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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 20d

My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.

Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 21d

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

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Adam Squires @adsquires.bsky.social · 23d

We've seen how a Trump administration has taken over scientific bodies, so independent research is suppressed if its findings aren't what he wants, and outputs just become govt propaganda. Could the same thing happen here, if a future PM wanted to do the same? Important analysis ⬇️

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 23d

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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.

Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...

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UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation

Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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CedarWych @cedarwych.bsky.social · 23d

Stay safe

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 23d

“I’ll kill you in front of your students.”

This is just one of the death threats that has driven @mark-bray.bsky.social to try and flee the US.

But at the airport last night, after checking in and clearing security, his booking mysteriously disappeared

www.wired.com/story/mark-b...

He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US

Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

www.wired.com

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CedarWych @cedarwych.bsky.social · 23d

Can we just stop giving him a platform to spew this populist crap - have you not noticed what’s going on in the US? He’s pushing the same divisive rhetoric as Trump

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CedarWych @cedarwych.bsky.social · 23d

Extremely worrying and I wish the BBC would stop giving him a platform to spew his garbage

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 23d

Interesting and troubling report/thread here on vulnerability of scientific bodies to politicisation, something the public do not want and is not in there interest but could happen nonetheless if politicians with selective or hostile views on science and evidence were in charge

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 23d

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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.

Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...

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UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation

Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 23d

“As much as we are being lied to by this administration…perhaps the most dangerous falsehoods are the ones we tell ourselves about the severity of the crisis…
Whatever becomes of American liberal democracy…it will be a resurrection and not a continuation.”

Well put by @aselrod.bsky.social

All In Our Heads: On Losing Our Democracy and Life Beyond Our Imaginations

Our language has to meet the moment, and we have to be relentless about dispelling the fiction MAGA is selling.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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CedarWych @cedarwych.bsky.social · Aug 22

All worthless anyway as this is an interview with the woman who previously was found to have made multiple false statements UNDER OATH and failed to take responsibility for her actions according to the prosecutors and the judge who oversaw her 2021 trial and was convicted of sex trafficking minors.

CedarWych @cedarwych.bsky.social · Aug 22

Says the woman who was found to have made multiple false statements under oath and failed to take responsibility for her actions according to the prosecutors and the judge who oversaw her 2021 trial and was convicted of sex trafficking minors.

CedarWych @cedarwych.bsky.social · Aug 22

Doesn’t she have previous for lying under oath?

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CedarWych @cedarwych.bsky.social · Aug 22

About right

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Jul 24

You will be missed, Ozzy 💔. A beautiful tribute.

Sharon Osbourne Responds To Heartfelt Tribute For Ozzy Osbourne After His Death At 76

You will be missed, Ozzy 💔

www.comicsands.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Jul 24

Border Patrol says he was at the red mark, 65 feet south of the border, when he "made an abrupt starboard turn and struck the port bow of the Coast Guard small-boat," causing him to capsize.

He says that's ridiculous, he was in Canadian waters and was going to shore to talk when they hit him.

Map of the region. There's a red location arrow right underneath the border.

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · Nov 22

On Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein, and espionage. From my book HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT. Written in 2019, published in 2020.

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Crime Girl @crimegirl.co.uk · Jul 24

This isn’t actually a skit it’s real

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Jul 24

Trump: It looks like it’s about $3.1 billion

Powell: I’m not aware of that.

Trump: It just came out

Powell: You just added in a third building

Trump: It’s a building that’s being built

Powell: It was built five years ago.

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CedarWych @cedarwych.bsky.social · Jul 15

@newforestdog.bsky.social saw there’s been a big fire in your luffly new forest - hope u are all OK

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Thomas @audiomite.bsky.social · Jun 11

Good Wednesday morning Blue Sky's!
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
Margaret Mead

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Jun 11

Tear gas can cause long-term health consequences by making people more susceptible to contracting respiratory illnesses, including COVID.

The chemical agent can also hurt people inside their homes if it seeps into residential neighborhoods. What you need to know (published 2020):

Tear Gas Is Way More Dangerous Than Police Let On

In the middle of a respiratory pandemic, law enforcement agencies have used tear gas in especially dangerous ways. The chemical agent also seeps into homes, contaminates food, furniture, skin and…

www.propublica.org

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Sean Beckner-Carmitchel @acatwithnews.bsky.social · Jun 11

BREAKING: A few minutes ago, a vehicle of three people was rammed by a truck belonging to federal immigration authorities in Boyle Heights, CA. According to security footage shown to me, they deployed chemical munitions & detained the driver at gunpoint. All are US citizens according to the wife.

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CedarWych @cedarwych.bsky.social · Jun 11

WTF - this is nuts!

CedarWych @cedarwych.bsky.social · Jun 11

He certainly is!

CedarWych @cedarwych.bsky.social · May 31

I have reached the stage of life where I have a favourite potato peeler….

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Lorna @florilegia.bsky.social · Apr 29

There’s a fully funded PhD student ship at the University of Glasgow for someone with an interest in fan fiction and online fan communities! The topic sounds awesome, and the supervisor is excellent. Give it a share! #academicsky

Fanfiction and Online Fan Communities: Collecting Practice and Inclusion in a National Collection at University of Glasgow on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Fanfiction and Online Fan Communities: Collecting Practice and Inclusion in a National Collection at University of Glasgow, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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CedarWych @cedarwych.bsky.social · Apr 29

Wow. Just wow.

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