Susan Westbrook
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A big selection of Ladybird books at Oxfam, Newbury
September 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
A big selection of Ladybird books at Oxfam, Newbury
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The Greens are pledging to revoke any permits this corrupt regime issues. Will Labour? www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Government reopens oil and gas exploration nationwide, Greens decry 'climate fire'
Industry leaders hailed the move as vital for energy security, but the Green Party condemned it as a sign the coalition cares little for the climate crisis.
www.rnz.co.nz
September 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
The Greens are pledging to revoke any permits this corrupt regime issues. Will Labour? www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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September 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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The Dodgers have won the NL West so many times in the past 12 years it's just a handshake line when they do it now.
As someone who grew up watching this team suck ass in the 90s during my formative years this will never not be wild!
As someone who grew up watching this team suck ass in the 90s during my formative years this will never not be wild!
September 25, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The Dodgers have won the NL West so many times in the past 12 years it's just a handshake line when they do it now.
As someone who grew up watching this team suck ass in the 90s during my formative years this will never not be wild!
As someone who grew up watching this team suck ass in the 90s during my formative years this will never not be wild!
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Just taken Eeyore to the vets, £55 to be told he's a fat bastard 😂 diet time for you, boyo
September 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Just taken Eeyore to the vets, £55 to be told he's a fat bastard 😂 diet time for you, boyo
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I never teach my students to think of themselves as victims, and don’t know anyone who does. Someone probably does somewhere, but prevailing culture it is not.
But what really stands out is hearing this from a political movement whose incessant overriding message to supporters is “you’re a victim.”
But what really stands out is hearing this from a political movement whose incessant overriding message to supporters is “you’re a victim.”
"The problem with 🇺🇸 higher ed is that it is brainwashing students into a culture of victimhood & that federal research grants are an unchecked situation" is the sort of thing you can only write, in 2025, if you are a lying charlatan or you've never stepped foot on an actual college campus in years.
September 26, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I never teach my students to think of themselves as victims, and don’t know anyone who does. Someone probably does somewhere, but prevailing culture it is not.
But what really stands out is hearing this from a political movement whose incessant overriding message to supporters is “you’re a victim.”
But what really stands out is hearing this from a political movement whose incessant overriding message to supporters is “you’re a victim.”
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“Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.” ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
July 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
“Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.” ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
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The 🇬🇧 British horror film "THE MUMMY" directed by Terence Fisher and starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and Yvonne Furneaux was released in the U.K. #OnThisDay in 1959
🎬 Hammer Films
🎥 Bray Studios
🎬 Hammer Films
🎥 Bray Studios
September 25, 2025 at 11:24 AM
The 🇬🇧 British horror film "THE MUMMY" directed by Terence Fisher and starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and Yvonne Furneaux was released in the U.K. #OnThisDay in 1959
🎬 Hammer Films
🎥 Bray Studios
🎬 Hammer Films
🎥 Bray Studios
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Sedation dentistry is no longer weird. Phone cameras are really good. The price of solar panels has dropped by tens of thousands. Southern white rhinos, giant pandas, Arabian oryx and Stellar sea lions are no longer endangered.
And, I can testify, modern cancer treatments are fucking amazing.
And, I can testify, modern cancer treatments are fucking amazing.
Please give me an unironic list of things that have gotten better over the last ten years because I’m spiraling.
I’ll start: you can buy an enormous TV from Costco for like $100 bucks now.
I’ll start: you can buy an enormous TV from Costco for like $100 bucks now.
September 12, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Sedation dentistry is no longer weird. Phone cameras are really good. The price of solar panels has dropped by tens of thousands. Southern white rhinos, giant pandas, Arabian oryx and Stellar sea lions are no longer endangered.
And, I can testify, modern cancer treatments are fucking amazing.
And, I can testify, modern cancer treatments are fucking amazing.
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all i know is that normalizing debate with fascists has only facilitated the rise of fascism.
September 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
all i know is that normalizing debate with fascists has only facilitated the rise of fascism.
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The plaintiff, identified only as “KS,” had been granted deferral of removal to The Gambia under the Convention Against Torture on the basis of his sexuality.
Now, having been sent back to The Gambia, he is “hiding for fear of his life,” per complaint.
bsky.app/profile/anna...
Now, having been sent back to The Gambia, he is “hiding for fear of his life,” per complaint.
bsky.app/profile/anna...
New suit accuses DHS of using Ghana as an intermediary to send migrants back to their countries of origin, despite orders barring such removal.
One plaintiff is a bisexual man who had been granted deferral of removal to The Gambia. DHS deported him to Ghana, which then sent him back to The Gambia.
One plaintiff is a bisexual man who had been granted deferral of removal to The Gambia. DHS deported him to Ghana, which then sent him back to The Gambia.
September 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The plaintiff, identified only as “KS,” had been granted deferral of removal to The Gambia under the Convention Against Torture on the basis of his sexuality.
Now, having been sent back to The Gambia, he is “hiding for fear of his life,” per complaint.
bsky.app/profile/anna...
Now, having been sent back to The Gambia, he is “hiding for fear of his life,” per complaint.
bsky.app/profile/anna...
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and I think the part it really, really, really, really crystallized - like a thing we all new, but they straight punched us in the face with it - is that Elites vs Rabble is so much more important to them as a line of demarcation than any vector of ideology or belief or politics
September 13, 2025 at 5:30 AM
and I think the part it really, really, really, really crystallized - like a thing we all new, but they straight punched us in the face with it - is that Elites vs Rabble is so much more important to them as a line of demarcation than any vector of ideology or belief or politics
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Voids we have known
September 13, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Voids we have known
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basically a generational cohort split here where certain younger people intuitively grasp the irony poisoned context, and if you aren't already up to speed, very hard to explain
Watching the cable news commentary on the bullet engravings is wild because none of these people seem to realize that the content of the engravings are indicative of extremely online meme brain rot
September 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
basically a generational cohort split here where certain younger people intuitively grasp the irony poisoned context, and if you aren't already up to speed, very hard to explain
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this is acutely dangerous for the current national political context, because the ambiguity means that politicians can easily interpret to suit their own ends without being called out on it
September 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
this is acutely dangerous for the current national political context, because the ambiguity means that politicians can easily interpret to suit their own ends without being called out on it
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internet culture desks aren't just for cute meme trend stories. ever since gamergate, understanding how and why info moves online is critical to seeing how we got *here*
National political reporters: consult your gaming desk. You likely have a massively blind spot — this isn’t a dig at anyone, because I have this blind spot too b/c I’m not a gamer and am trying to adjust for it in real time — covering this very important moment if u don’t game & don’t know the memes
September 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
internet culture desks aren't just for cute meme trend stories. ever since gamergate, understanding how and why info moves online is critical to seeing how we got *here*
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Whether you call it an internet culture desk, a social media desk, a digital investigations desk, etc, today’s newsrooms lacking them operate as their own peril and risk obsolescence in the modern reporting environment, no longer informing the public with the necessary expertise.
internet culture desks aren't just for cute meme trend stories. ever since gamergate, understanding how and why info moves online is critical to seeing how we got *here*
National political reporters: consult your gaming desk. You likely have a massively blind spot — this isn’t a dig at anyone, because I have this blind spot too b/c I’m not a gamer and am trying to adjust for it in real time — covering this very important moment if u don’t game & don’t know the memes
September 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Whether you call it an internet culture desk, a social media desk, a digital investigations desk, etc, today’s newsrooms lacking them operate as their own peril and risk obsolescence in the modern reporting environment, no longer informing the public with the necessary expertise.
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I guess Trump really did think of Kirk like a member of his family.
Q: My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk. How are you holding up?
TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there you see all the trucks. They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get for about 150 years.
TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there you see all the trucks. They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get for about 150 years.
September 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I guess Trump really did think of Kirk like a member of his family.
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The absolute least that the WSJ should do is acknowledge that the sources on which they relied upon were wrong and that their reporting, which amplified those sources’ claims, was also wrong.
September 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The absolute least that the WSJ should do is acknowledge that the sources on which they relied upon were wrong and that their reporting, which amplified those sources’ claims, was also wrong.
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The organizations filed their response to DOJ’s request for a stay pending appeal in the foreign aid funding case. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
Remember, as I wrote in here (2nd item) — Roberts’s current “administrative” stay is already having real effects: www.lawdork.com/p/scotus-rej...
Remember, as I wrote in here (2nd item) — Roberts’s current “administrative” stay is already having real effects: www.lawdork.com/p/scotus-rej...
BREAKING: John Roberts issues another "administrative stay," this time blocking Judge Ali's preliminary injunction in the foreign aid funding case while the Supreme Court considers DOJ's request (which was denied by the DC Circuit).
September 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The organizations filed their response to DOJ’s request for a stay pending appeal in the foreign aid funding case. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
Remember, as I wrote in here (2nd item) — Roberts’s current “administrative” stay is already having real effects: www.lawdork.com/p/scotus-rej...
Remember, as I wrote in here (2nd item) — Roberts’s current “administrative” stay is already having real effects: www.lawdork.com/p/scotus-rej...
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Yeah, the troops are still here, “protecting” us from the “hellhole” that is DC’s 14th Street on a Friday evening.
At Law Dork overnight, I wrote about them: www.lawdork.com/p/on-this-se...
At Law Dork overnight, I wrote about them: www.lawdork.com/p/on-this-se...
September 12, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Yeah, the troops are still here, “protecting” us from the “hellhole” that is DC’s 14th Street on a Friday evening.
At Law Dork overnight, I wrote about them: www.lawdork.com/p/on-this-se...
At Law Dork overnight, I wrote about them: www.lawdork.com/p/on-this-se...
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I was attacked this morning .. smeared in fact by Rep Walberg… who accused me of never speaking out about antisemitism…it’s not just a blatant lie… it’s being done to try to create fear- that educators don’t fight for our students to have safe & welcoming schools. Here’s my response:
Really @repwalberg? You think I - a Jewish American who has faced antisemitism and is married to a Rabbi - has never spoken out against antisemitism? The truth is, I consistently speak out against antisemitism. Here are just a few examples.
September 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I was attacked this morning .. smeared in fact by Rep Walberg… who accused me of never speaking out about antisemitism…it’s not just a blatant lie… it’s being done to try to create fear- that educators don’t fight for our students to have safe & welcoming schools. Here’s my response: