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Reposted by: Jon Dean, Jonathan Portes, Ben H. Ansell , and 3 more

sathnam.bsky.social
I've responded to Robert Jenrick's vile comments in @thetimes.com

www.thetimes.com/life-style/c...
I sang Jerusalem with Robert Jenrick at school — he’s wrong about race
The Conservative MP has complained that, visiting Handsworth in Birmingham, he didn’t see ‘another white face’. You can’t judge whether someone is integrated by skin colour, argues fellow Wulfrunian S...
www.thetimes.com
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will-davies.bsky.social
Interesting claim from Dylan Riley: by attacking the politically ‘irrelevant’ civic nodes of academia and NGOs, MAGA could unwittingly unleash a more truly potent Left newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
Dylan Riley, Contra Arendt — Sidecar
On civil society.
newleftreview.org
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by Will Jennings — Reposted by: Jon Dean, Ben H. Ansell, Steve Peers , and 3 more

drjennings.bsky.social
What company to keep. What a journey.

It's really something to read Goodwin's 'impact case study' from REF2014. Far right extremism: against it before he was for it.
impact.ref.ac.uk/casestudies/...
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daniel-barker.bsky.social
Quite bizarre to think there was a co-ordinated campaign to vandalise ULEZ cameras with like 5,000 incidents and people getting criminal records all because Sadiq Khan introduced a policy that's reduced pollution and saved people's lives.
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madlinsudn.bsky.social
The Boring Fund will be open for applications in November.

If your small UK charity needs (up to) £200 to cover something boring like insurance or web hosting, take a look.

They welcome donations too.
The Boring Fund - Open Collective
We support small non-profit organisations (UK) by only funding the really boring (but essential) stuff like insurance, accountancy or admin
opencollective.com
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Reposted by: Jon Dean, Steven French, Lesley A. Hall , and 3 more

hleehurley.com
"Migrants will have to carry out community work or volunteering to qualify to permanently remain in the UK, according to the Home Secretary." [Telegraph]
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sebdobson.bsky.social
Two anti-immigration protestors came down from Scotland to take part in today’s UKIP Mass Deportation rally in Newcastle and were told to go back to where they came from… by their own side.
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jenwilliamsft.bsky.social
I am living groundhog decade today. NPR delayed, Andy Burnham can’t understand why his pre conference leadership platforming is being reported as pre platform leadership platforming, why hasn’t this tram been built, levelling up announcement
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jonnelledge.bsky.social
"You don’t fight the politics of violence by quibbling with the details. You stamp it into a million pieces! You draw a f*cking line!"

If Keir Starmer won’t even make a moral case against deporting our friends and neighbours, then what is the point of him?
What Do We Have To Lose
If Keir Starmer won’t even make a moral case against deporting our friends and neighbours, then what is the point of him? Plus: some natural borders; and the non-existence of grey, and other letters.
jonn.substack.com
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sharonk.bsky.social
Cass Sunstein: not the man for the moment
But you believe that all nine of the Justices are committed to liberalism of the sort that you outlined in your book and are trying to uphold it? Yeah. Oh, yeah. I’m not going to name any names, but there is a conservative judge who did read the first couple of chapters of the book and did say, I agree with all of this. Wow. I would just say that I find it very hard to believe, especially with Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, who seem to me to be kind of out-and-out partisan Trump supporters. This is completely fair to question. Alito is an extremely careful lawyer and a very precise judge. He is clearly taken with a certain view of our culture that is shared by many of Trump’s supporters. But is it possible to find an opinion in which he says, I’m going to go this way because the President is the law, or anything that verges on that? I think that’s very hard to find. Is there anything in his opinions that shows disrespect for freedom of speech or freedom of religion? I think that’s impossible to find. Thomas is an originalist. He’s the most committed originalist on the Court, who believes the Constitution should be understood in accordance with its original meaning. I don’t like that view much, but you can hold that view and be a liberal in the sense of believing in the rule of law, believing in freedom of speech. He does want to overrule New York Times v. Sullivan, but he’s not the only one who thinks that and that doesn’t make him illiberal. [That decision, from 1964, raised the standard for defamation lawsuits in a way that is seen as crucial to press freedom.] So I do agree with you. There are concerning things about political connections that appear, but in terms of the liberal tradition I’m not giving up on Justice Thomas.
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erinbartram.bsky.social
I know we've worked hard to move history ed away from names and dates but I think we might need to swing back to chronology a bit because "who was president on january 8 2021?" and "which came first, the clinical description of autism or tylenol?" shouldn't be this hard, especially for reporters.
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Reposted by: Jon Dean, Naomi Klein, Charlie Beckett , and 13 more

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jondeanstuff.bsky.social
Just protecting women.
atrupar.com
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15d
Trump: "If you can't tough it out, if you can't do it, that's what you're gonna have to do. You'll take a Tylenol, but it'll be very sparingly ... I think you shouldn't take it."
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atrupar.com
Trump: "If you can't tough it out, if you can't do it, that's what you're gonna have to do. You'll take a Tylenol, but it'll be very sparingly ... I think you shouldn't take it."
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rcn.org.uk
"Absolutely shocking that this would even be considered." 💬

RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Prof Nicola Ranger spoke to ITV news this evening about Reform UK's plans to scrap indefinite leave to remain for migrants.
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by Stephen I. Vladeck — Reposted by: Jon Dean, Anna O. Law, Richard S.J. Tol , and 25 more

stevevladeck.bsky.social
#BREAKING: Over dissents from Justices Sotomayor, Kagan & Jackson, #SCOTUS grants a stay in the Slaughter case (allowing President Trump to remove the last Dem member of the FTC), *and* grants certiorari "before judgment" to decide whether to formally overrule its 1935 ruling in Humphrey's Executor.
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Reposted by: Jon Dean, Jonathan Portes, Ben H. Ansell , and 6 more

henrymance.ft.com
There should be a high bar for politicians attacking the media, but maybe Ed Davey has half a point here?

For example, the first three paragraphs of this BBC story repeat Reform's £243bn figure without saying that the thinktank behind the estimate now disowns it. (This is mentioned in paragraph 35)
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by Jonathan Portes — Reposted by: Jon Dean, Jonathan Portes

jdportes.bsky.social
This xenophobic nonsense illustrates why the government's proposals to restrict settlement rights is not only wrong but politically self-defeating.

Has just encouraged Reform to become even more extreme.
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Reposted by: Jon Dean, Peter Cook

sundersays.bsky.social
Farage made a pledge to remove 600,000 people without legal status [having said a year ago he wouldn't pledge that because he knows it is impossible]

Elon Musk and Rupert Lowe said that was too weak & they wanted "proper deportations" and Farage has shifted further now
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Reposted by: Jon Dean, Jonathan Portes, Ben H. Ansell , and 8 more

samfr.bsky.social
Reform are now coming after people with permanent residency. It'll be citizens next. No one is safe from authoritarian governments.
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unavaleable.bsky.social
so the president just tweeted out an offense worse than watergate, we all realize that right?
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hleehurley.com
"Forcing Brigitte Macron to prove she’s a woman is misogynistic and insane" [Telegraph]
Forcing Brigitte Macron to prove she’s a woman is misogynistic and insane The Daily Telegraph 19 Sep 2025 Eleanor Mills
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by Jon Dean

jondeanstuff.bsky.social
It was just a quite mean spirited, very targeted set of redundancies this time (I’m out of scope this time, so only been offered voluntary redundancy three times - so far!). All the warmth and humanity of a thrown knife, as Pratchett would put it.

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ox.ac.uk
NEW: Oxford will be the first UK university to give all staff and students free ChatGPT Edu access, from this academic year.

ChatGPT Edu is built for education, with enhanced privacy and security.
Graphic from the University of Oxford, featuring an image of a glowing, digital brain with the text: 'Generative AI at Oxford'. Highlights that ChatGPT Edu is now available to all staff and students. Includes a link for more information: ox.ac.uk/gen-ai
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by Jon Dean

jondeanstuff.bsky.social
ours was on wednesday this week, which was a refreshing change
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by Colin Murray — Reposted by: Jon Dean, Ben H. Ansell, Will Jennings , and 2 more

colinmurray.bsky.social
Right. My students working two part time jobs and/or having an hour and a half commute to uni because they have to live at home due to the cost of student accommodation lack drive and vigour. Sure thing, Peter. The UK Govt still haven't a clue about the realities of universities today.
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Reposted by: Jon Dean, Steve Peers, Rosemary A. Joyce , and 3 more

esqueer.net
Heritage Foundation has released an absolutely insane policy proposal to label all trans people as domestic terrorists. It uses completely made up instances of terrorism and made up statistics but facts don't matter to them.

They want us all eradicated.
Page 1: Flyer from The Heritage Foundation Oversight Project titled “Transgender Ideology-Inspired Violent Extremism (TIVE): Background and FAQs on Need for an FBI Domestic Terrorism Designation.” The page defines “Transgender Ideology” and “TIVE,” outlining beliefs allegedly associated with them. It claims such ideology justifies violence against opponents or frames opposition as violence. The text references the alleged assassination of Charlie Kirk, urging the FBI to classify TIVE as domestic terrorism. Page 2: Continuation of flyer with a section titled “Recent Instances of TIVE-Motivated Acts of Domestic Terrorism.” Lists multiple violent events from 2018 to 2025, attributing them to transgender ideology. Includes mugshots of two alleged attackers. Followed by a “Frequently Asked Questions and Key Terms” section, addressing whether transgender people are terrorists, comparing TIVE with “Nihilistic Violent Extremism,” and discussing FBI designations. Page 3: Flyer continues with questions about Antifa and FBI terrorism classifications. States that Antifa and TIVE are separate categories. Lists ways the FBI classifies domestic terrorism and identifies typical characteristics of “TIVEs,” such as targeting Christians, mental illness, and online radicalization. Includes images: a “Trans Antifa” logo, a pink-blue-white-striped slogan image reading “Protect Their Right to Exist,” a photo of Audrey Hale with a firearm, and a close-up of a magazine with the words “Where is your God?” Page 4: Section titled “Terminology Used by TIVE.” Defines terms including cisgender, deadnaming, Gillick competence, misgendering, “Right to Exist,” “Trans genocide,” and a phrase “You either have a live boy or dead girl, you choose.” Each is presented as terminology used in or associated with TIVE. Page layout is text-heavy, no additional graphics.
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irishtimes.com
Jimmy Kimmel’s TV show suspended indefinitely after Charlie Kirk comments
Jimmy Kimmel’s TV show suspended indefinitely after Charlie Kirk comments
Trump’s chair of US broadcast regulator threatened ABC network’s licence if action was not taken against host
www.irishtimes.com
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michaelharriot.bsky.social
Remember when people were criticizing comedians for things they said actually said and even though nothing actually happened to them, Joe Rogan and Dave Chapelle and all the “edgy” comedians said the “cancel culture” was coming from the left?

Good times.
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