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Human rights are for all, or they will be for no-one. Terves are the foot soldiers ushering in facism. Gardener, Lego fan. LGBT. Brighton and Hove

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Not only did Aaron cover the El-Sayed and Ossoff debates, he also gave us Trump trying to tweet us into a race war, Kimberly Guilfoyle’s corruption, Mutterin’ Markwayne Mullin-and more Plus he STILL gave us incredibly astute political analysis If you haven’t signed up yet what are you waiting for
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Update:
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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 2h
EU leads fight against fossil-fuel nations’ push to delay climate science reports led by EU #WopkeHoekstra, the UK’s Katie White, CA's #JulieDabrusin, FR’s #MoniqueBarbut and DE’s #CarstenSchneider demand that the reports were “critically needed” www.ft.com/content/39f9... via @FT #ActOnClimate
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EU leads fight against fossil-fuel nations’ push to delay climate science reports
Dispute looms over next review of the latest science on the warming planet as temperatures continue to rise
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10h
At this point, there is no ambiguity about what just happened: Trump has stabbed the Ukrainian nation in the back in exchange for a shipment of diesel that would be a roughly 17 hour supply for the US market. It shows how easily Trump is manipulated by Putin, Xi and other dangerous dictators.
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Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 12h
It's important to recognise is that this *isn't* about the US getting "back" to business with Russia, because there's never been much US-Russia business of any kind beyond arms control. What the Trump admin is pushing for is an unprecedented alignment of the US with Russia.
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Bronwyn Hayward @bmhayward.bsky.social · 13h
The USA sanctions on #icc judges are punitive & far reaching, isolating them & their families, disrupting/blocking credit cards/banking services/email/ insurance/travel etc The attack on judges is an attack on a moral International order by USA- where does NZ stand? www.icc-cpi.int/news/icc-str...
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The ICC strongly rejects US sanctions against the institution
Today, the United States has imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court as an institution. This unprecedented step follows a series of designations against thirteen independent Judges and p...
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Caroline Litman @alicemydaughter.bsky.social · 9h
Your regular reminder that my daughter Alice’s death wasn’t counted in Appleby’s report, despite her meeting all the criteria. And when I emailed the Tavistock adult GIC to inform them they could take Alice off the waitlist, because she’d died by suicide, they never replied. It’s a disgrace.
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Özgür Toprak @ozgurtoprak8303.bsky.social · 2h
WATCH: Britain’s ITN has released ~4 hours of previously sealed 1989 Tiananmen footage — filmed by the team that smuggled the tapes out of China. The material, archived for ~35 years
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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 2h
Wow, when you see numbers like this, it really is time to get off dino fuel. According to figures from UK car marketplace Carwow, driving a BMW 320d diesel for 1,000 miles is estimated to cost around £181 ($239) in diesel fuel. For the same distance, charging a BYD Seal electric car is £29.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h
Wow — listen to these new comments from Trump. Thanking Putin, trashing Zelenskyy, characterizing Russia as eager for peace and Ukraine as intransigent. The mask is totally off.
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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 6h
Elon Musk’s PAC is running anti-lgbtq+ midterm ads on X. Not surprising but incredibly unsubtle
America PAC on X: image of a man in makeup captioned “URGENT ELECTION UPDATE: The crazy liberals are ready to show up in full force and vote this election. ARE YOU? We must DEFEAT them at the polls. Make your plan ASAP!”
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Gray @grahambrighton.bsky.social · 12m
All those centrists moaning about Starmer before are now moaning about Polanski and yet there'd be no Burnham without him. They're so myopic.
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Bradford District Green Party @bradfordgreens.bsky.social · 15h
🗣 "We would still have Starmer if it wasn't for Zack Polanski." 🟢 More Green members 🟢 More Green MPs 🟢 More Green councillors 🔴 And one less failure of a Labour Prime Minister 💚 The Green Party is making real change. 🤝 Join us: Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Rachel Fairbank @sweetsciencewriter.bsky.social · 5h
Also, just a reminder that RFK Jr made it a point to travel to Samoa, where he stoked anti-vax fears, in the months leading up to a major outbreak, that led to 83 deaths, mostly babies and children.
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Samoa’s prime minister criticises RFK Jr’s vaccine views after deadly measles outbreak
In an exclusive interview, Fiame Naomi Mataʻafa tells the Guardian she is surprised at Trump’s pick for health secretary and criticised anti-vaxxers for their part in 2019 measles crisis
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Rachel Fairbank @sweetsciencewriter.bsky.social · 8h
This isn’t a “controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr,” this is “playing with the lives of vulnerable infants in a developing nation, which is being pushed by malicious grifters who couldn’t care less about the innocent lives they hurt.”
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Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau
Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers
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Rachel Fairbank @sweetsciencewriter.bsky.social · 8h
“Guinea-Bissau has some of the highest rates of hepatitis B in the world, with about 18% of adults carrying the virus. While it may be transmitted from mother to child during birth, it could also be transmitted from another parent, relatives, siblings or caregivers.”
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Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau
Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers
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Ian H 💚🇬🇧🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺 @muchechops.bsky.social · 2h
#World-Mental-Health
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THX•1138 @ithx1138.bsky.social · 2h
We stand with
ZELENSKY ‼️
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 16h
Tides in Santa Barbara are running 1-2 feet above predicted levels. Why? Thermal expansion due to record ocean temperatures, the Kelvin waves from the current El Nino and tropical storm Rachel. Interesting times are getting even more interesting. tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/inundationdb...
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 1h
This is how you write a headline.
Telegraph headline:

Trump backstabs Zelensky for five minutes of midterm relief
Deal with Putin for Russia’s oil might soften the markets but Ukraine will pay the price
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Phil McDuff @mcduff.bsky.social · 1h
Doesn't matter how many snappy podcast appearances he does. This is probably just as damaging to California as anything Trump is doing. A direct attack on people's capacity to limit the power of their fascist aristocracy.
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Polis Loizou 🐺🎃 @polisloizou.bsky.social · 1h
A lot of talented and queer people have helped make the bigger, badder I WAS A TEENAGE BISEXUAL, and it would be lovely to have all our hard work pay off! Catch it in London, Nottingham, Sale and Wolverhampton from this week (especially London, where we have 7 performances) 🐺 polisloizou.com/iwatb
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15h
Let me see if I understand this . . . 1. The U.S. is at war with Iran. 2. Russia is helping Iran in that war. 3. The U.S. is now giving Russia money that it can use to help Iran destroy U.S. bases and kill U.S. troops. Donald is smart & patriotic like that.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 15h
Digital ad spending on anti trans ads is on pace with 2024 and could potentially exceed it. Despite some reporting that PACs might be retreating on anti trans ads, that doesn't seem to be the case. adtracker.lgbtqlegislation.com
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Bes @thatdudebes.bsky.social · 13h
Quite! The insatiable greed of former ministers must dictate awarding of government contracts. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Palantir’s Tom Watson says ‘mob rule’ must not dictate awarding of government contracts
Former Labour deputy leader says tech firm would work with a Reform UK government on immigration crackdowns
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 16h
this is literally why you have uniforms and badges every member of the media pretending that any of this is due to anything else should be frogmarched out of public life
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 18h
"When someone is gang-raped, there appears to be something to defend, and it’s not bodily autonomy; there appears to be something to protect, and it’s not the victim." Life in this predator's paradise and the problem of shameless people. www.the-reframe.com/the-good-guys/
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The Good Guys
Raising uncomfortable answers in a predator’s paradise, and the vast gap between being ashamed and living in shame.
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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 13h
What a vile disgusting fucking cunt
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Recruitment boss accused of being behind ‘doxxing’ campaign against RNLI and anti-racism activists
Tom Watson, of Worcester, alleged to be behind Big Time Charlie X account that created so-called Traitorbase
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17h
In case you were wondering why Donald’s biggest fans suddenly went silent . . .
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Dr Seth Thévoz @seththevoz.bsky.social · 13h
With this deal, the Trump administration has effectively declared war on Ukraine - and, by extension, the rest of Europe. Think about that for a moment.
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phyphor @phyphor.one-dash.org · 15h
Then there's this slightly smaller perspective calling out another neoliberal failure, that is still a millstone around British government: PFI. This by the amazing @garethdennis.uk with guest @postoctobrist.bsky.social (part 1 of 2): youtu.be/wxeO0Y5ADH0
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How Treasury Broke Britain: The History of PFI (Part 1) | #Railnatter 323
YouTube video by Gareth Dennis
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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 17h
Remember, everyone, this isn't happening. Democrats are not campaigning against trans people. It's not happening.
Annie Andrews ad, campaigning against trans rights. She says "I don't support biological men playing in women's sports." Graphic next to her says "No gender surgeries for minors."Marcy Kaptur ad: I voted with Republicans to keep transgender ideology out of our schools. Sherrod Brown ad: In Ohio it's illegal to perform transgender surgeries on children. Marcy Kaptur ad: boys should not play girls sports.
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Gay Community News @gcnmag.bsky.social · 14h
If you or someone you know is currently experiencing suicidal thoughts, here are some helpful services and resources for support and information. Read 👉 buff.ly/xLhTCWJ #GCNnews #WorldMentalHealthDay
An image of two people sitting down together, with one person’s hand on the other’s shoulder, seemingly comforting them. It has a blue and purple gradient with the GCN logo and the article's title that reads: "Suicide prevention in Ireland: How to get support for you or someone you love". At the bottom of the image, a message says: "Read more on www.gcn.ie at the link in bio".
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/10/2026
a grandmotherly woman just got booted from the Trump rally for protesting, and she went out like a hero talking trash and flipping the double bird
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 15h
At times like this, the mask really comes off the British media. There is no pretence - at all - about their impartiality or objectivity towards the Green Party. It is a blatant naked partisan cross-media assault against the Greens.
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Illia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social · 13h
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17h
Thank you, America! Money from diesel will help me kill even more Ukrainian children.
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 17h
War Crimes! =========
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Media Tell The Truth @mediatellthetruth.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Number of times Nigel Farage lost Westminster elections before becoming an MP: 7 Number of times the BBC called for him to quit: zero.
Nigel Farage and Laura Kuenssberg
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But Andrew Hickey Died Ten Years Ago This Very Night @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 18h
Diagnosing these things, ADHD in particular, is the exact opposite of writing people off. If I'd been diagnosed and medicated in my teens, I wouldn't have dropped out of university and wasted a literal twenty years of my life before starting to get myself together in my forties.
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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 17h
Absofuckinglutely!
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Spooky Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 17h
In India the leaders of the Cockroach youth movement have been arrested, along with more than 1,000 protesters, opposition politicians, journalists, student union leaders & lawyers; New Delhi is in lockdown. The police have prevented mass protests against the country’s election chief taking place.
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India’s ‘Cockroach’ leaders detained; New Delhi in lockdown
Indian police crackdown appears to have prevented mass protests against the country's election chief from taking place.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It’s hard enough for cities in Canada to do smarter things given how often bad city leaders hurt their own cities. But it’s extra infuriating watching awful provincial premiers sabotaging cities by ripping out good things they FINALLY managed to achieve. Premiers should not have that power, period.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Nailed it. 🔨
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Gray @grahambrighton.bsky.social · 21h
We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1
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Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 23h
We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1
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Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Death by a thousand cuts as universities revoke international offers "en masse" of prospective students from Bangladesh, Nigeria and Pakistan to avoid losing ability to recruit international students. More job losses and course closures predicted in consequence. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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UK universities withdraw offers from international students to avoid blanket ban
Pullback comes in response to doubling in number of study visas being refused by the Home Office in the first six months of 2026
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Sergey Vasiliev @sevslv.bsky.social · 23h
“The sanctions are aimed at bringing the ICC to its knees; and ensuring US allies are not held accountable for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.” "As a global community, we cannot let one State launch unilateral attacks against the Court."
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 10/10/2026
QueerAF can reveal figures that show 618 people have died while under the care of an NHS gender clinic, at least 21 by suicide. www.wearequeeraf.com/the-deadly-t...
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The deadly toll of the trans healthcare crisis: 21 suicides and over 600 other deaths
QueerAF can reveal figures that show 618 people have died while under the care of an NHS gender clinic, at least 21 by suicide.
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Marc Veldhoen @marcveld.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The USA is funding the Russian war and Ukraine invasion Trump announces deal for Russian diesel as Zelensky criticises 'gift to Putin'
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Trump announces deal for Russian diesel as Zelensky criticises 'gift to Putin'
Ukraine's president said allowing Russia to sell petroleum products would prolong a war that must be ended.
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