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Tristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 2h

An important precedent set which I hope is wielded broadly

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Kent police apologise to protester threatened with arrest for holding Palestine flag

Force agrees to pay damages to Laura Murton, 43, who also had sign saying ‘Israel is committing genocide’

www.theguardian.com

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R Subramanian (he/him) @subu.bsky.social · 19m

"Sir, we are under attack...by naked people in transparent ponchos on bicycles! No, they don't seem to be carrying weapons... Hello? Hello?"

Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 1h

The US federal attack on Portland has resulted in the best advertisement for a city that I have ever seen. Round-the-clock joy, community solidarity and silliness that much of the West has lost and longs for.

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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 6h

This is the man the BBC elevated & is refusing to investigate despite @carolecadwalla.bsky.social l & @bylinetimes.bsky.social
having done all the work for them .
Do we have a precedent for a this ? A national broadcaster ignoring possible treason , isn’t that in itself sort of treasonous 🥴 ?

Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 2d

Seems @Nigel_Farage is trying damage limitation on the Reform Russian Bribes scandal.

He’s known Nathan Gill for 20 years, and claims he knew nothing.

No one believes you, Nigel.

Keep the story moving. Questions must be answered.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 3h

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@gooseymaine on Twitter writing: can somebody explain to me why it's bad if immigrants take our jobs but it's good if AI does?

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PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · 2h

Universities in the UK are heading for a financial calamity like the 2008 crash, the head of @ucu.org.uk has warned

@drjogrady.bsky.social told @matildamartin.bsky.social: "The people who should be either governing from government or governing institutions are asleep at the wheel"

Universities Are Heading A Financial Crisis Like The 2008 Crash, Warns Union BossBoss

The head of the University and College Union, Jo Grady, has warned that universities face a financial calamity similar to the 2008 banking crisis, ...

www.politicshome.com

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University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 5h

Strike action is BACK ON this week and we have plenty of events to show solidarity and learn from each other:

RALLIES will be held on Tues and Thurs at 12:40, starting in the Trent Courtyard.

We also have 3 TEACH OUTS during the week: uonucu.org/teachouts/

See you there!

TEACHOUTS

Lecturers are on strike.
Come learn.

Upcoming teachouts:

What is Chaos:
Martin Richter,
10am 14/10/25,
Mrs B’s catering cafe

Exposing Empire: War, Capital & Palestine:
Victor Kattan & Andreas Bieler,
6pm 14/10/25,
Coates Road Auditorium

The social construction of mental illness:
Ella Guerin,
12pm 20/10/25,
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 9h

While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik

Western leaders attending the Sharm el-Sheikh summit have enabled and sponsored this slaughter. They are in no position to build a Palestinian future, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

www.theguardian.com

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National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 1d

Experts warn of food shortages and civil unrest. Yet nearly half of Brits think climate change won’t affect them.

This gulf in perception is why we’re staging the National Emergency Briefing on the #climate & #nature crisis.

Has your MP confirmed they’ll be there? 👇
www.nebriefing.org

National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature

An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats to UK food supply, health and national security from eight leading experts to an invitation-only audience - also covering positive solutions. Westminster...

www.nebriefing.org

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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 1d

Despite everything, a marathon has been taking place in Ukraine's capital city today.

1000s took part in the 15th Kyiv Marathon of Resilience and many, many more came to support along the course.

No decent photos so far - I just took screenshots from a local news channel.

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Neil Chadborn @neilchadborn.bsky.social · 1d

#StiltonStumble

Poster for 5k run fundraiser for playpark at village school

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Neil Chadborn @neilchadborn.bsky.social · 1d

Stilton Stumble 5k run - setting up #Stilton prizes for runners, and 🥇 #StiltonStumble fundraiser for Scouts & Friends of School #CropwellBishop

Table covered in packets of Stilton cheese, behind is another table of medals

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 1d

Awesome re-analysis of the Franklin / Crick / Watson story. Explains how Franklin produced (with considerable skill) the *pictures* that made the penny drop for slow-on-the-uptake Watson. Sadly, paywalled.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Reassessing Discovery: Rosalind Franklin, Scientific Visualization, and the Structure of DNA | Philosophy of Science | Cambridge Core

Reassessing Discovery: Rosalind Franklin, Scientific Visualization, and the Structure of DNA - Volume 79 Issue 1

www.cambridge.org

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 1d

Greater Anglia is renationalised: “The first service in public ownership will be the 4.10am Stansted Express from London Liverpool Street on Sunday morning.”

Greater Anglia joins public ownership after record year of performance

Passengers in East Anglia will travel on a publicly owned railway from Sunday, as Greater Anglia transfers to government control

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 2d

I had a high opinion of MIT before today but it just went up some more.

Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 2d

MIT, as one of nine schools that were asked to agree to adopt conservative priorities and policies in exchange for funding perks, REJECTS the Trump administration deal.

wapo.st/4niC09b
(gift article) #AcademicSky

MIT rejects Trump administration deal for priority federal funding

MIT is one of nine schools that were asked to agree to adopt conservative priorities and policies in exchange for funding perks.

wapo.st

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 2d

“Here Farage is, in Gill’s office, with Voloshyn’s wife Nadia, on the day Gill makes an intervention on behalf of Medvedchuk’s channels, with an employee of one of those channels, whose husband started bribing Gill to make these statements 6 days earlier”

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...

'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

Insiders have told Byline Times, it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements

bylinetimes.com

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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 2d

Pearson Engineering is owned by the Israeli government. Now, it has hired a lobbying firm run by the husband of Hollie Ridley, Labour’s general secretary.

www.declassifieduk.org/top-labour-o...

Top Labour official married to lobbyist for Israeli arms firm

Pearson Engineering is owned by the Israeli government. Now, it has hired a lobbying firm run by the husband of Hollie Ridley, Labour’s general secretary.

www.declassifieduk.org

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University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 2d

We pick up strike action again next week and this recent article from the BBC shows just how much we are fighting for.

First step: take compulsory redundancies off the table.

#StopTheCuts #SaveHE

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Thousands more university jobs cut as financial crisis deepens - BBC News

University workers will vote on national strike action this month over a 1.4% pay offer made in the summer.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.

Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.

Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.

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Neil Chadborn @neilchadborn.bsky.social · 2d

Found 12… took longer than expected though!

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 2d

An observation test for you - for your inner 8 year-old

“The artist has hidden 12 things in this picture. How many can you find?”

Treasure magazine, 1964
Official answers coming soon

(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one? 🙏)

Black-and-white picture of two children playing in woodland. Also in the picture, there are 12 hidden animals including an owl, a bat and a squirrel.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 2d

Having illustrated the problem of X ignoring its legal duties, I want to build an effective coalition for intervention. If you are or know people on X receiving racist abuse, rape threats, I would welcome receipts of one rejected attempt to report to the platform an indefensible case

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks for this kind note. I hope to do something useful with this by Nov/Dec (new Ofcom powers, new EHRC chair). I'd like more women + ethnic minorities to go through (futile) process of reporting shocking stuff (eg rape threats, p-word, n-word) & share receipts with me of one egregious example

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 2d

Labour's proposed immigration changes lead to families ripped apart, more people becoming undocumented, and more deportations.

Different framing, but inevitably similar outcomes to Reform/Tory "mass deportations". Xenophobia as policy is bad no matter party making it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Care worker says visa rule changes are 'tearing' families apart

The government is proposing a 10-year wait for migrant workers who want to apply for settled status.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 3d

The Nobel Peace Prize 2025 has been awarded to Venezuelan democracy activist María Corina Machado.

The Nobel Committee recognised her “struggle to achieve a just & peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.”

In other words, exactly the opposite of what Trump is doing to the United States.

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Neil Chadborn @neilchadborn.bsky.social · 3d

Heart of Darkness or Apocalypse Now…?

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Alzheimer Europe @alzheimereurope.bsky.social · 5d

Huge props to the members of the European Working Group of People with Dementia #EWGPWD & European Dementia Carers Working Group #EDCWG for presenting the 1st plenary at #35AEC and for all the incredible work you do with us & with our members across Europe. We literally couldn't do it without you!

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