Josephine Kavanagh
@ourhaus.bsky.social
Blackpool grown. Join a Union. Retired public health researcher and former librarian. Woke AF. As an Irish atheist I believe in science, reason & the power of St Anthony. Cannot see DMs. #Parkinson's #MDANT ☘️ #AbolishICE I block ruthlessly.
This is rather brilliant!
Sarah Taber@sarahtaber.bsky.social · 5d agoAnyway I did a whole video on how a few wealthy people in each rural county can keep the whole region deep-red, just with patronage. And yes it's through the lens of Jane Austen. Because she wrote about this a lot more than people think she did! www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbcV...
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE@leftistlawyer.com · 5d agoA GOP Congressman, Griffith Morgan (Virginia), has introduced a bill to strip people in Guam, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and every other US non-state territory of their birthright citizenship. www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
6 new states, 12 new Senators (DC, PR, Guam, USVI, Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands). A bare minimum reform.
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE@leftistlawyer.com · 5d agoA GOP Congressman, Griffith Morgan (Virginia), has introduced a bill to strip people in Guam, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and every other US non-state territory of their birthright citizenship. www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
Elon Musk is planning to spend at least $100 million to help Republicans in this year’s midterms. That’s just 0.014 percent of his current $702 billion net worth. Oligarchs can rig the system at the expense of everyone else, and only spend pennies doing so. We must get Big Money out of politics.
McCloskey Speaker Series @aspeninstitute.bsky.social this coming Thursday August 6 www.aspeninstitute.org/events/scien...
Producer Giles Martin breaks down the new versions of the classic 1965 album, which draw on “de-mixing” technology and include a previously unheard John Lennon demo.
Inside the Special Edition of the Beatles' 'Rubber Soul'
The Beatles' classic 1965 album is getting a Special Edition. Here's an exclusive preview of the new editions.
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Over the past year, ICE agents have scanned the faces of protesters, photographed their license plates, and collected samples of their DNA. But the agency hasn’t said how or where it’s storing that information.
Records reveal how Homeland Security agents surveilled ICE protesters
Spokane police documents show a DHS task force officer tracing protesters’ cars, identities, and whereabouts without alleging any wrongdoing.
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📖 At 16, Simone O. Elias wrote PORCELAIN RAGE: A MANIFESTO FOR THE GEN Z WOMAN. Her book explores femininity, culture, history, mental health & the pressures shaping a generation. Elias chose to publish it as an open-access book on the Internet Archive. Get it FREE! archive.org/details/porc... 🧵
Two of the best #physicians I ever worked with, a #pulmonary #criticalcare fellow when I was in training, and a #cardiologist I worked with as an attending, with absolutely incredible bedside manner…were both foreign #medical graduates from #Africa countries on this ban list
PBS News@pbsnews.org · 5d agoThe State Department is making permanent a pilot program under which citizens from 50 countries, mainly in Africa, are required to post bonds to apply for a U.S. visa, and it's raising the cost as well, to as much as $20,000. https://to.pbs.org/4wEfLji
Every Republican that appears on weekend cable news programs must be asked if they support their colleague Max Miller who allegedly threw scalding on water on his wife, violent assaulted her and injured his own child. She filed a restraining order. Read the allegations & ask if they support him.
Congratulations to Bev Craig on being elected Mayor of Greater Manchester. I look forward to working together for Salford and communities across our city-region. 🌹
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Innovation ys not just tech. For a bettir future we need poetrye, creativitye, historical studye, love of languages, dreames, dialogues, new storyes, & intellectual curiositye. We must fund & expand higher educacioun yn HEART: H umanityes E thiques A rtes R hetorique & the crafte of T eaching
Mass arrests took place outside Westminster Magistrates' Court earlier today as hundreds joined a Defend Our Juries' "Graduation Day" protest against the Palestine Action ban. Founder Huda Ammori has just been granted permission to appeal the ban. ~50 arrests reported as of 2:45pm 🧵
NEW: DOJ has submitted unredacted Epstein Files for review in chambers by Judge Sullivan in the @katiephang.bsky.social case. DOJ contends it redacted victims' names, but check out their definition of "victim." 1/
Well this is disingenuous: I'm a 21-year-old grad (Tory editor), why does the government want me to go on the dole to get a job? share.google/BExuhxv5b42N... Ok. It doesn't. The job centre isn't a job agency; it's an unemployment agency. It will gang press you to use online applications...
I'm a 21-year-old grad, why does the government want me to go on the dole to get a job?
Oliver Dean was turned away from Job Centre because he wasn't already on benefit. No wonder the welfare bill is ballooning
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All 55 UEFA nations have unanimously agreed to boycott FIFA competitions if plans to sell stakes in the World Cup to private investors move forward. European football is drawing a line in the sand: the World Cup belongs to the players and fans.
The protest is the first in support of the proscribed group since Andy Burnham became prime minister.
Police arrest dozens at London rally supporting Palestine Action
The protest is the first in support of the proscribed group since Andy Burnham became prime minister.
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Mathew’s Writer’s Bookshelf is one of my favourite substack reads (I mean all of Mathew’s pieces are brilliant) so it was an honour to be asked to take part and a delight to have the chance to talk about books I love.
Mathew Lyons@mathewlyons.bsky.social · last wk.This week’s guest on the Writer’s Bookshelf is the wonderful @danigaravelli.bsky.social.
The 'singularity' refers to the point at which AI outpaces human intelligence and becomes difficult to control.
Sam Altman says AI has entered ‘singularity': Should we be worried?
The 'singularity' refers to the point at which AI outpaces human intelligence and becomes difficult to control.
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this is incredibly sad
Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans@astroroyalscot.bsky.social · last wk.I'm absolutely devastated for colleagues at Jodrell Bank who found out this morning that funding for the UK's e-MERLIN radio telescope array will be terminated. This is a short-sighted move, to save a tiny fraction of the overall UK science budget. #SaveJodrellBank 🔭🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It's July 25, the anniversary of the fall of fascism in Italy, so, in town squares everywhere, people are gathering to eat "anti-fascist pasta", a tradition started by a family who fed their village to celebrate on the day. It's a lovely communal affair with partisan songs. The food was delicious!
