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Ailsa Laing

@ailsalaing.eurosky.social
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AuDHDer. Trans-inclusive feminist and secularist. European Scot. She/They. No DMs.

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AnthonyF272 @anthonyf272.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Respectfully, Declassified were banned. They have reported a lot on UK involvement with Israel in Gaza. www.declassifieduk.org/declassified...
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Declassified journalists banned from Labour conference - again
Labour MPs have condemned the ‘Trump-like’ decision, saying party is ‘bang out of order’
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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Double standards or simpy a hypocrite? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Kemi Badenoch condemns Reform UK’s ‘authoritarian’ press bans
Tory leader says Nigel Farage’s party would seek to abuse state power, as she also defends her housing benefit plans
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A *third* Byline Times journalist has now been barred from Conservative conference – Chief Reporter @josiahmortimer.bsky.social. It comes after Political Editor @adambienkov.bsky.social and the late, great David Hencke were barred last year. bylinetimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
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Conservatives Accused of ‘Trumpian’ Tactics After Barring Second Byline Times Journalist From Conference
The National Union of Journalists described the bans as a threat to media freedom which "undermines the Conservative Party leader’s repeated pledge to fight for free speech"
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Sharpie @sharpinsky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I suppose the Free Speech Union will be all over this… won’t they? Is anyone there?
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2h
Cartoon by @danboriscreates.bsky.social. Full Speed Into Midterms.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 5h
Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)
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Angelica Shalagina Official🇺🇦 @angel-shalagina.bsky.social · 2h
russians struck the South Bridge in Kyiv again🤬🤬
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UNITED24 @u24.gov.ua · 3h
September came to an end. In Ukraine, it will be forever known as another month of russian terror. Deadly, cruel and completely senseless. And there’s no waking up to something better when September ends. Only help to make it more manageable: u24.gov.ua/sky-defense?...
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Grainne Brennan @grainnebrennan.bsky.social · 2h
t.me/MAKS23_NAFO/... 💥 One of the buildings of a chemical plant in the Moscow region is still burning after the explosion.
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MAKS 26 🇺🇦👀
💥 One of the buildings of a chemical plant in the Moscow region is still burning after the explosion.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 18h
I went to Geneva a few weeks ago and spoke on a panel about the nature of time for a Geneva Watch Days event. While I was there, on a lark, I entered a competition to most precisely calibrate a Swiss watch. And today I found out that I won! 😃 www.instagram.com/reel/Dd6hUTB...
Me peering through a little magnifier at a tiny watch mechanism connected to some monitoring equipment, while making adjustments with a small screwdriver
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 4h
Don't normally come over naively idealistic and pro-European. It's just that sometimes pointing to polls showing Brits' understandable hesitancy/opposition toward joining the single currency and Schengen means there's no point even trying to persuade them to (re)join the EU just gets my goat.
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OSINTRadar @osintradar.bsky.social · 3h
In St. Petersburg, the historic Miller Mansion on St. Isaac’s Square is being demolished. In March, reports emerged that the 18th-century mansion had been acquired for conversion into luxury housing.
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The Progressive Caucus @usprogressives.bsky.social · 3h
"It's going to take America many years to dig out of (Donald Trump's) wreckage" @raskin.house.gov
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 5h
Lionesses keep the male lions in check out in the wild. I’d love to see women doing similar things here in society.
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Charlie Richmond (Gyro Gearloose) 311.3ppm 🇨🇦🇬🇧☮️⚛️🇺🇦🌈🦋 @charlierichmond.bsky.social · 3h
Fifty Billion Seedlings: Can Ethiopia Replant Its Ravaged Forests? - Yale E360 e360.yale.edu/features/eth...
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Fifty Billion Seedlings: Can Ethiopia Replant Its Ravaged Forests?
A legacy of deforestation has left Ethiopia struggling with more intense flooding and drought. The country is trying to restore its native forests through one of the world's most ambitious and well-fu...
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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 3h
You know how chatbots can feed a person's delusions leading them to harm? Now imagine that person is the president.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 21h
This morning, the Justice Department went after nearly an entire state's federal bench, all at once. The judges had said the government wasn't following court orders. The response was to try to remove the judges. Here's why every American should be paying attention. www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 6h
The far right thrives on lies and disinformation. We’re debunking some of the most common myths they peddle, exposing the harm they cause, and showing why their claims don’t stand up to scrutiny. Read our new report: hopenothate.org.uk/2026/10/01/f...
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Far Right Fact Check
Disinformation Debunked - What the data actually says.
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Michigan Jill @whitchmi.bsky.social · 8h
Let's call this desperate move what it is. A pathetic taxpayer-funded bribe for votes in a midterm that's about to ruin his fascist funfest. I may get the $500. But it doesn't cover what I lost thanks to the GOP. Biden had nothing to do with it. My vote isn't for sale. www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/09/...
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Trump administration starts sending $500 Obamacare refund checks — who stands to benefit
The refunds come after millions of people lost premium subsidies for their health insurance and right before the midterm elections.
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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 3h
Join us for a city/regional screening of the People's Emergency Broadcast followed by an audience discussion facilitated by Exeter Community Assembly: 6:30pm-8:30pm University of Exeter Alumni Forum. Free tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/peoples-em...
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People's Emergency Briefing - Exeter
Community screening followed by a facilitated open discussion, hosted by the University of Exeter.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 3h
Renee Good's family sued the U.S. government and several immigration officials Thursday, alleging wrongful death, conspiracy and other violations in the 37-year-old woman's killing by an immigration officer during a federal crackdown in Minneapolis. to.pbs.org/4xRlL85
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Renee Good's family sues U.S. government and immigration officials over her killing
Good was fatally shot Jan. 7 as protests against immigration raids flared across Minneapolis.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 15h
Over 1,200 sexual assault cases in a six year period at Cornell. The current case involves 7 men gang raping and drugging a student and being assigned essays as punishment. In 6 years, only 7 students have been expelled or dismissed. That’s less than 0.006%. Cornell sides with rapists.
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Cornell rarely expels students in sex assault cases | Exclusive
A third of undergraduate women say they've been sexually assaulted. But on average, Cornell reported expelling just one attacker per year.
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Leigh Booker @leighbooker.bsky.social · 13h
Please don't put artificial webs outside this Halloween..🎃🐦‍⬛
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 14h
The Bank of England warning that the AI bubble could burst, with economic consequences, delivered in typically restrained language.
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AI boom could trigger market shocks, Bank of England boss warns
Andrew Bailey says the central bank is watching the waves of cash being invested in artificial intelligence "very carefully".
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 13h
We're repeatedly told that asylum seekers pose a threat to the good people of our country... Reading about the threatening and violent treatment of elderly and open minded locals in Crowborough I get the impression that the real threat comes from closer to home. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
On Facebook and other platforms, people
who are known to support the asylum
seekers have been threatened with acid
attacks, petrol bombs and rape. The dossier.
which has been seen by the Guardian, also
claims that several local businesses have
been threatened by far-right agitators, along
with a church where some asylum seekers
worship. One man was punched in the throat
after he held up a "Love Thy Neighbour"
sign, while an elderly couple were falsely
accused of supporting sex offenders. In yet
another case, a 92-year-old church volunteer
was reportedly woken at 3am for two nights
in a row by a man standing outside her
home, shining a torch through her window
and shouting abuse
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PontsticInsect @keltikidea.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Nigel Farage will shit a pinecone.
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Andy Burnham: UK could ‘go all the way’ by rejoining EU
PM says he is looking at all options and ministers will examine ‘what is doable’ and the ‘pros and cons’
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19h
25th Amendment? We can’t even get network news to air it or even mention it. It’s a massive national media coverup to hide the fact the we have an addled president.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 13h
Zionism and Zionists are evil. Judaism and Jews are not. It is crucial not to conflate Judaism and Jews with Zionism and Zionists. There are MANY Anti-Zionist Jews. www.jvp.org
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Jewish Voice for Peace
We have a plan to end U.S. support for Israel's oppression of Palestinians. Join us. You belong here.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 13h
It's 2026. And this is happening in Tennessee. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Tennessee woman on death row taken to hospital after surviving two lethal injections
Christa Pike, sentenced to death over 1995 murder, was heard snoring 40 minutes after lethal doses administered, witnesses said
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 17h
Anyone who doesn’t see that this is part of a long term plan-not for the midterms, really, but for 2028 and beyond Isn’t paying attention
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 19h
📌NEWS: Pete Hegseth said that the Pentagon is eliminating 1 in 5 generals and admirals. 📌NOTE: Authoritarian regimes eliminate military leaders who they believe aren't loyal to the regime. 📌UPSHOT: This is a very concerning development in the GOP's ongoing attack on America and her Democracy.
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Anna Zeiter @anna.wsocial.eu · 23h
Wow! 👏🏻 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Macron says ‘welcome back’ to Burnham suggestion UK could rejoin EU
French president, speaking alongside Spanish counterpart Pedro Sánchez, says EU bid would be good news for UK and Europeans
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 13h
Manchester City cheated Premier League rules, the Commission found. Did it also cheat HMRC? We've examined the decision and leaked Mancini documents. We think City likely failed to pay £12m in tax. There should be a criminal investigation. Thread:
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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 15h
Man City’s Emirati chair was granted diplomatic immunity 6 yrs ago in a move that could complicate any legal action resulting from findings that the club artificially inflated its finances by more than £900mn - scoop by Caroline Binham @journosooz.bsky.social as.ft.com/r/d717fb9e-2...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When historians reflect on this regime, cruelty will be the word most often used to define it. www.commondreams.org/news/trump-dep…
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'Monstrous' US Deportation Hearings for Children Who 'Have No One' Shock Consciences | Common Dreams
Children as young as 3 facing deportation orders without legal representation in immigration court hearings. How can we
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MsBlueWednesday @msbluewednesday.bsky.social · 14h
Ah yes, that did go so well 🙄 🤬 As there was targeted influence via American tech bro social media. Nothing was done about it, of course. No ramifications for either these Brexit supporting groups or individuals, or legislation to stop it - so it could well happen again www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...
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Vote Leave's targeted Brexit ads released by Facebook
The social media ads that helped Vote Leave win the EU referendum are published in full for the first time.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 30/09/2026
Burnham clears path to EU summit with post-Brexit breakthrough ft.trib.al/UvmTBdE
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Burnham clears path to EU summit with post-Brexit breakthrough
UK and Brussels to go ahead with key November meeting after agreeing to kick talks on industrial subsidies into next year
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
Hegseth: "It's worth saying again so the fake news understands it. We are no longer the woke department or the weak department. Simple translation of that -- no fatties no trannies no beardos no weirdos no wimps no radicals. Just warriors."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hey TN media— will anyone ask @MarshaBlackburn why she ducked 🦆 Jack Smith after whining about him for YEARS? A TVA photo op instead of doing her job on Judiciary committee🤔? Did she not want to remind us she tried to pocket MILLIONS from taxpayers over him doing HIS job? 🤷🏼‍♀️
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
Klobuchar on Schmitt: "He's not aware that there's also women's sports ... because they wanted to do this to distract everyone, I would say they got their comeuppance"
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ardalis (Steve Smith) @ardalis.com · 30/09/2026
We’ve gone from “clown event still possible” to “clown event exceeded expectations” 🤡
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Nancy Ann ❌👑 👍🏻🐸 @nancyannn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This face is what’s suggests every rethuglican member of the judiciary committee was in on the scheme to make Smith perjure himself and elevate Schmitt to possible 2028 vp status. She was first to recognize they’d based their attack on a game he didn’t attend. www.al.com/politics/202...
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Katie Britt’s face says it all when Jack Smith hearing goes off the rails
Sen. Eric Schmitt thought he caught Smith in a lie when the Republican confused the Atlanta Hawks for the Iowa Hawkeyes.
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Steve Schmidt @thewarningses.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
HAWKWARD! 🏀 Hawks. Hawkeyes. Eric Schmitt mixed up the basketball teams while accusing Jack Smith of perjury. Meanwhile, Washington was floating him as a potential VP. The latest from The Warning on the Seven P’s — and the consequences of skipping them: steveschmidt.substack.com/p/hawkward
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Hawkward!
Eric Schmitt shoots an airball at Jack Smith as Washington talks him up for VP
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Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar.com · 30/09/2026
Iowa Hawkeyes. Atlanta Hawks. Not the same team, not even the same state. Get your facts straight before calling someone a dirtbag. Instead of this distraction, we should have hearings on health care costs, 8 million Americans losing coverage, and tariffs crushing our farmers.
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thune Admits Republicans Plan To Campaign On A Bill They Couldn't Pass #CrooksAndLiars
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Thune Admits Republicans Plan To Campaign On A Bill They Couldn't Pass | Crooks and Liars
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“MY TICKET WAS REVOKED” Tech oligarch Trump donor Peter Thiel (J.D. Vance’s sugar daddy) is rejecting local journalists from his secretive closed-door ‘Antichrist Lectures’ series in NASHVILLE… what’s he hiding? 🤔
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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 30/09/2026
It is not the work itself reducing the crime. It's the income. UBI pilots consistently show crime reductions, especially in saturation pilots. We even see crime reductions due to blood plasma selling centers. That clearly is all about the money.
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Elon Musk is Wrong About Basic Income and Crime: Here is the Pile of Evidence He Ignored
Why Elon Musk is wrong about the Finland experiment, and why we must stop ignoring the massive body of evidence that proves poverty is a policy choice that drives crime
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Crime, drug use, and social disintegration are all increased by lack of employment (regardless of wealth) and decrease when we give people things to do. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... It doesn't matter if its UBI or not: having free time and no goals is harmful to society
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just tax the compute. Datacentre? Cool. Fund your own power generation and water reservoirs, and then pay tax for every computational act your datacentre does. And we'll use the tax income to offset societal and job damage. Overnight, AI becomes something AI giants are desperate to restrict.
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Angela Collier @acollierastro.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I am so tired of this style of doomer.
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