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Now in my 50’s (how did that happen) from the West of Scotland. I ignore DM’s.

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Scroll @scroll.in · 18h
“They want to lower the numbers of minorities in the country,” said a Christian nun who attended the protest with a group of others from her congregation. “They don’t want us here. They have made it quite clear that is what they want to do.” scroll.in/article/1096... Johanna Deeksha reports
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ClientEarth @clientearth.bsky.social · 16h
We're telling the company behind Tefal - SEB - to phase out forever chemicals - or risk a lawsuit. We don't think SEB is doing enough to address the health and environmental risks of using forever chemicals. SEB has 3 months to commit to transition away from forever chemicals or face legal action.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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James Steel @jamessteel2008.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Turns out their lawyer was once a UKIP candidate, funny that.
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ilpenseroso.bsky.social @ilpenseroso.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I have two cats like that…
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PhdTownTrail @phdtowntrail.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Revolutionary idea. It could really cut back both the courts backlog and the prison population if we just let criminals investigate themselves.
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Marchie @marchie56.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
So Trumpian - take no responsibility, accept no blame, become the ‘victim’ of any consequences - and just like the US, a section of our society still supports them. Home for the hopeless, brainless and shameless (and a fair number of ‘…ists’)
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Suella De-Vil Shadowy spokesdemon for learning stuff @suellade.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The only sort of internal investigation I’d like to see Fartage part of is the one he will undergo when admitted to prison
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David @davidpeacock40.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Its all whitewashing and gaslighting with reFUKKK plc
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
You can read more of my interview with Frances Haugen here. It's taken Hollywood a full DECADE to even try to tackle Silicon Valley. The Social Reckoning is long long overdue & a chilling reminder of why we HAVE to regulate these bros. 6/ www.thenerve.news/p/frances-ha...
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‘We have a $1tn company acting desperate’: Frances Haugen on The Social Reckoning, Zuckerberg, and Facebook's growing fragility
The whistleblower whose explosive revelations about her employer inspired Aaron Sorkin’s new film tells Carole Cadwalladr that, despite Silicon Valley’s power, ‘we have the ability to change a lot of ...
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Sarah Wynn-Williams once again was forced to sit in silence. If you're thinking of seeing The Social Reckoning this weekend (& you should!), there's no starker reminder of its authoritarian power than what it's doing to Sarah Wynn-Williams. And kudos to Frances Haugen for pointing it out. 5/
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Yesterday, Facebook whistleblower Sarah Wynn Williams revealed that even though she sat in silence on stage at the Hay Festival with me & Tim Wu, Facebook sued her anyway. EVEN THOUGH SHE DIDN'T SAY A WORD!! 🤯 4/
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
But Meta is doing something even more outrageous. Remember this? When Sarah Wynn Williams was forced to sit in silence at the Hay Festival because of legal threats from FB? Well, there's an update. 3/
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Last night, I hosted a panel after a screening of the movie which included Frances Haugen. She points out Sarah Wynn-Williams is the first Facebook whistleblower to be sued. "And because she can't speak out I will". Haugen says FB's "unique" pursuit of her means her allegations are "likely true" 2/
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
NEW: The big new Aaron Sorkin film The Social Reckoning opens tomorrow with a plot centred on Facebook whistleblower, Frances Haugen....but we need to talk about *another* Facebook whistleblower, Sarah Wynn-Williams. And why Zuck is gunning for her.. 1/ www.youtube.com/watch?is=NP3...
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THE SOCIAL RECKONING – Official Teaser Trailer (HD)
YouTube video by Sony Pictures Entertainment
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Andy @andy-1967.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Yet again America I’m asking what the actual fuck?
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Brown Eyed Susan @browneyedsusan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Brown Eyed Susan @browneyedsusan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Suggesting another country come and bomb two American cities?
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Brown Eyed Susan @browneyedsusan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
BAD THINGS? Remove this Nazi fucker. Wrong country
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⁸ @mabelsblanket.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Never forget the 14 years of psychological warfare wreaked upon us by the Tories. They Broke everything, took all the money salted the earth & left! No ta.
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“Badenoch is more popular than her party in the way that being kicked in the crotch is preferable to beheading.” brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/kemi-charm...
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Kemi-charmed life
Praise for Kemi Badenoch’s Tory party conference speech shows the British right-wing press engaged in an act of collective fantasy.
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ScottyDogg @scottydogg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Lock his father up till he returns
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This absolutely disgusts me. They have no interest in human life, not really.
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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 08/10/2026
Kemi Badenoch’s new booklet ‘The Right Way’ claims Labour extended the Energy Profits Levy to 2028 and 2029. But a Conservative government made the first of these extensions, and announced the second. (Labour’s since extended it again, to 2030.)
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The Conservatives - not Labour - extended the Energy Profits Levy to 2028 – Full Fact
Kemi Badenoch’s new party booklet says Labour extended the Energy Profits Levy to 2028 and 2029, but a Conservative government made the first of those extensions, and announced the second.
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Chris Orton @chriso1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The ‘sitcom’ The Wright Way
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Brown Eyed Susan @browneyedsusan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
If you ever eat Taylor Farms anything again, you're a lot braver than I am. That shit is done.
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Brown Eyed Susan @browneyedsusan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I'm screaming about the CA bomb suggestion, all day, but not that this administration intentionally gutted the FDA inspectors so they could take bribes to serve contaminated food to Americans? Well, there's that, too.
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Andy @andy-1967.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
As they’re not elected officials are they not just committing acts of treason?
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Andy @andy-1967.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Firstly it’s a fucking lie, or targeted at people who are already well off.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
For 14yrs, the Tories cratered our economy, added thousands to our cost of living, melted down public services and brexited us into decades of eye-watering expense and lost opportunity. That’s still their plan. With tax breaks for the super rich paid for by welfare cuts. So what TF is this headline?
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Thursday October 8 2026 | thetimes.com | No 75158

Tories will make you better off
Badenoch vows to scrap inheritance tax on family homes and abolish Labour's levy on properties worth more than £2m
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 08/10/2026
The UK’s pension triple lock has done its job and needs to be retired The triple lock cut pensioner poverty but is costly; its proposed reform would retain inflation protection while reducing long-term spending | Jonquil Lowe
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The UK’s pension triple lock has done its job and needs to be retired
The triple lock cut pensioner poverty but is costly; its proposed reform would retain inflation protection while reducing long-term spending
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Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I think inhaling in that presentation would have been like smelling someone ele's farts forever on a loop
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Jason Heeley @jaseheeley.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I will never be able to inhale enough air to emit the magnitude of world-weary sigh that Dave's "vision" deserves.
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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
There's actually some news about a dog in the penultimate chapter of my book that I don't think most dogs would like very much but it's okay, we can skip that bit, and just focus on the dead bears, monkeys, lions...
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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
WELL, I guess I'm not getting on BBC Radio 4 Free Thinking am I, pfffft.
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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Getting a PDF of my book in the next few days, paper ARCs by the end of the month. Eeek! Marketing stuff kicking off soon. Actively soliciting for podcasts and things for Feb, big or small. Don't care if you've got four and a bit followers and half are dogs. Victorian boxing, wrestling, 1880s etc 🥊
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Lord Reith would have gutted Dave with a spoon.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Do we think he's made an AI to fuck his wife too?
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Andy @andy-1967.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The last time I went on an operational tour to Afghanistan, we recorded CD’s of stories for my youngest son to listen to before he went to bed at night.
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James @toner56.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
So about that… a few months ago I read an article that a medical AI was more dismissive of health complaints from women because it was trained on medical journals, doctor practices, and the like which are also often sexist and dismissive of women, so… Not an easy problem to solve!
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TheFirstGirlySwotsToJoinBlueSky @thelastgirlyswots.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
. Where is George Galloway? Is he still in Shanghai, China? 🤔 He's standing in today's #Holborn and St Pancras by-election - but hasn't been seen here or in the UK during the entire campaign... Don't vote for the putin and sadam apologist today! #PoliticsLive #Wato .
"Cat in the hat" George Galloway... Where is he?
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Ian Greaves @greavesian.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Introduced on Radio 3 in September 1992 as Nightwaves, pioneering Arts and Ideas podcast, rebadged as Free Thinking in January 2014, then after a purge of speech programming moved to Radio 4 in April 2024. Successfully transformed from magazine to extended discussion. A remarkable legacy. RIP.
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