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Rich Kerridge
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Confident bald man and diamond in the rough.
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.

He is a computer safety researcher.

And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.

In under 1600 words.

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I Want You to Understand Chicago Politics Chicago 2025-11-08 I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time. Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again. An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next. Understand what it is to pray in Chicago. On September 19th, Reverend David Black, lead pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, was praying outside the ICE detention center in Broadview when a DHS agent shot him in the head with pepper balls. Pepper balls are never supposed to be fired at the head because they can seriously injure, or even kill. “We could hear them laughing as they were shooting us from the roof,” Black recalled. He is not the only member of the clergy ICE has assaulted. Methodist pastor Hannah Kardon was violently arrested on October 17th, and Baptist pastor Michael Woolf was shot with pepper balls on November 1st. Understand what it is to sleep in Chicago. On the night of September 30th, federal agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter to execute a raid on an apartment building on the South Sho…
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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bladeofthes.bsky.social
Drawn 133 years ago, and the con hasn't changed one bit.
November 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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gillmartin.bsky.social
Still Talking about Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump

#releasethefiles
#listentothevictims
#swearinadelitagrijalva
November 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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petejackson.bsky.social
Inspired by the story of Angel Meadow in Manchester for teaching Industrial living conditions for OCR B, I've done something similar for the East End of London in the 20th century using the amazing The Abyss of London by the aptly named Jack London. This story really helps build the East End world
November 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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katarney.bsky.social
What did Watson and Crick discover in 1953?”
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes!”
Now would be a good time to listen to my interview with the brilliant @matthewcobb.bsky.social about Franklin, Watson, Crick and the discovery of the double helix. geneticsunzipped.com/blog/2023/8/...
What really happened between Franklin, Watson and Crick in the discovery of the DNA double helix? — Genetics Unzipped
Kat Arney chats with Professor Matthew Cobb about what really happened between James Watson, Francis Crick and Rosalind Franklin during the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA.
geneticsunzipped.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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hcrichardson.bsky.social
November 7, 2025
November 7, 2025
The repercussions from Tuesday’s vote, in which Democratic candidates were victorious across the country, continue to echo.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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gillmartin.bsky.social
#nobodysgirl
#listentothevictims
#releasetheepsteinfiles
November 2, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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gillmartin.bsky.social
"The great dividers want you to think the problems in society are caused by migrants and refugees. They’re wrong. They’re caused by an economic system that protects the interests of the super-rich."
Jeremy Corbyn.

#billionaires #wealthtax
November 2, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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gillmartin.bsky.social
Still Talking about Jeffrey Epstein & Donald Trump

#releasetheepsteinfiles
#listentothevictims
November 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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zoejardiniere.bsky.social
3 things Starmer could do instead of camps in old barracks that would actually WORK👇

1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK

2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves

3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
Keir Starmer tries to look tough - and exposes himself as a coward
The government's immigration policy is in desperate need of a bold change in direction.
metro.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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msquinnhistory.bsky.social
If you’re still on X, why? Why are you happily contributing to this? Is your follower count so important that you can’t make a stand?

observer.co.uk/news/columni...
Musk’s war on Wikipedia is a fight for a future without f...
The tech mogul’s Grokipedia relies on right-leaning AI instead of consensus between human moderators
observer.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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hcrichardson.bsky.social
October 31, 2025
October 31, 2025
Yesterday a reporter asked Representative Joe Neguse, a Democrat of Colorado, about the administration’s withholding of reserve funds Congress intended would fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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sashasmith.bsky.social
Huge thanks to Educate for this feature on our @endsexisminschools.bsky.social History report, alongside @katemossewriter.bsky.social

‘Change is needed’. 💪🏻
October 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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helenpins.bsky.social
This book is great for setting the scenes for each section of Viking Expansion. It can be quite tricky for students to get into the Vikings, as it’s so different from everything else they’ve studied; I think this will help. #historyteacher #GCSE I haven’t got to kings yet, which is where we struggle
October 29, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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apf102.bsky.social
Neat way of visualising extreme wealth…

Didcot is most avg town in England (pop. 32,186)

Mean net worth in England is about £305k per person.

If a millionaire came to live in Didcot, the mean worth would rise by 22p per person.

If Elon Musk arrived it would rise by £11.5 million

#itsnotnormal
October 23, 2025 at 12:10 PM
historyrichk.bsky.social
Very good article. I also feel sorry for people who have to read Biggar's rubbish in order to rebut it.
alanlester.bsky.social Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 19d
Superb review of Lenny Henry & Marcus Ryder's reasoned explanation of reparations & Nigel Biggar's malevolent rebuttal. @bizk.bsky.social far quicker than my plodding pace but writing something along similar lines that delves more into the histories of slavery now. observer.co.uk/culture/book...
Who should pay the debts of slavery? | The Observer
The Tory historian Nigel Biggar mounts a contradictory defence of empire, while in The Big Payback Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder make the case for reparat...
observer.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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carmelbones.bsky.social
Proudly using the important ‘F’ word today on the ReTeach History podcast…fairness! Fascinating convo with @katemossewriter.bsky.social & @sashasmith.bsky.social @reteachuk.bsky.social focusing on the End Sexism in Schools History Report. So important to educate to counter toxic attitudes 🎧🙌🏻
October 23, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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I wrote the book INTERMEDIARIES and I say with certainty that #ICE is essentially equivalent to the German paramilitary Freikorps who ultimately gave rise to Nazi storm troops. This is shorthand but I’ve got the receipts in the research. brandyschillace.com/book/the-int...
The Intermediaries: A Weimar Story | Brandy Schillace
The fascinating history of a daring team of sexologists who built the first trans clinic in the shadow of the Third Reich. Set in interwar Germany, The Intermediaries tells the forgotten story of the ...
brandyschillace.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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hcrichardson.bsky.social
October 22, 2025
October 22, 2025
“It’s not his house.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:28 AM
historyrichk.bsky.social
#CambridgeOCR History has another date for Exam Review webinar:
27th November – 16:00-17:30
Follow the link:
www.ocr.org.uk/qualificatio...

#ALHistory #HistoryTeacher
Exam Review: A Level History A H505 (Webinar) - Professional Development - OCR
Course details and booking information for OCR Professional Development course: Exam Review: A Level History A H505 (Webinar)
www.ocr.org.uk
October 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
historyrichk.bsky.social
@buxtocl.bsky.social has written a wonderful blog on why she teaches the French Revolution at A Level. Read it here:
www.ocr.org.uk/blog/a-level...

And if you have a particular topic that you love to teach and want to write about it for #CambridgeOCR, please get in touch: history@ocr.org.uk
A Level History: why study the French Revolution?
www.ocr.org.uk
October 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
historyrichk.bsky.social
Places available on our shared event with the Marx Memorial Library. This is a free event mixing some actual archive use with a tour of this most fantastic of buildings and a brief lecture on Anti-Apartheid with Rachel King, Associate Professor of Cultural Heritage Studies, UCL.
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October 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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October 20, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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gerryhassan.bsky.social
The Prince Andrew scandal is not just about Andrew. It is about the archaic institution - the UK Royal Family - which is not some irrelevant body but a core part of the unreformed British state. And Andrew has not given up his titles; he is just choosing not to use them.
October 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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priveteye.bsky.social
The royal houses of Europe cost from £10-40million per year to run, the Netherlands being the most expensive at £40M. The British royals cost (when all sources are added) £500M per year. Why? #monarchy #downwiththecrown
October 15, 2025 at 11:39 AM