Ellin Stein
@ellinst.bsky.social
Arts journo (now mostly Slate and Byline Times),
MA Screenwriting lecturer @Goldsmiths UoL, authorina https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393074093, tech fumbler
MA Screenwriting lecturer @Goldsmiths UoL, authorina https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393074093, tech fumbler
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Everything is going great.
The Novavax "find a vaccine" link takes you to an investor page. No finder or even a search bar on that page.
The Novavax "find a vaccine" link takes you to an investor page. No finder or even a search bar on that page.
November 26, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 AM
The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
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If you need proof that when Reform UK politicians wave the 🇬🇧Union Flag🇬🇧, it's not patriotism, it's just manipulation.
The Reform Party leader, waving the Union Jack in this photo was literally a Russian Spy.
The Reform Party leader, waving the Union Jack in this photo was literally a Russian Spy.
November 26, 2025 at 10:41 AM
If you need proof that when Reform UK politicians wave the 🇬🇧Union Flag🇬🇧, it's not patriotism, it's just manipulation.
The Reform Party leader, waving the Union Jack in this photo was literally a Russian Spy.
The Reform Party leader, waving the Union Jack in this photo was literally a Russian Spy.
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Intriguing, challenging and informing. For a century, the BBC has been our classroom, our concert hall, our stage, our storyteller and our window on the world. Politicians need reminding: its much more than a news channel.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @stephenmcnair.bsky.social
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @stephenmcnair.bsky.social
Defending our national treasure: the voice of the nation
Politicians see the BBC through the lens of TV news, but those who want to undermine it threaten a central plank of our national culture
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Intriguing, challenging and informing. For a century, the BBC has been our classroom, our concert hall, our stage, our storyteller and our window on the world. Politicians need reminding: its much more than a news channel.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @stephenmcnair.bsky.social
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @stephenmcnair.bsky.social
Appalling.
The BBC is reporting that today the UK government will announce that restrictions on new oil and gas licenses will be relaxed.
Specifically, exploration that extends existing fields ("tie-backs") will be allowed.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Specifically, exploration that extends existing fields ("tie-backs") will be allowed.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
North Sea exploration rules to be relaxed in new Labour plan - BBC News
The chancellor will unveil the North Sea Strategy in her Budget speech, the BBC understands.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Appalling.
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Neoliberal IFS wants govt to ditch the triple lock on state pension.
Silence on corporate welfare, taxing the rich/corporations.
UK state pension is almost the worst in Europe.
2m retirees live in poverty. 110,000 a year die in fuel poverty.
How many pensioners does the IFS kill?
archive.ph/AaLRa
Silence on corporate welfare, taxing the rich/corporations.
UK state pension is almost the worst in Europe.
2m retirees live in poverty. 110,000 a year die in fuel poverty.
How many pensioners does the IFS kill?
archive.ph/AaLRa
The UK must remove the pension triple lock
With each economic shock, it ratchets up the value of state retirement payments relative to average earnings
www.ft.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Neoliberal IFS wants govt to ditch the triple lock on state pension.
Silence on corporate welfare, taxing the rich/corporations.
UK state pension is almost the worst in Europe.
2m retirees live in poverty. 110,000 a year die in fuel poverty.
How many pensioners does the IFS kill?
archive.ph/AaLRa
Silence on corporate welfare, taxing the rich/corporations.
UK state pension is almost the worst in Europe.
2m retirees live in poverty. 110,000 a year die in fuel poverty.
How many pensioners does the IFS kill?
archive.ph/AaLRa
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The emails reveal the special training given to FBI personnel working on what it called the “Epstein Transparency Project.” In some instances they referred to it as the “Special Redaction Project.” The training entailed PowerPoint slide presentations and video instruction on how to review the files.
November 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The emails reveal the special training given to FBI personnel working on what it called the “Epstein Transparency Project.” In some instances they referred to it as the “Special Redaction Project.” The training entailed PowerPoint slide presentations and video instruction on how to review the files.
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Matches the sentiment in this German polling, with 66% saying Ukraine shouldn't accept the current terms of the deal
Only AfD voters are in favour
Only AfD voters are in favour
November 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Matches the sentiment in this German polling, with 66% saying Ukraine shouldn't accept the current terms of the deal
Only AfD voters are in favour
Only AfD voters are in favour
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When you hear what Rachel Reeves has in store in the Budget, remember that there were ALWAYS other choices.
Labour have deliberately and consciously chosen to ignore the fact that Brexit is draining up to £90 billion a year from the UK economy.
That's a gap no amount of taxation can fill.
Labour have deliberately and consciously chosen to ignore the fact that Brexit is draining up to £90 billion a year from the UK economy.
That's a gap no amount of taxation can fill.
November 26, 2025 at 10:50 AM
When you hear what Rachel Reeves has in store in the Budget, remember that there were ALWAYS other choices.
Labour have deliberately and consciously chosen to ignore the fact that Brexit is draining up to £90 billion a year from the UK economy.
That's a gap no amount of taxation can fill.
Labour have deliberately and consciously chosen to ignore the fact that Brexit is draining up to £90 billion a year from the UK economy.
That's a gap no amount of taxation can fill.
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Labour's proposed Brexit reforms are like chucking a glass of water on a house fire. A tiny flash of steam then the flames roar back.
Only a sustained intense fire-fighting effort can put the inferno out.
And that means going humbly cap in hand to the EU and opening negotiations on rejoining.
Only a sustained intense fire-fighting effort can put the inferno out.
And that means going humbly cap in hand to the EU and opening negotiations on rejoining.
November 26, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Labour's proposed Brexit reforms are like chucking a glass of water on a house fire. A tiny flash of steam then the flames roar back.
Only a sustained intense fire-fighting effort can put the inferno out.
And that means going humbly cap in hand to the EU and opening negotiations on rejoining.
Only a sustained intense fire-fighting effort can put the inferno out.
And that means going humbly cap in hand to the EU and opening negotiations on rejoining.
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KLEPTOCRATIC, RUSSIAN OWNED, ANTI-AMERICAN CRIMINAL TRUMP has now destroyed and dismantled ALL of the below great progress that honorable President Biden made to benefit Working Class Americans. The USA Gov. is now structured ONLY for the enrichment of Trump and GOP Mar a Lago Billionaire cronies.
November 25, 2025 at 12:36 AM
KLEPTOCRATIC, RUSSIAN OWNED, ANTI-AMERICAN CRIMINAL TRUMP has now destroyed and dismantled ALL of the below great progress that honorable President Biden made to benefit Working Class Americans. The USA Gov. is now structured ONLY for the enrichment of Trump and GOP Mar a Lago Billionaire cronies.
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just going to keep saying that they’re going to blow through that shiny megabudget much faster than anyone predicts
NEW: ICE has torn up its $180M cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program and is now guaranteeing private surveillance firms at least $7.5M each, with potential payouts reaching $281M per vendor. The change signals a shift from “pilot” to full-scale outsourcing of street-level investigative work.
ICE Offers Up to $280 Million to Immigrant-Tracking ‘Bounty Hunter’ Firms
Immigration and Customs Enforcement lifted a $180 million cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program while guaranteeing multimillion-dollar payouts for private surveillance firms.
www.wired.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM
just going to keep saying that they’re going to blow through that shiny megabudget much faster than anyone predicts
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The president of the United States is insane. Full stop.
November 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The president of the United States is insane. Full stop.
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🔴Drowning in Denial: One in Five Homes in Reform UK Heartlands Could Be Under Water Within 25 Years
As Nigel Farage’s party scraps climate schemes around the country, new data shows flood risk surging across the ten councils it leads, reports @nafeez.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/20/d...
As Nigel Farage’s party scraps climate schemes around the country, new data shows flood risk surging across the ten councils it leads, reports @nafeez.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/20/d...
Drowning in Denial: One in Five Homes in Reform UK Heartlands Could Be Under Water Within 25 Years
As Nigel Farage's party scraps climate schemes around the country, new data shows flood risk surging across the ten councils it leads
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:09 AM
🔴Drowning in Denial: One in Five Homes in Reform UK Heartlands Could Be Under Water Within 25 Years
As Nigel Farage’s party scraps climate schemes around the country, new data shows flood risk surging across the ten councils it leads, reports @nafeez.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/20/d...
As Nigel Farage’s party scraps climate schemes around the country, new data shows flood risk surging across the ten councils it leads, reports @nafeez.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/20/d...
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Although you didn't need it - given their unqualified support for everything Trump is doing in the US - it's a hint of how Reform would treat the norms of democracy in the UK if they got into power.
Reform Party threatened legal action for critical news stories
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Although you didn't need it - given their unqualified support for everything Trump is doing in the US - it's a hint of how Reform would treat the norms of democracy in the UK if they got into power.
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When almost half of over 150 institutions across an entire economic sector cannot balance their books, it really isn't their individual fault...
here's your headline:
They (OfS) still expect 45% of ALL universities to report a deficit this academic year. They are not accounting for "significant variation" across the system (i.e. different types and sizes of institution).
They (OfS) still expect 45% of ALL universities to report a deficit this academic year. They are not accounting for "significant variation" across the system (i.e. different types and sizes of institution).
November 25, 2025 at 10:24 AM
When almost half of over 150 institutions across an entire economic sector cannot balance their books, it really isn't their individual fault...
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BBC
Bias is often in the eye of the beholder
So let’s stick to measurable facts
During 10 yrs of debate about Brexit, BBC QuestionTime had Britain’s Members of the European Parliament on the show 50 times
Every single one was from the pro Brexit minority
47 were from UKIP/BP
23 times Farage
Bias is often in the eye of the beholder
So let’s stick to measurable facts
During 10 yrs of debate about Brexit, BBC QuestionTime had Britain’s Members of the European Parliament on the show 50 times
Every single one was from the pro Brexit minority
47 were from UKIP/BP
23 times Farage
November 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
BBC
Bias is often in the eye of the beholder
So let’s stick to measurable facts
During 10 yrs of debate about Brexit, BBC QuestionTime had Britain’s Members of the European Parliament on the show 50 times
Every single one was from the pro Brexit minority
47 were from UKIP/BP
23 times Farage
Bias is often in the eye of the beholder
So let’s stick to measurable facts
During 10 yrs of debate about Brexit, BBC QuestionTime had Britain’s Members of the European Parliament on the show 50 times
Every single one was from the pro Brexit minority
47 were from UKIP/BP
23 times Farage
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This plaque is posted at West Point. Alcoholic TV talk show chatterbox Pete Hegseth wants to court-martial Arizona Senator Mark Kelly for repeating what is written on it.
November 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
This plaque is posted at West Point. Alcoholic TV talk show chatterbox Pete Hegseth wants to court-martial Arizona Senator Mark Kelly for repeating what is written on it.
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THE UNITED STATES DEBT JUST TOPPED
$38 TRILLION..it was only $36 TRILLION IN JANUARY. ….
#DOGEwasaROBBERY ‼️
DONALD TRUMP IS BANKRUPTING AMERICA, in order to ENRICH HIMSELF ‼️‼️‼️
#ReverseRobinhood
$38 TRILLION..it was only $36 TRILLION IN JANUARY. ….
#DOGEwasaROBBERY ‼️
DONALD TRUMP IS BANKRUPTING AMERICA, in order to ENRICH HIMSELF ‼️‼️‼️
#ReverseRobinhood
November 24, 2025 at 7:55 AM
THE UNITED STATES DEBT JUST TOPPED
$38 TRILLION..it was only $36 TRILLION IN JANUARY. ….
#DOGEwasaROBBERY ‼️
DONALD TRUMP IS BANKRUPTING AMERICA, in order to ENRICH HIMSELF ‼️‼️‼️
#ReverseRobinhood
$38 TRILLION..it was only $36 TRILLION IN JANUARY. ….
#DOGEwasaROBBERY ‼️
DONALD TRUMP IS BANKRUPTING AMERICA, in order to ENRICH HIMSELF ‼️‼️‼️
#ReverseRobinhood
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Toby Young, self-appointed king of free speech, is speaking in Hungary tomorrow about UK “censorship”.
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
Toby Young to Address Orbán-Backed Group on UK ‘Censorship’
Conservative peer and right-wing commentator Toby Young is due to deliver a talk tomorrow (25 November) at the in-house think tank of Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orbán. Young is being interviewed by Mat...
www.desmog.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Toby Young, self-appointed king of free speech, is speaking in Hungary tomorrow about UK “censorship”.
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
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There's real concern this Budget could be very bad for nature (and do little to actually deliver more homes) www.businessgreen.com/news/4522276...
'Perfect storm': RSPB and Wildlife Trusts warn Budget could push nature into 'freefall'
Conservation groups warn Planning and Infrastructure Bill and proposals to water down Biodiversity Net Gain scheme are set to badly undermine Labour's pre-election promises to drive nature recovery ef...
www.businessgreen.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:50 AM
There's real concern this Budget could be very bad for nature (and do little to actually deliver more homes) www.businessgreen.com/news/4522276...
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Gibb said he never interfered editorially in the Jewish Chronicle
Hmm - seems like accuracy is not one of his strong points
And isn’t there some kind of sanction for misleading parliament?
Hmm - seems like accuracy is not one of his strong points
And isn’t there some kind of sanction for misleading parliament?
Gibb; “ I had no editorial role whatsoever at the Jewish Chronicle”. Lee Harpin, reporter at the paper; “RG made a habit of calling into the office on print days to check up on what stories were topping the news list, and offering a view’”
November 25, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Gibb said he never interfered editorially in the Jewish Chronicle
Hmm - seems like accuracy is not one of his strong points
And isn’t there some kind of sanction for misleading parliament?
Hmm - seems like accuracy is not one of his strong points
And isn’t there some kind of sanction for misleading parliament?
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Reform UK is increasingly using SLAPPs and other forms of legal intimidation to try and suppress negative coverage of party leader Nigel Farage and other Reform politicians.
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Reform UK is increasingly using SLAPPs and other forms of legal intimidation to try and suppress negative coverage of party leader Nigel Farage and other Reform politicians.
@schatzkin.bsky.social More Fightin' Grandmas.
Page One in Cincinnati:
“.. I need to be able to look my grandkids in the eye and say I did not remain silent.”
#ICE
“.. I need to be able to look my grandkids in the eye and say I did not remain silent.”
#ICE
November 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
@schatzkin.bsky.social More Fightin' Grandmas.