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Over 60 German universities quit social media platform X. Platform accused of failing to uphold values of diversity, freedom, and scholarship.

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Sounds like a plan

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So the first policy announcement by Kemi Badenoch, who has spent the past six months accusing immigrants of failing to "integrate", is a plan to make it harder for immigrants to integrate

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Not sure if I believe it but it wouldn't surprise me. Daily Mirror is also [apparently] reporting it. www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-worl...

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Claiming that LGBTQ+ groups include paedophiles is just another populist trope used to get people to hate minorities. I've just signed "Marks & Spencer - stop advertising on GB News" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/ma... @StopFundingHate

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy, "I will never accept any decision between the US and Russia about Ukraine" "No leader in the world can make a deal with Putin about us, without us"

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Coming from a party that left the armed forces, police, the entire UK state teetering on a precipice, this is a sick joke

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Worth Signing! @friends-earth.bsky.social @foeeurope.bsky.social #Petition #PleaseSign action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/sav...

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With the amount of time I seem to spend on help lines, it makes me wonder if they all do it. www.theregister.com/2025/02/20/h...

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It's weird because, while not prominent in any fashion, I'm a very strong atheist and I am pretty much as woke as they come. Might have to write an article for my atheism website about that. onlys.ky/how-deep-doe...

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Interestingly, this is an integral part of the story in Brian Hill's excellent novel, "Unconstrained"... www.livescience.com/technology/c...

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That's a cool idea. www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-eG...

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Greater Good Magazine's [US] curiosity quiz. Some quite odd questions IMO and, while once I might have done better, my world is starting to shrink (I'm old) and my curiosity score is 46 out of 70 (which indicates a moderate level of deep curiosity). greatergood.berkeley.edu/quizzes/take...

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Sounds interesting :) www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...

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From @newsthump.bsky.social: newsthump.com/2025/02/20/d...

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Tragic? More like murder by Trump and co.

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Ooh, excellent! I quite enjoyed the first season but was struggling to watch the second because it had been dropped :) www.windowscentral.com/gaming/after...

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Haven't had time to read the full article but, from the title, about bloody time 'n all! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Pt 1 of a new story, "The Island": www.jamescrocks.com/articles/art... #Writing #SciFi #ScienceFiction "Stars, Hide Your Fires", Book 1 of 2 (I hope): books2read.com/u/bQNDae

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Repost if you agree we should nationalise water 🔄 💦 💚

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Personally, I'm beginning to think it's time Europe rearms. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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So Trump will end the Russian/Ukraine war by withdrawing US support presumably leaving Russia in possession of its ill-gotten gains? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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From @newsthump.bsky.social... sounds fair... er... wait! newsthump.com/2025/02/18/t...

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Sounds about right for the Tories!

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ROFLMAO 🤣😂

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This, surely, has to be a worrying development (I'm thinking of the wrong hands here): www.livescience.com/health/mind/...

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The Chairman of the Munich Security Conference Christoph Heusgen breaks down as he gives an emotional speech at the end of the summit, thanking European leaders for reaffirming values of democracy, freedom and rule of law 👏

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That looks interesti... hey! That's the picture I used for the first iteration of my [currently] one and and only book! How dare NASA 🤣 www.livescience.com/space/astron... BTW (sneaky promotion opportunity), my book can be got here: books2read.com/u/bQNDae

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A good analogy (if that's the right word) for UK Brexit voters (both leavers and remainers) in "Buffy The Vampire Slayer"... I'm fairly damned political these days, ever since 2016 as it happens! #brexit #trump #buffy www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H-k...

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ICYMI: The great negotiator is at it again...

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Why does this feel like we're playing into Trump & Putin's hands?

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The latest (long-awaited, I'm sure) post on my UK Atheist site. www.ukatheist.org/articles/art...

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This should be happening EVERYWHERE!

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💥 I’ve just signed the petition calling for a “National Commission on Electoral Reform” - Will YOU sign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/nc...

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So in essence we're ramping up to a third world war?

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The irony of the richest man in the world almost single-handedly destroying an agency designed to help the world’s poor, so that the U.S. federal budget has more room for another giant tax cut for the richest man in the world and his pals, should not be lost on anyone. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]

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I assume he wrote that about a Democrat president yet it applies far better to that position's current incumbent.

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