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This is the coverage of Arday **just in the Telegraph** in the UK. This is only the first four pages of results, just in one outlet.
August 14, 2026 at 8:33 PM
This is the coverage of Arday **just in the Telegraph** in the UK. This is only the first four pages of results, just in one outlet.
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Every time there are stories suggesting that 'tonight's a great night to see a meteor shower', I always make sure I avoid seeing the celestial display. I've read Day of the Triffids. I am not going blind if we're being invaded.
November 19, 2024 at 8:25 AM
Every time there are stories suggesting that 'tonight's a great night to see a meteor shower', I always make sure I avoid seeing the celestial display. I've read Day of the Triffids. I am not going blind if we're being invaded.
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As with so many part of the UK public realm, there's a graph and it shows "something happened in 2010 and we became a society with lesser public capacity to respond to unexpected challenges"
There are a quarter fewer firefighters in England than there were before 2010.
‘National priority’ to equip UK firefighters amid growing wildfire threat
Exclusive: FBU calls for more funding as ‘unprecedented summer’ puts rising demands on already stretched crews
www.theguardian.com
August 11, 2026 at 7:20 AM
As with so many part of the UK public realm, there's a graph and it shows "something happened in 2010 and we became a society with lesser public capacity to respond to unexpected challenges"
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Shooting interests & the rightwing press want to exploit the wildfires to reinstate moorland burning.
But you don't fight fire with fire. You fight it with water.
This wildfire in Wales' Elan Valley in May stopped abruptly when it reached re-wetted peat bogs:
www.walesfarmer.co.uk/news/2614875...
But you don't fight fire with fire. You fight it with water.
This wildfire in Wales' Elan Valley in May stopped abruptly when it reached re-wetted peat bogs:
www.walesfarmer.co.uk/news/2614875...
August 3, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Shooting interests & the rightwing press want to exploit the wildfires to reinstate moorland burning.
But you don't fight fire with fire. You fight it with water.
This wildfire in Wales' Elan Valley in May stopped abruptly when it reached re-wetted peat bogs:
www.walesfarmer.co.uk/news/2614875...
But you don't fight fire with fire. You fight it with water.
This wildfire in Wales' Elan Valley in May stopped abruptly when it reached re-wetted peat bogs:
www.walesfarmer.co.uk/news/2614875...
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"Much of the escalation no longer requires secrecy – it is photographed, filmed, and disseminated by its own perpetrators, turning the thousands of members of Israeli society who daily consume and share the footage into co-participants."
www.thekeymagazine.com/p/israel-rap...
www.thekeymagazine.com/p/israel-rap...
“Everything Is Legitimate”: How Israel Uses Rape as a Tool of Genocide
The rape of Palestinian detainees is so commonplace that it’s no longer hidden. It’s filmed, joked about, and celebrated in parliament. This is no mistake; it’s core to Israel’s colonial project.
www.thekeymagazine.com
July 30, 2026 at 4:52 PM
"Much of the escalation no longer requires secrecy – it is photographed, filmed, and disseminated by its own perpetrators, turning the thousands of members of Israeli society who daily consume and share the footage into co-participants."
www.thekeymagazine.com/p/israel-rap...
www.thekeymagazine.com/p/israel-rap...
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I wrote about the Nolan Odyssey for the LRB. I'll summarize some of my main points below, in case you don't feel like reading all that.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man
As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...
www.lrb.co.uk
July 27, 2026 at 12:58 PM
I wrote about the Nolan Odyssey for the LRB. I'll summarize some of my main points below, in case you don't feel like reading all that.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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By far the funniest moment in Homer’s Odyssey is when Circe says, “Shall we have sex?” and Odysseus says, “You just turned all my men into pigs. You have the GALL to think I would sleep with you? Of course I will. Absolutely. But don’t do any weird spells”
July 21, 2026 at 6:19 PM
By far the funniest moment in Homer’s Odyssey is when Circe says, “Shall we have sex?” and Odysseus says, “You just turned all my men into pigs. You have the GALL to think I would sleep with you? Of course I will. Absolutely. But don’t do any weird spells”
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Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.
July 22, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.
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As Ed Miliband leaves his post as energy and net-zero secretary, a final tally:
There have been an incredible 251 newspaper editorials attacking him and his approach to net-zero since the start of 2024
That amounts to two editorials a week, mainly in the Sun, Daily Mail, Times and Daily Telegraph.
There have been an incredible 251 newspaper editorials attacking him and his approach to net-zero since the start of 2024
That amounts to two editorials a week, mainly in the Sun, Daily Mail, Times and Daily Telegraph.
July 21, 2026 at 10:01 AM
As Ed Miliband leaves his post as energy and net-zero secretary, a final tally:
There have been an incredible 251 newspaper editorials attacking him and his approach to net-zero since the start of 2024
That amounts to two editorials a week, mainly in the Sun, Daily Mail, Times and Daily Telegraph.
There have been an incredible 251 newspaper editorials attacking him and his approach to net-zero since the start of 2024
That amounts to two editorials a week, mainly in the Sun, Daily Mail, Times and Daily Telegraph.
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![According to Eustathius, Tiresias was originally a woman who promised Apollo her favours in exchange for musical lessons, only to reject him afterwards. She was turned by Apollo into a man, then again a woman under unclear circumstances, then a man by the offended Hera, then into a woman by Zeus. She became a man once again after an encounter with the Muses, until finally Aphrodite turned him into a woman again and then into a mouse.[7]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tj7v53uzi7a3ozcxsonmuyyb/bafkreia22sfoegs4oxudzv43oy3bi4xbyvbs7wzka6srofofysgrqwcmmi)
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A six-month investigation by Byline Times reveals that with the support of Palantir's Peter Thiel, Reform's policy chief James Orr has used the University of Cambridge as a student recruitment ground for a hard-right, theocratic political project aimed at bolstering talent in Farage’s party
Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel and Reform UK's Cambridge University Recruitment Pipeline Project Revealed
The world-renowned academic institution has nothing to say in response to a six-month investigation by Byline Times raising serious concerns about the safeguarding of students and foreign influence at...
bylinetimes.com
July 9, 2026 at 6:12 AM
A six-month investigation by Byline Times reveals that with the support of Palantir's Peter Thiel, Reform's policy chief James Orr has used the University of Cambridge as a student recruitment ground for a hard-right, theocratic political project aimed at bolstering talent in Farage’s party
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Not even the worst political chart I've seen
July 7, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Not even the worst political chart I've seen
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When Emily had her last game, after the FA ban on trans women and girls, it was devastating for her, her family, and her team mates. It takes away the joy they get from playing in a sport they love. It does not protect anyone.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X03t...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X03t...
July 4, 2026 at 11:46 AM
When Emily had her last game, after the FA ban on trans women and girls, it was devastating for her, her family, and her team mates. It takes away the joy they get from playing in a sport they love. It does not protect anyone.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X03t...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X03t...
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Everybody in the "climate space" (which means everyone on earth...) needs to understand these mind-blowing figures.
Google's "total electricity consumption jumped from 31 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2024 to 43 TWh in 2025."
In ONE year.
The AI corporate arms race is eating the world.
Google's "total electricity consumption jumped from 31 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2024 to 43 TWh in 2025."
In ONE year.
The AI corporate arms race is eating the world.
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Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too.
A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI:
ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...
Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too.
A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI:
ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...
July 2, 2026 at 4:15 AM
Everybody in the "climate space" (which means everyone on earth...) needs to understand these mind-blowing figures.
Google's "total electricity consumption jumped from 31 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2024 to 43 TWh in 2025."
In ONE year.
The AI corporate arms race is eating the world.
Google's "total electricity consumption jumped from 31 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2024 to 43 TWh in 2025."
In ONE year.
The AI corporate arms race is eating the world.
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More than half way to Net Zero in UK
The key fact is that most people believe it is a long way off and hard. Only 8% believe we're halfway there.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
The key fact is that most people believe it is a long way off and hard. Only 8% believe we're halfway there.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
UK half way to net zero
Provisional data shows UK territorial greenhouse gas emissions fell further across several key sectors between 2022 and 2023.
www.gov.uk
June 26, 2026 at 7:42 AM
More than half way to Net Zero in UK
The key fact is that most people believe it is a long way off and hard. Only 8% believe we're halfway there.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
The key fact is that most people believe it is a long way off and hard. Only 8% believe we're halfway there.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Nearly 1 in 3 (31%) of students in higher education are now commuting
It doesn't feel the national discussion or HE practice has adapted to this reality, which raises questions about 'business as usual' practices around timetabling as well as the 'student experience'
www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/06/23/a...
It doesn't feel the national discussion or HE practice has adapted to this reality, which raises questions about 'business as usual' practices around timetabling as well as the 'student experience'
www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/06/23/a...
Are commuting students considered when designing the undergraduate ‘university experience’? - HEPI
Universities were built around residential students. Explore what needs to change for the growing number who commute to campus.
www.hepi.ac.uk
June 24, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Nearly 1 in 3 (31%) of students in higher education are now commuting
It doesn't feel the national discussion or HE practice has adapted to this reality, which raises questions about 'business as usual' practices around timetabling as well as the 'student experience'
www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/06/23/a...
It doesn't feel the national discussion or HE practice has adapted to this reality, which raises questions about 'business as usual' practices around timetabling as well as the 'student experience'
www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/06/23/a...
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And finally:
As I identified, there is no debate about whether or not the suffragettes were historically seen as terrorists, by both the law and society of the time.
These are all from 1913, both nation and global newspapers.
As I identified, there is no debate about whether or not the suffragettes were historically seen as terrorists, by both the law and society of the time.
These are all from 1913, both nation and global newspapers.
June 15, 2026 at 9:36 PM
And finally:
As I identified, there is no debate about whether or not the suffragettes were historically seen as terrorists, by both the law and society of the time.
These are all from 1913, both nation and global newspapers.
As I identified, there is no debate about whether or not the suffragettes were historically seen as terrorists, by both the law and society of the time.
These are all from 1913, both nation and global newspapers.
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Let's talk about mass trespass.
June 16, 2026 at 7:36 AM
Let's talk about mass trespass.
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i assume banning kids from social media will be accompanied by a huge investment in teen-friendly communtiy spaces (like youth clubs) and social activities?
No?
Huh.
No?
Huh.
June 15, 2026 at 7:37 AM
i assume banning kids from social media will be accompanied by a huge investment in teen-friendly communtiy spaces (like youth clubs) and social activities?
No?
Huh.
No?
Huh.
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The Beeb did do some good work on small fascist groups distributing papers full of Nazi conspiracy theories and so on, but the problem here is the same one as the lads vowing to crush “fake news” in 2016: eventually, you have to admit the key problem is the Sun, the Mail, the Times and the Telegraph
Do you remember when the BBC made a massive deal out of "BBC Verify", its fact checking arm? Weird how this kind of inflammatory nazi shit isn't in their job description, isn't it? Almost as if we were right to mock it.
The BBC 10 o’clock news says the right wing idea of ethnic minorities being given preferential treatment in criminal justice is likely to become a “growing fault line in our politics” WITHOUT POINTING OUT THAT IT IS SIMPLY NOT TRUE. What’s the point of the news if it doesn’t correct disinformation?
June 8, 2026 at 9:12 AM
The Beeb did do some good work on small fascist groups distributing papers full of Nazi conspiracy theories and so on, but the problem here is the same one as the lads vowing to crush “fake news” in 2016: eventually, you have to admit the key problem is the Sun, the Mail, the Times and the Telegraph
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The Arsenal parade was an incredible occasion, but it was also reminder of how much we take cleaners' work for granted.
So let’s use this as an opportunity to win fair pay and conditions for cleaners! My piece for @islingtontrib.bsky.social.
www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/clea...
So let’s use this as an opportunity to win fair pay and conditions for cleaners! My piece for @islingtontrib.bsky.social.
www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/clea...
Cleaners’ work is taken for granted
There is a huge gap between the importance of the work that cleaners do and the way society treats them
www.islingtontribune.co.uk
June 5, 2026 at 3:53 PM
The Arsenal parade was an incredible occasion, but it was also reminder of how much we take cleaners' work for granted.
So let’s use this as an opportunity to win fair pay and conditions for cleaners! My piece for @islingtontrib.bsky.social.
www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/clea...
So let’s use this as an opportunity to win fair pay and conditions for cleaners! My piece for @islingtontrib.bsky.social.
www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/clea...
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'The bathing ponds at Hampstead Heath in north-west London will remain trans-inclusive after a public consultation overwhelmingly favoured its existing rules.'
Good news. 86% of 38,000 respondents in favour of retaining trans-inclusive policies.
Good news. 86% of 38,000 respondents in favour of retaining trans-inclusive policies.
Hampstead Heath ponds to remain trans-inclusive after public back existing rules
Policy agreement means trans people will continue to have access to Kenwood Ladies’ and Highgate Men’s ponds in north-west London
www.theguardian.com
June 5, 2026 at 6:09 AM
'The bathing ponds at Hampstead Heath in north-west London will remain trans-inclusive after a public consultation overwhelmingly favoured its existing rules.'
Good news. 86% of 38,000 respondents in favour of retaining trans-inclusive policies.
Good news. 86% of 38,000 respondents in favour of retaining trans-inclusive policies.
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Someone actually did a study a while back that showed the most effective way to get women out of TERF groups wasn’t people trying to change their minds, it was them getting literally any benign hobby, like learning other languages or taking up needlework
You know who isn't getting radicalized? Guys who do ships in a bottle. Embrace model-building and avoid the pitfalls of right-wing extremism
every time i see a white guy in their fifties radicalized by the twitter algorithm into racism and extremism i think about how it's a total failure of the youtube algorithm to instead radicalize him into home brewing, elaborate A/V setups, or DIY solar
June 2, 2026 at 5:56 AM
Someone actually did a study a while back that showed the most effective way to get women out of TERF groups wasn’t people trying to change their minds, it was them getting literally any benign hobby, like learning other languages or taking up needlework