Australia’s eSafety commissioner buried a report (released Friday afternoon) that shows the under 16 social media ban didn’t tangibly reduce teen social media use, and also resulted in parents tuning out of kids usage. We traded our privacy for no reason. theconversation.com/more-than-80...

More than 80% of kids still using social media despite ban, new eSafety report finds

The report provides more evidence Australia’s world-leading social media ban isn’t going to plan.

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The fact this continues while the police do nice little photo ops with suspected Loyalist murderers is really the thing that underlines how hypocritical it is

flyingrodent@flyingrodent.bsky.social · 6d ago

Healthy democracies under good governance do not see things like e.g. a 1,000% increase in terrorism-related arrests in the course of one year, most of them non-violent pensioners.

Healthy democracies under good governance do not see things like e.g. a 1,000% increase in terrorism-related arrests in the course of one year, most of them non-violent pensioners.

The Daily Telegraph has raced through all five stages of climate denial this week. But this is, perhaps, the most ridiculous column so far: "Without minimising the severe downsides…especially on some poorer nations, many in Britain would enjoy the kind of warmer climate predicted by modellers..."

People in the UK will see this, despair about the US descending into fascism, and not even realise how similar the crackdowns on protest are here.

Sam Levin@samtlevin.bsky.social · last wk.

A Minnesota religious studies professor is facing six years in prison, with the DOJ saying he is part of an "antifa" conspiracy against ICE Erik Davis speaks out about his prosecution, largely based on a handful of his comments in Signal chats. He's not accused of any violence “It’s petty revenge"

I've confirmed that the UK's new Sovereign AI Fund does no due diligence on whether AI companies use copyrighted work without permission before investing in them. It took me 3 Freedom of Information requests to find this out: 🧵 1/10

John Woodcock resigned from Labour in 2018 to end an investigation against him into sexual harrassment, that involved his alleged victim resigning her job. But what do women's rights actually matter to JK Rowling when he's on her side when it comes to proscribing uppity trans people, eh? 1/

OKAY BLUESKY I NEED YOUR HELP! Hundreds of artists have signed @fightforthefuture.org's pledge to boycott venues that use AI surveillance like facial recognition. We want to get to 500 before a press conf in 2 weeks. Quote this and tag artists that might sign? Reskeet? do the thing!

Ban Facial Recognition at Live Events

Artists and venues take the pledge: no facial recognition at shows.

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A senior judge has accused the Home Office of relying on “AI hallucinated” information to refuse an asylum claim. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Home Office used ‘AI hallucinated’ information to refuse asylum claim, judge suggests

Upper tribunal unable to find document cited in case and claims it is ‘analogous to relying on bogus evidence’

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From this weekend's London Centric: details of the messy Mayor vs Met Police vs Palantir case. www.londoncentric.media/p/thames-wat...

I totally reject this characterisation. We are not well-funded

Remember when Farage claimed he was “debanked” by Coutts because they disagreed with his politics and everybody in the country just sort of nodded along

Financial Times@financialtimes.com · last wk.

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK had its bank account temporarily frozen during the 2024 general election campaign, a revelation that adds to questions about the party’s finances. ft.trib.al/SqH7xbo

A judge is moving to sentence five Palestine Action protesters who spray-painted a Barclays branch as terrorists. They were not charged with terror offences and the jury was not told that they could face terrorism-related sentences if convicted of criminal damage www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Palestine Action activists face being sentenced as terrorists over bank damage

Exclusive: Judge intends to consider ‘terrorist connection’ after convicting five for damage to Barclays in Burnley

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Home Office genuinely needs to be abolished and its responsibilities split up, with immigration and asylum under an independent authority. Even by its low standards, standards which are being supported by the reappointment of Mahmood by Burnham, this is sickening. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Home Office blocking evacuation of dozens of women and children from Gaza

Refugee family reunions in limbo, despite Foreign Office saying it is ready to get people out of war-torn territory

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Here is our full response to Lord Walney's article calling for us to be proscribed as a terrorist organisation:

BASH BACK@bashback.bsky.social · last wk.

Tomorrow, Lord Walney, who was responsible in part for the proscription of Palestine Action, will publish an article in The Times arguing that BASH BACK be proscribed as a terrorist organisation. We will not be intimidated. Neither should you. xoxo BASH BACK

I do generally prefer when they cast Jews to play Jews, but Ann Hathaway gets a pass imo

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg@theradr.bsky.social · 2w ago

Seems there was a movie in 2022 called Armageddon Time abt the Jewish assimilation to whiteness starring Anne Hathaway (not Jewish), Anthony Hopkins (not Jewish), a kid abt whom I can only glean that his mom sings at her baptist church, & Jeremy Strong, whose dad is Jewish (ok, counts). No notes.

🧵1/Open letter in defence of Rajiv Menon: Next week, my friend barrister Rajiv Menon KC faces trial for contempt of court — for mentioning the independence of juries while defending his client.

It's almost like that's some kind of connection between far-right politics and violent misogyny www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Most people arrested during Henry Nowak protests had been reported for domestic abuse

Exclusive: Hampshire police data reveals 22 of 37 detained had been accused or convicted of intimate partner violence

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This wasn't even an aggressive interview. Notably, she asks him: "Are you anti-Muslim?". Part of his response is: "I'm against rape and murder." She doesn't push back on that claim, so here's a long thread of evidence showing Musk's purported opposition to rape and murder is dubious 🧵

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 2w ago

There's a reason Elon Musk rarely does interviews with real news outlets.

Important reporting on what has happened since four former members Palestine Action were sentenced as terrorists. novaramedia.com/2026/07/20/w...

‘We’re the Canary in the Coal Mine’: Palestine Action Activists Sentenced As ‘Terrorists’ Speak Out | Harriet Williamson

Ellie Kamio and Lottie Head - two of the ‘Filton 25’ - tell Harriet Williamson what they’re experiencing in prison after being sentenced as terrorists for smashing up military drones at an Israeli-own...

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Why Don't Fascists Eat Vegetables? It's out. It's live. It's the best thing we've ever made. I really hope you love it. youtu.be/K35FtbuyTh4

Why Don't Fascists Eat Vegetables?

YouTube video by The Leftist Cooks

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Just Stop Oil ended their 3 year protest campaign after their reasonable demand for the UK Government stop licensing new oil, gas and coal projects, became government policy. What does Burnham expect to happen by reversing this? @just-stopoil.bsky.social

Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot@bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 3w ago

Burnham to announce plans for new North Sea oil and gas drilling

We were outside Parliament this morning to demand Andy Burnham says NO to new oil and gas. Giving the green light to new UK oil and gas is a death sentence for us & a win for oily elites. Oil from fields like Rosebank won't secure new jobs and won't provide energy security.

yeah we’re gonna have to ban prediction markets

People are making wildfire bets on prediction markets. Experts say it could lead to disaster | CNN

As the catastrophic Los Angeles wildfires raged last year, people placed bets on how how many acres the fires would consume, which locations they would reach and when they would be contained.

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I'll believe this when Burnham announces the Greater London Council is being reconstituted, and the Home Office is relinquishing control of the Met.

The kind of shit that makes your blood boil. "The third time Anna Liedtke was subjected to an illegal strip-search in Israeli detention, female prison guards forced her on to her knees, covered her mouth to stop her screaming and raped her" www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

‘They want to break our will’: Gaza flotilla activist tells of rape in Israeli detention

Anna Liedtke files criminal complaint in Israel over alleged attack by female guards and says abuse was intended to silence campaigners

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I don't know what British law is in these cases, but I know for a fact that teachers in my province are ignoring a law that would make us forcibly out trans kids to their parents.

Just had meeting with kiddo's school. She has been fully supported, treated with full equality & dignity for years. All of that changes from September. Full segregation & humiliation across the board. The school staff cried in the meeting. This will absolutely lead to children's deaths 1/2

If you're unable to stand your ground when disingenuously attacked by bigots over some stupid minor point or technicality – just don't wade into trans rights discussions. Giving GCs the win of retracting your report is worse than never having released it in the first place.

My first and biggest mistake was choosing to have a body. Everything went wrong from there.