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EagleOwl

@eagleowlsheila.bsky.social
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All-purpose outdoor type. Gardens, allotments, mountains, Lakes. Leftie. Ex-hack, now copy editor and carer. Christian. Francophile. Cyclist. Remarkably slow runner. West Sussex.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 8h
Overcrowding in UK A&E depts and treating patients in corridors linked to hundreds of deaths. Neoliberals urge cuts in public spending, silence on human consequences. Delayed care leads to premature deaths People sacrificed to gods of fiscal policies.
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Overcrowding in A&E linked to 'hundreds of deaths a week', study finds
A review of more than 19,000 adult patients found that for every 10% increase in emergency department occupancy, the chance of dying in the following 28 days increased by 1%.
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SeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 8h
5th October 2026 07.05
Vibrant rose sky
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Sameer Ashar @sameer-ashar.bsky.social · 18h
This is my nephew, please forward to your networks, esp any University of Maryland students.
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Miranda Keeling @mirandakeeling.com · 18h
In reflection, these leaves fallen across a puddle, have found a way back into their parents’ arms.
A photo of a puddle in the woods, with leaves across the surface and reflections of the trees they fell from.
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 22h
Adam Wagner KC, barrister who led the case which concluded Corbyn’s Labour broke equalities law, said there is "a strong risk that the motion as passed contravenes the Equality Act 2010... as it will discriminate against and harass people who hold Zionist beliefs and Jewish people more generally."
Adam Wagner KC, the barrister who led a case which concluded that Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour broke equalities laws over antisemitism, said that such a case would have a good chance of success.

“I think there is a strong risk that the motion as passed contravenes the Equality Act 2010, which applies to political parties, as it will discriminate against and harass people who hold Zionist beliefs and Jewish people more generally.,” he said.

“Zionism, defined in the broad sense of supporting the establishment, development, and protection of a Jewish nation state in its ancestral homeland, the land of Israel, is likely to be a protected belief under the Equality Act 2010.”

He said there was a strong risk that the policy, especially if it resulted in disciplinary action, “will create an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating, or offensive environment for both Zionists and Jewish people, therefore harassing them”.
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 23h
I’m afraid if this kind of motion falls, intention is pretty clear
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23h
The thing that gets me about these lurid anti-Zionist statements, like the one the Greens just passed, is that it is *so fucking easy* to criticise the Israeli government without engaging in that type of language.
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 04/10/2026
The "zionism is racism" motion that has just passed on the Green Party's conference floor is truly gross, and deeply racist. The party's MPs deserve some credit for opposing it, though they should've done so more stridently and sooner. This is now a millstone around the party's necks. Deservedly.
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Rajani @rajani.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The whole event was live streamed! www.youtube.com/live/T4io7T6...
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ROCK THE VOTE @ POWER TO THE PEOPLE
YouTube video by rockthevote
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Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🦟🧀 @mackayim.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A good, clear, calm overview and roundup from Mike👇👇
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 04/10/2026
Bruce Springsteen and other music legends delivered a powerful message at the “Power to the People” protest festival in Maryland. Organized by Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello, the event celebrated peace, justice and community action while promoting voter turnout.
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Inside the DC 'Power to the People' festival headlined by Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen and other music legends delivered a powerful message at the “Power to the People” protest festival in Maryland.
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David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
strongly recommend this long-read @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social piece. underlying it is the horrible russian war crime of an attack on journalists. but the headline doesn't fully capture the fundamental questions david raises about journalist/outlet choices in getting a story while staying safe.
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LAFAYETTE @lastudiolafayette.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This iconic photo captures a concert fan named Paval Konovalchik being lifted high above the crowd in his wheelchair at a 2017 music festival.
This iconic photo captures a concert fan named Paval Konovalchik being lifted high above the crowd in his wheelchair at a 2017 music festival.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.
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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This can't be talked about enough. "President Donald Trump's move to cut most of the US funding towards foreign humanitarian aid could cause more than 14 million additional deaths by 2030, according to research published in The Lancet medical journal." www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Trump's aid cut risks causing 14 million deaths, report finds
The figure from the Lancet, a leading medical journal, includes 700,000 child deaths globally a year.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 02/10/2026
More than 34,600 people died in five Western European countries due to heat this summer, as the region posted its hottest June, July and August on record.
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Heat Deaths in Western Europe Top 34,600 During Warmest Summer Ever
More than 34,600 people died in five Western European countries due to heat this summer as the region posted its hottest June, July and August on record, according to a Bloomberg compilation of mortality estimates from different agencies.
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CNN @cnn.com · 01/10/2026
Inside the Flydubai flight where passengers fought off a terrifying attack: cnn.it/4rDhTWM
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‘I was sure I was going to die': Inside the Flydubai flight where passengers fought off an attack | CNN
A horrific mid-air catastrophe on an Emirati plane heading to Tel Aviv was averted in a stunning turn of events on Wednesday when passengers and crew bravely rushed into the cockpit and regained control of the aircraft.
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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I volunteered for Childline for a decade at uni and I know firsthand a snapshot of how many lives Esther Rantzen changed. Her later years were known for assisted dying but her legacy will be giving vulnerable children someone to listen to and care. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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Esther Rantzen, TV presenter and Childline founder, dies aged 86
Rantzen announced lung cancer diagnosis in 2023 and became a vocal assisted dying campaigner
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Grumpy-ish Brian🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇮🇪 @brian770.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
EXC - Shabana Mahmood will announce a new legal route for refugees that prioritises Afghan women and girls and Palestinians, unfreezing a scheme that will put the most vulnerable refugees on a faster path to permanent status. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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UK to open new refugee resettlement routes for Afghan women and Palestinians
Exclusive: Move by Shabana Mahmood comes after closure of Afghan scheme last year but experts say numbers too small to deter Channel crossings
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David Bentley @sussextangerine.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I think we all need to stop farting around and do EVERYTHING in our power to stop Reform getting into power. If we don't, we'll regret it for the rest of our lives.
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EagleOwl @eagleowlsheila.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Unbelievable to see this return to marching in Drumcree :( Letting go of the past is hard all round but ffs... www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck...
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Drumcree: Protests as controversial Orange Order march due to go ahead for first time since 1997
The march down the mainly-nationalist Garvaghy Road, which in the 1990s sparked some of the most serious disorder in Northern Ireland's history, will go ahead after a series of courtroom challenges.
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EagleOwl @eagleowlsheila.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is so good. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Israel v Republic of Ireland: Republic of Ireland to wear black armbands for Israel game
Republic of Ireland players intend to wear black armbands "in recognition of all lives lost in the [Gaza] conflict" for match against Israel.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
😬😬😬
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Trump Just Showed Off The New U.S. Space Force Uniforms—And Everyone's Doing A Double Take
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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Exclusive: I asked Andy Burnham about the gangs of masked thugs marauding around parts of our country and asked if he and his government should be doing more to call out their actions He called them ‘poisonous’ amongst other strong words. His condemnation was unequivocal. Full story here 👇
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Burnham slams 'poisonous' masked gangs & praises Liverpool solidarity
The Prime Minister was unequivocal in his condemnation of those sowing intimidation and division on the south coast as he arrives in his Liverpool, which he says has a proud history of fighting discri...
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Mr Bumpton 🇬🇧🇪🇺 @ivorbumpton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Beautiful RNLI jumpers! Perfect for Christmas family get togethers! 🤣🤦‍♂️👍
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RNLI Christmas Unisex Knitted Jumper
Show your support for the lifesavers with our exclusive RNLI Christmas jumper. Featuring a striking blue, white and orange design with lifeboats and snowflakes.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 23/09/2026
Israeli bulldozers smash Palestinian olive trees ahead of annual harvest reut.rs/4hnTnnM
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Israeli bulldozers smash Palestinian olive trees ahead of annual harvest
Palestinian villagers wailed over the mangled remains of their olive trees on Wednesday after Israel's military uprooted them with bulldozers, days ahead ​of the annual olive harvest, normally a source of joy for Palestinians ‌in the occupied West Bank.
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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Worrying scenes in the Channel today, for all interested in asylum policy and maritime tactics. A small boat from Normandy spent more than 30 hours at sea. Those on board now on their 2nd rescue vessel as Border Force forced to play cat and mouse with far-right activists who have their own boat.
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shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
it is incredibly fucked up that the UK government and police consider it a much worse crime to wear a t-shirt or wave a placard with 'palestine action' on it than to block ports and attack lifeboats
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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Autumn poem just dropped.
[The poem has been written in the shape of a deciduous tree with letters (or ‘leaves’) missing from the text]:
 
  comm   n pr  ble    whe    writin    p   ems
in the shape of decid o   s trees
is t  at once t   ere ar   ives
the fir   t sti   rings of    he new aut   mn breeze,  
  he       oems will begi    to shake    hemselves ge   tly  
  ntil their letters loos   n like leaves,
an they d start to float down
then
 
[The missing letters from the tree have landed on the last line to form the phrase]

turntomushuponthegroun

[The final ‘d’ is floating down to complete the phrase.]
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Duchess Gemma 🐠🕷️🇪🇺 @gemmagould.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Daniel Thomas, known as Danny Tommo, shared a YouTube livestream of the boat from the Channel." fucks sake BBC not once do you mention 1. he had a knife 2. he slashed the boat with said knife 3. he committed criminal acts live on camera do fucking better
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Dozens of migrants taken to Dover after more than 30 hours at sea
Protesters had earlier gathered in Gosport after an initial report that the small boat would be brought further west.
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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
BREAKING: TV pool will not be providing coverage of presidential events until further notice b/c of CNN's ban, pool chair and FOX News Washington Bureau Chief Bryan Boughton said. It's effectively a boycott by the fellow members — ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
FT asking the big questions here - could Anthropic maintain its growth trajectory if AI destroys humanity? www.ft.com/content/96d0...
Investors are questioning whether
Anthropic can sustain its extraordinary growth as competition, price-sensitive customers and the potential for Al to destroy humanity cloud its blockbuster IPO.
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Our history makes us friends. Our values make us Allies. Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon makes us neighbours. 🇨🇦🇫🇷
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
AI is screwing up journal papers: Journal editor asks authors of 10 submitted papers to meet and discuss their paper. Of the 7 that showed up, 3 were unable to answer basic questions about the paper and 3 had difficulty when asked further questions on technical details… medium.com/@TmlrOrg/ask...
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Asking Authors About Their Own Papers
By Nihar B. Shah
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Mark Carney: “I would now like to inform you that the teleprompter has ceased to function. Unlike a certain world leader, I do not view this as a conspiracy.”
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Jarvis Googoo @jarvisgoogoo.com · 19/09/2026
Amazing editorial cartoon by @mackinnonart.bsky.social 😃
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform www.ft.com/content/f270...
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Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
HUGE EXCLUSIVE from @bloomberg.com Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School Pentagon investigators discovered that flawed intel, outdated imagery & overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School
Pentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab.
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CNN @cnn.com · 18/09/2026
Two deadly US strikes on Iran during the opening salvo of the war, including one that hit an elementary school, may have been war crimes, a UN investigation concluded in a new report. A US State Department official told CNN that the Trump admin did not find the report credible.https://cnn.it/4rgxtHT
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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
At this rate Ed Sheeran is gonna be the house band for 60 Minutes
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Brighton beach today
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Reform in Wales having quite a bad day. Announced in the last 5 mins: • Leader Dan Thomas steps down due to "personal reasons" (he was arrested). • Reform MS Sarah Cooper-Lesadd defects to Plaid, saying Reform are "far more interested in division, opposition and headlines than finding solutions"
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Sussex Ornithology @sussexornitholo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The colony of Kittiwakes nesting at Seaford abandoned their nests during the heat of the UK's record-breaking summer, with none of their young fledging this year. This is sad news for the biggest colony on the south coast Read more about the colony on our website: sos.org.uk/news/kittiwa...
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Kittiwake Colony Abandons Seaford Site During Summer Heatwave - The Sussex Ornithological Society
The colony of Kittiwakes nesting at Seaford abandoned their nests during the June heatwave this summer, with the population present in mid-June vacating
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Caroline de Gruyter @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
In bookstores from 30 September 2026: my exploration of how the Long Peace has affected Europeans' ability to deal with today's world
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
If you would like to add your voice to tens of thousands of people thanking RNLI volunteers for their work, 38 Degrees have organised this open letter to express public support (at a time when a hateful fringe have been intimidating & abusing RNLI volunteers) act.38degrees.org.uk/act/rnli-tha...
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An open letter in support of the volunteers and staff at the RNLI
This is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th...
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EagleOwl @eagleowlsheila.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Even the stage at #LastNightOfTheProms seems to be wearing an EU beret?!
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Easy to donate: rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Labour sending out fundraising emails off the back of the Harborne and Delo donations. Yes chaps, that’ll do it.
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