Mary Carson
@carsonmaryc.bsky.social
Curious, opinionated watching.
London by Derry | Have previous @guardian @BBC @Channel4 @Discovery @L_Sentinel | Producer MyFriendLanre | Handy with a camera |
London by Derry | Have previous @guardian @BBC @Channel4 @Discovery @L_Sentinel | Producer MyFriendLanre | Handy with a camera |
This will only work if education is transformed. Otherwise expect to lose more children . Secondary school is where the undiagnosed show up! Pupils' SEND support to be reviewed after primary, leaked plans suggest - BBC News share.google/uE7gmIuuKZZi...
Pupils' SEND support to be reviewed after primary, leaked plans suggest
Leaks suggest plans for a complete redesign of special educational needs and disabilities support in schools.
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February 19, 2026 at 12:46 PM
This will only work if education is transformed. Otherwise expect to lose more children . Secondary school is where the undiagnosed show up! Pupils' SEND support to be reviewed after primary, leaked plans suggest - BBC News share.google/uE7gmIuuKZZi...
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Despite the caricature his critics created, Jesse Jackson’s “political vision was always inclusive, always multiracial, and always opposed to bigotry and prejudice of all kinds,” Adam Serwer argues.
Do Not Be Cynical About Jesse Jackson
He was never the caricature his critics wanted him to be.
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February 18, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Despite the caricature his critics created, Jesse Jackson’s “political vision was always inclusive, always multiracial, and always opposed to bigotry and prejudice of all kinds,” Adam Serwer argues.
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Tell your MP that Canada could benefit from having its own basic income program: Ireland’s basic income for the arts scheme becomes permanent. When piloted, initiative that provided €325 a week to eligible artists recouped more than its net cost
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
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Ireland’s basic income for the arts scheme becomes permanent
When piloted, initiative that provided €325 a week to eligible artists recouped more than its net cost, study shows
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Tell your MP that Canada could benefit from having its own basic income program: Ireland’s basic income for the arts scheme becomes permanent. When piloted, initiative that provided €325 a week to eligible artists recouped more than its net cost
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
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Meanwhile, in Germany, the public weighs in on what they think of the Epstein Administration.
#BrutalButAccurate
#BrutalButAccurate
February 17, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Meanwhile, in Germany, the public weighs in on what they think of the Epstein Administration.
#BrutalButAccurate
#BrutalButAccurate
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The fact that Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche publicly stated that DOJ excluded all images showing “death, physical abuse, or injury” from Epstein files is almost certain proof that the images exist.
By withholding the images entirely rather than redacting minors, he is protecting the abusers.
By withholding the images entirely rather than redacting minors, he is protecting the abusers.
February 17, 2026 at 6:29 PM
The fact that Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche publicly stated that DOJ excluded all images showing “death, physical abuse, or injury” from Epstein files is almost certain proof that the images exist.
By withholding the images entirely rather than redacting minors, he is protecting the abusers.
By withholding the images entirely rather than redacting minors, he is protecting the abusers.
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Yet they're all still free. Collecting a paycheck. Still doing the same things.
February 17, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Yet they're all still free. Collecting a paycheck. Still doing the same things.
First he came for the elders. Now he coming for the kids
This...sounds very sketchy (it was in the update/newsletter from my accountant)
February 18, 2026 at 1:14 AM
First he came for the elders. Now he coming for the kids
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Romania has decoupled economic growth from pollution faster than anywhere else in EU. Its net greenhouse gas emissions intensity fell 88% between 1990 & 2023, so each euro’s worth of economic activity heats planet 10 times less. Emissions have plunged by 75%. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘The trend is irreversible’: has Romania shattered the link between economic growth and high emissions?
Emissions have plunged 75% since communist times in the birthplace of big oil – but for some the transition has been brutal
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February 17, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Romania has decoupled economic growth from pollution faster than anywhere else in EU. Its net greenhouse gas emissions intensity fell 88% between 1990 & 2023, so each euro’s worth of economic activity heats planet 10 times less. Emissions have plunged by 75%. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson has passed away at the age of 84. My thoughts are with his family.
I wanted to share this clip from his appearance on Sesame Street in 1971. His important words ring just as true today as they did back then.
I wanted to share this clip from his appearance on Sesame Street in 1971. His important words ring just as true today as they did back then.
February 17, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson has passed away at the age of 84. My thoughts are with his family.
I wanted to share this clip from his appearance on Sesame Street in 1971. His important words ring just as true today as they did back then.
I wanted to share this clip from his appearance on Sesame Street in 1971. His important words ring just as true today as they did back then.
Interesting that the BBC reporting on unemployment of young people in the UK led with a business owner blaming NI & minimum wage rises and nowhere mentioned higher materials costs, AI doing entry level jobs, people staying in jobs they hate because no alternative.
February 18, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Interesting that the BBC reporting on unemployment of young people in the UK led with a business owner blaming NI & minimum wage rises and nowhere mentioned higher materials costs, AI doing entry level jobs, people staying in jobs they hate because no alternative.
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The Epstein Class is the by-product of an economy that emerged over the last two decades, from which this new elite has siphoned off vast amounts of wealth.
Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-squalor-of-the-epstein-class
Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-squalor-of-the-epstein-class
February 16, 2026 at 4:05 PM
The Epstein Class is the by-product of an economy that emerged over the last two decades, from which this new elite has siphoned off vast amounts of wealth.
Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-squalor-of-the-epstein-class
Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-squalor-of-the-epstein-class
The US pressuring regime change. Again
‘The city is like a ghost town’: Inside Cuba’s tourism collapse as fuel runs dry
‘The city is like a ghost town’: Inside Cuba’s tourism collapse as fuel runs dry
Cuba has received no oil or fuel for a month after US president Donald Trump cut off Venezuelan supplies and pressed Mexico to stop shipments
www.irishtimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM
The US pressuring regime change. Again
The brutality of this administration
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Ofelia Torres, teen who fought to have her father released from ICE custody, dies from rare cancer
Ofelia Torres, 16, died on Friday from Stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer, her father's lawyer confirmed.
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February 16, 2026 at 12:23 AM
The brutality of this administration
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
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You fight away Starmer. Maybe actually apply sanctions across the board and do more with your soft power before you talk of lining our kids up for war.
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February 14, 2026 at 8:17 PM
You fight away Starmer. Maybe actually apply sanctions across the board and do more with your soft power before you talk of lining our kids up for war.
www.itv.com/news/2026-02...
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The co-founder of Palestine Action on Friday won a legal challenge in the UK over the group’s ban as a “terrorist organisation.”
Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260213-pal...
Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260213-pal...
February 13, 2026 at 12:07 PM
The co-founder of Palestine Action on Friday won a legal challenge in the UK over the group’s ban as a “terrorist organisation.”
Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260213-pal...
Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260213-pal...
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15yo is schooling my husband about Lifetouch people being in the Epstein files.
Oh lord I just heard her mention the island.
The kids are hip to it all, folks. That means it’s all spreading like wildfire, now even to people who don’t watch/read the news.
Oh lord I just heard her mention the island.
The kids are hip to it all, folks. That means it’s all spreading like wildfire, now even to people who don’t watch/read the news.
February 14, 2026 at 2:17 AM
15yo is schooling my husband about Lifetouch people being in the Epstein files.
Oh lord I just heard her mention the island.
The kids are hip to it all, folks. That means it’s all spreading like wildfire, now even to people who don’t watch/read the news.
Oh lord I just heard her mention the island.
The kids are hip to it all, folks. That means it’s all spreading like wildfire, now even to people who don’t watch/read the news.
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Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
February 10, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
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🇨🇦CBC -Here's what we know so far about the B.C. school shooting.
Police say nine people were killed & at least 25 more were injured after a mass shooting in the community of Tumbler Ridge B.C. on Tuesday.
Suspect dead from self inflicted injury.
#Cdnpoli🍁
#CanadaSky🇨🇦
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Police say nine people were killed & at least 25 more were injured after a mass shooting in the community of Tumbler Ridge B.C. on Tuesday.
Suspect dead from self inflicted injury.
#Cdnpoli🍁
#CanadaSky🇨🇦
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Here's what we know so far about the B.C. school shooting | CBC News
Police say nine people were killed and at least 25 more were injured after a mass shooting in the community of Tumbler Ridge, B.C., on Tuesday. Here's what we know so far about one of Canada's deadlie...
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February 11, 2026 at 2:51 PM
🇨🇦CBC -Here's what we know so far about the B.C. school shooting.
Police say nine people were killed & at least 25 more were injured after a mass shooting in the community of Tumbler Ridge B.C. on Tuesday.
Suspect dead from self inflicted injury.
#Cdnpoli🍁
#CanadaSky🇨🇦
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Police say nine people were killed & at least 25 more were injured after a mass shooting in the community of Tumbler Ridge B.C. on Tuesday.
Suspect dead from self inflicted injury.
#Cdnpoli🍁
#CanadaSky🇨🇦
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Bondi giving classic mean girl. She holds no cards so she goes petty. This is embarrassing.
Goldman: "Will the survivors and victims who are here please stand up one more time. By show of hands, how many of you or your loved ones actually have met with the DOJ? None ... How many of you were ignored by the DOJ? All of them." (Bondi responds by smearing Goldman.)
February 12, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Bondi giving classic mean girl. She holds no cards so she goes petty. This is embarrassing.
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Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
Burn
Raskin: "I want the whole country to look at this. This is the attorney general of the US whose job is law enforcement. We've never had a witness who has misunderstood our rules and been unable to conform his or her conduct to our rules before. Excuse me."
February 12, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Burn
Surprised much? Nah. The shock lies in how far down this will appear in the news cycle
"It is totally inappropriate and against the separations of powers for the DOJ to surveil us as we search the Epstein files. (US Attorney General) Bondi showed up today with a burn book that held a printed search history of exactly what emails I searched." - Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA).
February 12, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Surprised much? Nah. The shock lies in how far down this will appear in the news cycle
License fee fully earned with this one. In a dreary troubled world I found there perfect antidote. Do yourselves a favour. Take time out and watch #smallprophets
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Small Prophets
The magical and the mundane unfolds in a suburban shed as a lonely man stumbles into the supernatural. A weird and wonderful world from Mackenzie Crook, starring Michael Palin.
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February 12, 2026 at 1:59 AM
License fee fully earned with this one. In a dreary troubled world I found there perfect antidote. Do yourselves a favour. Take time out and watch #smallprophets
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1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵