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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 33m
My speech from the conference debate on 'Zionism is Racism’ motion
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Dr Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 28m
I am deeply saddened that the "Zionism is Racism" motion has passed.
As Greens, we will always uphold universal human rights.

We will never tolerate any form of discrimination or harassment.

We will continue to stand in opposition to genocide, ethnic cleansing, apartheid and the illegal occupation.

We will continue to call out the heinous crimes of the Netanyahu government.

And we will continue to work to ensure that the Green Party is an anti-racist party in every way. 

We know there is no conflict between supporting the rights of Palestinians and the rights of Jewish people.
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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 31m
that's not an American eagle, this is
coat of arms found on the seal of the Executive Office of the President of the United States and the flag of the Secretary of State. Eagle has curved wings that point up, an olive branch, and arrows.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 7h
'2 year suspended sentence and 200 hours community service/unpaid work' "Imagine the carnage if this guy was brown!......" via We Demand UK
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 1h
“The person I wanted to put in charge of the criminal justice system, who I defended when he made truly vile comments, who I gave a shout-out to in my speech…he’s an unperson now. It’s good that he left.” Sorry, this is insane.
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 1h
China’s clean-air campaign has cut Beijing’s smog by 70% in a decade, and cut heavily polluted days from 58 a year to just one. The effort has prevented an estimated 680,000 premature deaths since 2020 and generated $715 billion in cumulative health benefits. buff.ly/ZfRCR1q #ShareGoodNewsToo
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China’s air best on record, delivers $715 billion in health benefits: officials
More than a decade after China launched an aggressive campaign against the choking smog, the country’s air quality has reached its best level on record, with the cleanup generating an estimated 4.8…
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Dr Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 6h
My statement on the "Zionism is Racism" motion.
My statement on the "Zionism is Racism" motion.
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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 1h
Devastating new family law in Iraq. Kids get taken from their mums at 7 even if mum doesn’t choose to follow the Jaafari code. It’s not her choice. Very little is the choice of women & girls in Iraq. Breaks my heart so bad & makes me so angry. Going back to middle ages. shafaq.com/en/Report/Ir...
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Shafaq News..Iraq's Jaafari code turns citizenship into sect, and women are the test case
Shafaq News Consider two Iraqi children, both aged seven, both living with their mothers after a divorce. Under the civil law that has governed Iraqi families since 1959, the first stays with his m
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Illia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social · 18h
Just hanging on the edge of my seat, waiting for all the witnesses of “Ukrainian biolabs,” because of which Russia was right to exterminate Ukraine, to lose their shit to the same extent over the very much real reckless leak of pneumonic plague from a lab in Russia’s Irkutsk.
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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 5h
Trump's current strategy seems to starve Ukraine of interceptors and leverage Putin's war crimes against civilians to force Ukraine into submission. It will fail because Ukrainians will never surrender to Russia, yet it will cause thousands of needless deaths
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 03/10/2026
More than 20 NHS trusts in England have stopped using Palantir’s waiting list tools, according to FT analysis that casts doubt on widely cited claims about the success of the controversial data project led by the US software giant. as.ft.com/r/6c8844ae-e...
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Over 20 NHS trusts have ditched Palantir waiting-list tools, analysis shows
FT findings prompt fresh probe by statistics regulator into health service claims over controversial data project
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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 5h
According to the Chief constable, all those people here, from small children to pensioners, are committing a serious offence
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Orangemen fail in latest attempt to walk Garvaghy Road as Emma Little-Pengelly slams First Minister’s ‘disgraceful’ conduct
Scroll down to read our live coverage
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 17h
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18-year-old in ICE detention for more than 200 days: 'They just took me away'
Elder Chavez Carranza has spent more than 200 days in an immigration detention center in Louisiana, hundreds of miles from his home in Albertville, Alabama.
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 18h
I swear social media has addled the brains of so many parents, its terrifying to behold. What do you mean youre feeding the photos of your underaged children into this app
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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 02/10/2026
We’ve got the inside story of how Trump’s displeasure with seeing homeless people in D.C. became the first domino in a series of actions that culminated in the administration’s stunning decision to weaken the rights of millions of disabled Americans to live in their homes and communities.
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How Trump’s homelessness crackdown became a sweeping retreat from disability rights
After issuing a memo making it easier to institutionalize homeless people, the Justice Department began abandoning cases protecting disabled people’s right to live in the community.
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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 6h
The government is keeping a list of people who question their policies The Home Office fought for more than a year not to disclose their ‘database’ of critical X and Reddit posts. metro.co.uk/2026/09/25/s...
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The government is keeping a list of people who question their policies
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The Bee Guy @thebeeguy.bsky.social · 5h
You’ve been seeing very large #bumblebees on the wing for the past while. Why? Okay I’ll tell you why in this quick thread if you promise to #repost as the more people who know that these are queens the more likely that someone will help some out meaning more colonies next year. Deal? 1/15 #bees
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kaybell27.bsky.social @kaybell27.bsky.social · 8h
I think as another Reform Councillor 'steps aside', Reform is going for a full bingo card of criminal offenses, this time linked to 'unlicensed prescription drugs and class A drugs.'
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Reform UK cabinet councillor steps aside amid police inquiry
The leader of North East Lincolnshire Council says Reform UK's James Sawkins remains a councillor.
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Publika.ge @publikage.bsky.social · 22h
Georgia continues to protests. #GeorgiaProtests Day 675
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Olena Halushka @halushka.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Don't get us wrong. Ukrainians are not being offered peace. We will either fight to remain free on our own land — or, if conquered by Moscow, be forced to fight its imperial wars against other free nations. That is the choice russia is generously offering. Not war or peace.
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 15h
Ignoring advice to secure and monitor your sandboxes during testing then blaming it on your AI being so smart that it’s a threat to humanity is nasty work
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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 7h
Other countries turn judging minor crimes into a profession. In England, it’s a hobby.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 8h
Dutch MEP Reinier van Lanschot called on Europe to stop buying Russian gas, transfer frozen Russian assets to Ukraine and establish a no-fly zone over western Ukraine. “Ukraine is helping us, but we don’t say thank you enough,” he said. #Ukraine
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Liz Webster 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺 @lizwebster.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Truly vile. At a public event, Mike Graham mocked Andy Burnham’s father for having Alzheimer’s, less than three weeks after Roy Burnham died and apparently on the day of his funeral. Just the lowest of the low.
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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 12h
Various Jewish communal organisations wrote to Green Party leadership on Friday, making the following points, which they have made before. They have received no answer, because the Green Party has no real answer to give. www.jewishnews.co.uk/board-jlc-an...
The communal letter also raises a series of points regarding Green party policy if the motion were to pass, with the writers noting that “it raises immediate questions about how the Green Party will now relate to the British Jewish community, having explicitly branded most Jews and synagogue denominations as racist for holding commitments they regard as intrinsic to their Jewish identities.

“In practical terms, we wish to understand the implications for the welfare and security of Jews and Jewish institutions located within areas represented by Green Party elected officials. How will Green Party MPs, council leaders and councillors engage with Jewish communities, communal leaders and institutions that Green Party policy declares are ‘racist’. Can ‘racist’ Jewish individuals and institutions continue to expect equal access to their elected representatives and equal provision of services? Will Green Party officials be willing even to meet with ‘racist’ Jews, visit ‘racist’ synagogues, or hear from ‘racist’ cross-communal Jewish representative organisations? How will Green Party-led councils relate to Jewish faith schools that fall under their responsibility, that the party has branded ‘racist’?
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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 12h
While I suppose it’s something that various Green Party MPs have publicly opposed the motion with 24 hours to go, they have sat back & allowed this motion - & its backers - to build up to this point. Everyone knew it would come back to this conference. Waiting until now to speak up was a choice.
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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 12h
The majority of Jews in Israel today trace their origins to the Arab countries that they were largely forced out of in the last 75 years (an act of vast regional ethnic cleansing itself, which the far left are forced to try and blame on ludicrous claims - eg. Avi Shlaim’s - of Zionist shadow ops).
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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 13h
Although it feels like I am shouting into the void about this sometimes, I want to share some further thoughts on the “Zionism is Racism” motion which the Green Party is due to debate in the next 16 hours. Just to address various points which I think people in general should know. A thread:
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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 7h
Important push-back against fascist Russia's warnings/threats to foreign diplomats in Kyiv. Kyiv is safer when foreign missions are present: The Kremlin wants them gone so it can be more indiscriminate in its attacks on Ukraine's capital without risking a diplomatic incident.
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James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 7h
A big thing missing in the mayoral model - which I'm broadly a fan of - is democratic scrutiny at a similar level. The ideas here are... fine but miss the need that, if we are to devolve power to a local level,we also need to devolve accountability. Models similar to the GLA need to accompany it
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Kelly McMillan ❌👑 @kmcmillan.bsky.social · 13h
It was actually Brock Turner’s father. Made me so angry and sick to my stomach I’ll never forget it. www.bbc.com/news/world-u...
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Stanford sexual assault: Brock Turner's father sparks outrage
The father of a US student convicted of sexual assault sparks outrage by saying his son should not have been jailed for "20 minutes of action".
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Joanna Hardy-Susskind @joannahs.bsky.social · 7h
Be under no illusion: this is a significant victory for everyone who stuck their neck out and defended jury trials, day after day, clause by clause. But it is not a comprehensive victory. Magistrates should not be allowed to send people to prison for two years.
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Anthony Zacharzewski @anthonyzach.be · 7h
I don’t like to inquire into the fascist mindset because there are enough abysses to stare into, thanks, but AfD appear to be seeking territory not just from Belgium, Switzerland and France but also … Łódź? And Transylvania? Why not Rīga and Tallinn, or indeed Namibia at that rate?
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Olena Halushka @halushka.bsky.social · 7h
russia is currently the largest terrorist on this planet. www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
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Disabled Ukrainian woman abducted by Russians from Oleshky care home goes missing in Russia
Relatives and acquaintances have lost contact with Anastasiia Mamotiuk, a disabled Ukrainian woman who is in Russia after being abducted from the Oleshky care home.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 6h
Iran has hit another vessel in the Strait of Hormuz. That’s the ninth in five days, the highest rate in the entire war.
UKMTO has received a report of an incident within the Strait of Hormuz.
The Master of a tanker has reported being struck by unknown projectile, causing damage to the engine room.
The crew have been reported as safe and there is no environmental impact reported at this time. Authorities are investigating.
Vessels are advised to transit with caution and report any suspicious activity to UKMTO.
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 9h
Sometimes politics can be as simple as not doing stupid, awful things.
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Ashmolean Museum, Oxford @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social · 8h
Happy #WorldAnimalDay! Do you have a favourite in the Ashmolean? World Animal Day exists to celebrate animals but also to raise their status and improve welfare standards around the globe. The 4th of October is the feast day of St Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals.
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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 11h
Something AI is responsible for that doesn't get enough talk: How, when it scrapes a website to illegally steal everything on it, it uses up a ton of its bandwidth allotment, crashing it or racking up massive fees for site owners.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If this goes ahead it is Trump overtly taking Russia's side in the war against Ukraine and Europe, aligning the United States with China, Iran, and North Korea. Like the Putin G20 visit, it cannot be allowed to happen. We must fight.
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Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 18h
With love and respect to every colleague and fellow member, here is my personal view on motion E02, which Greens are set to debate tomorrow as part of our afternoon plenary.
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 17h
My thoughts on tomorrow's conference motion 'Zionism is Racism’
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 02/10/2026
"All #BorderWall and road construction across the entire Big Bend region is halted! What a massive, historic victory for everyone across #BigBend — the toughest, most beautiful souls I know. I’m a puddle of tears. More to come soon." - @laikenjordahl.bsky.social, National #PublicLands Advocate
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 03/10/2026
Negotiations to end the war in Ukraine "have expanded to include a multibillion-dollar oil deal that would benefit Middle Eastern business executives with ties to the two main U.S. negotiators, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner" reports @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Rep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 02/10/2026
This corruption must be investigated.
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Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Public health and infection control have just spent most of a decade demonstrating their complete incompetence dealing with aerosol (airborne) transmission of disease. Given a new opportunity to grab for power, they are not going to suddenly end the turf wars and disinformation now.
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Nearly 200 People Under Observation After Irkutsk Lab Worker Dies From Plague - The Moscow Times
Health authorities in Siberia’s Irkutsk region have placed nearly 200 people under medical observation after a laboratory worker died from plague, according to media reports and a statement by a regio...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Endless corruption.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I’m sorry, what’s that acronym again?
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Missed this story about Trump's efforts to elect his buddy Bolsonaro Jr in Brazil. The US is also heavily tampering in Bolivia right now. www.reuters.com/world/americ...
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Brazil briefed French, German officials on alleged US, Russian election interference
A French and German delegation travelled this month to Brasilia, where intelligence officials briefed them on alleged ​US and Russian interference before Brazil's election, according to sources and do...
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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is everything that David and Larry Ellison now own
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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 03/10/2026
Time to play my favorite game, Soccer or Politics?
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