Cindy Carter

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Shame on the USA men's ice hockey team for allowing themselves to be highjacked for propaganda purposes during the state of the union address. Disgraceful.

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People pulling own teeth due to lack of urgent NHS dental care in England, watchdog finds Emergency help should be available, but some being forced to travel 100 miles or go private, says Healthwatch England

People pulling own teeth due to lack of urgent NHS dental care in England, watchdog finds

Emergency help should be available, but some being forced to travel 100 miles or go private, says Healthwatch England

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Reform risk reviving Thatcher-style 'industrial destruction' in Wales, warns TUC Ahead of crunch Senedd elections next year, analysis for the TUC found Nigel Farage's party poses the biggest threat to Welsh industry - risking thousands of jobs

Reform risk reviving Thatcher-style 'industrial destruction' in Wales, warns TUC

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Below rock bottom: America’s descent under Trump 2.0 A scientist and mother gives an account of the Trump administration’s devastating impact on research, academic freedom, and America's future

Below rock bottom: America’s descent under Trump 2.0

A scientist and mother gives an account of the Trump administration’s devastating impact on research, academic freedom, and America's future

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Shocked by the awful death of Rob Reiner. I spoke with him for over an hour last night. We talked about his work and his plans for the future. I always enjoyed his company. We met at his Dad's in 1975. Last thing he said to me was "See you next year.." Such a terrible end. Such a sweet man.

YouTube channels spreading fake, anti-Labour videos viewed 1.2bn times in 2025 Exclusive: More than 150 anonymous channels using cheap AI tools to spread false stories about Keir Starmer, study finds

YouTube channels spreading fake, anti-Labour videos viewed 1.2bn times in 2025.

Using fake AI-generated content to profit from political division in the UK.

Give everyone enforceable copyright over their voice, face, body parts to counter AI abuses. Shut down platforms that host them.

The thread on one page: skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...

‘Hero’ who tackled Bondi gunman draws global praise Ahmed al Ahmed disarmed one of the shooters in deadly Sydney attack

‘Hero’ who tackled Bondi gunman draws global praise on.ft.com/4oVUflk

At a recent event involving the screening of Clash footage, @gemma-i-obrien.bsky.social turned to me and whispered: "I always find there's never enough Paul Simonon."

Iceland becomes fifth country to boycott Eurovision 2026 over Israel Iceland joins Spain, Slovenia, the Netherlands and Ireland in neither participating in nor broadcasting event

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

This is big: Spain, Ireland and the Netherlands have all pulled out of Eurovision, because Israel have been allowed to enter. We need the BBC to do the same to up the pressure on the competition's bosses. Sign the petition calling for a UK boycott now:

Brexit: can Starmer seize this demographic opportunity? Demography and disillusion join to give the government a real opportunity to transform our relations with the EU. Will Starmer dare seize it?

New analysis from Peter Kellner suggests the UK now has a clear pro-Rejoin majority – driven by generational change and millions of Leave voters switching sides.

@eastangliabylines.co.uk @stephenmcnair.bsky.social

Journal of Fandom Studies 13.2 is out now! Articles include:
Democratized storytelling on the SCP Wiki
By Justin Jones
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From the archive, 8 years ago: #Top10 Foreign Words That Sound Like Their Opposite in English independent.co.uk/voices/top-1...

Commission opens investigation into possible anticompetitive conduct by Google in the use of online content for AI purposes The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation to assess whether Google has breached EU competition rules by using the content of web publishers, as well as content uploaded on th

Wow - the EU is launching an investigation into Google nicking web content and summarising it using AI. Good to see someone sticking up for content rights ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

A reminder of our last writing group session for the year tomorrow!

Books are power charges for your brain.

Is This The End of the Free World? Trump wants to MAGAfy Europe, too

Paul Krugman wonders if we are witnessing the end of the free world as the US drifts towards Fascism:
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UK households cut spending at fastest pace in almost five years, says Barclays Bank reports 1.1% drop in card spending despite Black Friday boost for retailers

UK households cut spending at fastest pace in 5 years.

Average real wage stuck at 2008 level.

Energy, water, broadband, rents, grocery, dentist, vets prices rising at more than CPI.

Poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%.

Can't rebuild without redistribution.

Everyone in media, film, popular culture and cultural studies needs to read and assign this book.

Zack Polanski, "Labour are a government of cowards because you won't tell people the truth about migration"

"Migration is a positive thing for our country"

"We need migration"

"We need fair and managed migration"

"And that's what will change this conversation"

*huge clap* #BBCQT

Feminist fandom: media fandom, digital feminisms, and tumblr Published in Feminist Media Studies (Ahead of Print, 2025)

My review of Briony Hannell's brilliant book 'Feminist Fandom: Media Fandom, Digital Feminisms, and Tumblr' is now available in Feminist Media Studies ✨ @femmediastudies.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

focusing on Netflix and the experiences of women audiovisual creators in Spain. This article brings important insight into how “diversity” discourses intersect with platform governance, creative labor, and global media production.

“Fair-skinned, young and slim白幼瘦” or “Kardashian-style”? In my latest paper in @femmediastudies.bsky.social, I explore how female Chinese students in the UK present themselves on dating apps. Grateful for the feedback from my supervisors @coralinglingxu.bsky.social @drannallewellyn.bsky.social

Upcoming in FMS! Sara Shaban and Azeta Hatef explore diasporic activism, media representation, and feminist resistance in their forthcoming article: “Look, but don’t touch: examining Afghan women’s voices, diasporic activism, and global responses to the #DoNotTouchMyClothes campaign”

Even more exciting: we’re currently ranked #1 in citations among “Feminism and Women’s Studies” journals according to Google Scholar Metrics : scholar.google.com/citations?vi...

Seeking and surveilled: the effects of Tumblr’s sexual content ban on sugar babies’ posts Over the last decade, there has been an increase in concern about sugar arrangements, relationships in which sugar babies, typically young women, provide romantic companionship to sugar daddies, ty...

My article on the effects of Tumblr's sexual content ban on the digital sugar baby community is in the current issue of @femmediastudies.bsky.social! Read it for free here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/CCZMB...