@nigelnj.bsky.social
Applied linguist, now retired and living in Berlin. Based in Hong Kong until the communist crackdown forced me and my husband to leave. Some of my interests (apart from applied linguistics): Bach, cooking, hiking, reading, cinema.
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#Tehran- Around 9:20 PM, Saturday, January 10
Reports indicate intense, direct clashes between the people &repression forces in the 17 Shahrivar Street & Shadabad areas. The repression forces are non-Iranian and are chanting “Ya Allah, Hezbollah.”!!! @chadbourn.bsky.social
Reports indicate intense, direct clashes between the people &repression forces in the 17 Shahrivar Street & Shadabad areas. The repression forces are non-Iranian and are chanting “Ya Allah, Hezbollah.”!!! @chadbourn.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 7:22 PM
#Tehran- Around 9:20 PM, Saturday, January 10
Reports indicate intense, direct clashes between the people &repression forces in the 17 Shahrivar Street & Shadabad areas. The repression forces are non-Iranian and are chanting “Ya Allah, Hezbollah.”!!! @chadbourn.bsky.social
Reports indicate intense, direct clashes between the people &repression forces in the 17 Shahrivar Street & Shadabad areas. The repression forces are non-Iranian and are chanting “Ya Allah, Hezbollah.”!!! @chadbourn.bsky.social
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The leaders of all five Greenland political parties, including the PM, have issued a joint statement:
“We don't want to be Americans, we don't want to be Danish, we want to be Greenlanders.”
“The future of Greenland must be decided by Greenlanders… We must decide our country's future ourselves.”
“We don't want to be Americans, we don't want to be Danish, we want to be Greenlanders.”
“The future of Greenland must be decided by Greenlanders… We must decide our country's future ourselves.”
January 10, 2026 at 12:20 PM
The leaders of all five Greenland political parties, including the PM, have issued a joint statement:
“We don't want to be Americans, we don't want to be Danish, we want to be Greenlanders.”
“The future of Greenland must be decided by Greenlanders… We must decide our country's future ourselves.”
“We don't want to be Americans, we don't want to be Danish, we want to be Greenlanders.”
“The future of Greenland must be decided by Greenlanders… We must decide our country's future ourselves.”
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We've analysed this video of the shooting of Renee Nicole Good yesterday in Minneapolis frame-by-frame to highlight the positioning of the gun and phone in the ICE agent's hands.
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
January 9, 2026 at 9:26 PM
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It should be bigger news that masked agents were filmed hours ago removing potentially inculpatory evidence from the ICE shooter's house, clearly lacking evidence tags or chain of custody stickers.
Before we have word on whether he underwent a toxicology screen at the hospital following the killing
Before we have word on whether he underwent a toxicology screen at the hospital following the killing
January 9, 2026 at 9:17 PM
It should be bigger news that masked agents were filmed hours ago removing potentially inculpatory evidence from the ICE shooter's house, clearly lacking evidence tags or chain of custody stickers.
Before we have word on whether he underwent a toxicology screen at the hospital following the killing
Before we have word on whether he underwent a toxicology screen at the hospital following the killing
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Old labrador. A Honda. Soft toys in the glove compartment. Woolly hat. "I'm not mad at you." The smile. Her turning the wheel away from him, to clear the road. Three shots, two after the car was passed. His abuse after killing her.
I don't think framing her as a domestic terrorist will fly.
I don't think framing her as a domestic terrorist will fly.
January 9, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Old labrador. A Honda. Soft toys in the glove compartment. Woolly hat. "I'm not mad at you." The smile. Her turning the wheel away from him, to clear the road. Three shots, two after the car was passed. His abuse after killing her.
I don't think framing her as a domestic terrorist will fly.
I don't think framing her as a domestic terrorist will fly.
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Rep. @AOC: I understand that Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, and I do not. That is a fundamental difference between Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.
January 9, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Rep. @AOC: I understand that Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, and I do not. That is a fundamental difference between Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.
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Shahrak-e-Rahahan, District 22, #Tehran, Friday, January 9 #IranProtests
January 9, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Shahrak-e-Rahahan, District 22, #Tehran, Friday, January 9 #IranProtests
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Views of Twitter/X in Britain
Favourable 14% (3% very favourable)
Unfavourable 65% (37% very unfavourable)
By gender
Men 16-65 (-49)
Women 10-64 (-54)
By 2024 vote
Reform 23-46 (-23)
Cons 17-57 (-40)
Labour 10-76 (-66)
LibDem 6-79 (-73)
Green 5-89 (-84)
YouGov: V similar Jan 2025/Jan 2026
Favourable 14% (3% very favourable)
Unfavourable 65% (37% very unfavourable)
By gender
Men 16-65 (-49)
Women 10-64 (-54)
By 2024 vote
Reform 23-46 (-23)
Cons 17-57 (-40)
Labour 10-76 (-66)
LibDem 6-79 (-73)
Green 5-89 (-84)
YouGov: V similar Jan 2025/Jan 2026
January 9, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Views of Twitter/X in Britain
Favourable 14% (3% very favourable)
Unfavourable 65% (37% very unfavourable)
By gender
Men 16-65 (-49)
Women 10-64 (-54)
By 2024 vote
Reform 23-46 (-23)
Cons 17-57 (-40)
Labour 10-76 (-66)
LibDem 6-79 (-73)
Green 5-89 (-84)
YouGov: V similar Jan 2025/Jan 2026
Favourable 14% (3% very favourable)
Unfavourable 65% (37% very unfavourable)
By gender
Men 16-65 (-49)
Women 10-64 (-54)
By 2024 vote
Reform 23-46 (-23)
Cons 17-57 (-40)
Labour 10-76 (-66)
LibDem 6-79 (-73)
Green 5-89 (-84)
YouGov: V similar Jan 2025/Jan 2026
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Every single university in the country should be deleting or locking its accounts now. It’s negligence to be posting photos of students, faculty, or staff on the site.
Even more broadly, large organisations need to think very carefully whether they should be encouraging employees and customers to engage with them in any way on a platform where there is industrial scale production and distribution of CSAM and where the owner has shown no interest in tackling it.
The government should not only be stopping using the platform they should also be issuing urgent safeguarding advice to all institutions not to post pictures there.
January 9, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Every single university in the country should be deleting or locking its accounts now. It’s negligence to be posting photos of students, faculty, or staff on the site.
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Explicit fake images and child porn pix are now a premium feature. Perhaps that's why he called it X.
as.ft.com/r/0d3e1ecb-d...
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Elon Musk’s xAI restricts Grok after outcry over sexualised images
[FREE TO READ] Start-up limits use of image generation system to paid users following spread of deepfakes and child sex abuse material
as.ft.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Explicit fake images and child porn pix are now a premium feature. Perhaps that's why he called it X.
as.ft.com/r/0d3e1ecb-d...
as.ft.com/r/0d3e1ecb-d...
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i think standing too close to ICE is what has been getting people killed
January 9, 2026 at 6:58 AM
i think standing too close to ICE is what has been getting people killed
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The shooting dead of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis is the fault of Trump, Noem, and the bullshit conspiratorial ecosystem they’ve built around themselves
✏️ @jamesrball.com
✏️ @jamesrball.com
ICE are now murdering people in the street
The shooting dead of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis is the fault of Trump, Noem, and the bullshit conspiratorial ecosystem they’ve built around themselves
www.thenewworld.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 9:15 AM
The shooting dead of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis is the fault of Trump, Noem, and the bullshit conspiratorial ecosystem they’ve built around themselves
✏️ @jamesrball.com
✏️ @jamesrball.com
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Meanwhile, on X a US Congresswoman is calling for full sanctions against the UK in case of further action against X.
Although I estimate both the UK outright banning X and full US sanctions as unlikely, this shows how the mood even towards the 'special relationship' closest ally is changing.
Although I estimate both the UK outright banning X and full US sanctions as unlikely, this shows how the mood even towards the 'special relationship' closest ally is changing.
January 9, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Meanwhile, on X a US Congresswoman is calling for full sanctions against the UK in case of further action against X.
Although I estimate both the UK outright banning X and full US sanctions as unlikely, this shows how the mood even towards the 'special relationship' closest ally is changing.
Although I estimate both the UK outright banning X and full US sanctions as unlikely, this shows how the mood even towards the 'special relationship' closest ally is changing.
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An official from Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis told MPR News that armed U.S. Border Patrol goons came onto school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people; they handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders.
January 8, 2026 at 11:32 AM
An official from Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis told MPR News that armed U.S. Border Patrol goons came onto school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people; they handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders.
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A Republican elected official proudly declaring he has no problem with agents of the state shooting unarmed citizens in the face if they annoy the regime.
It is impossible to make democracy work with a party that not only tolerates people like this, but elevates them to positions of influence.
It is impossible to make democracy work with a party that not only tolerates people like this, but elevates them to positions of influence.
Rep. Randy Fine: "If you impede the actions of our law enforcement as they seek to repel foreign invaders from our country, you get what's coming to you. I do not feel bad for the woman that was involved."
January 8, 2026 at 7:30 PM
A Republican elected official proudly declaring he has no problem with agents of the state shooting unarmed citizens in the face if they annoy the regime.
It is impossible to make democracy work with a party that not only tolerates people like this, but elevates them to positions of influence.
It is impossible to make democracy work with a party that not only tolerates people like this, but elevates them to positions of influence.
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Briefly forgotten just how much I loved and miss Benjamin Zephaniah - and now just a little ashamed I didn’t even know his poem ‘I love this country enough to tell the truth’. So thanks to @zackpolanski.bsky.social for reenergising his wonderfully uplifting words.
January 8, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Briefly forgotten just how much I loved and miss Benjamin Zephaniah - and now just a little ashamed I didn’t even know his poem ‘I love this country enough to tell the truth’. So thanks to @zackpolanski.bsky.social for reenergising his wonderfully uplifting words.
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I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
January 8, 2026 at 12:31 PM
I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
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The government should not only be stopping using the platform they should also be issuing urgent safeguarding advice to all institutions not to post pictures there.
I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
January 8, 2026 at 1:51 PM
The government should not only be stopping using the platform they should also be issuing urgent safeguarding advice to all institutions not to post pictures there.
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I have not personally used X/Twitter for some time now. It was already an unpleasant place prior to its takeover by Elon Musk but since his acceptance of hate speech and anonymous online abusers, it has become utterly unusable.
January 8, 2026 at 12:31 PM
I have not personally used X/Twitter for some time now. It was already an unpleasant place prior to its takeover by Elon Musk but since his acceptance of hate speech and anonymous online abusers, it has become utterly unusable.
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"There's little chance of Brussels allowing the UK to ‘cherry pick’ access to the single market sector-by-sector, in the manner Starmer laid out."
@jreland.bsky.social argues that freedom of movement and financial contributions remain key barriers to closer UK-EU ties
ukandeu.ac.uk/new-year-sam...
@jreland.bsky.social argues that freedom of movement and financial contributions remain key barriers to closer UK-EU ties
ukandeu.ac.uk/new-year-sam...
New year, same old Brexit trade-offs - UK in a changing Europe
Joël Reland argues that while the UK has indicated that it is keen to align more closely with the EU, the inherent tradeoffs remain the same as the EU will not allow the UK to 'cherry pick' further ac...
ukandeu.ac.uk
January 8, 2026 at 12:14 PM
"There's little chance of Brussels allowing the UK to ‘cherry pick’ access to the single market sector-by-sector, in the manner Starmer laid out."
@jreland.bsky.social argues that freedom of movement and financial contributions remain key barriers to closer UK-EU ties
ukandeu.ac.uk/new-year-sam...
@jreland.bsky.social argues that freedom of movement and financial contributions remain key barriers to closer UK-EU ties
ukandeu.ac.uk/new-year-sam...
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Weirdly I never have to explain to my ideological allies that racism is bad.
January 8, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Weirdly I never have to explain to my ideological allies that racism is bad.
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News report
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Woman in Minnesota fatally shot by ICE agent during raid, video shows
Mayor says ICE claims incident was self-defense are not true, and tells agency to ‘get the fuck out of Minneapolis’
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:00 PM
News report
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Mayor Jacob Frey: “To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”
January 7, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Mayor Jacob Frey: “To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”
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NEWS: In a heartbreaking video, after ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, a woman who was in the same SUV cries out: “They killed my wife. I don’t know what to do."
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting
“They killed my wife,” the distraught woman says, adding, “They shot her in the head.”
www.advocate.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:55 PM
NEWS: In a heartbreaking video, after ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, a woman who was in the same SUV cries out: “They killed my wife. I don’t know what to do."
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...