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Will Jennings📉🗳️

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · Jul 24

Yes, this is how politics works, well done, do you want a cookie?

Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 1h

I thought that was a standard academic conference presentation? "The title of this paper is a little different from that listed in the program..."

Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 1h

Obviously, it could not be related to this at all, but given the current climate nothing would surprise me....

Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 1h

Anyway, I am sure this was just a misunderstanding by some well-meaning patriots with legitimate concerns.

Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 2h

It doesn't take too much imagination to wonder where this story might be headed...

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 2h

Time is long overdue that the political mainstream in Britain vigorously re-asserts its longstanding anti-racism norms... these have been allowed to be significantly eroded the last few years.

Reposted by Ben H. Ansell, Will Jennings, Jon Dean

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 2h

Former PM Rishi Sunak in the Sunday Times challenges the rise of ethno-nationalism in British politics, as an argument within the right about Britishness being about ancestry, DNA and ethnicity
www.thetimes.com/article/e89d...

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 2h

‘During the election campaign, I was shocked when footage was broadcast of someone referring to me as a “Paki”. But it was shocking precisely because it was so unusual. That kind of abuse had simply not been a feature of my political life.’

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 2h

‘We cannot allow race to be reintroduced into our politics. We cannot allow Briton to be set against Briton.’

Bravo Rishi Sunak
www.thetimes.com/article/e89d...

Rishi Sunak: Britishness must not be turned into a DNA test

I worry that the immigration debate is going far beyond arrival numbers

www.thetimes.com

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Jack Tindale @jacktindale.bsky.social · 3h

My most statist view is that I would nationalise, without compensation, each and every one of the Britannia estate, and do them up into four-star hotels to preserve the dignity and majesty of the State.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 4h

Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 5h

Conspiracy beliefs, misinformation flourish online and pose a major threat to the rule of law in Britain. Government and police are not facing up to these threats...

‘Just cut the wires’: why UK conspiracy theorists are destroying traffic scanners

Sensors that monitor vehicle volume are said to be ‘electronic assault weapons’ by the ‘Blade Runners’ group

www.theguardian.com

Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 5h

If you are going to pull this sort of stunt, you need to own the consequences.

Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 5h

...and when are they going to be rounded up and tried for treason?

Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 5h

If Piddington is a self-declared principality, who is its prince?

Reposted by Will Jennings, Leigh Sparks, Philip Nel , and 4 more Will Jennings, Leigh Sparks, Philip Nel, Daniel W. Drezner, David R. Miller, Dean Eckles, David Darmofal

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 6h

Trump misstating and touting a meaningless deal over Greenland, while the entire Middle East security architecture falls apart due to his own actions, is emblematic of this administration’s foreign policy.

Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 7h

If, not when...

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Will Jennings, Scott L. Greer

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 7h

Trump banning media outlets from the WH over their coverage is unlikely to affect their reporting much, but it is yet another example of how the right wing definition of “free speech” is that they can say what they want and you can say what they want. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Speak at Your Own Risk

Donald Trump’s attacks on the First Amendment

www.theatlantic.com

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 9h

Fascinating interview with a UK disaster prepper which recalls the @stephenkb.bsky.social theory that the Dom Cummings lockdown journey to Durham was because he believed London was about to descend into mass unrest.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Radical - Disaster Prepping: Should We All Stock Up? (Mike Chappell, prepper) - BBC Sounds

A prepper argues everyone has a duty to be better prepared for a crisis.

www.bbc.co.uk

Reposted by Joanna Bryson, Will Jennings, Henry Farrell , and 2 more Joanna Bryson, Will Jennings, Henry Farrell, Stuart White, Christina Pagel

Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 11h

Here's a chart from the post.... quite a change in a single generation.

Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 11h

Talking this morning at #epop2026 about our experimental study of the 'costs of governing' - work with Gunnar Thesen, @viktorv.bsky.social and @danjdevine.bsky.social.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 12h

Ed Sheeran is set to resume his tour Saturday, perhaps alone, after all his supporting acts withdrew.

Ed Sheeran is set to return to stage for 1st time since Macklemore was cut and other acts withdrew

Ed Sheeran is set to resume his tour Saturday, perhaps alone, after all his supporting acts withdrew.

bit.ly

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 13h

Funny how nobody ever talks about the “legitimate concerns” people have about the extreme concentration of wealth among a small number of billionaires.

Reposted by Will Jennings, Steve Peers, Tom Griffin , and 1 more Will Jennings, Steve Peers, Tom Griffin, Stuart White

Tom Clark @tom-clark.bsky.social · 14h

The BBC has decided that this constitutes news… A man who left for Monaco several years ago declaring he’s ’lost confidence’ in the UK

His qualification for making the headlines? Owning £15bn

Broadcasting like democracy already died!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK

Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 14h

My most boomer opinion is that you should be able to connect a printer straight out of the box with a cable to the pc and print.
No wifi, no bluetooth, no freaking app.

Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio, Will Jennings, Peter Thorne , and 7 more Lisa W. Fazio, Will Jennings, Peter Thorne, Scott L. Greer, Melissa Terras, Patrick S. Forscher, Stephen D. Murphy, Sebastian Karcher, Aija Leiponen, Blair Fix

Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 16h

When we talk about the costs that LLMs impose on society we should not forget the fact that nothing works anymore because everyone is so scared of getting their shit scraped.

I can't even use google scholar from my university or starlink because they send too much traffic.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 21h

WaPo Exclusive:

More American service members have died during the Iran war than the Pentagon has disclosed publicly.

Five of the officials said there have been at least 22 military fatalities — four more than what appears in the Pentagon's public database.

More U.S. troops have died amid Iran war than Pentagon has disclosed publicly

Officials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the Middle East is not reflected in the Defense Department’s casualty database.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 21h

Westminster Voting Intention:

LAB: 30% (+2)
RFM: 22% (=)
CON: 21% (+1)
LDM: 10% (-1)
GRN: 9% (=)
RES: 3% (New)
SNP: 2% (-1)

Via Trajectory Partnership, 7-16 Sep.
Changes w/ 5-12 Aug.

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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 21h

Protesters rally around Kennedy Center amid Trump’s threats to demolish it

wjla.com/news/local/k...

Trump claims 'no one else' can save Kennedy Center as protesters rally outside the venue

From the Oval Office on Friday, President Donald Trump claimed no one except his administration would be able to save and renovate the now closed Kennedy Center

wjla.com

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CNN @cnn.com · 22h

A new analysis of the road network of the Roman Empire has dispelled the enduring myth that all roads lead to Rome, showing instead that other important cities – such as Constantinople, or modern-day Istanbul – were more central in the network. https://cnn.it/4y5RpzL

Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 22h

The only thing I would disagree with here is that the UK is not helpless - it is a choice not to fight back against Musk. It is the wrong choice.

Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 22h

my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform

www.ft.com/content/f270...

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