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Steven Keevil

@stevenkeevil.bsky.social

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Steven Keevil @stevenkeevil.bsky.social · Aug 12

Was a personal highlight this weekend on @kentcurrent.news after I had the pleasure to interview @davemckean.bsky.social creator of the great graphic novel Cages and a film favourite Mirromask.

www.kentcurrent.news/p/i-was-inte...

“I was interested in creativity, it is my God as it were”

What we asked Dave McKean, comic creator, artist, musician and filmmaker

www.kentcurrent.news

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Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 7h

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 8h

It's properly unconscionable that the Home Office has created this situation. It should never have been allowed to happen and once it did happen it should have been immediately reversed.

The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 8h

🚨BREAKING: The metropolitan police
arrest a man for carrying a copy of our magazine. This is a threat to both journalism and freedom to protest

Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 15h

Watch | A man was arrested in London for holding up The New World magazine, featuring the "sign of the times" with the words:

"I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action"

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 1d

I love how Russell T Davies always uses his platform to fight for progress - I hate how it is always so necessary

nicola @gleanniucha.bsky.social · 1d

Please, if good television matters to you, repost or repackage this video until everyone you follow has seen it

#televisionmatters

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Kent Current @kentcurrent.news · 23h

In our new weekly briefing this week:

🤬 Kent county councillor calls resident a 'f@?kwit' in testy exchange.
💷 KCC hits financial reality
🌳 Could Kent MP be the next Tory leader?
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Conspiracies and far-right rhetoric in Faversham and Ramsgate
🗞️ News in brief
🎟️ The week ahead

A quiet test of the rules at County Hall

Plus KCC hits financial reality, could a Kent MP be the next Tory leader, an lots more

www.kentcurrent.news

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 3d

Political reporters continue to cover the centre-left according to the old standards of honesty and legality while shrugging at the right: "Ah well, you know what these guys are like. What can you do?"

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 3d

Here is a thing that I hear from *almost every British Jew I know* but have barely heard expressed in any of these programmes: No single person has done more to make Jewish people globally less safe than Benjamin Netanyahu.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 4d

The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session.

Want to know why?

Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.

Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.

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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 5d

Harrietsham Lenham & North Downs (Maidstone) Council By-Election Result:

➡️ RFM: 50.4% (+38.8)
🌍 GRN: 18.8% (New)
🌳 CON: 14.0% (-2.6)
🔶 LDM: 9.7% (New)
🏰 HER: 4.0% (New)
🙋 Ind: 3.0% (New)

No Ind (-57.8) or LAB (-13.9) as previous.

Reform GAIN x3 from Independent.
Changes w/ 2024.

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Steven Keevil @stevenkeevil.bsky.social · 5d

Megalopolis

Steven Keevil @stevenkeevil.bsky.social · 7d

Can highly recommend Melissa’s recommendations

Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 7d

It's #buyastrangerabook day.

Now then, if you'd like a book, but aren't quite sure what, just let
@melissaschuh.bsky.social know the kinda stuff you like reading.

Melissa will then reply with a choice of four books.

You can choose your favourite & Melissa will pay for it!

Get in touch.

UK only

Dr. Melissa Schuh @melissaschuh.bsky.social · 7d

🤗

Personalised recommendations are my thing, so don’t forget to mention what kinds of things you like to read and I’ll suggest accordingly 📚

@biggreenbooks.bsky.social

Steven Keevil @stevenkeevil.bsky.social · 7d

Hi
Could I get Carl’s Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 2)?

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Journalism.co.uk @journalismnews.bsky.social · 8d

Spotting advocacy disguised as research: A field guide: How to recognise when 'report' is really a media campaign and what to ask before you publish

Spotting advocacy disguised as research: A field guide

How to recognise when 'report' is really a media campaign and what to ask before you publish

dlvr.it

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12d

And a SECOND win in the night!!!

Huge congratulations to @ashfordgreenparty.bsky.social for their successful win.

Great to see Greens winning right across England and Wales.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12d

🎉 GREEN BYELECTION WIN!

💚 Delighted we just won this seat in Manchester.

🙌🏼 Huge congratulations to brand new councillor Zoe Marlow and the whole team.

👉🏼 Join.greenparty.org.uk

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 23d

Great to visit Woodhouse Park, Manchester!

A crowd this big for a local council byelection is incredible!

We’re seeing this energy right across England & Wales as @greenparty.org.uk grows fast.

Be part of it:
👉 join.greenparty.org.uk

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 15d

What on Earth is this? An "in depth" BBC article about free speech in the UK that only cites examples of right-wing/ 'anti-woke' speech being suppressed. How can you mention Lucy Connolly but completely ignore Palestine Action / Just Stop Oil? Gob-smacking. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

How the simmering UK freedom of speech row reached boiling point

How did we reach a point where the UK is being compared to a 'tin pot Third World dictatorship'?

www.bbc.co.uk

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Micah @rincewind.run · 16d

we have gone from a world in which we were told not to cite wikipedia because it was unreliable to a world where wikipedia might be the only reliable source left on the internet and we all owe a lot to the pedantic nerds who got us there

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 16d

for all people mock it wikipedia is genuinely one of the wonders of the modern world

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Steven Keevil @stevenkeevil.bsky.social · 20d

Bravo. Will have a deep think so what I can come up with. 🧐

Steven Keevil @stevenkeevil.bsky.social · 20d

How about Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree?

Steven Keevil @stevenkeevil.bsky.social · 20d

All happening at Kent County Council

Steven Keevil @stevenkeevil.bsky.social · 20d

Great choice. Hope you enjoy.

Steven Keevil @stevenkeevil.bsky.social · 20d

Hi have PayPal this to you.

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Steven Keevil @stevenkeevil.bsky.social · 20d

Have you read Godkiller by Hannah Kaner?

Steven Keevil @stevenkeevil.bsky.social · 20d

Hi Dips
Any of these take your fancy?

Steven Keevil @stevenkeevil.bsky.social · 20d

Challenge accepted. Suggestions coming soon

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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 21d

We all need to Make Racism Wrong Again.

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Steven Keevil @stevenkeevil.bsky.social · 21d

Anybody want a free book?!

Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 21d

Here's another #buyastrangerabook day offer.

If you let @stevenkeevil.bsky.social know what kind of books you enjoy, Steve will make a few suggestions and buy you the one you like the sound of best!

So, get in touch.

UK only

Steven Keevil @stevenkeevil.bsky.social · 21d

Hi @biggreenbooks.bsky.social
Let’s pay it forward
Get somebody to tell me what they like
I will make suggestions
Etc

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