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You know the ‘rise’ in autism? People thought girls & women couldn’t be autistic or might exhibit different traits. But gender isn’t relevant to neurotype, so it follows an equal split ought be autistic. The current ratio is roughly 3:1 male to female. We’ve got a way to go… #autism

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This is Winston Churchill visiting the White House during World War II. Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.

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Andrew Tate being allowed to come to the U.S. and avoid facing trial for sex trafficking in Romania is beyond stomach-churning. This man is a HUGE influencer and uses his platform/following to further abuse women who have accused him. Now he won’t face justice, reaffirming his lies to his followers

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What’s missed in covering cuts is that most government programmes providing aid only exist because they’re shown to provide a greater saving in the long run. Government of any stripe is designed that way - there was never any such thing as a free lunch. These cuts will end up costing more.

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A modern day Der Bannerträger (The Standard Bearer), as painted by Hubert Lanzinger and displayed in the Great German Art Exhibition in Munich in 1937. Art as propaganda, then and now. Same tune, just played on a different instrument.

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Oh good shout, Trackotheday. It's like the Sunshine On Leith of classical music, simple but obliteratingly beautiful. Version for piano and violin here too... music.apple.com/gb/album/spi...

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Oh, hello there new low!

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If you only listen to one podcast get on this. So insightful, intelligent, vital & realistically optimistic. Can’t be a coincidence that both hosts of The Daily Show are consistently having the best conversations. Really necessary in this moment. Ruha Benjamin, Christiana Mbakwe Medina & Trevor Noah

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BASH: I remember a time when Republicans were very careful about the government having access to personal data NOEM: Well, we can't trust the government anymore BASH: You are the government

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Imagine you have more money than you can spend, more than anyone has ever had. Instead of using it to benefit the world, to end poverty, disease and hunger, imagine using the power you accrue to deny anything at all to those with the least. I don’t think sociopathy even begins to cover that.

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@timmiller.bsky.social Listening to your fantastic podcast with Ben Stiller and wanted to say Bottoms was the best comedy film of the last few years - highly recommend.

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A gay guy, a Black man, and a woman walk into a flight deck— that’s not the beginning of a joke, but just a regular day at work! There was so much DEI on this plane that we could hardly get in the air. Luckily my limp wrists were able to wrestle the heavy jet back to the ground 💅🏼

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The @Telegraph, @thetimes, @MailOnline & @TheSun publish corrections to their scaremongering on undocumented migrants in London. Imagine between them the reach & power of these papers. The fact is they are using that power to instil Trumpist hate & we are ill-equipped to resist.

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i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country

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Check the date on this shocking story. And then ask yourself why Nigel Farage and Elon Musk haven’t been tweeting about these people. You know why. They know why. We all know why.

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The Wiener Library has been an incredible resource for decades and this new initiative makes it even more accessible. @wienerlibrary.bsky.social

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Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

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I do agree that we should have a colorblind society based on merit. We just never have before. So far it’s been racism, nepotism, favoritism, ableism, and attempts to correct for centuries of that. When can we actually compete on merit? And when are a lot of people stepping down?

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My introduction to #booksky I guess? 📚 Reading is political 🎧 Audiobooks count as reading 📖 Reading is not a competition 🤔 Reading critically & reading for fun are not mutually exclusive 👉 If you support problematic authors, you deserve to be called out on it 🚫 Toxic positivity can eff off

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In the face of fascism, make art. It doesn’t stop much, but they don’t like it up them.

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The Porcelain Maker has been selected for the Kindle monthly deal throughout January, alongside Holocaust Memorial Day.

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IDK “we’re creating a Homeland Security tip line for every state so you can hunt up the brown illegals” sounds a little fascisty to me. www.koin.com/news/nationa...

submitted 73 days ago • 58 comments

New writing of a different form - excited to be a script consultant on #Patience a new crime drama, coming to Channel 4 in January…

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AKA Dystopian Greige

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Really informative piece on Mussolini’s hard turn to dictatorship almost 100 yrs ago. My next novel is set in fascist Rome during WW2 & under Nazi occupation. It’s vital we acknowledge the echoes between now and then - Historical Fiction is a really effective lens for viewing how we live today.

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My debut novel, The Porcelain Maker, is out in paperback today with a new cover for north America. An epic love story, set against the backdrop of Germany’s slide into an authoritarian regime (feels rather timely!) Thank you to everyone who bought it already & here’s hoping it finds new readers.

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Trump turns politics into entertainment. His cabinet was cast for fame and being telegenic, as much as loyalty. Low engagement voters believe his strongman rhetoric & promises. Everything is a success because he says it is. Bread & circuses with the emphasis on the latter.

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Some people will feel smug knowing how good Jonathan Bailey was from Bridgerton, whilst I am smug squared from W1A #Wicked

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Anyone else see all the bsky handles and get reminded of the merger of BSkyB? Gives very early Oughties vibes. Like Buffalo trainers and combat trousers.

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Moonstruck is a Christmas movie, I will brook no opposition. #christmasmovie

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Honestly, it’s not that hard. If a British train station can manage, why can’t the supposed seat of democracy?

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I know we’re all still reeling from that explosive finale, but I can see this in the opening titles of the new season, like one of the chyrons at the start of Succession. Too on the nose?

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