Laurie Barton
@bartollengua.bsky.social
Research admin; Dad; Autistic;
Politics; languages; egalitarian
currently NE England; preferably in a forest somewhere
Politics; languages; egalitarian
currently NE England; preferably in a forest somewhere
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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
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I can barely comprehend how despicable it is to order the deaths of defenceless people merely in order to feel more manly.
November 30, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I can barely comprehend how despicable it is to order the deaths of defenceless people merely in order to feel more manly.
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This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
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They’re simultaneously arguing that soldiers have to follow all orders from the president, legal or not, but they get to ignore orders from a federal judge if they feel they’re not legal.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
November 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
They’re simultaneously arguing that soldiers have to follow all orders from the president, legal or not, but they get to ignore orders from a federal judge if they feel they’re not legal.
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Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
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Also, in his last term, Trump mused about shooting protestors in the legs. The man is a convicted felon who issued illegal orders regularly to his top company officers.
November 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Also, in his last term, Trump mused about shooting protestors in the legs. The man is a convicted felon who issued illegal orders regularly to his top company officers.
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My Budget Day opinion:
Budget Day should be abolished. Performative nonsense that (by accident) leans into 'politics as entertainment'.
Measures should instead be announced when they are individually ready to be announced – at any time in the parliamentary calendar.
Budget Day should be abolished. Performative nonsense that (by accident) leans into 'politics as entertainment'.
Measures should instead be announced when they are individually ready to be announced – at any time in the parliamentary calendar.
November 26, 2025 at 6:28 AM
My Budget Day opinion:
Budget Day should be abolished. Performative nonsense that (by accident) leans into 'politics as entertainment'.
Measures should instead be announced when they are individually ready to be announced – at any time in the parliamentary calendar.
Budget Day should be abolished. Performative nonsense that (by accident) leans into 'politics as entertainment'.
Measures should instead be announced when they are individually ready to be announced – at any time in the parliamentary calendar.
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Over at the Daily Telegraph, they're scratching their heads as to why the former mining and steel producinv city of Gliwice in Poland is now 45% more prosperous than Darlington... and why it has new shiny infrastructure... without mentioning EU funds for urban and regional development...
November 24, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Over at the Daily Telegraph, they're scratching their heads as to why the former mining and steel producinv city of Gliwice in Poland is now 45% more prosperous than Darlington... and why it has new shiny infrastructure... without mentioning EU funds for urban and regional development...
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Posters have appeared around the building. They suggest that geography, geology, & environment staff might be a bit angry at proposed redundancies, reorganisations & closures. Rightly so.
November 24, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Posters have appeared around the building. They suggest that geography, geology, & environment staff might be a bit angry at proposed redundancies, reorganisations & closures. Rightly so.
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This is a clown-car government elected on a seriousness ticket iandunt.substack.com/p/a-clown-go...
November 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
This is a clown-car government elected on a seriousness ticket iandunt.substack.com/p/a-clown-go...
Can you imagine flying all the way to Australia, getting prepared for perhaps the biggest match of your career and then being out within five minutes? 😬
#Ashes
#Ashes
November 21, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Can you imagine flying all the way to Australia, getting prepared for perhaps the biggest match of your career and then being out within five minutes? 😬
#Ashes
#Ashes
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VERY funny that Labour are being pointlessly cruel and haemorrhaging support from their base and yet none of what they're offering is ever going to be enough for the people whose approval they're seeking, WHO could have predicted it
November 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
VERY funny that Labour are being pointlessly cruel and haemorrhaging support from their base and yet none of what they're offering is ever going to be enough for the people whose approval they're seeking, WHO could have predicted it
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Nope. The headline should actually read “Astronomers using ML discover quasars acting as lenses”
November 18, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Nope. The headline should actually read “Astronomers using ML discover quasars acting as lenses”
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Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
I thought it was only the BBC trying to portray Reform as popular, but even the Lib Dems are artificially inflating the fascist support in this area...
November 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I thought it was only the BBC trying to portray Reform as popular, but even the Lib Dems are artificially inflating the fascist support in this area...
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Please be true. Release it on Bisexual Awareness Day and give us all free tickets to the screening 😁
November 7, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Please be true. Release it on Bisexual Awareness Day and give us all free tickets to the screening 😁
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People often think the hardest part of late identifying autistic is the diagnosis.
That the report will give clarity.
It’s not.
It’s learning how to stop performing in a world that rewards the mask.
That’s the work.
And it’s worth doing.
That the report will give clarity.
It’s not.
It’s learning how to stop performing in a world that rewards the mask.
That’s the work.
And it’s worth doing.
November 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
People often think the hardest part of late identifying autistic is the diagnosis.
That the report will give clarity.
It’s not.
It’s learning how to stop performing in a world that rewards the mask.
That’s the work.
And it’s worth doing.
That the report will give clarity.
It’s not.
It’s learning how to stop performing in a world that rewards the mask.
That’s the work.
And it’s worth doing.
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
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Parse the duchy, and he’s left outside.
Encore.
Encore.
“THE KING has been pleased by Warrant under His Royal Sign Manual dated 30 October 2025 to direct His Secretary of State to cause the Duke of York to be removed from the Roll of the Peerage with immediate effect.” thegazette.co.uk/notice/4992105
Warrants Under the Royal Sign Manual
thegazette.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Parse the duchy, and he’s left outside.
Encore.
Encore.
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EDI lunch and learn sessions don’t seem massively… inclusive to me? It’s just fitting some extra work into what’s supposed to be a break because that work isn’t sufficiently valued by the institution to have the sessions at other times...
November 4, 2025 at 9:47 AM
EDI lunch and learn sessions don’t seem massively… inclusive to me? It’s just fitting some extra work into what’s supposed to be a break because that work isn’t sufficiently valued by the institution to have the sessions at other times...
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Grok appears to have started offering this false account about eye-witnesses by generating its view from false rumours on X. It began by saying there wasn't evidence then picked up rumour and misinformation and amplified it
x.com/grok/status/...
x.com/grok/status/...
November 3, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Grok appears to have started offering this false account about eye-witnesses by generating its view from false rumours on X. It began by saying there wasn't evidence then picked up rumour and misinformation and amplified it
x.com/grok/status/...
x.com/grok/status/...
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You might have seen me using the #OneHealth hashtag often: this is why...
A World Health Organization poster for today, November 3, One Health Day
A World Health Organization poster for today, November 3, One Health Day
November 3, 2025 at 7:14 AM
You might have seen me using the #OneHealth hashtag often: this is why...
A World Health Organization poster for today, November 3, One Health Day
A World Health Organization poster for today, November 3, One Health Day