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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 15h

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and left in place the $1.4 billion judgment against him over his description of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting as a hoax staged by crisis actors. https://to.pbs.org/42GD5jw

Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion defamation judgment in Sandy Hook shooting

The justices issued their order Tuesday without even asking the victims' families to respond to Jones' appeal.

to.pbs.org

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Katherine Denkinson @kdenkwrites.com · 1d

Reform councils are failing to keep their promises re council tax. Earlier this year I wrote about the consequences of residents losing trust in their government: national.thelead.uk/p/inside-the...

Inside the Common Law Court conspiracy theory that led to attempted kidnap and ignoring council tax

Dozens of councils and other public-sector organisations and charities have warning notices issued due to the growth of a niche theory linked to Magna Carta, reports Katherine Denkinson

national.thelead.uk

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Katherine Denkinson @kdenkwrites.com · 1d

As opposed to last week where we only had three consecutive days, followed by a rip in the space-time continuum that was promptly filled with custard… 🙄

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Katherine Denkinson @kdenkwrites.com · 2d

The fact that people have to do this is horrific. The fact that they are doing it is beautiful. Strength, hope, & community. ✊🏻

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

People are spontaneously posting up near any laborers or street vendors they spot. Just saw a rapid responder guarding a man working on a building exterior. Many things are terrible today but lord, this stuff matters.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

There are a tremendous number of ICE watchers out in Rogers Park this afternoon after some early morning abductions.

People are guarding churches and patrolling alleyways. Ran into Alderperson Hadden. First timers tell us they're primed and ready to use their whistles.

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Doug Aoki @nantanreikan.bsky.social · 2d

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · Jan 28

Write the book you would like to see someone pull from a higgledy piggledy pile in a secondhand shop 63 years after your death and say, "This looks fucking weird. I think I will buy it for Joan."

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 4d

Most alcoholic drinks do nothing for Jim, but after a hard day, he does sometimes like to relax with a straight vodka.

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Katherine Denkinson @kdenkwrites.com · 5d

Sources:
www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/newsroo...

www.cdc.gov/autism/data-...

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Katherine Denkinson @kdenkwrites.com · 5d

RFK Jr claimed that circumcised boys are more likely to be autistic because they’d have been given Tylenol.

49.3% of American boys get circumcised. Only 3.2% of children are diagnosed w/autism.

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 5d

Trump just hosted an ‘Antifa roundtable’ at the White House. It was so much worse than you’re imagining

A meeting that, at one point, appeared to position people protesting against Nazis in the Weimar Republic as the bad guys, and at another saw Rump declare, ‘We got rid of freedom of speech’.

Trump’s ‘Antifa roundtable’ was so much worse than you’re imagining

Holly Baxter reports on a meeting that, at one point, appeared to position people protesting against Nazis in the Weimar Republic as the bad guys, and at another saw the president declare, ‘We got rid...

www.independent.co.uk

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Katherine Denkinson @kdenkwrites.com · 7d

Badenoch telling ITV that we can be multi-racial but “mustn’t become multi-cultural”. Multi-culturalism created London; it’s the beating heart of all our major cities.

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 7d

Utterly heartbreaking - the bullies thrive as the children die

m.youtube.com/watch?v=tENn...

‘Don’t Mention the Children’ | A poem for the children of Gaza, by Michael Rosen

YouTube video by SaveTheChildren

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Katherine Denkinson @kdenkwrites.com · 9d

The far right have spent years trying to convince everyone they’re “just ordinary people” (and roping in actual ordinary people while they’re at it). Badenoch appears to have decided to help them out.

Matthew Holehouse @matthewholehouse.bsky.social · 9d

Badenoch's intro video is scenes from the Robinson march interspersed with footage of migrant boats.

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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 9d

Badenoch: "Why couldn't we deport those foreign nationals who raped girls in communities across the UK? Why do we still allow them to remain in the very same town where their victims live?" Because, yet again, the bulk of them were UK nationals, many of them born here.

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Alona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social · 9d

A particularly sombre @standing-together.bsky.social rally this month in London, marking two years since 7th October, two years of atrocities in Gaza, and taking place only a few days after the deadly attack on a synagogue in Manchester

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Katherine Denkinson @kdenkwrites.com · 9d

This version of Christianity has been at the root of their operations for nearly 4 years:
www.vice.com/en/article/z...

bylinetimes.com/2023/03/29/t...

bylinetimes.com/2025/08/05/t...

Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 9d

For those who take a niche interest in the Americanisation of UK rightwing politics, formerly Tory-linked student group Turning Point are increasingly going down the Charlie Kirk-type evangelical path.

[Not the point, but I love the idea of 2025 Soho being some hotbed of sin]

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Katherine Denkinson @kdenkwrites.com · 9d

The trend for influencers calling all items of vintage clothing “pieces” can be added to that list. It’s a 2nd hand 1990s dress, not Marie Antoinette’s ball gown!

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Malcolm Nance, Leading Resister @malcolmnance.bsky.social · 10d

TERRORISM EXPERT HERE:

This statement is a clear example of what is known as “State Terrorism”: When the dictatorship will order all instruments of its state security & intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 10d

"Our credible plan is also an acrostic."

(This is, genuinely, the actual Conservative press release.)

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Katherine Denkinson @kdenkwrites.com · 9d

It’s not about Gaza, it’s not about the Jewish community, it’s about the deliberate limitation of public dissent.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 9d

Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office

Move follows arrest of almost 500 people at latest pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on Saturday Ministers are to give police new powers to target repeated protests, aimed particularly at cracking down on demonstrations connected to Gaza, the Home Office has said. The announcement, made the morning after almost 500 people were arrested in London for expressing support for Palestine Action, a proscribed organisation, could allow police to order regular protests to take place at a different site. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Katherine Denkinson @kdenkwrites.com · 10d

✨Looking for a thought-provoking read this autumn? Incel: The Weaponisation of Misogyny is out at the end of the month & available on pre-order from @aurorametro.bsky.social ✨

www.aurorametro.com/product/ince...

Incel: The Weaponization of Misogyny - Aurora Metro Books

A timely and much needed book in which the author explores the men behind the Incel movement and the misinformation that surrounds them. How has our misunderstanding of the movement made it even more ...

www.aurorametro.com

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11d

Manchester synagogue victims named as home secretary says attacker was not known to police – latest

The men were killed when an attacker used a car to ram into the grounds of a synagogue in Crumpsall, then stabbed worshippers in a six-minute rampage

www.theguardian.com

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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 12d

Police have identified the man who carried out the Manchester synagogue attack as Jihad al-Shamie, a 35-year-old British citizen of Syrian descent

Counter Terrorism Policing said they are still "working to understand the motivation" and 3 people have been arrested
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Live Updates: Attacker at British Synagogue Identified

www.nytimes.com

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Zoë Crowther @zoecrowther.bsky.social · 12d

I spoke to a few people, including journalists, at Labour conference who had seen and believed claims on X that Multiverse – Tony Blair's son's company – had been chosen to run the government’s new digital ID scheme

@fullfact.org have checked this claim and it is untrue

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