Susan Major
@suemajor.bsky.social
Railway historian, living in York UK. https://susanmajorhistory.wordpress.com. Working class railway excursions mid-19c Britain, inc women's leisure mobility. Women railway workers WWII. FellowRHS. Local history for www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk
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Lots of stuff here that you won't read in most of the legacy media which seems completely uninterested in the backgrounds, associations and possible motivations of those behind the BBC crisis.
Why was the BBC having its homework marked by a lobbyist who hasn't worked as a journalist for 20 years?
Why was the BBC having its homework marked by a lobbyist who hasn't worked as a journalist for 20 years?
🧵On our revelations today about the BBC Coup and the Prescott Dossier.
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
'BBC Bias' Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Lots of stuff here that you won't read in most of the legacy media which seems completely uninterested in the backgrounds, associations and possible motivations of those behind the BBC crisis.
Why was the BBC having its homework marked by a lobbyist who hasn't worked as a journalist for 20 years?
Why was the BBC having its homework marked by a lobbyist who hasn't worked as a journalist for 20 years?
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Breaking News!
Code UFB!!!
The three-year running mean for the global surface temperature anomaly now exceeds 1.50°C over the pre-industrial baseline, as of November 8, 2025.
Are you there, COP 30? It's me, the Paris Agreement.
Code UFB!!!
The three-year running mean for the global surface temperature anomaly now exceeds 1.50°C over the pre-industrial baseline, as of November 8, 2025.
Are you there, COP 30? It's me, the Paris Agreement.
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Breaking News!
Code UFB!!!
The three-year running mean for the global surface temperature anomaly now exceeds 1.50°C over the pre-industrial baseline, as of November 8, 2025.
Are you there, COP 30? It's me, the Paris Agreement.
Code UFB!!!
The three-year running mean for the global surface temperature anomaly now exceeds 1.50°C over the pre-industrial baseline, as of November 8, 2025.
Are you there, COP 30? It's me, the Paris Agreement.
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You can be assured that tendentious memo by Michael Prescott, and the co-ordinated combination of the Telegraph, Mail, Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage and the White House means that the BBC hit job has been long in the planning, and has some insider help
November 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
You can be assured that tendentious memo by Michael Prescott, and the co-ordinated combination of the Telegraph, Mail, Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage and the White House means that the BBC hit job has been long in the planning, and has some insider help
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The Mamdani text generator has some important messages to share.
November 10, 2025 at 5:14 AM
The Mamdani text generator has some important messages to share.
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What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
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This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
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The BBC's senior leadership resigning en masse over one dodgy edit in one programme, simply because the right wing press demands it, tells you everything you need to know about where the power really lies in that relationship
November 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The BBC's senior leadership resigning en masse over one dodgy edit in one programme, simply because the right wing press demands it, tells you everything you need to know about where the power really lies in that relationship
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Looking forward to today's @uophistory.bsky.social open day!
It's great to be able to share our excellent degree programmes (History; History & Politics; English & History) & talk to guests.
Do come along - & you can see our project exhibition in the Park Building display area!
It's great to be able to share our excellent degree programmes (History; History & Politics; English & History) & talk to guests.
Do come along - & you can see our project exhibition in the Park Building display area!
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Looking forward to today's @uophistory.bsky.social open day!
It's great to be able to share our excellent degree programmes (History; History & Politics; English & History) & talk to guests.
Do come along - & you can see our project exhibition in the Park Building display area!
It's great to be able to share our excellent degree programmes (History; History & Politics; English & History) & talk to guests.
Do come along - & you can see our project exhibition in the Park Building display area!
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Don’t forget to watch this much needed and long overdue series on the British Empire. Remarkably, it’s not based on the opinions of a travelling ‘personality’, but on what historians who’ve actually researched it say!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Two - Empire with David Olusoga, Series 1, Episode 1
David Olusoga tells the story of the beginnings of the British Empire under Elizabeth I.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Don’t forget to watch this much needed and long overdue series on the British Empire. Remarkably, it’s not based on the opinions of a travelling ‘personality’, but on what historians who’ve actually researched it say!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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So Yaxley-Lennon is not guilty of terrorism offences but grannies holding Palestine Action placards are. Go figure.
November 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
So Yaxley-Lennon is not guilty of terrorism offences but grannies holding Palestine Action placards are. Go figure.
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The (new) Northern Sea route linking China and Europe makes shipping cheaper. Economically very attractive but of course only possible due to a somewhat sudden lack of sea ice.
November 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The (new) Northern Sea route linking China and Europe makes shipping cheaper. Economically very attractive but of course only possible due to a somewhat sudden lack of sea ice.
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In Finland they’ve been taught how to spot fake news as part of a critical thinking curriculum since 2014 including how to spot a doctored photo, check for inconsistencies as well as countering misinformation that sows division. We are more than 10 years behind on this.
School pupils are to be taught how to tackle conspiracy theories, spot 'fake news' & root out misinformation. The Daily Mail, ajudged by Wikipedia to be an unreliable new source, is furious. You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to work out why.
November 5, 2025 at 12:55 PM
In Finland they’ve been taught how to spot fake news as part of a critical thinking curriculum since 2014 including how to spot a doctored photo, check for inconsistencies as well as countering misinformation that sows division. We are more than 10 years behind on this.
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Some call it mass uncontrolled migration. Others call it the British empire.
November 4, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Some call it mass uncontrolled migration. Others call it the British empire.
The second period of open access for this starts today for a week.#railway200 @jtransporthist.bsky.social
My paper on mid 19th century railway excursion agents is part of this collection, on open access to mark #railway200.
Dear Followers,
‼️JTH created an open-access collection of papers to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the first railway journey in Britain‼️
Check it out here: journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...
‼️JTH created an open-access collection of papers to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the first railway journey in Britain‼️
Check it out here: journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...
November 3, 2025 at 8:04 AM
The second period of open access for this starts today for a week.#railway200 @jtransporthist.bsky.social
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"For reasons that have nothing to do with informing, educating and entertaining, but are likely instead about some team’s target stats, the BBC decided to actively tell millions of people they should be frightened by asylum seekers. Brilliant work."
Newsletter's out.
Newsletter's out.
Clickbait Will Kill Us All
This week: a brief rant about news values; some stuff that probably shouldn’t be taught in schools; and a journey planner for your trip to early modern Europe.
jonn.substack.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
"For reasons that have nothing to do with informing, educating and entertaining, but are likely instead about some team’s target stats, the BBC decided to actively tell millions of people they should be frightened by asylum seekers. Brilliant work."
Newsletter's out.
Newsletter's out.
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
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This is why … Byline Times
October 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This is why … Byline Times
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Player Ratings: Chemsdine Talbi scores a late winner at Stamford Bridge as we move up to 2nd in the Premier League, here's how I rated the lads! @RokerReport // #SAFC
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Andy’s Player Ratings: Chelsea 1-2 Sunderland - Injury time winner as we go 2nd in the table!
Chemsdine Talbi scored a late, late winner as we move up to second in the league, here’s how Andy rated the lads!
rokerreport.sbnation.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Player Ratings: Chemsdine Talbi scores a late winner at Stamford Bridge as we move up to 2nd in the Premier League, here's how I rated the lads! @RokerReport // #SAFC
rokerreport.sbnation.com/report-amp-p...
rokerreport.sbnation.com/report-amp-p...
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This. This this this this this.
Will Hayward: "Beyond this campaign, the aim of the party to appeal to Reform voters that are never coming back (and often were never Labour voters anyway) at the expense of left and centre left traditional supporters has been a catastrophe."
October 24, 2025 at 11:21 AM
This. This this this this this.
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See how easy that is...
Greens : "We're going to rejoin the EU"
Me : "Ok, you have my vote".
Greens : "We're going to rejoin the EU"
Me : "Ok, you have my vote".
Mehdi Hasan, "Is rejoining the EU a Green Party aim"
Zack Polanski, "Yes it is"
And just like that, the Green Party have leapfrogged the LibDems
Zack Polanski, "Yes it is"
And just like that, the Green Party have leapfrogged the LibDems
October 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
See how easy that is...
Greens : "We're going to rejoin the EU"
Me : "Ok, you have my vote".
Greens : "We're going to rejoin the EU"
Me : "Ok, you have my vote".
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In the House of Commons, I raised a case about generative AI, copyright infringement and the impact on the creative sector. We must see protections in the Data Use and Access Bill. #York #Data #Copyright
October 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
In the House of Commons, I raised a case about generative AI, copyright infringement and the impact on the creative sector. We must see protections in the Data Use and Access Bill. #York #Data #Copyright
York's own Fitzcarraldo!
October 20, 2025 at 12:28 PM
York's own Fitzcarraldo!
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Quite the spectacle to see media outlets who've cheered on austerity saying 'oh god, SEND spending is out of control'. Well, if you gut councils, fail to provide local special school spaces, collapse SureStart and leave public/collective transport to rot, that's what happens. Cuts are expensive
October 16, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Quite the spectacle to see media outlets who've cheered on austerity saying 'oh god, SEND spending is out of control'. Well, if you gut councils, fail to provide local special school spaces, collapse SureStart and leave public/collective transport to rot, that's what happens. Cuts are expensive
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