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Brian Hope-Johnson

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Retired, hat wearer. Continuing reader. On my second life and loving it. UK

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 23/09/2026
Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have prohibited future governors from handing over abortion providers, helpers, and patients to red states for criminal prosecution. The bill also barred extraditions involving transgender care.
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Newsom vetoes bill that would ban extraditions for abortion and gender-affirming care
California’s pro-repro rights governor rejects a key protection that 18 blue states have enshrined into law.
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Brian Hope-Johnson @brianlj24.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
act.38degrees.org.uk/act/water-bi... act.38degrees.org.uk/act/water-bi...
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The People’s Sewage Refund
💷🌊 We pay for sewage to be properly treated. Yet our waterways are still being polluted. If the service isn’t being delivered, why should we keep paying for it? Demand The People’s Refund. Add your na...
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Dovewoman 💙 🇺🇦 💙 @dovewoman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Brian Hope-Johnson @brianlj24.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Almost every country in the world voted Yes. Guess which country voted No.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 01/09/2026
❗️Germany officially accused Russian state structures of being behind an attempted drone attack in Leipzig. Berlin summoned Russia's ambassador, will close Russia's consulate general in Bonn on September 18, and announced tighter entry controls and measures against hybrid operations. #Russia
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Tuta @tuta.com · 31/08/2026
If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this. Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how. Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:
Image of Sundar Pichai and the Gmail logo
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Brian Hope-Johnson @brianlj24.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Ooh, that's a good one! 😁
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TraceyT @traceytaylor.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
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CUDDY @ptcontagion.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Trump erased $1,653,430,985!!!… Money that a Judge…Jury…or Guilty Pleas said these criminals owed… Every dollar of it was going to…Defrauded Victims…Medicare…Pensions…Crisis Centers…In your state!… These facts are worth knowing… Please give this video 3 minutes of your valuable time.
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Mitch Jackson (@mitchthelawyer)
Trump erased $1,653,430,985 that a judge, jury or a guilty plea said these criminals owed, and every dollar of it was going to defrauded victims, to Medicare, to pension funds, and to the shelters and...
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Brian Hope-Johnson @brianlj24.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Roberts delivers a 1-page decision. Again.
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Brian Hope-Johnson @brianlj24.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Fkn A
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Ruth Pearce @notrightruth.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
UK Quakers commit to continued, explicit trans inclusion. "...toilet facilities labelled with a 'female' sign remain available to cisgender women, trans women, and others for whom those facilities best align with their lived experience."
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Quakers reaffirm commitment to trans inclusion in the wake of EHRC Code of Practice
Quakers in Britain has refreshed and reaffirmed its commitment to providing trans-inclusive facilities across its buildings.
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Hart Cunningham @hart28.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
💪Unskilled labor is a capitalist myth🇺🇸
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Brian Hope-Johnson @brianlj24.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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Hegseth Covered Up the Real Reason the USS Lincoln Wasn’t Resupplied
According to a report from MS NOW, the USS Abraham Lincoln wasn’t resupplied because Iranian strikes destroyed a key Navy resupply base in the Middle East.
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Brian Hope-Johnson @brianlj24.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
He's a shameless grifter and the sooner he's gone, the better.
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namor13.bsky.social @namor13.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Answer to Why do you support fetal personhood? by Sara Kopper www.quora.com/Why-do-you-s...
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Why do you support fetal personhood?
Sara Kopper's answer: I don’t because the people who support fetal personhood don’t actually care at all about life. They care only about gaining money and power. They have no issues with all of the e...
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Brian Hope-Johnson @brianlj24.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I forget what the acronym is for this administration... I have a feeling that it's CUNTS
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Jeff Sawyer @jeffstuff.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Laughing!!!
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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Actual footage of a voter in the Clacton by-election warming up before going in to vote for Farage.. again 🙄🤷🏻‍♂️
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Timpoulton Hit In The Nuts
ALT: Timpoulton Hit In The Nuts
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Brian Hope-Johnson @brianlj24.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Is there any way to miscarry Ted Cruz retrospectively?
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Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
open.substack.com/pub/bylineti... Good! At last ‼️ (Although I thought there were special rules for rich and entitled people who lie to a whole country, reduce its international reputation to tatters and incite hate/racism 🤷‍♀️) Will he actually be punished in a meaningful way? Oh look a flying pig !
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When Pigs Fly
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David ALBERTO @astrolabe-science.fr · 12/08/2026
My setup for today: 🔭 🧪 #EduSky #eclipse
Eclipse Sunglasses wrapped in transparent enveloppe. 
Cardboard box with one side missing, a pinhole at one end and the Sun’s image at the other, on a white screen. 2 small mirrors covered with paper . Each paper has a hole about 1-2cm wide. Round bright spot on a white wall. The spot is the reflexion of the Sun through one of the mirrors.
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Ellen Prager, PhD @elprager.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Thanks, @CNN @billweircnn.bsky.social, excellent piece on rise of pests like toxic caterpillar, ticks, and jellyfish due to climate change. Science matters. 🧪
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Brian Hope-Johnson @brianlj24.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
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Sign the Petition
Tell the Government to axe VAT on Sunscreen. #AXEtheSPFtax
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CNBC @cnbc.com · 09/08/2026
The prices for used electric vehicles have risen this year, which is unusual, experts said. Affordability and high gas prices help explain why, they said.
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EV prices aren't following the 'law of used cars,' analyst says — what it means for buyers and sellers
The prices for used electric vehicles have risen this year, which is unusual, experts said. Affordability and high gas prices help explain why, they said.
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Brian Hope-Johnson @brianlj24.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Spineless coward. Outgoing GOP Senator Still Gives Trump What He Wants With Todd Blanche newrepublic.com/post/214097/... via @newrepublic.com
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Outgoing GOP Senator Still Gives Trump What He Wants With Todd Blanche
Senator Bill Cassidy took the coward’s way out.
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Brian Hope-Johnson @brianlj24.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Ha ha ha!
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Brian Hope-Johnson @brianlj24.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I support Wikipedia, where information is still human-created, fact-checked, and 100% free. Join me! donate.wikimedia.org
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Make your donation now - Wikimedia Foundation
Donate to the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia and other crucial free knowledge projects. Each year, the generosity of the 2% of readers who donate allows us to expand the reac...
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Brian Hope-Johnson @brianlj24.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
All the JAGs who would have told the troops they were illegal orders have been neutered.
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Nettlecake @nettlecake.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.
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Brian Hope-Johnson @brianlj24.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Went to the dentist this morning to have a tooth extracted. Exactly 12 hours later and it's still bleeding. #FunNightAhead
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Brian Hope-Johnson @brianlj24.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
“I am close to receiving approval for a clinical study to repurpose a medication for long COVID,” Meyer said. “The medication would help nerves release more dopamine and lower some types of brain inflammation. We hope it will help with memory problems and difficulty with motivational energy.” Wow.
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Brian Hope-Johnson @brianlj24.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The Blue-State Penalty Box open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
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The Blue-State Penalty Box
When Washington punishes Oregon, even the counties that voted for Trump are trapped inside.
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Brian Hope-Johnson @brianlj24.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Hunter defenced his actions really well.
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Brian Hope-Johnson @brianlj24.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
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Brian Hope-Johnson @brianlj24.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
www.facebook.com/share/v/193y... This is almost a Pratchett view of Death.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 27/07/2026
Column by Philip Kennicott: An executive order by President Trump requiring warning signs outside the Smithsonian National Museum of American History is instead a marker of authoritarianism and a sign of a culture war.
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Column | I’ve visited the Smithsonian hundreds of times. Warnings aren’t needed.
An executive order from President Donald Trump may be laughable, but it shouldn’t be laughed off.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 27/07/2026
EXCLUSIVE: France’s Emmanuel Macron and Germany’s Friedrich Merz tasked their governments with striking a grand bargain last week. They say it will strengthen Europe’s industrial defenses and revive the bloc’s auto industry.
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France, Germany seek grand bargain on cars and ‘Made in Europe’
Paris and Berlin seek deal to strengthen protections in the EU’s Industrial Accelerator Act and soften the combustion engine ban.
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Brian Hope-Johnson @brianlj24.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Would bicycle clips help? 😉
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Brian Hope-Johnson @brianlj24.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
www.euractiv.com/news/eu-give... "We may be in the grip of a devastating heatwave, while Russia continues to bombard Ukraine – but the temperature appears to be just perfect for making money from Moscow."
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EU gives Russian luxury fur a pass | Euractiv
Brussels lifted sanctions on Moscow's most luxurious fur
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Jose @justicia73.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
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Cormac MacFhionnlaoich @cormacscoast.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Fossil, Cup corals and Crinoid segments - body parts of ancient marine creatures that lay scattered here on an ocean floor over 300 million years ago. County Donegal, Ireland. Cormacscoast.com walking tours
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Harley Davidson 🏳️‍⚧️ @queenofmars.space · 26/07/2026
It looks like a clone of the mastodon app. It inserts ads into the timeline with a button to go premium to remove them. 💯 Scam
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Brett Meiselas @bmeiselas.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
lots of reporters suddenly worried about slipping into communism but strangely f*cking quiet about slipping into fascism
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
All the most damning evidence is being hidden from American voters, and everyone in DC knows it. What sort of cowardice prompts anyone to accept this as anything but a criminal conspiracy in plain sight? Institutional violence against justice—and even the very concept of America?
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Brian Hope-Johnson @brianlj24.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Margaret "May Her Name Be For Ever Reviled" Thatcher.
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Dr Seán DOOLAN 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 @sdinpraxis.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The beds, the beds!
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Brian Hope-Johnson @brianlj24.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Flea beetles. ☹️
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Brian Hope-Johnson @brianlj24.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Plastic surgery needs time to settle and for the tissues to calm down.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 22/07/2026
"Trump contradicted multiple pledges he had made to a weary US public that he wouldn’t start new wars during his second presidency," writes @mbazzi.bsky.social. "Now, the ceasefire he negotiated with Tehran has collapsed and Trump risks dragging the US into yet another forever war – in Iran."
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Has Trump dragged the US into a forever war in Iran? | Mohamad Bazzi
He decried endless wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now he may be stuck in one of his own making
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