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Lucy Bailey @labailey.bsky.social · 14h

'Right to protest is under sustained attack in the west, report finds.

Counter-terror laws being ‘weaponised’ against pro-Palestine groups in UK, US, France and Germany, says FIDH'

From @theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Right to protest is under sustained attack in the west, report finds

Counter-terror laws being ‘weaponised’ against pro-Palestine groups in UK, US, France and Germany, says FIDH

www.theguardian.com

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 4d

‘A succession of prime ministers persuaded themselves that their country was somehow different from the rest: it could pick and choose from the menu of European options in the way that suited it best. They were all mistaken.’

David Runciman on the road to Brexit: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

David Runciman · Down the Rabbit Hole: Britain’s Europe Problem

From Macmillan to Wilson to Heath to Thatcher to Major to Blair to Cameron, a succession of prime ministers persuaded...

www.lrb.co.uk

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 9d

What has the ECHR ever done for us?

Quite a lot actually, and we wrote it too.

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Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 10d

I thought I'd put the administration's proposed "compact" with universities in context, so I wrote the blog post below.

It's especially for journalists covering this story!

Many details about how the compact itself works and why the administration has retreated to this strategy.

Balkinization: The Art of Replacing the Law with the Deal

A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics

balkin.blogspot.com

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 9d

Climate change is affecting global wind patterns in multiple ways, many of which have direct implications for human health.

Climate change is messing with global wind speeds, impacting planetary health

Climate change is disturbing wind patterns across the globe in dramatic ways. And when combined with land-use change and desertification, these changes are spawning immense sand and dust storms that…

news.mongabay.com

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 9d

The very first statute authorizing domestic use of the military during domestic emergencies, enacted in 1792 by a Congress full of the same folks who wrote and ratified the Constitution, expressly provided for judicial review in certain circumstances *before* the President could even send troops.

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 9d

This is so good from Cory Doctorow on all the tricks Amazon uses to get both consumers to pay more, and how businesses on the platform end up paying it 45-51 cents on every dollar.

Plus he rightly calls for regulatory change, not just individual consumer action
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?

Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and ...

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 10d

If you are looking for a thought provoking night out in London this week we are holding a free evening of talks, exhibits, performance and even zine making on Thursday. All on the theme of ‘Living with the Planet’. You need to book but tix are free
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/livin...

Living with the planet LATE

Tackle big questions and explore bold ideas about the future of our planet in this season’s British Academy Late. Immerse yourself in the sounds and music of the rainforests of Papua New Guinea; discu...

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 9d

Impact of Trump tariffs is beginning to show in US consumer prices - on.ft.com/3VMoz5Z

Impact of Trump tariffs is beginning to show in US consumer prices

[FREE TO READ] Trade levies are starting to drive up costs for goods from cans of soup to car parts

on.ft.com

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Deanna Kreisel 🌱 @doctorwaffle.substack.com · 12d

In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:

Screen cap of parodic version of William Blake's "The Tyger" that begins:
Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright
(Not sure if I spelled that right)
What immortal hand or eye
Could fashion such a stripy guy?
What the hammer that hath hewn it
Into such a chonky unit?
Did who made the lamb make thee,
Or an external franchisee?

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ᴄʜᴀʀʟᴇʏ★ᴘɪʀᴏᴛʜ @charlespiroth.bsky.social · 13d

Paul Klee, Portal of a Mosque. 1931.

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 10d

Couldn’t agree more with this para from @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 9d

The government want more coercive powers for the state against protests, and the main opposition party wants more coercive powers for the state against migrants.

Our political-media culture continues in a loop where the response to every perceived problem is yet more coercive powers for the state.

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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 14d

Two glimpses of Conor Gearty

A master in promoting the public understanding of law

Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/two-glimps...

Personal blog: davidallengreen.com/2025/09/two-...

Two glimpses of Conor Gearty

A master in promoting the public understanding of law

emptycity.substack.com

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Irish in Britain @irishinbritain.bsky.social · 12d

On the 25th anniversary of the Human Rights Act, we remember Conor Gearty the recently deceased Irish human rights lawyer who fought for civil liberties

A law Professor at LSE, President Higgins described him as "a fine scholar and a principled activist"
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

‘Inspirational’ human rights lawyer Conor Gearty dies aged 67

President Michael D Higgins leads tributes for Longford-born law professor and author

www.irishtimes.com

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 12d

‘The current members of the Supreme Court, ten men and two women, all of them white, seem to regard the Human Rights Act as an unwelcome remnant of a past era.’

In his final piece for the LRB, Conor Gearty writes on the Supreme Court’s reinterpretation of the HRA: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Conor Gearty · Unwelcome Remnant: Erasing the Human Rights Act

The Supreme Court is quietly editing the Human Rights Act out of existence. In cases where human rights cannot be...

www.lrb.co.uk

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 13d

Pope Leo XIV denounced people who deny climate change today, arguing that they are contributing to the destruction of God's creation.

Pope Leo rebukes climate skeptics after Trump calls warming a ‘con job’

The Illinois native’s comments come a week after the U.S. president derided the fight against climate change.

www.politico.eu

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Lucy Bailey @labailey.bsky.social · 13d

@labisiffre.bsky.social Dear Labi, BBC World Service radio's Newshour programme would love to interview you about "So Strong" and why you're telling Tommy Robinson to stop using it! 3 mnis via FaceTime or WhatsApp, and asap as we're on air at 15:00 Spanish time! I am [email protected]

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14d

"no more superficial individual expression"

Pete Hegseth wearing USA flag pocket square, USA lining, contrast stitching, and "America First" embroidery.

Pete Hegseth wearing a USA belt buckle. monogrammed shirt cuff, contrast buttonhole, contrast buttons, and USA flag lining.

Pete Hegseth in tailored clothing. They are full of cheap "personalization" options common in low-end made-to-measure tailoring.

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 16d

My SCOTUS term preview for the Guardian - it focuses on the case challenging what remains of the Voting Rights Act (Callais), how that's part of a centuries-old campaign against Reconstruction, & how that's representative of several issues on the Court's docket.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

A 160-year-old campaign against civil rights heads to the supreme court

Louisiana v Callais could roll back what remains of the Voting Rights Act, putting the future of America’s multiracial democracy at stake

www.theguardian.com

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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 15d

"Foreign executives may be more optimistic about the UK’s prospects than those at home. An annual global CEO survey by PwC found the UK has risen to be considered the second-most attractive global destination for international investment, surpassing Germany, China and India" on.ft.com/3KokO4c

Labour needs to do more to build ties with business

After a series of policy decisions, dissatisfaction is building among some corporate leaders

on.ft.com

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Bob Berwyn @bberwyn.bsky.social · 18d

Geoengineering won't save us from an economic system that runs on greed and rampant overconsumption ...

Geoengineering Won’t Save Us From Global Warming, New Study Says - Inside Climate News

New research by a team of top ice and climate scientists debunks some speculative technological climate fixes for preserving the polar ice caps.

insideclimatenews.org

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Bob Berwyn @bberwyn.bsky.social · 18d

Interesting chat about climate disinformation coming from the top levels of the U.S. government with my @insideclimatenews.org colleagues, @vernonloeb.bsky.social and @mlavelle.bsky.social.

Disinformation on Steroids: Climate Science Takes It on the Chin - Inside Climate News

The fifth and final installment in our special Climate Week video series.

insideclimatenews.org

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 18d

News --> Steve Bannon tells me he fully expects Trump to use the Texas ICE office shooting as the hook to unleash law enforcement on liberal immigration groups by connecting political violence to anti-ICE rhetoric.

This is going to get ugly. 1/

(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2009...

Trump’s Eruption of Rage at Texas ICE Shooting Hints at a Darker Story

To Trumpworld, the Dallas shooting appears to provide the perfect pretext to start silencing wholly lawful advocacy groups—for inciting “violence and terrorism.”

newrepublic.com

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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 18d

On why Trump is wrong on climate, renewable energy, the next economic growth cycle, on powering data centres cost-efficiently, and on geo-economics. Very good by the FT‘s Gillian Tett.
on.ft.com/3KkjVcU

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