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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
5. After around 30 hours at sea, the dinghy was intercepted by the RNLI and those on board transferred to two lifeboats. Two lifeboat personnel tried to secure the empty dinghy. Thomas yelled abuse and knifed the dinghy to deflate it - with a rescuer still on board.
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Martin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Giving Jim Ratcliffe a platform to discuss government policy is like inviting a toddler to address the British Medical Association conference on the amount of sweets he should be allowed to eat before dinner.
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Funny how nobody ever talks about the “legitimate concerns” people have about the extreme concentration of wealth among a small number of billionaires.
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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
God I hate this 'people who create wealth' nonsense. Let's see how much wealth we have in a society without teachers, nurses etc......
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 19/09/2026
A ‘gender critical’ Scottish Labour executive committee member and councillor failed to declare on her register of interests the company she set up to sue her trade union, in an apparent breach of the Scottish Councillors’ Code of Conduct www.wearequeeraf.com/scottish-lab...
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Scottish Labour councillor failed to declare role in ‘gender critical’ group, breaching Council rules amid trade union legal action
A ‘gender critical’ Scottish Labour executive committee member and councillor failed to declare on her register of interests the company she set up to sue her trade union, in an apparent breach of the Scottish Councillors’ Code of Conduct
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Son of Bengt @sonofbengt.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
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george 💿 @deejaygeejaygee.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The byline photo on this really makes it
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🔴 Saudis tell Europe oil refiners they’ll get no crude next month.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
MI5 undermined & obstructed a BBC investigation, covered up the facts & lied to multiple courts, all to protect itself & a violent neo Nazi agent.
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Ghost Coast. @spectralthrum.eurosky.social · 18/09/2026
The Guardian fired the excellent Dawn Foster, a disabled working class journalist, after Watson (then Labour's Deputy Leader) and his people had a fit at her incisive piece about him being a detriment to the Labour at that time (2019), which I would argue contributed to her death two years later.
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eliko thalia @museinrevolt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
just learned this today
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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 17/09/2026
ed sheeran 🤝 starbucks and their union-busters
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Andy @eastlothianhare.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
BRING HIM HOME
A top football manager - Wilfred Nancy
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Andy @eastlothianhare.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
If the choice is keep the current useless management team or bring in Robbie Keane then I want a ten year extension for O'Neill
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Stevie @stevietc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I refuse to blame the players, we would all play for Celtic, I blame our useless board, who refuse to invest in a recruitment team and players of a decent quality and have a competent management team in place; my eye is firmly on the board. Feel for the fans who paid to watch that tonight.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
RNLI closes Portsmouth lifeboat station after threats from thugs www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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RNLI closes Portsmouth lifeboat station after huge anti-migrant protests
RNLI volunteers were branded ‘traitors’ after bringing migrants ashore
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gambolloch @gambolloch.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
November 2025
A wedge shaped apartment building in Chinatown
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Aidan O’Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Just thinking about to the 1980s and the bands and musicians who played South Africa during the Apartheid regime, and those who did not.
Every artist that broke the cultural boycott of apartheid in South AfricaThe single and album were named after the luxury resort of Sun City in Bophuthatswana, an unrecognised independent homeland within South Africa. The resort had become a symbol of the apartheid system because many artists were performing there, ignoring the international cultural boycott of South Africa.
Although many boycotted the resort in support of the anti-apartheid movement, those who ignored it faced scrutiny at the time, becoming subjected to significant criticism. Many stood in solidarity with the boycott, while others went forward and performed there regardless, including The Beach Boys, Linda Ronstadt, Cher, Millie Jackson, Liza Minnelli, Frank Sinatra, Shirley Bassey, Olivia Newton-John, Dolly Parton, Neil Sedaka, Paul Anka, Status Quo, Rod Stewart, Elton John, and Boney M.Steve Van Zandt as Silvio Dante in the Sopranos, Van Zandt started the US musicians boycott of South Africa. 

Respect.
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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Lukas Graham, another support act on Ed Sheeran’s tour, also now withdrawing from the tour.
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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The Irish musician Aaron Rowe has said he is withdrawing as a support act on Ed Sheeran’s tour.
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Maya Media @mayamedia.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Robert Kraft runs a h-sb-ra surveillance center right out of the stadium of the New England Patriots. #Boycott
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Bill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
On one hand, we have Macklemore, a kind of dumb guy who wore an offensive costume and apologized On the other hand, we have Robert Kraft, a major investor in apartheid and an associate of Epstein Personally I would not support Kraft’s attempt to discipline Macklemore for pro-Palestine speech
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
AT&T Stadium reportedly is one of the venues that opposed Macklemore being on Ed Sheeran's bill. Worth noting that AT&T is hosting Kanye West in November.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran. Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues.

I'm not sure how to start this. So I'm going to speak from the heart and share the truth. Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour.
But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families.

The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don't lose sight of that.

Ed is my friend. I've known him for 13 years. We've shared late nights, studio sessions and stages. He has this infectious magic about him that I've grown to love. I consider him a brother. And because of that, we've had some difficult conversations this past week. The type of talks rooted in love and respect for one another that still end in a place of fundamental disagreement. Nothing I'm writing here is out of spite or because I want to tear down his character. But as I told Ed multiple times on the phone, our friendship can't change my responsibility to tell the truth about what happened.

Last Monday, in the middle of all the media attention surrounding Pink and what I said at MetLife, Ed told me that Robert Kraft called him. We were scheduled to play Gillette Stadium later this month, which is owned by the Kraft Group. Ed told me that Kraft said I would not be allowed to perform in his stadium. Ed also told me that Kraft had rallied some of the other
stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues.

Ed was in …What I said at MetLife I have been saying on stages around the world for almost three years. So why is it an issue now? Because now I'm sharing a stage with one of the biggest artists in the world, in some of the biggest stadiums in America. At a certain level of exposure, "Free Palestine" becomes too much of a risk. If I kept doing the shows, saying Free Palestine, with Ed implicitly supporting it, the crowd getting loud and showing undeniable support for Palestinian liberation, what artist might speak out next? The stage becomes resistance. Maybe that's why this time it became so important to silence me.

And one of the most effective ways to enforce that silence has been to weaponize the accusation of antisemitism. Antisemitism is real. And that is exactly why the word matters too much to be used as a shield against criticism of the Israeli state. When criticizing Israel, opposing Zionism or saying "Free Palestine" gets conflated with hatred of Jewish people, it doesn't protect Jewish people. It protects Israel from accountability.

I hope this isn't the end of my relationship with Ed.
Thirteen years of friendship doesn't disappear because of one painful disagreement. I hope we both continue listening, studying what is happening in Palestine and wrestling with what neutrality means in a moment like this. My door will always be open to continuing that conversation.

When my brother Omar was doing the subtitles for the video I posted from MetLife, I thanked him. He told me there's a phrase in Arabic:
لا شكر على واجب
"La shukra ala wajeb." There is no thanks for a duty.
That stayed with me. Because that's what this has become for me and millions of others around the world. A duty. Not something deserving of praise or gratitude. Not brave. Human.

Who is winning the internet, who is getting canceled, who gets to play the stadium and who doesn't, all of it becomes so small when held against what we are actually witnessing in Gaza and the West Bank. An entire people be…
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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
He cooked Ed Sheeran on IG
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Ed was in a fucked up position. He knew it. His typical apolitical stance was being challenged in a way it never had been before. He told me that the words
"Free Palestine" and the image of the Palestinian flag were hurtful to a lot of people he spoke with. I told him that if those words were more offensive than tens of thousands of Palestinian children being killed by Israel, then there was a fundamental disconnect between where those people stood and where I stood. But he couldn't get past his public facing, "I don't take sides."
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Gourdo! 🎃 @posting.fan · 13/09/2026
Andy Burnham wears SuperDry
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Rapper Macklemore has been dropped from Ed Sheeran’s tour after he made a “Free Palestine” speech on stage earlier this month
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Macklemore Dropped From Ed Sheeran's Tour After 'Free Palestine' Speech
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Alistair Davidson @moh-kohn.eurosky.social · 14/09/2026
Give @calton-books.bsky.social a follow
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 14/09/2026
I was told by a certain labor economist to up my bird posting so here are a couple thousand crows at sunset in front of vived red clouds and a muted orange sky. 🪶
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Heavidor @heavidor.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
www.glasgowbell.co.uk/fernhill-fir...
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Seven days after a parent bought Fernhill private school, it caught fire
Liquidators, longstanding debts and lots of unanswered questions
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Andy @eastlothianhare.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Building a door. 10th Dan yer da level com-plet-ed
A wood door under construction.
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Stevie @stevietc.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Get them all to feck.
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Everyone’s Favourite Jim @jimmeruk.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Cunts have just stolen my bike from the garage and fucked my garage door. If anyone sees this around Croydon, let me know.
Norco Threshold A1 with orange Brooks bartape and saddle.
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Krys Kujawa @krys.kujawa.co.uk · 13/09/2026
That’s Celtic sent up a big signal to everyone that LASK was not just a one off bizarrely bad night but was in fact a flashing neon sign that they are mentally fragile as a squad. The next two games are massive if that belief is to be removed… or it could be hardened further.
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Andy @eastlothianhare.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Nygren is one of the most gutless, feeble players I've seen in hoops
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Luke McGee @lukemcgee.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Female asylum seekers are reporting rapes and sexual assaults by British men but many say they are too fearful to pursue criminal prosecutions. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Female asylum seekers report being sexually assaulted by British men
Women say they are too fearful to pursue criminal prosecution of rapes, for fear of having their claims refused
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Andy @eastlothianhare.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"Golf fans". Say no more
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Andy @eastlothianhare.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
That team is brutal. Special mention to a gutless Scandinavian pair.
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Media Diversified @writersofcolour.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A HMRC official was sacked because he was caught on camera saying he gives wrong information to black and brown people when they call for advice in a bid to sabotage them. He was a member of the far right group Patriotic Alternative. How many more?
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Adria @adriaandthepriors.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Vegan cream cheese and asparagus tart for lunch today.
A dish with a tart in it
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Andy @eastlothianhare.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Incompetent Celtic minority shareholder Dermot Desmond rushing to the front to lick Donald Trumps boots.
A silly old fool called Dermot Desmond rushing to get to the front so he can lick Donald Trumps boots
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Andy @eastlothianhare.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Rewatching the Miami Vice film and holy fuck who did costume design. Off da scale
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Andy @eastlothianhare.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
www.britishphotographyawards.org/2026-shortli... Some personal news - yer boy is shortlisted for da British photography awards. Boo-ya
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British Photography Awards
The British Photography Awards is a charity oriented photography prize open to all UK residents and British photographers the world over
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Stevie @stevietc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Unfortunately, we just carry on, there is no other choice. We are fans and supporters, yet they treat us as customers.
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JAZ! @jazzo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid on BBC4 👌 🎬 🎞 🎥
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 10/09/2026
#OtD 10 Sep 1931 anti-fascist midfielder Bruno Neri was the only Fiorentina player who refused to perform a fascist salute at the beginning of a match against Admira Vienna. Neri later became a partisan. Learn more about the resistance in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e77-...
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 09/09/2026
#OtD 9 Sep 1934 over 100k Londoners flooded Hyde Park to protest a rally by fascist leader Oswald Mosley. Mostly was drowned out by the anti-fascist locals, who then chased the police-protected Nazis out of the park. More about the fight in the 40s: workingclasshistory.com/2020/02/17/e...
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Microplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
sorry for screenshotting some twitter rando but you guys need to see this
The Hellenist @The_Hellenist . 19h
Men must go on sex strike.
Do not give women any of your love until they submit to patriarchy.
Feminist women are undeserving of love.
Men must therefore go on sex strike.

NO SEX UNTIL YOU ABANDON FEMINISM
STRONG WOMEN BUILD NOTHING.
SUBMISSIVE WOMEN BUILD CIVILIZATION.
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