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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

Absolute lawlessness. Backed by American taxpayers. If the little boy running away doesn’t infuriate you something is very wrong

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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 7h

Buses are the most-used form of public transport in England. They were deregulated under Thatcher in 1986, & we've been paying the price ever since., Bus fares have risen over 500% since 1987. Since 2009-10 we've lost 3,300 routes. We need more than public control of buses, we need ownership.

Graphic that highlights four models of bus ownership in the UK from full privatisation to the Manchester model where buses are privately owned but the market is regulated, to the Reading model where the buses are publicly owned but the market is deregulated, and lastly to We Own It's proposed model where the buses are publicly owned and the market is regulated

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ACLU @aclu.org · 1h

Roughly 1 in 4 people on death row nationwide are in California. On the heels of Tennessee's horrifying second botched execution in less than 6 months, Governor Newsom has an historic opportunity to help move the country away from capital punishment.

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Newsom Mulls Sparing Lives of All 563 Prisoners on Death Row in California

Gov. Gavin Newsom ramped up talks after a botched execution in Tennessee.

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Everytown for Gun Safety @everytown.org · 1h

BREAKING: The federal agency tasked with enforcing our gun laws is now deciding not to. The National Firearms Act was enacted nearly a century ago to prevent criminals from getting their hands on weapons like short-barreled rifles and shotguns, and silencers.

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Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 40m

This has been weeks in the planning

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 56m

🧊✈️ ICE thugs show their true colors – again – in Minneapolis 👀

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BBC Radio 3 Now Playing Bot (Unofficial) @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social · 56m

BBC Radio 3 'Round Midnight Now Playing Dave Holland, Norma Winstone & London Vocal Project Vital Spark (feat. Nikki Iles, James Maddren & Mark Lockheart)

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 2h

1) Putin doesn't have diesel to spare. 2) Diesel is cover for lifting sanctions. 3) Putin's statement sounds like he's offering an Iran escape hatch, which I've been predicting. 4) Half of the MASSIVE bribes Putin is offering now don't exist. 5) But he does mention security coop -- Kash.

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Kenny Stewart @kennystew.art · 55m

Dog pals, Dogs Trust has a new ‘sound blanket’ which is basically white/background noise specially designed to make your dog chill in annoying firework times, and early testing in our house is positive.

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Keep your dog safe in sound during fireworks with our Sound Blanket | Dogs Trust

YouTube video by Dogs Trust

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Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 1h

They always prefer the soft targets

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Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 2h

Putin and Trump have at least one thing in common. When they make public proclamations on domestic or foreign affairs, the message is intended for the ears of their own respective citizens. They couldn’t care less if there is global uproar, it is all propaganda against their own countries

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Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 2h

I think anyone over the age of 11 should refrain from using the phrase in case they seem childish.

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Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 2h

I compounded my error by walking cross country to Poperinge. There were no convenient hedges to allow discreet urination, only Flanders’ flat fields and dykes. I got much faster as time went on

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Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 3h

When I accidentally visited St Sixtus the first time, they had no bottles available for off sales. I had to (!) try all 3 beers in a very short lunchtime. And accidentally wondered into the ladies’ loo.

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Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 3h

It is heartbreaking that so many people will ignore their clinicians but throw money at charlatans. I admire health services attempting to stem this tide, but people must take responsibility for their own actions.

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 6h

New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854

Taxing Entrepreneurial Wealth: Evidence from
Norway, 2021-2025
Marius A. K. Ring
WORKING PAPER 35854|
DOl 10.3386/w35854
ISSUE DATE October 2026
Whether imposing higher taxes on business owners adversely affects business activity by constraining investment and inducing capitalist flight is a central question in the ongoing debate on how to tax the ultra wealthy. To shed new light, I exploit a series of related Norwegian reforms during 2021-2024 that increased dividend tax rates, removed migration-related capital gains tax loopholes, and nearly doubled the effective marginal tax rate on business wealth. These reforms spurred international debate and, allegedly, an "exodus" of Norwegian billionaires (Financial Times,
2023). While I document clear effects on migration, these responses are concentrated among the top 0.1% of the wealth distribution and mostly confined to 2022 and 2023. My results indicate that at most 100 individuals left due to the reforms. I find no evidence of significant outmigration or reduced inflows of startup founders or inventors. I estimate that absent any outmigration, wealth tax revenues would have increased by 75% from 2021 to 2024. Reform-driven outmigration lowers the revenue gain to 71.5%. My findings further show that outmigrating owners' firms remain economically active and do not reduce investment. In a broader set of analyses, I examine whether business outcomes are affected, regardless of whether owners outmigrate, since firms may reduce investment both due to liquidity constraints or distortions to owners' savings decisions. I compare firms owned by Norwegian individuals subject to the wealth tax with firms owned by foreigners and other tax-exempt entities. By merging historical ownership data from Orbis with the Norwegian shareholder register, I perform these analyses on both Norwegian and foreign-domiciled firms.
Across settings, I find no evidence that Norwegian-owned firms pay out more dividends or invest less after the reforms,…

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2000 AD Comics @2000ad.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Lock in, GIs! The countdown to the UK premiere of Rogue Trooper at London Film Festival this Friday is on, as @manmademoon.bsky.social brings the all-guns-blazing sci-fi @2000ad.bsky.social comic strip to life bit.ly/4ebVzhl

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Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 4h

Due to a lack of resources, it is likely that mental health conditions are under diagnosed, and also diagnosis and treatment that are available are delayed to the detriment of patients

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Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 4h

I will see if this confirms any of my biases

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OSINTRadar @osintradar.bsky.social · 6h

🇷🇺 Over 370 flights delayed and 62 canceled at Moscow airports within 24 hours, according to the Baza news channel. Restrictions were imposed due to the threat of Ukrainian drone attacks. ✅️Follow us for the latest updates

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Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 5h

I drank in there and the Swan on Wood Street in the 80s and neither has changed much

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Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 6h

I was impressed to see the addition of a “beer garden” a few years ago.

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Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 6h

The only explanation is that they are running scared

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Rachel Salvidge @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social · 15h

Thought the sewage scandal was bad? Think again. Sewage works are also a major industrial waste disposal route. Power stations, airports, hospitals, landfills: ~608bn litres last year. No independent regulator. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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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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Eric Levai @ericlevai.bsky.social · 18h

Now THIS is how you write a story. Devastating.

Screenshot from this article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/us/politics/fort-hood-execution-streamed-public.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HVE.Rw7O.Sj-0_s5YONzL&smid=nytcore-android-share

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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 13h

🚨BREAKING: The government's own statistics show there was a *record level of terrorism arrests* in the year leading up to June this year. The vast majority of the enormous increase in terrorism arrests are of grandparents, teenagers and everyone in between for peacefully holding placards.

NEW: Home Office stats released today reveal that arrests for “terrorist-related activity” in the year ending June 2026 were up 1,553% on last year and 94% of the arrests (3,630 of 3,867) were linked to showing support for Palestine Action.

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 19h

NYC is on track to have its lowest rate of shootings EVER, and the thing that is going to ruin that is the presence of ICE. If the police commissioner cannot pick the side of New Yorkers, she obviously has to be fired. The numbers do not lie.

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 18h

Reform UK Parliamentary By-election Record

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Remember Gaza @remembergaza.bsky.social · 19h

In memory of: Massa Louay Ibrahim Khader / ماسة لؤي ابراهيم خضر Age: 2 We will not forget you.

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Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

ICE deports people on airplanes in shackles. Will they shackle people on these shops?

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Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Deportation flights have people shackled. Will ocean going ships carry shackled prisoners? Has the world sunk this low?

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 08/10/2026

At about 1:20 in here, Hegseth says: "Theocratic regimes should never have access to nuclear weapons." Note: Hegseth's current pastor, Doug Wilson — who Hegseth has had *preach at the Pentagon* — has openly called for the U.S. to be a Christian theocracy. www.youtube.com/live/zXd567G...

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Secretary Hegseth Message to the Warriors of the USS Abraham Lincoln.

YouTube video by Department of War

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

That total is an average of over 400 incidents a day being reported to police + meeting the threshold of criminal incidents. Rises in recorded hate crime can reflect the negative trend both more + worse behaviour, and efforts to encourage more reporting of crimes. (Many still unreported)

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I spoke about hate crime figures with Henry Bonsu on @timesradio for broadcast later 146,825 hate crimes recorded - Over 100k racially motivated hate crimes +9% - Religiously motivated hate crimes up to 11,419 (+13%) Over 5k against Muslims, over 3k against Jews www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Hate crime figures rise after more offences motivated by religion and race, figures show

Figures supplied by police forces suggest nearly 150,000 hate crimes were recorded between April 2025 and March 2026

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Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Now we know how to punish them

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