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Board games, photography, astronomy, running, baking, DIY, 3d printing. The Guardian, Private Eye, New European, Byline Times, Rebecca Watson & Freakonomics. Wild Justice, Greenpeace, Practical Action, National Trust & Family of Hope. Oh and board games.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Is this confabulation? Because I can't think of any rational explanation even for Trump. 1/2
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Officially, the water industry in England is regulated. Practically, it's unregulated. There's no difference between what it does under the eye of the Environment Agency and what it would do if the EA did not exist. The EA is completely useless, by design. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Dry weather sewage discharges soar as water companies face scrutiny
Exclusive: 7,280 suspected illegal spills in rivers and sea recorded in first five months of 2026
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Hunt Saboteurs Association @huntsabs.org.uk · 28/08/2026
Dorset Police confirmed charges including 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗰 𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀, 𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝘅 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹 and causing unnecessary suffering to an animal. 1/2
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
This is Olena Bila and her 4-year-old daughter, Zhanna. On the morning of August 26, russians struck Chernihiv, destroying a residential home and killing them both🕯💔 ​Olena’s older daughter, aged 14, remains in the hospital.
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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Professional wordsmiths at the BBC are mixing up their modal auxiliary verbs, accidentally positioning Reform as a government in waiting. The use of 'will' signals the future tense carrying implied certainty, rather than the hypothetical scenario suggested by 'would.' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Reform says it will prioritise British-born young workers for social housing
Labour called the plan "unserious and unworkable" and accused Reform of pushing "gimmicks and division".
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Strange isn't it that there are all those calls from right-wing influencers and libertarians on sm for Ukraine to hold elections in the middle of a war... but absolutely no calls for free and fair and transparent elections from the same people in the Russian dictatorship. Which is also at war.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 03/08/2026
I was fined £500 after putting a coffee cup in a rubbish bag next to a full bin
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I was fined £500 after putting a coffee cup in a rubbish bag next to a full bin
Reader expresses consternation after enforcement officer issues penalty notice outside station in London
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Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
A bit on something that’s worrying me as.ft.com/r/9fe0cfe2-f...
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Mayoral scrutiny is a pressing issue
As Burnham devolves power, remember much of the country lacks Manchester’s media ecosystem
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Anyone seen George Cottrell?
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Hunt Saboteurs Association @huntsabs.org.uk · 15/07/2026
The mink and otter hunting season is well underway and will continue until October. These kinds of hunts are becoming more elusive so please be vigilant. Find out more about what to look out for and what you can do 👉 www.huntsabs.org.uk/appeal-for-i...
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Ignacy Trzewiczek @trzewik.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
We all wished somebody at FIFA played Eleven. On page 20 we explained how the red card works in this game... Grab Eleven, play by the rules, and have a blast with your friends!
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
"So ... so I said ... why not sign your treaty here, at Versailles?"
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jaguardog.bsky.social @jaguardog.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Please stop reposting X/Twitter screenshot posts on Bluesky. I left that cesspit so I didn't have to see the shit.
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Wera Hobhouse MP @werahobhouse.org.uk · 16/06/2026
Reform, anti-abortion campaigners and far-right activists are trying to import America's abortion culture war into Britain. We've seen what happens when reproductive rights are taken for granted. We cannot become complacent; we must defend every woman's right to choose. More of my thoughts 👇
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Wera Hobhouse MP: Reform UK is importing America’s abortion culture war into Britain
Wera Hobhouse is the Liberal Democrat MP for Bath Abortion has always involved deeply-held personal, ethical and religious beliefs. But for decades there has been a broad political consensus in the...
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jaguardog.bsky.social @jaguardog.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Just sharing this because good businesses, amidst a sea of enshitification, deserve publicity. www.theguardian.com/money/2026/j...
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Five-star service from mobility equipment firm saved our holiday
Wuva staff’s kindness and empathy means we are able to plan more trips away
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Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Kim Leadbeater urges country to find 'common ground' 10 years after Jo Cox murder
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Kim Leadbeater urges country to find 'common ground' 10 years after Jo Cox murder
Spen Valley MP Kim Leadbeater reflects a decade after her sister was murdered in Birstall.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16/06/2026
How the murder of my sister, Jo Cox, changed Britain – podcast
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How the murder of my sister, Jo Cox, changed Britain – podcast
It’s a decade since the MP for Batley and Spen was killed by a far right extremist. Her sister, Kim Leadbetter, who took over her parliamentary seat, explains what lessons are still to be learnt
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jaguardog.bsky.social @jaguardog.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
The list of places I'd ever consider moving to is getting smaller. Just added Northern Ireland and union jack flagpole towns. But I guess they wouldn't want me, so everyone wins!
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 05/06/2026
City AM issues broadside against flood of AI slop being submitted by writers for its pages: "if you can’t be bothered to write it, why should anyone be bothered to read it?" www.cityam.com/there-should...
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There should have been an op-ed here but you filed AI slop
City AM's inbox is drowning in AI pitches. Anna Moloney, who spends her days copy and pasting them into detection software, has had enough.
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Hunt Saboteurs Association @huntsabs.org.uk · 02/06/2026
“Trail” hunts are intent on “dragging” Draghunts into becoming the new smokescreen for fox hunting … Read more 👉 www.huntsabs.org.uk/from-trail-h...
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Wera Hobhouse MP @werahobhouse.org.uk · 01/06/2026
Labour promised to ban trophy hunting imports - yet since 2024, they've issued 28 permits to allow the bodies of hunted endangered animals to be brought back to the UK as souvenirs. This is a shameful betrayal. Enough empty promises; the Government must take action to end this cruel practice.
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Trophy hunters bring bodies of lions to the UK – despite pledges to ban imports
Exclusive: Permits were also given for hunting trophies of critically endangered black rhinos and cheetahs, Africa's most endangered big cat
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Kent Greens tried to get the water emergency in the county debated at full council last week. Instead Reform wanted to talk about this... bylinetimes.com/2026/05/26/r...
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Reform-Run Council Cuts Opposition Time to ‘Make Way’ for Lord’s Prayer and National Anthem
Christian Nationalism in action: “prayers and songs prioritised over a water catastrophe” claim opposition councillors
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Hunt Saboteurs Association @huntsabs.org.uk · 26/05/2026
There is less than four weeks to complete the government consultation into banning hunting. This is your chance to have your say, speak up for wildlife and be a part of the change. www.huntsabs.org.uk/ha-campaign/...
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 19/05/2026
On this day in 1918, a white mob from Brooks County, Georgia, lynched Mary Turner, a Black woman who was eight months pregnant, for speaking out against the lynching of her husband the day before.
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May 19, 1918 | Mary Turner, Pregnant, Lynched in Georgia for Criticizing Husband's Lynching
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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Hunt Saboteurs Association @huntsabs.org.uk · 19/05/2026
'Trail hunting' does not exist and never has done. It is a smokescreen to enable hunts to continue to inflict pain and terror on our wildlife. ✅ GET THE BAN DONE! www.huntsabs.org.uk/ha-campaign/...
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Wild Justice @wildjustice.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
ACT NOW for wildlife and Woodcock! Deadline: 17 May. Wild Justice has been lobbying for a reduction in the shooting season of Woodcock. The government have now opened a consultation. Follow the link for more info about how you can make a difference for Woodcock and other species. buff.ly/1FQThDt
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Hunt Saboteurs Association @huntsabs.org.uk · 30/04/2026
In 2025 Jed Forest Master & Hedge Fund Manager Johan Christofferson donated £100k to Farage’s Reform & now he wants a return on his investment. Reform are for sale to those with deep pockets. Send this “Man of the people” a message in the local elections - our wildlife are not for bargaining with.
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Hunt Saboteurs Association @huntsabs.org.uk · 29/04/2026
Farage is an enemy of the people, wildlife and environment of the UK. A one-trick pony with no intention of actually ever addressing the real challenges of the 21st century. An agitator backed by the super-wealthy to simp for their agendas. 1/2
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jaguardog.bsky.social @jaguardog.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
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How do you restore Shropshire's wild spaces?
Plans to improve nature have been unveiled, aiming to restore habitats and protect wildlife.
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Iryna Voichuk @irynavoichuk.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Near Kharkiv this morning, a russian drone struck a civilian car. The vehicle was traveling between villages when it was hit. One man was killed, another was injured. A bloody “human safari” the world continues to look away from.
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 09/04/2026
⚡️ Ukraine's Odesa mourns a mother, her young daughter, and a neighbor killed in a Russian drone strike on their apartment building. 🧵 1/4 ⬇️
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
I wrote about the findings from the inquiry about the impact of the pandemic on the NHS, and the mistakes of the first year. I hope it makes you angry - it should make us all angry. open.substack.com/pub/christin...
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The UK Covid Inquiry has laid bare the avoidable horror of the second Covid wave
It is becoming ever clearer both how devastating the second wave of winter 2020/21 was, and how much of that devastation could have been avoided.
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 18/03/2026
the Norwegian campaign against enshittification is pretty great tbf vimeo.com/1168468796
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The Ensh*ttificator
Digital products and services keep getting worse. In the new report Breaking Free: Pathways to a fair technological future, the Norwegian Consumer Council has delved…
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jaguardog.bsky.social @jaguardog.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
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If you want to know what Reform would be like in power, look at how it threatened Bangor University | Gaby Hinsliff
A debating society didn’t want to invite two figures connected to the party to speak. Cue an authoritarian response, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Nigel Farage thinks Britain isn't productive because nobody goes into the office anymore. Which will come as a blow to one particular MP ... called Nigel Farage.
Nigel Farage has called for an end
to working from home culture
because he believes it gets in the
way of 'hard work'Nigel Farage missed debate
on Brexit reset because he is
holidaying abroad


Reform UK leader, who has made at least nine
trips overseas since general election, says he
will return to UK next weekNigel Farage skips
PMQs and local election prep
to fundraise for Donald Trump
at $450 MAGA dinner


And he told party members this week he'd be
away from London "canvassing, campaigning and
doing our best" until the local elections in May -
instead he's flown to the US again to speak at a
MAGA fundraising dinnerThe Michelin guide says of the restaurant visited
by the Reform UK leader: 'A certain luxury is to
be expected when Buckingham Palace is just a
short walk away...' ( GoffPhotos.com)


EXCLUSIVE: Nigel Farage skips
Commons debate to enjoy
lunch at £68 tandoori lobster
restaurant
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
The Nazi SA - Sturmabteilung, or Storm Troopers - were often recruited from the dregs of society: barely literate failures incapable of holding down a job and only fit for murder and terror. The scum of Germany. Hitler gave them free rein to vent their rage on their betters. Sound familiar, America?
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Jared Huffman, "If we're real and honest about what's going on, we have a madman in the White House" "Trump is running the biggest most corrupt criminal grift in criminal history, out of the White House" "We take an oath to the Constitution, but it seems all of you took an oath to Donald Trump"
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Laura Grace Weldon @lauragraceweldon.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
One out of 12 rams is uninterested in females. Deemed “non-procreative" by farmers, they're typically sent to slaughter. German farmer Michael Stücke rescues the gay rams. His company Rainbow Wool, sells fabulous wool products from his flock of gay sheep. rainbow-wool.com
Man standing in field of sheep holding rainbow flag.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
A real shame if this photo went viral again today.
Trump and Farage
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Yes, JD. Let’s ask them if they think a stay at home mom, avowed Christian, and widow of a veteran deserved to be shot in the face and left to bleed out in her own car after dropping her 6-year-old off at school, for the crime of looking out for her neighbors. Let’s ask everyone running for office.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Most importantly, Miller is wrong. Plenty of stable societies existed that did not conform to his "iron laws". Such "laws" might apply, however, to centralised, hierarchical political systems, especially those dominated by psychopaths like Stephen Miller.
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 19/12/2025
🚨 BREAKING NEWS: Liberal Democrats have won more local by-elections than any other party in 2025. In real elections up and down the country, only the Lib Dems are taking on Reform and winning.
Lib Dems winning- Liberal Democrats have won more council by-elections than any other party in 2025.

Bar chart showing the number of council by-elections won by each party in 2025:
Lib Dem: 105
Reform: 104
Con: 45
Lab: 36
Grn: 24

Number of seats won by each party in council by-elections held in 2025. Source: Andrew Teale.
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jaguardog.bsky.social @jaguardog.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
There needs to be a crowd funder for a BBC legal defence fund. I have my credit card ready.
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jaguardog.bsky.social @jaguardog.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
If I was a weather forecaster on the TV I would lose my shit if a presenter said to me on the hand over, "oh, no more rain please". 'I'm a fucking forecaster you asshole; I do not make the weather'.
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 09/12/2025
The botched Brexit deal is costing Britain £90bn a year. It's time to turbocharge our economy with a UK-EU customs union. MPs must back our bill today.
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Harry Wallop @harrywallop.co.uk · 02/12/2025
Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
🚨Now at almost 85,000 signatures. Let’s keep going! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
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