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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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Completely beyond why people try to defend Labour record on treatment of asylum seekers. They are awful.
They have done terrible things the Tories never even thought of, like denying any refugee who came here through irregular means from EVER becoming a citizen & ENDING FAMILY REUNIFICATION. demons.
They have done terrible things the Tories never even thought of, like denying any refugee who came here through irregular means from EVER becoming a citizen & ENDING FAMILY REUNIFICATION. demons.
November 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Completely beyond why people try to defend Labour record on treatment of asylum seekers. They are awful.
They have done terrible things the Tories never even thought of, like denying any refugee who came here through irregular means from EVER becoming a citizen & ENDING FAMILY REUNIFICATION. demons.
They have done terrible things the Tories never even thought of, like denying any refugee who came here through irregular means from EVER becoming a citizen & ENDING FAMILY REUNIFICATION. demons.
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Car culture is wild. Coz wdym the M&S Christmas advert is celebrating a huge traffic jam (which generally means a very serious, often fatal collision) and promoting people exit their cars on the motorway.
November 7, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Car culture is wild. Coz wdym the M&S Christmas advert is celebrating a huge traffic jam (which generally means a very serious, often fatal collision) and promoting people exit their cars on the motorway.
The Trump effect.
Looking like the election in the Netherlands has taken an interesting turn if the first exit poll is anything to go by.
The Far Right’s Geert Wilders has already conceded.
The Far Right’s Geert Wilders has already conceded.
Dutch centrist liberals under Jetten head for shock election win, exit poll says
Rob Jetten's D66 party celebrates, two years after his party languished in fifth place in the last vote.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 5:26 AM
The Trump effect.
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I haven't discussed the actual bus stop bypass. My thoughts on those are here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Disabled people's access needs in transport decarbonisation
Click on the article title to read more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:43 AM
I haven't discussed the actual bus stop bypass. My thoughts on those are here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Enough is enough - good to see #ReclaimTheNight featured in today's Yorkshire Evening Post.
October 29, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Enough is enough - good to see #ReclaimTheNight featured in today's Yorkshire Evening Post.
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How To Join ICE
How To Join ICE
As Immigration and Customs Enforcement seeks to increase its presence across the country, the agency is actively recruiting new agents to carry out the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign...
theonion.com
October 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
How To Join ICE
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The reason I talk about the limbic system in creative writing classes is nothing beats the limbic system once it’s activated. Not evidence, not logic
Sensory detail—a vital part of storytelling & survival—activates the hippocampus, which is part of this system
you do not forget these stories
Sensory detail—a vital part of storytelling & survival—activates the hippocampus, which is part of this system
you do not forget these stories
Telling the same story in different ways can change the brain networks that the listener uses to form memories
Your Brain’s Memory of a Story Depends on How It Was Told
Telling the same story in different ways can change the brain networks that the listener uses to form memories
www.scientificamerican.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The reason I talk about the limbic system in creative writing classes is nothing beats the limbic system once it’s activated. Not evidence, not logic
Sensory detail—a vital part of storytelling & survival—activates the hippocampus, which is part of this system
you do not forget these stories
Sensory detail—a vital part of storytelling & survival—activates the hippocampus, which is part of this system
you do not forget these stories
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i promise you “he seems ok except for the nazi tattoo” is not how you defeat fascism.
October 21, 2025 at 11:52 PM
i promise you “he seems ok except for the nazi tattoo” is not how you defeat fascism.
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Trump’s EO states that only the "President and the AG shall provide authoritative interpretations of the law for the executive branch". The order directs executive branch employees not to advance legal interpretations that conflict with those provided by the president or attorney general.”
October 15, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Trump’s EO states that only the "President and the AG shall provide authoritative interpretations of the law for the executive branch". The order directs executive branch employees not to advance legal interpretations that conflict with those provided by the president or attorney general.”
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Digital literacy isn’t optional in today's world. Strengthen your armour against disinformation in the fight for democracy. 👇
Beginners Propaganda and Disinformation course - Udemy: www.udemy.com/course/propa...
Propaganda & Disinformation - Level 1 (Beginners)
Understand how manipulative propaganda and new technologies can be used to influence our world
www.udemy.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Digital literacy isn’t optional in today's world. Strengthen your armour against disinformation in the fight for democracy. 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
@charliepsych.bsky.social Almost certainly worth 30 minutes of your time. A few homilies delivered with a smile.
Schulz knew that to get a message across you had to be all things to all people. And be warm. There's overlaps with the counselling profession for sure.
@charliepsych.bsky.social Almost certainly worth 30 minutes of your time. A few homilies delivered with a smile.
Schulz knew that to get a message across you had to be all things to all people. And be warm. There's overlaps with the counselling profession for sure.
BBC Radio 4 - Illuminated, Peanuts at 75
Josh Cohen shares how Peanuts can help us navigate the frustrating squiggle of life.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 12, 2025 at 11:25 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
@charliepsych.bsky.social Almost certainly worth 30 minutes of your time. A few homilies delivered with a smile.
Schulz knew that to get a message across you had to be all things to all people. And be warm. There's overlaps with the counselling profession for sure.
@charliepsych.bsky.social Almost certainly worth 30 minutes of your time. A few homilies delivered with a smile.
Schulz knew that to get a message across you had to be all things to all people. And be warm. There's overlaps with the counselling profession for sure.
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An ethereally self-aware comedy genius: the loss of Diane Keaton is devastating | Peter Bradshaw
An ethereally self-aware comedy genius: the loss of Diane Keaton is devastating | Peter Bradshaw
America’s sweetheart was so much more than that: an actor of astonishing singularity and freshness who starred in the very best films of the past century
www.theguardian.com
October 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
An ethereally self-aware comedy genius: the loss of Diane Keaton is devastating | Peter Bradshaw
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Me for @theipaper.com on the importation of an alien culture to Britain: Trumpism
inews.co.uk/opinion/robe...
inews.co.uk/opinion/robe...
Jenrick 'not seeing white people' is straight out of the Trump playbook
Communities up and down Britain show we have integrated successfully - now that is under assault from politicians on the right
inews.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Me for @theipaper.com on the importation of an alien culture to Britain: Trumpism
inews.co.uk/opinion/robe...
inews.co.uk/opinion/robe...
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Everyone is starting to notice our egregious typographical error.
We are sufficiently ashamed.
Please accept this corrected version of our guide:
We are sufficiently ashamed.
Please accept this corrected version of our guide:
September 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Everyone is starting to notice our egregious typographical error.
We are sufficiently ashamed.
Please accept this corrected version of our guide:
We are sufficiently ashamed.
Please accept this corrected version of our guide:
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Hi @npr.org! We worked late tonight putting together this handy pocket guide!
It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers.
It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!
It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers.
It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!
September 26, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Hi @npr.org! We worked late tonight putting together this handy pocket guide!
It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers.
It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!
It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers.
It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!
If you happen to run an account claiming to be Chinese, in the US, female and posting random stuff about food and health, there's a high chance I've blocked you.
You didn't say enough about air quality.
You didn't say enough about air quality.
September 25, 2025 at 7:52 AM
If you happen to run an account claiming to be Chinese, in the US, female and posting random stuff about food and health, there's a high chance I've blocked you.
You didn't say enough about air quality.
You didn't say enough about air quality.
"There will be people you love, who can't stay forever.
There will be things you can't fix, although you are clever."
( Haig )
Some days this is more clear than others.
There will be things you can't fix, although you are clever."
( Haig )
Some days this is more clear than others.
September 22, 2025 at 12:12 PM
"There will be people you love, who can't stay forever.
There will be things you can't fix, although you are clever."
( Haig )
Some days this is more clear than others.
There will be things you can't fix, although you are clever."
( Haig )
Some days this is more clear than others.
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No longer funny. The crackdown on free speech in US is deadly serious, and emulates other authoritarian regimes. Great piece here. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
For comedians around the world, the laughs often end as democracy fades
Silencing of Jimmy Kimmel sets US on course similar to that charted by authoritarian regimes from Egypt to India
www.theguardian.com
September 19, 2025 at 11:27 AM
No longer funny. The crackdown on free speech in US is deadly serious, and emulates other authoritarian regimes. Great piece here. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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Reform accused of 'garbage science and conspiracy theories' over Kent climate emergency stance
www.kentlive.news/news/kent-ne...?
www.kentlive.news/news/kent-ne...?
Reform accused of 'garbage science' over Kent climate emergency stance
Reform UK, who now lead the council, propose a more "open-minded but sceptical" approach to global warming
www.kentlive.news
September 17, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Reform accused of 'garbage science and conspiracy theories' over Kent climate emergency stance
www.kentlive.news/news/kent-ne...?
www.kentlive.news/news/kent-ne...?
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Petition calling for Wiltshire by-election gaining momentum
www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/2546835...
www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/2546835...
Petition calling for Wiltshire by-election gaining momentum
A petition urging East Wiltshire MP Danny Kruger to step down and contest a by-election following his defection to Reform UK is gathering momentum,…
www.gazetteandherald.co.uk
September 17, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Petition calling for Wiltshire by-election gaining momentum
www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/2546835...
www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/2546835...
@conmachiavel.bsky.social This exists : www.spenvalleycivicsociety.org.uk/projects/jo-...
Not posting widely for good reason.
Not a street, in some ways better.
Not posting widely for good reason.
Not a street, in some ways better.
September 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM
@conmachiavel.bsky.social This exists : www.spenvalleycivicsociety.org.uk/projects/jo-...
Not posting widely for good reason.
Not a street, in some ways better.
Not posting widely for good reason.
Not a street, in some ways better.
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Useful reading material for some of the attendees of the Unite The Kingdom rally
September 14, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Useful reading material for some of the attendees of the Unite The Kingdom rally
Anyone writing about Scottish churches will find themselves filtered for a while.
September 13, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Anyone writing about Scottish churches will find themselves filtered for a while.