Behind all the grit and gravel, McInerney has left people for us to find. Touching people. Crossing paths. #TheGloriousHeresies #LisaMcInerney #booksky
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“Pretend I’m on the ballot,” he said. Careful what you wish for? #MidtermElections
Turns out smear campaigns don’t win elections. Whattya know? #ohio #MidtermElections
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 3d agoAmy Acton, a Democrat who served during the pandemic as Ohio’s chief public health officer, has been elected the state’s next governor over her Republican opponent, Vivek Ramaswamy. She is the first woman to win the office. nyti.ms/3WOd29Q
Dear Republicans, you can’t say that your losses aren’t due to your man, and then offer the #IranWar as the reason. Someone started that war. #MidtermElections
Elon Musk spent $474M backing Republicans in this year’s #MidtermElections. Turns out you can’t buy democracy. Whattya know?
Men’s violence against women, that is never intended, that can’t be controlled, that comes out of the blue, that will never be repeat, that can only be forgiven, is male a privilege. #TheGloriousHeresies #LisaMcInerney #booksky
Just weeks after the UN declares that hitting the 1.5-degree mark is so close, it’s unavoidable, #AndyBurnham makes a plane go from London to pick him up in Manchester, before flying out to the Commonwealth heads of government meeting (CHOGM). That’s a two-hour train ride. #ClimateCrisis
With women, colored people, and the LGBTQ+ community in sharp juxtaposition, Sanders's "ordinary Americans" are inevitably straight, white, and male. And we wonder why 12% of his supporters ended up voting Trump, to avoid having a woman in the White House? #FeministFriday #BernieSanders
Like with Pecola in Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye, McInerney picks the human scab that holds our collective need of staying close enough to the unwanted for us to feel good about ourselves. #TheGloriousHeresies #LisaMcInerney #booksky
Because the Democrats felt they needed to give more fuel to Trump’s #ElectionFraud delirium? #MaryPeltola
A Plan for Two Dans: How Democrats Manipulated Alaska’s Ballot
An investigation from The New York Times has uncovered how two candidates named Dan Sullivan ended up on the ballot for U.S. Senate in Alaska and the secret role that Democrats played in making it…
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Speak up against facism. Get 70 years in prison. Commit sexual assault. Get 8 years in the White House. This is what the #USA has come to.
They Protested ICE. Now They’ve Been Convicted of Terrorism.
On July 4, 2025, a group of 10 antifa protesters was arrested, accused of what the federal government called a planned attack on the Prairieland detention facility in Texas. They were prosecuted as…
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Vinsterna är små” är inte bra nog. Det ska inte vara några vinster. Det är skattepengar som ska gå till utbildning. Oavkortat.
Marcus Larsson@skolinkvisition.bsky.social · 2w agoJag fascineras så över medias gulligullande med Academedia. I intervju efter intervju säger skolkoncernernas representanter att vinsterna är små och att det mesta av dem återinvesteras i verksamheten. Academedias egna dokument visar att det är precis tvärt om. Men detta granskas aldrig.
(Some) Israelis are going to the polls today. Today in Focus offers comprehensive background coverage. #netanyahu #israel
Is this the end for Benjamin Netanyahu?
It’s being called the most consequential election in Israel’s history. Emma Graham-Harrison explains what’s at stake. Help support our independent journalism at <a…
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Going back to Morrison's early work, it's noticeable how her language evolved over the years. The stark voice, however, is inevitably hers. #TheBluestEye #ToniMorrison #booksky
Så Thand Ringqvist vägrar att prata med V, men "står varandra nära i vissa frågor" efter att ha träffat Åkesson. Så mycket för den röda linjen. Jag är inte imponerad.
At times, a discrepancy slips in between Claudia, the child, and her reflections as the narrator. But it’s Morrison. I will forgive her anything. #TheBluestEye #ToniMorrison #booksky
Remind me again why we need a Labour government, if they’re only going to act as a proxy to the Conservatives. In the midst of a #ClimateCrisis, #AndyBurham decides that it’s a good idea to drill for more fossil fuel. That’s absolutely tone deaf.
Jackdaw North Sea gasfield to get go-ahead in blow to climate campaigners
Jackdaw gasfield announcement signals UK’s commitment to North Sea industry but undermines green credentials
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Calling all #physics teachers in #NorthernIreland! Share your views in our survey on physics teaching. You can enter a draw to win one of ten £100 gift cards. Open until 30 Oct: inkd.in/evHUuA43. Please share with colleagues.
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Sometimes the feeling we're left with, is all we remember from a read. What is one book that you've read that you don't fully remember, but that left a visceral feeling that stayed? I'm going to have to revisit Bill Clegg's #DidYouEverHaveAFamily sometime soon. #BillClegg #booksky
It’s hard not to wonder what it does to a woman’s mind and views, whose family teaches her that a man has all the rights to her body and voice. #educated #TaraWestover #booksky
Desperation is a man’s best friend when he’s about to lose the midterms. Integrity be damned. #trump #RussiaWar
Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 3w agoTrump tells Congress he doesn't care about what they think and lifts Russian energy sanctions www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u...
Researchers at University of St Andrews analysed 38 studies and found that in 33 of them, women with the same medical condition as men were less likely to be offered treatment such as surgery, a stent or a strong painkiller. Medical #misogyny happens. #FeministFriday
I want to live in a world where 12-year-olds are not used to target adults and then dismissed as collateral damage, all in the name of self-defense. #NAZA
NAZA: the film the Israeli government does not want you to see
Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor on their new film interviewing Israeli military insiders on the vast, AI-assisted systems their sources say are being used to kill civilians in Gaza. They also talk…
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Make no mistake. It’s due to the political backlash that he changed his mind, not basic human decency.
Pentagon says Trump and Hegseth ‘completely aligned’ on decision to cancel livestream of firing squad execution – live
Pentagon spokesperson says pair spoke before announcement canceling plan to broadcast execution of Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 people at Fort Hood
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Calling all #NorthernIreland #physics teachers.
IOP Ireland@iopireland.bsky.social · 3w agoIf you teach #physics in #NorthernIreland we’d love to hear from you no later than October 30. Help us understand how we can better support physics #teaching and learning across the region and enter a prize draw to win 1 of 10 £100 gift cards. Thank you! Link: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/0ak5Tphgq2
When you can’t beat them in an election, deport them? Vote them out while you still have free elections. #IlhanOmar #MidtermElections
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 4w agoBreaking News: Homeland Security agents executed a search warrant at the home of Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. The Justice Department has historically avoided such investigative moves related to political candidates so close to elections. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u...
