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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 7h

Labour is telling you VERY LOUDLY who to vote for if you value human rights. And it's definitely NOT LABOUR.

Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 20h

Woah! So Labour's position really is, 'telling us off for breaching human rights undermines the case for human rights'? Proper Trumpian stuff from Labour's answer to Suella Braverman.

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Owl of Impiety @dunite.bsky.social · 16h

I've worked at five universities; all held easily accessible paper records of degrees awarded/transcripts dating back to at least the 1960s. A degree from any institution that failed to follow such basic safeguards of academic integrity really wouldn't be worth the paper it's written on.

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Owl of Impiety @dunite.bsky.social · 16h

'king hell. That's the worst ever episode of Pointless.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 22h

Lumb Hole Falls, near Hebden Bridge, west Yorkshire, photo by Tilly Jaye Horseman, travel blogger.

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Owl of Impiety @dunite.bsky.social · 1d

That this utter shitshow of a government is determined to push ahead with this poorly conceived legislation is despicable. In spite of Reeves' shameless lies to the contrary, overwhelming evidence confirms that it's the planning process *not* protecting wildlife that's the obstacle to development.

RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 1d

The Government has tabled 67 last-minute amendments to the Planning & Infrastructure Bill.‼️

Rushed through with little scrutiny, it’s a shambolic way to reform the planning system.

It creates confusion, sidelines science and leaves nature dangerously exposed.

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A Wren stands upright on a mossy branch, beak open in full song, small but defiant. Against a soft golden blur, it seems to speak out for nature itself: a clear voice cutting through the noise, refusing to be ignored.

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 1d

"a quarter of the typical energy bill in 2024 was profit. That is equivalent to every household paying £416 a year so other people can grow rich."

Excellent piece by Mathew Lawrence of the @Cmmonwealth thinktank

How the government keeps you poorer

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Soaring bills are the gift that keeps on giving for Reform. Shame Labour doesn’t have the guts to do anything about them | Mathew Lawrence

A cost of living crisis is not inevitable if there is the will to stop companies extracting profits from Britain’s essential services, says Mathew Lawrence of the Common Wealth thinktank

www.theguardian.com

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 1d

For reasons, it would be v. helpful to have information from a broad range of academic and non-academic (incl. GLAM) users of the BBC Written Archives OTHER THAN historians, briefly on: 1) What you've used it for and 2) How the proposed changes would impact on your research.

Reposts welcomed.

Historians dismayed by ‘scandal’ of BBC cutting access to...

Critics say new limit to trove of information sounds knell for independent research

observer.co.uk

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Owl of Impiety @dunite.bsky.social · 1d

Being forced to decide if you need the missing item(s) *so* badly that it's worth braving the throng in Aldi/Co-op/wherever has become something of a new Christmas tradition!

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Owl of Impiety @dunite.bsky.social · 1d

Looks like they've just released the slots - just nabbed mine for 23 December.

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 2d

This poll in The Times is still open.

Go to —> compass.pressekompass.net/compasses/ti...

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Owl of Impiety @dunite.bsky.social · 3d

Excellent episode. Thank you both for the interesting discussion.

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Owl of Impiety @dunite.bsky.social · 4d

a man in a suit and tie is making a face

Alt: Kenneth Williams skillfully deploying his faux outraged/shocked face during an interview.

media.tenor.com

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 4d

More of this please!!

protectthewild.substack.com/p/60-mps-sig...

60 MPs sign open letter calling for a proper ban on fox hunting

Neil Duncan-Jordan, MP for Poole, has urged the government to deliver on its election promise and strengthen the laws against fox hunting before this year’s season begins.

protectthewild.substack.com

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Royal Institution @rigb.org · 4d

We often see art and mathematics as opposites, emotion versus logic.

Join former Christmas Lecturer @marcusdusautoy.bsky.social as he reveals a deep and surprising connection between them.

Discourse: How mathematics shapes creativity

Mathematician Marcus du Sautoy uncovers the deep connection between mathematics and the arts, featuring a live musical perfor

www.rigb.org

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Owl of Impiety @dunite.bsky.social · 5d

"Marxist left"? I see Farage has reached the 'deploy Bolshevik bogeyman threatens western civilisation' chapter of the "How to be a Nazi propagandist" handbook.

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

Nigel Farage accuses teachers of ‘poisoning our kids’ on race issues

Exclusive: Reform UK leader’s remarks at event for private US college criticised as ‘grossly irresponsible’ by NEU leader

www.theguardian.com

Owl of Impiety @dunite.bsky.social · 5d

"Cognitive exam"?! So someone gave him a colouring book and he *almost* managed to keep the crayon from going over the lines?

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Mark Thomas @markthomasinfo.bsky.social · 6d

“You’re banned, you can’t chant that, you’re nicked for holding a sign, you’re kids are poorer, you’re colder, you have to have an ID card and the racists have legitimate concerns in our island of strangers… now vote for us or Farage wins.”

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 6d

“Now it seems a seminal report by the joint intelligence committee on the threats to UK security of the collapse of critically important ecosystems is being swept under the carpet by a government embarrassed by its failure to provide....leadership"

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

National security threatened by climate crisis, UK defence chiefs due to warn

Report by joint intelligence committee delayed, with concerns expressed that it may not be published

www.theguardian.com

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 7d

"Rachel Reeves unblocked a development of 20,000 homes that were being held up by a rare snail, after being approached by a developer with whom she said, 'we have a good relationship'

Not only stupid and ignorant, but crooked with it

Indefensible

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid ‘good relationship’ with developer

Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to ‘some snails that are a protected species or something’

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 8d

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

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Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want.
To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough,
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other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it.
Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

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Owl of Impiety @dunite.bsky.social · 8d

This is absolutely perfect!

Cassetteboy @cassetteboy.bsky.social · 15d

New! Cassetteboy vs Keir Starmer.

This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!

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Cassetteboy @cassetteboy.bsky.social · 15d

New! Cassetteboy vs Keir Starmer.

This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 9d

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Owl of Impiety @dunite.bsky.social · 9d

It really does say something about the state of the country when a statement issued by a retired footballer regarding the fake patriotism and engineered outrage of the flag fondlers is more eloquent, coherent and rational than that managed by the prime minister.

www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Gary Neville says he took down union flag being ‘used in a negative fashion’

Footballer turned developer questions spate of flag raisings and says ‘we’re all being turned on each other’

www.theguardian.com

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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 10d

Wish I could say I was shocked, but here's the Labour government constraining the right to peaceful protest again...

'You can protest but only according to our rules. The rules are: you're not allowed to use any of the tactics that make protest effective.'

Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 10d

NEW: Home Office announces planned new anti-protest powers, mainly aimed at pro-Gaza protests like those for Palestine Action. Police will be able to consider the "cumulative impact" of repeated protests and potentially order that they be relocated.

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