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Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social · 1d

This is bound to be good. Sorry I cant be there

Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 3d

DEBATE: "Is AI the future of health and social science?"

For those in London on 15 Dec 2025, don't miss this fun in person debate between me and David Bann sponsored by @ncrm.ac.uk!

Will the arguments change anyone's mind? 🤔

Sign up to attend IN PERSON: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/is-ai-the-...

Flyer advertising debate on 15 Dec 2025 at 5:30pm at Punnet Hall, 20 Bedford Way, IOE, London, entitled 'Is AI the future of health and social science?'

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Mary Madden @feministgothic.bsky.social · 4d

I have signed @weownit.org.uk's petition to block Thames Water's plans to dump sewage in our rivers for the next 15 years. We have until 21st Oct to stop it. Add your name now.

weownit.org.uk/act-now/peti...

Thames Water wants to pollute illegally until 2040. Ofwat must say NO.

Thames Water wants to make at deal with Ofwat, to pollute illegally for 15 years

weownit.org.uk

Mary Madden @feministgothic.bsky.social · 13d

www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/s... Saw this tonight at York Theatre Royal. Beautifully done. Funny and moving.

Lost Atoms review – Frantic Assembly scale the highs and lows of a very modern romance

In a moving memory play, Anna Jordan charts the course of a relationship which begins with the sharing of a mobile hotspot

www.theguardian.com

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Mary Madden @feministgothic.bsky.social · 15d

www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...

Black, Brummie and proud: a walking tour of the real Handsworth

The Birmingham neighbourhood is hugely significant in the Black British story – a history seemingly unknown to Tory MP Robert Jenrick – as revealed on a guided walk that remembers Nelson Mandela and B...

www.theguardian.com

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Andrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social · 16d

The 2024 Little Richard documentary, I Am Everything, is currently streaming on C4 in the UK. Ignore the usual talking heads who appear at the start as this is excellent. Particularly good on the "queer" subculture of the American South. youtu.be/4YC8WUrWtZY?...

Little Richard: I Am Everything - Official Trailer | Documentary by Lisa Cortés | Opens April 21

YouTube video by Magnolia Pictures & Magnet Releasing

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Deborah Rose @deborahrosereeves.bsky.social · 20d

Like many Irish folks I’m deeply saddened by the loss of Manchán Magan. The loss of the man himself and the loss of the many beautiful contributions I know he would have made to the world. How lucky we are that he left us with so much of himself, his unique perspective, his curiosity, wonder & awe 🕯️

Photograph from my bed of a book by Manchán Mangan and a little grey and white cat resting her head beside it. The book is Thirty Two Words for Field: Lost Words of the Irish Landscape.

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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 21d

"We are in nature, and then we are humans in nature connected" Manchán Mangan - may he rest in nature - sad to part with both Jane Goodall and Manchán (far too young) this week - both powerful voices for our human relationship to nature and the environment www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...

Broadcaster and scríbhneoir Manchán Magan dies aged 55

The writer, broadcaster and documentary maker Manchán Magan has died at the age of 55, his family has confirmed.

www.rte.ie

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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 17d

Racist arsehole Robert Jenrick holding up a wig like a puppet at his pathetic Tory conference speech which reaffirmed his bellendry

The useless cheeky monkey ventriloquist in Knowing me knowing you

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Steve Senior @stevensenior.bsky.social · 21d

Just. Reduce. Child. Poverty.

Wellcome Trust @wellcometrust.bsky.social · 21d

We want to transform early intervention for youth mental health.

Our new funding award will help achieve this.

We're supporting teams to accelerate the evaluation and roll out of effective social and psychological interventions.

Applications close 11 Nov ⤵️
wellcome.org/research-fun...

Benny Prawira, Lived Experience Advisor at Wellcome says, "My wish is that new psychosocial interventions can do more than just make youth 'feel better' – but actually help them stay in school, find jobs and rebuild relationships."

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スコット @y2skot.bsky.social · Sep 19

Abir Al-Sahlani, a Swedish member of the European Parliament. Born in Iraq, escaped after her father was locked away as a political prisoner by Saddam Hussein and arrived in Sweden, alone, at 15.

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Silkabelli (mutazione-piromane Edition) @silkabelli.bsky.social · Sep 16

Queen

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Mary Madden @feministgothic.bsky.social · 16d

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b... This from 2012 gives a much better view of Handsworth than Jenrick's.

BBC Radio 4 - Mark Steel's in Town, Series 4, Handsworth

Comedian Mark Steel explores reggae, riots and white supremacist gardening in Handsworth.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Mary Madden @feministgothic.bsky.social · 16d

Honest Bob Jenrick from Wolverhampton bigging himself up to the moneyed bully boys at the expense of fellow citizens. Specialising in wilfully ignorant dog whistling. £wall. Archive link in replies.

Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 17d

I've responded to Robert Jenrick's vile comments in @thetimes.com

www.thetimes.com/life-style/c...

I sang Jerusalem with Robert Jenrick at school — he’s wrong about race

The Conservative MP has complained that, visiting Handsworth in Birmingham, he didn’t see ‘another white face’. You can’t judge whether someone is integrated by skin colour, argues fellow Wulfrunian S...

www.thetimes.com

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Kath @kathyburke.bsky.social · 17d

Yes, yes I know I keep banging on about my fucking book! However, if you want one repost this and I’ll do a random winner pick thing by the end of the week because I’m great like that. ♥️📚
#amindofmyown

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Mary Madden @feministgothic.bsky.social · 17d

There are 2 Grammar Schools in Handsworth. I was one of the few locals at the girls one. There has been no shortage of white people willing to 'brave' the area to get to them. Over time these schools have become more reflective of the diversity of the area.

Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 17d

A weird time to be a historian of multiculturalism, who grew up in Birmingham as one of a handful of white kids at school, who has also written a book on Handsworth. My thoughts on Robert Jenrick’s unabashed racism in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social

www.thenewworld.co.uk/kieran-conne...

What Robert Jenrick doesn’t understand about Birmingham

I was one of a handful of white kids at my school in the city. It enriched my life and worldview

www.thenewworld.co.uk

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Mary Madden @feministgothic.bsky.social · 17d

Or the Royal Oak on Holyhead Road. A desi pub with a tractor over the door 🚜

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Mary Madden @feministgothic.bsky.social · 17d

Handsworth's problems are not its people but a post industrial dismantling and lack of investment. Similar impacting 'white' areas elsewhere. An attitude of condescending contempt and a disastrous display of incompetence from a series of arrogant, self-serving politicians does not help.

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Mary Madden @feministgothic.bsky.social · 17d

I was born and raised in Handsworth and have (white Irish) family still there. The Jenrick/venal right wing gaze is a pathetic racist fallacy.

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Spooky Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 17d

Sharing this beautiful slice of British reggae; "Handsworth Revolution" by Steel Pulse. The good people of Handsworth and Birmingham don't deserve the likes of racist Robert Jenrick in their streets.
youtu.be/A3LFvaAD2-Y?...

Steel Pulse - Handsworth Revolution - 01 - Handsworth Revolution

YouTube video by ReggaeRootsChannel

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Only in Birmingham podcast @onlyinbirmingham.bsky.social · 17d

#Handsworth could teach @RobertJenrick how to live in a global society. #BenjaminZephaniah - spirit of #Birmingham - said "Handsworth for me is...where I learnt all my skills, my communication skills, my hustling skills, my poetic skills, everything."

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Mary Madden @feministgothic.bsky.social · 17d

Handsworth's problems are not its people but a post industrial dismantling and lack of investment. Similar impacting 'white' areas elsewhere. An attitude of condescending contempt and a disastrous display of incompetence from a series of arrogant, self-serving politicians does not help.

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Mary Madden @feministgothic.bsky.social · 17d

I was born and raised in Handsworth and have (white Irish) family still there. The Jenrick/venal right wing gaze is a pathetic racist fallacy.

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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · Sep 17

A welcome, if belated, awakening to the disconnect between Musk's actions and the stated values of the Royal Society?

James Ball @jamesrball.com · Sep 17

Mini-scoop: After resisting pressure to strip Elon Musk of his fellowship for months, the Royal Society is meeting on 1 October to discuss his removal – following his decision to address Tommy Robinson's far-right rally on Saturday.

www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-r...

Royal Society to debate throwing out Elon Musk

One of the most prestigious scientific bodies in the world is considering expelling Musk after his appearance at Tommy Robinson’s extremist London rally

www.thenewworld.co.uk

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Pete Apps @peteapps.bsky.social · 25d

Can't think of many better illustrations of how badly we have botched housing policy than the fact that our bill for housing homeless families (£2.8bn pa) is now higher than the money we spend each year on new affordable housing (£2.3bn)

www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/english...

English councils’ temporary accommodation bill rises to £2.8bn

Councils in England spent a record £2.8bn on temporary accommodation last year, with the annual bill rising by 25% as the homelessness crisis deepens.

www.insidehousing.co.uk

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Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · Sep 17

I have a review of John Ganz's When The Clock Broke in the new LRB www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

William Davies · Repeal the 20th Century: Pre-MAGA

To understand the intellectual coordinates of Trumpism requires us to look in less conventional places and to pay more...

www.lrb.co.uk

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