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I am extremely delighted to be chairing the @humanists.uk Holyoake Lecture in Manchester on Thursday evening. @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social
is speaking about his book - Lost Boys: A Personal Journey Through the Manosphere - and it will be fascinating. Tickets still available, come along!
is speaking about his book - Lost Boys: A Personal Journey Through the Manosphere - and it will be fascinating. Tickets still available, come along!
Lost boys: a personal journey through the manosphere, with James Bloodworth | Holyoake Lecture 2025
In an era of profound social and political shifts, old certainties about masculinity have been swept away, leaving a vacuum that, for some, has been filled by a sprawling and sinister collection of on...
humanists.uk
December 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I am extremely delighted to be chairing the @humanists.uk Holyoake Lecture in Manchester on Thursday evening. @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social
is speaking about his book - Lost Boys: A Personal Journey Through the Manosphere - and it will be fascinating. Tickets still available, come along!
is speaking about his book - Lost Boys: A Personal Journey Through the Manosphere - and it will be fascinating. Tickets still available, come along!
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Shaping the next five years: why you should care about the rather lacklustre third Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy consultation - and what you can do about it lauralaker.substack.com/p/a-cycling-...
A cycling and walking strategy goes into a bar...
And gets a bit of a pep talk
lauralaker.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Shaping the next five years: why you should care about the rather lacklustre third Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy consultation - and what you can do about it lauralaker.substack.com/p/a-cycling-...
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India demands installation of government app on all smartphones
“The ministry-developed app, called Sanchar Saathi, will have access to the phone’s call log, memory and camera, according to the app’s privacy statement.”
“The ministry-developed app, called Sanchar Saathi, will have access to the phone’s call log, memory and camera, according to the app’s privacy statement.”
India demands installation of government app on all smartphones
Privacy advocates raise concerns about potential snooping
on.ft.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:47 AM
India demands installation of government app on all smartphones
“The ministry-developed app, called Sanchar Saathi, will have access to the phone’s call log, memory and camera, according to the app’s privacy statement.”
“The ministry-developed app, called Sanchar Saathi, will have access to the phone’s call log, memory and camera, according to the app’s privacy statement.”
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International Women’s Day at Southbank Centre here we come!
On sale Friday 10am xx
On sale Friday 10am xx
December 2, 2025 at 10:23 AM
International Women’s Day at Southbank Centre here we come!
On sale Friday 10am xx
On sale Friday 10am xx
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Know a journalist with a powerful idea for a story that would lead to social change? Tell them they have one month left to apply for a Tenacious Journalist Award of £10k! 💪 More details: www.tenaciousawards.org/about-the-jo... #journalism ✒️ 📲 📷 🗞️
About the journalism award — Tenacious Awards
www.tenaciousawards.org
December 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Know a journalist with a powerful idea for a story that would lead to social change? Tell them they have one month left to apply for a Tenacious Journalist Award of £10k! 💪 More details: www.tenaciousawards.org/about-the-jo... #journalism ✒️ 📲 📷 🗞️
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Creativity takes a dive.
Creativity takes a dive.
Jorja Smith's record label wants royalties from 'AI clone' song I Run by Haven
The label claims Haven's dance hit I Run was made using AI trained on the award-winning singer's voice.
www.bbc.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:02 AM
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Creativity takes a dive.
Creativity takes a dive.
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Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
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Women angry at male violence - as reported in Leeds Other Paper, 45 years ago this month.
#ReclaimTheNight #EndViolenceAgainstWomen
#ReclaimTheNight #EndViolenceAgainstWomen
November 17, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Women angry at male violence - as reported in Leeds Other Paper, 45 years ago this month.
#ReclaimTheNight #EndViolenceAgainstWomen
#ReclaimTheNight #EndViolenceAgainstWomen
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Fundamentally dishonest.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2dny3r3vyo
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2dny3r3vyo
Nigel Farage's racism denials are dishonest, says ex-classmate
Peter Ettedgui tells the BBC Nigel Farage targeted antisemitic abuse at him when they were teenagers.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Fundamentally dishonest.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2dny3r3vyo
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2dny3r3vyo
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTxE...
One of the glorious songs from "Way to Blue" on iPlayer now, following a rebroadcast. Three amazing singers combining so beautifully.
#NickDrake
One of the glorious songs from "Way to Blue" on iPlayer now, following a rebroadcast. Three amazing singers combining so beautifully.
#NickDrake
Way To Blue - Lisa Hannigan Teddy Thompson Green Gartside
YouTube video by julieharpz
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:58 AM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTxE...
One of the glorious songs from "Way to Blue" on iPlayer now, following a rebroadcast. Three amazing singers combining so beautifully.
#NickDrake
One of the glorious songs from "Way to Blue" on iPlayer now, following a rebroadcast. Three amazing singers combining so beautifully.
#NickDrake
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Go on Shabana. Learn from Denmark how to lose elections girl.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Social Democrats in Denmark suffer sweeping election losses
PM Mette Frederiksen’s centre-left party loses control of Copenhagen for first time in more than 100 years
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Go on Shabana. Learn from Denmark how to lose elections girl.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Farage’s views on Russia likely to be further tested after jailing of Nathan Gill
Farage’s views on Russia likely to be further tested after jailing of Nathan Gill
It would be expedient for Reform to take Labour’s advice and disavow ‘Putin talking points’
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Farage’s views on Russia likely to be further tested after jailing of Nathan Gill
November 12, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Reform leader branded “captain chaos” as Kent fire authority in disarray
www.fbu.org.uk/news/2025/11...
www.fbu.org.uk/news/2025/11...
Reform leader branded “captain chaos” as Kent fire authority in disarray
The Fire Brigades Union has slammed the record of Reform’s ‘flagship council’ as it emerged that Kent and Medway Fire Authority was in disarray following the removal of five councillors, including its...
www.fbu.org.uk
November 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Reform leader branded “captain chaos” as Kent fire authority in disarray
www.fbu.org.uk/news/2025/11...
www.fbu.org.uk/news/2025/11...
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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Completely beyond why people try to defend Labour record on treatment of asylum seekers. They are awful.
They have done terrible things the Tories never even thought of, like denying any refugee who came here through irregular means from EVER becoming a citizen & ENDING FAMILY REUNIFICATION. demons.
They have done terrible things the Tories never even thought of, like denying any refugee who came here through irregular means from EVER becoming a citizen & ENDING FAMILY REUNIFICATION. demons.
November 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Completely beyond why people try to defend Labour record on treatment of asylum seekers. They are awful.
They have done terrible things the Tories never even thought of, like denying any refugee who came here through irregular means from EVER becoming a citizen & ENDING FAMILY REUNIFICATION. demons.
They have done terrible things the Tories never even thought of, like denying any refugee who came here through irregular means from EVER becoming a citizen & ENDING FAMILY REUNIFICATION. demons.
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Car culture is wild. Coz wdym the M&S Christmas advert is celebrating a huge traffic jam (which generally means a very serious, often fatal collision) and promoting people exit their cars on the motorway.
November 7, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Car culture is wild. Coz wdym the M&S Christmas advert is celebrating a huge traffic jam (which generally means a very serious, often fatal collision) and promoting people exit their cars on the motorway.
The Trump effect.
Looking like the election in the Netherlands has taken an interesting turn if the first exit poll is anything to go by.
The Far Right’s Geert Wilders has already conceded.
The Far Right’s Geert Wilders has already conceded.
Dutch centrist liberals under Jetten head for shock election win, exit poll says
Rob Jetten's D66 party celebrates, two years after his party languished in fifth place in the last vote.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 5:26 AM
The Trump effect.
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I haven't discussed the actual bus stop bypass. My thoughts on those are here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Disabled people's access needs in transport decarbonisation
Click on the article title to read more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:43 AM
I haven't discussed the actual bus stop bypass. My thoughts on those are here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Enough is enough - good to see #ReclaimTheNight featured in today's Yorkshire Evening Post.
October 29, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Enough is enough - good to see #ReclaimTheNight featured in today's Yorkshire Evening Post.
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How To Join ICE
How To Join ICE
As Immigration and Customs Enforcement seeks to increase its presence across the country, the agency is actively recruiting new agents to carry out the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign...
theonion.com
October 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
How To Join ICE
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The reason I talk about the limbic system in creative writing classes is nothing beats the limbic system once it’s activated. Not evidence, not logic
Sensory detail—a vital part of storytelling & survival—activates the hippocampus, which is part of this system
you do not forget these stories
Sensory detail—a vital part of storytelling & survival—activates the hippocampus, which is part of this system
you do not forget these stories
Telling the same story in different ways can change the brain networks that the listener uses to form memories
Your Brain’s Memory of a Story Depends on How It Was Told
Telling the same story in different ways can change the brain networks that the listener uses to form memories
www.scientificamerican.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The reason I talk about the limbic system in creative writing classes is nothing beats the limbic system once it’s activated. Not evidence, not logic
Sensory detail—a vital part of storytelling & survival—activates the hippocampus, which is part of this system
you do not forget these stories
Sensory detail—a vital part of storytelling & survival—activates the hippocampus, which is part of this system
you do not forget these stories
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i promise you “he seems ok except for the nazi tattoo” is not how you defeat fascism.
October 21, 2025 at 11:52 PM
i promise you “he seems ok except for the nazi tattoo” is not how you defeat fascism.
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Trump’s EO states that only the "President and the AG shall provide authoritative interpretations of the law for the executive branch". The order directs executive branch employees not to advance legal interpretations that conflict with those provided by the president or attorney general.”
October 15, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Trump’s EO states that only the "President and the AG shall provide authoritative interpretations of the law for the executive branch". The order directs executive branch employees not to advance legal interpretations that conflict with those provided by the president or attorney general.”
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Digital literacy isn’t optional in today's world. Strengthen your armour against disinformation in the fight for democracy. 👇
Beginners Propaganda and Disinformation course - Udemy: www.udemy.com/course/propa...
Propaganda & Disinformation - Level 1 (Beginners)
Understand how manipulative propaganda and new technologies can be used to influence our world
www.udemy.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Digital literacy isn’t optional in today's world. Strengthen your armour against disinformation in the fight for democracy. 👇