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Still optimistic, despite the evidence. Still a scientific researcher, evidently.

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Leanne Wood @leannewood.bsky.social · 23h
“racism and sexism are at the heart and root of the far right movement. Don’t be fooled by the “few bad apples” line. They’ve got an orchard full.” leannecymru.substack.com/p/an-orchard...
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An orchard full of bad apples
Reform UK has said "there is no room for racism" in response to an ITV investigation councillors and candidates using racist, violent and sexist language.
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Jeffrey Donaldson given 15 years for child sex abuse. Cue the outrage from the likes of Reform, calling for all middle-aged overtly Christian men to be deported. No?
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Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives @darrencullen.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Getting some fridge magnets made with this design and then I'm going to reverse-shoplift them onto tourist-trap gift shop displays in central London
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 08/10/2026
Here’s a new idea - people get stripped of honours for doing dishonourable things - let’s add tax dodging to the list. buff.ly/6zFAOmn
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Dom @dominicms.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Zionism is as Zionism does...
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
If you just substitute the words 'working age' for 'fighting age', suddenly the arrival of youngish men and women doesn't sound threatening. Rather, it sounds like exactly what we need for an ageing population.
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Dom @dominicms.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
So much for "Hard-Working Families" - the Tories want earned income to be taxed at a higher rate than unearned income, richardjmurphy.bsky.social explains...
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Richard Murphy (@richardjmurphy.bsky.social)
Economic justice campaigner. Professor of Accounting Practice, Sheffield University. Former chartered accountant. Political economist. Opinions all my own.
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Dom @dominicms.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Now if he'd vowed to cut at least one tax loophole every budget I'd be less disdainful... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Shadow chancellor vows to cut at least one tax in every Tory budget
Shadow ministers unveiled a series of policies on day two of the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham.
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Dom @dominicms.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I'm struggling to see any downside to the US chickening out. BBC News - No 10 insists RAF Fairford is safe after US withdraws bombers www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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No 10 says RAF Fairford is 'safe' after US withdraws bombers
US media reported a new threat led to the bombers being removed on Sunday, following an incident near the base last week.
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Dom @dominicms.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Cheers, keep up the good work.
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Dom @dominicms.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Appreciate that, you only bit because you care.
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Dom @dominicms.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It's satire ya numpty, we're on your side!
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Dom @dominicms.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It's satirical fella, highlighting that there is more coverage in the corporate press to the language used than to the actual atrocities.
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Dom @dominicms.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
open.substack.com/pub/normalis...
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As a corporate journalist I’m angrier about the “Zionism is racism” motion than I am about genocide. Here’s why...
The Green Party of the UK committed one of the gravest crimes in living memory today when it passed a motion declaring that “Zionism is racism”.
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Dom @dominicms.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The quote makes it sound like the Tories might be seeing the light and advocating a Wealth Tax after all... "I believe in common sense, people working hard and being rewarded for that effort" says Kemi Badenoch www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I'm a classic old school Conservative, says Kemi Badenoch
The Tory leader seeks to echo Margaret Thatcher as she sets out her guiding political principles.
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Dom @dominicms.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Haha, I think it's easier to play it than sing it...
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Ca Plane Pour Moi Guitar Tab, Plastic Bertrand
Free Ca plane pour moi tab for the acoustic guitar. Learn to play Plastic Bertrand with easy chords for beginners
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Dom @dominicms.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
youtu.be/Ln31raI2ezY?...
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Plastic Bertrand - Ca Plane Pour Moi (1977) • TopPop
YouTube video by TopPop
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Dom @dominicms.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Fixed with AI...
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Cutting the civil service sounds a great idea until you consider it means ... "Longer waits for your pension Fewer officers at the border Prisons with even fewer staff ... [Fewer] specialists who keep rivers clean, stop cyber attacks and contain animal disease" meme via Reform Are Not Your Friends
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Dom @dominicms.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🤞
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Dom @dominicms.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
They don't look like terrorists - they're far too young and haven't got any "I Oppose Genocide" placards.
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Dom @dominicms.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I hope none of the UK mayors see this and get "inspired"...
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Dom @dominicms.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Save the Leeds Off-Road Bike Team - Sign the Petition! c.org/kt8DXBbjtg via @UKChange I don't normally share these, but after having 3 motorbikes stolen in or around Leeds in the past 10 years it's personal.
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Sign the Petition
Save the Leeds Off-Road Bike Team
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👻 Bard of the Revol-oOoOo-ution 👻 @dndnerd69.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
When people imagine “heaven”, they describe a lush paradise, clear waters, an abundance of food & drink, no class system, no child going hungry, no one sleeping in the cold. No war, no want, no needless suffering. Every person has enough Talk about that for the living and you’re “radical left scum”
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Dom @dominicms.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 16/09/2026
Profits up, housebuilding down - that’s the story here, the stranglehold of the big builders on our housing market continues. Barratt just made one third of a Trillion pounds but still calls market conditions tough and calls for government aid….seriously.
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Tax Justice UK @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
You heard that right, Billionaire wealth has more than DOUBLED since 2016. The UK has the cash it needs to invest in our future, restore the NHS & look after those too sick to work. What we can't afford is to let Billionaire's keep hoarding wealth.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I’d like to thank Ben Delo and Richard Harborne for providing a wonderful distraction from us being caught red-handed arranging illegal donations.
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Dom @dominicms.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Extreme Dunning-Kruger...
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Dom @dominicms.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The establishment...
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"Dear Diary, £72 million in 48 hours! It sounds a lot, but it's peanuts compared to what they'll make when I keep my promise to slash capital gains tax on crypto assets from 24% to 10% and set up a Bank of England Bitcoin Reserve Fund"
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Dom @dominicms.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
So now we know Trump's only orange on the outside, not on the inside... BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cq... Donald Trump says unified Ireland would be a 'great thing' as he meets Irish PM - follow live - BBC News
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Donald Trump says unified Ireland would be a 'great thing' as he meets Irish PM - follow live
The president is meeting with Taoiseach Micheál Martin in Dublin, before he attends the Irish Open golf tournament in County Clare.
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Dom @dominicms.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I also don't like plastic patriots, I guess I'm just antisynthetic... www.thetimes.com/uk/london/ar...
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Sadiq Khan hits out at ‘plastic patriots’ doing London down
Mayor says groups are spreading disinformation that is leading the public to overestimate the level of crime in the capital
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God @thegodshow.com · 09/09/2026
Trey Parker & Matt Stone announce that ‘SOUTH PARK’ will be renamed to ‘SOUTH AMERICA’. “Inspired by the bravery & patriotism of Apple & Google, we are changing the name of South Park to SOUTH AMERICA. We especially want to thank our parent company Paramount — a Skydance Capitulation.”
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Dom @dominicms.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Even if they release it (or a sanitised version) they're unlikely to act - See Leveson Report, Russian Interference, etc., etc.
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Dom @dominicms.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I guess if someone had thrown a milkshake at those women it would've invoked a much more serious response...
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Dom @dominicms.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I'm guessing that the Blackshirts had "legitimate concerns", just like the current batch of Primark paramilitaries?
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Dom @dominicms.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Bravo @leviathanbrewing.bsky.social
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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Protecting women #cartoon
A cartoon of two protestors with English flags who are shouting at an injured woman entering a victim support centre with the caption 'was it an immigrant or did you deserve it?'
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Wealthy want UK govt to ditch pensions triple lock, cut welfare spending. Silence on corporate welfare Oil/gas, water, energy profiteering HMRC not collecting £59bn last yr Poorest 20% paying higher proportion in income in taxes than the richest 20%. It is always about hitting the poor, old, sick.
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Ditch pensions triple lock and cut welfare spending to calm markets, Burnham told
Bond market shock has ramifications for new prime minister’s first Budget, his former adviser warns
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Dom @dominicms.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I bracing myself for when ReformUK announce how "stopping the boats" would've prevented this... BBC News - Jaguar Land Rover to cut 4,000 jobs www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Jaguar Land Rover to cut 4,000 jobs
The cuts come as the carmaker struggles with Chinese competition, US tariffs, and the transition to electric vehicles.
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Andy Burge 🇬🇧🇪🇺 @andygjburge.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
It was that under a Reform Ltd government, should we be stupid enough to elect one, it will be perfectly acceptable to beat up women who disagree with Chairman Farage. We know this because Nigel Farage laughed as it happened & Robert Jenrick said it was fine when interviewed by @thenewsagents.co.uk.
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Dom @dominicms.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
It doesn't say whether it's War, Pestilence, Famine or Death..
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Jon Owen @anotherjon.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Some of those that work forces Are the same that burn crosses
BBC news reporting on the Far-Right blockade of Dover in which Kent Police call the activity a 'spontaneous protest'
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Dom @dominicms.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I bet the people of Dover were so relieved that it wasn't terrorist grannies with placards denouncing genocide.
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Dom @dominicms.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
3% anthropogenic? Carl Sagan will be turning in his grave...
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Dom @dominicms.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Let me translate - Entitled git thinks the rules shouldn't apply to him... BBC News - Reform up against 'complainants' society', Farage tells BBC www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Reform up against 'complainants' society', Nigel Farage tells BBC
The Reform UK leader said a "whole ecosystem" didn't want "new kids on the block succeeding".
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
62% of global losses from natural disasters are uninsured, leaving homes, businesses & govts facing about $279bn in uninsured losses annually The growing price tag reflects the mounting toll of climate change according to risk-modelling firm Verisk www.ft.com/content/b359...
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Disasters to cost world $450bn a year from climate change and development
More than half of losses not covered by insurance as carriers carve out risk and cut exposure
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4 Billion Dead @4billiondead.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
SIGN UP TODAY. 4billiondead.org
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Dom @dominicms.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
An ex-con and his brother play a charity gig.
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