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Avalanche #BrainInjury survivor wheelchair / trike using East Londoner from Burnley. Love this blue planet, wish more felt the same, sick of Tory / Reform BS, #TaxTheRich #TaxMusk #TrumpIsACunt #ProportionalRepresentation #RejoinEU #VoteGreen #UTC #Clarets

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 13h
Look at the graph of US support for Ukraine, and how it disappeared when Trump entered his second term. The Russia hoax was never a hoax
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h
Trump: "The United States of America, represented by me as your president, should have received the Nobel Peace Prize, but didn't. This is an indelible stain on the country of Norway. We will not forget, Norway." (note how tepid the crowd response is to this whining)
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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 13h
Disgraceful and embarrassing are apt words - but entirely autobiographical. The man is a monstrous narcissist and a buffoon
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 10h
More AI propaganda: Grok refuses to confirm this picture is real, when it very much is
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 7h
Ukrainian drones struck the NZNP oil-loading terminal in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, overnight, triggering a massive fire. It has an annual handling capacity of 3.5 million tonnes and serves as an important logistics hub for Russian fuel exports.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Shell’s refineries expected to make record profits. Profit margins of $42 a barrel, up from $24 a barrel. Cashing in on global conflicts. Bumper payouts for execs and shareholders. Misery for households and businesses. Millions plunged into poverty. Must levy 100% windfall tax.
theguardian.com
Shell expects refineries to almost double the profit from every barrel of fuel made
Record prices caused by global shortages amid shutdown of war-damaged refineries in Middle East and Russia
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13h
Trump announces deal to import Russian diesel. Yet he imposed tariffs on China and India for importing fuel from Russia. 3 weeks ago signed law threatening 500% tariffs on India and China. Now facing midterm election defeat ... and Utter bankruptcy of Trump foreign, economic and other policies.
bbc.co.uk
Trump announces deal for Russian diesel as Zelensky calls it a 'gift to Putin'
Ukraine's president sharply criticised the move, calling it an "investment in war that must be ended, not prolonged".
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13h
NHS faces exodus of ADHD and autism services staff to private clinics. Low wages have caused brain drain, loss of skilled staff. Part of privatisation of the NHS by stealth. Private sector picks up NHS contracts, profiteers, higher cost to public purse, increases NHS queues.
theguardian.com
NHS faces exodus of ADHD and autism services staff to private clinics
Brain drain of psychologists, psychiatrists and nurses leaves NHS ‘weaker’, driving patients to seek care elsewhere
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 9h
Interview with the Bard of Salford aka the great John Cooper Clarke. “The defining nature of art is its uselessness. As soon as it becomes useful, it's something else” @johncooperclarke.bsky.social Q&A by Ursula Kenny www.thenerve.news/p/john-coope...


The Nerve Q&A: John Cooper Clarke, pictured looking downcast in a hat, red patterned scarf and sunglasses: ‘I could go to six funerals a week. But no man can live on vol au vents alone’
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John Cooper Clarke @johncooperclarke.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
JOHN COOPER CLARKE IS READY TO “HAVE IT” - NEW POETRY COLLECTION AND TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT 💥🎙
 
 JCC is back and better than ever with a major UK tour and brand new poetry collection set for Autumn 2026!
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John Cooper Clarke @johncooperclarke.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
JOHN COOPER CLARKE LIVE IN EUROPE 2026 ⚡️🕶 The Bard of Salford is back on the continent this Spring for a series of very special shows in some uber exciting venues. JCC will also be joined by his compadre and very special guest Mike Garry at all five shows 💥
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 27/09/2026
NEW Stewart Lee column The collapse of compassion in post-Brexit Britain suggests it’s now time for Roman-style lethal spectacles. The alternative – stopping malign global influences from destabilising our society, say - seems beyond us www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

At this rate, we'll be staging public drownings of migrants, to address 'legitimate concerns': Stewart Lee on the collapse of compassion in post-Brexit Britain. Stylised image of a RNLI ferry
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 10h
⚡️❗️A new compilation of strikes by the SSU shows numerous hits on high-value Russian military equipment, including Buk, S-400 and Pantsir air defense systems, among many other targets. In September alone, the unit struck 26 Russian air defense systems, 16 MLRS, 33 artillery systems.
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 10h
🔥A new video released by the SSU’s Alpha unit shows strikes on multiple Russian air defense systems, including: • 3 Buk SAM systems • 1 S-400 launcher • 3 Pantsir systems • 1 possible additional Pantsir Most of the strikes were carried out using Ukrainian RAM-2X/RAM-3X loitering munitions.
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 10h
💥A Russian Pantsir fires a missile at a Ukrainian drone just a split second before another drone slams into its side. P.S: Since Pantsir missiles rely on radio-command guidance from the launcher, the strike likely severed the guidance link, leaving the missile unguided and causing it to miss.
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 9h
A Ukrainian FPV drone lying in ambush at night spots a passing Russian assault group of four soldiers on a quad bike, waits for the right moment, then takes off and strikes them.
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George McGavin @georgemcgavin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
With a powerful tail containing 47 vertebrae giving them exceptional agility, the long-tailed #pangolin of #WestAfrica is a rainforest icon! Help them survive don't buy Chinese medicine ☠️❌ scales and #Boycottpalmoil 🌴❌#Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social wp.me/pcFhgU-beZ2
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Long-tailed Pangolin Phataginus tetradactyla Palm Oil Detectives
Long-tailed pangolins AKA African black-bellied pangolins are Vulnerable from bushmeat and traditional medicine along with palm oil deforestation. Take action!
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 09/10/2026
Revealed: the ‘black box’ wastewater trade that rakes in millions for UK utility companies
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Revealed: the ‘black box’ wastewater trade that rakes in millions for UK utility companies
Exclusive: Firms made more than £340m last year from processing industrial and commercial wastewater at sewage works that are unable to remove many chemical pollutants Water companies in the UK made more than £340m in revenue last year by pouring billions of litres of industrial and commercial wastewater into sewage treatment works that experts say are not designed to remove most chemicals, leaving pollutants to pass into rivers, seas and farmland. Water companies are required by law to take industrial wastewater and issue permits called “trade-effluent consents” that allow businesses to send it to sewage works, though water companies can refuse applications. Continue reading...
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George McGavin @georgemcgavin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It just gets worse and worse. The Water Cowboys are pouring vast amounts of industrial effluent into sewage works. They get paid, and all the pollutants go straight through the system and out into waterways. Meanwhile, the illegal sewage overflows continue. It's a criminal scam!
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George McGavin @georgemcgavin.bsky.social · 9h
Fantastic video!
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 8h
A series of Russian strikes on Ukraine’s southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia today killed at least 11 people including three children, regional authorities announced.
politico.eu
Russian strikes in Eastern Ukraine kills 11, regional authorities say
A series of Russian strikes on Ukraine’s southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia on Saturday killed at least 11 people including three children, regional authorities announced. “People contin…
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The Daily Britain @thedailybritain.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Should private jets face significantly higher taxes? Chancellor John Healey is under growing pressure from Labour MPs to impose a new tax on PRIVATE JETS in the Budget.
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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
We and 120+ organisations across Europe are calling on our governments to cut ties with Palantir for good! @corporateeurope.org @epsu.bsky.social
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Lula @lulaoficialbluesky.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Lula entrega política pública, estudante na escola, casa para mães de família, emprego e dignidade. E o Flávio? Esse é só entregão. O Brasil não se entrega!
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Zeteo put our full conversation about end times fascism online here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS-6...
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Naomi Klein Warns Trump’s 'End Times Fascism' Is Already Here
YouTube video by Zeteo
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Jan Stinchcomb @janstinchcomb.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"How 'blessed' can a country be if it unleashes weapons of annihilation on the vulnerable bodies of children?" Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor, End Times Fascism and the Fight for the Living World #SundaySentence
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Grace Blakeley @graceblakeley.substack.com · 06/10/2026
Your home is not going to increase in value at the same rate as your parents’. The housing bubble is over. The post-crisis era of very cheap debt is over. Inflation is back. There will be no repeats of the extraordinary era between 1990-2020. graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-housin...
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The Housing Boom is Over
Your house isn't going to increase in value at the same rate as your parents'
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Grace Blakeley @graceblakeley.substack.com · 06/10/2026
"Trump is now losing support from two directions. He is losing independent and moderate voters over his terrible handling of the economy; and he is losing much of his base over issues like corruption, corporate capture, and his assaults on civil liberties." substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Trump Is Losing on Two Fronts
The war with Iran has wrecked his promise on affordability, and the coalition that carried him in 2024 is starting to come apart.
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Footage from a single trip by a Russian truck driver along the land corridor to occupied Crimea shows the scale of losses on this rear logistics route. I counted around 20 destroyed or burned-out trucks along the route in this one video alone
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A Ukrainian drone strikes Russian personnel preparing a jet-powered Shahed for launch from a pickup-mounted launcher.
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🐝 2 of 3 stations are now funded, and the Wild Hornets team has already started the process of getting them to the SOF. We still need $5,720 to fund the third and complete the campaign, and we need to do it by October 18 before the next fundraiser begins. ⬇️⬇️⬇️If you can help support the campaign⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Armed Maidan: Ukraine Resists ruzzian Genocide @armedmaidan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Wild Hornets merch sale for Canadian Thanksgiving eh!🦃🐝 10% off at our online shop with code THANKS10 until Oct 21 bonfire.com/store/wildho... Give thanks with merch that keeps you cozy while making lava for invaders🌋 Get a jump on your Xmas shopping!🎄 Merch counts for tickets in our raffle⤵️
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A clear view of the burning oil tanker off the Russian Black Sea port of Sochi right now.
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🔥🚢 A dramatic view from the Russian Sochi right now, where the burning oil tanker off the port has turned into a massive wall of fire
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Footage captures the AFRAMAX RIO oil tanker shortly after it was struck by a Ukrainian USV off Russian Sochi
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
England's water infrastructure at breaking point. Large part of water network installed 130-150 years ago. Thames Water infrastructure has average age of 79 years; industry average 56 yrs. 40% of TW assets are 100+ yrs old. Must end privatisation, remove profit motive.
standard.co.uk
MP says London water network is 'at breaking point' with two incidents in a week
London MP Paul Kohler said the two incidents highlighted the poor state of the region's water infrastructure
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Energy suppliers urge UK govt to help households struggling with energy bills. Silence on cutting profit margins, windfall taxes on excessive profits. Household energy debt heading to £7bn. 120,000 a year die in fuel poverty. We can't afford privatisation and resulting profiteering.
bbc.co.uk
Suppliers pile pressure on government over energy bills
Immediate action is needed to help households struggling with bills this winter, says trade body Energy UK.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
NHS England waiting list hits 7.33m appointments for 6.21m individuals, rises for the third time in 4 months. Privatisation by stealth. NHS capacity neglected. Thousands suffer. Private sector profiteers. www.oecd.org/en/publicati... Hospital beds per 1,000 population, Comparison 2013 and 2023.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Please join me for a free event. "In search of the good life: can Business Schools help?" 7 October 2026, 18:00 - 19:30 Anglia Ruskin University. Chelmsford, Essex. Get your free ticket here www.aru.ac.uk/events/in-se...
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In search of the good life: can Business Schools help? - ARU
What does it mean to live a good life in today's world? And what role should business schools play in helping society get there? Hear more at ARU in Chelmsford.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
BT to buy the broadband supplier TalkTalk in a £400m deal. BT is already the biggest provider with 30% of the market. If the deal is approved by the competition regulator, it would be bad news for customers. Less competition, less choice, higher prices.
theguardian.com
BT to buy broadband supplier TalkTalk in £400m rescue deal, saving 900 jobs
Virgin Media O2 complains of ‘stitch-up’ over rival provider, which has 1.5m customers
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Shadow chancellor vows to cut tax in every Tory budget As always, it would be tax cuts for the rich. No mention of corporate welfare, equitable distribution of income/wealth. We haven't recovered from previous Tory follies. NHS queues, potholed road, crumbling schools. What will they cut next?
bbc.co.uk
Shadow chancellor vows to cut at least one tax in every Tory budget
Shadow ministers unveiled a series of policies on day two of the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Drax’s planned datacentre to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood to produce its electricity, nearly double the CO2 emissions of all flights from London Gatwick airport. Drax, a highly profitable company gets subsidies to burn wood and produce electricity How many lives will it ruin?
theguardian.com
Drax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flights
Exclusive: Campaign group’s analysis of North Yorkshire plans finds datacentre would have to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood a year
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Devoid of ideas, Tories vow return to Thatcherite policies. They want to cut social spending, build prisons, cut taxes for the rich, free childcare for individuals earning £1m. What will they privatise, sell to foreign investors? No ideas on infrastructure investment, regulation of capitalism.
independent.co.uk
Kemi Badenoch positions herself as modern day Thatcher and vows to revive Tories
The Tory leader dismissed suggestions that her focus on cutting benefits and building more prisons signalled a return of the ‘nasty party’
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: We are one! The @thenerve.news is celebrating its first birthday today!!! With the news that we are financially sustainable!!! THANK YOU so much to the many, many people who helped us get here. Your support is everything! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 pressgazette.co.uk/news/the-ner...
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The Nerve reaches 5,000 paying subscribers in first year
Newsletter-led newsbrand from ex-Observer journalists now said to be financially sustainable.
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 18/09/2026
🚨This government wants mayors to oversee private water companies Without OWNERSHIP, this plan only foists the blame for failures onto local leaders. @angelaeagle1.bsky.social MP read our open letter on why you MUST give leadership AND ownership to local leaders: weownit.org.uk/mayors/ownership
Image with a picture of Environment Secretary Angela Eagle, with text that says "Open letter to Angela Eagle and regional mayors: NO to local oversight of private water companies, without local ownership"
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The Citizens @the-citizens.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The government is spending public money to build "sovereign' British AI, but firms can be foreign owned, keep their IP and face no obligation to remain in Britain 🙄 Understand more 👇 citizensreunited.substack.com/p/the-100m-g...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Army of patriots’: how a black-clad Christian vigilante group swarmed Portsmouth. Organized by a convicted kidnapper with delusions of power. Claim to be a Christian ‘army' - followers of a brown man, a refugee from Middle East who preached love for all.
theguardian.com
‘Army of patriots’: how a black-clad Christian vigilante group swarmed Portsmouth
Daniel Thomas has spent months trying to unify the UK’s disparate far right to form a disciplined anti-migrant force
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
According to Dosye Shpiona, 13 servicemen of Russia’s elite Vityaz Special Purpose Center were killed in an avalanche in the Bezengi Gorge, Kabardino-Balkaria, on September 6. Another serviceman is reportedly in a coma.
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George McGavin @georgemcgavin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I do not buy any Israeli produce....
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