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devorashawa.bsky.social
There are parts of the country where you only see white faces. Clearly they have integration problems!!

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msnbc.com
EXCLUSIVE: FBI Director Kash Patel fired an agent in training for displaying a gay pride flag on his desk while appointed to a field office in California last year, according to three people familiar with the matter and a dismissal notice reviewed by MSNBC.
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/k...
Kash Patel fires FBI agent trainee for displaying gay pride flag
The FBI employee was fired on the first day of the government shutdown as President Trump threatened more terminations.
www.msnbc.com
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by Andrew Scott — Reposted by: Deborah Shaw, Steve Peers, Tom Shakespeare , and 1 more

ottoenglish.bsky.social
Elon Musk: “I love Javier Milei.”

Kemi Badenoch: “Javier Milei is the template.”

Donald Trump: “My favourite president.”

Nigel Farage: "Amazing. Cutting and slashing … doing all the things he’s done … that’s leadership.”

Meanwhile... in Argentina

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Farage, Trump, Musk: your boy Javier Milei just took one hell of a beating. Why so quiet? | Aditya Chakrabortty
The wild politics and chainsaw made Argentina’s president an economic hero for the right. And now, with his nation’s finances in chaos: silence, writes Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
www.theguardian.com
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Reposted by: Deborah Shaw, Fabián Muniesa, Janet Murray , and 4 more

erininthemorning.com
Excellent reporting from Heated and Atmos.

It looks like some of the biggest investors in the anti-trans movement are fossil fuel billionaires who are trying to use trans issues to ensure that Republicans pass policies favorable to their industry.

heated.world/p/fossil-fue...
Fossil fuel billionaires are bankrolling the anti-trans movement
An investigation shared exclusively with Atmos and HEATED finds that 80% of anti-trans organizations receive fossil fuel funding.
heated.world
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bestforbritain.org
"It’s not too late to puncture the Reform leader’s populist myth. His ‘make Britain great again’ act is out of step with the British people" 🎯

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/19/donald-trump-us-abyss-nigel-farage-britain
Trump has dragged the US to the abyss and Nigel Farage would do the same to Britain. Here’s how to stop him | Jonathan Freedland
It’s not too late to puncture the Reform leader’s populist myth. His ‘make Britain great again’ act is out of step with the British people, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
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bestforbritain.org
This past weekend once again showed:

Elon Musk is not fit and proper to be given a foothold in our essential services. 🚨 ⚠️

https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-minister-block-dangerous-elon-musk-tesla-power-supply-bid-tommy-robinson/
UK ministers told: Block ‘dangerous’ Elon Musk power supply bid
Musk is “far too dangerous to be trusted with something as important as people’s energy supply,” the Lib Dem opposition said.
www.politico.eu
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by Deborah Shaw

devorashawa.bsky.social
Implausible deniability
ledbydonkeys.org
Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 19d
Windsor Castle Tuesday night. Four of us arrested for 'malicious communications'. Now released.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8V4...
Hey Donald, welcome to Windsor Castle
YouTube video by Led By Donkeys
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Reposted by: Deborah Shaw, Dorothy Bishop, Ben Barr , and 1 more

ledbydonkeys.org
Windsor Castle Tuesday night. Four of us arrested for 'malicious communications'. Now released.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8V4...
Hey Donald, welcome to Windsor Castle
YouTube video by Led By Donkeys
www.youtube.com
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by Will Jennings — Reposted by: Deborah Shaw, Mary Margaret McCabe

drjennings.bsky.social
A Labour government that does not fight back against the far right, racism and extremism fundamentally misunderstands the nature of its electoral support.
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wendling.bsky.social
Many people are convinced, because of what they’ve seen online, that the know what motivated the accused killer of Charlie Kirk.
The truth is we don’t have a motive and in some ways the picture is murkier than it was this morning.
Powerful people have blamed the “Left” - without evidence…
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Reposted by: Deborah Shaw, Steve Peers, Peter Holmes , and 3 more

jessicaelgot.bsky.social
EXCLUSIVE - Today the Guardian is publishing the Boris Files

A trove of leaked data from the office of Boris Johnson.

It reveals how Johnson is using the relationships forged in the UK’s highest elected office to facilitate his personal enrichment.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
What are the Boris Files and what do they reveal about former PM’s conduct?
Leaked material from Johnson’s private office raises serious questions relating to his time in No 10 and since he resigned
www.theguardian.com
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by Deborah Shaw

devorashawa.bsky.social
No analysis of their actual policies (or lack of them); very poor journalism
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naomialderman.bsky.social
In further news, I’ll be speaking in Vienna at the end of this month, and I’m delighted to learn from them that I’m a philosopher of technology.

www.humanitiesfestival.at/alderman
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thomasr74.bsky.social
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-... - one of many sources confirming this story.

168 years ago...
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by Deborah Shaw

devorashawa.bsky.social
Free speech as my speech

Reposted by: Deborah Shaw, Peter M. Cox, Albert Weale , and 2 more

carolinelucas.bsky.social
Why on earth do the Tories want to keep people locked into high energy bills? And, come to that, why is the BBC citing Reform but saying nothing about climate science or renewable alternatives?
Complete madness - except for the fossil fuel industry of course
Tories pledge to get 'all our oil and gas out of the North Sea'
The government warns Kemi Badenoch's plans would "only accelerate the worsening climate crisis".
www.bbc.com
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skriptorium.info
Worried about being criticised, ostracised or blacklisted because you used genAI tools in your writing? Here's a great hack to make sure it never happens to you:

Do the writing yourself, like a grown-up.
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trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social
Fascinating. Why films made by Netflix are so awful. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...
Bland, easy to follow, for fans of everything: what has the Netflix algorithm done to our films?
When the streaming giant began making films guided by data that aimed to please a vast audience, the results were often generic, forgettable, artless affairs. But is there a happy ending?
www.theguardian.com
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Reposted by: Deborah Shaw, Steve Peers, Simon Wren‐Lewis , and 1 more

adambienkov.bsky.social
“I don’t remember anyone ever saying to us ‘Oh I just don't think we're properly reflecting the Green Party view, or the liberal-left view on this story’,” one former BBC journalist told me.

“It was always just slanted in one direction – which was basically the nativist, authoritarian direction.”
The BBC's Plan to Appease Nigel Farage
News that BBC executives plan to alter their programming in order to win over Reform voters is the latest sign of a corporation that has become dangerously cowed by the right
www.adambienkov.co.uk
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Reposted by: Deborah Shaw, Andrew Scott, Tim Bale , and 5 more

sathnam.bsky.social
"Are asylum seekers the biggest political issue in Britain?" Asks radio 4. "We interview man who is determined to make it the biggest issue in Britain. And make it a headline every morning until it definitely is"
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Reposted by: Deborah Shaw, Éric Laurier, Aileen McHarg , and 1 more

scotnational.bsky.social
BREAKING: Award-winning Scottish screenwriter Paul Laverty has been arrested after wearing a T-shirt reading 'Genocide in Palestine, time to take action'

Police arrested the I, Daniel Blake writer in Edinburgh this morning
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by Deborah Shaw

devorashawa.bsky.social
F**k’s sake @bbcnews I really don’t care what Reform’s policies are on asylum seekers or how they want to harm vulnerable people. Why is this the second item on the news? Why don’t you report their policies on the NHS? Or how they want to defund councils. I have had to stop listening to BBC news

by Deborah Shaw

devorashawa.bsky.social
we are in a post human rights era. Funny how we don’t press governments to ask the US about human rights www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
The cemetery of living men: Trump deportees tell of abuse in secretive mega-jail - BBC News
Venezuelan migrants deported from the US to El Salvador's mega-jail speak of what life was like inside
www.bbc.co.uk
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Reposted by: Deborah Shaw, Steve Peers, Lesley A. Hall , and 2 more

queenofthesouth.bsky.social
Dolly Parton has sent my daughter a new book every month for years as she does for thousands of children. She help fund the development of the Covid vaccine. She’s not a billionaire. I think as non wealthy people it’s hard to even imagine how much billionaires *could* be doing with their money.
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theguardian.com
‘A whole spectrum of hatred’: women face increased violence in Milei’s Argentina as rights are eroded
‘A whole spectrum of hatred’: women face increased violence in Milei’s Argentina as rights are eroded
In a country once lauded as a progressive bastion in Latin America, protections are being dismantled by a populist leader, and gender-based offences are on the rise
www.theguardian.com
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by Deborah Shaw

devorashawa.bsky.social
Only allow young people to vote if they have basic political education. Can be done neutrally. Start with basic history of each party, their funders, manifestos, positions on each key issue. Invite leaders of each, encourage debate etc. Take the power from the ignorant and right wing media control

Reposted by: Deborah Shaw, Anne Applebaum, Edward Witten , and 15 more

bgrueskin.bsky.social
As the US hits a 33-year high in measles infections, there is now a "race" to find a treatment for the disease.

One pharma company "is banking on a continuing decline in vaccination rates to fuel a need for measles treatments—and in turn, more investor interest"

🎁 link

www.wsj.com/health/healt...
The Race to Find a Measles Treatment as Infections Surge
The measles vaccine was so effective the disease was considered eliminated in the U.S., but a resurgence of outbreaks is spurring a need for drugs.
www.wsj.com
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mimmymum.bsky.social
“In trying to clarify what gender critical belief means, Kathleen Stock has done more than define it — she may have made it indefensible.” - @joannelockwood.bsky.social

Have the ‘gender critical’ transphobes undone themselves in their relentless pushing of boundaries to be even more bigoted? 🤨
When Belief Crosses the Line: Kathleen Stock, Grainger V, and the Legal Limits of Exclusion
Thanks to a sharp legal commentary from Alice Appleby, we now have a clearer view of how gender critical belief may have just undone itself in court.
open.substack.com
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Reposted by: Deborah Shaw, Matthew Waites

natacha.bsky.social
Ian Dunt is turning into a real trans ally, this article describes the likely stitch-up of how Starmer and Philippson are likely to take away all trans people’s human rights without a debate or vote in parliament.
The trans rights stitch-up
How government plans to silence debate on the new rules
iandunt.substack.com
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Reposted by: Deborah Shaw, Jesse Rothstein, Brian Keegan

theradr.bsky.social
I just sent this out.

The Jewish people have moral frameworks for this moment.

It is a choice not to heed them.

Please let us meet this moment, let us see the shattered Temple around us, right now, and our responsibility to it.
to Jews, on the Gaza famine
an open letter: we have been commanded
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
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