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ashley fairbanks

@ziibiing.com

this photo. minneapolis. 💜

📷️ Alex Kormann/Star Tribune

photo of march, signs for renee good and against ICe, crowded street.

January 23, 2026 at 10:04 PM

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Aaron Rupar

@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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flyingrodent

@flyingrodent.bsky.social

Shabana Mahmood here, and the vibes are not getting better.

'Harness power of AI to get ahead of criminals
In an interview with Sir Tony Blair last month, she said:
"AI and technology can be transformative to the whole of the law and order space.
"When I was in justice, my ultimate vision for that part of the criminal justice system was to achieve, by means of AI and technology, what Jeremy Bentham tried to do with his Panopticon. That is that the eyes of the state can be on you at all times.
"Similarly, in the world of policing, in particular, we've already been rolling out live facial recognition technology, but I think there's big space here for being able to harness the power of AI and tech to get ahead of the criminals, frankly, which is what we're trying to do."
Bentham, an 18th-century philosopher and social theorist, promoted the Panopticon as a circular prison with a central inspection tower from which a single guard could observe all inmates all the time while unseen.
A government source said: "This doesn't mean watching people who are non-criminals - but she feels like, if you commit a crime, you sacrifice the right to the kind of liberty the rest of us enjoy."

January 20, 2026 at 5:49 AM

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Mark Grimshaw

@markgrimshawtism.bsky.social

Fucking wild that our society is so attuned to accepting bigotry now that a national newspaper like the Daily Express can somehow get away with publishing blatant libel with absolutely zero pushback or consequence.

Daily Express on Facebook: These trailblazing nurses have just won a huge battle after NHS made them share changing room with a trans woman. Action came after Rose, a male nurse identifying as female, menacingly loitered as they changed 😠

January 18, 2026 at 9:46 PM

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Andrew Harrison

@nndroid.bsky.social

ICE clearly and provablty targeting journalists. This is banana republic behaviour – but of course America passed that milestone months ago.

John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 6d

Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.

January 17, 2026 at 4:15 PM

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Lewis Goodall

@lewisgoodall.com

Developments moving at an extraordinary pace in Minnesota

🔴 DoJ launches criminal investigations into Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor
🔴 Federal Judge places curbs on police treatment of protesters
🔴 Minnesota Star Tribune says Minneapolis is “under siege” by ICE

January 17, 2026 at 3:55 AM

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Caroline Russell

@carolinerussell.bsky.social

Chair of EHRC seeking a meeting with Sex Matters to discuss not only ‘mutual priorities’ but also ‘ways to work together going forward’! 🤔

Utterly inappropriate from a supposedly neutral Chair of the EHRC. Interested to see what will @commonswec.parliament.uk have to say?

TACC @tacc.org.uk · 7d

FOI reveals that within the first week in office, Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson requested a meeting with Sex Matters to discuss "mutual priorities and ways to work together going forward"

Email invitation to Dr. Emma Hilton from Sex Matters about meeting the new chair, Dr. Mary-Ann Stephenson.

January 17, 2026 at 7:20 AM

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Sean Jones KC

@seanjones.org

Having Grok “apologise” for creating CSAM is like punching someone in the face and then having the Sooty puppet on your fist apologise.

January 2, 2026 at 4:27 PM

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Quiet Riot

@quietriotpod.bsky.social

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December 25, 2025 at 9:19 AM

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Ray

@sireviscerate.myatproto.social

And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, was present at the end of the universe, having witnessed every black hole evaporate and every proton decay. Even so, Death would not come.

December 24, 2025 at 1:32 AM

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Martin Bauer

@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

1/12

December 24, 2025 at 8:03 AM

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Naomi Smith

@pimlicat.bsky.social

😍We are rejoining Erasmus. Official announcement tomorrow😍

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme

Exclusive: British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources say

www.theguardian.com

December 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM

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Ian Dunt

@iandunt.bsky.social

Incredibly brave. Imagine the faceless bores the BBC will have making their programmes if they continue down this path.

Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · Dec 13

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'.
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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 7:28 AM

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Robin Ince

@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.

December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM

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Dewie

@judgedewie.bsky.social

The court ruled that:

She sent racist messages to colleagues.

She lied in her evidence.

She bullied her trans colleague.

Trans women do not present any risk to other women in changing rooms to toilets.

The headlines don't seem to mention those facts.

December 9, 2025 at 12:23 AM

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Jessica Elgot

@jessicaelgot.bsky.social

Truly shocking that Rachel Reeves had the audacity to call herself the U14 girls chess champions when she won the U14 girls chess championship but some bloke thought she was talking about something else.

December 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM

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Phil Sturgeon 🌳🚵⚓️

@philsturgeon.com

My charity @protect.earth is five years old this week.

Some stats. 🧵

- Planted 157,453 trees

- Created 4,985m of hedgerow

- Removed over 15 acres of invasive species (Japanese knotweed, rhododendrons, bamboo and Himalayan balsam)

- Run 5 free hedge-laying courses for Welsh farmers.

November 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM

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Rutger Bregman

@rutgerbregman.com

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM

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Good Law Project

@goodlawproject.bsky.social

Greater Manchester ICB has again put off its adoption of an NHS data platform prescribed by the UK government and run by Palantir until there is more evidence that it will be in the “best interests” of the city's population 👀
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/20/manchester_nhs_fdp_deferred/

Manchester defers joining Palantir NHS data platform again

: Care board still waiting for evidence that it will be in the best interests of the population

www.theregister.com

November 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM

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Mike Galsworthy

@mikegalsworthy.bsky.social

The black hole in Durham County Council’s budget has grown by £11.1mn in the past two months under the control of Reform UK.

Its cabinet has been forced to approve a £10mn list of cuts.

But the measures will still leave the county council with a deficit of £72mn over the coming four years

Reform cabinet backs £10mn cuts to start filling Durham’s growing black hole

Reform is now learning that running a big council is not as easy as it probably thought

northeastbylines.co.uk

November 20, 2025 at 10:51 AM

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Byline Times

@bylinetimes.bsky.social

🔴Maurice Glasman and Morgan McSweeney: The Bannon-Inspired ‘Blue Labour’ Lobby Behind Shabana Mahmood

One of the key supporters of the Home Secretary’s hard line on asylum seekers is an admirer of Trump’s former campaign manager

bylinetimes.com/2025/11/17/m...

Maurice Glasman and Morgan McSweeney: The Bannon-Inspired ‘Blue Labour’ Lobby Behind Shabana Mahmood

One of the key supporters of the Home Secretary’s hard line on asylum seekers is an admirer of Trump’s former campaign manager – one of Jeffrey Epstein’s closest confidantes

bylinetimes.com

November 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM

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Alex Andreou

@sturdyalex.bsky.social

There is no reason why this should have made me laugh so hard a bit of gas escaped.

Nigel Farage Speaking to Laura Kuenssberg. The speech bubble read:

Farage: I was about 14 and it was over the photo of Eva Braun

Kuenssberg: Erm... I asked you about the West Bank

November 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM

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Caroline Lucas

@carolinelucas.bsky.social

This is the logical consequence of Labour’s appeasement of the far right - this is an arms race Labour should never seek to win

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · Nov 16

Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics

November 16, 2025 at 10:27 AM

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Alex Andreou's Podyssey

@alexpodyssey.bsky.social

🆕 Director's Cut: ECHO & NARCISSUS - The Influencer & The Follower

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