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There has been a lot of chatter today about Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump, some regarding this moment when White House correspondent Brian Glenn asked if the Ukrainian president plans to wear a suit. I want to address idea in this thread. 🧵

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The PM has spoken to Presidents Zelensky and Trump tonight. Number 10 spox says: "He retains unwavering support for Ukraine, and is doing all he can to find a path forward to a lasting peace based on sovereignty and security for Ukraine."

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I know Diversity, Equality & Inclusion is - apparently - like the greatest evil known to humanity. But, hear me out: maybe, just maybe, it could have, on this occasion... erm... not led to the downfall of the Western civilization so many of us want to protect... #USElection2024

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"Women belong in all places where decisions are being made."

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Trump is trying to do two separate things: 1.) become an authoritarian leader, and 2.) implement a massively unpopular policy program. These goals conflict with each other and are hopefully self sabotaging in the end. 1x

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Tomorrow’s UK front pages are tearing Trump apart. Two of these are right-wing newspapers. “Trump appals world”, “Shameful Trump” and “Deranged Trump”

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"When you have a spiritual, moral & relational crisis, the job is to shift the culture.... Culture changes when a creative minority find a beautiful way to live. Culture changes when a small group of people find a better way to live and the rest of us copy." David Brooks speaking beautifully at #ARC

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Riddle me this: Badenoch's speech laments the decline of patriotism and how terrible it is that young Brits aren't proud of their country, yet in the same breath slags off the country of her heritage (and mine) - Nigeria 🇳🇬 Make it make sense 🤔

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The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.

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Whatever happened to Black Lives Matter? My latest for @churchtimes.bsky.social www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...

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At @chinemcdonald.bsky.social’s book launch: Clem: are we going to see people we know tonight? Me: very probably, yes. Current count of friends, acquaintances, former colleagues and people I looked after in my first weeks at Tearfund: six. (The event has not yet started)

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The thing that makes it even more depressing is the man doesn't have a clue what he's talking about. Causing mayhem, instability and suffering through a dangerous mix of ignorance and arrogance.

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This is what should be on every front page right now. What's happening in the US right now is an illegal power grab by a private citizen. IT'S A COUP. It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next. 1/ open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

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Thousands protest against Trump’s war on immigrants after Ice raids: ‘Fight for our neighbors’

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Be clear about what Trump and Musk’s aid axe will do: people will face terror and starve, many will die | Gordon Brown

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This fact sheet on the White House website lists bullet point items of what it alleges are “waste and abuse” at USAID. I was curious what they came up with. Actually every link is to articles at Daily Mail, Breitbart and Washington examiner. www.whitehouse.gov/uncategorize...

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Absurd. Cruel. Racist.

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Just a few days till this... ! Tickets still available www.stpauls.co.uk/unmaking-mary

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Jamelle Bouie hits it out of the park. Gift link. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...

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What’s happening in the US is starting to feel more like a hacking than an election, with Trump basically cast as the idiot who clicked on the phishing email that let the ransomware guys in. Struck by how crucial tech not politics reporters are to us understanding it

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Our atomised society just isn’t designed for parenting - and it‘s often mothers who bear the consequences. Looking forward to exploring the challenges of Western motherhood (and what they can teach all of us) with @chinemcdonald.bsky.social in our upcoming Theos podcast, Motherhood vs the Machine.

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I presented Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Saturday, on Nine Simone, and the prophetic imagination: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

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Could anyone point me in the direction of podcasts, articles, interviews etc that are saying 'don't worry, everything will be ok' re Trump? I've found myself returning to my old habit of doomscrolling.

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When you call yourself a "child of God" but clearly have no idea what happened to the biblical Goliath.

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"The first two weeks of Trump’s presidency have not shown his strength. He is trying to overwhelm you. He is trying to keep you off-balance. He is trying to persuade you of something that isn’t true. Don’t believe him." @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...

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This is so good - @vermontgmg.bsky.social takes a stab at imagining how the US press would be covering overseas what's happening inside the U.S. right now:

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Less than two weeks till my book launch at @stpaulscathedral.bsky.social - tickets are going fast, but thankfully there are quite a few seats at St Paul's 😃 All welcome - you don't even have to be a mother. Tuesday, 11 February Free tickets 👇🏾 www.stpauls.co.uk/unmaking-mary

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Stop fucking saying he blamed “DEI,” which is some abstract, non-tangible idea. He is blaming people of color having jobs he thinks they aren’t qualified for. He’s blaming race. He’s being racist every time he says it. Journalists need to get fucking backbones, my word.

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I cannot believe what I'm hearing.

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I had such a great time discussing The Poisonwood Bible with @chinemcdonald.bsky.social at our Really Popular Book Club @theUL.bsky.social tonight. If you missed it, you can see Chine at the launch of her next book, Unmaking Mary, at St Paul’s Cathedral in a few weeks www.stpauls.co.uk/unmaking-mary

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📚The Really Popular Book Club is back tonight, Tuesday 28 January, 7-8pm! 💻 Join us online to discuss Barbara Kingsolver’s classic, The Poisonwood Bible, with journalist, broadcaster and author @chinemcdonald.bsky.social ✅Register for your FREE place now: www.lib.cam.ac.uk/whats/really...

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My Thought for the Day from Saturday - on certainty, the Pope, and the Traitors www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

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Well, I guess we’ll just never know whether it was a Nazi salute or not…

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I'll be presenting Thought for the Day tomorrow on BBC Radio 4 just after 7.48am. Obviously I'll be talking about the Traitors final. (No spoilers)

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Working out how I am going to avoid the news for four years when my job involves knowing what's happening in the news... 🤔

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Only a week and a half until our next Really Popular Book Club with @chinemcdonald.bsky.social. As well as the joy of re-reading The Poisonwood Bible I have had the joy of reading Chine’s incredible book ‘God is Not a White Man’ in preparation. I recommend both!

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