Long Tailed Tit

Long Tailed Tit

@longtailedtit.bsky.social

My nest is made of lichen and spiders' webs: bird & hog watcher, judoka, Phillies fan, maths teacher and chess student.

200 followers2.3K following185 posts

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays)
@sundersays.bsky.social

This is untrue on most major issues (though the media eıite don't know this). It is untrue on immigration in particular. Untrue on climate, on Trump, on human rights, on inciting racism. And much else

Farrukh@implausibleblog.bsky.social

Michael Gove, "Reform voters are very close to, in their general views, with the British public" 🤔

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Josiah Mortimer
@josiahmortimer.bsky.social

So how many front pages do we think this story will be on tomorrow?

Jim Pickard@pickardje.bsky.social

“Farage claimed last year to have “bought a house” in his constituency but the property is actually owned in the name of his partner, meaning he legally avoided higher-rate stamp duty on the purchase of an additional home – given he already owns other properties” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

theguardian.comNigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earningsExclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum

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StarCatcher 🇨🇦
@starcatcherjohn.bsky.social

🧵(1/2) IC 63, also known as the Ghost of Cassiopeia, is a reflection and emission nebula located in the constellation Cassiopeia. Shot taken on 2025-08-15 from my backyard. 🔭 William Optics Pleiades 111 📷 ZWO ASI 2600 Total exposure: 42 x 300s (3h30) #Astrophotography #Space #DeepSpace #Astronomy

Long Tailed Tit
@longtailedtit.bsky.social

This is a great thread, worth reading in entirety.

John Bull@garius.eurosky.social

An unofficial conversation is thus had (with Gold's knowledge but not COBRA's) between the Mayor, Kiley, and the then head of surface transport, Sir (now Lord) Peter Hendy. KILEY: If we ask them, the drivers will come, right? HENDY: This is THEIR city. Of course they fucking will. /9

Long Tailed Tit
@longtailedtit.bsky.social

I've only just clocked this was out. Ordered and looking forward to reading!

Alex Churchill@alexchurchill.bsky.social

Ring of Fire is out now! It’s like the Guns of August for a new generation: the opening weeks of WW1 through the eyes of ordinary men, women and children. And not just in Western Europe, but across the globe. It was bloody, terrifying and neutrality was a sham… geni.us/RingOfFire

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Peter Whitewood
@pwhitewood.bsky.social

As ever, the loudest voices calling for the collapse of universities, presumably in the post-92 sector, benefitted from privileged educations.

James Ball@jamesrball.com

“If universities start to fail, it will be disastrous for Labour MPs and their constituents. It would be the modern equivalent of the factory closure, or the end of the pit. “And despite how some Labour MPs seem to imagine their voters, it would be Labour’s core supporters who were most affected.”

theneweuropean.co.ukIf universities sink, then so will StarmerSome Labour figures believe Britain has too many unis. But if they start failing, local economies – and Starmer’s re-election prospects – will go with them

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Liz
@willsmanonename.bsky.social

UK folk: Have you heard of the Mass Observation Archive? Remember the film Nella Last’s Diary? They’re creating an archive of ordinary people. 12 May every year is Mass Obs’ Diary Day. Write down what you do that day & upload it to their website #OnePlaceWednesday massobs.org.uk/the-archive/...

massobs.org.uk12th May - Mass Observation ArchiveOur 12th May diary day is your chance to be part of recording everyday life. Sending us your dairy helps us record everyday life in the UK.
Long Tailed Tit
@longtailedtit.bsky.social

Passing through and thought, "Why not stop?!" Battle of Naseby battlefield. First time I've seen it. DS9 was ENTHRALLED* by my blow-by-blow account of the Royalist and Parliamentarian horse. *In that he wanted to get back to the Newcastle game on the iPad. #History

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Anise K. Strong
@anisekstrong.bsky.social

When my students ask me "what was the most significant change in the last 100 years?" they always expect me to say "the Internet" or "space travel." But most Americans fundamentally don't understand either "some of your siblings will die young" or "women are pregnant or nursing for 1/2 their lives."

james@jamesjhare.com

i don't think most people today have any real idea what things like child mortality pre-vaccines really meant. i have friends who have lost two children. they have been permanently altered by that experience. that was basically everyone until 100 years ago.

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Emma Monk
@monkemma.bsky.social

Are Muslims really banning dogs in parks? 🤔 Let’s look at this perfect example of how rage baiting works, and how disinformation spreads, sticks, and fuels division, even years after being debunked… 🧵1/22 (1/1)