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Perpetual politics student, late diagnosed autistic.

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11.03.2026 20:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

read Marx

11.03.2026 19:40 πŸ‘ 194 πŸ” 68 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 3

The first step to fixing our politics has to be ending all existing BBC politics output.

11.03.2026 17:37 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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2026-27 opera season annouced!

Read all about it πŸ‘‰ bit.ly/ON-2627

Tristan und Isolde staged for concert halls, the return of multi award-winning Orpheus with South Asian Arts-uk in a new staging, a revival of Femi Elufowoju jr's 'landmark production' (Bachtrack) of Rigoletto and much more...

11.03.2026 11:59 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I've been using RSS feeds for decades now #justsaying

10.03.2026 18:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
lede to an irish times article about Harry and Meghan by Patrick Freyne.

lede to an irish times article about Harry and Meghan by Patrick Freyne.

A reminder that in 2021, @patrickfreyne.bsky.social wrote the best explanatory lede regarding colonialism and monarchy that I have ever seen. www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...

09.03.2026 16:39 πŸ‘ 161 πŸ” 61 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 6
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Empresses from Late Antique and Medieval Roman (Middle Byzantine) eras
Empress Theodora and her court at San Vitale in Ravenna, Empress Ariadne and Personification of Constantinople at Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Empress Zoe in Hagia Sophia, Empress Eirene (Piroska of Hungary) in Hagia Sophia

08.03.2026 16:09 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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"Women of the World Unite! International Women's Day"

#IWD #8M mural in Jakarta, Indonesia

08.03.2024 10:11 πŸ‘ 252 πŸ” 67 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3
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Are we falling out of love with nonfiction? In the early 2020s, readers flocked to books to explain political turbulence. But is the world now too grim to read about – and are podcasters taking the place of authors?

Bizarre. I haven't read a fiction book in 6 months (and that was Ulysses). I've probably read less than 10 fiction books in the last 5 years.

Are we falling out of love with nonfiction? www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...

07.03.2026 18:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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What links Joni Mitchell, Ian Dury and Frida Kahlo? The Saturday quiz From ancient China and Paris’s Latin Quarter to β€˜Han shot first’, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

Fantastic, nine! πŸ‘‡

What links Joni Mitchell, Ian Dury and Frida Kahlo? The Saturday quiz

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

07.03.2026 13:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Brits fear AI will strip the human touch from public services 'There's a naive techno-utopianism in Whitehall' Brits are worried that AI will dehumanize public services, leading to less human contact and oversight as well as job losses, according to people questioned by pollster Ipsos.…

Brits fear AI will strip the human touch from public services

07.03.2026 11:06 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH

07.03.2026 09:35 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Marx's Grundrisse (and David Harvey's Companion).

06.03.2026 21:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Reform blames scrounging migrants. The Greens blame the rich" - to the Economist those two points are equally bad

And what does the Economist offer to boost growth? Failed 'centrism' - welfare cuts and planning deregulation

It is precisely this failing 'centrism' is fuelling the rise of both

06.03.2026 15:13 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
Comprar libros, eBooks, juguetes y mΓ‘s en Imosver En la tienda online de Imosver podrΓ‘s comprar libros, eBooks, juguetes, videojuegos, regalos y mucho mΓ‘s. Β‘DescΓΊbrelo todo!

Very impressed with quick international dispatch and delivery by imosver.com

06.03.2026 11:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The cover of the book "La Guerra de la Independencia en la Sierra de Huelva" by MarΓ­a Teresa Menguiano Romero.

The cover of the book "La Guerra de la Independencia en la Sierra de Huelva" by MarΓ­a Teresa Menguiano Romero.

I have spent five years learning Spanish to be able to read this book, and hunted high and low for a copy.

Very happy to now actually have it in my hand.

#BookSky πŸ“š πŸ’™

06.03.2026 11:37 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is a life and death story for the UK – so why is it being brushed under the carpet? | Aditya Chakrabortty The news that healthy life expectancy is in decline in Britain exposes a serious truth about the state we’re in, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

Vital piece by @chakrabortty.bsky.social

"Starmer could have made the centrepiece of his manifesto living longer, healthier and better lives... He didn’t do that. His team talked about growth being the centre of everything... They went for wealth not health."

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

06.03.2026 10:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.

"To read the Grundrisse as the record of a mind working is to become aware that Marx had to wage a battle against classical political economy and at the same time forge his armaments;"

#BookSky πŸ“š πŸ’™

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Colorized version of AS08-13-2329, the first ever photo of Earth rising from behind another celestial body. AS08-14-2383 was used for the color data.

Colorized version of AS08-13-2329, the first ever photo of Earth rising from behind another celestial body. AS08-14-2383 was used for the color data.

Earthrise - Apollo 8 - From Aster Cowart (terrasabaea.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/HVwTUe

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As schools across the country celebrate World Book Day, our study last year found that 40% of Britons hadn't read a single book in the past 12 months - the median Briton had read 3 books in the preceding year

yougov.com/en-gb/articl...

05.03.2026 11:25 πŸ‘ 57 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 8
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I found out that I have 10 gears on my bike, its on 7th gear, at the moment. Yesterday we went to get coco pops, and the lady said to come today. We went today and the man said to come back in the afternoon. I am missing you.

04.03.2026 17:16 πŸ‘ 190 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 0

Greens now in second place ahead of Labour for the first time in a new YouGov poll, and just two points behind Reform.

Lowest ever rating for Keir Starmer's party

REF: 23% (-1)
GRN 21% (+4)
LAB 16%(-2)
CON 16%(-2)
LDEM 14%(nc)

03.03.2026 07:17 πŸ‘ 857 πŸ” 207 πŸ’¬ 88 πŸ“Œ 76
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What links BeyoncΓ© and Jay-Z with Georgie Fame? The Saturday quiz From Curthose, Rufus and Beauclerc to β€˜the Somme with Santana’, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

Middling. Six πŸ‘‡

What links BeyoncΓ© and Jay-Z with Georgie Fame? The Saturday quiz

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

01.03.2026 15:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In order to understand UK politics in 2026 you must realise that a plumber & plasterer doesn't represent the interests of the working class because she is left-wing but a wealthy broadcaster & former academic does represent the interests of the working class because he is right-wing. Hope this helps

01.03.2026 13:17 πŸ‘ 1772 πŸ” 469 πŸ’¬ 35 πŸ“Œ 3

Unbelievably positive framing of the attacks on Iran by #BBCLauraK to close the show. Kudos to @zackpolanski.bsky.social for having a go at challenging the idea that bombing a country and assassinating their leader while you're in the middle of negotiating with them isn't a smooth path to democracy.

01.03.2026 10:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It must suck to spend your life getting wealthy and famous, only to realize too late that the true secret to happiness is studying old Greek philosophers and eating huge pots of cheese.

01.03.2026 02:45 πŸ‘ 216 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Someone needs to tell this to #BBCLauraK who seems to think this is the prelude to a democratic Iran.

01.03.2026 09:12 πŸ‘ 105 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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Labour after Gorton and Denton It wasn't even close. While the pollsters kept coughing up the Gorton and Denton numbers that put the three parties inches from one another,...

"On the occasion of Labour's 126th birthday, Starmer's gift to the party has been a new historic low. One that, on its current trajectory, could be the first of many."

28.02.2026 18:15 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Very clear that for Starmer, 'sectarian voting' is when British Muslims don't vote Labour, and for many others, it is just when British Muslims vote.

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