Dr Jo Kershaw
@mthrjo.bsky.social
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Priest, mediaevalist, geek, Scot. All views personal. She/ her
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My first bird of the year 2026 is: Wood pigeon
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Sam Kurd (he/him)
about 3 hours ago
Discord: You'll need to supply to age verification if you want access to certain features. Users: Hang on, wasn't there a thing in October where user ID data was leaked? Discord: Ok, yes, but the chances of that happening again are-- **one week later**
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This sort of stuff from the fash is the other reason I find American discourse about British food and appropriation tiresome. Yes, I know weâre not good at Mexican food and any Mexicans who want to mock certain U.K. chains are obviously entitled to, but letâs maybe not endorse fascist narratives?
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Tom Roberts
about 2 hours ago
I find this one particularly tiresome given Taco Bell - Conglomerate founded by a white guy. Chipotle - White guy. Del Taco - Two white guys. We're allowed to enjoy other cultures food!
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BCP Minus Context
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Reveal its unity, guard its faith, and preserve it in peace.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays)
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If any journalists are interested in working on a feature on the racists so excited by Rupert Lowe's Restore UK political party that they cite it in committing racist hate crimes, do let me know. Some of the racists might talk but this mobilisation raises political, policy and policing questions
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madeline odent
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One thing ppl often get mad at me for saying is: the wealth disparity AND the giving disparity between the average (and the poor) and the wealthiest is like 300 times larger than it ever was in feudal England
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Philadelphia Inquirer
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Several students at Quakertown High School were taken into custody on Friday after a student walkout protesting federal immigration enforcement escalated into a confrontation that left at least one teenager bloodied and in handcuffs, according to witnesses and video footage from the scene.
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Quakertown High School students arrested during ICE protest. Videos show them bloodied after a confrontation with police.
https://www.inquirer.com/news/quakertown-high-school-students-ice-protest-arrest-20260220.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1771621282
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The in-laws gave us a 1000 piece jigsaw for Christmas (quite a hard one), but I must say itâs a very good antidote to spending your evening looking at The Horrors on your phone, in a way that watching TV often isnât.
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Rachel Maddow
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"More than 3,000 people attended the Mass and walked in the procession. "Families affected by immigration enforcement were among the first to receive ashes from Cupich, in a highly symbolic reversal of the marking and tracking many say defines their daily lives."
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'God does not need papers': Cardinals spend Ash Wednesday with ICE detainees, their families
Cardinal Blase Cupich led a Mass in Chicago, which was attended by relatives of those who have been detained or deported. Cardinal Joseph Tobin celebrated Masses inside an ICE detention center in Newa...
https://www.ncronline.org/news/god-does-not-need-papers-cardinals-spend-ash-wednesday-ice-detainees-their-families
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The only dry land were at Blackpool And that were on top of the Tower.
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Bill Grueskin
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That Atlantic measles story was so poorly/deceptively edited that even the site's own flack thought it portrayed the actual account of a suffering, soon-to-die little boy. Via
@laurahazardowen.bsky.social
www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/the-...
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Mississippi Free Press
about 23 hours ago
Pearl River County residents who find a lost pet have a way to check for a microchip immediatelyâwithout waiting for animal control or making a trip to the shelter.
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Pearl River County Introduces Microchip Stations to Reunite Lost Pets Faster
Pearl River County residents who find a lost pet now have a way to immediately check for a microchip thanks to two public microchip scanning stations.
https://buff.ly/ocLtWGY
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Went to Wakefield, upgraded my copy of The Silmarillion. (This one, but obvs I didnât buy it from the BL shop). Itâs so pretty!
shop.bl.uk/products/the...
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The Silmarillion
Special unjacketed hardback edition of the prelude to J.R.R. Tolkienâs epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings. This edition of The Silmarillion features the complete work with a unique cover design a...
https://shop.bl.uk/products/the-silmarillion?srsltid=AfmBOooZSzbHnVW52RbilyoC5M_2KI0wXAPXkZebviIyE7w1gwFkEdw1
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This is in fact the second time heâs abandoned his girlfriend on a mountain, though luckily the first time the poor woman survived. Definitely a man to avoid climbing withâŚ.
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Neon Genesis Ewangelion
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yeah i don't feel like the punishment for this is wrong, it could have been far more severe, but the fact that *he's done this before* is WILD
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Esther
1 day ago
Reform has said they will ban the equality act on âday oneâ. Not a single family I know, would be unaffected by this. This includes age discrimination and womenâs rights (pregnancy & maternity leave) and sexual orientation and so much moreâŚ
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays)
4 days ago
Column: why the government should rethink its major settlement reforms, which if rushed through, would harm integration and undermine progress on child poverty, gender equality + workplace protections against exploitation. (Even the politics doesn't work either)
www.easterneye.biz/keir-starmer...
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Moving the goalposts on âearned settlementâ is a risky gamble for this government
Prime minister Sir Keir Starmer was granted a new lease of political life last week. His cabinet rallied round to reject Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwarâs call to ditch their leader. Nobody knows i...
https://www.easterneye.biz/keir-starmer-uk-immigration/
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I complain about the Graun a fair bit, but every single one of these holidays by train (and ferry) sounds like one Iâd love to do. Although one or two of them I have, or have done something similar.
www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/...
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âAvignon warmed our bones and fed our soulsâ: readersâ favourite early spring trips to southern Europe
The best places to seek respite from the wintry UK weather in France, Italy and Germany
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/feb/20/early-spring-trips-southern-europe-france-italy-germany
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taz
1 day ago
Die Epstein-Causa findet kein Ende. Während Täter in den USA scheinbar keine Strafen fĂźrchten mĂźssen, funktioniert Europas Justiz noch einigermaĂen.
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Festnahme von Ex-Prinz Andrew: Im Gegensatz zu den USA funktioniert Europas Justiz noch
Die Epstein-Causa findet kein Ende. Während Täter in den USA scheinbar keine Strafen fĂźrchten mĂźssen, funktioniert Europas Justiz noch einigermaĂen.
https://taz.de/!6156044
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Stephen Bush
1 day ago
I know I am approximately the 4343th person to say this but why are these people so whiny about flatly factual descriptions of their politics? Going on about how ancestry is what matters then having an attack of the vapours about people saying 'sounds like racism'.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays)
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Connor Tomlinson - who wants to ban all Jews, Hindus, Sikhs, Muslims, blacks and Asians from parliament and the civil service - is among those talking about Restore Britain as "we" Restore says it won't vet for members/activists overt racism. Lowe says it will vet for "stomach" on mass deportations
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German Embassy London
1 day ago
đ¨ Changes to UK entry regulations (Electronic Travel Authorisation/ETA) âšď¸
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Sarah O'Connor
1 day ago
Such a good piece today from
@jburnmurdoch.ft.com
which shows that the declining graduate premium is very much a UK problem rather than a general (or inevevitable) consequence of more people going to uni
www.ft.com/content/649d...
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BCP Minus Context
1 day ago
that we, surely trusting in thy defense, may not fear the power of any adversaries;
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CJ Fogler
1 day ago
Spectacular
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Great match between Switzerland and our lads in the curling.
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Gabe OrtĂz
1 day ago
"What do I think of the Board of Peace? I think it is a colonialist operation: others deciding for the Palestinians,â said Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa:
www.ncronline.org/news/us-led-...
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US-led Board of Peace a 'colonialist operation,' Cardinal Pizzaballa says
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, strongly criticized the U.S.-led Board of Peace, an international body chaired by President Donald Trump to oversee the governance and r...
https://www.ncronline.org/news/us-led-board-peace-colonialist-operation-cardinal-pizzaballa-says
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Richard M. Nixon
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On July 4th Leo will visit Lampedusa in Italy, one of the major migrant landing points in Europe.
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Liz Bourke
3 days ago
That someone like GRRM raises the question of "Aragorn's tax policy" betrays the shallowness of his understanding of the *limits* and *constraints* of state power in early and high medieval polities. Kings require income, primarily for warfare, secondarily to demonstrate their legitimacy.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays)
2 days ago
This was a 2023 experiment. It shows the radicalised racialised owner is getting an ideological impact for his $$$$ In principle, those opposed to racism & Trumpism would think strategically about any options to reduce its reach over time. The UK Labour govt doesn't see that as its goal/role
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Scotland's Churches Trust
2 days ago
For
#AdoorableThursday
this week, here's the beautiful doorway, with its welcoming inscription above, of the Robin Chapel, in Craigmillar in Edinburgh, our
#ScottishChurchOfTheWeek
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Liz Bourke
2 days ago
137. Aragornâs tax policy and other weird shibboleths Yesterday I found myself diverted by people on Bluesky revisiting the issue of Aragorn's tax policy that George R.R. Martin so memorably quibbled over back in 2014. The vast majority of my writing here is free to read and will remain so, but ifâŚ
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137. Aragornâs tax policy and other weird shibboleths
Yesterday I found myself diverted by people on Bluesky revisiting the issue of Aragorn's tax policy that George R.R. Martin so memorably quibbled over back in 2014. The vast majority of my writing here is free to read and will remain so, but if you enjoy these sorts of posts, your support on Patreon or as a paying subscriber through…
https://lizbourke.wordpress.com/2026/02/19/137-aragorns-tax-policy-and-other-weird-shibboleths/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
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Charles I had some very bad ideas about constitutional government. Nonetheless, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor isnât fit to black his boots.
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Dave Byrnes
2 days ago
The procession has returned to the church; Fr. FossĂĄ concludes the event alongside Archbishop Cupich by telling attendees, "may this be the mark of our Lenten journey."
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Dave Byrnes
3 days ago
The Ash Wednesday procession through the Chicago suburb of Melrose Park from Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church - honoring immigrants, immigration detainees and those killed by ICE & Border Patrol - has begun. Chicago Archbishop and Cardinal Blase Cupich is near the head of the march.
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Will Jenningsđđłď¸
2 days ago
What?
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Kevin M. Kruse
2 days ago
The possibility that pre-Elon Twitter was limiting the reach of conservative tweets was the greatest story in the history of journalism, while a vast network of sex trafficking pedophiles that included billionaires, celebrities and two presidents is just a big yawn.
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Kara N. Slade
3 days ago
*throws a copy of City of God at the screen*
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madeline odent
3 days ago
Okay so this is true *but* not in the way most people think. Antibiotic overuse is not âI had five ear infections in a year so I took antibiotics five times this yearâ Itâs âFarmers feeding antibiotics to chicken to make them fatter and more profitableâ and âlabs dumping chemicals into the riverâ
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ââThe counsel of Gandalf was not founded on foreknowledge of safety, for himself or for others,â said Aragorn. âThere are some things that it is better to begin than to refuse, even though the end may be dark.â The Lord of the Rings, III.2z
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Dawn
3 days ago
Andy Beshear specifically cites his faith when discussing his vetoes of anti-trans bills and that's something that a lot of people can get behind because believe it or not this country isn't by and large made up of Extremely Online Atheists
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post malone ergo propter malone
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every immigration wave follows the same basic economic pattern and every immigration wave thinks the success of the second generation is due to the unique attributes of their parental culture and Iâm starting to doubt that theyâre all correct
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Texas Observer
3 days ago
There have been many violent murders at the hands of Border Patrol agents. This is not an aberration but part of a broader federal apparatus built and refined over decades.
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My Home Is Treated Like a War Zone. That Militarization Expanded to Minnesota.
There have been many violent murders at the hands of Border Patrol agents. This is not an aberration but part of a broader federal apparatus built and refined over decades.
https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-border-militarization-minnesota-alex-pretti/
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Sharon
3 days ago
once again: much like Reform UK thinking that its base is 30 year old young workers, the city-dwelling working young mother is almost assuredly a strong democrat, even the religious one
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Will Bunch
3 days ago
It depends on what you mean by âreligion in politics.â Was it a problem when hundreds of faith leaders descended on Minneapolis? We need morality in the public arena. If that comes from religion, so be it
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Excellent advice from the Pennsy here (though I like mine soft rather than firm)
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The Diocese of Southwark
3 days ago
Fr Hugo AdĂĄn has initiated a Holy Communion course for Spanish speaking autistic children at St Matthews, Southwark. This is the first of its kind in London and Fr Hugo kindly spoke to us about how the initiative came about. đREAD MORE HEREđď¸
https://ow.ly/o9uG50YhCzG
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Incidentally, terrific Evensong for Ash Wednesday from Merton Oxford on Radio 3. Well worth seeking out on the iPlayer.
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Economically, yes. But they seem quite keen to go much further and harder right on immigration, race, and culture than the Tories would (or would have til recently, anyway).
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Mrs. Detective Pikajew, Esq.
3 days ago
Setting this reminder was perhaps my most brilliant move ever
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