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Dee
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Trying to write a good sentence. Often found lost in a story.
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robinince.bsky.social
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career. I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters. Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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sushantsingh.bsky.social
The crisis, with JioStar threatening to pull out of ICC's Indian media rights, is not rooted in Indians suddenly falling out of love with cricket. Rather, it exposes fundamental fault lines in India’s economy, governance, and the manner in which concentrated power shapes global cricket.

My piece.
India Sneezes, World Catches Cold
SS on the JioStar fiasco
www.cricketetal.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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jarrodkimber.bsky.social
Send that Smith catch straight to the pool room. Diving behind your keeper’s arse against seam is an obscene effort.
December 7, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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icelandcricket.bsky.social
We checked the data and since 2011, England have won 0 and lost 14 Tests in Australia, which is likely to become 15 tomorrow. 0-15 is literally more like a tennis score.

We are still yet to lose in Australia!
December 6, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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jonathanliew.bsky.social
the day one declaration is going to rattle me so hard
December 4, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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seamussaid.bsky.social
Her: do you like The Beatles?
Me: Ellen or Rigby is my favorite song
November 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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katelechler.bsky.social
It’s my birthday! Follow my bloggy newslettery thing! If you feel like it!!!
November 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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culturecrave.co
German court rules that OpenAI violated copyright laws by training ChatGPT on music 🎵

• May set precedent for Europe AI copyright uses

• OpenAI disagrees & can appeal

"The internet is not a self-service store, and human creative achievements are not free templates"

— German Music Rights Society
November 12, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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gregoryaight.bsky.social
Folks, this is a good-ass piece of writing.
juliusgoat.bsky.social A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · Nov 9
Today I wrote about Zohran Mamdani's historic win, the energizing power of holding to shared principles of decency, and a taxonomy of the endlessly intertwined relationship between shame and vision. www.the-reframe.com/the-extraord...
The Extraordinary Power of Standing For Something
Winning by creating vision in the positive space of shared standards, and expertly negotiating the negative space of shame.
www.the-reframe.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
Richard Aldington's Epilogue to Death of a Hero.

Always worth revisiting on Remembrance Sunday.
Eleven years after the fall of Troy, We, the old men - some of us nearly forty Met and talked on the sunny rampart Over our wine, while the lizards scuttled In dusty grass, and the crickets chirred. Some bared their wounds; Some spoke of the thirst, dry in the throat, And the heart-beat, in the din of battle; Some spoke of intolerable sufferings. The brightness gone from their eyes And the grey already thick in their hair. And I sat a little apart from the garrulous talk and old memories, And I heard a boy of twenty Say petulantly to a girl, seizing her arm: "Oh, come away, why do you stand there Listening open-mouthed to the talk of old men? Haven't you heard enough of Troy and Achilles? Why should they bore us for ever With an old quarrel and the names of dead men We never knew, and dull forgotten battles?" And he drew her away, And she looked back and laughed As he spoke more contempt of us, Being now out of hearing, And I thought of the graves by desolate Troy And the beauty of many young men now dust, And the long agony, and how useless it all was. And the talk still clashed about me Like the meeting of blade and blade. And as they two moved further away He put an arm about her, and kissed her; And afterwards I heard their gay distant laughter. And I looked at the hollow cheeks And the weary eyes and the grey- streaked heads of the old men -nearly forty- about me; And I too walked away In an agony of helpless grief and pity. (Richard Aldington, 1929)
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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iandunt.bsky.social
Matchbox 20. I like them. I have kept this opinion secret for nearly 30 years but I am going to embrace my truth. They just came on the Spotify and my heart nearly burst with joy. I don't care that it sounds like the soundtrack to Dawson's Creek.
September 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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jackboot.bsky.social
The secret to my coffee? It's my special blend. Water and instant coffee.
September 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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mattzollerseitz.bsky.social
"Fascism is a temper tantrum disguised as an ideology" is a great line
garethwatkins.bsky.social Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · Sep 19
Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.
September 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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tante.cc
What Klein is saying (in a perfectly overproduced video) is that he does not give a shit about anything. Nothing "means" anything. Politics is just a content trigger to write a column. Because he's reached a level of wealth and comfort where everything is just abstract fun. Like a board game.
ezrakleinbot.bsky.social Ezra Klein @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social · Sep 17
"Much of what I would describe as Kirk's worst moments were now just standard fair MAGA Republicanism. And the leader of MAGA Republicanism is the President of the United States...we are going to have to live here with each other believing what we believe. Disagreeing in the ways we disagree."
September 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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ziibiing.com
extremely conservative christian cafe opens with a “this is home” mural

the “e” is also their logo, it is on everything
large “this is homo” mural wait the O is supposed to be an E? it does not look like an E
September 17, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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johncusack.bsky.social
He was a demagogue -
And a fascist .
September 17, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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theguardian.com
Robinson and Farage’s ‘civil war’ narrative is warping voters’ minds. How is any government supposed to counter it? | John Harris
Robinson and Farage’s ‘civil war’ narrative is warping voters’ minds. How is any government supposed to counter it? | John Harris
Whatever the reality of Britain today, our social media feeds are full of anger, violence and disorder – and that’s the reality politicians must confront, says Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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okwonga.bsky.social
This strange obsession with "unity" whenever a murder reveals the extent to which society is broken. The aim should instead be "the dignity of all humans" but that goal has long ago been abandoned as unattainable.
okwonga.bsky.social Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · Sep 12
Thoughts:

It's not debating, it's shouting over people and gaslighting them so that their frustrated reactions make you go viral.

I am also very wary of people who think we should spend more time talking people out of their bigotry than helping those directly affected by their bigotry.
September 12, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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sesmith.lol
For your consideration @erinbiba.bsky.social
August 28, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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rahulabhatia.bsky.social
Beyond the immediate peg of the government ban on online betting, M Rajshekhar goes deep into India’s online gaming industry and emerges with a story of lack of opportunity, opaque algorithms, lobbying, politics, and huge sums of money. Great journalism. m.thewire.in/article/busi...
Special | What Explains the Union Government’s U-Turn on Online Money Gaming? - The Wire
Industry officials were taken by surprise when the government pushed through a Bill banning online money gaming. But what had led to its boom in the first place, and what has it meant for ordinary Ind...
m.thewire.in
August 28, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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sansip.bsky.social
“Good writing, I came to believe, was the careful, painstaking replacement of each part of this world with a part that looked the same, but was deeper, more mysterious, richer.”

From 'Pan', Michael Clune
August 15, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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jackdashby.bsky.social
Check out this absolute mansion of an #osprey nest. Gotta wonder how many years of adding sticks this took to build. 🦅🪺
#OzBirds #birding #WildOz #Rottnest
July 23, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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daisycutterzine.bsky.social
There’s misogyny at every level of cricket, whether you’re a fan, staff, media, player, coach, anything. It’s making women unsafe. It’s making them abandon the sport they love.

If there’s no place for this in cricket, what are you going to do about it?

daisycutterzine.wordpress.com/2025/08/07/n...
“No place for misogyny in cricket”? It’s everywhere.
TW: mentions of sexual misconduct, abusive behaviour. On Wednesday morning the Cricket Regulator announced that an unnamed coach has been banned for nine months (three suspended) for “inappropriate…
daisycutterzine.wordpress.com
August 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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georgedobell.bsky.social
Here’s last night’s piece:
August 3, 2025 at 7:17 AM