Jools Crowley

Jools Crowley

@joolscrow.bsky.social

675 followers1K following281 posts

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seriously, as a trans person living in Iowa I'm not voting for this guy and I'm asking you not to either

Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com

Josh Turek of Iowa, Democrat, comes out with one of the worst anti-trans ads yet. Not only is it an anti-sports ad, it proposes a ban on federal funding for gender affirming care. That would hit all medicaid and medicare patients, and any ACA federally-subsidized plans as well. Horrific.

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Barely two months ago, we lost Professor Jason Arday. Thousands grieved. Institutions across higher education spoke about inclusion and belonging. Now Nathan Cofnas is being given a room at Oriel College, Oxford, to ask whether DEI is undermining higher education. 🧵

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This is literally the end of the rule of law. If a President can pardon people committing crimes on his behalf - and the Supreme Court says he himself can't be prosecuted for crimes committed as part of his job - then the government becomes a lawless entity able to violate our rights without limit.

The Washington Sun@washingtonsun.com

New: White House attorneys are evaluating whether to issue mass pardons to junior staffers. https://www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/white-house-weighing-mass-pardons-for-junior-staff

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Replying to @twmcltd.bsky.social

There are repeated explosions in Kharkiv. I've been told there was no alarm. If that's the case for the strike on the shopping centre it's bad news. Both the Epitsentr and Sun Mall have been hit previously.

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This week saw a mass shooting at an elementary school, law enforcement declaring the shooting death of a one year old justified, and the leader of our country attacking a survivor of childhood sexual assault. This country is not a safe place for children.

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There was a fucking hole in our planet’s *atmosphere* Like a legit, no joke, “this will unravel our entire ecosystem” hole in the world, and then we fixed it by working together across national and political lines As a species we decided, “we will survive” Let’s do that some more

Social media loves talking about how everything is getting worse. But what’s something that you’ve seen get _better_ in your lifetime?

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In a televised address to the nation in July, Donald Trump reiterated claims about widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election and accused China of interfering in America’s electoral system. Read the latest analysis by Bruce Stokes on the 2026 US midterms for the autumn issue of @theworldtoday.org.

chathamhouse.orgWhat will happen if Trump rejects the midterm results?The administration’s efforts to undermine confidence in the US electoral system could spark a political crisis in November – with consequences for the 2028 presidential race and beyond, writes Bruce S...

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There is genuine public rage about Musk, which is what Congress is responding to, so when he says he will come for the people pulling the strings, he means the voters.

Walker Bragman@walkerbragman.bsky.social

Elon Musk threatens Congress.

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Jackdaw is a tiny field that was already licensed by a previous government, and it's been allowed to go ahead. It really won't make much of a difference either way.

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Confiscate all his assets. Break up and/destroy all his companies. Take away literally all his money. Ban him from all industry and investment and employment. Let him live in whatever public housing he can find off of whatever public assistance is available.

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Ofwat is making Thames Water pay back *£2.87* to each household for dumping sewage This is a distraction from the *£176* privatisation of water costs each household EVERY YEAR Take our water into public ownership. Our report explains how. Send it to your MP: https://vist.ly/5nqu8

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How Meta is allowed to still operate abroad after all its scandels is beyond me. Cambridge Analytica. Genocide in Myanmar. Election interference in Nigeria, Phillippines, Brazil. Like X, it needs to be fined and stomped into the ground by regulators all around the world.

Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu

The president of Brazil has won a court case against Meta, after accusing them of restricting his posts and algorithmically favoring his opponent, Flavio Bolsonaro www.nbcnews.com/world/south-...

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So the president claims not to know who did something that should only be doable, if at all, with the president’s knowledge, if not by the president himself.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Q: If it wasn't you, then who gave the order for Starlink to go down in Ukraine? TRUMP: I don't know

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IMPORTANT‼️: Zelenskyy stated that there are Starlink speed limitations in Ukraine but not in the EU, and that this is a planned operation ‼️ Zelenskyy to journalists (full statement translated): Regarding the work of Starlink on the territory of Ukraine: whether everything has recovered,

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The core Sovereign Grant for King Charles from public purse will rise to £99.9m (from 2027/28). 93% increase from £51.8m in 2024/25. 65% higher in real terms than in 2016/17. Did your income rise at that rate? 25.3m people live below minimum income standard. We are in it all together, aren't we

leftfootforward.orgRoyal financial privileges show that we are not in it togetherThis week, after perfunctory scrutiny, the UK parliament approved a core Sovereign Grant of £99.9m (from 2027/28) for the King, a 93% increase from the £51.8m for 2024/25 and 65% higher in real terms ...

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Polish PM Tusk: Everyone was aware that, with this shift in President Trump's position on Ukraine and Russia, Europe should support Ukraine even more. Many countries realize that if Ukraine falls, we will all have very, very serious problems.

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#PalantirOut #NoToPalantir No to #TWATSON

Richard Burgon MP@richardburgon.bsky.social

I've just signed the Palantir Pledge, joining politicians across the world in committing not to support any public contracts with this US tech giant. The next big battle here is to use the upcoming break clause to kick Palantir out of our NHS!

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At this point, it’s parsimonious to assume every exchange is corrupt.

Eric Michael Garcia@ericmgarcia.bsky.social

FIFA signed a more than seven-year lease at Trump Tower, worth about $4 million, according to two officials directly involved in the deal and documents reviewed by The New York Times. The suite mostly sits empty. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/13/w...

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Replying to @carolecadwalla.bsky.social

‘For years the Observer tried to get to the truth of Russian interference until we sacked the reporter involved for participating in union activities’

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Replying to @thehistoryguy.bsky.social

If you think a distinct sub category of human exists because some medieval warlords agreed that the border of England should be on the River Tweed, you are, Im afraid, an absolute maniac bsky.app/profile/theh...

Dan Snow@thehistoryguy.bsky.social

England is a made up thing. It has no basis in the ineluctable laws of nature. Its extent is defined by Edward II getting his arse handed to him. Athelstan conquering York. The Welsh of Cumbria were incorporated, the Welsh of Gwynedd were not. It is a political idea, an aspiration - not taxonomy.

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20 people is the death toll in Zaporizhzhia from the Russian strike today. Three of them are kids. 18 more people injured, three of them kids, as well. Russia killed about 70 Ukrainian civilians within the past several days. Heartbreaking and painful.

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Just a reminder that whenever Trump says that inflation started with Biden, what he neglects to say was that it was a result of efforts to offset his incredibly botched handling of COVID and the economic consequences it triggered.

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📌Last night, Trump welcomed Iran "taking out San Diego and Los Angeles." If this came out of the mouth of ANYBODY it would be sickening. That it came out of the mouth of the president is horrifying. You will not find ANY reporting of this treasonous incident on the front page of the NYT. WHY?