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jkbjournalist.bsky.social
Breaking: Trump told Palm Beach police chief 'everyone' knew about Epstein and 'evil' Maxwell www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
Trump told Palm Beach police chief ‘everyone’ knew about Epstein, Maxwell was ‘evil’
The new information comes as Ghislaine Maxwell was summoned to appear Monday before a Congressional committee.
www.miamiherald.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:32 PM
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acyn.bsky.social
Epstein survivor Anouska De Georgiou: The fact that the very people who are meant to lead this country have completely retraumatized us… it’s—I mean—it’s like being raped by the Department of Justice.
February 6, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
NEW on The Handbasket — An excerpt of Christopher Mathias' (@letsgomathias.bsky.social) new book 'To Catch A Fascist,' including a special intro from the author himself.

It’s an excellent read and you should buy it and I’m not just saying that because there’s a blurb from me on the back.

Read now:
'To Catch A Fascist'
Read a sneak peek of the new book by veteran journalist and far-right extremism expert Christopher Mathias.
www.thehandbasket.co
February 5, 2026 at 8:24 PM
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histoftech.bsky.social
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
greyg.bsky.social
The explainer we’ve all been waiting for lads
February 6, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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lalahaenzy.com
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
greyg.bsky.social
Tories in “nervous about scrutiny of Lords” shocker
jessicaelgot.bsky.social Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 10d
Understand Tories won't create or back a bill to remove Mandelson's peerage. There is unease among politicians in Westminster about the precedent of a government using its large majority to go after individuals, no matter how egregious. But mechanisms should still be there to expel him.
February 3, 2026 at 12:49 PM
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theguardian.com
The Minneapolis revolt tells us this: even in Trump’s America, the people have power too | Aditya Chakrabortty
The Minneapolis revolt tells us this: even in Trump’s America, the people have power too | Aditya Chakrabortty
After months of community resistance, the president backed down. Leadership from below succeeded when politics as usual failed, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:09 AM
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ancestralenq.bsky.social
The Shipley Glen Tramway which runs from Baildon to Saltaire in W. Yorks which is Britain's oldest working cable tramway opened in 1895 needs to raise £89,000 for repair bill. 👇
BBC News - Historic Shipley Glen Tramway faces £89,000 repair bill - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Historic Shipley Glen Tramway faces £89,000 repair bill
A fundraiser is launched to raise money to pay for repairs to the historic Shipley Glen Tramway.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 7:53 AM
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monkemma.bsky.social
I was asked to look at this post!

And while the story obviously has important context that’s missing from the headline - which I’ll cover obvs 😜 - what’s more important is to question why this is being posted!

And what to ask yourself when you see something like this…

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January 14, 2026 at 2:51 PM
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transitionalform.bsky.social
Our paper on the mysterious Devonian organism Prototaxites has now finally been published! See the paper here (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...) and our explainer thread below!
Prototaxites reconstruction by Matt Humpage
January 21, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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gralefrit.bsky.social
This is a fantastic article with a lot of simple explanations in it of everyday counterintuitive bullshit, just as you’d expect from Cory Doctorow.

Yeah AI is a bubble. But what sort of bubble? Who puffed it up? And what do we do?

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow
AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its roots
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:02 AM
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arteesetica.bsky.social
DuckDuckGo is asking «Where do you stand on AI?»
Now take a look at these answers and the amount of votes 😎

Keep saying that WE DON´T WANT AI ! ✊🔥

Vote here: voteyesornoai.com
https://voteyesornoai.com/vote/results https://voteyesornoai.com/
January 17, 2026 at 9:27 PM
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dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social
THREAD.

A collection of random dogs I have met on my adventures in the British countryside.

You will find the captions to the photos in the alt text.
A dog who has fallen out with her husband and step-children for the final time and is feeling the special kind of freedom that can only come from hot-wiring a vehicle belonging to a local tradesman and setting off into a bright winter's day, unencumbered by personal belongings, with no particular destination in mind.
January 15, 2026 at 3:08 PM
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kenwhite.bsky.social
Popehat Signal: looking for NY attorney familiar with revenge porn laws to give some pro bono advice to a victim menaced by someone in NY.
January 13, 2026 at 10:11 PM
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scotnational.bsky.social
More than 100 people gathered in a Glasgow park to watch someone get kicked in the balls
More than 100 people gather in Glasgow to watch 'full force kick in the balls'
www.thenational.scot
January 5, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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katherineschof8.bsky.social
And the finest Christmas tradition has arrived — #DuvetKnowItsChristmas is today! 1) Follow @rhodri.biz 2) post your pics of your makeshift Christmas Eve sleeping arrangements and 3) give money to the homeless @centrepointuk.bsky.social
December 24, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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martinmbauer.bsky.social
What would really be the implications of taking Santa Claus seriously?

It's the time of the year to review the current state of the physics of Santa Claus

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December 24, 2025 at 8:03 AM
greyg.bsky.social
Surely, if he’s that big, it won’t be difficult to find him
December 14, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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robinince.bsky.social
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career. I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters. Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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You've got your Christmas pressies sorted, now you need some lovely gift wrap to make them look proper smart

⏰ Order by Wednesday 17th December www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/christmas-ca...
Four mid century style gift wrap designs in teal, pink, charcoal and cream.
December 13, 2025 at 9:10 AM
greyg.bsky.social
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: No Star Wars, LOTR, or Marvel!
December 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social
THREAD.

A collection of photographs of excellent goats I have met during walks in the British countryside.

You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
Some goats who grew up during the heyday of Slipknot, Linkin Park and Korn, and had always wanted to form their own band within the nu metal subgenre, but now, having finally been brave enough to commit and go for it, are trying to brave it out and conceal their concern that they might have left it too late to fit in with prevailing musical trends.
December 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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nigella.bsky.social
It’s Stir-Up Sunday and so, as tradition decrees, my Ultimate Christmas Pudding is #RecipeOfTheDay. I have converted many Christmas pud haters with this, which is due not to any brilliance on my part but to the treacly magnificence of the Pedro Ximénez sherry in it. www.nigella.com/recipes/ulti...
Ultimate Christmas Pudding
I don’t deny it: there is something unattractively boastful about calling one’s own recipe “ultimate”. But having soaked my dried fruit for this pudding in Pedro Ximénez — the sweet, dark, sticky sher...
www.nigella.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social
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3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.

We decided to call him Jim.

This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
As you can see here, right from the very first day he entered our house, Jim found great difficulty in getting settled and making the environment his own.
November 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM