Sue Cook
@suefc.bsky.social
Retired head, who’s passionate about the need to work towards securing a better future for young people and the need to tackle child abuse and poverty. NSPCC volunteer, enthusiastic gardener and cook. Also, an avid reader with wide ranging tastes in music.
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"I'm afraid there's many bad people around, but they have made scientific advances." - President of the Royal Society.
The Royal Society continues to be happy to be associated with, indeed honour Elon Musk with fellowship, despite the Grok scandal.
I will never understand this.
The Royal Society continues to be happy to be associated with, indeed honour Elon Musk with fellowship, despite the Grok scandal.
I will never understand this.
January 9, 2026 at 10:15 PM
"I'm afraid there's many bad people around, but they have made scientific advances." - President of the Royal Society.
The Royal Society continues to be happy to be associated with, indeed honour Elon Musk with fellowship, despite the Grok scandal.
I will never understand this.
The Royal Society continues to be happy to be associated with, indeed honour Elon Musk with fellowship, despite the Grok scandal.
I will never understand this.
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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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A Dutch worker went viral after explaining to their American boss that they have a life outside work.
January 5, 2026 at 11:52 AM
A Dutch worker went viral after explaining to their American boss that they have a life outside work.
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as an antidote to Paul Ovenden's despair at getting things done in govt, here is Moira Wallace's case study for @instituteforgovernment.org.uk on how the Blair govt tackled school absence. www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/... Determined govts with clear priorities can get stuff done.
Reducing school absence | Institute for Government
Learning from the last Labour government can help Keir Starmer reduce school absence.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk
January 2, 2026 at 9:33 PM
as an antidote to Paul Ovenden's despair at getting things done in govt, here is Moira Wallace's case study for @instituteforgovernment.org.uk on how the Blair govt tackled school absence. www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/... Determined govts with clear priorities can get stuff done.
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secretary breakfast gin is trying to make good on his threat against mark kelly for daring to tell servicemembers they have the right to refuse illegal orders. kelly isn’t having it. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...
January 5, 2026 at 6:08 PM
secretary breakfast gin is trying to make good on his threat against mark kelly for daring to tell servicemembers they have the right to refuse illegal orders. kelly isn’t having it. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...
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Trump Threatens Venezuela’s New Leader With a Fate Worse Than Maduro’s.
The felon demands obedience, control of mineral wealth.
He said: “We do need Greenland, absolutely”, and the US needs to maintain control over the Western Hemisphere.
The imperialism of King Donald beckons.
The felon demands obedience, control of mineral wealth.
He said: “We do need Greenland, absolutely”, and the US needs to maintain control over the Western Hemisphere.
The imperialism of King Donald beckons.
Trump Threatens Venezuela’s New Leader With a Fate Worse Than Maduro’s
The president told The Atlantic that Delcy Rodríguez needs to comply with U.S. wishes—or else.
www.theatlantic.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Trump Threatens Venezuela’s New Leader With a Fate Worse Than Maduro’s.
The felon demands obedience, control of mineral wealth.
He said: “We do need Greenland, absolutely”, and the US needs to maintain control over the Western Hemisphere.
The imperialism of King Donald beckons.
The felon demands obedience, control of mineral wealth.
He said: “We do need Greenland, absolutely”, and the US needs to maintain control over the Western Hemisphere.
The imperialism of King Donald beckons.
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The New York Times has just confirmed that 40 civilians died in President Trump's invasion.
This is the aftermath in one area
This is the aftermath in one area
January 4, 2026 at 3:56 AM
The New York Times has just confirmed that 40 civilians died in President Trump's invasion.
This is the aftermath in one area
This is the aftermath in one area
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Reform’s previous leader in Wales has just been jailed for 10 years after admitting to being a Russian asset.
December 31, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Reform’s previous leader in Wales has just been jailed for 10 years after admitting to being a Russian asset.
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Apart from anything else they were both children of immigrants from a much poorer country...
December 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Apart from anything else they were both children of immigrants from a much poorer country...
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Jo Cox was murdered before the vote by a far-right terrorist & this is the language this complete disgrace chooses to use
December 20, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Jo Cox was murdered before the vote by a far-right terrorist & this is the language this complete disgrace chooses to use
How lovely to start the run up to Christmas with a visit to Hyde Park Picture House, Headingley, to see It’s a Wonderful Life. It’s been so beautifully restored and being there brought back so many happy memories of student days. @friendsofhpph.bsky.social
December 20, 2025 at 7:28 PM
How lovely to start the run up to Christmas with a visit to Hyde Park Picture House, Headingley, to see It’s a Wonderful Life. It’s been so beautifully restored and being there brought back so many happy memories of student days. @friendsofhpph.bsky.social
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Suspect some female Tory MPs are quietly dying inside at this. When you’re so desperate to get in a bit of gratuitous foreigner-bashing that you find yourself arguing *against* preventative strategies that try to prevent sexual violence, ffs, what have you become?
Dog-whistle and factually incorrect. Ladies, raise your hand if you were sexually assaulted by a boy at school? I’d wager this or a family member is most women’s first experience of sexual violence
December 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Suspect some female Tory MPs are quietly dying inside at this. When you’re so desperate to get in a bit of gratuitous foreigner-bashing that you find yourself arguing *against* preventative strategies that try to prevent sexual violence, ffs, what have you become?
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Only as a last resort would I suggest expanding the litigation with a counter-claim. Doubles at least the time and complexity and expense and potential for things to go wrong.
Priority must be to shut down case and extract BBC from litigation, not get bogged down.
Priority must be to shut down case and extract BBC from litigation, not get bogged down.
December 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Only as a last resort would I suggest expanding the litigation with a counter-claim. Doubles at least the time and complexity and expense and potential for things to go wrong.
Priority must be to shut down case and extract BBC from litigation, not get bogged down.
Priority must be to shut down case and extract BBC from litigation, not get bogged down.
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War doesn’t just destroy buildings—it erases places where children learn, play, and grow. Bellingcat and journalists from @afp.com bureaus in Paris and Kyiv take a look at the lost spaces of youth in Ukraine. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/12...
How Russia’s Invasion is Impacting Ukraine’s Youth - bellingcat
Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion, Ukrainian educational facilities and spaces used by children have been damaged in air strikes or closed because of them.
www.bellingcat.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:14 AM
War doesn’t just destroy buildings—it erases places where children learn, play, and grow. Bellingcat and journalists from @afp.com bureaus in Paris and Kyiv take a look at the lost spaces of youth in Ukraine. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/12...
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NEW
A guided tour of President Trump's 33-page, $5 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation
How some parts are strong, some parts are weak - and why a strict legalistic analysis will not tell the whole story.
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-guided-t...
(£) at least for now
A guided tour of President Trump's 33-page, $5 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation
How some parts are strong, some parts are weak - and why a strict legalistic analysis will not tell the whole story.
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-guided-t...
(£) at least for now
A guided tour of President Trump's 33-page, $5 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation
How some parts are strong, some parts are weak - and why a strict legalistic analysis will not tell the whole story.
emptycity.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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NEW
A guided tour of President Trump's 33-page, $5 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation
How some parts are strong, some parts are weak - and why a strict legalistic analysis will not tell the whole story.
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-guided-t...
(£) at least for now
A guided tour of President Trump's 33-page, $5 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation
How some parts are strong, some parts are weak - and why a strict legalistic analysis will not tell the whole story.
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-guided-t...
(£) at least for now
A guided tour of President Trump's 33-page, $5 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation
How some parts are strong, some parts are weak - and why a strict legalistic analysis will not tell the whole story.
emptycity.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
NEW
A guided tour of President Trump's 33-page, $5 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation
How some parts are strong, some parts are weak - and why a strict legalistic analysis will not tell the whole story.
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-guided-t...
(£) at least for now
A guided tour of President Trump's 33-page, $5 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation
How some parts are strong, some parts are weak - and why a strict legalistic analysis will not tell the whole story.
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-guided-t...
(£) at least for now
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MI6 Chief gives speech. Speech may contain words that are interesting. But because MI6 Chief is a woman @telegraph.co.uk prints an article about her appearance, with no mention of the speech’s content.
December 16, 2025 at 7:48 AM
MI6 Chief gives speech. Speech may contain words that are interesting. But because MI6 Chief is a woman @telegraph.co.uk prints an article about her appearance, with no mention of the speech’s content.
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The person who helped locate the Brown shooter is an immigrant. The person in Sydney who tackled one of the shooters is Muslim. Sometimes the people who are most willing to help others are from communities that know first-hand how much hatred threatens the values we need to live together.
December 14, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The person who helped locate the Brown shooter is an immigrant. The person in Sydney who tackled one of the shooters is Muslim. Sometimes the people who are most willing to help others are from communities that know first-hand how much hatred threatens the values we need to live together.
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We’re in a situation where bot farms can spread disinformation, which will then be picked up and disseminated by LLMs to a population that believes generative AI is some kind of arbiter of truth.
And our so-called elected officials are passing legislation to STOP regulation on LLMs.
And our so-called elected officials are passing legislation to STOP regulation on LLMs.
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 11:23 PM
We’re in a situation where bot farms can spread disinformation, which will then be picked up and disseminated by LLMs to a population that believes generative AI is some kind of arbiter of truth.
And our so-called elected officials are passing legislation to STOP regulation on LLMs.
And our so-called elected officials are passing legislation to STOP regulation on LLMs.
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What happens when Reform UK takes over your local council? I’ve been keeping very close tabs on Lancashire County Council since May for this magazine piece www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Infighting, broken promises and insisting on the national anthem: what seven months of Reform UK in charge actually looks like
Nigel Farage’s party is gunning for power – so what is it like in the places where they’ve already got it? We embedded with Lancashire county council to find out what happens when rhetoric meets reali...
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
What happens when Reform UK takes over your local council? I’ve been keeping very close tabs on Lancashire County Council since May for this magazine piece www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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LONDON HAS FALLEN
Well, its murder rates have
Well, its murder rates have
The number of murders in the capital in the first nine months (1st January to 30th September) of 2025 is the lowest since monthly records began and represents a fall of almost 60 per cent compared to 2003.
www.london.gov.uk/london-recor...
www.london.gov.uk/london-recor...
London records fewest homicides this year since monthly records began
The number of homicides in London in the first nine months of 2025 was lower than any year since monthly homicide records began in 2003, according to new analysis from the Mayor’s Office for Policing ...
www.london.gov.uk
December 13, 2025 at 8:07 AM
LONDON HAS FALLEN
Well, its murder rates have
Well, its murder rates have
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This is the same group that seems to have an open invitation to appear on every single BBC political programme going, without ever declaring their funding
🔴 REVEALED 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group – received more than £640,000 from fossil fuel companies and Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate between 1957 and ...
www.desmog.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:42 AM
This is the same group that seems to have an open invitation to appear on every single BBC political programme going, without ever declaring their funding
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The restrictions on work visa rules brought in in July are cutting immigration much more than predicted. Dependant numbers remain higher, but will fall over time as most will be dependants of immigrants already here.
December 11, 2025 at 9:55 AM
The restrictions on work visa rules brought in in July are cutting immigration much more than predicted. Dependant numbers remain higher, but will fall over time as most will be dependants of immigrants already here.