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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 14h

This is a good game.

I have an English degree and boosted a major publishing house’s share price, and saved a high street retail chain from closure.

If a Mickey Mouse degree lets you create actual Mickey fucking Mouse, it’s probably easily as good “for the economy” as business studies.

Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 15h

*deep sigh* Again, I have an English degree and have contributed rather extensively to the British economy, including writing a show that pumped £10 million into Wales. But the stupidity is the point here, of course.

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 15h

Badenoch and Co see education only as a means to a massive income in some soul destroying career.

Devoid of imagination and the power of knowledge they view life entirely through the prism of the CV.

My advice always is to study what interests you and the rest will follow

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Elizabeth Sofia 💙🐈🐶🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 @skippjon1.bsky.social · 18h

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Karl Drinkwater 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇮🇪 🇵🇸 ☮️ 🌱 🥗 @karldrinkwater.bsky.social · 14h

"Who's really encouraging attacks like the one on a synagogue? Look to our leaders"

jonathancook.substack.com/p/whos-reall...

Who's really encouraging attacks like the one on a synagogue? Look to our leaders

The attack in Manchester is evidence not of a rising tide of antisemitism but of something else entirely: a growing and dangerous political illiteracy being cultivated in our societies

jonathancook.substack.com

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Naadir @randomvariable.co.uk · 16h

Incredible that the health minister, the Blairite saviour Wes Streeting is hiring the professor who ideologically fucked up diagnoses of ME/CFS at the exact point of this discovery.

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17h

ME/CFS is a devastating condition that has long been denied, dismissed, psychologised and underdiagnosed. Research is at last starting to catch up with it, with glimmers of hope for those who have been left untreated for so long.
There's a huge BUT coming ...🧵
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Scientists develop first ‘accurate blood test’ to detect chronic fatigue syndrome

Research could offer hope for ME patients – but some experts urge caution and say more studies needed

www.theguardian.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18h

📌 Historic fascists with plenary authority:
• Hitler
• Mussolini
• Stalin

Plenary authority or plenary powers: Absolute and without limitations.

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 3d

I’m horrified by Trump’s order to send 300 National Guard troops to Chicago. We’re only nine months into a four year term and already the president is trying to invade an American city. If you’re in the Guard, you can and should refuse these orders.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."

( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 3d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 2d

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Joe Stieb @joestieb.bsky.social · 2d

"Let us, however, never forget that this country belongs to us even more than to those who lynch, disenfranchise, and segregate."

W.E.B. DuBois.

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 2d

Has anyone else been dealing with some serious headline whiplash recently?

Even for those of us who follow #climate and #energy matters closely, it can be hard to know what the hell is going on!

So here's a thread to help climate communicators get a grip on how to deal with this 🧵

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 2d

Same.

#AlsoTiredOfWaitingForTheEPSTEIN_Files

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 2d

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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GunnyJKJ @gunnyjkj.bsky.social · 2d

Whether you like it or not, this is our painful truth in America.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

I posted this one week after the election in 2024. Holds up.

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Nov 15

Billionaire grifters are about to dismantle your government. So instead of your tax dollars going to your Medicare or your Medicaid or your affordable care act or to veterans benefits or your social security - it will go to THEM in the form of tax cuts for the wealthy.

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Lucia Romano, MBA @luciaromano.bsky.social · 2d

“If any president can impose one-man rule by executive order we do not have democracy, we have tyranny of the president.”

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Christopher Whitaker @civicwhitaker.com · 3d

For those outside of Chicago, these signs are pretty common

Four signs hanging up in a restaurant - The top left says “EVERYONE IS WELCOME HERE * EXPECT ICE * in English. The bottom left is the same message in Spanish. A know your rights card is on the right in both English and Spanish. The food is delicious.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

ICYMI — A July 17th post from Miller’s cousin disavowing him is making the rounds again. www.rawstory.com/stephen-mill...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah cool. Pull even more federal agents off counterterrorism, child porn, sex trafficking, drug trafficking, and fraud investigations to do absolutely nothing.

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RIO LINDA MEX 🇺🇸🇲🇽🇨🇦🦍 @riolindamex.bsky.social · 2d

The Religious

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Jon Michaels @jonsurgi.bsky.social · 2d

Donald Trump is the worst American who ever lived.

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The Vegan Daily @thevegandaily.bsky.social · 3d

The 'meat' on your plate was once an individual who wanted to live. 💔

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 2d

So Weiss will remain editor in chief and CEO of The Free Press and editor in chief of CBS News, so they’re not hiding the conflict here? The head of CBS News, supposedly impartial and nonpartisan, will also simultaneously be running a highly partisan site.

The Future of The Free Press

The Free Press is joining Paramount.

www.thefp.com

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