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Jeff O'Regan

@hodekin.bsky.social
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Lapsed librarian; Socialist; Ex-Labour Party - now politically homeless; Bookaholic. Off the page nut. I was born in Grays Thurrock but I was made in the ILEA.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This summer: Thousands of deaths from extreme weather. This weekend in the media: What's the point of the Green Party? This morning from the Labour party 👇
Ministers preparing to slash heat pump subsidies to fund defence spending
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Jeff O'Regan @hodekin.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
jacobin.com/2026/10/book...
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Publishers Killed the Paperback, Then Blamed Readers
In 1939, the 25-cent paperback made America a nation of readers, delivering thrillers, classics and Pulitzer-winning books. So why did the Big Five publishers just kill the mass market paperback?
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Rav BOO!dram 🎃👻 @rvbdrm.com · 05/10/2026
If you’re arresting a Jewish 94-year-old human rights lawyer for peacefully protesting, you’re on the wrong side of history. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10...
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‘I’m rather proud’: Barrister, 94, arrested for supporting Palestine Action
Margaret Owen OBE, a celebrated human rights lawyer and friend of Ed Miliband’s late mother, talks to Al Jazeera.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
While the Israeli military invades a Palestinian university in the occupied West Bank to demolish a memorial to Palestinian students the IDF has previously murdered, here in the UK our political & media class focus on telling us the Green Party are the problem.
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Jeff O'Regan @hodekin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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‘Bully in every way’: domestic abuse survivors say ex-partners behind far-right UK street patrols
Seven women share their stories to make people aware of patterns of violence behind anti-immigration street patrol movement
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Jeff O'Regan @hodekin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Stop Trump’s attack on wolves! actions.eko.org/a/stop-trump...
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Stop Trump’s attack on wolves!
Majestic, intelligent, and fiercely loyal, gray wolves live in devoted family packs—led by an alpha pair who mate for life and raise their pups as a tight-knit unit.Among them is the Mexican gray wolf
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Jeff O'Regan @hodekin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Stop Musk’s Space base actions.eko.org/a/stop-musk-...
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Stop Musk’s Space base
Every year, tens of millions of birds fly thousands of miles across North America, stopping at Pecan Island to rest and feed along their epic migration.Snow geese arrive in enormous flocks. Endangered
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Jeff O'Regan @hodekin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Meta and Big Tech: don't allow the spread of disinformation on your platforms! action.eko.org/a/meta-big-t...
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Meta and Big Tech: don't allow the spread of disinformation on your platforms!
When Bolsonaro was president, he almost destroyed the Amazon. Now, his son could be elected to start Bolsonaro 2.0 and finish the job. Recent research by Ekō just exposed that Meta AI, Gemini, Grok an
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Don’t believe the lies. Trump is *not* selling $2.8 billion of bombs for Israel’s genocide. It’s worse. Trump is *giving away* $2.8 billion of bombs for Israel’s genocide. American taxpayers are paying for those bombs.
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Jeff O'Regan @hodekin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Greens just four points behind Labour in urban areas, poll reveals
Exclusive: Party could take 40 seats if result replicated at next election, according to Labour-linked thinktank
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Jeff O'Regan @hodekin.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Two planned data centres will emit more carbon than the entire UK operations of ExxonMobil - and both plan to build their own gas power stations. Tell Andy Burnham to rule it out! www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/an...
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Andy Burnham: no gas power stations for data centres
Two planned data centres will emit more carbon than the entire UK operations of ExxonMobil. Both plan to build their own gas power stations. Tell Andy Burnham to rule it out
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Jeff O'Regan @hodekin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Israelis shoot dead two Palestinian teenagers after settlers encircle village
Troops escort settlers into al-Mughayyir and raze village outside Hebron as ethnic cleansing of West Bank continues
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dbnewtondoors.bsky.social @dbnewtondoors.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I take the word of our Prime Minister on this matter any day and not the word of a convicted felon, r@p!st p€dophile. Plus, Quebec hates his guts more than any other part of Canada, I tell you that much. Just so Americans know. The support for our Prime Minister has never been stronger.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
And just like that, Ontario flipped the switch allowing electricity to flow to the United States, leaving 1,500,000 homes and businesses in the U.S. without lights or air conditioning during unusually hot weather. All because the immature moron in the White House had another temper tantrum.
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Lady Anytimenow working with Sir Nearlythere @lady-anytimenow.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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Jeff O'Regan @hodekin.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Police stood by while a teenager was beaten near her home in Ukraine. Violations like this by police have doubled this year. Sign now to demand Ukraine protect LGBT+ people from hate crimes: a.allout.org/s/P8V77/
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Ukrainian LGBT+ people need your voice.
Police stood by while a teenager was beaten near her home in Ukraine. Violations like this by police have doubled this year. Sign now to demand Ukraine protect LGBT+ people from hate crimes
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Jeff O'Regan @hodekin.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
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‘The country of my birth has lost its heart’: Miriam Margolyes on how to fix broken Britain
At 85, the actor has lived through much political upheaval. But, she writes, today’s hostile times feel like ‘the worst yet’. She reflects on her journey from teenage Tory to full-throated leftist – a...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Since the President of the United States has declared that the Strait of Hormuz is now a US territory, caravans of Muslims should trek there to create millions of new US citizens. And enjoy the lovely scenery.
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Jeff O'Regan @hodekin.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
www.advocate.com/politics/nat...
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The closetocracy? 11 anti-LGBTQ+ Republicans dogged by gay rumors
They built careers attacking queer people. Then whispers about their own sexualities — and, in some cases, full-blown scandals — followed them.
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Jeff O'Regan @hodekin.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Glencore: don't mine Argentina's glaciers -- protect them now. action.eko.org/a/glencore-d...
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg leaked The Pentagon Papers exposing the lies told to the public about the disastrous Viet Nam war, forever becoming a hero in history. Now... someone PLEASE leak #TheEPSTEINFiles & end the biggest coverup scandal of all-time! 🙏
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Stealthgirl 🫘 @stealthgirl21.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Political cartoonists keep the story clear and simple
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The Navy may change the name of a warship to honor a brave black man who served honorably in the Pearl Harbor attack to the name of a cowardly draft dodger who is so ignorant he didn’t even know what happened at Pearl Harbor, according to his then Chief of Staff accompanying him on the visit
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Jeff O'Regan @hodekin.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Rewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images show
National Trust’s Holnicote estate says restored wetlands and rivers offer proof of resilience to drought, wildfires and flooding
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Jeff O'Regan @hodekin.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
UK government: suspend all contracts with Palantir action.eko.org/a/uk-governm...
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Jeff O'Regan @hodekin.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
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Jeff O'Regan @hodekin.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
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Israel deliberately starting wildfires in southern Lebanon, firefighters say
First responders, residents and environmental groups say military dropping flares to destroy forests and crops
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
If we'd frozen peoples rent in 2022 - the average UK household would be saving £2400 every year. And saving the Government £2bn a year! Any Government who is serious about ending Rip Off Britain would bring in rent controls now.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
If you have enough money that you can blow $100,000,000 on avoiding taxes, you have enough money to pay $100,000,000 *on* taxes that will help your fellow citizens, you self-centered prick.
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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Far-right agitator Kellie-Jay Keen deliberately disrupting two Muslim men, as they prayed in a corner of Hyde Park. When government, politicians, media and pundits stay silent about this, they’re condoning it. As this would never be allowed, had these been Jewish worshippers
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
One thing you can absolutely guarantee in life. When Labour ministers talk about difficult choices, it's never the rich and powerful that will be taking a hit.
Andy Burnham to make it harder for people to claim benefits as he vows to get serious about cutting welfare bill
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Jeff O'Regan @hodekin.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Chris Dennis served the RAF with honour. He was court-martialled for being gay in 1966 — and now, at 80, the UK Government won't give him the recognition it promised LGBT+ veterans. Sign to change that: a.allout.org/s/W78kl/
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Give Gay Veteran Chris Dennis His Recognition
Chris Dennis was court-martialled for being gay in 1966, aged 21. Now 80, the UK Government's promised recognition for LGBT+ veterans has been denied to him over a technicality. Sign to change that.
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dbnewtondoors.bsky.social @dbnewtondoors.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
www.ms.now/news/hegseth... Putin ordered trump to destroy the US military. trump selected a mildly mentally ill Fox News talking head for the job and here we are. The military will never fully recover from this, the mold is broken.
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Former officers say they were forced out after questioning Hegseth’s policies
MS NOW interviewed officers with deep experience who were pushed out in Hegseth’s ‘Pentagon purge’
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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
What if hostile foreign governments were able to control social network algorithms in the United States, suppressing information vital to our survival as a democracy? That would be weird.
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Jeff O'Regan @hodekin.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I’ve signed a letter calling for Angela Eagle and Ofwat to reject the last-ditch deal from Thames Water's creditors. Can you sign and share it as well? weownit.org.uk/act-now/sign...
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Sign our open letter to Angela Eagle
I’ve signed a letter calling for Angela Eagle and Ofwat to reject the last-ditch deal from Thames Water's creditors. Can you sign and share it as well?
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Jeff O'Regan @hodekin.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
EU: Ban CO2 stunning for pigs actions.eko.org/a/eu-ban-co2...
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Jeff O'Regan @hodekin.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
A bill in Gabon proposes a five-year prison sentence for consensual same-sex relations between adults. Sign the petition to demand that this law be stopped before it is too late. a.allout.org/s/P39aw/
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Gabon : Love is not a crime
A bill in Gabon proposes a five-year prison sentence for consensual same-sex relations between adults. Sign the petition to demand that this law be stopped before it is too late.
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Jeff O'Regan @hodekin.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Privatised water has failed us. I’m backing @labourlewis.bsky.social’s call to ensure Andy Burnham meets water campaigners who’ve fought for years to clean up our water -not just the water bosses who’ve profited from the system. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/de...
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Dear Andy Burnham, meet with water campaigners to discuss bringing water back into public ownership
Privatised water is a complete failure. I’m backing Clive Lewis' call to ensure that Andy Burnham meets frontline water campaigners who’ve fought for years to clean up our water -not just the water ...
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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
“No politics” say FIFA. Let’s see what happens here. Please note that Captain Harry Kane was threatening with a ban for wanting to wear a rainbow armband at the Qatar World Cup.
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Mike D London @mikedlondon.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I should thank the Mail and 30p Lee for bringing my attention to James O'Brien's description of Farage. Refuk, the self-styled champions of 'free speech', 'banter' and 'hurty words' are calling it 'hate speech'. I guess it means no Lucy Connolly style hero's welcome for him at their conference...
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Jeff O'Regan @hodekin.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
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Liz Truss wheels out a series of C-list ghouls for drab London CPAC event | John Crace
Former 49-day PM helms a Conservative Political Action Conference that’s a far cry from the glitzy US version
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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Don’t give a fig who wins this whacky races World Cup but playing golf with rapists (no doubt there’s more than 1 in Trumps entourage) isn’t just bad judgement it’s an endorsement of Trump’s incarceration of children on an industrial scale. This isn’t the 1930s , you can't pretend you don't know .
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1kr5ur43m.bsky.social @1kr5ur43m.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
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Damien Marie AtHope Ⓐ 🚩🏴🌍 @damienmarieathope.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
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Northern & proud 👊 @gazlancs.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
The Times is reporting: Convicted US fraudster “Posh George” Cottrell secretly bankrolled Nigel Farage, funded social media team, security, drivers & luxury pads. Farage failed to declare it. Had email access too.🤔
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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star
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Resist Trump 🤬 🤦🏽‍♂️🇺🇸 💜💙💪🏽 @resist-trumps-rule.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
A new sequel 🤣🤣💙
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
When did Labour become the party who wants to tax those who clean buildings more than those who own them? This can’t be right. The Green Party would equalise Capital Gains Tax and Income Tax.
Blair warns Burnham: don't raise capital gains tax
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