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Mark Pack @markpackuk.bsky.social · 14h

From the latest applications to the Electoral Commission. One of these is not like the others.

Proposed descriptions:

ADF Northern Ireland
ADF Cymru
ADF England
ADF Fylde
ADF Wales
ADF UK
ADF Scotland

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 20h

That Zack Polanski lives in Walthamstow was literally on the ballot paper.

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 21h

what a grim and mean little quote

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Callum May @callummay.co.uk · 09/10/2026

Anonymous sources are bad, says an anonymous source.

Greens do 'things differently', says source over former deputy's criticism
A Green Party source has responded to earlier comments from Caroline Lucas on the party's motion at its conference over the weekend.
They say: "There are ups and downs in politics and when people are passionate they disagree in the heat of a campaign."
The source adds: "We do things differently, unlike Labour who use anonymous sources and resort to factionalism."

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Ben Williams @bpwilliams72.bsky.social · 7h

When the Trump era ends, I hope the American people remove every single shred of evidence of his presidency, consigning him to be forgotten. To be discarded and delegitimised would be the greatest punishment he and his criminal family could receive.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 8h

Trump has denied disaster relief for Illinois following severe storms in August. Trump approved a request from Indiana for damage resulting from the same storms. One is a "blue state." The other is a "red state." No other president has politicized natural disasters the way that Trump has.

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 15h

"Many people prefer to believe the brutes and the sadists are responsible, largely because they are not like 'us,'" writes @omerbartov.bsky.social. "But modern genocide is the product of the technocrats, bureaucrats and cold planners of extermination, who don’t get their hands dirty."

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How do human beings explain taking part in genocide? NAZA provides a chilling look | Omer Bartov

It’s easier to blame brutes and sadists for extreme violence. But as we see in the documentary, modern genocides are fueled by people who are uncomfortably recognizable

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 8h

Trump is a goddamned coward and a traitor to his country

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 8h

Excellent thread.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11h

This is as treasonous as it gets

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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 8h

No country in the world livestreams executions. That’s something terrorists do.

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Pete Hegseth Likes Killing And Wants You To Like It Too

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 10h

Wow. Donald Trump is giving money to Putin’s war machine so he can keep killing innocent Ukrainians and attacking democracies across Europe. The UK must lead a coalition of the willing that stands up and says no.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10h

Traitor.

Donald J. Trump I @reaDonald Trump
I have just concluded a highly successful discussion with President Vladimir Putin, of Russia, wherein it was agreed that Russia will immediately supply over 300,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel to the American and Global Marketplace, another 500,000 Tons during the month of November, and 1,000,000 Tons immediately thereafter. Additionally, based on the condition of their Diesel Refineries, Russia will then deliver, within a short period of time, 3,000,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel. Between our TOTAL CONTROL of the Strait of Hormuz, and this great announcement on Russian Energy, Diesel Prices for Americans and, indeed, the World, will be COMING DOWN, IN RECORD NUMBERS, AND FAST! Lower prices for Americans, especially our Great Farmers, Ranchers, and Truckers, is my Greatest Priority. This is a very big and important announcement. Additionally, it must be understood, that Iran will not have a Nuclear Weapon! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 9h

(🚨) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: Trump Unilaterally Ends American Sanctions on Russian Energy Products and Announces That America Will Now Help Finance the Genocide Against Europeans in Ukraine; Russia and America Now Co-Rogue States, with America Funding Two Genocides and Russia One

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h

Zelenskyy says Trump has betrayed Ukraine.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 9h

As Trump gifts Putin a financial and propaganda victory, let's take a moment to remember all those British politicians who have endorsed the US President and repeatedly hitched themselves to his egregious bandwagon.

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Nigel Farage Finds It Boring

ALT: Nigel Farage Finds It Boring

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Ben Williams @bpwilliams72.bsky.social · 9h

Trump openly betraying Ukraine and funding Putin's brutal war machine. He is a traitor to his country and the civilised world.

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Margo Gontar @margogontar.bsky.social · 10h

So, Trump is now buying diesel from Russia - which means Trump is directly helping Russia bomb my people . F%ck Trump .

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 9h

Trump’s deal to buy Russian diesel from Putin just weeks before the midterms funnels money directly into Russia’s war machine. Trump is now facing calls for Congress to block the deal and impeach him. Meanwhile, energy analysts say it’s unlikely to even make a dent in fuel prices.

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Trump Announces Russian Diesel Deal Ahead of Midterms

Trump campaigned against foreign oil.

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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 15h

Dear tv and radio producers. Thankyou for the invitation. But, no, I do not want to appear on your show to defend the idea that I am English, after 50 years of living and working here, because the increasingly feral right want to turn this into a "debate" and you cannot see how you're being played

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Jill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social · 15h

A pleasure to be part of this... great to have the chance to work with this network of real experts

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Ben Williams @bpwilliams72.bsky.social · 22h

Are you in my Premier Inn? 🧐

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Will Jennings @willjennings.bsky.social · 22h

bsky.app/profile/film... So the BBC is getting rid of all the programmes that help people think and replacing them with Iggy, an AI agent we can talk to who will recommend things to us we can already find easily? The BBC is fucked.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Utter barbarism. Like watching the reverse evolution of man into beast.

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Well ...this is just horrifying on any number of levels and shows just how sick and twisted Trump's regime is. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Firing squad execution to be livestreamed, Pentagon says

US & Canada

AFP via Getty Images

Sareen Habeshian

8 Oct 2026

Updated 2 hours ago

The public will be able to watch the execution of a former US Army major by firing squad, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has said.

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is Nazi rhetoric

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

He makes a good point.

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Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.social · 23h

In my view, one of the most important innovations of the modern world.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 23h

UK water companies made £340m by pouring billions of litres of industrial/commercial wastewater into sewage treatment works. Treatment works are not designed to remove most chemicals, leaving pollutants to pass into rivers, seas and farmland. Investment neglected. Practices are mostly unregulated.

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Revealed: the ‘black box’ wastewater trade that rakes in millions for UK utility companies

Exclusive: Firms made more than £340m last year from processing industrial and commercial wastewater at sewage works that are unable to remove many chemical pollutants

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

They’re live-streaming the execution of the person they think they can get away with doing that to first. It’s a test. If they can do that, they’ll expand the margins of permission.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Turning state violence into a public spectacle is a very fascist move BTW.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This cannot be ignored. Or tolerated. The developed world needs to turn its back on MAGA America.

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🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🇬🇱🇵🇦🇻🇪 Chappell's Femininomenology of Spirit @ofvick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

They don't care about preventing violent extremism. They care about dragging us into their depravity and having footage for phonk videos

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

My latest roundup looks at 3 things from the past 10 days 1) public money and propaganda ahead of Midterms. 2) Hegseth’s remaking of the military from the inside and the sidelining of allies abroad. 3) a 7,000-year-old carving in the Arizona desert ruined by the Wall youtu.be/m7-E_x4Kp1U

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Trump’s Midterms money, Hegseth's military, and a 7,000 year-old casualty

YouTube video by Professor Christina Pagel

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Medieval barbarism

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Girl on the Net @girlonthenet.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Hannah Fry's SPREADSHEET OF COMBINATIONS ❤️ I have never had so much respect for anyone in my entire life. (If I were on it, I would also be writing down who voted for who each round table) #CelebrityTraitors

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Having now completed English liberal democracy - I have voted in a general election, county council election, municipal borough election, mayoral election, European election (RIP), referendum, parliamentary by-election - I guess it's time to move to Edinburgh.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Anthropic banning “abusive or cruel behavior” toward Claude in its new usage policies is proof to me that tech companies are going to moderate violence against AI before they ever moderate violence against women and minorities

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Laura Wright @laurawright.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Even netball… Can you imagine thinking this, let alone saying it out loud.

Bigoted drivel from LinkedIn

has lesbianism become such a feature of team sports? Chelsea FC have spilled the beans, weve analysed how many are gay-married in cricket and even netball is affected. Should parents let their daughters join these sports?

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 08/10/2026

Not sure why anyone bothers with anti-AI activism when the most effective strategy would be to just point as many microphones as possible to its most vocal champions.

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Ben Williams @bpwilliams72.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This from the ever-brilliant @pollymackenzie.bsky.social is a genuinely exciting innovation that despite its 'small' ambitions has the potential to be transformative. What a great idea! howtorunacountry.substack.com/p/sweating-t...

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Sweating the small stuff

The Institute for Small Ideas

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Thanks again to @mrjamesob.bsky.social for highlighting Kemi Badenoch's banning of journalists she doesn't approve of, which very few other journalists in the country seem willing to mention for some reason inews.co.uk/opinion/bade...

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Rather like her 'we won't police identity...EXCEPT for trans people' argument also btw AIUI the £100k childcare cliff applies where there is a £100k earner in a family, not £100k income for a couple

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Yeah, I don't think these people can be called "journalists", ever pressgazette.co.uk/news/reform-...

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Reform hiring journalists to build national newsroom

At least 12 jobs on offer via new Reform content operation.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Intermittently I get a fit of the bleak giggles thinking about how much poorer the Iran war has made all of us. Bills and inflation going up on the theory of “drop a few bombs, magic happens, Reza Pahlavi comes back”.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I am sure it was a rigorous and impartial investigation with no bias at all, okay maybe some, possibly quite a lot. Actually...who in their right mind would honestly trust the outcome of this? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Reform internal inquiry says party did not break law over donations sting

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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 07/10/2026

Well done to @privateeyenews.bsky.social for calling the Tories out on this utter hypocrisy.....

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