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Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

A lot of people don’t realize the dust bowl wasn’t a natural phenomenon. It happened when agrobusiness interests dramatically transformed the plains without regard for drought, and created vicious dust storms that choked whole families to death. That’s what I think of when I read about data centers.

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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Reform have now lost six by-elections in a row in England, Scotland and Wales. Their national poll rating is 26% – below Labour in 1983 – and Farage’s approval rating is -37. They’re very far from the voice of the people and need to stop being treated as such.

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Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Yes, we did tell you so

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Rachel @ewelamb56.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

My son is almost 20. I wish, WISH SO MUCH that this ban had been in place during his early - mid teens. Let's fade it, the Tories would never have had the guts to do it in the face of the tech bros. It won't be perfect, but it's a good start. Well done Starmer.

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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Sex is great but have you ever read Bram Stoker's Dracula whilst enjoying dark chocolate tiramisu and a vintage bottle of Pinot Noir in front of a crackling fire in a secluded cottage on the Scottish coast during a raging thunderstorm?

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The Daily Britain @thedailybritain.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

He also pulled out of Kuenssberg, refused Newsnight and declined Politics Live. This week. All of them. Full story and video at the link below 👇

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Pippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

NEW: Richard Tice failed to pay almost £100,000 in corporation tax, benefiting his investment company which made large donations to Reform UK. First time Reform's deputy leader's tax affairs can be directly linked to finances of Nigel Farage's party.

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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Nigel Farage says something idiotic. BBC: “He’s got a point!” Average British voter: “BBC is a high quality news source” And so the world needs to keep blundering along while the UK helps to destroy our civilisation.

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Rachel @ewelamb56.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Mildly amused that all of the usual "WE'rE a cHRistIAn CouNTrY" brigade in my local FB feed were mostly moaning yesterday about the shops being shut. 🤦‍♀️

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Rachel @ewelamb56.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Lamb roast with wine followed by an afternoon on the sofa with hot tea, chocolate egg shell and a Western movie is the way to spend Easter!

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Someone said to me, "I'm sorry but I got your book from a library." Nobody should ever apologise for that. You read my book! That's brilliant! I grew up hanging out in libraries and the idea of a world without them fills me with dread. Without libraries, authors, like readers, will only suffer.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

BREAKING: “It is increasingly clear that as the world continues down this volatile path our long term national interest requires closer partnership with our allies in Europe and with the European Union.. Brexit did deep damage to our economy” Prime minister Keir Starmer 👏

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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

A truly Christian nation would never have elected Donald Trump.

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Rachel @ewelamb56.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

The Boy got me some Dutch Barn dark cherry vodka for Mother's Day. Oof! More of that!

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Emmett Initiative @emmett.click · 26/03/2026

we’re not going to get anywhere until we stop letting companies pay millions in settlements instead of putting their leadership in fucking jail

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

It's been eight hours since the Government announced that crypto donations to political parties had been banned effective immediately and Reform's crypto portal is still accepting donations

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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Melania, Donald, and Barron Trump all voted by mail in the special election in Florida. I don't wanna hear jack shit from him screeching about mail-in voting anymore. #TrumpVotesByMail

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Sarah @thebasementtan.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

When I say I want to read a silly, frivolous book, I don't want that book to be poorly written.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

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Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover

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Rachel @ewelamb56.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

A rare weekend with the house to myself (and the dog). Binge watching A Discovery of Witches in my jammies. Do not intend to cook a meal for at least 72 hours.

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Dexter Crisp @dextercrisp.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

BBC News would be thrown into a right quandry if Nigel Farage decides to call a press conference

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage. The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.” It’s about control.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." —FDR, 1937

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

@barackobama.bsky.social: "When I was POTUS, I suppose I could have simply unilaterally ordered the military to go into some red state and harass and intimidate a governor or cut off funding for states that didn't vote for me... but that is contrary to how I think our democracy is supposed to work."

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Waffle 🧇 @wafflecut.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video

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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

After nearly 9 decades of tracking presidential approval ratings, Gallup has decided to end their poll measuring following threats from the orange felon after showing his historically low approval ratings. This is what cowardice and bending the knee to a tyrant looks like.

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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 10/02/2026

Starmer's government has brought energy bills down, re-nationalised the railways, raised the minimum wage, put VAT on private schools, ended the non-dom tax loopholes, is planning to ban 2nd jobs for MPs and much more. I wonder why the oligarch-supported media would want to get rid of him?

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Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Here is my conclusion after sitting through Maxwell's deposition with her refusing to answer a single question about the men who raped underage girls, saying she would only do so for clemency. She must immediately be sent back to the maximum security prison where she belongs.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

House Oversight Democrat Rep. Melanie Stansbury Who came out of the Ghislaine Maxwell deposition "The US gov is engaged in an active cover-up of the largest sex-trafficking scandal and influence pedalling scandal in the history of the US" "And Donald Trump is right at the centre of it"

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matt696chap.bsky.social @matt696chap.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Oh god please don't give the opposition, the media and half the nation that want him to go a good time tomorrow (as i've just seen a rumour he's addressing the nation tomorrow) as surely Starmer resigning is handing the country to Reform UK on a plate. @warrenoates1.bsky.social

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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Yes, it's true. The US Attorney's office in New York prepared a draft of an announcement of Epstein's death that is dated one day BEFORE Epstein died. Nothing fishy here....

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Exit polls show socialist Antonio Jose Seguro has crushed the Far Right candidate Andre Ventura in Portugal’s presidential runoff.

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James Alexander @jmsalxdr.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Both stories about Reform UK Party Ltd’s Gorton & Denton campaign are true — they, laughably, reported Labour to the police over a ‘misleading’ video, and now they face a police investigation over breaking by-election law with deliberately misleading campaign material.

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Reform reports Labour to police over
'misleading' video
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 06/02/2026

Pam Bondi: “If we prosecute everyone in the Epstein files, the whole system collapses.” By Jove, I think she's got it!

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Maca Iglesias @rotterdamvvg.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

No wonder the orange toddler is unhinged once again. The Obamas are competent, classy, loving, Harvard and Princeton graduates, loved by many, not on the Epstein files, got the Nobel Peace Prize, and gave us a steady economy to boot. Repost this if you agree they are AMAZING and an inspiration!

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

1. I am a resident of the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am over 18 years of age. I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting.
2. On Saturday, January 24, 2026, at about 8:50 am, I was getting ready to go to work when I heard whistles outside. I knew the whistles meant that ICE agents were in the area, so I decided to check it out on my way to work. I've been involved in observing in my community because it is so important to document what ICE is doing to my neighbors. Connecting to your local community and knowing who your neighbors are is something I profoundly value.
3. I drove to Nicollet Ave. and 26th where I could hear the whistles coming from. I turned south onto Nicollet. There were already several ICE agents there and they'd set up a sort of vehicle convoy on Nicollet and 28th. There were also about 15 observers there, recording and observing ICE.
4. I saw ICE agents surrounding cars and punching car windows. I also saw them stopping vehicles further down Nicollet, so I backed up because I didn't feel safe continuing on.
5. I noticed a man sort of acting to help traffic move more smoothly. He helped me find a place to park. I got out with my whistle and my camera. I went over to him and said something like, "I'm going to film and use my whistle."
6. It seemed like most ICE activity was happening a little farther down the street from us, near 27th. Someone was being thrown to the ground.

7. I started recording. There was an agent by a car across the street. Two observers were a few feet away from the agent, blowing their whistles. One was wearing a backpack.
8. I and the man who was observing and helping direct traffic were standing in the street. There was a phone in the man's hand recording a video.
9. An agent approached and asked us to back up, so I moved slowly back onto the sidewalk.
10. The man stayed in the street, filming as the other observers I mentioned earlier were being forced backward by another ICE agent threatening them with pepper spray. The man went closer to support them as they got threatened, just with his camera out. I didn't see him reach for or hold a gun.
11. Then the ICE agent shoved one of the other observers to the ground. Then he started pepper spraying all three of them directly in the face and all over. The man with the phone put his hands above his head and the agent sprayed him again and pushed him.
12. Then the man tried to help up the woman the ICE agent had shoved to the ground. The ICE agents just kept spraying. More agents came over and grabbed the man who was still trying to help the woman get up. All three of the observers looked to have been badly affected by the pepper spray. I could feel the pepper spray in my eyes.

13. The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn't see him touch any of them-he wasn't even turned toward them. It didn't look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn't see him with a gun. They threw him to the ground. Four or five agents had him on the ground and they just started shooting him. They shot him so many times.
14.1 don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him.
15. The video I recorded of what happened accurately depicts the events leading up to the agents shooting him and several minutes afterwards. The video is attached as Exhibit 1.
16. I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground.
17. I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don't know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they're not telling the truth about what happened. I've heard that other witnesses might have been arrested and taken to the Whipple Building.
18. I am disgusted and gutted at how they are treating my neighbors and my state. I keep alternating between crying and feeling determined it is important to remember the value of documenting injustice. We show up for the people who need us to bear

witness, because it can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line. He lost his life for those values.
I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct.

Dated and signed on Jan 24, 2026 in Hennepin County, State of Minnesota.

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 25/01/2026

A doctor who witnessed the shooting submits a sworn declaration in federal litigation to halt ICE surge in MN: "I did not see him attack the agents or brandish a weapon of any kind." and "The victim had at least three bullet wounds in his back." Read storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Nigel Farage couldn't find the courage to criticise Trump insulting British troops Saying his remark was 'not quite fair' Remember that next time they're waving union jacks 🇬🇧

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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

We are kindly asking people not to jump to conclusions just because indisputable video evidence shows us executing an innocent man in broad daylight.

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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power

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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

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Rachel @ewelamb56.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Burnham has been brilliant for Manchester. He should stay there and finish the job. His standing for parliament just feeds gossip and stirs discontent, which neither the Country nor the party needs. His actions today have ruled out his *ever* getting my vote for party leader.

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