Dan Thompson
@dt1877.bsky.social
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Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
November 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
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Sort of a weird headline for the Guardian given that it’s published in a European country where neither of these things are actually “normal”
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’ -- Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Sort of a weird headline for the Guardian given that it’s published in a European country where neither of these things are actually “normal”
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Everyone needs a Nick Mohammed in their lives, what a great guy #traitors #celebritytraitors
November 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Everyone needs a Nick Mohammed in their lives, what a great guy #traitors #celebritytraitors
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Remembering John Berger on his birthday 🎂
📷 Ara Güler, 2002
"In contemporary English letters he seems to me peerless."
- Susan Sontag
📷 Ara Güler, 2002
"In contemporary English letters he seems to me peerless."
- Susan Sontag
November 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Remembering John Berger on his birthday 🎂
📷 Ara Güler, 2002
"In contemporary English letters he seems to me peerless."
- Susan Sontag
📷 Ara Güler, 2002
"In contemporary English letters he seems to me peerless."
- Susan Sontag
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How was the year 2000 imagined in 1900? A colleague sent this link to a collection of past futures images via an exhibition she visited. The first one of the edtech book grinder and automated learning system remains relevant as ever! publicdomainreview.org/collection/a...
Lost Futures: A 19th-Century Vision of the Year 2000
Future visions of everyday life in the year 2000, from a series of French fin-de-siècle postcards.
publicdomainreview.org
November 3, 2025 at 7:09 PM
How was the year 2000 imagined in 1900? A colleague sent this link to a collection of past futures images via an exhibition she visited. The first one of the edtech book grinder and automated learning system remains relevant as ever! publicdomainreview.org/collection/a...
Glad to finally have a copy of my own of 'After The Last Sky' (Edward Said & Jean Mohr), after first borrowing it from the library in July 2023 📚 🇵🇸 Always had a soft spot too for the final picture in the book, 'the photographer photographed'.
November 1, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Glad to finally have a copy of my own of 'After The Last Sky' (Edward Said & Jean Mohr), after first borrowing it from the library in July 2023 📚 🇵🇸 Always had a soft spot too for the final picture in the book, 'the photographer photographed'.
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We’re going to make migrants read Ian McEwan? Now that’s a hostile environment.
October 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
We’re going to make migrants read Ian McEwan? Now that’s a hostile environment.
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Israel’s arms imports from UK hit record high values
Israel’s arms imports from UK hit record high values
Last week, our FactCheck team exclusively revealed that Israel’s imports of UK arms hit a record high value in June. Now, we can reveal new figures showing September was the second highest month on re...
www.channel4.com
October 6, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Israel’s arms imports from UK hit record high values
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The idea that being a refugee is somehow a “golden ticket” is genuinely awful. These are people who the government have recognised are in need of protection. Do they think people chose that? That that’s what people wanted?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Starmer to end asylum ‘golden ticket’ of resettlement and family reunion rights
People granted asylum will have to earn right to invite family in plan charities call ‘straight from populist playbook’
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The idea that being a refugee is somehow a “golden ticket” is genuinely awful. These are people who the government have recognised are in need of protection. Do they think people chose that? That that’s what people wanted?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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The idea that digital ID cards will stop people working in the shadow economy and thus reduce small boat crossings is baffling
The very nature of the shadow economy (the only way asylum seekers can find work) is employers don’t check documents.. That would obviously continue with ID cards
The very nature of the shadow economy (the only way asylum seekers can find work) is employers don’t check documents.. That would obviously continue with ID cards
September 26, 2025 at 7:01 AM
The idea that digital ID cards will stop people working in the shadow economy and thus reduce small boat crossings is baffling
The very nature of the shadow economy (the only way asylum seekers can find work) is employers don’t check documents.. That would obviously continue with ID cards
The very nature of the shadow economy (the only way asylum seekers can find work) is employers don’t check documents.. That would obviously continue with ID cards
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What on Earth is this? An "in depth" BBC article about free speech in the UK that only cites examples of right-wing/ 'anti-woke' speech being suppressed. How can you mention Lucy Connolly but completely ignore Palestine Action / Just Stop Oil? Gob-smacking. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How the simmering UK freedom of speech row reached boiling point
How did we reach a point where the UK is being compared to a 'tin pot Third World dictatorship'?
www.bbc.co.uk
September 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
What on Earth is this? An "in depth" BBC article about free speech in the UK that only cites examples of right-wing/ 'anti-woke' speech being suppressed. How can you mention Lucy Connolly but completely ignore Palestine Action / Just Stop Oil? Gob-smacking. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Nicanor Parra, trs. Lerzundi & Van Voorhis
June 18, 2024 at 12:36 AM
Nicanor Parra, trs. Lerzundi & Van Voorhis
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June Jordan
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September 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM