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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
Hannity's list of "TRUMP'S TOP ACCOMPLISHMENTS" includes restoring Confederate names to military bases and releasing dietary guidelines
cap from Hannity
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Country Standard @countrystandard.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Enya - Only Time (Official 4K Music Video)
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Richard Zussman @richardzussman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It is an honour to be the BC NDP candidate for the upcoming election in Saanich South. I can't wait to hit the doors and meet as many of you face to face as possible. We will see you on the campaign trail. #bcpoli
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Being the undisputed worst POTUS in history is pretty cool, but I think we can do better on this approval rating
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TUFAC @tufac.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We’ve made a solidarity payment to Show Racism the Red Card. There is no place in football or society for Racism. Fuck Reform
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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
How can films designed for audiences in the past be made accessible to viewers today? Our new blogpost reflects on our ongoing project to restore, digitise, and share a collection of 1,800 films depicting historic farming life. merl.reading.ac.uk/news-and-vie...
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Beyond nostalgia
How do we help audiences of today encounter films from the past?
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Country Standard @countrystandard.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Country Standard @countrystandard.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
@tufac.bsky.social Please support Clarion House
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Country Standard @countrystandard.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Clarion House Fellowship is Life Please support if you can
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damniel spookradski @self.agency · 07/09/2026
the biggest “job creator” in america is walmart, a third of whose employees are on public assistance
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Country Standard @countrystandard.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Please support Clarion House appeal
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Country Standard @countrystandard.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
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Country Standard @countrystandard.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Clarion House Fellowship is Life Please support if you can
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Country Standard @countrystandard.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Jack Shingfield Clacton's Real Hero Essex Workers Union Suffolk
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Country Standard @countrystandard.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Country Standard Tolpuddle 16 page bumper edition out Saturday All the Rural News & Views available inside your Morning Star @tolpuddlefest.bsky.social
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Country Standard @countrystandard.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Country Standard Tolpuddle 16 page bumper edition out Saturday All the Rural News & Views available inside your Morning Star Burston
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Vicki Hird MSc FRES @vickihird.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
A Common Blue, a Hairy Shield Bug and a bumble bee enjoying a london community garden today. Everyone should have access to such green spaces.
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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
yes the Odyssey is getting 5* reviews but does it have one of the UK's top 50 museum cafés and free parking? your move, Matt Damon
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Country Standard @countrystandard.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Country Standard Tolpuddle 16 page bumper edition out Saturday All the Rural News & Views available inside your Morning Star Burston
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Country Standard @countrystandard.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Country Standard Tolpuddle 16 page bumper edition out Saturday All the Rural News & Views available inside your Morning Star @tolpuddlefest.bsky.social
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Country Standard @countrystandard.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Wilfred Willett Country Standard Wildlife & Nature journalist Daily Worker WW1
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Country Standard @countrystandard.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
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Country Standard @countrystandard.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Tom Driberg And the 1942 Maldon By Election Radical Essex
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Country Standard @countrystandard.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
@unison.org.uk @wcmlibrary.bsky.social @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social
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Country Standard @countrystandard.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Tolpuddle 1984 @nigelcostley.bsky.social
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Country Standard @countrystandard.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Never Forget Thatcherite Reform
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Even saying that Musk is posting "about race" is softening what is happening here, which is that the world's wealthiest person is committing himself to spreading overt Nazi propaganda.
"Elon Musk’s near-daily online posts about race are turning off some fans
The billionaire posted 850 times on the topic in recent months, almost triple the rate for the previous two years."
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Excellent. People are pissed. Now do something about it. Have you registered to vote? Do you have all the documentation you need in order to do so? Start planning now. Anger is good. Action is better.
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andielp.bsky.social @andielp.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
39% of Americans still approve of Trump…. WHO are you people?? Seriously!
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Vicki Hird MSc FRES @vickihird.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Very wise words again by @ChinchliffeMP - good article "When ecosystems collapse, economies fail and the UK pays through emergency aid, security responses, disrupted supply, and food prices that squeeze households and strain public services." www.politics.co.uk/mp-comment/2...
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Chris Hinchliff MP: ‘You cannot buy national security while burning the house down’  - Politics.co.uk
There has been a conspiracy of silence from successive British governments on the true cost of biodiversity collapse. The foreign secretary’s recent announcement, cutting the international climate aid...
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Country Standard @countrystandard.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/04/2026
I’m not sure it has broken through to the general public that the president is a megalomaniac crazy person. Hopefully posts like this help.
Trump TS post featuring an illustration of himself as a Christian faith healer
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Tabatha 🇺🇲 Marshal 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (ally) @tabathamarshal.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
He is correct. It is right-wing news saying one outlandish thing after another to get stoopid people to agree and educated to debate. Causing debate and division. "Left wing news" spends its time countering with overly polite reporting, not to offend right wingers.
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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
France is switching from Microsoft to Linux "We must become less reliant on American tools and regain control of our digital destiny. We can no longer accept that our data, our infrastructure, our strategic decisions depend on solutions whose rules, pricing, evolution, and risks we do not control."
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Vicki Hird MSc FRES @vickihird.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Lovely time writing this soil blog anticipating Groundswell ag chats Blog by me www.wildlifetrusts.org/blog/vicki-h...
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Healthy soil – the ultimate essential infrastructure  | The Wildlife Trusts
As the Wildlife Trusts head off to the regenerative farming event Groundswell, where soil health rightly takes centre stage, Vicki Hird looks at the tools we need to restore and protect our soils.
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Country Standard @countrystandard.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Gloucester Workers Union banner circa 1919 illustration of lost banner
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Forbes @forbes.com · 26/03/2026
The average bonus paid to New York’s securities industry employees was $246,900 in 2025, according to state comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.
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Wall Street Bonuses Surged To A Record $49.2 Billion Pool Last Year
The average bonus paid to New York’s securities industry employees was $246,900 in 2025, according to state comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.
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Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Stunning photo: James Bradford in 1961, arrested for reading in the Jackson, Mississippi public library.
A young black man sits at a table quietly reading. Four large white men, three of them in police uniforms, surround him.
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Country Standard @countrystandard.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
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Country Standard @countrystandard.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
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'Only for 3 Months' by na mara
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Country Standard @countrystandard.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zonC... Basque Children never forget
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'Only for 3 Months' by na mara
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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
hello tomorrow marks 1 year of our podcast and to celebrate we're spontaneously recording a bonus episode. we're starting recording right now! ask us anything and we'll do our best to answer as many as we can
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Think voting doesn’t matter? 766 votes.
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Country Standard @countrystandard.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
jacobin.com/2026/03/fran... Fighting Fascism in France
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France’s Communists Hold Back the Far Right, for Now
Blue-collar voters in northern France are often seen as a natural base for Marine Le Pen’s surging far right. Yet while her party has made major inroads in this electorate, local elections saw Communi...
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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Absolute Units returns! We’re here with the most special of guests, Old Crockern, the giant who watches over Dartmoor. Plus @lisaschneidau.bsky.social and Ruth Webb. Listen as we delve into the fight for wild camping on Dartmoor, right up to the present day. merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
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Absolute Units podcast - The Museum of English Rural Life
Come for the big sheep. Stay for the history of rural England and its people.
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Christina @roxypoppy.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
This seems very cool
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Mary Creagh MP @marycreagh.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
A privilege to release this beaver family into the @nationaltrust.org.uk Holnicote estate near Exmoor! They’re going to help clean our water and prevent flooding downstream….
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Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival @tolpuddlefest.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Two more days for the HeartUnions flash sale - pop over to www.tolpuddlemartyrs.org.uk
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Tolpuddle Martyrs | Welcome
The Museum tells the tale of the Tolpuddle Martyrs arrest, trial, punishment and the campaign leading to the foundation of trade unionism.
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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
In short, there has never been a better time to visit The Museum of English Rural Life. Plan today: merl.reading.ac.uk/visit/
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Visit
Find out everything you need to know about planning a visit to The MERL galleries, shop, café, garden, or reading room.
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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
New exhibition! Tomorrow, we open Voices of the Countryside, a celebration of 100 years of the Campaign to Protect Rural England. merl.reading.ac.uk/news-and-vie... @cprecountryside.bsky.social
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Voices of the Countryside
Explore an exhibition celebrating 100 years of CPRE, whose vital work protects and maintains rural English spaces.
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