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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
💥 HUGE NEWS 💥 “Ministers say it is ‘not if but how’ the prime minister puts rejoin in the next election manifesto” Exclusive for The Independent.
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Burnham edges Labour closer to rejoining EU
Exclusive: After Ed Miliband told the Labour conference in Liverpool that Britain’s future is at the heart of Europe, ministers say it is ‘not if but how’ the prime minister puts rejoin in the next el...
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026
Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map.
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Cap'n Shakesbeard @capnshakesbeard.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Britain's future relationship with Europe is being debated in Parliament on 12th October. I've just asked my MP to attend. Will you ask yours? www.europeanmovement.co.uk/contact-mp-a...
europeanmovement.co.uk
Ask your MP to stand up for our future in Europe
On 12 October, Parliament will debate the UK's future relationship with Europe, after a government petition got over 100,000 signatures. Will you write to your MP to ask them to attend the debate?
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🔥 This video is approaching 1 million views collectively across social media. Pretty please use this tool to write to your MP - whoever they are - it all counts. And then share this link everywhere to family, friends, groups —> www.europeanmovement.co.uk/contact-mp-a...
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Please sign and share everywhere - forward to family, friends, colleagues - post the link in groups. 🙏
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
🚨 WRITE TO YOUR MP! On Oct 12th, Parliament will debate the UK JOINING THE EU! Use this page to send an email to your MP. In the context of Canada-EU, Rejoin polling at 61%, and devolved leaders saying the future is the EU... ...Westminster needs to catch up. Sign & share everywhere please. 👇
europeanmovement.co.uk
Ask your MP to stand up for our future in Europe
On 12 October, Parliament will debate the UK's future relationship with Europe, after a government petition got over 100,000 signatures. Will you write to your MP to ask them to attend the debate?
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Kirsty McTear 🏳️‍⚧️ She/Her @kirsty-mctear.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
ACTION THIS DAY 👇 For the trans community, getting back under the jurisdiction of the ECJ would be a boost in regaining our civil rights.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
🎉 YES! This is a huge opportunity! Please use this link to write to your MP - and then share, share everywhere! —> www.europeanmovement.co.uk/contact-mp-a... #Rejoin #UK #Europe #EU
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 13/09/2026
🚨 Neil Kinnock endorses Best for Britain's latest research, which found that an EU membership manifesto pledge is vital for Labour's chances at the next election. "Lord Kinnock has urged Andy Burnham to put the case for Britain rejoining the European Union in Labour’s next election manifesto."
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Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
With alt text! Donate to the RNLI, they rule!
The RNLI is a charity that exists to save lives at sea.

But recent events have generated deliberate misinformation and a misunderstanding about our purpose and our lifesaving work in the Channel.
As a result, some of our volunteers and staff have been the subject of online and, in some cases, physical abuse.

This is unacceptable.

The RNLI's people represent the very best of society. For over two hundred years they have dedicated themselves to rescuing people they've never met before, without judgment, fear or favour.

We are tasked by HM Coastguard to help those in distress, and we'll do so whenever, wherever and whoever they are.

We launched 9,058 times in 2025.
Only 109 of those launches were to those in distress in the Channel - 1.2% of our total rescue work. Anyone rescued from a small boat by the RNLI is then taken into the care of the relevant UK authorities.

To those who stand with the RNLI, thank you. For more than two hundred years, we've saved lives at sea around the UK and Ireland, and that commitment remains unchanged.
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Shaenon K. Garrity @shaenon.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
When reactionaries advance some bullshit, the FIRST thing to do is identify the framing and reject it They're selling this as "trans rights vs. women's sports" when they hate both those things and want to ruin them both Accept the frame and you've lost Reject the frame and call bullshit
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Cap'n Shakesbeard @capnshakesbeard.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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An open letter in support of the volunteers and staff at the RNLI
This is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th...
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Sammi Narramore @narramoreart.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Can you imagine being approved for a surgery, waiting years for the appointment, and when they day comes you finally meet the surgeon - it's cancelled by a subcommittee which has decided too many people in your country want the surgery.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
🚨 Women & girls abused by Al-Fayed and his trafficking network are still fighting for justice. AND the Met Police are stalling on investigating it as a trafficking operation. That means many associates could escape. Help survivors get hard copies to MPs —> www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/dyj6757...
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Just copy & share everywhere please. Absolutely thumping.
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⳽ⳑⲇⳕⲛⲉ @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
jon ronson has written a book about men who go crazy online and he's dedicated an entire chapter to graham linehan. graham is not going to like the observer review.
Ronson’s account of Graham Linehan is another harrowing tale of a man’s life ruined by the internet. Linehan was a beloved comedy writer, co-creator of Father Ted, and a prolific presence on Twitter, where he was well liked and respected. Then, in 2013, something began to shift, when an episode of his sitcom The IT Crowd, first broadcast in 2008, was repeated. In it, a man discovers his girlfriend is transgender and a brawl breaks out between the two. Viewers did not like the display of violence nor the supposed implication that the trans woman was “really” a man, underlying maleness bursting forth uncontrollably once she is angry.

Linehan responded to criticism with polite bafflement, then defensiveness, and finally overt anger. He began to research transgender issues and developed a singular obsession with the topic, which has since gone on to comprehensively destroy his career and personal life. Linehan, who believes trans activism and indeed ordinary trans existence pose an existential threat to women, talks of little else (except, these days, a fervent pro-Israel stance). He tweets near-constantly, cloaking his obsession with supposed concern for the wellbeing of cisgender women, but he does not balk at aggressively insulting those women who disagree with him.Linehan’s self-ignited ruin stopped being satisfying for even his opponents to watch a while back, and now is only profoundly depressing. Ronson was once a good friend, but in refusing to endorse Linehan’s beliefs about transgender issues, he was added to his long list of his enemies. In The Castle, Ronson speaks to him directly, having been attacked countless times on Linehan’s social media feed. One thing that becomes clear, beyond the truly abject state of Linehan’s wellbeing, is that he is able to persevere with his campaign because he has convinced himself he is battling the greatest danger currently at play in the world. At one point he suggests that there are so many fewer serial killers nowadays because all the sociopaths have migrated to the internet in order to argue with him about trans issues instead. It reminded me of religious protesters screaming at me in Dublin once, as I walked into a reproductive-rights clinic that provided information about abortion. I was furious, but then forced myself to think about how I would feel or act if I truly, earnestly believed that every abortion is equivalent to the murder of a child. That might, indeed, drive me mad.

The Linehan chapter is brilliant: insightful, candid and moving. I’m still not convinced that any broader crisis of masculinity or male purpose had much to do with Linehan’s downfall, though. He wasn’t at a loss or empty of purpose when he began his campaign. He didn’t turn to vitriol because he didn’t have anything else to do. His case is, if anything, notable for involving a man with an enviable life and abundant success throwing it away for reasons that to many in the outside world may seem obscure or deranged.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 25/08/2026
Discworld QOTD, from The Shepherd's Crown "FOR I CAN SEE THE BALANCE AND YOU HAVE LEFT THE WORLD MUCH BETTER THAN YOU FOUND IT, AND IF YOU ASK ME, said Death, NOBODY COULD DO ANY BETTER THAN THAT…"
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
🚨 DEAR ALL - we have just launched our crowdfunder for getting PRINT COPIES of our gazette on the Al-Fayed trafficking network to MPs. Please please do share everywhere - and chip in a little if you can:
crowdfunder.co.uk
Where is justice? Survivors voices in parliament
Put survivors’ testimony about Mohamed Al-Fayed in front of MPs – securing an inquiry, breaking down barriers and holding power to account.
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Terry Pratchett & Rob Wilkins @terryandrob.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
GNU Dolly 💖
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Micah @rincewind.run · 25/08/2026
GNU Dolly Parton may your memory be a blessing
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
A Media Sovereignty Act to keep non-UK based billionaires out of British media control could be just what we need. 👇
westenglandbylines.co.uk
Could this be the beginning of the end for the billionaire-owned media propaganda blitz?
A campaign to free our national press from foreign billionaires like Rupert Murdoch is gaining momentum and attracting big-name support
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
‘£30 billion lost’: Six major studies confirm Brexit’s HUGE toll on UK economy In 10 days' time, MPs will be summoned to debate the economic impact of Brexit. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
thelondoneconomic.com
'£30 billion lost': Six major studies confirm Brexit's HUGE toll on UK economy
In 10 days' time, MPs will be summoned to debate the economic impact of Brexit. Let's hope they all have a good read of this...
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 21/08/2026
EU membership offers at least £639mn boost to South West England per year After Andy Burnham pledged “good growth in every postcode”, campaigners stress that he must prioritise genuine economic improvement, which is only available via EU membership westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
westenglandbylines.co.uk
EU membership offers at least £639mn boost to South West England per year, new report finds
After Andy Burnham pledged “good growth in every postcode”, campaigners stress that he must prioritise genuine economic improvement, which is only available via EU membership.
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Cap'n Shakesbeard @capnshakesbeard.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Big UK banks pocketed £29.2bn in six months while our bills went up! A windfall tax on bank profits would raise £19bn for our schools & NHS. @greenparty.org.uk's already backing it - sign the petition and tell John Healey to #TaxtheBanks! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
you.38degrees.org.uk
#TaxTheBanks
Years of higher interest rates have sent our rent, mortgage, and debt payments soaring, while banks have raked in huge profits for doing absolutely nothing. The big four UK banks (Barclays, HSBC, Ll...
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Cap'n Shakesbeard @capnshakesbeard.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
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Ban the use of Meta glasses in ALL public venues
Meta’s creepy smart glasses can be used to film people without their consent. 😡 Wetherspoons has banned them, now we need every public venue to do the same. Sign the petition 👇
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Micah @rincewind.run · 14/08/2026
this is the correct response to anything Potter-related no "I personally disagree with her but I'm going to do it anyway" it's a hard no, end of story
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Cap'n Shakesbeard @capnshakesbeard.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The Iran war is making everything more expensive for us, but some companies are cashing in. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ra...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Sign the Urgent Petition - End this rip-off
People in the UK are struggling to get by while some corporations are set to announce record high profits on the back of the Iran war. Join the campaign to demand these war profiteers are taxed so we ...
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Good. Now we need action. Tax fossil fuel giants to pay for firefighting helicopters. A cool space in every community. A maximum working temperature. And no new oil and gas extraction in the North Sea. We cannot negotiate with the science. www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
bbc.co.uk
UK weather: Burnham to chair Cobra meeting on extreme heat as temperatures surge again
The Government will meet to discuss this summer's record-breaking heat as the tally for days above 30C in the UK is broken.
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Cap'n Shakesbeard @capnshakesbeard.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Depuis que la loi anti-LGBT+ du Sénégal a été adoptée, la situation s'est aggravée. Personne ne devrait risquer la prison simplement pour être soi-même. Signez pour demander l'abrogation de cette loi. a.allout.org/s/vDp3a/
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Sénégal : rejetez le projet de loi anti-LGBT+
Depuis que la loi anti-LGBT+ du Sénégal a été adoptée, la situation s'est aggravée. Personne ne devrait risquer la prison simplement pour être soi-même. Signez pour demander l'abrogation de cette loi.
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nonbinarybarrister.bsky.social @nonbinarybarrister.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
A pleasure to help put this campaign together with the Good Night Out Campaign 🏳️‍⚧️ With the EHRC Code about to roll out, please put these posters up in your venues and help us spread the message: Pee in Peace 💖 #PeeInPeace #GoodNightOut #TransRights #TransInclusion
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Cap'n Shakesbeard @capnshakesbeard.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
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Stop these monster data centres before they wreck our neighbourhoods!
Are you worried about this too?
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Cap'n Shakesbeard @capnshakesbeard.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
A new government sets its direction early. I've just signed European Movement UK's petition asking Andy Burnham to drop the red lines on Europe and set out a real plan for the UK's European future. Add your name: www.europeanmovement.co.uk/5_asks_for_a...
europeanmovement.co.uk
Our 5 Asks for Andy Burnham
Andy Burnham must seize the moment to build a bold, forward-looking agenda for his administration to lead the UK towards a new European future.
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Majken @majken.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
A new government sets its direction early. I've just signed European Movement UK's petition asking Andy Burnham to drop the red lines on Europe and set out a real plan for the UK's European future. Add your name: www.europeanmovement.co.uk/5_asks_for_a...
europeanmovement.co.uk
Our 5 Asks for Andy Burnham
Andy Burnham must seize the moment to build a bold, forward-looking agenda for his administration to lead the UK towards a new European future.
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Mallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 18/07/2026
It's so difficult to get cis people to understand the jk Rowling thing isn't that she doesn't like us so you should punish her. It's if you give her franchise any kind of support you are contributing to trans people being excluded from society
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Not long ago the main argument made by anti-trans activists was that their free speech was threatened. Now their goal seems to be to bully every opponent into silence. Not a new observation but it's never really about free speech is it?
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
On the 5th August, the EHRC's Code of Practice becomes statutory guidance. It will make life even harder for many trans & non-binary people. It's unworkable & harmful. The Good Law Project is challenging & wants to hear from people affected by these exclusions. goodlawproject.org/discriminato...
goodlawproject.org
‘Discriminatory’ and ‘unworkable’ trans guidance to come into force | Good Law Project
The equalities minister has ordered the government’s harmful code of practice will apply from 5 August – we’re pushing back
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Iron Circus Comics @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
We'll keep on pointing at this comic by @skutchdraws.bsky.social and @hbomberguy.bsky.social until it's embarrassing for tech bros to call you a luddite for hating AI! More of Failure to Launch in the link bsky.app/profile/iron...
"Curse you spinning jenny, you ruined everything!" A simpleton looking peasant yells as they smash the wooden machine.

The standard narrative goes that LUDDITES were foolish lunatics who, in fear of technology, decided progress was bad, and started hitting it with sticks. (But the truth is entire ways of life were being destroyed.)

Previously, skilled craftsmen were respected for the time and effort it took to do their work. The entire family usit would form a cottage industry - creating something valuable, and command a decent living. But when a machine can work 10 times faster its owner can charge less for the prodcts- craftsmen couldn't compete and were left out of work almost overnight. 

And as factories became a fixture of the british landscape, these now unemployed labourers often ended up working the factories that had just destroyed their way of life. Britain was the most prosperous nation in history, factory owners became extremely wealthy and influential. But the people doing the actual work saw almost none of it.
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Cap'n Shakesbeard @capnshakesbeard.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Ok, spider-in-my-bathroom, you're perfectly welcome to stay, as long as you promise not to crawl across the ceiling to the spot directly above me while I'm poopi-- what did I just say?!
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
🔥 Europe is starting to push Palantir out. Things are looking rough for Palantir in Europe… …as they are increasingly seen as a danger to sovereignty with a high risk of structural lock-in and major ethical concerns. Please share.
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Europe is pushing Palantir out.
YouTube video by Scientists for EU
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Micah @rincewind.run · 30/06/2026
congratulations, transphobes: the biggest perverts you know will be doing genital inspections on your children
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Micah @rincewind.run · 30/06/2026
trans rights are human rights and nothing will change that, no matter what a bunch of unelected law wizards and bigoted legislators say
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Cap'n Shakesbeard @capnshakesbeard.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
act.38degrees.org.uk/act/big-publ...
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Bring our water back into public ownership
💧Water is a basic service, not a cash machine 🤑 While bills rise and sewage pours into our rivers and seas, water companies keep rewarding shareholders. Enough is enough. It's time to bring water ba...
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Cap'n Shakesbeard @capnshakesbeard.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
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We pay our dues. They should too.
Amazon made £62 BILLION last year, but only paid a fraction of what they should in tax. We must stop this!
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Cap'n Shakesbeard @capnshakesbeard.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
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Free Dr Abu Safiya
Israel has Gaza’s top paediatrician and around 90 other Palestinian medics in military prisons. Join the global call for their freedom!
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Cap'n Shakesbeard @capnshakesbeard.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
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Don’t gut our public services to increase defence spending
Starmer wants to gut the NHS and education budget to increase defence spending. It's outrageous and we need to show him just how unpopular this would be. Sign the petition to save our services!
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Cap'n Shakesbeard @capnshakesbeard.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
La Russie a interdit neuf organisations LGBT+ en les qualifiant d'« extrémistes » depuis février 2026. Plus de 40 % des personnes LGBT+ ont subi des violences haineuses l'an dernier. 94 % s'autocensurent. Signez pour un passage sécurisé : a.allout.org/s/WejJp/
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Russie : la répression anti-LGBT+ s’intensifie
Des femmes dénoncées pour un baiser. Une adolescente de 17 ans à qui la police dit qu’elle « ne devrait pas exister ». Une femme trans refoulée d’un hôpital pendant un AVC. Signez pour des voies sûres...
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Cap'n Shakesbeard @capnshakesbeard.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
you.38degrees.org.uk
End the sewage pollution scandal
Did you watch Dirty Business? I can't believe how much water companies have gotten away with. They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action!
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Cap'n Shakesbeard @capnshakesbeard.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
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Cleaner air, lower bills and a better future for all… or bigger profits for Shell?
Finally some good news! The government's committed to cutting emissions by nearly 90% by 2040 -- but MPs still have to vote on it, and fossil fuel-backed politicians are ready to speak up for the wron...
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Feena van @feenavan2099.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
"50 Things You Can Do For Trans Rights 10 Ways To Learn More About Trans Rights"
goodgoodgood.co
50 Ways To Take Action For Trans People This Pride Month
Ben Greene, a trans author, advocate, and speaker gives allies 50 introductory actions to take to support and uplift trans people.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Friends, this breaks my heart. The Supreme Court just sided with the people who try to "convert" queer kids out of being who they are. Let me be clear: so-called "conversion therapy" is not therapy. It is abuse. You should not get to tell a frightened child the truest part of themselves is broken.
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Sign Petition: Conversion Therapy for Children Is Abuse. US States Must Continue to Fight This Nonscientific Practi
Conversion therapy is not real therapy. It is pseudoscience teaching kids to hate themselves, leading to high rates of depression and suicidality. (32485 signatures on petition)
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