Lisa Harding

Lisa Harding

@lisaharding.bsky.social

British-Canadian 🇬🇧 🇨🇦 and still European 🇪🇺. Love film, art, design, theatre, the finest cheese, and now knitting! 🧶 Note, I’m not LH the writer ✍️ and I do not post interesting stuff, or at least I try not to.

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The entire thing felt orchestrated. Never seen so much high-profile media coverage on an academic’s life and career. Particularly surprising was this level of front-page coverage about a person who was not a public figure.

Alan Stedman@alanjstedman.bsky.social

There's a lot in here - please read Whilst I was shocked and angered by the announcement that Jason Arday had died the real story here is how a group of people funded mostly by Thiel have infiltrated a top UK university with the explicit aim of preaching (sic) an agenda of division and hate

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ex-Reform deputy leader Ben Habib claims the 2019 election was a stitch-up; that there was a financial deal between Johnson and Farage for Farage to stand down his Brexit party candidates In return – Habib said – Harborne gave them £1m a piece

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Replying to @wired.com

Read our story from July 9 about how an MSG database tracked and categorized hundreds of celebs, famous Knicks superfans, and even some of Taylor Swift’s wedding guests. Labels included “LGBTQIA,” “DO NOT HOST,” and low to high “risk.”

wired.comMadison Square Garden Kept a List of Gay CelebritiesAn MSG database tracked and categorized hundreds of celebs, famous Knicks superfans, and even some of Taylor Swift’s wedding guests. Labels included “LGBTQIA,” “DO NOT HOST,” and low to high “risk.”

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'Almost 2,500 articles about extreme heat – when temperatures topped a record 37C – appeared in the nine main national daily media publications. 72% of them omitted any mention of global heating or the climate. Less than 1 in 20 mentioned Net Zero.' #politicslive www.theguardian.com/environment/...

theguardian.comMost UK media reports on June heatwave failed to mention climate crisisExclusive: Analysis of nearly 2,500 articles finds almost three-quarters made no reference to global heating

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'Ultra-wealth foreign investors are artificially inflating London’s housing market by leaving homes empty and pushing residents to the outskirts. There were 105,138 empty homes in London in 2025 – 2.7% of the total homes in London. An 81% increase since 2016.' www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

standard.co.ukUltra-rich foreign investors are hollowing out London and inflating a housing marketThe London Assembly was told overseas investors are now the only buyers who can afford to purchase the most expensive properties

Happy Friday! #timelinecleanse

Birmingham 81@birmingham81.bsky.social

Happy birthday to Mavis Staples. Here are the Staple Singers with their version Slippery People by Talking Heads. Mavis has two shows lined up at London's Union Chapel next month

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Jarell Quansah has his red card ban extended to two matches. FIFA will consider an appeal, if the England defender can prove he’s either American or Argentinian or a brown envelope stuffed with cash

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#Morocco is finding a clever way to produce #cleanenergy while protecting one of its most valuable resources: water. By installing floating #solarpanels on reservoirs and dams, the country is allowing the same surface to generate electricity while helping reduce water evaporation during dry periods

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Private Eye being v funny about #£5Mill, #5Houses Farage. But, right now, not quite as funny as he’s being about himself. The mockery he faces for his own, self-inflicted crybaby by-election stunt may even be worse for him than the investigations he was trying to discredit. Bloody wonderful.

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Here I am slagging off Keir Starmer for accepting some free glasses. Because that is so much worse than accepting £5 million from a crypto billionaire or using the house of a convicted fraudster while he pays for my staff, security and social media.

Every 5th July should be renamed NHS Day.

Wishing a very happy 78th birthday to our NHS. Every day, London’s doctors, nurses, paramedics, NHS staff and volunteers go above and beyond to care for us. Thank you for everything you do. You are the very heart of our city.

”Let’s enjoy Cape Verde because it was a beautiful story”. What an amazing, dramatic and emotional match that was. Kinda makes me think there should be a accolade for the best match of the WC not just for winners. I mean this was v. special. Can’t wait to see the team’s and players’ progress. ⚽️ 🏆 💕

NotQuietMode_M.D.@notquietmodemd.bsky.social

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Replying to @carolecadwalla.bsky.social

Johnson flew to Poland en route to meeting Zelenskyy in Kyiv. And Harborne didn’t just supply the jet. The leaked schedule notes he went too. And he had his own interest in Ukraine. He was & still is the largest individual shareholder in UK defence company, QinetiQ 5/

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Exclusive to all right-wing papers: It’s clear that Andy Burnham has been a complete failure as Prime Minister, although he hasn’t technically taken up the role yet. From the new Private Eye, out now.

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An new UN investigation warns that AI's water use in 2030 will match the needs of 1.3 billion people. “We have to think about that very long supply chain that starts with the extraction of critical minerals in the poor areas of the world,” says @kavehmadani.bsky.social, one of the report's authors.

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The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami devastated communities where coastal mangrove forests had been removed. In contrast, islands still covered were well protected. Wild, natural ecosystems are not a luxury. They are the very bedrock of a habitable planet. share.google/5oQXv9s3WwLI...

share.googleMangrove forests are healing after decades of human destructionSwampy mangrove forests are staging a surprise comeback - which is good news for coastal communities and the climate.

Interesting summary of Starmer’s tenure which can be read for free. I do wonder if we’ll start to see a few more balanced pieces after Starmer’s gone. Some MSM outlets will put down their weapons and pretend his vilification was nothing to do with them.

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Say what you like about the British press, but I find it reassuring that they spend months ripping apart a Labour PM for properly declaring some glasses and football tickets, then all but ignore someone who wants to be PM when he tries to cover up a £5 million gift.

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“The State wouldn’t provide funding for the security of Nigel” Tice says to #bbclaurak . Why would the state provide security if Farage , as he has said himself, was a private citizen not even considering running to be an MP when the £5m was given?

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Oh wow our @38degrees.bsky.social petition to cap political donations in the UK has over 94k signatures!! 💥 There's still lots of time for amendments to Elections Bill. Would be so powerful to get it over 100k Can you help? Please sign and share! Thanks! 😀 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...

you.38degrees.org.ukTake Big Money Out of Our PoliticsBritish politics is awash with money from super rich donors. In 2023, two-thirds of all private donations came from just 19 people. These so-called ‘mega donors’ enjoy privileged access to political p...

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🔴Reform MPs Accused of Pandering to Putin After Skipping Russian Interference Debate Nigel Farage’s party refused to attend the debate, called after more than 100,000 people signed a petition demanding a public inquiry into Russian interference in British politics bylinetimes.com/2026/02/10/r...

bylinetimes.comReform MPs Accused of Pandering to Putin After Skipping Russian Interference DebateNigel Farage's party refused to attend the debate, called after more than 100,000 people signed a petition demanding a public inquiry into Russian interference in British politics

Very impressed with YYZ and the Air Canada crew for getting us home and landing us safely in Toronto at 4pm today in this crazy weather. The UP Express train took us downtown, and the TTC subway very nearly got me home but had to stop just 3 blocks from home. #yyz #ttc #upexpress #toronto #aircanada