Say it with me now… Anecdotes 👏 are 👏 not 👏 data 👏

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3d ago

There is no ‘magic pill’ to fix young women’s anxiety. I should know – I once took propranolol myself | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

I had knee surgery, Kathleen.

Goldsmiths staff is *still* striking!!! Why does Lucy Powell think that is?

Glen O'Hara@gsoh31.bsky.social · 5d ago

So many of us tried to raise the alarm about what was about to happen to our universities. Did everything I could think of. Wrote op-eds. Met people. Messaged Consulted. Advised. Gave evidence. Went online. Even pleaded. It had less than zero effect. And now we're in the freefall phase.

Some of these guys are going to use the lame duck period to try to flee the country.

Anna Bower@annabower.bsky.social · 5d ago

Jason Reding Quiñones—top Southern District of Florida prosecutor whose office was leading the so-called “grand conspiracy” probe against Trump’s perceived enemies—is out.

It’s not the most important point by any means, but we should stop calling it “earned settlement”. Settlement has always been earned, and using the HO’s misleading language is just doing their PR for them. I’m going to start calling it “delayed settlement” instead. That’s actually what it is.

Luke Piper@lukepiper.bsky.social · 6d ago

'If the Home Secretary knows earned settlement harms care workers, why is it acceptable for everyone else?' nicely put @josephinewy.bsky.social

What all of the “is Abdul too harsh blah blah blah” people don’t get is that the most underserved American constituency is those of us who are just absolute dyed in the woool, certified haters. And Abdul is one of us 🤝

#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 6d ago

Abdul: You see JD Vance now, he's sprinting as hard backwards as he can from this terrible, disastrous war in Iran. You should have spoken up, but you never will because, of course, you are a coward who has decided that whatever Donald Trump says should go.

If “from everywhere” doesn’t include from the ranks of your own party, it means “from nowhere”

Nadia Whittome MP@nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social · last wk.

As the far right cedes ground internationally, we must keep building and sustaining the movements that will defeat it everywhere, for good.

Most importantly, all wild venus flytraps in the world are now represented by Democratic Senators.

With Mississippi's U.S. Senate race effectively tied, know this: About 70,000 people in Mississippi are blocked from voting because of felony convictions. *Two-thirds* of them are Black—a huge overrepresentation in a state where Black people make up less than 40% of the overall population.

Chat, is it bad when the UNHCR has “significant concerns” about your new migration system??? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/n...

UNHCR criticises UK’s 30-year ‘earned settlement’ plans for refugees

Home secretary Shabana Mahmood maintains rigorous rules for those who arrive on small boats

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Wisconsin in the past decade is a story of triumph over competitive authoritarianism no less spectacular than what happened in Hungary

Con Flambers@themagicconch19.bsky.social · last wk.

MAJOR PROJECTION: Wisconsin Democrats have flipped AD-30 and AD-85. With their flips of AD-30, AD-51, AD-61, AD-85 and AD-88... Democrats have flipped enough state assembly seats to secure a trifecta in Wisconsin

For real, though, Abdul read James Matthews to absolute filth because only two groups of people in the States have even heard of Sky News, let alone ever watched it: 1. Journalists working in the New York bureaus of U.K. newspapers 2. Diplomats staying in $900/night hotel rooms in Washington, DC

Inject it into my veins

Nate O@nateo.bsky.social · last wk.

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Something else that’s not being discussed yet because very few journalists actually understand the system enough to cover it properly: They’re closing the Long Residence (i.e. 10-Year) Route, which let you combine your time on different types of visas together. Again, absolutely diabolical stuff.

This has, historically, been the more sane choice by a *wide margin*

BeijingPalmer@beijingpalmer.bsky.social · last wk.

let me say that when we were looking at the US or UK we choose the US in part because the immigration system was *less onerous* which is saying something

Really great job, guys.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · last wk.

Reform have moved sharply to the right this week - since October 29th 2026, when Kruger was v reluctant to revoke grants of citizenship (while willing to revoke/abolish permanent settlement) Nov 1st: Reform want to review + revoke cktzenship grants (NB: of people in the UK > 6 years)

Really chill, normal day for UK-based Anglo-American couples

Something I haven’t seen discussed explicitly so far is that the 20- and 30-year routes seem *intentionally designed* to do exactly this – deprive the U.K.-born children of refugees British citizenship. Not only is this cruel, it’s directly in violation of a UNHCR mandate to reduce statelessness.

Sinan Kose@thesinankose.bsky.social · last wk.

Very hard not to reflect upon the fact that if this was the case when my parents came to the UK that they maybe have only just got settlement about 11 years ago when I was 21 and that I wouldn't be entitled to British citizenship. Kind of insane to think that *Thatcher* was less cruel than this.

The “political sting” should be Labour permanently losing the vote of anyone who’s ever been an immigrant or loved one. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"A Home Office spokesperson told The i Paper: “This Government has announced reforms that mean settlement must be earned and not automatic." hey @theipaper.com, there IS no automatic settlement. can you be the first news site to do its job and point this out? ask ukgov why they keep lying about it?

Sir Almaviva@ilcontealmaviva.bsky.social · 2w ago

A few stories about people who will be impacted by the ILR changes. The changes will accomplish nothing except inflicting misery and suffering on people, which at this point I must assume is their only purpose.

Hey Sean! In the past 13 years, I’ve earned two degrees in this country, paid for the NHS surcharge x6, paid for visa fees x6, paid my taxes, and consistently been a good student, a good neighbour and a good employee. I *still* don’t have ILR. What about that sounds automatic to you?

Sean Woodcock MP@seanlwoodcock.bsky.social · last wk.

The right to live in the UK forever will no longer be granted to migrants almost automatically after 5 years. Instead, it will be earned, under the new earned settlement model set out before Parliament today. www.gov.uk/government/n...

a little browsing on skilledworkersUK subreddit tells you that people's lives are upended for no reason. it's hard to imagine anyone who's not limited by family or relationships is not gonna leave. "I'm going home, so I guess the reform voters won".

Men: I feel victimised by women who seem scared of me on a dark street. Also men:

Wera Hobhouse MP@werahobhouse.org.uk · 6mo ago

Men are using Meta AI glasses to secretly film women at beaches, shops, on the street & on nights out. They then post these clips online where they receive a barrage of misogynistic abuse. I’m campaigning to make this behaviour an offence. Women deserve to feel safe in public spaces.

Relevant to today's conversation about AI's inherent sexism, here's an email from cognitive psychologist and early AI theorist Roger Schank, arguing to Epstein that women can't be truly intelligent, because they care too much about what other people think.

I will block you for being obnoxious and self-righteous because – if this wasn’t clear already – I am drunk with power.

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Nice one! 😜 So people can use library cards then, right?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 9mo ago

Leavitt: "You need an ID to go and purchase alcohol. You need an ID to go to the library and check out a book. So the president thinks you should have an ID to vote in our nation's elections."

i will never stop thinking about the intersection of epstein and the shitty media men list

As a UK resident who has paid for two degrees, five visas, and more than 10 years of the NHS surcharge since I moved here at 19, this is infuriating. As a journalist, it's alarming that the Home Sec clearly does not understand the system she says needs to be reformed. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Shabana Mahmood defends immigration reforms amid Labour opposition

Around 40 Labour MPs have raised concerns about the impact of the government's proposals.

bbc.co.uk

It’s starting. Right in front of us. Right now.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 9mo ago

Sen. Tuberville: "We gotta get rid of these voting machines. There's a half dozen people here in the House and Senate that did not get elected. It was all bogus. We've seen the evidence."