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Colleen Frakes @colleenfrakes.bsky.social · 9h

There's multiple good threads going around today about how to speak up when you see something wrong. I'd like to recommend "gentle parenting other adults". Examples: "no thank you, we use kind words, please" or "listening ears on! Our friend said 'no'" Condescending? Yes, and that's the point.

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TVMan @tvman35.bsky.social · 9h

Now it all makes sense. How @SCOTUS became owned by #TrumpTheConvictedWHFelon

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tmglee.bsky.social @tmglee.bsky.social · 12h

people site a static about Black people and crime, yet curiously never seem to site that most exonerations are of Black people.

Although Black people only make up 13.6% of the US population, we represent over 50% of exonerations since 1989.

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Civil Disorder @civildisorder.bsky.social · 13h

41 years is my age right now. An innocent man spent my life so far wrongly in prison.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 13h

A judge has ordered the release of Douglas Stewart Carter, a 71-year-old Black man who has spent decades on death row for a 1985 killing he did not commit. He spent 41 years in prison.

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Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 15h

And I have been told that money to 3rd world countries is now going to be given on a loan basis! ( Can this be true?) People will die - not the children of politicians, but ordinary people. Where is the moral compass in the mainstream politicians who even consider such an idea? Give them the 0.7%‼️

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Pet Shop Boys @handle.invalid · 8h

“A man from the future”, the new album by Pet Shop Boys with Juliet Stevenson and Manchester Camerata Octet, is out on October 9th. The exclusive double coloured vinyl LP is available to pre-order only at the official Pet Shop Boys store - wmg.lnk.to/psb-amftf

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Farage posted this at 12.38 today. It has been hopelessly overtaken by events and shown to be entirely wrong (British nationals involved and they've been released on bail - not very terrorist-like). And if you believe anything Trump says, you are a credulous moron.

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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A med student asked me today: "Where does all that mucus actually come from when you have a cold?" You blow your nose. Five minutes later, it's back. Then again. So where is your body getting all of it? Let me explain.🧵

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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Doctors in Houston Report Complete Disappearance of Aggressive Liver Cancer in a 3-Year-Old Using a Personalized Immunotherapy Made From the Child’s Own Cells No Cancer Detected One Year Later

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 13h

💔🕯️No Justice No peace.

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Just A Grandmom🇺🇸 @grandmompa.bsky.social · 18h

I'm on board with this. Along with very lengthy prison terms for treason.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 12h

We can all argue about Burnham's speech but it meant girl twin asking me what the triple lock was and boy twin asking me what my preferred form of PR is. So it's done its work.

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Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 23h

In 2027 Seattle's minimum wage will be $22.14 per hour. That's more than THREE TIMES the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour—a rate that hasn't been raised since 2009. And yet somehow we're not the jobless wasteland orthodox economics would predict. Weird.

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Seattle announces 2027 minimum wage

The minimum wage in Seattle will increase 3.9% next year.

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The David Pakman Show @thedavidpakmanshow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Twenty-six articles of impeachment. And that’s only the beginning.

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 9h

These are stunning

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 19h

This two tier policing is disgraceful. It's as if there is one approach for people who helpfully film themselves committing crimes and another approach when there is insufficient evidence.

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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 19h

The rise in small boat crossings was entirely due to Brexit, promoted by Nigel Farage, and the deal done by Boris Johnson Their attempts to shift blame to anyone else is utterly despicable hypocrisy

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Florida Chris @chrislongview.bsky.social · 11h

I didnt know it gets funnier than a whole ass United States Senator accusing a man of being at a Hawks game in ATL when he was at a Hawkeyes game in MD, BUT... He let every media outlet know he had a big moment coming so they all saw him clown himself and watched Amy Klobuchar clean up the pieces.

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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 22h

The dog who supported his best friend in his first steps. Original post

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 9h

The go to Opposition spokesman after Sky News coverage of Burnham's speech was.......Nigel Farage. Why?

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Susan @artlovergirl.bsky.social · 17h

A mural in Seattle. #AbolishICE

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 11h

Sen. SCHMITT: We have texts saying you attended an Atlanta Hawks game in February 2024. Former Special Counsel Jack Smith: I believe it was a Maryland-Iowa game. Sen. KLOBUCHAR: The Iowa HAWKeyes. Perhaps the Senator from Missouri should have looked at these texts more carefully.

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 9h

Saying isn't doing. But Burnham lifted the omertà on: Electoral reform Wide-scale nationalisation Triple lock pension Brexit So now they're all in play. And that's all positive

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 13h

🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Burnham: "I will not allow it to continue like this. Today I can confirm Angela Eagle will present a strengthened water bill to Parliament. The center piece of that bill will be this. The repeal of Margaret Thatcher's ideological ban on public ownership of water companies."

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 8h

Andy Burnham is coming for your pension! By... er... increasing it by slightly less. Whereas Reform will scrap it completely.

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Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 10h

My office has handled a lot of sexual harassment cases. “Her shirt was too tight” “She drank too much” “Why did she put herself in that position” “She was asking for it.” No. No. No. No. It’s not HER job to be on DEFCON 5 at all times. It’s HIS job not to be a predator. ~ Attorney Ryan

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Pocket News 📰 @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 11h

Today before Senate.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13h

Jack Smith defends his team of prosecutors: "I'm extremely proud to have worked with them, and the fact that they have been targeted illegally, lost their jobs illegally, and had their lives turned upside down by this Department of Justice is an outrage."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 11h

Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”

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Blue Turquoise @bluet-urquoise.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

How do we really feel? This is the time we all need to speak out the elections are up ahead and anyone that reads our comments will benefit.

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Aaron Schatz @aaronschatz.com · 29/09/2026

OMG this mariachi band doing the national anthem is amazing and an incredibly subversive political statement that I did not expect to come from… Chicago Bears management?

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Elaine @elaineep.bsky.social · 9h

I feel that’s a fair comment. I’m most probably on the pessimistic side. I’ve seen private equity move in and takeover so much forcing up costs to the point of systems collapsing. Social care is in the same position and yet this was not addressed in Burnham’s speech.

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Stuart @stugib.bsky.social · 10h

It's only now having to face the prospect of this personally that's made me realise what the societal impact will be of the mass transfer of billions of wealth from private citizens to hedge funds that own the private care homes

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Martin 📎🇪🇺🏳️‍⚧️ @martinmto.bsky.social · 10h

🙏🙏🙏 bsky.app/profile/chad...

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 10h

Dementia and Alzheimer's are absolutely devastating not only to the sufferer but for their friends and loves ones as well. Currently if it happens to your parent or partner you're effectively on your own navigating this terrible and often very expensive landscape of care.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 11h

One thing that’s interesting about this is that it shows that despite insisting the wokes overinterpet everything, conservatives are actually aware of and agree with their critics about how coded racist appeals work, they just like them bsky.app/profile/newr...

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 9h

After Eric Schmitt lied and was corrected at the Jack Smith hearing, the NY Times called it a “misunderstanding.” This might be fair if Schmitt had a record of honesty (he doesn’t) and if Schmitt didn’t repeat the same lie after the hearing (he did). What the hell is the NY Times doing?

Devlin Barrett and Charlie Savage
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Jack Smith, who as special counsel twice charged Donald J. Trump with criminal offenses after his first term, defended his actions in testimony before Congress on Tuesday, as a Republican senator accused him of perjury based on what appeared to be the lawmaker’s misunderstanding about a basketball game involving the University of Iowa Hawkeyes.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 13h

I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you.

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 16h

A 94-year-old Jewish human rights barrister was among more than 80 people arrested outside the Labour Party conference in Liverpool while demonstrating in support of Palestine Action. The arrests came as Ed Miliband told critics of the government’s policy on Palestine: “We hear you. You were right"

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Andy Burge 🇬🇧🇪🇺 @andygjburge.bsky.social · 19h

www.theguardian.com/politics/202... More proof that Farage and his henchmen Tice & Jenrick are spreading disinformation on an unprecedented scale. Not only that, they are doing so for truly evil purposes. IMO this amounts to Misconduct in a Public Office and all three should be prosecuted for that.

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Nandy labels Farage ‘master of conspiracy theory’ over Fairford claims

Culture secretary criticises Reform leader after he tried to link suspected bomb plot to small boat crossings

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Simon B.-M. @simonbm.bsky.social · 19h

He describes FoM as a dogmatic principle when it’s actually the most popular of the acquis across the continent. It’s personal, not just economic or political. The xenophobia that it exposed in the UK was largely a result of not using the existing option of a moratorium on FoM for new accessions

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 19h

Wind and solar supplied 33% of EU electricity in the 12 months to August 2026, against 29% from fossil. In 2016 it was 13% and 43%.

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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Outstandingly dishonest even by Nigel Farage's standards. Farage knows that the men arrested at Fairford would not have been released if they were still suspected to be terrorists. He's stirring up fear, hatred & resentment against both immigrants & the police. Pure malice.

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