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Policy & Strategy Analytics academic at Loughborough University; Member, Independent SAGE; Fellow, St Catherine's College, Oxford.
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Ironic sloganeering in the Highlands.

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EXCLUSIVE: The BBC has drawn up plans to win over Reform voters by changing its news and drama output. BBC Director General Tim Davie and other execs discussed altering "story selection" in order to win the "trust" of supporters of Nigel Farage bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...

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LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social

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Notable clip today👇 in light of the news that the Trump administration successfully pressured ABC into suspending Moran

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Reposting by request the exchange from Trump's ABC interview about Abrego Garcia's tattoos here on Bluesky 👇👇👇 TRUMP: He had MS-13 on his knuckles, tattooed! MORAN: That was photoshopped TRUMP: Terry, they're giving you the big break of a lifetime. I picked you. But you're not being very nice.

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Reminder: Nobel-prize winning PCR (1983), used in basically all genetic tech today, was only possible because of extremophile bacterium discovered in 1964 in Yellowstone funded by a small ~$80k NSF grant with no obvious application at the time. #science 🧪 www.richmondscientific.com/how-a-discov...

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it’s like we’re being governed by an email that starts with FW: FW: FW: FW:

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It's possible that Grammarly has lost it's damn freaking mind. #writing #writingcommunity #booksky

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History is a thing. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History...

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May need an update. www.gov.uk/foreign-trav...

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The revolution, or whatever it is, will it seems be televised. With ads.

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Shocking news. 36% of UK children are living in poverty according to the latest Social Metrics Commission research (I am one of the Commissioners) www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

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Well, this seems like the end for a certain type of Conservatism.

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Washington just took the reasonable step of not allowing the National Guard of other states to operate here without our agreement. It’s not the Guard personnel we are concerned about, it’s other governors in the Trump cult. katu.com/news/local/g...

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I wonder why they need so many tanks in Washington DC next weekend.

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Grim "It is the first time since 1965 that a president has activated a state’s National Guard force without a request from that state’s governor" - Trump Is Calling Up National Guard Troops Under a Rarely Used Law www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/u...

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See also: reading the riot act.

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The White House is setting expectations for an invocation of the Insurrection Act

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Ominous juxtaposition

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Privatisation relies on a strong regulator. Because having drinking water is kind of important.

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"My career in public health and vaccinology started with a deep-seated desire to help the most vulnerable members of our population, and that is not something I am able to continue doing in this role.” www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-off...

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lol

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New angle from the Telegraph.

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Now Trump is coming for California. And specifically the UC system. edition.cnn.com/2025/06/06/p...

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SCOOP: The CDC is planning to move information on cases of diseases like measles and polio to a data system managed by Palantir, raising concerns about patient privacy. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/h...

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Oops.

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Oooooohhhh...

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U.S. aid cuts could jeopardize the supply of donated drugs that are hailed for their effectiveness in combating neglected diseases like river blindness, schistosomiasis and trachoma.

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Where's there's muck there's brass.

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People experiencing technical errors with the Home Office’s electronic visa system have spoken with Computer Weekly about the psychological toll of not being able to reliably prove their immigration status in the face of a hostile and unresponsive bureaucracy... 👉 [read]

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Our review on strategies to help enhance vaccine uptake is FINALLY published- great work from students Becky, Jas, Kirsty and a collaboration with the incredible @eberlmat.bsky.social @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social @britsocimm.bsky.social

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I wonder if the next global thermonuclear war will be set off by a bout of over-excited Tweeting.

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If you ever want a sight into general practice IT: this morning I had to go into my GP practice where I’m a patient. Routine bloods. 0835 appt. Practice turned on computers way before 0800, not a single one had finished updates before my appt. Not one usable computer in the whole practice.

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This seems like a great day to remind Bluesky that Stephen Miller lived four doors down from me freshman year And our student council person asked him (and everyone) to sign a birthday card for our dorm’s janitor And he threw a tantrum and wrote an op-ed about not socializing with “the help.”

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Well done Loughborough.

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This one wins this evening in a hotly contested field.

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Neither of them should get custody of America in this divorce. She should go to live with a cool, feminist Aunt.

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In this case, it's justified. Just this once, mind you.

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elon and trump are meeting outside uniqlo on sunday 5pm. 3251 20th Ave, San Francisco, CA, 94132

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I hope they are commissioning another series of Musk vs Trump.

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I told you that the foreshadowing this season was lazy and forced.

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Can Musk get into an aeroplane or something so we can all track it on that FlightRadar thing.

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