@tim-i.bsky.social
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A powerful piece in @bigissue.com from one of 2025's Tenacious Journalist Award winners. Applications are open now (through 9 Jan) for 2026's cohort! (See previous bskeeps)
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
I spent four years in one of Britain's worst jails for a murder I didn't commit
Grzegorz Szal hoped compensation might help him move on with his life. Instead, he's faced years of unresolved torment.
www.bigissue.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
A powerful piece in @bigissue.com from one of 2025's Tenacious Journalist Award winners. Applications are open now (through 9 Jan) for 2026's cohort! (See previous bskeeps)
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
If paper and pencil are performance enhancing, maybe they should be prohibited in exams, but promoted elsewhere
Newly released evidence from Portugal shows that taking exams on a computer reduces kids' scores A LOT.
Old fashioned paper and pencil exams FTW!
Old fashioned paper and pencil exams FTW!
December 19, 2025 at 11:07 PM
If paper and pencil are performance enhancing, maybe they should be prohibited in exams, but promoted elsewhere
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Thousands of you have signed petitions calling for a fairer voting system.
Today, we delivered them to the government 💪
Today, we delivered them to the government 💪
It starts with a resolution...and ends with fair votes.
We've just delivered over 250,000 signatures calling for First Past The Post to be scrapped by next Christmas🎄
📢 Share to make the call even louder!
With @makevotesmatter.bsky.social @unlockdemocracy.bsky.social @electoralreform.bsky.social
We've just delivered over 250,000 signatures calling for First Past The Post to be scrapped by next Christmas🎄
📢 Share to make the call even louder!
With @makevotesmatter.bsky.social @unlockdemocracy.bsky.social @electoralreform.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Thousands of you have signed petitions calling for a fairer voting system.
Today, we delivered them to the government 💪
Today, we delivered them to the government 💪
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This old Eurotunnel advert always amazes me.
December 16, 2025 at 11:26 AM
This old Eurotunnel advert always amazes me.
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Things that are simultaneously true:
Antisemitism exists in U.K. & must end
Maccabi fanbase incl a hardcore racist hooligan faction
U.K. policing has been substantially under-resourced for years
PMs & Home Secs should stay out of operational decisions made by police forces
Antisemitism exists in U.K. & must end
Maccabi fanbase incl a hardcore racist hooligan faction
U.K. policing has been substantially under-resourced for years
PMs & Home Secs should stay out of operational decisions made by police forces
October 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Things that are simultaneously true:
Antisemitism exists in U.K. & must end
Maccabi fanbase incl a hardcore racist hooligan faction
U.K. policing has been substantially under-resourced for years
PMs & Home Secs should stay out of operational decisions made by police forces
Antisemitism exists in U.K. & must end
Maccabi fanbase incl a hardcore racist hooligan faction
U.K. policing has been substantially under-resourced for years
PMs & Home Secs should stay out of operational decisions made by police forces
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🚫 A Vacancy doesn't always mean a by-election! Did you know that by-elections are virtually unknown in Northern Ireland? Or that the recent Senedd reforms have abolished them entirely for the Welsh Parliament?
October 16, 2025 at 2:47 PM
🚫 A Vacancy doesn't always mean a by-election! Did you know that by-elections are virtually unknown in Northern Ireland? Or that the recent Senedd reforms have abolished them entirely for the Welsh Parliament?
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Our Young Make Votes Matter event with the London Assembly is starting now!
Watch the livestream here: www.youtube.com/live/BDnIo7W...
Watch the livestream here: www.youtube.com/live/BDnIo7W...
October 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Our Young Make Votes Matter event with the London Assembly is starting now!
Watch the livestream here: www.youtube.com/live/BDnIo7W...
Watch the livestream here: www.youtube.com/live/BDnIo7W...
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NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
October 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
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"Keir Starmer said that the sky didn't fall in when we introduced votes at 16 in Wales and Scotland.
And I say to you, Sir Keir, that when you introduced PR, the sky didn't fall in there either."
Our CEO Emma Harrison speaking at @labour4pr.bsky.social rally at #LabourConference2025 💯🔥
And I say to you, Sir Keir, that when you introduced PR, the sky didn't fall in there either."
Our CEO Emma Harrison speaking at @labour4pr.bsky.social rally at #LabourConference2025 💯🔥
October 1, 2025 at 10:41 AM
"Keir Starmer said that the sky didn't fall in when we introduced votes at 16 in Wales and Scotland.
And I say to you, Sir Keir, that when you introduced PR, the sky didn't fall in there either."
Our CEO Emma Harrison speaking at @labour4pr.bsky.social rally at #LabourConference2025 💯🔥
And I say to you, Sir Keir, that when you introduced PR, the sky didn't fall in there either."
Our CEO Emma Harrison speaking at @labour4pr.bsky.social rally at #LabourConference2025 💯🔥
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Seeing talk on here about class makes me wish people could at least acknowledge the Marxian point that class is not just another form of identity politics, but is about one's relationship to the means of production - eg I'm now bourgeois whatever my upbringing, prejudices etc.
October 2, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Seeing talk on here about class makes me wish people could at least acknowledge the Marxian point that class is not just another form of identity politics, but is about one's relationship to the means of production - eg I'm now bourgeois whatever my upbringing, prejudices etc.
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"...they thought attacking @archive.org would be an easy way to hide their unfair and extractive practices from working musicians.” www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/09/16/g...
Major Labels End Internet Archive 'Great 78 Project' Copyright Suit
The major record labels have settled a copyright infringement lawsuit filed against the Internet Archive over its Great 78 Project.
www.digitalmusicnews.com
September 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM
"...they thought attacking @archive.org would be an easy way to hide their unfair and extractive practices from working musicians.” www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/09/16/g...
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The commons is now in conference recess until 13th October.
Of the 307 divisions held so far this session, 150 would have changed result if seats matched votes. That is, ~49% of the time, opposition MPs represented more people but the government won anyway.
@makevotesmatter.bsky.social
Of the 307 divisions held so far this session, 150 would have changed result if seats matched votes. That is, ~49% of the time, opposition MPs represented more people but the government won anyway.
@makevotesmatter.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The commons is now in conference recess until 13th October.
Of the 307 divisions held so far this session, 150 would have changed result if seats matched votes. That is, ~49% of the time, opposition MPs represented more people but the government won anyway.
@makevotesmatter.bsky.social
Of the 307 divisions held so far this session, 150 would have changed result if seats matched votes. That is, ~49% of the time, opposition MPs represented more people but the government won anyway.
@makevotesmatter.bsky.social
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Britain's democracy is in crisis. Our First Past the Post voting system increasingly delivers results that have little to do with what the country wants.
This #DemocracyDay, I'm calling for a fair system where every vote counts._
It's time for Proportional Representation. #PRnow
This #DemocracyDay, I'm calling for a fair system where every vote counts._
It's time for Proportional Representation. #PRnow
September 15, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Britain's democracy is in crisis. Our First Past the Post voting system increasingly delivers results that have little to do with what the country wants.
This #DemocracyDay, I'm calling for a fair system where every vote counts._
It's time for Proportional Representation. #PRnow
This #DemocracyDay, I'm calling for a fair system where every vote counts._
It's time for Proportional Representation. #PRnow
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In other words, what's happening now is unprecedented in universal franchise Westminster elections. First past the post breaks down entirely in these circumstances. Voters already know this - support for reform to the Westminster electoral system is higher now than it has ever been before
September 12, 2025 at 12:06 PM
In other words, what's happening now is unprecedented in universal franchise Westminster elections. First past the post breaks down entirely in these circumstances. Voters already know this - support for reform to the Westminster electoral system is higher now than it has ever been before
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Over the past 10 years, the UK has had:
- 6 Prime Ministers
- 8 Chancellors of the Exchequer
- 9 Foreign Secretaries
- 10 Home Secretaries
Tell us again how First Past the Post leads to stable and effective governments.
- 6 Prime Ministers
- 8 Chancellors of the Exchequer
- 9 Foreign Secretaries
- 10 Home Secretaries
Tell us again how First Past the Post leads to stable and effective governments.
September 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Over the past 10 years, the UK has had:
- 6 Prime Ministers
- 8 Chancellors of the Exchequer
- 9 Foreign Secretaries
- 10 Home Secretaries
Tell us again how First Past the Post leads to stable and effective governments.
- 6 Prime Ministers
- 8 Chancellors of the Exchequer
- 9 Foreign Secretaries
- 10 Home Secretaries
Tell us again how First Past the Post leads to stable and effective governments.
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Radical right accommodation really does not work.
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
September 5, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Radical right accommodation really does not work.
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
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Not only can women write SciFi, it was a woman who invented the damn genre.
Often think about that.
BTW slightly off-topic: the first known author was also a woman - Enheduanna. A Mesopotamian priestess and poet who lived around 23rd Century BC.
#BookSky #WritingCommunity
Often think about that.
BTW slightly off-topic: the first known author was also a woman - Enheduanna. A Mesopotamian priestess and poet who lived around 23rd Century BC.
#BookSky #WritingCommunity
Today’s a prime day to remember: Mary Shelley - yes, a female writer, invented science fiction, a new genre, through publication of her epic novel, ‘Frankenstein.’ Next time you hear someone state women can’t write SciFi show them this.
#ScriptSkyUK #ScriptSky #WritingCommunity #SciFi #BookSky
#ScriptSkyUK #ScriptSky #WritingCommunity #SciFi #BookSky
Mary Shelley - author of Gothic masterpiece Frankenstein - was born in London today in 1797.
🎨 "Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley" by Richard Rothwell (1800–1868), National Portrait Gallery, London
#maryshelley #gothic #frankenstein
🎨 "Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley" by Richard Rothwell (1800–1868), National Portrait Gallery, London
#maryshelley #gothic #frankenstein
August 30, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Not only can women write SciFi, it was a woman who invented the damn genre.
Often think about that.
BTW slightly off-topic: the first known author was also a woman - Enheduanna. A Mesopotamian priestess and poet who lived around 23rd Century BC.
#BookSky #WritingCommunity
Often think about that.
BTW slightly off-topic: the first known author was also a woman - Enheduanna. A Mesopotamian priestess and poet who lived around 23rd Century BC.
#BookSky #WritingCommunity
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New Sunday Times profile in which I succeed, like a fencer in a 2hr marathon match, in fending off Qs abt my personal life & consistently turning focus back to my work & ideas.
(Contra the interviewer's claim, many ppl do know me! They're called friends, & you know who you are ❤️)
archive.is/BtZD0
(Contra the interviewer's claim, many ppl do know me! They're called friends, & you know who you are ❤️)
archive.is/BtZD0
August 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
New Sunday Times profile in which I succeed, like a fencer in a 2hr marathon match, in fending off Qs abt my personal life & consistently turning focus back to my work & ideas.
(Contra the interviewer's claim, many ppl do know me! They're called friends, & you know who you are ❤️)
archive.is/BtZD0
(Contra the interviewer's claim, many ppl do know me! They're called friends, & you know who you are ❤️)
archive.is/BtZD0
"[Airbnb] warned the [host accused of using AI to fake $16K in damage] that another incident could get him kicked off the platform."
www.vice.com/en/article/a...
www.vice.com/en/article/a...
Airbnb Host Accused of Using AI to Fake $16K in Damage
A woman booked an Airbnb for two and a half months, left after seven weeks, and thought that was the end of it...
www.vice.com
August 20, 2025 at 11:23 AM
"[Airbnb] warned the [host accused of using AI to fake $16K in damage] that another incident could get him kicked off the platform."
www.vice.com/en/article/a...
www.vice.com/en/article/a...
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We have today been present in Chester, engaging with the public and making the case for a fairer and more proportional voting system. #Chester #PRnow #ProportionalRepresentation
August 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
We have today been present in Chester, engaging with the public and making the case for a fairer and more proportional voting system. #Chester #PRnow #ProportionalRepresentation
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Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
February 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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The briefest and most brilliant of careers. I will poison a pigeon in the park in his honour.
July 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The briefest and most brilliant of careers. I will poison a pigeon in the park in his honour.
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RIP Tom Lehrer - the day he announced his items were public domain on a website, we mirrored it. Thank you for your service
archive.org/details/toml...
archive.org/details/toml...
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
archive.org
July 27, 2025 at 5:44 PM
RIP Tom Lehrer - the day he announced his items were public domain on a website, we mirrored it. Thank you for your service
archive.org/details/toml...
archive.org/details/toml...
July 26, 2025 at 7:09 AM