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Curious4truth @curious-4truth.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I am confused, i thought it was the Americans doing this more that Russia. Can someone please explain? I know for a fact that JD Vance, Musk, The state Department have all made totally untrue pronouncements about life in Britain. I’m given to understand that they are all over X (?) Am I mistaken?
theguardian.com
New UK agency to fight ‘information warfare’ from likes of Russia, Burnham tells UN
PM aims to ‘stem poisonous tide’ of disinformation and deepfakes with National Centre for Information Defence
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Gill Tavner @gilltav.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Police have made 2,700+ arrests under terrorism laws in the UK for protesting peacefully against the banning of Palestine Action. This can't go unchallenged. The UK’s chief pr... www.amnesty.org.uk/get-involved...
amnesty.org.uk
End the prosecution of peaceful protestors in the UK
Police have made 2,700+ arrests under terrorism laws in the UK for protesting peacefully against the banning of Palestine Action. This can't go unchallenged. The UK’s chief prosecutors must now decide...
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Patrick Laff @patricklaff.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Purnululu, Bungle Bungle National Park's Western Australia 🇦🇺unique living sandstone mountains, that keep 🌱growing. 😏✌️☮️ 🇦🇺 #omarcmysteries #Australia #BungleBungle #Westaustralia
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Lucy Fisher @lucyfisher.ft.com · 09/09/2026
EXC: Anthropic declined to submit its latest model to Britain’s AI Security Institute for testing before release, the first time a major model withheld from AISI Move has prompted fears in UK govt that tech firms are falling into line with Trump admin’s AI protectionism www.ft.com/content/560e...
ft.com
Anthropic withheld latest AI model from UK testing agency
Decision to exclude Aisi has prompted fears inside British government of protectionist shift among tech groups
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Robin Hawkes @robhawkes.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Turns out you can extract the rotation of a wind turbine from a single pass of a satellite 🛰️ Each time a Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite passes overhead it actually captures multiple images across different spectral bands.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
It is always the same betrayal: the public interest is sacrificed for the sake of immensely wealthy people. And Andy Burnham has already gone and done it. My column on how Burnham needs to defy the ultra-rich if he's not to follow Starmer out of the door. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
Andy Burnham has already made a mistake that will cost him his premiership: he lost his nerve over political donations | George Monbiot
Being subservient to the interests of the wealthy now means that his hands are tied, and he will be unable to tackle Britain’s most pressing issues, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Yeah, it’s that stupid: “Next they’ll be calling Canada geese ‘Donald ducks’”
nytimes.com
‘Lake America’? These Upstate New Yorkers Aren’t Letting Go of ‘Ontario.’ (Gift Article)
President Trump on Thursday signed an order rechristening Lake Ontario as Lake America, but businesses around Niagara Falls say they won’t be changing their tune.
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Curious4truth @curious-4truth.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Garlic from China, beans from Africa, figs from Turkey tomatoes from Holland and hosts of other food sold in British supermarkets, all grow brilliantly in my garden. Why don’t we grow and sell them in the UK? Can’t get the workers to pick them? Is this mad? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
UK relies on heat-stressed countries for fruit and veg it could grow itself – report
Food Foundation sounds alarm over supply risks and price shocks as about 40% of Britain’s food is imported
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Curious4truth @curious-4truth.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Another disaster caused by Brexit? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
UK relies on heat-stressed countries for fruit and veg it could grow itself – report
Food Foundation sounds alarm over supply risks and price shocks as about 40% of Britain’s food is imported
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Gill Tavner @gilltav.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
He’s not very bright is he.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Really? Is that it? If this is all that’s come from COBR, it’s pitifully inadequate. As crisis deepens, it beggars belief that there aren’t eg plans to increase resources for the fire service, support for farmers, max workplace temperature, funded community cool spaces & obvs ban on new fossil fuels
independent.co.uk
Andy Burnham warns of summer ban on disposable barbecues
Andy Burnham said he would consider if a restriction on purchasing the products during the summer months could be justified
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Curious4truth @curious-4truth.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
ground.news/article/cern...
ground.news
CERN Experiment Finds Evidence that Challenges How Physicists Explain Gluon Behavior
Measurements from the ALICE experiment suggest gluons inside atomic nuclei may reach a dense, collective state rather than simply shadowing each other.
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Curious4truth @curious-4truth.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I just took part in The National Conversation to share my views on what it's really like living in our area right now. It's a major UK-wide project by researchers at Oxford University, and it only takes a few minutes. You should have your say too!
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
It’s election week! At this important moment I would like to address your entire planet with a message to the people of Earth. And I think I found the perfect place to do it.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I know he has a lot on, but in the midst of a ferocious drought, fires, heat events and severe threats to food production, it would be quite edifying to hear Andy Burnham mention climate breakdown.
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Tania Jennings @taniapdx.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Just why, @andyburnham.bsky.social Why fall down at the altar of fossil fuel worship? I guess if you wanted to dash all hope that this Labour would be any better than the past, you've done that on day one. More status quo. More death and destruction. Got it. #KeepItInTheGround
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 09/07/2026
England is predicted to reach water shortages of 5bn litres a day by 2055. Data centres are becoming one of the most water-intensive forms of infrastructure Why is the government letting the AI industry keep its consumption private, asks @adelewalton.bsky.social www.thenerve.news/p/adele-walt...
We’re being asked to save two buckets of water a day. Meanwhile data centres drink a town’s worth. Image of dry, cracked earth with a data centre in the background
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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Great piece by @archiehall.bsky.social. Writing implies reading. Reading takes time and effort. Why should someone read content that they frankly could have asked an LLM to spit out themselves? notes.archie-hall.com/p/am-i-a-wri...
notes.archie-hall.com
Am I an AI Luddite?
We should be ruder about AI prose
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
French Resistance fighter and historian Marc Bloch, murdered by the Gestapo in 1944, is inducted into Panthéon in Paris.
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Curious4truth @curious-4truth.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
HOW ABOUT SOME SOLUTIONS! www.theguardian.com/business/vid...
theguardian.com
Why we're paying more for locally grown food than imports – video
Josh Toussaint-Strauss investigates the economics of supermarket fruit, and discovers there are many aspects of our food supply system that don’t appear to make much sense
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Step 2: Prosecute social media companies which fail to stop incitement to racial hatred, violence and riot. Step 3: Treat orchestrated far right violence against asylum seekers and immigrants as terrorism. Because that is what it is.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Such blatant profiteering from human misery is sickening. And here at home families struggle to pay bills as energy giants rake in higher profits & destroy the climate. Time for a further windfall tax now
bbc.co.uk
BP profits more than double as Iran war sends oil prices higher
The energy giant said it had seen an
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Curious4truth @curious-4truth.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Why????? Minnesotan Aliyah Rahman arrested and injured at Trump's State of the Union www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
mprnews.org
Minnesotan Aliya Rahman arrested and injured at Trump's State of the Union
Aliya Rahman said she was escorted out after standing during the speech. She said she was injured in the process and taken to the emergency room.
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Curious4truth @curious-4truth.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Why isn’t this major news everywhere? How can international justice survive I don’t understand why its done www.theguardian.com/law/2026/feb...
theguardian.com
Credit cards cancelled, Google accounts closed: ICC judges on life under Trump sanctions
Kimberly Prost and Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza vow US reprisals will not affect work of international criminal court
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Curious4truth @curious-4truth.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... Will this one bring Keir down????
theguardian.com
UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, high court judges rule
Protest group’s co-founder wins legal challenge against decision to proscribe it under anti-terrorism laws
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Curious4truth @curious-4truth.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Environmentalists decry ‘crushingly disappointing’ Pfas action plan for UK
Ministers’ proposals to tackle ‘forever chemicals’ fail to match tougher stance taken in Europe, say experts
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Curious4truth @curious-4truth.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
I just signed a petition calling for an urgent investigation into Peter Mandelson's dealings with Palantir. Did he use his position as UK Ambassador to benefit the US spy tech firm? Sign now: www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/ma...
foxglove.org.uk
The Government must reveal all details of Peter Mandelson’s links to Palantir - Foxglove
Sign the petition for an urgent investigation into Peter Mandelson's dealings with Palantir. Did he use his position as UK Ambassador to benefit the US spy tech firm?
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
There was, of course, absolutely nothing to stop these Tories resigning when their own Party was literally in the middle of doing all the things they now claim to be so unhappy about. (Come on Higgins!)
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 11/01/2026
Today on my Sunday show I interviewed Donald Trump’s pastor. He accused me of having “Trump Derangement Syndrome.” You can judge for yourself which of us you think might be deranged. youtu.be/z9eL-y6MRs8?...
youtu.be
Lewis Goodall goes head-to-head with Trump's spiritual adviser on Greenland
YouTube video by LBC
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Curious4truth @curious-4truth.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Now it seems I have to choose, do I subscribe to the Guardian or Observer? Which is will give me most factual news and less opinion? Which will cover more international news and be fearless in its investigative journalism? Most of the Observer journalists seem to be established ones 😕Any advice?
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Anybody who had a vision to bring American levels of political, cultural and social polarisation to Britain - whether their motive was clicks or cash, ideology, boredom or anything else - would make it their top strategic priority to abolish the BBC, or to damage and diminish it at the very least
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
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Catio Miles @catiomiles.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
BBC headline signed Chris Mason at Farage conference: “Reform conference shows party's growing ambition like never before.” Laura Kuenssberg, BBC headline for LibDem conference: “Ed Davey loves clowning around, but is it time the Lib Dems got serious?” Fuck you, BBC.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Thanks to everyone who canceled their Disney Plus subscriptions we’ve had over 50,000 people confirm they’ve canceled!
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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
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Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Good list. bsky.app/profile/guys...
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Curious4truth @curious-4truth.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
So good to hear James O Brian being asked his opinions on BBC radio 4 this afternoon and articulately speaking truth to power. Nice job @mrjamesob.bsky.social
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Curious4truth @curious-4truth.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Trying understand/process events in London on Saturday I still have dozens of questions. Where is the outcry about foreign intervention? How is such incendiary speech from Musk tolerated and mentioned so lightly in the media’? Do the majority of British people even know? How do they feel about it?
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Absolutely - we need #EducationForLife, a rich, full life, not #ExamFactory schools www.ft.com/content/c096...
ft.com
Abandoning the arts in schools is a national scandal
A narrow, exclusively exam-focused education in the UK damages young minds
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Curious4truth @curious-4truth.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Understatement ! www.theguardian.com/media/2025/s...
theguardian.com
BBC under fresh pressure over extent of Reform UK coverage
Nigel Farage’s party featured in considerably more News at Ten bulletins than Lib Dems over six months, study finds
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Gary Lineker just won best Presenter he was the only one to stand up for Palestine. Well done Gary. 🇵🇸
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Boooooooooo
apnews.com
New Banksy mural of a judge beating a protester to be removed from outside London court
A new Banksy mural showing a judge beating an unarmed protester with a gavel will be removed from outside a London court.
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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
And people are more likely to vote under PR "Britain has one of the lowest turnout rates in the west – a fact some have attributed to our voting system." From @electoralreform.bsky.social in 2022
electoral-reform.org.uk
Does proportional representation lead to higher turnout?
A healthy democracy requires healthy levels of democratic participation – the most crucial element of which is turnout at general elections. But Britain has one of the lowest turnout r
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Curious4truth @curious-4truth.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Im so sick of the BBC I want to get at truth. I want facts. No comments from people in the street or excited political editors, just facts . I wish they’d stop the petty politics.
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Andy King @2primates.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
And yet the BBC are currently giving their wannabe executioners a disproportionately large amount of free publicity & a disproportionately tiny amount of effective scrutiny. The instutional capture of our national broadcaster by the far right seems almost complete.
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Why would they want to abolish the BBC? They’re doing splendid work for Reform.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/09/2025
Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Newly created plastic dissolves in sea water: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsi...
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Curious4truth @curious-4truth.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Is this the end of freedom of speech or just another way of gagging the press? ground.news/article/judg...
ground.news
Judge questions if Spanish-language journalist can stay in immigration detention without charges
A federal judge on Wednesday questioned whether a Spanish-language journalist who was arrested covering a June protest near Atlanta can remain in immigration detention after charges against him were d...
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