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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 10h

Prince William deeply concerned about Epstein revelations but apparently unconcerned about hobnobbing with his Saudi counterpart who ordered the murder and dismemberment of a journalist

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

King Charles ‘ready to support’ police over claims about Andrew

Mountbatten-Windsor suspected of forwarding reports to child sex offender when he was government trade envoy

www.theguardian.com

Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 11h

Sign up for the next @scrcm.bsky.social free webinar - Curriculum making in Wales: what does it mean to be purpose-led? - led by David Morrison-Love and colleagues

Wed 18 Feb 2026 4:00 PM

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Curriculum making in Wales: what does it mean to be purpose-led? – MS Teams, Wed 18 Feb 2026 - Abstract Several countries are engaged in processes of curriculum reform which increasingly position the ...

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 14h

Nigel Farage has declared that he is against working from home.

It's not a surprise given he is never in Clacton.

Mike @mikem51.bsky.social · 15h

You Gov today shows 82% believe our media is not trustworthy anymore. It’s time that government regulation ensured that deliberate misinformation and overt bias was made illegal in media claiming to be news sources.

Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 15h

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 16h

U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.

Henry @henrythedog.bsky.social · 18h

it will really be something if the Epstein Files unseat a British Prime Minster who isn't in them, and not the American President who was Epstein's best friend.

Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 20h

Profit always trumps ethics and due diligence

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Experts sound alarm over UK exports to firm linked to Russian war machine

Exclusive: Multimillion-pound contract raises concerns about controls designed to prevent firms unwittingly aiding destruction of Ukraine

www.theguardian.com

Gaby Hinsliff @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social · 1d

Grim morning for the Labour Party but it is healthier to live in a country where decisions have consequences than one where an administration steeped in contact with Epstein sails happily on, even as the resignations pile up across Europe

Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 1d

Something magnificent about Kemi Badenoch's self-confidence, and her claim that the Mandelson affair is entirely down to her asking questions at PMQs. Like a toddler who thinks their plastic steering wheel is controlling the car.

The Citizens @the-citizens.bsky.social · 1d

Today MPs will debate Russian interference in our politics and democracy.

This is why a full inquiry is still necessary 👉 citizensreunited.substack.com/p/britain-st...

Britain still hasn't looked

A democracy that won’t investigate its own weaknesses - is a weak democracy. Let’s make sure Parliament doesn’t look away again.

citizensreunited.substack.com

Gracie12 📎 @gracienlucy.bsky.social · 1d

Asking the right questions....

"Why did Putin not allow himself such brutal strikes on civilian infrastructure under Biden, whom Trump calls “weak,” but totally destroys peaceful cities and disregards the “strong Trump”?"
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The Ukraine War Grows Deadlier

More civilians are dying now than when Biden was president

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 1d

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The Ukraine War Grows Deadlier

More civilians are dying now than when Biden was president

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Turnipdodger @turnipdodger.bsky.social · 1d

Does anyone else long for the days when political journalism was about reportage and analysis rather than endless tittle-tattle and trying to shift public opinion?

Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 1d

Deform UK up to their usual tricks. Blatant corruption, and when called out there is always someone or something to blame

Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 1d

BBC News, "Greater Manchester Police are investigating a report that Reform UK broke electoral law in the Gorton & Denton by-election"

"It's been reported that the party sent a letter to voters that didn't include an imprint identifying the promoter of the material"

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

This powerful PSA from Epstein survivors will air during the Super Bowl. “Stand with us.” ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼

[World Without Exploitation]

Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors

Walt Watson Astrophotography @waltwatsonastro.bsky.social · 1d

The Surfboard Galaxy (M108) is a barred spiral ~ 46 Mly from Earth in the Ursa Major constellation. The view is almost edge on giving it a surfboard appearance. It contains a massive black hole in it's center about ~8x larger than the Milky Ways (Per Wiki).

#astronomy #astrophotography

Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 1d

BBC News, "Greater Manchester Police are investigating a report that Reform UK broke electoral law in the Gorton & Denton by-election"

"It's been reported that the party sent a letter to voters that didn't include an imprint identifying the promoter of the material"

Stats for Lefties 🍉🏳️‍⚧️ @leftiestats.bsky.social · 1d

🗳️ How young women would vote in #GE2029:

🟢 Grn: 44% (+21)
🔴 Lab: 21% (-21)
🟠 Lib: 19% (+3)
🔵 Con: 8% (+2)
➡️ Ref: 5% (-1)

Via @YouGov, 14 Dec - 9 Jan
(+/- vs GE2024)

Stationery Explorer @stationeryexplorer.bsky.social · 1d

Enough is enough. The House of Lords is a rolling scandal - sign @electoralreform.bsky.social‬'s call to demand change. It takes 30 seconds.
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It’s outrageous that we can't kick out Lords. Sign now to demand an elected second chamber

It takes 30 seconds

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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 1d

Spot on from @danigaravelli.bsky.social

Yes, some men will blame not themselves but 'bitches and whores who had it coming'
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2583530...

'A world where women are reduced to their genitals, and derided as bitches'

NOT so long ago Donald Trump — at the behest of his then pal Elon Musk — lashed out at Keir Starmer over the supposed cover-up of grooming gangs…

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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 2d

Barking mad? Or more likely a cynical and self-interested opportunist who knows the audience he is manipulating

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2d

Terrifying that such powerful people have mad and dangerous religious extremist views.

Áine ☽𖤐☾ @whoa-magic.lol · 2d

Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist and apocalypse are linked to the ‘end of modernity’ currently happening—and cites Greta Thunberg as a driving example

fortune.com/2026/02/04/p...

*Not satire.

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2d

Terrifying that such powerful people have mad and dangerous religious extremist views.

Áine ☽𖤐☾ @whoa-magic.lol · 2d

Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist and apocalypse are linked to the ‘end of modernity’ currently happening—and cites Greta Thunberg as a driving example

fortune.com/2026/02/04/p...

*Not satire.

Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist and apocalypse are linked to the ‘end of modernity’ currently happening—and cites Greta Thunberg as a driving example | Fortune

The Gen Z Swedish climate activist is a legionnaire of the Antichrist, Thiel claims, a “Luddite” who wants to halt technological progress in its tracks.

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 2d

At least 30 scientists, including famous paleontologist Jack Horner and theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, have been named in the Epstein files so far. Once again proving that shitty men think with the wrong head no matter how smart they are.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Epstein files reveal deeper ties to scientists than previously known

Latest batch of documents show researchers consulting the financier and sex offender on publications, visas and more.

www.nature.com

All the Galaxies! @allthegalaxies.galaxyzoo.org · 2d

A spiral galaxy, observed with the Hubble Space Telescope in the COSMOS survey.

It is at redshift 0.37 (lookback time 4.17 billion years) with coordinates (149.95640, 1.78784).

52 volunteers classified this galaxy in Galaxy Zoo: Hubble.

A spiral galaxy from the Galaxy Zoo: Hubble project, classified by 52 volunteers.

Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 2d

In Putin’s Orbit: The Crypto Politics of Jeffrey Epstein and Peter Thiel – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2026/02/03/i...

In Putin’s Orbit: The Crypto Politics of Jeffrey Epstein and Peter Thiel

The web of ties between Epstein, Moscow and Silicon Valley leads back to Steve Bannon and Nigel Farage

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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 2d

New reporting from the Epstein files shows how Brexit was welcomed inside elite billionaire networks as a “return to tribalism”. And when you trace the money, the data operations, the propaganda pipelines and the political networks behind Brexit, a clear pattern emerges. youtu.be/NDuMMlyntQc?...