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Mother, wife and dog-mum. I love nature, science and numbers.

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hpar.bsky.social @hpar.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Claire's beloved horse Tango died in terror when holiday-makers set off a firework display at a nearby cottage. Sign her petition to protect animals and vulnerable people from the shock and terror of unexpected explosions. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...
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Petition: Ban the public sale of fireworks!
Claire's beloved horse Tango died in terror when holiday-makers set off a firework display at a nearby cottage. Sign her petition to protect animals and vulnerable people from the shock and terror of ...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
UK falling behind EU on environmental rules amid post-Brexit rollback. Failure to protect rare creatures, clean up air/water, remove dangerous chemicals from products, making consumer products more recyclable, energy efficient. Taking back control? No, handing it to corporations.
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UK falling behind EU on environmental rules amid post-Brexit rollback
Exclusive: Labour ministers choosing to weaken green protections inherited from the bloc, analysis reveals
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Rafael Behr @rafaelbehr.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
On Brexit Wars, the umpteenth sequel in a tired fantasy franchise and the possibility that, in the latest episode, reality may be fighting back .. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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In the never-ending Brexit Wars saga, reality is finally fighting back | Rafael Behr
Voters can see that, in the world of Trump and Putin, Britain’s future is European. Westminster is playing catch-up, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 18/05/2025
This is a superb new resource about rejoining the EU. rejoin.info It takes all the thorny questions, and the objections and obstacles people throw in the way of rejoining, and tackles each one slowly, factually and calmly. Bottom line: we can rejoin. It won't necessarily take a very long time.
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rejoin.info
The Rejoin EU knowledge base
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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
🔴 These two charts expose Nigel Farage’s immigration myths The Reform leader’s campaign is based on blatant, provable falsehoods 👇
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These two charts expose Nigel Farage’s immigration myths
The migration debate is based on blatant, provable falsehoods.
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Patrick Barkham @patrickbarkham.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
It's such a simple positive step for nature – a £35 hollow brick in every new home for endangered cavity-nesting birds, especially marvellous swifts. Builders in favour too. All Labour MPs have to do is vote for a Labour MP's amendment to make it happen! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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​‘The hypocrisy is staggering’: will swift bricks fall prey to government fears of Reform?
Campaigner Hannah Bourne-Taylor fears goal of requiring all new homes to include a hollow brick to help endangered cavity-nesting birds may be dropped
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Just BEFORE he made the tariff reduction Trump also posted on Truth Social  “THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!!” shortly before announcing his decision. Deliberate market manipulation? Or trying to polish the massive 💩 he’d dropped and point in a different direction apple.news/APs_5BCTKRdS...
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Trump Trade Chief Roasted As News Breaks About Tariffs Pause In Middle Of Hearing — HuffPost UK
Democratic Rep. Steven Horsford ripped Jamieson Greer, the U.S. trade representative, as news of the reversal broke.
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
“They go to school in Edgbaston and you won’t know them.”
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
'Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work.'
timeshighereducation.com
X’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research
Data indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
🚨🚨 #tariffs and #EUtradepolicy: Given the state of things in the world and Trump's insane tariffs, it might be worth recapturing the meaning and implications of the EU's much debated trade nuclear option, the Anti-Coercion Instrument. 🧵 policy.trade.ec.europa.eu/enforcement-...
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Q&A regarding the Anti-Coercion Instrument
Questions and answers regarding the Anti-Coercion Instrument.
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The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
www.thelondoneconomic.com/lifestyle/co...
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Which US brands can I boycott in protest against Trump?
It appears that the US brand boycott is gathering pace as more and more people take notice of Trump aggressive foreign policy decisions.
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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
here's today's post: "dumbest president ever just tariffed an island of penguins" thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —
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dumbest president ever just tariffed an island of penguins
‘they hate us for our beef’
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
🚨🚨 "Dumbest president ever just tariffed an island of penguins" is a spot-on summary of what to make of #trumptariffs. Trump is so criminally stupid that there is no way of making rational sense of this. Pure bloody LUNACY. And yeah, it still makes me FUCKING boil. 😡😡
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
BREAKING via Bloomberg French President Emmanuel Macron urged companies to pause investments in the US after President Donald Trump announced tariffs on the European Union and other regions. “We must have collective solidarity,” Macron said.
Photo of President Macron of France
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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
For Americans who didn’t get the joy of living through the Truss/Kwarteng budget, this is the point where the government starts to call the stock market left-wing and/or woke.
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Ian Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
I hope this succeeds.
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The Life of Sharks @thelifeofsharks.com · 18/03/2025
The Irish have started calling Conor McGregor, ‘Andrew Tayto’.
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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
This power grab is unprecedented, unbounded, and unconstitutional.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
There's a word for countries where it's illegal to criticise their leader
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney is asked to respond to Marco Rubio suggesting today that Canada join the United States: "It's crazy. His point is crazy. That's it."
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
🚨🚨 This is very, very bleak as democracy and free speech seems to be slowly dying in America. The dystopian authoritarian future envisaged by Margaret Atwood seems no longer fiction but dawning reality in #trump land. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
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US Justice Dept probes Columbia war protests for terrorism violations, official says
The U.S. Justice Department is examining whether student protests at Columbia University over the Gaza war violated federal terrorism laws, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Friday.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11/03/2025
New name but same old struggles for Boohoo
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New name but same old struggles for Boohoo
Rebrand to Debenhams won’t solve the company’s issues – the retailer may simply have already had its day in the sun
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James everything is analog @analogist.net · 11/03/2025
When @iwriteok.bsky.social described the base of power of American fascism as car dealership owners and MLM grifters I didn’t expect a Getty framed White House photo of the Statue of State Captivity
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C Hanna @chcowgirl.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
That’s how this American feels too!!!👍
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/03/2025
"They have one for $35,000, which is pretty low" -- Trump during his Tesla promotional event with Elon Musk at the White House says he bought a cybertruck for his granddaughter Kai
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
And BOOM goes the dynamite! 💥
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
HE'S LITERALLY READING A SALES PITCH
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Not only is this crass, it is highly significant. Radosław Sikorski is perhaps the most Atlanticist major politician in Europe. And this is how he is now being publicly treated by US/Musk. They do not want us to be their friends, they do not want us to be their allies.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 10/03/2025
A message from Spain's left-wing government to the UK: take heart from our success on workers' rights. Raising living standards is the key to combating the far right. "If you fall into the dialogue of the far right, the far right wins." www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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‘If you fall into the dialogue of the far right, the far right wins’: Spain’s deputy PM on the need for workers’ rights
Yolanda Díaz Pérez’s leftwing government has championed employment reform similar to Labour’s proposals – and she tells British business there is nothing to fear
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
“You are a traitor.” An absurd and insulting thing to say to anyone who posts what Senator Kelly did. And even more insulting since he served as a U.S. Navy captain and a NASA astronaut. Kelly was a combat pilot and flew 39 combat missions during Operation Desert Storm in the Gulf War.
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A screenshot of a post on X (formerly Twitter) by Senator Mark Kelly (@SenMarkKelly) and a reply from Elon Musk (@elonmusk). Senator Mark Kelly’s post reads:

“Just left Ukraine. What I saw proved to me we can’t give up on the Ukrainian people. Everyone wants this war to end, but any agreement has to protect Ukraine’s security and can’t be a giveaway to Putin. Let me tell you about my trip and why it’s important we stand with Ukraine.”

The post includes a photograph of a rusted, damaged tank covered in graffiti, parked in a public square. People are walking around the area, and a man wearing a camouflage cap and a brown jacket stands next to the tank. In the background, there is a yellow building with a blue roof and a sign that says “Mariupol.”

Elon Musk’s reply to the post says:
“You are a traitor.”
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
🚨🚨 Apologies but Elon Musk is an insolent evil, nasty, arrogant little dickhead who deserves a very special place in hell. Bloody fucking traitorous asshole is not even close to describe the misery he stands for. Major kudos to Senator Kelly who is clearly on the right side of history. #muskisacunt
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
My latest post is now out. I show how Trump's attacks on science and universities are neither random nor new - they fit very precisely into the authoritarian playbook. This means we can guess what might come next and prepare - and we must! christinapagel.substack.com/p/censor-pur...
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Censor, purge, defund: how Trump following the authoritarian playbook on science and universities
I have mapped 35 of the Trump administration's attacks on science and universities to the authoritarian playbook - and consider what it means for attacks still to come
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Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Meet Glenn Massacre , nationally appointed Crime Reduction Czar for the driven grouse shooting industry . He thinks it's ok that 134 hen harriers are 'missing' or have been illegally killed since 2018 , most on or close to grouse moors . Add your name petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
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Femi @femi-oluwole.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
According to the Reform Party itself, 40% of its MPs are violent criminals. Anyone who votes for them is scum.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
JD Vance writes off the UK as a "random country" that "hasn't fought a war in 30 or 40 years", when its fought alongside the US in multiple recent conflicts. What will it take for the UK Government to realise these people are not our allies, and never will be
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Thousands of Slovaks stage protests against the Russia-friendly government www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
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Thousands of Slovaks stage protests against the Russia-friendly govern
Thousands of Slovaks continue to protest across the country against the pro-Russian policies of Prime Minister Robert Fico's government. #EuropeNews
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
BREAKING: WHO BEARS THE MOST RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE OVAL OFFICE ARGUMENT? WITH 79,312 VOTES 👏
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 01/03/2025
Keir Starmer embraces President Zelensky as he arrives at Downing St.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/02/2025
I miss DEI
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
NEW: Macron has to interrupt Trump and correct a lie about Europe’s contribution. TRUMP: “Europe is loaning the money to Ukraine. They get their money back." MACRON: “No. We provided real money. To be clear.” Trump clearly not used to get fact-checked live.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Well. This didn't last long.
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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20/02/2025
When FAA employees are telling us it’s not safe to fly, we should probably listen.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Brilliant simple clear explainer by @sheridanflynn.bsky.social of the threat Russia poses to Britain youtu.be/M7O4Eh3Roe8?...
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Is Russia At War With The UK?
YouTube video by Byline TV
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Stay European #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 #FBPE @stayeuropean.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Spain has high immigration and it has given them a booming economy. Some people don't like immigration. We know that – we certainly hear enough about it. But don't ever let them claim that immigration is a cost: it's simply factually untrue. Boosting the working-age population boosts the economy.
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How Spain’s radically different approach to migration helped its economy soar
As immigration has increased, GDP has surged and unemployment has fallen to lowest level since 2008
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
I know everything feels grim right now but let's be realistic. These people are idiots. They're going to tank their economy. They're going to fuck-up every deal they sign. They're going to leave America looking shattered and deranged. And all those who supported them will look as idiotic as they are
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