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Amp is up to 11, to drown out the pain at 10. Would love a pint of Guinness. She/her because trolls assume that women don’t garden.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Pope Innocent III,who died in 1216, spoke of a certain kind of older man, who is "easily provoked", "will believe anything and question nothing", is "stingy and greedy" and "praises the good old days and hates the present." Reform UK's voter base has been knocking around for a very long time.
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WHAT FRESH HELL IS THIS?!!!! @the13thpanther.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
BREAKING: We’re taking the government to court over Palantir. The government is refusing to hand over important briefings given to Wes Streeting about the £330m NHS data contract with Peter Thiel’s surveillance firm So we’re taking legal action. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-w...
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BREAKING: We're taking the government to court over Palantir
Peter Thiel's surveillance firm is embedded in the NHS. Wes Streeting won't show us the briefings - so we have launched a legal challenge.
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The Life of Sharks @thelifeofsharks.com · 15/04/2026
Three Barrels.
Two-panel comic titled “The Life of Sharks!” Top panel: A large shark is being held down by fishing net and barrels by smaller fish. The shark says, “…and then he said, ‘he can’t stay down with three barrels on him.’” The smaller fish laugh “Ha ha ha!” Bottom panel: The shark, still tangled in the net and barrels, says to the laughing fish, “Anyway, I suppose I should get back up there. That boat won’t sink itself.” Comic by Christian Talbot, illustrated by Sophie Hodge.
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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 02/02/2026
A school is being sued for including trans kids. We're trying to defend them. Will you help us? 👇
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disabledgardener.bsky.social @disabledgardener.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
it’s not drag queens, trans women or immigrants, is it? It’s the people sowing division.
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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Hi Gorton & Denton, if you have anxiety, know that the Reform UK candidate, Matt Goodwin, thinks you have a mild mental health issue. He doesn’t think you should be supported.
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Alex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
I wonder where it's all coming from?
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disabledgardener.bsky.social @disabledgardener.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
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Campaigners upset over errors in learning disability deaths report
A review had found that 39% of deaths with a known cause had been avoidable. The figure has now been revised to 40%.
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disabledgardener.bsky.social @disabledgardener.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
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Tommy Fox on Instagram: "Red Dwarf coming in hot."
66K likes, 728 comments - mrfoxnumberone on January 17, 2026: "Red Dwarf coming in hot.".
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Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Some Grok users, mostly men, began to demand to see bruising on the bodies of the women, and for blood to be added to the images. Requests to show women tied up and gagged were instantly granted. ‘Add blood, forced smile’: www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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‘Add blood, forced smile’: how Grok’s nudification tool went viral
The ‘put her in a bikini’ trend rapidly evolved into hundreds of thousands of requests to strip clothes from photos of women, horrifying those targeted
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
French authorities to investigate Grok nude deepfakes www.politico.eu/article/fran...
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France to investigate deepfakes of women stripped naked by Grok
Hundreds of women and teenagers have reported their photos published on social media have been “undressed” by Grok.
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The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 02/01/2026
Smart glasses such as Meta’s Ray-Bans that enable users to record video in public are a “real threat to women’s everyday lives”, an expert has said
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Meta smart glasses pose a threat to women, campaigners say
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Venezuela now, because he wants the oil. He wants the oil under Greenland too. And under Canada. He's openly called for them to be part of the USA. How long before he decides to bomb a couple of NATO members to get his own way? The USA is a rogue nation.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 26/12/2025
The NHS is under pressure to adopt Palantir software. Palantir’s founder openly despises the NHS. You can push back – use our tool to see if your local trust is using the software, then send an email to say no to Palantir goodlaw.social/658abc
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Say no to Palantir in the NHS
NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back
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disabledgardener.bsky.social @disabledgardener.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
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Who is Amjad Taha? A Deep Dive
Amjad Taha is a disinfluencer, so why does he keep getting platformed?
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Big Issue @bigissue.com · 22/11/2025
Public Law Project's latest report finds that the average universal credit sanction is hundreds of pounds more than a criminal fine.
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Universal credit sanctions more 'severe' and 'damaging' than criminal fines
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Tesco abolishing Christmas update
Tesco entrance, definitely not abolishing Christmas, as it's a huge poster saying "that's what makes it Christmas"
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disabledgardener.bsky.social @disabledgardener.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
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Disability News Service on X: "Chancellor Rachel Reeves has refused to withdraw a misleading and inaccurate statement that scapegoated disabled people and other benefit claimants for the country’s economic problems. #Budget #DisabilityBenefits https://t.co/JFUuevf6Qe" / X
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has refused to withdraw a misleading and inaccurate statement that scapegoated disabled people and other benefit claimants for the country’s economic problems. #Budget #DisabilityBenefits https://t.co/JFUuevf6Qe
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
A very worrying escalation of online harassment. Somebody has used a video of me saying "racism in football is a game of two halves" + put a fake voiceover on it saying "what I would say to the girls of Rotherham is it is a game of two halves" x.com/EuropaIneffa...
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Europa Ineffable on X: "In a recent panel at what looks like Labour conference, Sunder Katwala, wearing an England shirt, appeared to compare the R🦍 GANGS to a football match: "it's a game of two halves" 🥴 https://t.co/b5YNKyaQtu" / X
In a recent panel at what looks like Labour conference, Sunder Katwala, wearing an England shirt, appeared to compare the R🦍 GANGS to a football match
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
🚨These cuts are staggering - a 60% reduction from £7.5K to just £3K per child for some of the most vulnerable children & young adults in England. Please help spread the word and support @asgsfprotest.bsky.social by signing their open letter asgsfprotest.com/add-your-sig...
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Add Your Signature: An Open Letter to Josh MacAlister MP, Minister for Children and Families - Action Against ASGSF Changes
Loading… 12 October 2025 Re: The urgent need to restore the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) Adoptive, kinship and special guardianship families across England continue to feel t...
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Reminder that the new influx of pro-MAGA troll farm accounts are being ran by TPUSA operatives. It is a mix of bots and college students managing different accounts, modeled after Israel's Hasbara propaganda program.
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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 23/10/2025
On Threads, the usual suspects are telling ppl about to lose SNAP benefits to just start a garden. As a gardener, I had to laugh. You need at LEAST an acre of land to feed a family of 4. Start-up costs are enormous. But yes, subsistence farming on the balcony of your rental apartment is the answer
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Liberty @libertyhq.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Permanent facial recognition cameras are now live in Croydon – with no clear laws and no safeguards to protect our rights.
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naylandblake @naylandblake.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Why is it so hard for tech bros to envision a future where everybody minds their own damn business?
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Bless those who think the Home Office can successfully carry out a huge IT procurement exercise for digital ID cards for implementation before the next general election.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
The police have arrested a man filmed calling for the assassination of Keir Starmer, citing malicious communications (which suggest the online dissemination of the call is the issue). But no news about the billionaire who called for violence from the main stage www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Police arrest man filmed at far-right rally allegedly calling for Keir Starmer to be shot
Video from ‘unite the kingdom’ rally captured man saying ‘someone needs to shoot Keir Starmer’
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Atul Haria (immigrant) @atulharia.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Starmer's a coward. But I also think he's in hock to the billionaire nazi bros who want this all stirred up. This article is revealing if you've not seen it... bylinetimes.com/2025/09/12/p...
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From Epstein to Starmer: Mapping Peter Thiel’s Web of Influence in the UK
The tech billionaire Trump-backer is rapidly gaining influence over politics and public services in the UK, reports Peter Jukes
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
This is a very good short piece at @goodlawproject.bsky.social on the (mis?)application of terrorism law with Palestine Action: goodlawproject.org/martha-spurr... My piece on same issue at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
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Martha Spurrier: Proscribing Palestine Action is a dangerous shift in the law
More than 20 years ago, ministers promised they wouldn’t use the Terrorism Act to target direct action. But if the powers to suppress dissent are there, it’s only a matter of time before the state use...
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Considering people seeking asylum living in hotels get less than a tenner per week, and those in other accommodation get less than 50 quid, this really is performative nonsense from the Home Office. People aren't buying fur coats and snowmobiles FFS. 1/ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Home Office bans asylum seekers from buying luxury goods and services
Purchase of snowmobiles, timeshares and furs prohibited, despite asylum seekers receiving only £9.95 a week
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 26/07/2025
The real crisis isn’t the budget. It’s that the UK is smaller, older, poorer, sicker, more indebted and less productive than it wants to admit. #Labour #UKPolitics @eastangliabylines.co.uk @stephenmcnair.bsky.social
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How dire is our situation? It’s worse than you thought
People are disappointed by this government. But the financial situation is much worse than most people realise. Does government dare tell us?
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Natasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
They’re didnt talk to disabled people or groups that represent them before making the welfare reform bill, they’re clearly not talking to young people about their mental health before making unevidenced proclamations about them. Just who are the government actually talking to?
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 09/06/2025
A cis women's rugby team played a trans women's rugby team and won 34-7. Naturally, Oliver Brown, who likes that his job gives him free reign to attack women, is not pleased, perhaps because he's spent years telling us how shit cis women are at everything
Red Roses players support game against trans team
The Daily Telegraph3 Jun 2025

Protesting ban: Alycia Washington and match organiser Sasha Acheson
Red Roses players have voiced their support for a rugby match in which a team of transgender women played a side of biological females.

The “Ruck You” match took place in Oslo to challenge the perception that transgender women have physical advantages over biological women.

The game began with seven trans women playing against seven former female internationals, before players from the two teams mixed to protest against the sport’s ban on transgender women.

The match finished 34-7 to the biological women’s team, with a post on the event’s social media feed claiming the team of trans women scored their try only after “one pivotal change ... when trans women and cis women mixed teams and came together”.

The event, which was organised by former England prop Sasha Acheson, was also supported by past and present players from Wales and Scotland. Current Red Roses players Meg Jones and Poppy Cleall were among several biological females who sent messages of support that were shared on the

event’s social media feed ahead of the match on Sunday.

Jones, one of England’s standout players in recent seasons, said: “I’m supporting the Ruck You match because this game is built on women of all shapes and sizes, different backgrounds, different stories and I know sport has the power to make this change. On June 1, hopefully we get to see the change we want to see in this world.” #TransAgendaClips
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Public ownership of energy central to industrial strategy in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark. Gives the state levers for protecting people, controlling business costs, inflation. UK privatised energy; struggles to control poverty, inflation; watches businesses collapse Nationalise energy
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With bills having gone up, it’s time to take energy back into public ownership
The obscene profits of the energy industry show the sector is broken
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Mind @mind.org.uk · 17/03/2025
Where's the evidence that mental health is being "overdiagnosed"?
Dear UK government,

Let's be clear: our mental health is getting worse, and cutting benefits won’t help.

You claim mental health is being “overdiagnosed”, but where’s the evidence?

The reality is that our environment affects our wellbeing - pandemics, the cost of living crisis, political unrest and ongoing concerns around climate change are all taking their toll.

But when people seek help, they face months, or even years, of waiting.

Rhetoric like this is dangerous. It reinforces stigma and stops people getting support.

If you’re serious about change, listen to those affected. We can turn this crisis around - but only if the government works with us, not against us.

We look forward to hearing from you,

Mind
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disabledgardener.bsky.social @disabledgardener.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
@cjayanetti.bsky.social hi I briefly mentioned an issue with UC migration, on X. Is it possible I could have a chat with you over something I’ve uncovered?
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lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social @lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
According to Robert Kendrick, "all cultures are not equal." Someone needs to ask him where patriarchal culture sits in this hierarchy.
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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 29/12/2024
The debate around winter energy costs has overlooked the 4 million UK households who pay for energy via pre-payment meters. As we move into the depths of winter, these households are especially vulnerable to a seasonal spike in energy spending. Read our latest research: buff.ly/4fqE8aW
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disabledgardener.bsky.social @disabledgardener.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Bleak midwinter
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 28/11/2024
MPs may trust doctors to manage assisted dying. Disabled people like me cannot | Liz Carr
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MPs may trust doctors to manage assisted dying. Disabled people like me cannot | Liz Carr
Two friends recently woke up in hospital to find ‘Do not resuscitate’ orders on their notes. We’re all too aware that some lives aren’t valued as much as others It’s a cold November evening, and MPs are no doubt snuggled up wondering what to watch on TV…
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disabledgardener.bsky.social @disabledgardener.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Disabled people have every right to exercise caution over AD. And Gordon’s correct. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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Gordon Brown says daughter’s death showed value of ‘good’ dying over assisted dying
Former PM, whose daughter died when she was 11 days old, says debate is moving too fast and calls for commission on palliative care
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disabledgardener.bsky.social @disabledgardener.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
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Carers Rights Day | Carers UK
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disabledgardener.bsky.social @disabledgardener.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
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disabledgardener.bsky.social @disabledgardener.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
As much as the snow looks beautiful, it’s treacherous to those with dodgy pins, and the cold is making my pain levels unbearable. I need a stint in a sauna.
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Laura Purkess @laurapurkess.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
The government's latest data on Personal Independence Payments (PIP) is really interesting/concerning. The figures show over a third of the 1.3million people who challenged the DWP's decision on what PIP they should get in the last 5 years got their award changed - that's 455k people 1/5
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Personal Independence Payment: Official Statistics to July 2024
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