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Just this guy, you know? (Personal account. Linguistically NSFW) 🌮 obvs
It’s true! I made a radio show with my friend and fellow science communicator. You can listen to the pilot episode on Mixcloud and hear our second show live at 5pm on Tuesday 28th October.
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Max Kennerly
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It's a basic point, but one that needs to be repeated: If right-wingers and their views were popular, they would not be so desperate to control mass media & social media nor to use government power to silence everyone else, and they wouldn't need oligarchs pumping billions into amplifying them.
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The Guardian
2 months ago
‘I told my family, I’ll probably die’: US immigration sends Russian asylum seekers back to Moscow
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‘I told my family, I’ll probably die’: US immigration sends Russian asylum seekers back to Moscow
Russian national who applied for asylum on political grounds describes inhumane treatment while in US custody
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/03/i-told-my-family-ill-probably-die-us-immigration-sends-russian-asylum-seekers-back-to-moscow?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1756906409
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The Onion
3 months ago
Israel Accuses Al Jazeera Of Being Mouthpiece For Journalism
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Stand Up for Science!
4 months ago
“Americans should be able to drink their water & breathe their air without being poisoned. & if they aren’t, then our government is failing,” said Amelia H., an environmental protection specialist at the EPA on admin leave. Support her & brave #EPA employees here
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EPA employees put names to 'declaration of dissent' over agency moves under Trump
A group of Environmental Protection Agency employees has published a declaration of dissent to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin over the agency's leadership and policies.
https://apnews.com/article/declaration-dissent-climate-science-epa-nih-funding-32d8ed27ab7ddbe45d7f4244ae151c05
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PubSci (Science in the Pub)
4 months ago
🧪 In July's PubSci 🍺 blog I preview our event with
@adamjkucharski.bsky.social
on Weds 16th, share other science news and events, reflect on last month's talk, dip into the world of science poetry, and share an exclusive discount code for a talk this coming weekend.
tinyurl.com/PubSci-Blog-...
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July Blog Post: Asteroids, Astronomy, Science Photography and Poetry plus July’s PubSci and discount tickets to a talk on the Northern Lights
In this issue: An exclusive discount for a talk on the Northern Lights, details of July’s PubSci, astronomy news, art, poetry and other great science-things to do, and an interview the bloke …
https://tinyurl.com/PubSci-Blog-July25
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Working Class History
5 months ago
#OtD
16 Jun 1531 Henry VIII modified vagrancy laws which were key in creating the working class. People kicked off communal land who were not in wage labour were designated as vagabonds and were to be whipped, then mutilated, then executed
stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8796...
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Andy Powell
6 months ago
Fire! Glorious evening celebrating 200 years of science for the masses, with a spot of science in the pub. Thanks
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Andy Powell
5 months ago
Henry VIII captivated by 500 million years of the universe trying to wipe Earth off the map. As were we. A cracking bit of cosmic snooker tonight with
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David Graeber Institute
5 months ago
Published posthumously in 2023, Pirate Enlightenment is a book by David Graeber. The book combines a lot of David Graeber's research on anthropology, history and ideas around democracy. Recommended to read next to a coffee and maybe a doughnut!
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Linda 💙💙💙💙🌏🇺🇸🇨🇦
5 months ago
To Alaskans:
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Mother Jones
5 months ago
Fuerza responds to scenes where alleged ICE enforcement is reported. If officers are indeed with ICE, they hit record and spread the word. They also speak directly with those being detained. They are part of a growing scrappy network of volunteers protecting neighbors from ICE.
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Ron Hacker
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Robin Ince
5 months ago
I love the Amnesty Bookshop in Kentish Town - they have a battle ahead - please support and share if you can
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Robin Ince
5 months ago
Thank you to everyone who is helping get the word out about Normally Weird - seems the media has grown bored of this sort of stuff - Gina Rippon’s excellent Lost Girls of Autism has seen similar silence - thank you to The Psychologist
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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What it means to be weird | BPS
Professor Catherine Loveday (University of Westminster) reviews ‘Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal – My adventures in Neurodiversity’, by Robin Ince.
https://www.bps.org.uk/psychologist/what-it-means-be-weird
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Stand Up for Science!
5 months ago
The Trump admin has launched another assault on science, targeting over $30B of funding. This is a wide-sweeping crisis - a direct assault on Congress, the law, AND public science. This fight for science is just as much a fight for democracy. #StandUpForScience
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White House Launches Another Assault on Science Funding, Targeting NSF, EPA
The Trump administration is targeting still more federal science funding, this time more than $30 billion at the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Science Foundation and other agencies
https://zurl.co/NA6BY
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Ushashi
5 months ago
Read my recent interview with Richard Marshall, science communicator and current facilitator of an event series in London known as PubSci (
@pubsci.bsky.social
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#SciComm
ushashibasu.com/2025/05/18/f...
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Finding science in unlikely places: In conversation with Richard Marshall
Almost every third Wednesday of the month, a group of people gather in a room on the first floor of a lively pub in London, pints in hand and an order of scampi and chips on the way from the kitche…
https://ushashibasu.com/2025/05/18/finding-science-in-unlikely-places-in-conversation-with-richard-marshall/
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Another reason no decent human votes Tory
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Stand Up for Science!
6 months ago
🚨 URGENT RESPONSE CALL 🚨 Trump’s Fool’s Gold Science EO is a dangerous sham. It gives his appointees the power to dismiss entire bodies of research and punish researchers who fail to fall in line with his agenda. We’ve launched an open letter. SIGN & SHARE NOW:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/op...
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Sign The Open Letter to Stand Up For Science Now!
Science is under siege. Trump’s latest Executive Order calls for politically appointed science commissars to evaluate research. Join us in adding your name to our open letter condemning Trump’s escala...
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/open-letter-in-support-of-science?source=bluesky
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The Guardian
6 months ago
Israel investigates use of Palestinians as human shields by its forces in Gaza
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Israel investigates use of Palestinians as human shields by its forces in Gaza
IDF says practice ‘strictly prohibited’ after report of incidents quoting both Palestinians and Israeli troops Israel is investigating “several cases” involving soldiers who have forced Palestinians to act as human shields in Gaza, sending them into buildings and tunnels to check for bombs and gunmen. “The use of Palestinians as human shields, or otherwise coercing them to participate in military operations, is strictly prohibited in IDF [Israel Defense Forces] orders,” the Israeli army said in a statement. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/24/israel-investigates-use-of-palestinians-as-human-shields-by-its-forces-in-gaza?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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"AI giants' copyright theft plans are illegal, immoral, and incompatible with UK legal framework – we'll need to go back to t drawing board," is what massive arsehole Nick Clegg should have said.
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Kye
6 months ago
They lynched Allen Brooks—and sold postcards of it. 10,000 watched. Kids cheered. No one was charged. They called it justice. We call it genocide. Now they’re banning books so you never find out. 📚 ERASED tells the truth they fear. Read it before they erase that too:
stan.store/gxldsociety/...
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Left Of Center Orange Hater
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The New York Times
6 months ago
In
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Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”
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Opinion | We Study Fascism at Yale. We’re Leaving the U.S.
The decision by these three Yale professors to move to Canada is both a warning and a call to action.
http://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/opinion/yale-canada-fascism.html?smid=bsky-nytimes
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Trump let his followers evade $1 billion in fines and financial restitution after they committed gross fraud and embezzlement. Of course the corrupt are MAGA: Trump pardons your crimes and erases your fines if you pledge allegiance to the Führer.
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X is *suing* the State of Minnesota for the "right" to post deep-fake political adverts influencing elections with lies. Minnesota banned AI deep-fake election ads. 👏 Musk cried "unfair" - 'lying with AI is "free speech" 🤦🏻♂️🤬🤡
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Musk's X sues to block Minnesota 'deepfake' law over free speech concerns
Elon Musk's social media platform X sued Minnesota on Wednesday over a state law that bans people from using AI-generated "deepfakes" to influence an election, which the company said violated protections of free speech.
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/musks-x-sues-block-minnesota-deepfake-law-over-free-speech-concerns-2025-04-23/
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Scott Delaney
7 months ago
🧪 Our Terminated NSF Grant Tracker is live 🧪 🔴 114 NSF grants listed so far 🔴 Cancelled grants focused on → Training scientists → Misinformation → AI → Climate change Credit to
@noamross.net
for all the work to build this & to all PIs who submitted their info. Link:
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
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Trump tries to take direct government control of Harvard University piggybacked on antisemitism protection. If you can’t see that the USA is in the grip of a slow totalitarian coup, you are wilfully blind.
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Trump freezes $2bn in Harvard funds after it rejects demands - BBC News
The White House sent a sweeping list of requirements to the university last week, which it said were aimed at fighting antisemitism.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz01y9gkdm3o.amp
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I see the radical left financial markets are colluding with China to undermine Trump. US government bonds are the BEST bonds EVER! Look at those HIGH interest rates! Bigly large. Bond dealers are clearly anti-success COMMUNISTS.
7 months ago
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Another Brexit disaster threatens hammer small importers and exporters, killing busineses and driving up costs for those who survive. Higher import costs means higher prices for consumers - the complete opposite of what the Brexit propagandists promised.
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UK considers pulling the plug on £180M Brexit trade system
“Single Trade Window” platform could be abandoned as government seeks savings ahead of spending review.
https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-brexit-trade-system-180m-investment-keir-starmer/
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Is it all just a clever ruse to trick climate-change deniers into going electric…? 🤣
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The world-hating, science-denying, life-endangering, anti-human madness of Trump continues as he demands international NGOs in receipt of US funding ensure no project includes elements of DEI or anything related to climate change.
8 months ago
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Stand Up for Science!
8 months ago
STAND UP FOR SCIENCE SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT! ☀️ Gretchen Goldman, Ph.D., President of the Union of Concerned Scientists, will be speaking at the Stand Up for Science event in D.C. on March 7th!
@gretchentg.bsky.social
@ucsusa.bsky.social
#standupforscience2025
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Stand Up for Science!
8 months ago
Thanks to
@nature.com
for featuring Stand Up for Science! ☀️🧬🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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US science is under threat ― now scientists are fighting back
Researchers are organizing protests and making their voices heard as Trump officials slash funding and lay off federal scientists.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00661-8
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Robin Ince
8 months ago
Sorry to hear about the deaths of two very different people who tried to find ways to bring the best out of artists - Bill Dare and Johnny Green
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The Guardian
8 months ago
We civil servants will cut UK aid if we are told to. But when people die, we’ll make sure everyone knows it | The civil servant
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We civil servants will cut UK aid if we are told to. But when people die, we’ll make sure everyone knows it | The civil servant
It’s not just Starmer’s policy is immoral and will be ineffective. It also sidesteps the safeguards we have to prevent calamitous decisions, says the secret civil servant
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/03/civil-servants-cut-uk-aid-starmer-policy?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1741017830
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Jon Cooper
8 months ago
Cartoon by David Sipress.
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John Skiles Skinner
8 months ago
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story:
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We're not done yet | 18F
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Enigma8750
9 months ago
James Webb Satellite took a fantastic shot of the Planet Saturn with it's Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI). This is just an Amazing shot that shows the planet and the rings in brilliant detail.
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The Guardian
9 months ago
‘We have nothing now’: Myanmar’s exiled media face existential crisis after Trump severs aid
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‘We have nothing now’: Myanmar’s exiled media face existential crisis after Trump severs aid
Organisations that take extreme risks to document atrocities, corruption and war crimes fear for their future after USAid cuts Each month Su Myat secretly crosses the border from Thailand into Myanmar to report on her conflict-ridden homeland, covering…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/24/donald-trump-usaid-funding-cuts-myanmar-impact-journalists?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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The Guardian
9 months ago
‘I’ve never had a cinematic experience like it’: readers’ memories of Prince Charles Cinema
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‘I’ve never had a cinematic experience like it’: readers’ memories of Prince Charles Cinema
As the much-loved cinema faces the threat of closure, six cinemagoers reminisce about their favourite moments at the film institution Just off London’s heaving Leicester Square, around the corner from M&M’s World, is the cult film venue the Prince…
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/feb/06/ive-never-had-a-cinematic-experience-like-it-readers-memories-of-prince-charles-cinema?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Supertanskiii
10 months ago
Hilarious. Far right push govt to order a review into two tier policing, the review reveals what everybody with basic sense already knows: Policing that punishes white people isn’t just non existent but the claim is linked to extremist views. The flagshaggers will love this.
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Trades Union Congress
over 1 year ago
Jeff Bezos has a hoarding problem. Won't somebody help him?
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Worst Hoarder Ever!
Jeff Bezos has a hoarding problem.Help him.
https://youtube.com/shorts/iWJqCdJVBDE?si=08t4deaWwVTk3-WO
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Taylor Lorenz
11 months ago
"We cannot continue to participate in the social network feed of a man who proclaims the death of the media and therefore of journalists... X is a platform that no longer serves the public interest at all, but the special ideological and financial interests of its owner and his political allies"
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European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/european-federation-of-journalists-to-stop-posting-content-on-x-386598/
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FOSSILHEADS: CLIMATE CRISIS CABARET!
12 months ago
#fossilheads
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