Emily Collins
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The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
emptycity.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
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I thought it was interesting that DA and non-DA homicides have been counter-cyclical over the last decade, and followed v different patterns long-term. 17% of homicides have been DA since 2003, 15% over the past decade.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I thought it was interesting that DA and non-DA homicides have been counter-cyclical over the last decade, and followed v different patterns long-term. 17% of homicides have been DA since 2003, 15% over the past decade.
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Trump threatening to sue the BBC for a billion dollars should not be taken at face value. In reality, it‘s a demand for a bribe. We need to see this as the behaviour of a toddler in a supermarket who threatens a tantrum if their parent doesn‘t buy them a shitty toy.
November 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Trump threatening to sue the BBC for a billion dollars should not be taken at face value. In reality, it‘s a demand for a bribe. We need to see this as the behaviour of a toddler in a supermarket who threatens a tantrum if their parent doesn‘t buy them a shitty toy.
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Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
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Two things. 1 I think the transition out of the Soviet Union is instructive here (for both men and women, I think). 2 Life is disappointing and hard for everyone. That is being treated as a problem to be solved politically for just men and boys. For women and girls it's life.
November 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Two things. 1 I think the transition out of the Soviet Union is instructive here (for both men and women, I think). 2 Life is disappointing and hard for everyone. That is being treated as a problem to be solved politically for just men and boys. For women and girls it's life.
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In addition, vouchers (and indeed universal free breakfast clubs) are just a really good way to spend a pound to get 70p worth of outcome.
Vouchers? I thought we’d spent decades shifting away from stigmatising and shaming the poor with vouchers e.g. free school meal tickets.
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
In addition, vouchers (and indeed universal free breakfast clubs) are just a really good way to spend a pound to get 70p worth of outcome.
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It’s also worth noting that Adriana was a nurse who sought medical care for severe headaches during pregnancy.
She knew something was wrong.
She was dismissed & sent home and died the next day.
Medical misogyny killed her, and then the abortion ban caused her to be turned into an incubator
She knew something was wrong.
She was dismissed & sent home and died the next day.
Medical misogyny killed her, and then the abortion ban caused her to be turned into an incubator
Adriana Smith, Misogyny and the Cruelty of Forced Birth
Adriana Smith couldn't access competent medical care when she needed it, and it killed her. Now the hospital is forcing 'care' on her by keeping her alive as an incubator due to Georgia's abortion ban
www.disabledginger.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:09 AM
It’s also worth noting that Adriana was a nurse who sought medical care for severe headaches during pregnancy.
She knew something was wrong.
She was dismissed & sent home and died the next day.
Medical misogyny killed her, and then the abortion ban caused her to be turned into an incubator
She knew something was wrong.
She was dismissed & sent home and died the next day.
Medical misogyny killed her, and then the abortion ban caused her to be turned into an incubator
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congrats to everyone for thinking this through before signing very big contracts to put it on every student’s device at the school or university you run
OVER A MILLION USERS
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
November 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
congrats to everyone for thinking this through before signing very big contracts to put it on every student’s device at the school or university you run
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Assuming Labour aren't in a hurry to introduce electoral reform (they don't look keen, but hey stranger things have happened!) it seems strange, when main problem you have had for a year is accelerating vote losses on the left flank, to push a policy which is v likely to provoke further such losses
November 8, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Assuming Labour aren't in a hurry to introduce electoral reform (they don't look keen, but hey stranger things have happened!) it seems strange, when main problem you have had for a year is accelerating vote losses on the left flank, to push a policy which is v likely to provoke further such losses
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‘The ward felt like a prison. What had I let them do?’: how my daughter was crushed by a health service meant to help her
‘The ward felt like a prison. What had I let them do?’: how my daughter was crushed by a health service meant to help her
Ruth was 14 years old and being treated for an eating disorder when she died after being detained under the Mental Health Act. She wasn’t allowed to see her family for more than a few hours a week. How did the system we trusted – and I worked for as a GP – fail us so tragically?
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
‘The ward felt like a prison. What had I let them do?’: how my daughter was crushed by a health service meant to help her
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The highest paid MP in the country has suggested that the minimum wage may be “too high” for younger workers 🤷
November 4, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The highest paid MP in the country has suggested that the minimum wage may be “too high” for younger workers 🤷
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It’s fascinating comparing the front page coverage of the Huntingdon train attack (below) with how the British press treated another case 30 years ago.
I’m referring to the 1995 Netto supermarket attack in Birmingham in which a man stabbed 10 people, killing one of them.
I’m referring to the 1995 Netto supermarket attack in Birmingham in which a man stabbed 10 people, killing one of them.
November 3, 2025 at 9:50 AM
It’s fascinating comparing the front page coverage of the Huntingdon train attack (below) with how the British press treated another case 30 years ago.
I’m referring to the 1995 Netto supermarket attack in Birmingham in which a man stabbed 10 people, killing one of them.
I’m referring to the 1995 Netto supermarket attack in Birmingham in which a man stabbed 10 people, killing one of them.
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"[...] more than thirty per cent of American respondents said that their political opponents were not fully human. [...]
These findings echo a broader pattern political scientists call affective polarization: the replacement of disagreement with abhorrence."
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
These findings echo a broader pattern political scientists call affective polarization: the replacement of disagreement with abhorrence."
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
How Monsters Went from Menacing to Misunderstood
For most of human history, monsters were repugnant aberrations, breaches of the natural and moral order. What’s behind our relentless urge to humanize them?
www.newyorker.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:52 AM
"[...] more than thirty per cent of American respondents said that their political opponents were not fully human. [...]
These findings echo a broader pattern political scientists call affective polarization: the replacement of disagreement with abhorrence."
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
These findings echo a broader pattern political scientists call affective polarization: the replacement of disagreement with abhorrence."
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Reading this, one proposal is to raise state pension age to 70, which is fine except our ageist society routinely forces people out of work in their 50s. Add to that most people can't afford to retire in their 50s and you potentially have a giant fucking crisis right there
Beyond Our Means - Policy Exchange
Download Publication Online Reader The UK faces a twin-pronged fiscal crisis. At about 100% of GDP, public debt is inordinately high and is set to rise a good deal further. Debt interest alone account...
policyexchange.org.uk
November 3, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Reading this, one proposal is to raise state pension age to 70, which is fine except our ageist society routinely forces people out of work in their 50s. Add to that most people can't afford to retire in their 50s and you potentially have a giant fucking crisis right there
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yes- it's not back on the trains, but you can listen on our website poemsontheunderground.org/this-months-...
This Month’s Poems
Days of November 2009 read by Sheenagh Pugh This month we feature our new Autumn Poems on the Underground which will be on London Underground and Overground trains through November. To mark Armisti…
poemsontheunderground.org
November 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
yes- it's not back on the trains, but you can listen on our website poemsontheunderground.org/this-months-...
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A purported ally threatening diplomats and their families with personal consequences if they maintain the positions they’ve been instructed to take is very deeply shocking, extremely hostile, and undermines the norms by which non-violent resolution of international disagreements are possible.
November 3, 2025 at 12:20 PM
A purported ally threatening diplomats and their families with personal consequences if they maintain the positions they’ve been instructed to take is very deeply shocking, extremely hostile, and undermines the norms by which non-violent resolution of international disagreements are possible.
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Jesus Christ. We go mad about one bloke we wrongly released, yet hear next to nothing about this horror? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
More than 50 child asylum seekers still missing after disappearing from Kent care
Council data obtained by the Guardian shows 345 children have gone missing in recent years, many probably taken by traffickers
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Jesus Christ. We go mad about one bloke we wrongly released, yet hear next to nothing about this horror? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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And also, all woo is fash-adjacent. It's structural: idolising the "natural" is essentially reheated romanticism, & that slips into anti humanism incredibly easily. Hence the extremely broad hippy-anti-vaxx to QAnon-MAGA pipeline.
November 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
And also, all woo is fash-adjacent. It's structural: idolising the "natural" is essentially reheated romanticism, & that slips into anti humanism incredibly easily. Hence the extremely broad hippy-anti-vaxx to QAnon-MAGA pipeline.
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As ever, the real story here, aside from the bribes themselves, is not who met who, or who knew what about who.
It is that Farage, Reform and its predecessor parties have consistently acted to promote and assist Putin & Russian objectives in Europe & the world.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
It is that Farage, Reform and its predecessor parties have consistently acted to promote and assist Putin & Russian objectives in Europe & the world.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Reform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill
How did a former Mormon bishop end up pleading guilty to taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament?
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
As ever, the real story here, aside from the bribes themselves, is not who met who, or who knew what about who.
It is that Farage, Reform and its predecessor parties have consistently acted to promote and assist Putin & Russian objectives in Europe & the world.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
It is that Farage, Reform and its predecessor parties have consistently acted to promote and assist Putin & Russian objectives in Europe & the world.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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I had to read this several times to believe it - in 34 states, child marriage still legal; in 4 states, with NO minimum age- provided one parent and a judge consent. Usually girls. Often, for pseudo religious reasons, including to avoid an abortion after rape 😡😡😡. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/o...
Opinion | Why Do We Allow Child Marriage in America?
www.nytimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I had to read this several times to believe it - in 34 states, child marriage still legal; in 4 states, with NO minimum age- provided one parent and a judge consent. Usually girls. Often, for pseudo religious reasons, including to avoid an abortion after rape 😡😡😡. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/o...
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We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
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On the midi-plan arête; in the distance: the Périades and the Grandes Jorasses
From “Between heaven and earth” by Gaston Rébuffat, 1965.
From “Between heaven and earth” by Gaston Rébuffat, 1965.
November 1, 2025 at 1:13 PM
On the midi-plan arête; in the distance: the Périades and the Grandes Jorasses
From “Between heaven and earth” by Gaston Rébuffat, 1965.
From “Between heaven and earth” by Gaston Rébuffat, 1965.
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A woman is killed by a man every 3 days in the UK...
78% are murdered by a partner/ex
Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this
Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety
In fact, they voted against them...
78% are murdered by a partner/ex
Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this
Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety
In fact, they voted against them...
October 31, 2025 at 10:22 AM
A woman is killed by a man every 3 days in the UK...
78% are murdered by a partner/ex
Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this
Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety
In fact, they voted against them...
78% are murdered by a partner/ex
Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this
Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety
In fact, they voted against them...
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A collection of cloud drama for #scape day ☁️🌤️☁️🤍🧡🩶
#sky #cloudscape #clouds #nature #autumn #weather #lookup #mobilephotography
#sky #cloudscape #clouds #nature #autumn #weather #lookup #mobilephotography
October 31, 2025 at 6:25 AM
A collection of cloud drama for #scape day ☁️🌤️☁️🤍🧡🩶
#sky #cloudscape #clouds #nature #autumn #weather #lookup #mobilephotography
#sky #cloudscape #clouds #nature #autumn #weather #lookup #mobilephotography