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Paul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social · 2h

They definitely hear things that upset them, like: You must secure your second year accommodation by November of your first year and pay two months rent as deposit up front. We may increase the rent before you move in.

Or: Yours is a worthless degree that a future Conservative government will ban.

Nate O @nateo.bsky.social · 22h

Not once have I seen an explanation for why teenagers must hear things that upset them in virtue of the unspecified speech-acts being upsetting, nor have I ever seen an explanation for why teenagers will be forbidden to express displeasure with upsetting things.

William Hague: Why I’ll banish ‘safe spaces’ at Oxford
The new chancellor tells Cheltenham Literature Festival that there will be no ‘cancel culture’ and students should expect to hear things that upset them
October 14 2025, The Times
The new chancellor of Oxford University has said there will be no safe spaces for students and warned would-be undergraduates that they will “hear things that will upset and offend them”.

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 11h

“I know I make people feel uncomfortable! That’s my entire brand.”

Climate Defiance interrupting a Cuomo presser in the best possible way.

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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 6h

He’s just a young lad of 65 how could he possibly be expected to know anything about the Republican Party’s views on healthcare

Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 6h

what did he think trump was gonna do, exactly. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Longtime Florida insurance agent Alan Reynolds, 65, predicts many of his customers will allow their policies to lapse when the price hikes become clear. An independent who leans conservative, Reynolds, of Port St. Lucie, called the Affordable Care Act flawed but said he favors the continuation of the enhanced subsidies “and not pulling the rug out from under people.”

His family is also affected. The loss of his wife’s subsidy means she is likely to pay about $1,200 or more each month, up from about $500 in 2024, he said. “I voted for Trump,” Reynolds said. “I didn’t expect this.”

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Patrick Osgood @patrickosgood.bsky.social · 3h

Not really - these kinds of paltry numbers are within margin of error. A sad business

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 4h

UK economy returns to growth in August with 0.1% rise in GDP – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, including the latest UK growth report Today’s GDP report also highlights weakness at service sector firms focused on consumers. The UK’s consumer-facing services sector shrank by 0.6% in the three months to August, dragged down by: travel agency, tour operator and other reservation service and related activities (down 7.6%) other personal service activities (down 3.4%) buying and selling, renting and operating of own or leased real estate, excluding imputed rent (down 1.0%) “We have seen the fastest growth in the G7 since the start of the year, but for too many people our economy feels stuck. Working day in, day out without getting ahead. The Chancellor is determined to turn this around by helping businesses in every town and high street grow, investing in infrastructure and cutting red tape to get Britain building.” Continue reading...

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Robin Wigglesworth @robinwigglesworth.ft.com · 4h

How the Trump companies made $1bn from crypto on.ft.com/4olkLoi

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Peter Thal Larsen @petertl.bsky.social · 4h

The great thing about cryptocurrencies is that they strip banks of their power to create money thereby making the financial system more stable and.....oh
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Paxos Accidentally Minted $300 Trillion of PayPal’s Stablecoin — Then Burned It

Stablecoin issuer Paxos revealed that it erroneously minted $300 trillion worth of PayPal’s PYUSD stablecoin on Wednesday, only to reverse the mistake minutes later by burning the excess tokens.Blockc...

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 3h

In today's least surprising news

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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 11h

(Maybe you should mention this is illegal)

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Tom Clark @tom-clark.bsky.social · 18h

In one crisp para — & the 2 charts he highlights — @chrisgiles.ft.com bursts a huge number of “welfare” myths www.ft.com/content/ee67...

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 16h

Bunch of pathetic thugs

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 18h

ICE arrested comedian Robby Roadsteamer for singing a parody of Rod Stewart’s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” in a Jeffrey Epstein the Giraffe costume outside their facility.

He sings “If you hate brown people / and you are a Nazi” and ICE thugs grab him and drag him into detention. No violence—just speech.

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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 16h

People are gonna get rich. www.ft.com/content/0425...

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18h

The plaque honoring the law enforcement officers who responded to the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, which was commissioned by Congress in 2022, remains in storage. Mike Johnson has refused to place it on the wall, as was intended. That "deed" speaks pretty loudly.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Mike Johnson: "We've always stood with Capitol police and law enforcement. We've shown that in word and deed."

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 17h

A reminder that Ben Gvir was set to be sanctioned by the United States government in February 2024 but was personally taken off the list by President Biden.

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 17h

Itamar Ben Gvir is a real monster www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 14h

This is a grim read. I stick to my view that the wilful blindness of the government to the financial crisis in local government will cost them their majority at the next election. Why not roll the dice for change when the local public realm is falling apart? www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

English councils to remain poorer than in 2010 despite funding rise, says report

Exclusive: Impact of austerity cannot be undone by end of parliament despite above-inflation funding, analysis finds

www.theguardian.com

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Simon Parker @simonparker.bsky.social · 16h

The absolute bloody vandalism of austerity in one chart. Good analysis of the overall picture here.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 13h

1/ The first excerpt of Virginia Giuffre's posthumus memoir is out and it is gutting: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother

In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...

www.theguardian.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13h

very funny that JD Vance has so little to do with his time that he goes on podcasts to defend 30-year-old men for saying how much they love Hitler

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

JD Vance dismisses Young Republicans who in a group chat said "I love Hitler" and joked about slavery and rape as "a bunch of kids" who "told stupid jokes" and adds that "most of the stupid things I did when I was a teenager and young adult, they're not on the internet."

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Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 14h

The subtext of this comment is that the Mayor of Boston is Asian-American, whereas the Mayor of Chicago (like almost everyone else that Trump refers to as “a low IQ person”) is Black.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Trump: "Boston had a bad mayor who at least is a reasonable IQ person. Most of them are low IQ. I mean, what's going on in Chicago ... "

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 13h

“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said

Oct. 15, 2025
PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION
STATEMENT
Today, the Defense Department confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. It did this because reporters would not sign onto a new media policy over its implicit threat of criminalizing national security reporting and exposing those who sign it to potential prosecution.
The Pentagon Press Association's members are still committed to reporting on the U.S. military. But make no mistake, today, Oct. 15, 2025 is a dark day for press freedom that raises concerns about a weakening U.S. commitment to transparency in governance, to public accountability at the Pentagon and to free speech for all.
PPA

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15h

white reactionaries disenfranchising black voters to secure political power? that’s a jim crow. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans

www.nytimes.com

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 12h

4 months apart

Official ICE government account
June 6, 2025:
"To call us 'Nazis' - to compare us to one of the worst groups in history - is disgusting and just outright wrong.
"What the men and women of ICE are doing in Massachusetts and all over this country is making communities safer."
—ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12h

“.. Pentagon reporters in Arlington, Virginia walk out of the building carrying their belongings after turning in their press badges. Reporters from nearly every major news organization would not sign new rules viewed as an infringement on First Amendment rights ..”

@gettyimages.com

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Howard Eissenstat @heissenstat.bsky.social · 13h

An Israel that was serious about a two state solution would be treating Barghouti as a potential Mandela.

That Israel doesn't exist.

The one that does is trying to kill the man.

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 14h

Palestine’s most popular leader, Marwan Barghouti, was beaten unconscious and has his ribs broken by Israeli prison guards and his family fears for his life, his son has said, citing evidence given by former Palestinian detainees released this week as part of the ceasefire deal.

Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti assaulted by Israeli prison guards, son says

Family fears for 66-year-old’s life after assault while he was being transferred between prisons

www.theguardian.com

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 15h

Holy shit. This is Angelo Elia, a legislative correspondent for Congressman Dave Taylor.

According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.

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Eric L. Robinson @uticaeric.bsky.social · 12h

It’s going to become far worse before there’s even a glimmer of it becoming better.

Sunrises the oldest of us may never see.

Emily Badger @emmbadger.bsky.social · 19h

If Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act falls, Democrats might need to win the national popular vote by 5 to 6 points to take control of the House, via Nate Cohn
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

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