winning investigative journalist David Hencke has attended Conservative party conference since 1987 but is now hundreds of pounds out of pocket after being blocked from attending

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Jenny Linford @jennylinford.bsky.social · 1d

Happy 60th anniversary to the Post Office Tower, aka BT Tower, a much-loved London landmark!

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Jenny Linford @jennylinford.bsky.social · 2d

Great piece - said so much that needed saying. Thank you.

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Jenny Linford @jennylinford.bsky.social · 2d

'I mean, some of the non-white people he saw could have included my family. We’ve been shopping . . . in Handsworth . . . Would he argue that we are not integrated . . . Even though I stood in the same room as him as we sang Jerusalem at the end of each term at school?' @sathnam.bsky.social

Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 2d

I've responded to Robert Jenrick's vile comments in @thetimes.com

www.thetimes.com/life-style/c...

I sang Jerusalem with Robert Jenrick at school — he’s wrong about race

The Conservative MP has complained that, visiting Handsworth in Birmingham, he didn’t see ‘another white face’. You can’t judge whether someone is integrated by skin colour, argues fellow Wulfrunian S...

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 2d

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 2d

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 3d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 2d

I will die on this hill.

As someone who grew up with and continues to know a lot of fundamentalists: state-funded faith schools are the *only way* to make sure that children growing up in religious extremism are receiving an education that broadly accords with modern life and values.

Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 2d

Am wondering if all of those suddenly deciding they’re against communities living “parallel lives” might reconsider their support of religious schools? Or indeed private ones?

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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 2d

happy bday the iconic Desmond Tutu, b.1931

"Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness".

"We are all connected. What unites us is our common humanity"

“Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.”

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 2d

Apparently, this was "nothing to do with skin colour". Robert Jenrick just likes "mixed communities". Which is why he has also criticised very white neighbourhoods or towns and villages up and down the UK, umm... <checks notes> never.

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 2d

Wow. Robert Jenrick doubles down by branding a black journalist's questions "ridiculous" and saying that the problem is not his comments, but "journalists like you who pop up and try to knock me down", adding that "this is the reason why terrorist attacks happen". ~AA

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.

This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.

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Jenny Linford @jennylinford.bsky.social · 3d

Given the most beautiful, fragrant quince by a friend of mine. Quince jelly ahoy!

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Jenny Linford @jennylinford.bsky.social · 3d

Interesting! @fibeckett.bsky.social

Fiona Beckett @fibeckett.bsky.social · 3d

You might not think of pairing full-bodied Aussie reds with Chinese food but you should! www.matchingfoodandwine.com/news/match_o... #matchoftheweek

Australian icon reds and Chinese food

You might think aromatic white wines like riesling are the best pairings for Chinese food but there are many dishes that could take a full-bodied red.

www.matchingfoodandwine.com

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4d

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 4d

October 5, 2025

On Friday the Minnesota Star Tribune reported a conversation on the messaging app Signal between one of Stephen Miller’s top deputies, Anthony Salisbury, and a senior advisor to Secretary of Defense P...

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 5d

if you are wondering, this weekend is a great time to send a short loving message to Jewish friends. just to say 'thinking of you'.

I have certainly noticed that the most fundamentalist right wing people I know are reaching out.

Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 6d

took a break from blocking people on social media to write a post about some places in Jewish London that I love:
open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...

just because you know. it is nice to think about some lovely parts of my culture and heritage.

Jewish London: a celebration in 13 places

a very non-impartial, non-comprehensive guide to some stuff I like

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Jenny Linford @jennylinford.bsky.social · 4d

#FlowerReport Cheerful sunflowers on the balcony of Fitzrovia townhouse, London

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Prof Caroline Mala Corbin @carolinemalacorbin.bsky.social · 5d

h/t jonathan zasloff

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John Vaillant @johnvaillant.bsky.social · 5d

Individual rooftop installations are too small to be systematically attacked. That’s why there’s been a huge boom in small-scale #solar across Ukraine.
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Ukrainians find new energy sources to beat blackouts as winter arrives

In Kyiv, daily blackouts of eight hours are common.

www.reuters.com

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