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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · Aug 4

On the one hand, far fewer people are being killed. On the other, some people get to work two minutes later. So it's impossible to say whether it's good or not.

Journey times up, deaths down: Welsh 20mph speed limit still divisive two years on

Protests continue against default lower limit in urban areas that supporters say is working ‘exactly as intended’

www.theguardian.com

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Jonathan Healey @jonathanhealey.bsky.social · Jul 30

This remains one of my favourite anecdotes from the English Civil War.

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William Simpson @williamsimpson.bsky.social · 1d

As far as I can tell, this policy would deport my Swedish wife (who has a well-paying job and pays thousands in tax each year, not that that should decide these things) because she "took" from society by going on maternity leave when our kids were born.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 1d

Tory policy is to revoke permanent residence (ILR) for everybody who does not earn £38k - deporting most nurses who have ILR

This is put in the video as "who is unlikely to contribute more than they cost"

NB: video does not say EU settled status is exempt

No govt since Idi Amin has done this

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 5d

We’ve spotted several videos on social media claiming that the government is introducing a £10 charge for NHS GP appointments from next month.

This is false.

The government isn’t introducing a £10 charge for GP appointments – Full Fact

Videos circulating on social media claim that from November it will cost £10 to see an NHS GP, with a £30 fine for missing an appointment.

fullfact.org

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 9d

Elon Musk is paying Tommy Robinson's legal bills.

The British media and political establishment is still on X and maybe this is the wake up call they need.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Far-right activist is accused of refusing to comply with counter-terrorism police request at Channel tunnel

www.theguardian.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10d

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 16d

People would have signed this off.

Others will have been shown the product.

Further individuals will have put them in the goodie bags.

How on Earth did nobody spot it?

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Tories set a low bar after misspelling Britain on conference chocolate

Misprinted wrappers pulled from Manchester goodie bags after derision on social media

www.theguardian.com

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 16d

Either you're against fascism, or you're foolish enough to believe it won't come for you.

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Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · 16d

I say this with the bluntness it requires: they will get people murdered if this continues. This is not just populism anymore either: it’s completely unhinged and a deliberate choice that does endanger lives. I am not saying this lightly at all.

Screenshot of an Express article; it says: Robert Jenrick lists 30 'activist judges' he vows to axe in war on UK's open border

In a bold move, Robert Jenrick is set to unveil a controversial plan targeting what he calls 'activist' judges, at the Conservative Party conference.

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CG @greslib.bsky.social · 17d

A bit late to this. @heythroplib.bsky.social never awarded degrees the range of people who studied at Heythrop College, post -1970, was wide,and there were also more non-Catholics studying there than one might assume.however, I might have handled a book the incoming Archbishop might have used.

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CG @greslib.bsky.social · 27d

Agent K7*1 and assistant on board. Let's go! (*1 not K9,as a) A small K9, and b) also only got the licence to chill)

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CG @greslib.bsky.social · Sep 16

Ok, it is Tuesday when I work a longer day, but sometimes you just need to hang in there,even if the working week is still 3 days longer

White dog resting his head on brown, wooden armrest

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · Sep 11

Excellent

National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · Sep 11

In case anyone was wondering where we keep our most prized objects, it’s not here.

A close up of the back door of a white van with its registration number blurred out, and a bumper sticker that reads 'No scones are left in this van overnight'

The back of a white van with its registration number blurred out, and a bumper sticker that reads 'No scones are left in this van overnight', parked under a green overhanging tree

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John D. Lewis @johndlewis.bsky.social · Aug 30

Telegraph front page has a follow-up to the story it ran yesterday, criticising Angela Rayner for avoiding tax on her homes.
Inside, on its money pages, an article advising readers on ... how to avoid tax on their second homes. #r4today www.telegraph.co.uk/money/proper...

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Anna Orridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social · Sep 3

And there we have it - you can very easily dismantle Farage's greatest hits. Polanski's doing it. And this very fine fellow's doing it too.

If you are a political leader who refuses to do it, you're either a coward or compromised and actively complicit with the far right.

Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · Sep 2

A man on the streets of the UK is asked about the “problem of immigration” and dismantles talking points with ease.

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Mike D London @mikedlondon.bsky.social · Sep 5

The likes of The Telegraph can now go back to advising people how to avoid stamp duty on their second home, eg by creating a trust for their children...

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Fenny Goldfish @fennygoldfish.bsky.social · Aug 26

The same news channel should ask how much all the by-elections caused by failed candidates is costing tax payers. Reform Ltd were all about reducing waste and cutting public spending. Do they not understand how much elections cost?

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Paul Collins @paulcollins.bsky.social · Aug 27

The daughters of Hermann Göring's aide - who refused for years to talk with art-theft investigators - put their home in Argentina up for sale, and GUESS WHAT.

Old master painting looted by Nazis spotted in Argentinian property listing

Dutch newspaper AD says it has traced Giuseppe Ghislandi’s Portrait of a Lady to house near Buenos Aires

www.theguardian.com

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CG @greslib.bsky.social · Aug 4

Is water an acceptable drink, @superteadrinker.bsky.social ? I mean it functions to help with kidneys, etc

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CG @greslib.bsky.social · Aug 4

I think that it is good when they move; if they get stuck it is problematic. So that Iis just from one 'stoned' patient to another.

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Anna James @superteadrinker.bsky.social · Jul 28

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Heythrop Library @heythroplib.bsky.social · Jul 18

Turn of a friendly card

Sorry, if this headline evoked your need to listen to a 1980s song, but we recently got the last Heythrop College Library's card catalogue delivered to us, and that's what the following is about. When the Heythrop College closed in 2018, the 3 card index catalogues were…

Turn of a friendly card

Sorry, if this headline evoked your need to listen to a 1980s song, but we recently got the last Heythrop College Library's card catalogue delivered to us, and that's what the following is about. When the Heythrop College closed in 2018, the 3 card index catalogues were sent to Peterborough, where a company called Crown Records Management scanned all the cards, and uploaded them (You can go to…

heythroplibrary.co.uk

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · Jun 29

#alaac25

Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · Jun 29

"The goal of academic training is not to solve problems as efficiently and quickly as possible, but to develop skills for identifying and dealing with novel problems, which have never been solved before"

<- this open letter should be read by everyone in #HigherEd

openletter.earth/open-letter-...

Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia

openletter.earth

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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · Jun 10

ChatGPT is down but The Museum of English Rural Life still stands, proving once again that Silicon Valley cannot compete with the history of rural England and its people.

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✨🦋𝓢𝓗𝓔𝓘𝓛𝓐 🦋✨ @sheilaharris.bsky.social · Jun 10

I’ve noticed this myself 👇

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