Cruiskeen Lawn
@pault00.bsky.social
Paul. Dog owner, lover of ancient languages, bibliophile. Unsolicited DMs are likely to lead to a block.
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And she presciently argued that, far from being a solution to antisemitism, the state of Israel’s rejection of the rights of the oppressed would lead it to partner with nationalists and antisemites who would be bad for world Jewry.
December 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
And she presciently argued that, far from being a solution to antisemitism, the state of Israel’s rejection of the rights of the oppressed would lead it to partner with nationalists and antisemites who would be bad for world Jewry.
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Every penny I make in book sales between now and Satanmas day will be donated to the RNLI.
Wanna piss off a racist and read a book? Your time has come
Come on internet; show me what you can do.
Wanna piss off a racist and read a book? Your time has come
Come on internet; show me what you can do.
This is the best quarter my human has ever had! Thank you kindly everyone!
December 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Every penny I make in book sales between now and Satanmas day will be donated to the RNLI.
Wanna piss off a racist and read a book? Your time has come
Come on internet; show me what you can do.
Wanna piss off a racist and read a book? Your time has come
Come on internet; show me what you can do.
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On jury trials, it's important to remember how we got to the point where victims and defendants are waiting years for their cases to be heard.
As to what to do now we're here, Labour has a choice.
It’s not about Magna Carta, it's about money – and trade-offs.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
As to what to do now we're here, Labour has a choice.
It’s not about Magna Carta, it's about money – and trade-offs.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Limiting jury trials is a political choice
Successive Tory governments chose to defund the justice system to the point of collapse. Now Labour must deal with the consequences
www.newstatesman.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
On jury trials, it's important to remember how we got to the point where victims and defendants are waiting years for their cases to be heard.
As to what to do now we're here, Labour has a choice.
It’s not about Magna Carta, it's about money – and trade-offs.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
As to what to do now we're here, Labour has a choice.
It’s not about Magna Carta, it's about money – and trade-offs.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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Somewhat lost amid the din of all the other anti-immigration/asylum policies this government has churned out, but the new Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act has received Royal Assent. This is an act which continue the moves of criminalising people seeking asylum.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Major new act to disrupt smuggling gangs
The Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill receives Royal Assent, enhancing law enforcement’s ability to rapidly disrupt people smuggling gangs.
www.gov.uk
December 3, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Somewhat lost amid the din of all the other anti-immigration/asylum policies this government has churned out, but the new Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act has received Royal Assent. This is an act which continue the moves of criminalising people seeking asylum.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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While obviously Lammy's proposal of scrapping many jury trials is getting the headlines, it seems odd how little attention his proposal to scrap the automatic right to appeal is getting. That seems like quite a big thing to be honest, especially for poorer and more marginalised defendants. #r4today
December 3, 2025 at 7:21 AM
While obviously Lammy's proposal of scrapping many jury trials is getting the headlines, it seems odd how little attention his proposal to scrap the automatic right to appeal is getting. That seems like quite a big thing to be honest, especially for poorer and more marginalised defendants. #r4today
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Get it before someone snitches to the daily mail that there is a book for 8+ kids that reveals gendered clothing is a lie, racism is a deliberately made up thing and Sir Walter Raleigh didn't do what you think he did. I'm sorry if that means you now have to take that poster you have of him down
Good news! History's Most Epic Fibs was unavailable for a bit, but now it's available. So you can buy it now and either keep it or give it to someone as a Christmas gift. The most important thing is that you buy it
geni.us/HistorysMost...
geni.us/HistorysMost...
History's Most Epic Fibs: Discover the truth behind the world’s biggest historical whoppers
Discover the truth behind the world’s biggest historical whoppers
uk.bookshop.org
December 3, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Get it before someone snitches to the daily mail that there is a book for 8+ kids that reveals gendered clothing is a lie, racism is a deliberately made up thing and Sir Walter Raleigh didn't do what you think he did. I'm sorry if that means you now have to take that poster you have of him down
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If it were steel works we would have a government bailout plan, yet losing thousands of jobs at unis is met with a shrug. & unlike steelworks universities were profitable when they had foreign students.
You are killing the golden goose… one of our best exports…
HOW IS THIS HELPING GROWTH?!
You are killing the golden goose… one of our best exports…
HOW IS THIS HELPING GROWTH?!
Every sympathy for University of Essex (and pressures facing them) but this is very bad news for Southend.
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Essex university to cut 400 jobs as overseas student numbers plummet
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Essex university to cut 400 jobs as overseas student numbers plummet
Essex university to cut 400 jobs as overseas student numbers plummet
Roles to be lost are part of wave of redundancy programmes across UK’s higher education sector
giftarticle.ft.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:14 AM
If it were steel works we would have a government bailout plan, yet losing thousands of jobs at unis is met with a shrug. & unlike steelworks universities were profitable when they had foreign students.
You are killing the golden goose… one of our best exports…
HOW IS THIS HELPING GROWTH?!
You are killing the golden goose… one of our best exports…
HOW IS THIS HELPING GROWTH?!
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According to the US Coast Guard, the year prior to Trump changing our policy to summary execution, only 21% of the vessels interdicted by them off the coast of Venezuela suspected of trafficking drugs had drugs on board. The other 79% had nothing. But now we just kill them all.
December 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
According to the US Coast Guard, the year prior to Trump changing our policy to summary execution, only 21% of the vessels interdicted by them off the coast of Venezuela suspected of trafficking drugs had drugs on board. The other 79% had nothing. But now we just kill them all.
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December 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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You can read the report, ‘The State of Us: Community strength and cohesion in the UK’, here:
www.britishfuture.org/publication/...
www.britishfuture.org/publication/...
December 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM
You can read the report, ‘The State of Us: Community strength and cohesion in the UK’, here:
www.britishfuture.org/publication/...
www.britishfuture.org/publication/...
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You may have seen the recent #ProjectGallery on Semiyarka: a Bronze Age permanent settlement on a scale previously unknown for the Eurasian steppe! 🏺
In our latest #AntiquityBlog, the authors discuss the first excavations there & next steps for the research:
www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...
In our latest #AntiquityBlog, the authors discuss the first excavations there & next steps for the research:
www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...
Forging a Bronze Age City: The Next Chapter at Semiyarka
Recent excavations and analysis at Semiyarka uncover even more exciting information about this early urban centre of the Kazakh steppe
www.cambridge.org
December 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
You may have seen the recent #ProjectGallery on Semiyarka: a Bronze Age permanent settlement on a scale previously unknown for the Eurasian steppe! 🏺
In our latest #AntiquityBlog, the authors discuss the first excavations there & next steps for the research:
www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...
In our latest #AntiquityBlog, the authors discuss the first excavations there & next steps for the research:
www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...
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You’ll never guess how the IDF decided to talk about killing these two kids, 8 and 11 years old, in its official statement
Two brothers killed in Israeli drone strike on Gaza
Fadi Abu Assi, 11, and Goma Abu Assi, eight, were gathering firewood at the time, their uncle said.
news.sky.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:49 AM
You’ll never guess how the IDF decided to talk about killing these two kids, 8 and 11 years old, in its official statement
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Israeli occupation forces killed 17-year-old Palestinian Muhannad Tareq Azghayir.
December 2, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Israeli occupation forces killed 17-year-old Palestinian Muhannad Tareq Azghayir.
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Unity is stronger than division.
That’s why we’ve formed Together Alliance with 50+ organisations and thousands of individuals — all pushing back against the far right.
#Together we show where this country really stands.
Join us: togetheralliance.org.uk
That’s why we’ve formed Together Alliance with 50+ organisations and thousands of individuals — all pushing back against the far right.
#Together we show where this country really stands.
Join us: togetheralliance.org.uk
December 2, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Unity is stronger than division.
That’s why we’ve formed Together Alliance with 50+ organisations and thousands of individuals — all pushing back against the far right.
#Together we show where this country really stands.
Join us: togetheralliance.org.uk
That’s why we’ve formed Together Alliance with 50+ organisations and thousands of individuals — all pushing back against the far right.
#Together we show where this country really stands.
Join us: togetheralliance.org.uk
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Thank you for thinking of us, unfortunately on this occasion it is the wonderful @migrantsorganise.bsky.social we think you meant to tag.
Fortunately though, we do have our own fundraising campaign running to help ensure that migrants' voices are heard loud and clear. 😁
bsky.app/profile/migr...
Fortunately though, we do have our own fundraising campaign running to help ensure that migrants' voices are heard loud and clear. 😁
bsky.app/profile/migr...
🚨Campaign launch🚨
Today Migrant Voices launched our "Don't knows do care" campaign to counter misinformation around migration.
Your support is important. Please donate, if you can., share and take part in helping to combat the hostile rhetoric.
Please donate here👇
www.gofundme.com/f/help-comba...
Today Migrant Voices launched our "Don't knows do care" campaign to counter misinformation around migration.
Your support is important. Please donate, if you can., share and take part in helping to combat the hostile rhetoric.
Please donate here👇
www.gofundme.com/f/help-comba...
December 2, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Thank you for thinking of us, unfortunately on this occasion it is the wonderful @migrantsorganise.bsky.social we think you meant to tag.
Fortunately though, we do have our own fundraising campaign running to help ensure that migrants' voices are heard loud and clear. 😁
bsky.app/profile/migr...
Fortunately though, we do have our own fundraising campaign running to help ensure that migrants' voices are heard loud and clear. 😁
bsky.app/profile/migr...
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What’s the account of the suit guy on bluesky?
December 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
What’s the account of the suit guy on bluesky?
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world has made tremendous progress in this area since the 1980s.
Turning back the clock isn’t stupid. It’s suicidal.
#RadioFreeAmerica
Turning back the clock isn’t stupid. It’s suicidal.
#RadioFreeAmerica
December 1, 2025 at 8:04 PM
world has made tremendous progress in this area since the 1980s.
Turning back the clock isn’t stupid. It’s suicidal.
#RadioFreeAmerica
Turning back the clock isn’t stupid. It’s suicidal.
#RadioFreeAmerica
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Israel is exploiting the "ceasefire" agreements to establish new realities on the ground, projecting itself as the regional hegemon by launching attacks on Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, and the West Bank. mondoweiss.net/2025/11/isra...
Israel is violating all its ceasefire agreements and escalating on all fronts
Israel is using existing ceasefire agreements to establish new realities on the ground, projecting itself as the regional hegemon by launching attacks on Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, and the West Bank.
mondoweiss.net
December 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Israel is exploiting the "ceasefire" agreements to establish new realities on the ground, projecting itself as the regional hegemon by launching attacks on Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, and the West Bank. mondoweiss.net/2025/11/isra...
Empty vessels make most noise
December 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Empty vessels make most noise
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For all the focus on its supposed “left wing bias”, the BBC’s heavy coverage of Rachel Reeves Budget "lies" shows how its political coverage is still largely led by the right-wing press
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/01/r...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/01/r...
Rachel Reeves and the Daily Mailification of the BBC
For all the focus on its supposed "left wing bias", the BBC's heavy coverage of Conservative allegations of dishonesty against Rachel Reeves shows how its political coverage is still largely led by th...
bylinetimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:20 AM
For all the focus on its supposed “left wing bias”, the BBC’s heavy coverage of Rachel Reeves Budget "lies" shows how its political coverage is still largely led by the right-wing press
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/01/r...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/01/r...
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theatre magic is what happens around the words
Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
November 30, 2025 at 3:58 PM
theatre magic is what happens around the words
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We need more than a temporary pause, we need a permanent ceasefire and a real future beyond this oppression, domination and endless grief.
(3/3)
(3/3)
November 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
We need more than a temporary pause, we need a permanent ceasefire and a real future beyond this oppression, domination and endless grief.
(3/3)
(3/3)
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Last night, Israeli forces killed Fadi and Tamer, two brothers in Gaza, aged just 8 and 11 years old. They were killed in a drone strike, simply because they crossed the so-called “Yellow Line” which marks Israeli-controlled areas of Gaza and is largely an invisible border with a few blocks. (1/3)
November 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Last night, Israeli forces killed Fadi and Tamer, two brothers in Gaza, aged just 8 and 11 years old. They were killed in a drone strike, simply because they crossed the so-called “Yellow Line” which marks Israeli-controlled areas of Gaza and is largely an invisible border with a few blocks. (1/3)
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The tide is turning. Even the Telegraph is now admitting the damage the Brexit deal has done to the economy.
November 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The tide is turning. Even the Telegraph is now admitting the damage the Brexit deal has done to the economy.