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Sir Thomas William Shakespeare, 3rd Baronet, is an English sociologist and bioethicist. He has achondroplasia and uses a wheelchair.

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A new Nature study on the four horsemen of the climate-tipping-points apocalypse: "the Greenland Ice Sheet, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, the South American monsoon system and the Amazon rainforest."
Destabilization of Earth system tipping elements - Nature Geoscience
A review of observation-based evidence suggests that four interconnected Earth system tipping elements have moved towards their critical thresholds, highlighting the need for better monitoring and increased mitigation efforts.
www.nature.com
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pawbaby2.bsky.social
Eric Swallwell (D-CA) says it’s coming to an end and House Republicans are privately breaking, that a “jailbreak” is brewing the moment the Epstein files hit the floor, and that Trump’s aura of fear is finally cracking.

#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
#USDemocracy
#Pinks

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SWALWELL’S BOMBSHELL EPSTEIN TWEET: "The Epstein Files Are Coming And The GOP Are Getting Ready To Abandon Trump"
218 or chaos: Inside the House moment that could shatter Trump’s grip
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govpritzker.illinois.gov
If you come for my people, you come through me.
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Thanks to Michael (who you might have spotted recently in #houseofguinness) for doing this.
Michael Hughes Reads From Guillermo Stitch's THE COAST OF EVERYTHING
YouTube video by Sagging Meniscus
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adamcsharp.bsky.social
As today is World Octopus Day I’ll again mention that a Spanish equivalent to “like a fish out of water” is como un pulpo en un garaje. It means “like an octopus in a garage.”
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resfoundation.bsky.social
Resolution Foundation @resfoundation.bsky.social · 22h
Kicking off our event, Senior Economist @mollybroome.bsky.social says that household wealth peaked on the eve of the crisis, and our new research examines the shape and distribution of that wealth.

Why 'before the fall'?...
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Kicking off our event, Senior Economist @mollybroome.bsky.social says that household wealth peaked on the eve of the crisis, and our new research examines the shape and distribution of that wealth.

Why 'before the fall'?...
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by Lea Ypi — Reposted by: Tom Shakespeare, Jonathan Portes, Robin Celikates , and 2 more

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Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead
Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive
www.theguardian.com
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drerinpritchard.bsky.social
Why does Amazon think it is acceptable to sell merchandise that includes hate slurs and constructs people with #dwarfism as a novelty? Would any other #disability or #racial slur be acceptable?
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by Margot C. Finn — Reposted by: Tom Shakespeare

eicathomefinn.bsky.social
Worth reading. And a sharing link for 3 non-subscribers: on.ft.com/3IYbvaK
The Royal Society should be protecting science, not Musk
The esteemed club risks becoming a bystander as reason and rationality come under attack
www.ft.com
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henrymance.ft.com
I know this is uncomfortable to admit, but there is a small area in England's second city where people are just not integrated with the rest of society. Many of them hold views that arguably go against British values.

Yes, we need to talk about the Tory conference in Manchester.
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tomshakespeare.bsky.social
#FoodFavouritesInASongOrMovie

MASH
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camhistory.bsky.social
PhD student Kirstie Stage spent five months at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History thanks to a @ukri.org Fellowship.

Researching histories of Deaf & disabled people between the UK & US, she conducted archival work, presented at conferences & learnt American Sign Language (ASL). ⬇️⬇️
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lolennui.bsky.social
George Orwell’s Animal Crossing
Someone in a frog costume facing down a line of police in riot gear
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newseye.bsky.social
NEW: Extraordinary scenes in Amsterdam this afternoon (Sunday, Oct 5).

An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸

(🎥 Ahmed Zantac)
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tomshakespeare.bsky.social
One of my favourite films.
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olmocalvo.bsky.social
Manifestación por Palestina
Madrid, 04/10/2025
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Not very wheelchair accessible those mountains!
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sharonk.bsky.social
Anyways, please enjoy this video of the next prime minister of Japan singing X Japan's "Rusty Nail":
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tomshakespeare.bsky.social
Silly of me. I didn't see date. Deleted.
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Japan Is Set for Its First Female Prime Minister www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/w...
Japan Is Set for Its First Female Prime Minister
www.nytimes.com
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tomshakespeare.bsky.social
Thank you - a focus on Winterreise?
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Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.
2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services
Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.
bit.ly
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tomshakespeare.bsky.social
I don't think we are sufficiently grateful for Schubert. (What biography should I read?).
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tomshakespeare.bsky.social
Mentally ill people aren't mean. Selfish, cruel behaviour is bad & wrong, not mad.
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by Jonathan Wolff — Reposted by: Tom Shakespeare, James Connelly, Christina Pagel , and 1 more

jowolff.bsky.social
Stick this in your oil pipe and smoke it Donald Trump.
drpauldorfman.bsky.social
Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 5d
#Solar becomes main source of electricity in the #EU for first time. More than half of the EU’s #electricity in the second quarter of 2025 came from #RenewableEnergy
www.independent.co.uk/tech/solar-p...
Solar becomes main source of electricity in the EU for first time
More than half of the EU’s electricity in the second quarter of 2025 came from renewable energy
www.independent.co.uk
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kellyscaletta.bsky.social
Somewhere in America, a young Hispanic girl is hiding in an attic writing a diary.
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Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt
37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN
Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.
www.cnn.com
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I’m mad that I never learned how to double dutch this good as a kid 😭
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piperformissouri.bsky.social
“They asked for a sword, and we said, ‘Well, we do have swords, but we can’t give them away because they’re museum artifacts,’” said Todd Arrington, forced to resign as head of Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library.”
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