Magdalena
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Retired civil servant,#FBPE, proEU activist,#BritIN, European Movement UK, author at Bylines Network, vegetarian slave to my dogs, UK to RejoinEU. Support human rights and democracy #SlavaUkraini
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So the orange man's ceasefire initiative has fallen apart
November 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
So the orange man's ceasefire initiative has fallen apart
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It was never real in the first place. There is no ceasefire that Israel will honor without force.
November 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
It was never real in the first place. There is no ceasefire that Israel will honor without force.
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Despicable. Unforgiveable imho
November 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Despicable. Unforgiveable imho
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Netanyahu and the IDF are a bunch of murdering war thugs
November 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Netanyahu and the IDF are a bunch of murdering war thugs
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BREAKING: Israeli forces have stormed the town of Sebastia, northwest of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, report our colleagues on the ground.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/oapeu6
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/oapeu6
November 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
BREAKING: Israeli forces have stormed the town of Sebastia, northwest of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, report our colleagues on the ground.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/oapeu6
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/oapeu6
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The murderous fuckers are still at it.
I hope they all, eventually, pay for their crimes.
I hope they all, eventually, pay for their crimes.
BREAKING: Israeli forces have stormed the town of Sebastia, northwest of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, report our colleagues on the ground.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/oapeu6
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/oapeu6
November 30, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The murderous fuckers are still at it.
I hope they all, eventually, pay for their crimes.
I hope they all, eventually, pay for their crimes.
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Misinformation has been an all-hands-on-deck operation from the stupidest administration on record.
November 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Misinformation has been an all-hands-on-deck operation from the stupidest administration on record.
United is the only chance we have against all the incitement to hate!
November 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
United is the only chance we have against all the incitement to hate!
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Signs here that UK elites are moving towards an accommodation with the new politics. I call this the 'shadow election', in which power centres move towards likely winners and cue the electorate about what's acceptable. Saw it when Labour were the coming force too.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Cambridge University cosies up to Reform
The vice-chancellor expects Nigel Farage to model his policies on Trump and says other Russell Group members are meeting his allies
www.thetimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Signs here that UK elites are moving towards an accommodation with the new politics. I call this the 'shadow election', in which power centres move towards likely winners and cue the electorate about what's acceptable. Saw it when Labour were the coming force too.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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100 years of average January-October temperature anomalies over land areas through 2025...
Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
November 30, 2025 at 12:26 PM
100 years of average January-October temperature anomalies over land areas through 2025...
Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
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There are only two weeks left to apply for the Postdoctoral Fellowships for Overseas Researchers 2026. The scheme helps early career and postdoctoral researchers to cooperate on research projects with leading research groups in Japan. Apply now: https://bit.ly/3WQ14Jw
November 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
There are only two weeks left to apply for the Postdoctoral Fellowships for Overseas Researchers 2026. The scheme helps early career and postdoctoral researchers to cooperate on research projects with leading research groups in Japan. Apply now: https://bit.ly/3WQ14Jw
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next parliamentary election. Reform have tied themselves so tightly to his coattails that he could bring them down with him.
November 30, 2025 at 11:44 AM
next parliamentary election. Reform have tied themselves so tightly to his coattails that he could bring them down with him.
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Two things here: Harvard have just shown that by standing up to Trump they can still retain their funding, and there are signs coming out of the US that Trump is failing - entirely possible he will be a complete lame duck years before the next US presidential election (which will happen before our
November 30, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Two things here: Harvard have just shown that by standing up to Trump they can still retain their funding, and there are signs coming out of the US that Trump is failing - entirely possible he will be a complete lame duck years before the next US presidential election (which will happen before our
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What is the opposite of The Enlightenment because it’s starting.
November 30, 2025 at 11:22 AM
What is the opposite of The Enlightenment because it’s starting.
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ABSOLUTELY. The university should be independent not actively seeking meeting with Reform. They are are making a massive assumption that Reform will be the next government.
November 30, 2025 at 10:46 AM
ABSOLUTELY. The university should be independent not actively seeking meeting with Reform. They are are making a massive assumption that Reform will be the next government.
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And Hungary, and Russia - same technique.
November 30, 2025 at 11:45 AM
And Hungary, and Russia - same technique.
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The Anglo Saxons thought that they could buy off the Danes. Chamberlain thought he could buy off the Nazis with the Munich agreement.
Such pity that neither their Early Medieval or Modern European History departments were not asked for input.
Such pity that neither their Early Medieval or Modern European History departments were not asked for input.
November 30, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The Anglo Saxons thought that they could buy off the Danes. Chamberlain thought he could buy off the Nazis with the Munich agreement.
Such pity that neither their Early Medieval or Modern European History departments were not asked for input.
Such pity that neither their Early Medieval or Modern European History departments were not asked for input.
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Jason Stanley’s new book Erasing History goes into detail about how authoritarians make taking down educational institutions their first priority. Which we really all should know by now.
November 30, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Jason Stanley’s new book Erasing History goes into detail about how authoritarians make taking down educational institutions their first priority. Which we really all should know by now.
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I literally answered a question on exactly this topic in my finals at this very university.
November 30, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I literally answered a question on exactly this topic in my finals at this very university.
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If only there were historians around who could advise on appeasement.
November 30, 2025 at 10:12 AM
If only there were historians around who could advise on appeasement.
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Bloody hell -they're actively seeking out meetings with those who've accused universities of “poisoning the minds” of students, claiming they spread a “twisted interpretation of history.”
Surely they're clever enough to realise kissing far right arse will not stop the book burnings if they get in
Surely they're clever enough to realise kissing far right arse will not stop the book burnings if they get in
November 30, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Bloody hell -they're actively seeking out meetings with those who've accused universities of “poisoning the minds” of students, claiming they spread a “twisted interpretation of history.”
Surely they're clever enough to realise kissing far right arse will not stop the book burnings if they get in
Surely they're clever enough to realise kissing far right arse will not stop the book burnings if they get in
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FFS. Even the BBC’s censoring of the Reith lecturer pales into insignificance against that!
November 30, 2025 at 11:22 AM
FFS. Even the BBC’s censoring of the Reith lecturer pales into insignificance against that!
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Staggering and hugely depressing both simultaneously
November 30, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Staggering and hugely depressing both simultaneously
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George Harrison, known as the 'quiet Beatle', died of cancer, aged 58, on this day 2001. Photo by Jane Bown, backstage at East Ham, 1963.
November 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
George Harrison, known as the 'quiet Beatle', died of cancer, aged 58, on this day 2001. Photo by Jane Bown, backstage at East Ham, 1963.