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Fionna O’Leary

@fascinatorfun.bsky.social
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Retired Lawyer, cook, Europhile, books, music, good conversations, gardens, walking. Bird site refugee 🇬🇧 🇮🇪

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 12h
Jack Smith looked the Senate in the eye today: "I will not be silenced." He says his evidence proved criminal conduct beyond a reasonable doubt, and he'd charge Trump again.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 9h
The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI) has hosted panels featuring, and sponsored by, big tech companies that are driving a dramatic expansion of fossil fuel production in order to power their energy intensive data centres. www.desmog.com/2026/09/29/t...
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Tony Blair Institute Brings Gas-Guzzling Tech Giants to Labour Conference
LIVERPOOL – The think tank led by former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair has hosted a number of events sponsored by Trump-donating tech firms at this year’s party conference. The Tony Blair…
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 13h
“When food prices go up because farm workers go missing, that’s the ICE Tax. When construction grinds to a halt because no one is left to build homes, that’s the ICE Tax. When our elders can’t get the care they deserve because their caretakers and nurses are gone, that’s the ICE Tax.” #EndtheICETax
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CHC Chair: ‘ICE Is Not Just Busting The Budget, It’s Wrecking Our Economy’
Congressional Hispanic Caucus members joined America’s Voice to call for an end to the ICE Tax that’s making the lives of all working families more expensive.
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Michael Kagan @michaelgkagan.bsky.social · 9h
Important: Relief from third country removal may still be sought in individual habeas petitions.
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Chatham House @chathamhouse.org · 9h
Until something breaks the stalemate, the population of Gaza will continue to be caught between Hamas and the Israeli government — both waiting for the other to make the first move.
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Can Gulf Arab countries help break the deadlock over Trump’s Gaza peace plan?
Gulf Arab states increasingly view Israel as the main obstacle to progress on the peace plan – and may hope for an opening after Israel’s October elections.
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 9h
This report really is a chilling reminder about how mad and how bad Trump has been for decades.
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 9h
Schmitt making an utter ass out of himself. Smith keeping his cool And Klobuchar stepping up to hand Schmitt is sorry ass right back to him.
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 9h
It feels as if the words “Sudan” “Darfur” ”humanitarian catastrophe” and “unspeakable acts of violence” have been regularly scattered thro’ my entire life. And here we are again samf.substack.com/p/the-sudan-...
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
wHy WoN't ZeLeNsKyY mAkE a dEaL?!🥴🙄 This wasn't a mistake. This was killing civilians because it's easier than defeating the military. This is also terrorism.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🚨NEW EPISODE: The Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration can once again use a flawed database to help Republicans purge eligible voters from the rolls, just weeks before the midterms. Some are calling it a partial win. I see a warning. youtube.com/watch?v=wvhm...
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There is No Bright Side to Voter Suppression
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Russell Brand, who's awaiting trial in London next month on rape and sexual assault charges, will moderate a panel at DC's MAHA summit tomorrow on reforming a U.S. health agency
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Hairball 😡🙄😡🙄🌊✊ @hairball-redux.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Just a friendly reminder. If you're left of center (or even in the center), Tucker Carlson is NOT your friend. Neither is MTG, Nick Fuentes, or Joe Rogan, despite their apparent reasonableness sometimes.
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 28/09/2026
Serbia's Aleksandar Vučić resigned as president 8 months early to run in the Oct. 25 parliamentary election and seek the prime minister's job. Barred from a third presidential term, he is trying to remain in power through a different office. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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Aleksandar Vučić resigns as Serbia’s president eight months early to run for prime minister instead — Meduza
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has announced his resignation. His opponents have demanded it for nearly two years, since 16 people died when a railway station canopy collapsed in Novi Sad…
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 28/09/2026
The Republican nominee for a seat on the Texas Railroad Commission repeatedly called for executing his political enemies, including former President Barack Obama, in social media posts that have since been removed, according to a new investigation.
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GOP candidate repeatedly demands lynching of Obama — then rushes to delete posts
The Republican nominee for a seat on the Texas Railroad Commission repeatedly called for executing his political enemies, including former President Barack Obama, in social media posts that have since been removed, according to a new investigation.CNN's KFile found that GOP candidate Bo French calle...
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
💥 HUGE NEWS 💥 “Ministers say it is ‘not if but how’ the prime minister puts rejoin in the next election manifesto” Exclusive for The Independent.
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Burnham edges Labour closer to rejoining EU
Exclusive: After Ed Miliband told the Labour conference in Liverpool that Britain’s future is at the heart of Europe, ministers say it is ‘not if but how’ the prime minister puts rejoin in the next el...
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Jonathan Foyle @jonathanfoyle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Guardian picture editor working overtime there
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Secular Talk @kylekulinskishow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
VERY BIG TOP NEWS TODAY 🔝 🔥 SBU strikes 4 oil depots in Krasnodar Krai: Edelweiss-95, Din-Yug-Oil, Lukoil-Yugnefteproduct, Angelinska. 🔥 Bridge, radar, communications, aviation and boats - "Prymary" of GUR continue to destroy enemy targets
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James Barham @nowthenthee.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
250 soldiers surrendered and Russian SM loses its mind, in WW2 whole Soviet armies surrendered during Barbarosa. Proportion here comrades.
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The Analyst @militaryanalyst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
was not about his politics in general, although that probably played a part, but that he would not agree to the extortionate price the US LNG companies want, and Trump owes them. The major investor in Balkan LNG is Venture Global. In 2024 its founders, Pender & Sabel attended Mar-a-lago and later
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The Analyst @militaryanalyst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Romania is designed to transport US LNG. However the now ousted Prime Minister Borajan was refusing to agree contracts for gas supply because the price was considerably above market rate. He wouldn’t concede so Guilfoyle, on instructions from the White House arranged his ouster. Lets be clear this
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The Analyst @militaryanalyst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
who six days later ousted the Romanian government. She has been revealed in private meetings to have said ‘we can do this to any country we want, including Greece’. So Why? would be the question. The answer is American LNG. A pipeline that runs through Greece via Bulgaria and north into
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The Analyst @militaryanalyst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
get her out of the way. She was the one in Trumps first term who gave a near hysterical speech at the GOP convention where I swear she was about to shout sieg heil! It stuck in my mind it was so disturbing. As Ambassador to Greece, she visited Bucharest and had dinner with the party leaders,
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The Analyst @militaryanalyst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Agreement that the pro-democracy parties would always stand together to prevent the fascists from getting their way. The bizarre reality is this came about because of Kimberley Guilfoyle, Donald Trump Jr’s ex girlfriend who was made Ambassasdor to Greece when Junior found a better alternative, to
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The Analyst @militaryanalyst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
TRUMP REGIMES GROTESQUE INTERFERENCE IN BALKANS OVER ENERGY The WSJ reported on a situation in Romania primarily, involving the collapse of the government in May this year.It was achieved by a democratic party allying with a fascist party and winning a vote of no confidence.It broke a long standing
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Rev Peter W Nimmo @peternimmo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
21 year old Arkadii Petrov was a refugee who returned to his home country to help defend it. Prayers for his family, and the school and community in Kirkcudbright
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Oxford Street to be pedestrianised from October 26th www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Oxford Street to be pedestrianised from 26 October
Buses, taxis, bikes and other vehicles, will be banned from Orchard Street to Great Portland Street.
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Søren Have @sorenhave.dk · 09/09/2026
"A Friends of the Earth senior figure described the Heathrow expansion plans as “the climate equivalent of pouring petrol on a raging wildfire” after summer 2026 was provisionally confirmed as the hottest on record in the UK, with widespread drought and wildfires across the country." 🎯
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Government has ‘given the go-ahead’ to Heathrow expansion, says Chancellor
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has previously expressed concerns over the plans to build a third runway at the west London airport.
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Søren Have @sorenhave.dk · 18/05/2026
Let's have a look at CPH (that the Danish state is even expanding 🤦‍♂️) - 2.56 mio tons is about 0.4 ton per Danish citizen. (But nice work in making this overview!) bsky.app/profile/tran...
Map of Europe showing blobs of emissions illustrated by size, with an expansion of the emissions of CPH in Denmark.
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Søren Have @sorenhave.dk · 22/09/2025
Actions are also communication. What this communicates is that “we - your government - really don’t mean it seriously with those climate targets”. It is then no wonder if the general public also are in doubt what to do. bsky.app/profile/caro...
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Søren Have @sorenhave.dk · 04/04/2025
Another airport expansion planned, another occasion to repeat: As long as there are no credible plans for climate neutrality of aviation, investing in airport expansion is betting on us all giving up on the Paris agreement.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/09/2026
Trump: "We have the best murder"
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Hughster @hughster.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Next year's French PM, per uncovered chats: "The Jew has to dominate other peoples, crush them, and rob them; a Zionist is necessarily a Jew, and fundamentally so"
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French far right's Jordan Bardella denies alleged 2013 anti-Semitic comments
Jordan Bardella, the head of Marine Le Pen's National Rally (RN) party, has denied allegations made by French investigative website Mediapart that he wrote anti-Semitic comments on private chats in 20...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026
Trump: Sleepy Joe Biden, have you heard of him? *a few moments later* Trump: 😴😴😴
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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Slava Bonkus #ElonSucksSoHard @bonkski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Kremlin before the election in russia: There will not be a mobilization! Kremlin today:
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Jonah Blank @jonahblank.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Corrected headline: ♦️"Judge orders Trump not to do something illegal. He'll do it anyway." (Judges never "block" Trump from doing anything. They just order him not to do something illegal, and he often just goes ahead and does it, without ever suffering any sort of penalty).
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 28/09/2026
Zelensky says Russia has effectively begun additional mobilization by increasing recruitment and plans to expand recruitment of foreigners. He says HUR reported 8,000 North Koreans are currently in Russia, with another 10,000 being prepared for deployment. #Ukraine
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 28/09/2026
The Golden Age is going so well, Americans are nostalgic for 2008.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When I say we desperately need a Democratic doctor in the US Senate I mean it.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It remains a world historical error that Barack Obama openly embraced the household analogy & oversaw fiscal austerity that not only caused a Lost Decade & helped bring authoritarians to power, but also didn't finance all the things when real interest rates were negative: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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pygmyshrew.bsky.social @pygmyshrew.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 28/09/2026
Well well well, I wonder how we got here, Mr. Karl Rove: www.sacurrent.com/news/politic...
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Karl Rove says Republican Party is being taken over by 'Nazis'
The Bush-era GOP political operative also said Republicans would be winning the battle for Texas' U.S. Senate seat if John Cornyn was the nominee.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
SEN. THUNE (R): "It’s affordability issues. It’s the price of diesel… What's happening in Iran (Trump’s pointless war) has trumped everything else that's going on.” (H/T @atrupar.com )
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Søren Have @sorenhave.dk · 12/09/2026
As the Danish government is also expanding CPH I probably should cast the first stone. But: Why is the UK letting the sovereign investments funds of Quatar (20%), Saudia Arabia (15%), Singapore (11%) and China (10%) expand Heathrow, in reality betting on the world giving up on the Paris Agreement?
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“I will only serve two terms”. 🤬
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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“Being seen as nasty“ isn’t so much a risk as the entire point
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 28/09/2026
At least two people were killed in the Russian attack on Kyiv, and local officials say others were wounded. One drone strike set a science academy building on fire, and another hit a medical training complex. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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Russian drone strike sets a building belonging to Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences on fire in central Kyiv, killing at least two people — Meduza
A building belonging to Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences caught fire in central Kyiv after a Russian drone strike.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"The U.S. and Russian teams also removed a provision requiring that humans review military targets developed by AI before a strike..." www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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U.S., Russia stripped human oversight from global AI weapons pact
The two nations weakened a range of safeguards in a landmark U.N. effort to try to regulate the use of lethal autonomous weaponry. The global negotiations earlier this month marked the furthest progre...
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This 👇 💙
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