Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 10hThis underscores why it’s so hard to cover Trump. Every sentence contains multiple lies, true, but *also* each lie is made for a different reason. Some are premeditated, some a product of dementia, some a product of being raised in a cult, some only semiconscious, some born of fear. He’s a mess. 817336
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 10hDoes Trump think he would win by 25% today? No—that’s a lie. Does he think he’d *win* today? Yes—as he was raised in a cult that preached self-delusion. Does he want to run? Yes and no. “Yes” to evade jail, “no” because he semiconsciously knows he’s bad at this—and hated—and wants to be adored. 2020433
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUJennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 13hTrump's Truth API sells early access to his posts. San Francisco is suing over the insider trading, and Natalie Harp, who posts for him, is a defendant. The presidency is not a VIP subscription for Wall Street. Nice try, grifters. Not on our watch. #PayToPlayPresident 512764
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 23h20/ Russian warbloggers have described how Ukraine used drones intensively to cut off Russian logistics near Lyman. It appears from the soldiers' accounts that the collapse of the salient was due as much as anything else to a localised collapse of the Russian logistics. /end 12218
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 23h1/ Hundreds of Russian soldiers near Lyman surrendered because they were starving and drinking their own urine, according to first-hand accounts from frontline soldiers. The officers are said to have taken the radios and ran away, while ordering the men not to retreat. ⬇️ 16736236
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUByline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 12h📌 ICYMI — Times Higher Education, Sponsored by Orbán’s Hungary, Failed to Report James Orr Allegations — Samantha Asumadu The publication signed a partnership with Viktor Orbán's government and has since published no coverage of the allegations around a Cambridge academic and former Reform UK…bylinetimes.comTimes Higher Education, Sponsored by Orbán’s Hungary, Failed to Report James Orr AllegationsThe publication signed a partnership with Viktor Orbán's government and has since published no coverage of the allegations around a Cambridge academic and former Reform UK policy chief whose foundation receives Hungary-linked funding 12817
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 12hMore context Option fees paid by offshore wind developers to secure a seabed lease from The Crown Estate in the UK are significantly increasing offshore wind costs renewablesnow.com/news/study-w...renewablesnow.comStudy warns of burdensome option fees for UK offshore wind projectsOption fees paid by offshore wind developers to secure a seabed lease from The Crown Estate in the UK are significantly increasing offshore wind costs, according to a policy brief by Oxford University... 3144
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 12hGreenpeace UK has threatened The Crown Estate with legal action over what it describes as its “extortionate” lease fees for offshore wind farms www.rechargenews.com/legal/greenp....rechargenews.comGreenpeace threatens Crown Estate with lawsuit over 'extortionate' offshore wind lease feesThe Crown Estate argues its approach has helped build the UK’s world-leading offshore wind sector and that lease fees were determined by an auction process 515458
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUBTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 12hThe @marshawards.bsky.social for Local Ornithology goes to The Friends of the Lower Derwent Valley Conservation Group! This group’s ornithological and conservational efforts in their area are commendable, including their work radio-tagging Jack Snipe, their bird ringing studies & book publication. 0429
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 12hOMG you have GOT to be kidding me 6083342982
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUBTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 12hCongratulations to @rufusdawson.bsky.social winner of @marshawards.bsky.social for Young Ornithologist! 🎉 Rufus has conducted tremendous work in leading a monitoring scheme for Lesser Spotted Woodpecker using Passive Acoustic Monitoring. We can’t wait to see more of his work in the future! 2528
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUPamela Fiore... and live alone in the bee-loud glade @pfiore8.bsky.social · 13hthis is what we must do. the more the merrier. Hendrik is really good at getting good people together. So please DM him. 142
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUThe Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 12hThe Geran-5 jet-powered drone is Russia's latest attempt to destroy civilian life in Kyiv and force Ukraine to capitulate, as Russian offensives stall and Moscow's forces lose ground on the battlefield.kyivindependent.comUkraine's interceptor tech outpaced by Russia’s jet-powered Geran-5 dronesThe jet-black Russian munition slammed into the Presidium building of Ukraine's National Academy of Sciences, an iconic Tsarist-era structure right in the center of Kyiv, setting the building on fire.... 314448
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUHistory and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 12h🧵One hundred and ten years ago today Private Ernest Taylor (1896 - 1916), from Horbury and of the York and Lancaster Regiment died in the Battle of the Somme He was one of those whose stories I included in the book Silent Witnesses. I included two letters which tell of the horror of war. On his 1526
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUDr Stylite @columnist.bsky.social · 12hThe best way to think about the UK joining the EU and any future adoption of the Euro is that this is a valuable *option* rather than an obligation. 7594
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUThe Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 12hIf "communism is the greatest threat to our country in its history" and he wants to root it out of America, then why is he hanging pictures of communist authoritarians in gilded frames in the White House? 681134384
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUChris Rivers @chrisrivers50.bsky.social · 13hRussian forces confiscated food delivered by Ukrainian military drones and questioned residents found with non-Russian products. 011
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUPrasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 17hcrazy as it sounds, we know that certain pesticides and human hormone drugs can act as “endocrine disrupters” and lead to skewed sex ratios in frogs news.berkeley.edu/2010/03/01/f...news.berkeley.eduPesticide atrazine can turn male frogs into females - Berkeley NewsThe herbicide atrazine, one of the world's most widely used pesticides, screws up the sex lives of adult male frogs, emasculating three-quarters of them and turning one in 10 into females, according t... 4435
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUHank Ering 🇨🇦💙🌊 @hank-ering.bsky.social · 17hFrogs at the tadpole stage can do this naturally in pristine conditions but pollutants can also trigger this reaction. The common herbicide Artrazine can cause this. So can overly warm water. Maybe Republicans should regulate the chemicals and do something about global warming. 1867
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUByline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 17h🟣 SUBSTACK ‘Liberation’ – The Core Russian Lie, As Seen From Oleshky By Paul Niland Read below. ↓bylinesupplement.com‘Liberation’ – The Core Russian Lie, As Seen From OleshkyPaul Niland reports on another Russian war crime happening before our eyes in Ukraine 02920
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUAlex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 17hMore broadly, Burnham’s speech marks first serious effort to confront 🇬🇧 problems in years - not blaming it on foreigners, migrants, the EU etc, but decades of poor choices by our own cowardly politicians. His honesty was refreshing, and merits respect - but it’s a HUGE challenge to deliver. 39319
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 17hBarbosa de Cunha immediately goes to the front of the line as the most important case #SCOTUS will decide this term. Trump's entire immigration arrest and detention policy regime *depends* upon its novel reading of the statutes, one that's been rejected by an overwhelming majority of lower courts. 1218571
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUSteve Bullock @guitarmoog.bsky.social · 17h“We are fighting a mad, irrational, dictatorial theocracy that is impervious to appeals to reason, rational self-interest, or international norms, guided by their leaders’ lust for control and based on a misunderstanding of a single religious book” said a spokesperson for the Iranian Government. 1166
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUAlex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 17hSure enough, I already heard Andrew Neill on Times radio immed warping the debate: harping on endlessly about the (genuine) difficulties of rebuilding with the EU, but completely overlooking the costs of continuing as we are. No one says it’ll be easy; but we shd at least be more honest about sit’n. 78615
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 17hI talked to Jake Sullivan and Jon Finer about the radical transformation of US foreign policy, away from a process designed to help all Americans and towards the interests of a few people in the administration or close to the president youtu.be/vn4i_Jk_khc?...youtu.beAnne Applebaum on the Grifters and Ideologues Behind Trump’s AgendaYouTube video by The Long Game Podcast 1630594
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUThe Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 17h“The town of Oleshky and the surrounding district in southern Kherson Oblast in Ukraine are under a total blockade imposed by Russian occupation forces,” write Elise Lauriot Prevost, Nadiia Vaskivska, and Anastasiia Vorobiova from Global Rights Compliance, in this op-ed.kyivindependent.comRussia's methodical use of starvation in OleshkyThe town of Oleshky and the surrounding district in southern Kherson Oblast in Ukraine are under a total blockade imposed by Russian occupation forces. Since May 26, 2026, no humanitarian aid has rea... 913969
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUSteve Bullock @guitarmoog.bsky.social · 17hThe UK‘s political class, commentariat* and public gradually, over years and step-by-tiny-step, guiding itself to the previously taboo realisation that it should be in the EU is like a small child slowly learning that it is better and nicer for them if they don’t shit themselves all the time. 23410
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUMarcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 16hBloody hell, sculptors expect you to do all the work these days! #Frieze #RegentsPark #London #art #artfair #sculpture 2131
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUfife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 16hSadiq Khan echoing Andy Burnham’s call that 'hope comes from honesty' proves Brexit was an act of national self-harm. Rejoining the EU is vital for restoring growth and security in an unstable world. Why let political fear prolong economic stagnation? 🤔 #FBPEtheguardian.comBurnham is right that ‘hope comes from honesty’. That’s why Labour must make the case for rejoining the EU | Sadiq KhanBrexit was a disastrous act of national self-harm. Britain needs EU membership to bring growth and security in an increasingly volatile world, says London mayor Sadiq Khan 12314
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUHendrik Klaassens #FBPE #BanX #NoAfD #FBR @aurorablogspot.bsky.social · 16hThe rules of our DM groups are simple: 1. We all follow each other 2. Don't block other members 3. Only the admin(s) adds new accounts. 4. Support each other & have fun! 3154
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUHendrik Klaassens #FBPE #BanX #NoAfD #FBR @aurorablogspot.bsky.social · 16hI’d like to invite you all to join a DM group where we’ll campaign together against the far right in all the major elections in Europe and the US (the mid-terms). Please comment below or send me a DM if you’d like to join. You need to allow group chat invites from people you follow. 1/2 122821
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 16hJUST IN: A judge in D.C. has barred DOJ from re-charging Davey Hearn over the Reflecting Pool damage, saying Trump's commentary and pressure on prosecutors had permanently tainted the case. www.democracydefendersfund.org/wp-content/u... 241218257
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h"He is not here to help. He’s distant, angry, a figure of nothing but venom & vengeance. He walks toward the viewer like a serial killer stalking his prey, his face a mask of contempt & barely-contained rage. His visage in this ad is glowering, almost a parody of a dictator trying to inspire terror"publicnotice.coScenes from a personality cultTrump’s taxpayer-funded agitprop is clearly illegal — and that’s the point. 1501908602
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUSimon Nixon @nixonsimon.bsky.social · 16hFile this under shocking but not surprising 07124
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUJohn O'Connell @jdpoc.bsky.social · 16hIn honour of Jane #Goodall, primatologist and anthropologist, who died On This Day in 2025. 0142
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUfife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 16hWith public opinion steadily shifting toward European re-engagement and single market integration, retreating from Brexit debate out of fear of hard-right rhetoric is self-sabotage. Rebuilding prosperity requires leadership, not ideological surrender. How fast can talks begin? (2/2) #FBPE 0104
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUfife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 16hNigel Farage claiming that reopening the Brexit debate 'opens the door to Reform' is pure bluster designed to mask panic. Fear of populist backlash cannot justify maintaining trade barriers that strangle economic growth. Why let intimidation dictate national strategy? (1/2) 🤔 #FBPEindependent.co.ukBurnham ‘opening door to Reform’ by reigniting Brexit debate, Farage saysThe Prime Minister has promised to canvass opinion on options for Britain’s future relationship with Brussels. 2179
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 16hBREAKING: judge dismisses case against reflecting pool defendant Davey Hearn WITH PREJUDICE- meaning the DoJ can’t ever bring charges against him in this matter. www.ms.now/deadline-whi...ms.nowJudge permanently dismisses David Hearn Reflecting Pool indictmentThe Trump Justice Department sought a temporary dismissal. Hearn wanted his charges tossed for good. 1313657718
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 16hFascinated by the Jack Smith/Eric Schmitt thing because I can’t grasp how desperate you would need to be to ‘own’ an opponent to end up in such a humiliating mess. I ‘think’ it’s because Trump loyalists have been so grossly dishonest that they have to convince themselves that the other lot are too. 6449556
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUfife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 15hSterling hitting a one-month high on upgraded UK growth figures and momentum for a closer European relationship exposes the fundamental flaw of isolationism. Markets instantly reward real prospects of reducing trade barriers. Why delay economic repair any longer? 🤔 #FBPEcurrencynews.co.ukBritish Pound to Euro Forecast: UK Growth, EU Brexit Reset Hopes Lift GBP | Currency News UKThe Pound to Euro exchange rate (GBP/EUR) climbed to a one-month high around 1.1700 after Sterling received a double boost from stronger UK growth and Prime Minister Andy Burnham's push for a fundamen... 12114
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUNature @nature.com · 18hGaze into the cosmos and through the eyes of a bee — September’s best science images go.nature.com/4rIV18ugo.nature.comGaze into the cosmos and through the eyes of a bee — September’s best science imagesThe month’s sharpest science shots, selected by Nature’s photo team. 0125
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUDr Stylite @columnist.bsky.social · 18hPeople are at risk of focusing on the trees vs the wood and the *wood* is now that there’s a live conversation about the UK rejoining the EU. The box has been opened… 9497
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUSimon Parker @sparkerworld.bsky.social · 20hCompare the Times Higher's relentless pursuit of Jason Arday with the silence over Reform's disgraced former head of policy-the enthusiastic cheerleader of ex-Hungarian PM Viktor Orban & Cambridge University professor of Divinity James Orr. Could a THE commercial partnership with Hungary explain it?bylinetimes.comTimes Higher Education, Sponsored by Orbán's Hungary, Failed to Report James Orr AllegationsThe publication signed a partnership with Viktor Orbán's government and has since published no coverage of the allegations around a Cambridge academic and former Reform UK policy chief whose foundatio... 043
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUAnthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · 20hThe NEET rate basically hasn't changed for the whole of this century (except post-GFC and post Covid). It's been the same with tougher welfare sanctions and weaker. More apprenticeships and fewer. Higher employer national insurance and lower. I draw two conclusions from this.... 55338
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 19hAs promised, I wrote about what really bothers me about Tuesday's unsigned, unexplained #SCOTUS ruling clearing the way for the resumption of third-country removals with minimal (if any) process. Turns out, it's a lot: www.stevevladeck.com/p/254-four-t...stevevladeck.com254. Four Things That (Really) Bother Me About “D.V.D. III”“Third-country removals” raise a host of difficult procedural and substantive questions. The Supreme Court should have answered those questions *before* greenlighting deportations to torture. 17479182
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUBirdGuides @birdguides.bsky.social · 19hYoung Golden Eagles can become highly capable fliers months before they finally leave their parents' territory, according to a new study that challenges assumptions about when young birds become independent: f.mtr.coolYoung Golden Eagles stay with parents long after learning to flyGPS tracking of 92 young Golden Eagles in the Alps shows that flight ability does not determine when juveniles leave their parents' territory. 0102
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUThe Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 19h⚡️Russian troop losses rose 46% since January, hit 2026 high in September, Ukraine says Russian forces suffered an estimated 46,230 personnel losses in September, the highest monthly figure recorded by Ukraine so far in 2026, Ukraine's General Staff said on Oct. 1.kyivindependent.comRussian troop losses rose 46% since January, hit 2026 high in September, Ukraine saysThe September figure surpassed previous summer highs of 42,860 in July and 42,020 in August. 1219046
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 20hI've been a member of the lobby for well over a decade. Not a single one of my lobby colleagues has said a word about the Conservatives banning me from their conferences, without any explanation. Contrast with the US where even Fox News stood in solidarity when Trump banned news outlets he dislikedbylinetimes.comKemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist BanThe ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press 661208496
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUJohn O'Connell @jdpoc.bsky.social · 19hMAGA is threatening everybody with a good time in their demand to be immigrants somewhere, not that there are many nations that would take them ... 281
Reposted by Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEUAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19hNew in PN: Scenes from a personality cult "The ads are unambiguously illegal — & that’s the point. Again & again, this regime has broken the law not just to accomplish some immediate goal, but as a dominance display to say to everyone: Donald Trump does whatever he wants, & nobody can stop him."publicnotice.coScenes from a personality cultTrump’s taxpayer-funded agitprop is clearly illegal — and that’s the point. 871532491