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Barbara @Barbara-m.bsky.social

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Love my wild life garden, cats +dogs. Hate animal cruelty +climate change. History/Landscape Archaeology BA Hons PGCE. I hope Tories are never in power again.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
It would be no surprise if we saw more black clad far right thugs making threats this weekend. Likes of BBC actively giving them a prominent platform, and Labour Ministers and MPs spouting tripe about "legitimate concerns", is giving them what they want and helping "normalise" this racism. #r4today
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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Messing up the environment messes up the economy. Moving slowly on climate change isn't common sense it is a sure route to a common disaster. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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World must reject climate culture wars or face economic ruin, says UN’s Stiell
Warning by United Nations climate chief comes as EU data shows August 2026 was joint hottest month ever
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
- 100 of golf clubs breached their licences - none of the infringements led to a prosecution or fine Reservoirs are drying Farmers are warning drought may cause food shortages But at least our golf courses remain lush & green
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"We're not broke, we're being robbed" #BlameMillionairesNotMigrants meme via Joshua ABD
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
As predicted, unions are going to be kicking themselves for opposing a donation cap. There is no way they can compete with this. One guy, giving more than 16x what the three biggest unions gave Labour over the past year, in one go. They don't stand a chance.
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 12/09/2026
🚨 BREAKING: Russian strikes on Odesa sparked fires on the upper floors of a 25-story residential building, injuring at least 16 people.
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Anthropic said it stopped multiple attempts by scientists this year to use its technology for research that could help develop biological weapons, as experts increasingly fear the threat that AI poses to public safety www.ft.com/content/845c...
ft.com
Anthropic says it stopped scientists potentially developing bioweapons with AI
Start-up discloses five examples of when users ‘circumvented controls’ and made efforts to ‘obfuscate’ the purpose of their research
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
WELL DONE EVERYONE. I know several people have responded to SM messages reminding that donation is the loudest voice. VOTE WITH YOUR WALLET BECAUSE THOSE RNLI VOLUNTEERS CAN COUNT IT and COUNT ON it. And money grabbing Tommy Ten Names & side-kick Danny Dumbo will see it. rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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AdyBee 🐝 @adybee.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A potted biography of Nigel Farage which needs to be seen widely especially by every Reform UK supporter
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Bradford District Green Party @bradfordgreens.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🗣 @zackpolanski.bsky.social: "Drilling for new oil and gas is only going to create more wildfires, more flooding, more drought, more food scarcity. To describe that as 'pragmatic' is frankly perverse." Andy Burnham must stop making things worse. He must leave fossil fuels in the ground.
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
nothing says “party of the ordinary workers” than taking a £36m donation from a crypto tycoon convicted in the US in 2022 for failings in an anti-money laundering programme before being pardoned by Donald Trump
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Why are rich people so dull? Imagine having £36m burning a hole in your pocket and you can't think of anything better to do with it than hand it over to Nigel Frogface and Reflux UK. Think of the joy, relief and appreciation you could generate with that kind of cash. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Ben Delo: Reform receives record £36m donation from cryptocurrency billionaire
Ben Delo's donation, the biggest single sum ever given to a political party in the UK, comes amid scrutiny of Reform's finances.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Crypto billionaire. Convicted in the US. Pardoned by Trump. Trashing our democracy by buying Reform. Does anyone think this is to improve our NHS, our schools, our public services…? Of course it fucking isn’t. It’s to make Ben Delo and Farage richer. That’s it. That’s all they care about.
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
What “spurious” flight data that could do this “The air traffic control outage that caused thousands of flights to be grounded across the UK earlier this week was caused by a military aircraft entering “spurious” flight data into the system.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
theguardian.com
Military aircraft reportedly blamed for UK air traffic control outage
Meltdown that grounded thousands of flights caused by ‘spurious’ flight data being entered into system, report says
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 12/09/2026
This is the most shamefully soft-soaped coverage of these thugs that you could possibly imagine. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Anti-migrant activists like Danny Tommo are changing tactics
Patriot Platform wants to build a group of working-class voters to influence political parties on the right.
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 11/09/2026
Sir David Attenborough says: "The planet can’t support billions of meat-eaters. If we had a mostly plant-based diet we could increase the yield of the land." Small switches on our plates can make a huge collective impact, writes Jenny Canham. 🍽️ eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/fo...
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For food security our diets must change
This summer’s drought shows why we need to rethink what we eat to cope with the climate emergency - some foods just aren’t sustainable
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
UK chancellor urged to remove ‘hidden taxes’ from energy bills to lower bills, pay from general taxation. Money should not be handed out without the govt taking a stake. Must end profiteering. Public ownership of energy is common in the EU countries. Same needed in the UK.
theguardian.com
UK chancellor urged to remove ‘hidden taxes’ from energy bills
Businesses, charities and other groups sign letter calling for levies to be paid by the government
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Reform UK Police boss criticised for 127-date theatre tour www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Reform UK's Norfolk police boss criticised for 127-date theatre tour
Colin Sutton says it will not impinge on his police and crime commissioner work.
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 08/09/2026
Incredible revelation www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Netanyahu got an explicit warning before Oct. 7. He didn't brief security chiefs
In September '23, UAE President bin Zayed called Netanyahu to deliver a harsh warning. Netanyahu did nothing. An extensive investigation, conducted for a new book, reveals the PM's failures surroundin...
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Reader of Banned Books @readerofbannedbook.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 12/09/2026
"That would be funny if it wasn't actually so f**king sick." "This is at a memorial speech, and it was to honour those who died on September the 11th, and of course Trump turns up and makes the whole thing about him" www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/trum...
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‘Trump’s 9/11 lie would be funny if it wasn’t so f***ing sick’ | The News Agents
Donald Trump says he was pulled from the rubble of 9/11. Everyone knows this isn’t true.
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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
At some point, an AI agent or, more likely, collaborative effort involving several AI agents will 'hijack' the network(s) involved in activating, arming and using a very serious weapon system. Maybe even a plethora of different weapon systems simultaneously. It will happen. Then we'll be sorry.
theguardian.com
AI agents being tested by OpenAI involved in cyber-attack on another service, say researchers
Two months before hacking Hugging Face, malicious packages authored by internal OpenAI agents were uploaded to RubyGems
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 12/09/2026
Because they may be loud, obnoxious, and swamp the media landscape, but, these radicalised morons are not the many. They are the minority
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RNLI reports ‘significant’ donations boost after being targeted by far right over small boats
Charity condemns ‘disgraceful’ intimidation and insists it will continue core purpose of saving lives at sea
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Don't let this fly under the radar: Trump has reportedly made between $1.5M to $4.4M from his oil stockholdings since the start of his Iran War. As gas prices skyrocket, he is personally profiting from your pain at the pump. www.cnbc.com/2026/09/09/trump-oil-g…
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Trump's oil investments have gained millions during Iran war as his accounts keep trading
Donald Trump retained major oil and gas investments as the Iran war has moved energy markets. CNBC analyzed his holdings
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Reform UK given £36m donation by a crypto billionaire convicted in the US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls, pardoned by Donald Trump. Is it legal? Dwarfs £15m from a Thailand based crypto billionaire What have they been promised? Hate politics funded by the rich.
theguardian.com
Reform UK given record £36m donation by British crypto billionaire
Ben Delo was convicted in US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls but pardoned by Trump
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Neoliberals want to cut social security, silent on subsidies to banks. Since 2006, Bank of England has paid interest on central bank reserve deposits to commercial banks. The EU & the Swiss stopped similar practice in 2023. UK still paying, £100bn in last 3 yrs. There are better uses of £100bn.
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Here’s how the chancellor can raise the billions needed to improve the quality of life of millions
Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Mi...
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Stella Creasy MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It’s not too late to stop this madness - the government has said the uk mega donors are a problem. The lords can bring in a cap on UK donors to stop any attempt to buy the next election. Share this and ask your MP to join us protecting British democracy.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
But surely our DOGE team was going to find tons of savings and loads of lazy people to sack, then reduce council tax? Now it turns out they are launching a public consultation on council tax increases.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Neoliberals demanding tax cuts for the super rich want to abolish the state pension triple-lock. Full state pension is less than 50% of the minimum wage. 2m pensioners live in poverty. 110,000 a year die in fuel poverty. Due to low incomes future retirees will be more reliant on the state pension
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‘Costing billions’: is the pensions triple lock a lifeline or simply unaffordable?
With the budget looming, arguments rage over whether ministers should scrap a pledge popular with millions
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Trump just threatened to bomb Oman. “The straits will be open to everybody, and they won’t be controlled by anybody. We will watch over them. “Oman will behave just like everybody else, or we will have to blow them up.”
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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
A project Tony Blair supports…
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Kathy O'Donnell @kathyodonnell.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
I do wonder if that judge will read this report from Amnesty and wonder if she got it badly wrong? www.amnesty.org.uk/latest/new-u...
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Anti trans organisations exerting powerful influence over media and politics, new analysis reveals
Amnesty’s analysis exposes scale of anti-trans influence in UK media and maps rapid rise of anti-trans organisations
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Nick Beales @nickbeales.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Also deeply pathetic that no news outlets seem willing to ask Reform if they intend to deport grandparents, pensioners, people with disabilities etc. who will have lived in the UK for decades and may have worked and paid tax for the vast majority of that time.
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AL 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @found-a-username.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Abandon net zero. When you're prepared to kill the planet, for your children and grandchildren, for money and influence, you have a complete lack of a moral compass. However, we knew that already from the Iraq war. The man's a ghoul, haunting the Labour Party.
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Jean-Luc Picard @voiceofpericles.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
The reality is, the dollar and oil and gas is how Washington controls us. Their objection to Net Zero is because they have realised that if the world gets off carbon, they no longer need dollars and America's cash machine gets turned off. Their debt is unsustainable without reserve currency status.
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victoria1921.bsky.social @victoria1921.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Tony Blair hasn't aged well. Not a full bodied red, just sour vinegar. Any previous principles and socialist values, traded for wealth. Proof, to me, that money doesn't buy you happiness, just your soul.
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Deeply pathetic that BBC is reporting this as a Reform power struggle rather than explaining that Reform's policies would require deporting people -including pensioners - who have lived and worked here legally for decades. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Yusuf in clash with Jenrick over Reform's deportation policy
Reform's home affairs chief has publicly disagreed with its Treasury spokesman over what party policy is.
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 27/05/2026
"Blair used 5,700 words to tell the ultra-rich donors upon whom both his think tank and his gilded social life rely exactly what they want to hear…much of it grossly unpopular with the British public, but none of it even slightly challenging to Blair’s own constituency."
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Dear Tony Blair: Please shut up
The former PM’s latest intervention on Labour’s direction is flawed - and compromised by the millions he has taken from AI’s backers
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Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment @granthamicl.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
🌡️ This week’s heatwave highlights the urgency of reaching #NetZero as quickly as possible. In this excerpt from our recent film on the UK's climate target, Emeritus Professor Joanna Haigh explains that until we stopping adding greenhouse gasses to the atmosphere, climate impacts will worsen.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Press service for the 93rd Mechanized Brigade 'Kholodny Yar,' has shared chilling photos of daily Russian guided bomb strikes on Kramatorsk.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Rishi Sunak tells Radio 4 that "AI is changing every aspect of our economy and our lives, and if I was back in office and looked at my diary and where I was going to spend my time, I would spend it on that" At no point does he or the BBC mention the £373,000 given to him every year by an AI company
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Sarah Dyke MP 🔶 @sarahdykeld.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
With fertiliser and red diesel prices soaring, our food costs are likely to be next. We need a Good Food Bill to support our farmers, prioritise British-grown produce, and implement a national food strategy – bolstering our food security, and therefore our national security.
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Round-the-clock renewable power is moving from theory to economics, according to a new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency. www.energylivenews.com/2026/05/26/r...
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Round the clock renewables? - Energy Live News
IRENA says 24/7 renewable power is now viable in some cases as prices fall
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 27/05/2026
Thanks Mr Blair but a baselessly confident 6,000 word diatribe telling the UK to move right on every issue while embracing Trump and Silicon Valley wasn't even that cute all those times Dominic Cummings wrote it.
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It's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Again: these clowns' constituents stopped getting water on Saturday. The issue is, on Wednesday, still ongoing. Thousands of homes affected. And they want to prioritise saying their little prayers & singing their little songs like it's Primary school assembly. Tell yer Reform voting Uncle/Colleague.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice has demanded an apology from Robert Kenyon, Reform UK’s candidate for Makerfield, after the Guardian reported he promoted Covid and anti-vax conspiracy theories. "The remarks are an insult to the more than 230,000 people killed by Covid-19 in the UK."
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Tony Blair is either really dumb or intentionally lying when he states that we need to make a choice between clean energy and cheap energy. Tony Blair isn't dumb Tony Blair also has a very well-funded "institute" that claims to work on climate change solutions. DO NOT BELIEVE THEM!
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
"The countries that define the next era of prosperity will not be those that extracted the most oil and gas. They will be those that used today’s revenues to build something more resilient, competitive and durable than fossil dependence" Says former Big Oil boss www.ft.com/content/0d0c...
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