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James Hutson
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Occasional illustrator, former animator of science communication explainers and all round information visualiser.
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James Hutson @jameshutson.bsky.social · Jan 13
This time last week I was lying on the floor of a London hostel room having a heart attack while I waiting 40 minutes for an ambulance.

And yet thanks to the NHS being fucking amazing despite insufficient funding, I am alive and it cost me… nothing.

Universal health care. Fuck yeah.
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ewacat.bsky.social
omg please YES i have seen so many people wander into he road at bad times there, i am amazed more people aren't hurt or killed given the combination of traffic and tourists
qagggy.bsky.social Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 21h
Cramped footpaths no longer. Camden Council plans to pedestrianize the street in front of the British Museum.
January 23, 2026 at 10:52 AM
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alexvont.bsky.social
I know some people are cynical about everything now and just say “eh, what do you expect” at every new low, but really this is just astonishing and outrageous, and I don’t think we should shrug at that www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protest
Guardian analysis shows images are the same, with Nekima Levy Armstrong looking composed in original but sobbing after alteration
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:32 AM
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brianbilston.bsky.social
Annual reminder of how many days there are in each month.
Mnemonic   Thirty days hath September, April, June and November. Unless a leap year is its fate, February hath twenty-eight. All the rest hath three days more, excepting January, which hath six thousand, one hundred and eighty-four. Brian Bilston
January 23, 2026 at 10:08 AM
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ewacat.bsky.social
tremendous thread, enjoying this
jayhulmepoet.bsky.social Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 17h
A few days ago, I stood in the graveyard of an 1100 year old church, getting damper and damper in the drizzling rain.

A woman walked into the graveyard, waved, said hello, and, as we had previously arranged, handed me a paper bag full of human bones.

The life of a churchwarden is a strange one...
January 23, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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shelleybwoke.bsky.social
Net Zero Billionaires 2030
Abigail Larson ‪@abigaillarson.com‬ Today in Milan, a student activist group hung a trash-filled effigy of Musk upside down on a gate outside of piazzale Loreto, where Mussolini's body was displayed in 1945. They left the message: "C'è sempre posto a piazzale Loreto, Elon" (There's always room in piazzale Loreto, Elon) photo of a bodysuit filled with garbage and a taped portrait of Elon Musk hangs upside down on the gate near piazzale Loreto in Milan, Italy. Photo from Ansa Italia 2025
January 23, 2026 at 12:11 PM
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annijyn.com
kind of obsessed with walking in fog
rainy misty yorkshire dales, skeletal wintery trees and winding roads lined with low stone walls
January 22, 2026 at 8:08 PM
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atrupar.com
Wow -- Fanone coughs "go fuck yourself" to Trey Nehls as Nehls blames Capitol Police leadership for January 6
January 22, 2026 at 7:22 PM
jameshutson.bsky.social
“All NSW beaches open for Australia Day long weekend after week of shark attacks” is the most JAWS headline I’ve ever read.
a man wearing glasses is getting a massage from a woman on the beach .
Alt: Shot zooming in to sheriff on beach in JAWS movie
media.tenor.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:50 PM
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aghastronaut.com
This is how much bigger the United States is than the United States
A sillouhete of the United States overthe United States
January 21, 2026 at 2:30 AM
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joelhs.bsky.social
“ICE isn’t the Gestapo. The Gestapo was…” (proceeds to describe qualities that apply to what ICE is currently doing)
From Senator Chris McDaniel: “Lately, some folks have taken to calling ICE “the Gestapo.” It sounds fierce. It feels righteous. But it isn’t true, and it isn’t harmless. The Gestapo was a secret police force. No warrants. No courts. No lawyers. And no appeals. People vanished in the night, not because they broke the law, but because the law no longer meant anything. The knock on the door was the sentence. ICE isn’t that. Not even close. ICE is a public agency enforcing laws passed by elected officials. Its agents file reports. They seek warrants. They lose cases. Judges stop them. Lawyers challenge them. Some detainees go home. That’s not tyranny. That’s bureaucracy, for better and worse. You can hate immigration policy. You can argue enforcement is too harsh, too sloppy, or too broad. You can work to have the law changed if you wish. That’s a republic doing what it’s supposed to do. But when you call ordinary law enforcement “the Gestapo,” you cheapen real evil. You turn history into a slogan and suffering into a metaphor. And once every badge is tyranny, no tyranny is left to recognize. In Mississippi, I was raised to believe words should earn their weight. This one hasn't yet. It throws around the language of dictatorship while living under a system where courts still rule, lawyers still argue, and the government still loses. That difference matters. Because the day enforcement becomes secret, unchecked, and answerable to no one, we won’t need to borrow names from history. We’ll know exactly what we’re dealing with. And we’ll wish we’d kept our words honest.”
January 20, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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atrupar.com
Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
January 20, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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gregsargent.bsky.social
Bizarre editorial choice by @nytimes.com to portray Trump's threats toward Europe as strong and fearsome rather than as a madman and unhinged tyrant spiraling out of control before our very eyes
January 20, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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atlathewriter.bsky.social
IVE BEEN INFORMED THESE SUBTITLES ARE FOR SOPRANOS. SOPRANO TELETUBBIES.
atlathewriter.bsky.social Atla Hrafney @atlathewriter.bsky.social · 4d
In the 2010s, the Icelandic tv station Channel 2 accidentally added subtitles from a gritty crime drama to an episode of Teletubbies.

I have translated some of the highlights
A screenshot of Lala and Po from the teletubbies. The screenshot is clearly taken from someone's phone, as the borders of the tv can be seen, as well as glimpses into the apartment behind them. Po is in bed wrapped up in a blanket. The text below them reads "I know you were high at my mother-in-laws funeral..." More screenshots from the Teletubbies. Lala seems to be upset with a terrified Po. the text below reads "Did you kill the dog? Why would you do that?!" A third screenshot from the Teletubbies, this time the same scene as before. Po is wearing an apron while Lala seems to still be upset at him. The text below reads "You're nothing but a failure of a man."
January 20, 2026 at 7:42 PM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
It's inevitable, you simply must adapt to it and use it, you have no choice, but also please use it more or it's going to die
January 20, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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juddlegum.bsky.social
1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees

ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals

Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care

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ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months
popular.info
January 20, 2026 at 1:42 PM
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bigblocks.bsky.social
blornchiesque
January 20, 2026 at 6:46 AM
jameshutson.bsky.social
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tyleraking.com Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 4d
“One notable MIT study found that 95 percent of companies that integrated AI saw zero meaningful growth in revenue. For coding tasks, one of AI’s most widely hyped applications, another study showed that programmers who used AI coding tools actually became slower at their jobs.”
AI Completely Failing to Boost Productivity, Says Top Analyst
AI may or may not excel at a lot of things, but from an economic standpoint, it's definitely not making us more productive.
futurism.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:48 AM
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paulwaldman.bsky.social
As actual “jackbooted government thugs” wage war on an American city, the people who spent decades warning about government tyranny aren’t just silent. They’re stoked.

paulwaldman.substack.com/p/what-happe...
What Happened to the "Don't Tread On Me" Conservatives?
Guess what, they never cared about individual rights or had a problem with state violence. It just depends on who's on the receiving end.
paulwaldman.substack.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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peterwmurphy1.bsky.social
"Where It All Went Wrong: The Case Against John Howard"
by @amyremeikis.bsky.social
On the thirtieth anniversary of John Howard coming to power, a searing analysis of the untouchable prime minister: how the ‘great economic manager’ sold our future. 26Feb2026 #auspol #AusHistory #politics #BookSky
Book cover: "Where It All Went Wrong: The Case Against John Howard" by Amy Remeikis
January 18, 2026 at 4:23 AM
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bbennettesq.bsky.social
The 4th Amendment is dead in Minnesota. ICE is breaking into homes without a judicial warrant as if a city of peaceful residents is Fallujah & threatening all inside with automatic weapons.

This does not make us safer and violates the civil liberties of Americans and immigrants.

ICE Delenda Est.
leahmillis.bsky.social Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 5d
Today in St. Paul: A house is raided by ICE agents and other law enforcement officers in St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S., days after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, January 18, 2026. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Federal agents break a door down during a raid on a home in St Paul. A man is removed from a home in St Paul by ERO and ICE agents. A baby looks out the window after their home was raided by federal law enforcement in St Paul and a man was removed.
January 18, 2026 at 9:34 PM
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aaronsojourner.org
Have helped guard a local mosque during their Friday prayers.

Been very cold but Somali restaurant offers us delicious, warm tea constantly.

Members expressed much gratitude & confidence this ugly time will pass.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d
Talked to a Somali man today who said his mosque last night was surrounded by neighbors ready to protect them against ICE if needed. Made me feel proud to live in this city.
January 18, 2026 at 3:27 AM
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tressiemcphd.bsky.social
January 17, 2026 at 10:39 PM
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atrupar.com
Ellison: "This was a family taking their kids from an athletic event and they ended up getting caught in the middle of the ICE behavior & protesters, & then, inexplicably, they shot tear gas too close to the car & that caused the infant to have some respiratory problems. CPR had to be administered."
January 16, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
just got out of an uber. the driver was telling me how he has to work 16 hour days, seven days a week, at two different jobs to afford rent. he doesn't have healthcare and he worries about retirement. "i would feel a lot better if we owned greenland," he told me. then he cried.
January 17, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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zerogeewhiz.bsky.social
Who could possibly have seen this coming?
January 17, 2026 at 10:25 AM