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1950sRobots

@1950srobots.bsky.social
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English Teacher originally from the UK. Linguistics, human rights, environmental, health, freedom, peace, unionism, education, against poverty, greed, corruption and exploitation.

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1950sRobots @1950srobots.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Potential leaders need mental health assessments before running for office. This megalomaniacal narcissistic bitch is testament to that. Time he was held to account both domestically and internationally.
Trump says he doesn't need international law and his power is constrained only by his own morality.
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Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
IMPORTANT: New research by EveryDoctor shows how powerful private finance and construction firms are lobbying ministers to revive PFI, a model once condemned as a “catastrophic waste of taxpayers’ money”💰🚨💰🚨 Please share -everyone needs to see this. everydoctor.org.uk/talking-poin...
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EveryDoctor @everydoctor.org.uk · 10/11/2025
It wasn’t easy uncovering the £21bn still owed for PFI hospitals - many NHS trusts delayed or denied our FOI requests. 🔍 Transparency should be simple. Read the rest: everydoctor.org.uk/talking-poin... #PFI #ProtectTheNHS
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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
A case study in far right propaganda success. Tory governments run down public services over decades & then the the populist right breeds in ruined communities by scapegoating Black & brown immigrants. Why one small town with very little immigration turned to Reform UK www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Buxton: Why one small town with very little immigration turned to Reform UK
How national concerns affected a local election in the heart of the Peak District.
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Alec Luhn @alecluhn.com · 01/11/2025
That's odd—the carbon footprint of your flight is 5x higher than the airline industry's been telling you, according to researchers ... www.newscientist.com/article/2502...
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Your flight emissions are way higher than carbon calculators suggest
Existing tools that work out the carbon footprint of flights greatly underestimate their warming impact, say the makers of a new calculator
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Disappointingly little media attention being paid to this alarming new study. Instead, we're hearing about Bill Gates "tough truths" [read b.s.] downplaying the climate crisis. We are living in #DontLookUp
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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
The United States Geological Survey identifies “Dartmoor in the east to Isles of Scilly in the west” …as one of the top five lithium-enriched granite areas worldwide. Dartmoor is now a part of The Plymouth and South Devon Freeport.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Thank you to @mrjamesob.bsky.social for having me on, one of the v few people in the UK press to follow this story during what is now a decade of media apathy &/or complicity
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1950sRobots @1950srobots.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
From @the_nervenews
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Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 @xunlingau.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Urgh, Indonesia's constitutional court upheld the amendments to the armed forces law that allows more military involvement in government 😖 www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Protesters set up Aski Kamisan umbrellas, straw hat pirate flags & a reset Indonesia banner out side the constitutional court.
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Oxford & Thames Valley SWP @oxswp.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
🇮🇩 Indonesia protests: ‘There is growing criticism of the reformists — we can use this’ 🚩 Indonesian Marxist Budi spoke to Yuri Prasad about the class character, fissures and fractures of the movement, and where it can go. Read more 👇🏼 buff.ly/PRJZmce
Indonesian protesters in Yogyakarta
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1950sRobots @1950srobots.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Her hypocrisy between being a homelessness minister and a shark landlord is beyond belief. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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UK homelessness minister resigns after tenant eviction claims
Rushanara Ali was accused of hypocrisy after claims she removed tenants before rent rise of almost £700 a month
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Today, the UK government intends to ban the non-violent protesters Palestine Action as a "terrorist" group, exposing anyone supporting them to terrorism charges. In 2 days, 380,000 people have watched this video on YT alone. You're going to need a bigger prison. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECkV...
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Sharing This Video Could Get You 14 Years in Prison
YouTube video by Double Down News
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Mark Thomas @markthomasinfo.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
In all this Bob Vylan pearl clutching some are conveniently forgetting the IDF is committing genocide.
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Richard Burgon MP @richardburgon.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Israeli officers and soldiers have revealed they’ve been ordered to deliberately shoot at unarmed Palestinians trying to get aid. That’s in Israeli newspaper Haaretz. Israel is deliberately massacring civilians it’s deliberately starving. There are few crimes more depraved.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
If thousands of us stand up and say "I support #PalestineAction", what is the government going to do? Lock us all up for "terrorism" offences? This is where we show them how solidarity works. My latest with the great @doubledown.news
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John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
If they work for the gov / they are Brownshirt cowards It’s illegal to hide your face
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The Onion @theonion.com · 13/06/2025
Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started
Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
There are now more than 2000 #NoKings events scheduled for all 50 states, DC, Puerto Rico, Guam and about a dozen foreign countries. RSVPs are skyrocketing, which is particularly worth noting because a lot of people are very understandably dead set against RSVPing. We will not back down.
#NoKings and its crossed-out crown logo against a blue background with the words No Kings repeated.
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
RIP Brian Wilson — god only knows what American music be without him and thankfully we were not music.apple.com/us/album/god...
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God Only Knows by The Beach Boys on Apple Music
Song · 1966 · Duration 2:55
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Denise Aguero 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇦🇨🇦🇺🇦 @deniseaguero.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Greta Thunberg has been kidnapped by Israeli forces
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Wetherspoons. Musk and Trump, stripped to the waist, brawling. Farage rings one of his other backers for advice. Tice is dismayed. Putin bowls in. 30p Lee accosts Zia Yusuf.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Chris Packham was joined by more than 150 scientists in a demonstration urging Westminster to start listening to the overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change
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'MPs Need to Listen to the Scientists, Not the Oligarchs’ — Scientists Sound the Climate Alarm at Westminster
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John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
“ A truth is dawning: that this will be remembered as one of history’s great crimes. Right now, the UN warns that 14,000 babies could perish in the next 48 hours without aid. “ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A moment of judgment has come at last: not just for Netanyahu but for his enablers | Owen Jones
Israel’s renewed assault on Gaza has prompted international condemnation, but many of those critics will face their own reckoning, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
9. For 14 years those of us who cared for the living world sought to evict the Tories in favour of something better. But this is much, much worse. Just as the US is captured by a Billionaire Death Cult, the "Labour" government is opening the door to the same forces.
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Sylvia @sylvia-suffragette.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
A human rights lawyer violating human rights 🤔 and only a handful of MPs willing to say something
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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Pope Francis used his final public address to call for a ceasefire in Gaza: “Unarmed civilians are subjected to bombings and shootings. It is terrorism.” Even in hospital, he checked in daily on Gaza’s Christian community. The world has lost a brave voice for peace and justice.
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Another Reform candidate with interesting views...
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Reform UK candidate called for Tommy Robinson statue ‘in every town square’
In yet another example of how far-right Reform UK is and why it isn’t fit to hold office, it’s been revealed that one of the party’s candidates called for a statue of Tommy Robinson “in
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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Vote Labour this May!...they really do care about...rentier capitalism, deregulated free zones, Blackrock, compulsory Purchase Orders, Social Darwinism, imprisoning protesters, genocide, snuggling up to Trump, despising the EU, spending public money on unproven tech, killing newts and bats, yay!
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
India is facing another summer of deadly heatwaves In 2024, India recorded its hottest day ever at 50.5 degrees Celsius in Rajasthan, resulting in over 40,000 suspected cases of heatstroke and 143 officially attributed deaths. 2025 is shaping up to be worse. www.thecanary.co/global/world...
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India is facing another devastating summer of deadly heatwaves
India is facing another devastating summer of deadly heatwaves from Canary on 2 April 2025
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
They are just disappearing people off the street. Having a hard time thinking about literally anything else.
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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
I’ve seen it all now, the non-dom ‘community’ get the red carpet treatment from Reeves after they moan about being taxed, but when the disabled protest at Downing Street over cuts that can kill them, police riot horses are deployed.
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Tax the super-rich: protest breaks out over Spring Statement right at Rachel Reeves' front door Author and economist Gary Stevenson, Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer, and Labour peer Prem Sikka addressed the crowd - calling for Reeves to back down www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
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Tax the super-rich: protest breaks out over Spring Statement right at Rachel Reeves' front door
Tax the super-rich: protest breaks out over Spring Statement right at Rachel Reeves' front door from Canary on 26 March 2025
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Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
I think NHS privatisation is about to accelerate massively, and that’s what my newsletter today is about 🚨🚨🚨 You can sign up here: jujuliagrace.substack.com
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Call To Action | Dr Julia Grace Patterson💙 | Substack
I am very concerned about what UK politicians are doing to the NHS, and so I have decided to write about it! This is my personal newsletter, sharing my perspectives +important info about the NHS and m...
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
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1950sRobots @1950srobots.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
So he can still feel free to bomb apartment buildings, schools etc. great...
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
EveryDoctor just exposed that MPs took £2.7 MILLION in donations from private healthcare-linked companies EveryDoctor said of the figures that it was particularly awful to see that lobbyists with private healthcare clients are donating to MPs www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
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EveryDoctor exposes MPs took £2.7 MILLION in donations from private healthcare-linked companies
EveryDoctor said of the figures that is was particularly awful to see that lobbyists with private healthcare clients are donating to MPs
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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
The Govt's attacks on public services and infrastructure in both the UK and US are part of something called 'accelerationism', it's about pushing societal and political decay to hasten the inevitable implosion of democratic institutions. Thread
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 18/03/2025
Palestinian journalist Abubaker Abed reports live from the Gaza Strip, where "the corpses of people are now piled up at the morgues, at the hospitals" after Israel's abrupt resumption of attacks on Palestinian civilians.
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EveryDoctor @everydoctor.org.uk · 18/03/2025
BREAKING🚨 -We've investigated the financial links between MPs and the private health sector, and can now announce which MP received the highest donation amount from individuals+companies with links to the private health sector between 2023-2025. It's Wes Streeting. Our Health Secretary. £179,575🚨
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Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
If you oppose NHS privatisation, please could you repost this? I’m fed up of being told that we’re ‘radical’ - most people oppose NHS privatisation! Let’s send a message to those destroying the NHS! 🚨💙
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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 13/03/2025
I have shared this story, this thread, before - but I think given the state of the world, it's worth telling once again. Maybe it can help, especially if like me, you make art, and you wonder what the use of all of it is right now.
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Choosing to take money from disabled benefit claimants rather than levy a wealth tax is simply immoral 👇
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Labour mollifies the rich, targets disabled people and claims moral justification. There isn’t any | Frances Ryan
Ministers run away from a wealth tax and then concoct a punitive benefits system. They have made that choice and it’s immoral, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Labour are spreading vile lies and misinformation about the chronically ill and disabled. The DWP's fiscal policies are both flawed and counterproductive. Thread www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
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DWP spent HALF A MILLION to defend itself in just ONE court case
DWP spent HALF A MILLION to defend itself in just ONE court case from Canary on 4 February 2025
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1950sRobots @1950srobots.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Trump's actions are causing civilian deaths across Ukraine and mass death in Kursk. He's compromised.
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Outrage as Labour minister makes shocking statement about DWP cuts Just as the government confirmed it will be cutting billions from the 'welfare bill', Shabana Mahmood showed Labour's true colours in one fell swoop. Disgusting. www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
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Outrage as Labour minister makes shocking statement about DWP cuts
Just as the government confirmed it will be cutting billions from people's DWP benefits, Shabana Mahmood showed Labour's true colours
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EveryDoctor @everydoctor.org.uk · 05/03/2025
THIS IS SHOCKING - the financial links between MPs and the private healthcare sector. We have just completed research showing that... MPs received more than £2.7m in donations from individuals and companies directly or indirectly connected to the private healthcare sector between 2023 and 2025 🚨
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