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Happy to be here Ukraine will be free. Belarus will be free. Iran will be free. Proudly blocked by all your favourite fuckwits. And Otto English for some reason.
Now we’ve started informing aquaintances that my partner‘s ILR refusal means she has to leave the country at 6 weeks, it’s striking how many ordinary British-born people just struggle to believe the Home Office or the immigration system could be as routinely cruel as it is
Fantastic thread - I recommend reading it from the start, but if you want to skip the copyright review and go straight to copyright termination rights (a GOOD thing), start here.
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · 3d agoSimply put, "termination of transfer" is the statutory right to void any contract you've signed to transfer your copyright to someone else. In the USA, the 1976 Copyright Act introduced a 35-year termination right.
If you're a black person accused of academic fraud, the british press and political elite will harass you until you kill yourself. If you're a racism denialist accused of sexual crimes against children, the british press and political elite will *immediately* deploy the wall of silence.
Esheru@esherukweku.bsky.social · 3d ago15 outlets published 249 articles about Jason Arday, but there appears to be a partial media blackout regarding Dr Lola Salem, Michael Gove's ex-girlfriend, who has been suspended from Oxford University after being charged with possessing indecent images of children. jamradio.uk/news/2026/10...
Bethany wore a “Protect The Dolls” t-shirt during rehearsals. The BBC posted it on their socials then quietly deleted and reposted it without showing her from the front. On TV last night they actually blurred the message #Strictly
you know i just had a thought that at the outset of the full scale invasion in 2022 the thought must have appeared in at least some ukrainians' heads: "not only are we going to win, but in fact this is going to be a moment to settle some fucking scores"
It is absolutely preferable to not pick up the cigarette in the first place news.berkeley.edu/2026/10/09/u...
Using AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things - Berkeley News
A UC Berkeley researcher co-authored a study that raises profound questions about how we interact with artificial intelligence in education — and daily life.
news.berkeley.edu
I get the desire to believe that these are feds or paid agitators but I'm afraid the truth is just that some of the people who agree with you are antisemitic.
Chris Sommerfeldt@c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social · last wk.Pro-Palestinian protesters gather outside City Hall to call out Mayor Zohran Mamdani for what they see as his betrayal of the movement. "Mayor Mamdani, you can't hide we charge you with genocide" was a chant that just rang out.
Rush To Diagnose Children "Left Handed" Can Scar Them For Life, Worry Right Handed People Fears mount a recent influx of kids written off as "Left Handed" can lock them out of using right handed scissors Opinion: Jobson LeCruesset-Natwest - I was kicked if I used my left hand & I turned out great
Your regular reminder: satire without context is just doing the thing.
Love Wins Always@lovewinzalways.bsky.social · 6d agoAround 2010 our society was evolving away from blind adoration of macho hubris. Then teenagers raised on fictional jerkass characters meant as parodic—like Tyler Durden, Eric Cartman, and Peter Griffin—hit adulthood and began voting such figures into power for fun. Hegseth = most perfect example.
Seeing my MP at the weekend to talk about trans rights and immigration, anyone want me to bring anything up?
The Bibliography is an exceptional and hugely authoritative guide to historical publishing, and an invaluable tool for your research. Fellows and Members @royalhistsoc.org can obtain personal access from £25 per person per year. Details of this in tomorrow's e-circular for RHS members #Skystorians
Institute of Historical Research@ihr.bsky.social · last wk.Are you studying, researching or teaching Black British histories? Try using the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH). It contains 680,000+ resources from 55 BCE to today! Watch our video 'Researching the history of race and ethnicity in BBIH' to learn more buff.ly/iXI2MwX
legalizing gambling was the single biggest social disaster of the last decade, and that's a high bar to clear.
i'm actually going to take this goofy post somewhat seriously: much as going to the gym requires discipline, so too does going to the mental gym require discipline. and discipline is harder than it looks: it is about *your* ability to discipline *yourself*
Matt Binder@mattbinder.bsky.social · last wk.the tech industry is about to invent books
Random discussion topic: What is the evilest strategy in a competitive game you play? Not necessarily the best, just the most evil. For example, Stall isn't the best archetype. in competitive Pokémon, but it is clearly the evilest.
Some news... 1. If We Tolerate This sold just shy of 5,000 copies in its first two months. Thanks to everyone who has read, responded to or shared the book so far. 2. If you haven't yet, it's only 99p on kindle for the whole of October. Get involved! www.amazon.co.uk/If-We-Tolera...
One of the few times I envy Erdoğan's inability to speak English
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w agoTrump, meeting with leaders of Turkey, Jordan, and Qatar, says "I like these people" and then whines about the press
saw this on Instagram and it so perfectly encapsulated my rage
Wife and I are about to cough up her second round of visa and NHS surcharges. £4,000. She works full time, paying into the system twice over. The application process is, once again, extraordinarily demanding and overtly hostile. This must be an extremely stressful burden on lower income households
Emiliano Mellino@mellino.bsky.social · 4w agoThe UK government is making upwards of £4.9bn in profit from visa fees, citizenship fees & the immigration health surcharge. Meanwhile, people are getting into thousands of pounds of debt or going without food just to afford to these immigration fees. www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
To be clear - Gladstone was a moron. The US constitution is an appalling constitution, which has done untold damage to both the US and the wider world as a whole. Poorly written, vague, and missing huge chunks that are just left to "idk, figure it out". Trump exists because the con allows him to.
Bill Kristol@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 4w agoHappy Constitution Day. "The American Constitution is, so far as I can see, the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose of man." -- William Ewart Gladstone, the great British Liberal prime minister, in 1878 🥂 to liberal constitutionalism
>you live in a secular republic with a popular founding father >security officers disappear college kids >old guard purged from Army >state run by corrupt real estate interests >military aid to chauvinist bunker state >recent farcical coup attempt You live in the Republic of Türkiye pics unrelated.
We're this close to him rivaling CKS and trying to shoot inflation I can feel it
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4w agoTRUMP: Kevin Warsh doesn't have the votes. He's got a hostile board. REPORTER: He says raising rates was the right decision and responsible decision TRUMP: Well, I don't know what he's referring to, but I will tell you interest rates are too high. We have the greatest economy in history
Sorry if this upsets you, but if it does, it's because you don't know what genocide is.
You don't need to kill a single person to commit genocide. In fact for most of history genocides have involved way more expulsion then they have extermination.
In case it isn't patently obvious, quoting someone with replies and quotes disabled is the cowards way, and you don't suffer a coward.
"It's fine if we genocide them, look, they hate <other group here>" is how almost every genocide in history has been justified.
Qest@theqest.bsky.social · 4w agoPeople need to listen to the residents of Palestine.
![On March 17, 2025, Eichorn was one of five Republican authors of a bill, SF2589, that would designate "Trump derangement syndrome" as an officially recognized mental illness in Minnesota.[7][8]
Arrest and resignation
On March 17, 2025, during a sting operation, Eichorn was arrested in Bloomington, Minnesota, on suspicion of soliciting a minor for sex.[9][10] The arrest occurred after he allegedly sexually solicited a detective posing as a minor.[11][9] His fellow Republican legislators, as well as Minnesota GOP chair Alex Plechash, called on him to resign.[11][12] On March 20, Eichorn submitted his letter of resignation, effective immediately.[13]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/bafkreiecjohl6sxfyfpyli6aj6qsi4rjvgg3copmezi3s6qp6ciqm5atvi)
