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MeredyddB
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barristersecret.bsky.social
Innocent people end up in our criminal courts.

Completely, terrifyingly innocent.

And all that stands between them and losing everything is a fair trial.

Politicians would do well to remember this when they tell us that justice is all about processing “criminals” swiftly.
December 11, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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bestforbritain.org
❌ "Brexit has made touring the EU almost impossible and grassroots venues are continuing to close."

"Does she recognise that without meaningful action, we risk creating a music industry where only the privileged and rich can afford to build a career?"
November 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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themountaingoats.bsky.social
while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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audacityofdespair.bsky.social
True tale: A Baltimore police colonel called a rival at 3 a.m. from a crime scene: "Leon, I got you now. You fucked up. You wrote "POLICE" backwards on the front of the EVU truck."
"Eddie, that's so it reads correctly in a rear view mirror."
Long pause.
"Aw Leon, you got an answer for everything."
November 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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goodlawproject.org
If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.

We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). 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 8:29 AM
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clarajeffery.bsky.social
This piece is good but the photo and choice to use it is perfection
peterbakernyt.bsky.social Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 20d
Greene's departure represents another political notch in Trump’s belt, the retreat of another would-be Republican rebel. But the defiant nature of her video announcement hinted at the fissures now dividing the president’s movement. Lisa Lerer @reidepstein.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/u...
Trump Shows His Power, and Greene Reveals His Weakness
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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naomialderman.bsky.social
very very interesting short video series on the importance of friction in the modern world esp in the AI era.

young people are increasingly talking about 'agency' and working on strategies to make sure that their lives aren't just about clicking, swiping and consuming.

vt.tiktok.com/ZSfRF6jH4/
TikTok - Make Your Day
vt.tiktok.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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audacityofdespair.bsky.social
Never mind theology. In these hard times of algorithms, AI, franchises and merch, I would dutifully take scripts notes from His Holiness. In fact, I want him to run a studio.
bsky.app/profile/mark...
markharris.bsky.social Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 27d
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.

Yes, THAT Pope.
The logic of algorithms tends to repeat what “works,” but art opens up what is possible. Not everything has to be immediate or predictable. Defend slowness when it serves a purpose, silence when it speaks and difference when evocative. Beauty is not just a means of escape; it is above all an invocation. When cinema is authentic, it does not merely console, but challenges. It articulates the questions that dwell within us, and sometimes, even provokes tears that we did not know we needed to express.
November 15, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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thehistoryguy.bsky.social
You know that time that a major British news organisation mistakenly sought out a random dude who happened to share a name with a former New York mayor in order to go after a left wing New York mayoral candidate? Did anyone resign?
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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lucyprebblish.bsky.social
Honestly TELL THE STORY. Won’t someone just tell the fucking story of how Brexit created this economic hardship, how a Muslim immigrant just saved the lives of those commuters on that train, won’t someone in politics or even media just connect the fucking dots and TELL THE STORY. IT’S RIGHT THERE
November 5, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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thedailyshow.com
We've got you 👍
November 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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markmcgeoghegan.bsky.social
That scene of the Welsh BBC correspondent being the only person interviewing Caerphilly's new Plaid AM while the rest of the media interviewed Reform's loser in the background was far too on the nose.
October 24, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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chesterzoosci.bsky.social
Today's mood.

(Image courtesy of the Snow Leopard Trust, whose work we support in Kyrgyzstan)
Image shows a snow leopard rolling across rocky ground in the Himalayas. Its feet are in the air and it is showing its belly
October 22, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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jdportes.bsky.social
Reminder that back in July Katie Lam wrote an article for the Sun on Indefinite Leave to Remain and the Conservatives' proposals.

It contained a number of blatant lies and the Sun published a detailed retraction.
October 22, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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gravelinfluencer.bsky.social
The death of shame and its consequences, especially for public figures, is a huge reason why we are in this place as a country. Shame as a concept is imperfect and can be abused, but we should absolutely be able to say that people with horrific, hateful beliefs must be made pariahs.
Not everyone you go to school with is invited to your birthday party, not every coworker and neighbor to the cookout. Deciding the level of intimacy with which you will live with the people around you is an utterly mundane part of living in the world—yes, even a free world—and doing so on the basis of other people’s character and conduct informs those decisions for anyone with values that stretch beyond those of cynical self-protection and into the territory of things like “basic self-respect,” “respect for others,” and “basic integrity.” Russell was not infringing on Mosley’s freedom by deeming him unworthy of polite conversation—even if he had done so for questionable rather than principled reasons. He was simply exercising his own freedom, alongside a better set of values than Mosley had. A free world would expect as much: indeed, it would require it.
September 27, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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September 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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andydiggle.bsky.social
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An American university launches an investigation into an archaeology professor suspected of being an "antifa" The American Marshall University has announced that it is launching an in-depth investigation into the suspicious activities of one of its now deceased teachers, a renowned world of archaeology, Dr. Henry Jones. Under the guise of a very ordinary professor of archaeology and a fan of rare artifacts, he would have been at the center of a radical ultra-left cell, called "Antifa" and would have operated in Europe, Asia and the United States between the 1930s and the late sixties. "It seems to have radicalized on its own but it is possible that there are accomplices," said a spokesman for the university who announced that it would collaborate with the authorities and Donald Trump's government. "We know that he said in front of witnesses, "the Nazis, I hate these guys" it's a radical hate speech," said Laura Loomer, a conservative columnist. Under the guise of a very ordinary professor of archaeology and a fan of rare artifacts, he would have been at the center of a radical ultra-left cell, called "Antifa" and would have operated in Europe, Asia and the United States between the 1930s and the late sixties. "It seems to have radicalized on its own but it is possible that there are accomplices," said a spokesman for the university who announced that it would collaborate with the authorities and Donald Trump's government. "We know that he said in front of witnesses, "the Nazis, I hate these guys" it's a radical hate speech," said Laura Loomer, a conservative columnist. Among the accomplices identified would be an Egyptian immigrant already involved in the looting of the archaeological site of Tanis in Egypt in 1936. The former dean of the university, Marcus Brody or a Chinese citizen who would have animated a clandestine cell under the name of "Demi-Lune", as well as the professor's own wife would be the other occult members of this Antifa group. It is proven that Professor Jones physically attacked several Reich soldiers in the Egyptian desert and Jordan in 1938. In addition, he has long been the main suspect in the case of the disappearance of pro-Nazi American businessman Walter Donovan. The former radicalized leftist archaeology teacher would have remained a fervent antifa until the end of his life, not hesitating to proclaim in front of his students: "The Nazis? Their place is in a museum!”
September 19, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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davidrvetter.bsky.social
"My school saves thousands of pounds every year from those solar panels." The TUC directly takes on Reform, a party funded by the fossil fuel Industry. Posted on IG by tradesunioncongress
September 10, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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liamthorp.bsky.social
I’ve been frustrated to see so much of the ongoing story about asylum seekers and the protests against them covered without hearing from those seeking asylum and now being met with hostility and hatred

I set out to speak to those directly affected to find out about the impact this is having 👇
We escaped war and torture but now we feel unsafe in Britain
Special report: Amid protests and rising aggression towards asylum seekers across the country, we spoke to those being targeted
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
September 7, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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davidrvetter.bsky.social
Let's be clear: The flood of hatred sloshing across Britain right now is 100% a product of the political and media elite scapegoating minorities for the harms that those elites have visited upon the country.
davidrvetter.bsky.social Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · Sep 5
Tonight, my 77-year-old mother ripped this flag off a dual carriageway bridge near Birmingham. Note the swastika. My dad's dad died fighting the Nazis.
A St George flag, on which is written the words "Stop the Muslim Paki boats" and "Get out of our cuntry oi oi". In the centre of the flag, a swastika is drawn.
September 6, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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gabino.bsky.social
Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
September 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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luxalptraum.com
I hope when Kevin Costner dies his obituary identifies him as “American Actor Who Portrayed White Characters”
Graham Greene, Canadian Actor Who Portrayed Indigenous Characters, Dies at 73 The First Nations actor, who appeared in "Dances With Wolves" and other Hollywood blockbusters, remained active in Canadian film, theater and television.
September 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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josiahmortimer.bsky.social
I've just learned that (Reform-run) Durham County Council have rejected a resident's request for anonymity in reporting this complaint against Darren Grimes.

Resident's response to the council below:
bylinetimes.com/2025/08/29/r...
As indicated below, I think it’s a real shame that a resident of Durham County can’t confidentially bring to the Council’s attention when one of its members has potentially breached one of its own policies. I’m left with the impression that it’s a means of limiting the number of complaints. If, as you say, “Members subject to a complaint have a right to know who has made the complaint”, that right isn’t expressed in your procedure, nor in ECHR Article 6. The closest your procedure comes to that is “The Hearing Panel has a duty to act fairly and in line with the rules of natural justice.”. I suspect that you’d struggle to explain why revealing a complainant’s name affects fairness or justice. In this case, the fairness would come simply from addressing the points in the complaint and considering whether there had been a breach of the Code of Conduct. The member in question has chosen to become a Member and, as a consequence, forfeits some aspects of his confidentiality – especially given the way he makes public pronouncements via social media. As a private individual, I have not. As you’ve asked me for detailed analyses of why I think the Member has breached your policies, perhaps you could take a moment to explain more fully how revealing my identity will materially aid natural justice and fairness. Can you also please give me some clarity on the following from your procedure: “We will not withhold your identity, or a summary or the details of your complaint, unless you have exceptional reasons why we should do so”. What sorts of things might constitute “exceptional reasons”? At a time when Reform politicians’ social media posts can lead to followers advocating the burning of hotels, how exceptional does it need to be? Just to be clear, I’m not expecting you to reverse your decision, I simply want to know how you’ve made it.
September 1, 2025 at 12:18 PM